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The costs of obesity are enormous, and not just in health care costs, such as increasing medication expenses 77% for someone who is obese. Along with emotional and social effects, obesity can affect your wallet. Obese men and women earn, on average, $7,093, or about 25% less than their peers.One...

After a century of foot-dragging, newspaper publishers are suddenly aflame with the desire to innovate, giving serious consideration to just about every alternative business model that offers a sliver of a hope of preserving them from oblivion. Their latest idea: Newspapers can emulate the music...

Obese people who are flying internationally will have to wait a while until U.S. courts decide to pick up any similar issues. But for now, in Canada, functionally disabled obese people will have the right to a free extra seat when flying inside Canada. The ruling by Canada's Supreme Court brought...

If you drive, then chances are that you, like almost everybody else, have been looking for little techniques to reduce your gas consumption. In their quest to save money, airlines have begun doing the same. While tricks like charging for the first checked bag and hiring extra carry-on inspectors...