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We've fiddled with fad diets forever, from the vinegar and water diet in 1820, through the cigarette diet (1925) and on up through Scarsdale (1987), cabbage soup (1990) and Atkins (1994 and again in 2001).

Lisa Ryckman examines the history of fad diets and offers some diet facts and fallacies. She'll be online at 11 a.m. to chat about her story, the real truth about weight loss and any other diet/fitness topics.

E-mail questions/comments in advance and join the chat here at 11.

Sen. John McCain says he doesn't care what anybody says: The U.S. is succeeding in Iraq.

Fresh off his eighth Iraq visit, Sen. John McCain declared Monday that "we are succeeding" and said he wouldn't change course - even as the U.S. death toll rose to 4,000 and the war entered its sixth year.

To underscore his view of the stakes in Iraq, the certain Republican presidential nominee twice referenced a recent audio tape from Osama bin Laden in which the al-Qaida leader urged followers to join the al-Qaida fight in Iraq and called the country "the greatest opportunity and the biggest task."

Sen. Hillary Clinton says she misspoke about landing in Bosnia amid sniper fire in 1996.

The Obama campaign suggested the statement was a deliberate exaggeration by Clinton, who often cites the goodwill trip with her daughter and several celebrities as an example of her foreign policy experience.

During a speech last Monday on Iraq, she said of the Bosnia trip: "I remember landing under sniper fire. There was supposed to be some kind of a greeting ceremony at the airport, but instead we just ran with our heads down to get into the vehicles to get to our base."

According to an Associated Press story at the time, Clinton was placed under no extraordinary risks on the trip. And one of her companions, comedian Sinbad, told The Washington Post he has no recollection either of the threat or reality of gunfire.

Somewhere out there in America, a fast-food wrapper is waiting to claim another victim.

Dropped on a floor, the wrapper was dangerous enough to cause a professional football player famed for his ability to run through opposing tackles and gain yards after contact to lose his balance and subsequently plunge his hand through a TV screen.

That's Brandon Marshall's story and he's pretty much sticking to it.

According to NFL Network, Marshall's slip and fall on a McDonald's bag Saturday at an Orlando, Fla., resort also included a bit of wrestling with a family member.

The resulting smash of Marshall's right forearm through an entertainment system created damage more severe than the player indicated publicly.

Jean Torkelson found a number of folks at the Easter Sunday sunrise service at Red Rocks eager to talk about the miracles in their lives.

For years, the much-loved Colorado ritual has drawn nearly 10,000 people on Easter Sunday - weather permitting - to mark what Christians believe is among the greatest of miracles, Jesus Christ's resurrection from the dead.

Yo, Democrats. Aren't you folks supposed to be sparring with the Republicans? And do you guys wonder why John McCain is smiling?

James Carville compared New Mexico Gov. Bill Richardson to Judas after Richardson, who served in Bill Clinton's administration, endorsed Barack Obama for President.

Obama's camp sniped back, accusing Bill Clinton of McCarthyism for remarks the former president made that could be construed as criticizing Obama's patriotism.