Various and Sundry

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Meg Whitman has spent $27 million on her run for governor of California in the past 11 weeks.

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Americans consume 60 pounds of high fructose corn syrup every year. Unsurprisingly, it makes us fat.

Animals with access to high-fructose corn syrup gained 48 percent more weight than those eating a normal diet. In humans, this would be equivalent to a 200-pound man gaining 96 pounds.

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John Connolly's latest Parker novel, The Whisperers, is almost done. He talks about the editing process here...