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    By Jason Cochran

    | 9:00AM 5/04/2009
    It's odd. Not a single person I know is concerned about the swine flu. In fact, they're annoyed by the endless and terrifying TV coverage of it. The bald facts may bear out their attitudes: The "regular" flu kills an estimated 36,000 Americans each year, but so far, not a single American has died...

    By Julie Tilsner

    | 12:30PM 12/10/2008
    Americans have always loved their miracle cures. Even better when they come from exotic locations, cure cancer, improves your sex life and put the hair back on your head. Little wonder the Acai berry (pronounced Ah-Sigh-EE), from Brazil's tropical rainforests, has become the "it" food of 2008. If...