State With Highest Obesity Rate Passes Law That Will Keep Its Residents Fat

Those crazy, fat folks in Mississippi aren't willing to give up their title as the fattest state in the country. On the same day a judge blocked a ban on the sale of large, sugary drinks in New York City, Mississippi lawmakers passed a law that would prevent such a ban in the state.
"We believe there's enough regulation," said Mississippi state Sen. Tony Smith, the bill's author and a restaurant