Hank Stuever reviews Style network’s “Ruby” and “Too Fat for 15: Fighting Back,” two reality shows that patiently portray the lives of the obese, without the emphasis on fast results.

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TV Reviews: ‘Ruby’ and ‘Too Fat for 15,’ patiently exhibiting reality’s rare virtues

The government is urged to overhaul community sentences in England and Wales to place the emphasis on intensive physical labour.

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Community sentences ‘soft option’

There is no doubt that Osama bin Laden is foremost on the minds of the courageous CIA and Special Forces officers in Afghanistan who are looking for him. Where he hasn’t appeared lately is in the debates about what the United States is trying to achieve in Afghanistan and whether our emphasis should…

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Top U.S. goal in Afghanistan ought to be capturing bin Laden