US – Friday, November 20

Experts: Homegrown terror biggest threat

Terrorist incidents over the past 12 months show that Islamic extremists within the U.S. increasingly are launching attacks against targets such as military bases, antiterrorist experts said Thursday.

OPRAH TO QUIT IN ’11

The end is near.

What women want: Wilmer

How does Wilmer Valderrama do it? The actor has dated a bevy of Hollywood beauties, from Mandy Moore to Lindsay Lohan (pre-career implosion) to Hilary Duff. He’s even claimed that Ashlee Simpson and Jennifer Love Hewitt have had a piece of Vaderrama-action.

The saga continues with rush of ‘New’ blood

REVIEW. No matter how this review of ‘New Moon’ ends, whether this critic loves or loathes the film, is irrelevant. If you’re one of the legions of “Twi-Hards,” you’ll be stepping on heads to see it this weekend anyway.

Wall Street dips after bad outlook for Target

NEW YORK. U.S. stocks fell yesterday after discount retailer Target gave a cautious holiday season outlook, but positive brokerage comments on tech bellwether Microsoft helped limit losses.

Annie Lennox: ‘I am my own aids campaign’

Annie Lennox has been an icon since shooting to fame with the Eurythmics two decades ago. The “Greatest White Soul Singer Alive” won a 2004 Academy Award for best original song. But these days, Lennox’s heart belongs less to Billboard charts than to dying children. She campaigns on behalf of African children infected with AIDS. She talked exclusively to Metro.

Published 02:20, May the 6th, 2009

Study: We can eat dog food

Humans can’t tell!

The “human foods” used in the AAWE study were blended in a food processor before being garnished with parsley.

NEW YORK. Call it a recession special in a can: Some organic dog foods may be as delicious — or disgusting — as their human food counterparts, claims the American Association of Wine Economists. In a paper called “Can People Distinguish Pate from Dog Food,” the group concluded that people, in fact, can not.

For their study, the AAWE fed volunteers from five unlabeled bowls, containing: organic canned turkey and chicken formula for puppies/active dogs, duck liver, pork liver, liverwurst, and spam. Only 3 of 18 volunteers were able to correctly identify the dog food.

“Although human beings do not enjoy eating dog food, they are also not able to distinguish its flavor profile from other meat-based products that are intended for human consumption,” the paper concluded.

METRO