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A neurosurgeon, vetted by Levin's staff, calls Mark and talks about what he knows about Obamacare Death Panels. From 11/22/11

NEW YORK (AP) -- Unions lent their muscle to the long-running protest against Wall Street and economic inequality Wednesday, with their members joining thousands of protesters in a lower Manhattan march as smaller demonstrations flourished across the country. Protesters in suits and T-shirts with union slogans left work early to march with activists who have been camped out in Zuccotti Park for days. Some marchers brought along their children, hoisting them onto their shoulders as they walked down Broadway. "We're here to stop corporate greed," said Mike Pellegrino, an NYC Transit bus mechanic from Rye Brook. "They should pay their...

Scientists found that small amounts of dark chocolate may improve health in a similar way to exercise. The researchers focused on the mitochondria, the tiny powerhouses in cells that generate energy, and discovered that a plant compound found in chocolate, called epicatechin, appeared to stimulate the same muscle response as vigorous activity. ''Aerobic exercise, such as running or cycling, is known to increase the number of mitochondria in muscle cells. Our study has found that epicatechin seems to bring about the same response - particularly in the heart and skeletal muscles.''

Australia will not sell uranium to India until it signs the nuclear non-proliferation treaty, Deputy Prime Minister Mark Vaile says. Nuclear-armed India has strongly urged Canberra to change its policy and supply uranium for the country's nuclear reactors. Australia prohibits the sale of uranium to countries which have not signed the nuclear non-proliferation treaty (NPT). While Prime Minister John Howard is understood to be open to changing the policy, it is believed Foreign Minister Alexander Downer is opposed. The United States Senate is expected to decide this week to abandon a similar policy and pursue a new nuclear cooperation deal...

Drive one of these? You're crass and irresponsible, says minister on warpathBy Ben Webster, Transport Correspondent   The minister has accused urban drivers of using 4x4s unnecessarily (Dwayne Senior/Sunday) DRIVERS of gas-guzzling cars are to be penalised under measures being developed to tackle climate change. Ministers are particularly keen to target the growing number of people who drive large 4X4s around cities and venture off tarmac only when parking on grass verges. In an interview with The Times, Malcolm Wicks, the Energy Minister, said: “There is crass irresponsibility in some of the larger monstrosities people drive around suburbia and...

A charity run by an extreme-right group in the south of France has caused anger by serving the homeless only pork soup, which Jews and Muslims do not eat. The soup kitchen is set up one night each week in the port of Nice and has drawn numerous protests. The charity has defended offering what it calls traditional cuisine to French and European homeless people. Protesters have denounced the practice as racist but the local authority says it is powerless to intervene. For three weeks the food has been served up at Nice harbour by a group close to a...