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Fit to Be Fried. But Boiled?

Robert L. Wolke | Posted 09.15.2012 | Home
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Robert L. Wolke

Henry VIII decreed that anyone convicted of poisoning another person would be put to death by being boiled alive. Now I hate to spoil a king's fun, but as all cooks know, oils won't actually boil.

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Giancarlo Esposito In Breaking Bad's Fourth Season Premiere: Be Afraid, Be Very Afraid.

Cynthia Ellis | Posted 09.15.2011 | Home
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Cynthia Ellis

Giancarlo Esposito's performance in Breaking Bad's fourth season premiere was so electrifying that, as Woody Allen once said, "All the blood went out of my face and went to my brother."

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Arizona Wildfires Force Evacuation Of Another Town

AP/The Huffington Post | SUSAN MONTOYA BRYAN and BOB CHRISTIE | Posted 08.06.2011 | Green
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SPRINGERVILLE, Ariz. (AP) -- Stiff winds whipped up a gigantic blaze in the mountains of eastern Arizona on Monday, forcing the evacuation of a third ...

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Adapting to a New World of Invisible Toxins

William Spear | Posted 06.24.2011 | Healthy Living
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William Spear

It's a whole new ballgame, folks. Nearly every community in the modern world is facing an invisible enemy. Constant exposures to toxic loads in our en...

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Friday Talking Points [147] -- Democrats Fighting The Good Fight

Chris Weigant | Posted 05.25.2011 | Politics
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Chris Weigant

Well, I don't know about anyone else, but I thought that was a pretty good week for Democrats. Maybe it's just the subject matter I've been tackling t...

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Quebec Fires Cast an Eerie Haze Over New England's Memorial Day

Susan Deily-Swearingen | Posted 05.25.2011 | Green
Read More: Smoke, Soldiers, San Francisco Gate, Environmental Disaster, Quebec, Quebec Forest Fires, Hurricane Katrina, Haze, World War II, Haiti, Mayor Thatcher Kezer, Green News
Susan Deily-Swearingen

As I gave thanks for the soldiers and veterans on Memorial Day, I thought too about how we as citizen soldiers in the fight against environmental catastrophe should try to emulate their valor.

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The Secrets in Smoke

Deborah Blum | Posted 11.17.2011 | Healthy Living
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Deborah Blum

In 1854, the essayist Henry David Thoreau published an ode to a morning fire: "Light-winged Smoke, Icarian bird... Lark without song, and messenger o...

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The Smoke's On Me

Jerry Zezima | Posted 05.25.2011 | Comedy
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Jerry Zezima

I like a good cigar once in a while. And I have had none better than the one I smoked recently. That's because I rolled it myself.

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Disasters: Where There's Smoke... There's a Silver Lining

Ellen Snortland | Posted 11.17.2011 | Healthy Living
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Ellen Snortland

There's nothing like a good disaster to remind you of your own mortality; stop waiting for "someday." You need to write that book, sing that song, smell those roses, surf that wave

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Sao Paulo, Brazil Bans Public Smoking

Global Post | Posted 05.25.2011 | World
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By Seth Kugel SAO PAULO, Brazil -- As part of a campaign to promote the state of Sao Paulo's wide-reaching new "anti-smoking" regulations, an ad ru...

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Jason Linkins

Rep. Steve Buyer Warns Of The Dangers Of Smoking Lettuce

HuffingtonPost.com | Jason Linkins | Posted 05.25.2011 | Politics
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[Via Media Monitor Jon] Speaking of that landmark cigarette law, wending its way to the President's desk: Not everyone is in favor of it. Some, in fa...

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