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For all the pork pies and clotted cream the English are reputed to consume, they still face less risk of diabetes and heart disease than their US counterparts, a new study shows. While wealthy Americans enjoy better health than their poorer fellow citizens, this high status fails to confer health benefits to match even the lowliest of their trans-Atlantic cousins. The health of the richest people in the US is as poor as the worst educated, lowest paid among the English.

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Judging by readers comments, it also appears that kids all over the world are savvy to proxies and other tricks for sidestepping filters. A 15-year-old techie in Australia said that by logging on to his PC at school, he could use "Remote Desktop" to access the school Admin account. "Because they were using Windows 2003 edition, I could log in 'behind' (the teacher's) screen and I could use her computer without her even realizing it!"

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Potentially more explosive is the plaintiff's claim that Yahoo regularly uses its relationship with adware and typosquatting sites to gin up extra revenue around earnings time, alleging that the company is conspiring to boost revenue by partnering with some of the Internet's seamier characters. From the lawsuit: "Not only have Defendants turned a blind eye to abuse of their [pay-per-click] advertising system, but Defendants knowingly have manipulated that system for their own benefit, by increasing the volume of improper advertising displays during financial reporting periods when Defendants were at risk of failing to meet investor expectations." The suit was filed in federal court in New Jersey.