The name Bobby Flay isn’t exactly synonymous with healthful eating. The Food Network star/restaurateur/celebrity chef is better known for his big juicy burgers than for figure-friendly meals. And you won’t find calorie counts on the menu at his growing chain, Bobby’s Burger Palace . But Flay himself has slimmed down over the past year or so, losing, by his estimate, 10 or 15 pounds. He didn’t do it by joining Jenny Craig or Weight Watchers , a la other celebrities. He whittled his waist by making a surprisingly few, surprisingly simple lifestyle changes. At 5 foot 11 inches, Flay weighs 172 pounds. Read full article > >

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Bobby Flay’s recipe for eating healthfully

Those who make sport out of denigrating the federal workforce should meet the winners of this year’s Samuel Heyman Service to America Medals. During a period when some people think that federal employees are overpaid, and they face the uncertainty of budget cuts, the awards — better known as the Sammies — are a welcome and needed relief. Read full article > >

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Rewards of federal service

Those who make sport out of denigrating the federal workforce should meet the winners of this year’s Samuel Heyman Service to America Medals. During a period when some people think that federal employees are overpaid, and they face the uncertainty of budget cuts, the awards — better known as the Sammies — are a welcome and needed relief. Read full article > >

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If nothing else, at least it’s fodder for a great country song. Billy Ray Cyrus, the ’90s country star who’s recently been better known as father of starlet Miley Cyrus, says his daughter’s Disney show Hannah Montana destroyed his family. He blames the…

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Miley’s Dad: Show Ruined My Family

Dale Peck, a critic perhaps better known for not liking things, responds to Daniel Mendelsohn’s recent takedown of “Mad Men” in The New York Review of Books.

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Apparently there’s been a break in the cold case of Christopher Wallace, better known as Biggie Smalls or Notorious B.I.G. Two sources tell CNN that a task force made up of local and federal law-enforcement agencies is actively pursuing leads. The…

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Break in Notorious B.I.G. Case