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Letters to the Editor 10/6 (The San Luis Obispo Tribune)

Gay marriage benefits So Sue Perry doesn’t get the benefits of gay marriage (Letters, Sept. 19)? She obviously has never been a part of minority discrimination. She has never felt the stigma of being misunderstood and hated by many or watched loved ones being bashed and hung up on Wyoming fences and left to die. Society continues to teach people that we are evil sinners and should be ...

Man in the news: Jamie Oliver (Financial Times)

An admonitory presence now hovers over every Briton guiltily serving burgers to their kids in place of a home-cooked meal. It is Jamie Oliver, the tousle-haired chef, who this week renewed his attack on the UK’s lousy eating habits through a reality TV series ( Jamie’s Ministry of Food ).

Curb your cravings — with chocolate (MSNBC)

When you feel an urge for M&M's or tiramisu, it seems nothing else will do. But experts have discovered new ways to curb  cravings — and  to indulge them without going overboard.

Briefly in Tompkins (The Ithaca Journal)

For almost 15 years millions of people have turned off televisions, computers and electronic games during (TV) Turnoff Week, which takes place the last week in April. Now, by popular demand, there will be a Fall Turnoff from Sept. 21-27, a chance to get out in nature, share time with friends and family and enjoy life without all the clutter from electronic media.

Thomas Sutcliffe: Why don't we take computer games more seriously? (Independent)

The findings of a recent Pew Report – which established that 97 per cent of all teenagers play video games – are unlikely to rock the world. Yes, the figures were fairly striking – more reminiscent of Soviet "elections" than the demographic pie-slices we're used to in the free world. Somewhere out there, if the statistical analysis got it right, there's a stubborn 1 per cent of teenage boys ...