Sonya Thomas proves she's no turkey when it comes to eating. Weighing in at all of 100 pounds, Thomas shows size is no indication of appetite during a pre-Thanksgiving turkey-eating contest in New York. A group of competitive American eaters assembled at Artie's Deli in New York on Wednesday to gobble down 10-pound roast turkeys and find out.

Two turkeys that were being plumped up for a White House Thanksgiving have been spared by President Bush. Instead of becoming dinner, the birds will be honorary grand marshals at Disneyland's Thanksgiving Day Parade.

One South Florida dentist is hoping a special holiday incentive will help attract patients to come have their teeth cleaned. WPLG-TV

Nearly half of Americans questioned in a new opinion poll mistakenly believe they can contract bird flu by eating chicken. Forty-seven percent of respondents including nearly half of college graduates agreed with the false statement that eating an infected chicken can result in bird-flu transmission. The survey sampled 1,007 Americans and was commissioned by the nonprofit Center for Consumer Freedom (CCF) and conducted by Opinion Research Corporation.

Pennsylvania Game Commission officials believe a drier spring helped improve poult production, but the large mast crop may keep birds disbursed, making the hunt more challenging when the fall wild turkey season opens Oct. 29. Hunters should expect to find increased age diversity among wild turkeys for the fall season, unlike 2004, when several consecutive years of reduced poulty production led to reductions in local populations statewide.