Fascinating interactive graphic from the NY Times.

Quoted: Not all groups have felt the recession equally.

GBS is also a very rare side effect of the regular flu shot ... and in fact, health officials are saying they're seeing a surprisingly low percentage in swine flu shot recipients compared to what they see with the standard seasonal vaccination.

Quoted: A 14-year-old Virginia boy is struggling to walk after coming down with a suspected case of Guillain-Barre syndrome within hours after receiving the H1N1 vaccine for swine flu. The cases raises anti-vaccine fears, but health officials see no link.

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Even Sammy Sosa uses skin-lightening cream!

Quoted: Sosa: Cosmetic cream caused lighter skin tone

So heartbreaking ... just goes to show that GDP growth isn't a be-all and end-all figure of economic success.

Quoted: More than half of the world's chronically undernourished children under the age of 5 live in South Asia, the U.N. Children's Fund reports.

Hm, interesting side effect of the recession.

Quoted: With unemployment rising, a lot more unemployed people are staying home. Police nationwide say that's one of the reasons why the number of burglaries is falling in some cities and towns.

Wow, I remember this so vividly. Hard to believe it's been 20 years, and how drastically Germany has changed.

Quoted: Chancellor Angela Merkel thanks former Soviet leader Mikhail Gorbachev for making change possible in East Germany as she visits what was once a fortified border crossing.

Whoa ... the Fort Hood shooting suspect was licensed as a military psychiatrist and was about to be deployed.

Quoted: The man identified as the shooting suspect at Fort Hood was an Army psychiatrist preparing to deploy to Iraq.

Hmm, how long before another pharmaceutical company tries to patent turmeric?

Quoted: An extract found in the bright yellow curry spice turmeric can kill off cancer cells, scientists have shown. The chemical - curcumin - has long been thought to have healing powers and is already being tested as a treatment for arthritis and even dementia.