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The Army has been dismissing so many overweight applicants that its top recruiter, trying to keep troop numbers up in wartime, is considering starting a fat farm to transform chubby trainees into svelte soldiers. Maj. Gen. Thomas Bostick, head of the Army Recruiting Command, said he wants to see a formal diet and fitness regimen running alongside a new school at Fort Jackson that helps aspiring troops earn their GEDs. Bostick told The Associated Press that obesity looms as "a bigger challenge for us in the years ahead" than any other problem that keeps young people from entering the military,...

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE - June 21, 2004 Contact: Sal Russo or Siobhan Guiney - (916) 441-6197 Michael Moore’s Middle East Distributors: We Won’t Reject Help From HezbollahMoore Also Says in T.V. Interview He’s Meeting Resistance From U.S. Theater Companies (SACRAMENTO) – The distribution company releasing Michael Moore’s propaganda flick, “Fahrenheit 9/11,” Front Row Entertainment, say they won’t reject offers of assistance from the terrorist group, Hezbollah. The movie industry publication Screen Daily reports: “In terms of marketing the film, Front Row is getting a boost from organizations related to Hezbollah which have rung up from Lebanon to ask if...