A new study from UC Berkeley researchers found that mice who drank their fill of sweetened grapefruit juice gained less weight on a high-fat diet than their counterparts who drank sweetened water. The juice-drinking mice also had better measures of metabolic health, including blood sugar levels and insulin sensitivity. MORE

Rock and awe: Indonesian volcano Mount Sinabung spews out lava and ash as it continues to erupt for fourth successive day. The 2,460-metre volcano on the island of Sumatra, had been dormant for 400 years before it erupted in August 2010 killing at least two people and displacing 30,000 others. An eruption in February this year killed 16 people. MORE

Everyday animals suffer and are tortured for the name of entertainment.  The next time you ride an elephant think of the brainwashing and brutality this beast has to go through for your 5 minutes of enjoyment to be on top of the world. MORE

When in Rome do as the Romans do? Romans were civilized, so it was easier to adjust.  But to find yourself in front of an oppressed country, it could be daunting and very, very, unappetizing.  It’s hard to get out of your head. MORE

Paul Joseph Watson and Anthony Gucciardi discuss what is actually going on with the current Ebola scare and why the CDC’s actions are so cavalier. (Rivero saying at the least get black-light bulbs for existing fixtures, a mix of UV blacklight with ordinary bulbs, have bleach, gloves and masks, stockpiles of vitamin C and cinnamon on hand and make your own colloidal silver with 999 or preferably 9999 silver coinage. MORE How to make your own colloidal silver VIDEO: MORE

Update on impact of Typhoon Phanfone: Officials: Typhoon caused significant increase in radioactive releases from Fukushima — Record levels of ‘highly toxic’ nuclear material found in ground outside reactor — Among the most poisonous substances at plant MORE

In college, I met a number of individuals who were Christians and pacifists. At first I was intrigued by their interpretation of the Bible. They quoted many verses that seemed to support their case. However upon further investigation, I soon found that Christian pacifism is a philosophy that contradicts the Bible’s teachings. The Bible teaches that sometimes Christians should be physically violent. MORE

A new report reveals some of the intense family drama behind pro-abortion activist Jane Fonda’s parents. The report describes how Fonda’s father was cold and a bully, as well as a shameless womaniser and Jane always blamed her manic depressive mother Frances for their break-up. MORE

Scientists at NASA have combined images of the active regions of the sun from Oct. 8, to create a composite photo making the sun look like a jack-o’-lantern. “The active regions appear brighter because those are areas that emit more light and energy—markers of an intense and complex set of magnetic fields hovering in the sun’s atmosphere, the corona,” NASA describes on its website. MORE

Typhoon Vongfong may be slowly weakening, but it will not weaken enough in the hours before delivering a strong hit to Japan’s Ryuku Islands, including Okinawa.

As of 6 p.m. Japanese time Friday (5 a.m. EDT in the U.S.), the eye of Vongfong was roughly 300 miles south-southeast of Kadena Air Base on Okinawa, moving north at 9 mph. MORE

When I told my family and friends that I was planning to marry myself, my gran, who has since passed away, said: “Oh, you always think of something new, Grace.”

My parents, who are very open-minded, also took it in their stride. They’d got used to my attraction to the wild and the wacky. “As long as it makes you happy, Grace, we’re fine with it,” was their reaction. MORE

It is wrong to make absolutes. Take the case of illegitimate partnerships. It’s not like that with a lack of everything is bad. On the contrary, there is something good, where you can not hurt your neighbor. Francis has stressed: “We are all sinners.” Life is to be supplied on all fields. Our task is to bring the people of grace, not dismiss them with provisions.  For us Jesuits, it is daily practice.  The Inquisition ^one  knew exactly this. MORE

So often [people ask]: ‘But do you believe?’: ‘Yes! Yes! ‘; ‘What do you believe in?’; ‘In God!’; ‘But what is God for you?’; ‘God, God’. But God does not exist: Do not be shocked! So God does not exist! There is the Father, the Son and the Holy Spirit, they are persons, they are not some vague idea in the clouds … This God spray does not exist! The three persons exist! MORE

The U.S. budget deficit fell by nearly a third during fiscal 2014 to $486 billion as federal revenues grew far faster than spending, the Congressional Budget Office said on Wednesday. MORE