New York City is considering a ban on trans fat in all restaurants in the city.

The city health department unveiled a proposal Tuesday that would bar cooks at any of the city’s 24,600 food service establishments from using ingredients that contain the artery-clogging substance, commonly listed on food labels as partially hydrogenated oil.

The DOW closed yesterday at the second highest level ever.

New book claims that DRUDGE rules the world, according to the reporters.

Anna Nicole Smith’s attorney claims that he is her baby’s daddy.

Howard K. Stern said he and Smith are confident he is the father, and “based on when the timing of when the baby was born, there really is no doubt in either of our minds.”

Entertainment reporter and photographer Larry Birkhead also claims to be the father of the girl, named Danilynne Hope.

Aerosmith lead singer Steven Tyler announced yesterday that he has hepatitis C and has been getting treatment for the past eleven months.

Hepatitis C is a liver disease spread by contact with the blood of an infected person, according to the Web site for the Centers for Disease Control, which recommends testing for intravenous drug users and transfusion recipients, among others. According to 2004 estimates by the CDC, 3.2 million people have the chronic infection.

Michael Jackson and his ex-wife, Debbie Rowe, have reached a settlement on parental visiting rights for Rowe to visit her two kids she had for Jackson.  Michael has already signed off on the deal. It will become official once Rowe signs it.

The reason for Rowe’s reluctance is simple: In July 2005 they thought they had a settlement, until Jackson’s lawyers put in new wording that cut Rowe off from her kids forever.