Fresca shares ingredients with fireworks. Tang gets its sunny tint from a potential carcinogen. And Four Loko? Well, after checking the labels on these summertime guzzlers all we can say is: Down them at your own risk.

The NOAA's seafood inspectors have the fate of the gulf seafood industry in their hands. Or, rather, their noses.

Medical researchers are beginning to turn their attention to adult picky eaters, whose diets can be limited to a handful of foods. French fries are popular, but most prefer foods that are white. Creative ways to avoid Thanksgiving dinner, and avoid passing the habit to the kids.

A Colorado company has recalled 66,000 pounds of bison meat sold nationwide after federal agriculture officials linked it to E. coli sicknesses.

Gob-stuffing contests may have taken on the airs of a pseudo sporting event, but they're mostly about watching people make revolting pigs of themselves.

In popular culture, the Fourth of July connotes hot dogs, hamburgers and cold beer. But the country has changed, and while burgers and hot dogs are still a distinct possibility, so are mofongo and arroz con pollo, or kimchi and kalbi. Cold beer, though, remains universal, and for that we might consider taking a moment to thank the founding fathers!

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This is why PETA wakes up in a cold sweat.

A homeless man in Wisconsin threatened a woman with a knife after she tried to come in between him and his next meal.

The winner of a competition sponsored by Starbucks to gather ideas for reducing paper cup use isn't a cup at all, but a concept for encouraging customers to bring their own cups.