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New York Mayor Michael Bloomberg has proposed a ban on the sale of large sodas and other sugary drinks in restaurants, delis and movie theaters in the hopes of combating obesity.

I got the idea for this post from @ToriCushing . She mentioned the Walking Dead Season 3 is coming next month, so I decided to find some funny Zombie items for you.

Laura Newcombe of Toronto, Canada, participates in the final round of the 2011 Scripps National Spelling Bee competition June 2, 2011 in National Harbor, Maryland.

That's the upshot of Travel and Leisure Magazine's reader poll, which put the residents of Alaska's largest city at the bottom when it comes to being on the top of style.

The woman kissed the boy long enough for firefighters to pull him in from the ledge of the pedestrian overpass.

Mayor Michael Bloomberg is proposing a ban on the sale of large sodas and other sugary drinks in the city's restaurants, delis and movie theaters in the hopes of combatting obesity - an expansion of his administration's efforts to encourage healthy behavior by limiting residents' choices.

In this photo provided by Kern County Animal Control, a black bear that wandered onto school property during a Bakersfield school graduation is shown before being released in Kern County, Calif., Thursday, May 31, 2012.

A Minnesota man is in critical condition after surgeons removed an unexploded firework from his chest.

A 27-year-old Russian social networking mogul threw paper airplanes made of money out of his St.

A mysterious woman broke into a Cleveland-area house just to tidy up - to the tune of $75, according to a note she left.

The season premiere of Gordon Ramsay's "Hell's Kitchen" is June 4, and PETA has a bone to pick with Gordon Ramsay's screaming... sort of.

Whoops. A group of diners were charged with stiffing a restaurant after locking the keys to their getaway car inside it.

Cannibalism is one of the strangest and most disgusting crimes a person can possibly commit.

Mitt Romney says he believes in America. For a while, his campaign's new app touted "A Better Amercia." NEW YORK - Mitt Romney says he believes in America.

Here's a list of songs which meanings we miss because we either don't listen to lyrics properly or we just take the song at face value, ignoring any origins or intent of the artist.

Police say a drug dealer mistakenly sent messages to a California central coast police officer in an attempt to sell methamphetamines.

Orange juice maker Tropicana markets its brand as fresh from the grove, but a series of lawsuits nationwide claim the company's juice is so heavily processed it shouldn't be called "natural." In approximately 20 lawsuits, the first one filed in New Jersey, lawyers claim the company adds chemically engineered "flavor packs" to its juice, making it ... (more)

Police in Tempe arrested 18-year-old Faelyn Ritz after allegedly watching her and a 14-year-old girl discuss the fast food for sex swap with two transients, ABC15.com reported.

Five Wives Vodka was named in bad taste and won't be stocked or special ordered at stores operated by the state of Idaho, regulators said.

An Ohio man is fighting a littering ticket he says he got when he tried to give money to a panhandler in a wheelchair, and the cash fell to the ground.