The Salt
2:30 pm
Mon October 3, 2011

Denmark Taxes Butter And Fat, But Will It Work?

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Butter - it's going to cost you in Denmark.

Denmark, the land of luscious lardy pork ribs and those famous blue butter cookie tins, is not known for having a major obesity problem.

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The Two-Way
2:00 pm
Mon October 3, 2011

White House Knew Solyndra Was In Trouble, Emails Indicate

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May 26, 2010: President Obama tours the Solyndra solar panel company with Executive VP of Engineering Ben Bierman.

"E-Mails Reveal Early White House Worries Over Solyndra," reads the headline on the lead story at NYTimes.com this hour.

"Donor, Officials Warned Obama Not To Visit Solyndra After Financial Warnings," says WashingtonPost.com.

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Music Reviews
1:57 pm
Mon October 3, 2011

Woody Guthrie's 'Note Of Hope' From Beyond The Grave

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Woody Guthrie is the subject of a new tribute album, Note of Hope.

When Woody Guthrie died in 1967, he left behind an enormous cache of unpublished lyrics and prose, which has resulted in an exceptionally rich posthumous career. Bob Dylan, who should know, has written of Guthrie: "He was so poetic and tough and rhythmic. There was so much intensity, and his voice was like a stiletto." Though I probably shouldn't admit it, I rarely listen to Woody Guthrie for pleasure.

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Shots - Health Blog
12:56 pm
Mon October 3, 2011

Four Loko Maker To Make Alcohol Content More Prominent

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New text box on label says: "This can has as much alcohol as 4 1/2 regular (12 oz, 5% alc/vol) beers."

The maker of Four Loko has agreed to make the alcohol content of its big cans a lot easier to figure out.

Soon the alcohol inside will be expressed in the equivalent number of regular beers. The equation: A 23 1/2 ounce cans of Four Loko = 4 1/2 beers.

The new labels, plus a resealable opening so the alcohol-laced drink doesn't have to be consumed in one sitting, came as the Federal Trade Commission alleged that Phusion Projects had understated the amount of alcohol in some of its products.

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The Two-Way
12:50 pm
Mon October 3, 2011

VIDEO: Comet Hits Sun; Is Brilliant Explosion Related?

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SpaceWeather.com says most solar physicists would likely say that a "puny comet" couldn't set off a "coronal mass ejection" of solar particles.

But check out this video from over the weekend, when a comet struck the sun. The images were animated by Helioviewer.org, "an open-source project for the visualization of solar and heliospheric data" that is funded by the European Space Agency and NASA.

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The Two-Way
12:27 pm
Mon October 3, 2011

Town Of Canmore Says 'No More' To Wild Rabbits

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Wild rabbits are seen on a lawn in Canmore, Canada. The town is weighing options to cut down the population.

Some 2,000 rabbits have "overrun" the Canadian town of Canmore, in the foothills of the Rocky Mountains. The bunnies are believed to be the progeny of pets — and their number has doubled in the past four years, according to Canada's CTV.

"There's often about eight on our lawn," one Canmore resident tells CTV. "They're everywhere."

But the same woman also added, "We think they're cute."

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The Salt
11:54 am
Mon October 3, 2011

Cheap Marketing Techniques Help Kids Choose More Fruit

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If you want kids to eat it, make it pretty.

Kids will choose to take a step towards healthier eating by choosing fresh fruit — if you give them a little nudge.

Researchers at Cornell's Center for Behavioral Economics in Child Nutrition Programs went into three school cafeterias that had been keeping their fruit in stainless-steel bins behind sneeze guards in the lunch line where kids could barely see it. And they did some strategic rearranging. They moved the fruit into colorful bowls or attractive baskets, and placed them near the cash register.

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The Two-Way
11:34 am
Mon October 3, 2011

GM, Chrysler Posted Sharp Sales Gains In September; Ford's Rose Too

"General Motors Co. and Chrysler Group LLC posted double-digit sales increases in September, defying the prevailing malaise in the economy," The Detroit News reports. "GM reported U.S. sales of 207,145 vehicles last month, a 20 percent increase over September 2010. Chrysler's domestic sales were up 27 percent."

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Law
11:00 am
Mon October 3, 2011

SCOTUS Cases Could Affect Presidential Race

The U.S. Supreme Court opens its 2011-2012 session Monday, in what could prove to be one of the most notable terms in years. The court is expected to hear cases about immigration, Medicaid and President Obama's landmark health care law. Michel Martin discusses the cases with George Washington University Law Professor Paul Butler and Eva Rodriguez, a Washington Post editorial writer who specializes in legal affairs.

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