This is a good thing...right?

• Healthy Fast Food at last?
  

I just read today that many of the major fast food chains are going trans fat free, or at least cutting way back. This is fantastic! Doesn't this mean that I can indulge without feeing guilty about contributing to the ruination of my health?



According to the articles I read today, Starbucks Corp. is cutting trans fats from the doughnuts, muffins and other treats in half of its U.S. stores, and plans to eventually drop the artery-clogging fats from company-operated coffeehouses across the country.



Trans fats, which have been linked to heart disease, are being removed from many fast food kitchens nationwide as companies try to improve offerings to health-conscious diners. Wendy’s International Inc. and KFC have already switched to a zero-trans fat oil, and McDonald’s Corp. is considering the change.
Taco Bell is owned by Louisville, Ky.-based Yum Brands Inc., which is also the parent of Pizza Hut and KFC, which announced last month that it was switching to a non-trans fat oil.



Everyone says the food tastes better when cooked with the "bad" oil but I say, hey....one of the reasons many of us eat at fast food joints in convenience not just taste so this can only be good news!

• Another cool thing in the news today... UFOs at O'Hare International! How exciting is that?!

In Chicago, Federal officials say it was probably just some weird weather phenomenon, but a group of United Airline employees swear they saw a mysterious, saucer-shaped craft hovering over O'Hare Airport last fall.The workers, some of them pilots, said the object didn't have lights and hovered over an airport terminal before shooting up through the clouds, according to a report in Monday's Chicago Tribune.