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Baby boomers are less fit than their parents. WaPo
Corzine's well-wishers mix sympathy with resentment. NYT
WSJ calls FL Gov. Crist's home insurance plan "Cuban economics." WSJ (paid subsc)
Chef to legislators: "Living in a free country, I would like to have the right to kill myself by eating trans fat." Sun Sentinel
A dirty secret for Earth Day: even biodegradable plastic shopping bags have oil in them. MIT Tech Review
Self-soothing techniques for the next Blackberry blackout. NYT
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Christopher Swope was GOVERNING's executive editor.
E-mail: mailbox@governing.com 
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