A former landfill near Denver is being turned into soccer fields to be used yearly by more than a half-million people, the Denver Post reports. That has county officials spinning a success story for waste management. But public health advocates are crying "foul." The site, which is part of a several million dollar containment project, will also include a dog park and the county's hazardous household waste facility. "You'll be able to run your dogs, dump your hazardous waste and play soccer all in the same place," Jefferson County facilities manager Lee Suttie said.

White House press secretary Ari Fleischer today ended his two-and-a-half-year tenure as the President's top spokesperson. The man who New York Times' Elisabeth Bumiller wrote "often displayed the charm of a cold glass of water behind the briefing room lectern" looks forward to becoming a well paid after-dinner speaker and starting his own Washington consulting firm, Ari Fleischer Communications, that will advise corporate executives on handling the news media.

"Kraft Foods' recently announced initiatives on obesity have marked a new phase in how food companies will address Americans' concerns about food and nutrition," PR Week writes. Until now, the food industry has tried to deflect the blame for America's growing waistlines by promoting physical activity. Now Kraft and others are talking about changing products and marketing.