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Former Vice President Dan Quayle got in campaign mode recently by phoning the McCaugheys and congratulating them on their seven babies, says Alex Kaseberg. He did have one question: “Why are they called septuplets? I thought they were born in November.”
* The folks admiring the Iowa septuplets are overlooking the real miracle: The couple came up with seven names they could agree on, notes J.C. Arroyo.
* The Food and Drug Administration has approved a new line of obesity drugs. And researchers recently discovered that lab mice lack an important variable in weight gain. Says Alan Ray, they don’t observe holidays.
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