Shawn Johnson in 2010 (L) and last week on 'Today'
Gold medalist gymnast Shawn Johnson gained, then lost, 25 pounds during her three-year break from international competition, she told reporters on Monday.
The 20-year-old, who won three silver medals and one gold in Beijing and is attempting a comeback for London, discussed the weight gain, and her subsequent body image problems at the USOC media summit on Monday. She said her fluctuating weight led to "hurtful" comments in the tabloids.
Shawn Johnson lost 25 pounds after ‘hurtful’ fat talk
7 Best and Worst Mom Cuts of All Time
When I was a freshman in high school -- when looking cool was vital -- I did what all kids do at some point: I asked my mom to drop me off a block away from the school entrance. It wasn't because I didn't want my friends to see me hopping out of her Honda minivan. It was my mom's hair.
Hillary Clinton faces criticism for going makeup-free in public
Hilary Clinton has recently been criticized by media for going makeup-free. (Thinkstock)As wonderful as it is to see women being taken seriously in the political arena, are they really being treated fairly? Despite doors that have opened for women professionally -- their beauty is judged, clothing is scrutinized, hair styles analyzed, and most recently, they've been blasted for being out in public without makeup.
‘American Idol’ results: And then there were three
Hollie says goodbye
It may have taken 57 minutes of Ryan Seacrest agonizingly dragging out the proceedings, the judges babbling seemingly without a teleprompter, and J.Lo ickily flirting with her boy-toy backup dancer Casper Smart...but eventually on Thursday, Ryan did get around to announcing the "American Idol" result that everyone had been expecting not only all day, but really for weeks now: Hollie Cavanagh was, unsurprisingly, eliminated. Hollie had a pretty good run on "Idol," but after being on the chopping block six times this season (not to mention being sent home during Hollywood Week when she tried out last year), her time was finally up.
via ca.omg.yahoo.com
What everyone should know about blood pressure
(Thinkstock)Dr. Norm Campbell sees a lot of patients who tell him they eat a healthy diet. Then he checks their blood pressure – and finds a problem.
“I often hear, ‘My diet is fine.’ But for most Canadians, it’s not,” says Dr. Campbell.
What you eat has a major impact on blood pressure, says Dr. Campbell, newly appointed Chair in Hypertension Prevention and Control Initiative.
Competition Bureau says credit card issuers set up perverse system
By Julian Beltrame, The Canadian Press
OTTAWA - Canada's credit card system is a 'perverse' place where shoppers who pay with cash or debit subsidize purchases made with credit cards, the Competition Bureau argued Tuesday in its opening salvo against Visa and MasterCard.
That's because merchants pay high fees for accepting credit cards and those costs are passed on to all consumers, the bureau's lead counsel Kent Thomson said in his opening statement to a tribunal hearing whether credit card companies are engaging in anti-competitive behaviour.
This Is What Everyone's Too Afraid To Say About Rich People
We love a good rags-to-riches fairytale, but here's a story people are far more interested in reading: Riches-to-rags.
Take Business Insider's coverage of this year's record-breaking Mega Millions jackpot, for example. When we posted breaking news on the three-way split between the winners, the story garnered a little more than 3,000 page views.
A week prior, we ran a feature on 14 lotto winners who wound up blowing their fortunes. As of yesterday, it had nearly 400,000 page views.
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