3/1 Morning Communiqué

CITY PAGES BLOGS AND NEWS

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THESE DAYS

Americans are no longer the tallest people on Earth, overtaken by Danes, Germans, and... even Norwegians.

A Harvard School of Public Health study suggests that a diet rich in ice cream and other high-fat dairy foods may lower the risk of one type of infertility. However, conventional wisdom would counter that a diet rich in ice cream would make you repulsive to the opposite sex and unlikely to get beyond light petting.

Injured soldiers at Walter Reed Army Medical Center's Medical Hold Unit believe they are now being punished for exposing the bureaucratic nightmares and squalid living conditions being suffered at the rat and mold-infested Army hospital.

MINNESOTA BLOG OF THE DAY

Wade Sonnier shows off his talents in scenic and winter sport photography at his new blog Shutter and Light Photography.

[Minnesota-based blog directory]

TIME WASTERS

What your sleeping position says about you

Run for President of the United States at U4prez.com

A stoner's dream: the pizza vending machine [via Neatorama]

FREEDOM OF SPEECH

"I personally find the word 'alien' offensive when applied to individuals, especially to children... An alien to me is someone from out of space."

— State Sen. Frederica Wilson, D-Miami, who wishes to ban the term "illegal alien" from Florida's official documents. Next up, banning the phrase "out of space."