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With all the focus on small footprint cars these days, you'd think smart brands like Nissan would send us all their candy.

The "us" I am referring to would be, of course, the middle-aged lotharios that long for their youth. And few cars say "younger than you should be" than the Nissan Micra—arguably the cutest little button of a car ever made.

Dr. Charles Billington divides his obese patients into two distinctly different groups: those who have choices, and those who don’t.
“Demographically, we know that people in lower socioeconomic areas are greatly, disproportionately affected by obesity,” he says. “Folks in those lower-economic, lower-education situations have little or no access to whole foods. They also have a lack of options.”

I learned again last week that any blog, book, or article with the word "sex" in the title will be read. Not that this was news to me. But it's a lesson that was reinforced by our nifty Popular Today list, which proved that sex sells better than anything except basketball. Which, when you think about it, is an interesting commentary. . . .