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Excerpted (newstarget.com) Yeast extract was one of the first replacements for MSG -- it has the same effect on taste, and it contains a concentration of free glutamic acid, just like MSG. The difference is that it doesn't look as bad on the label, and food manufacturers can actually claim that it's all-natural. You'll see yeast extract in many products, even so-called natural products like veggie burgers. But now that the ...More

Excerpted (WashingtonPost.com) The national survey of 750 black churches by the Joint Center for Political and Economic Studies found that fewer than 3 percent are participating in the program, which funnels at least $2 billion a year in federal social services spending to religious organizations. Black churches in the Northeast and those with self-identified progressive congregations and liberal theologies were most likely to be taking part in the program, a finding that ...More

(EURWeb/Reuters) LL Cool J will co-develop, produce and star in a new CBS drama under the rapper/actor’s new talent deal with the network. Born James Todd Smith, the artist will team with “CSI” creator Anthony Zuiker for “The Man,” which will star the actor as an undercover LAPD officer who works nights in various sting operations and spends days raising his three adopted children: an abused boy with an aggression problem, ...More