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NBC News Heads to the Theater with Legendary Broadway Octogenarians Angela Lansbury, James Earl Jones and Joel Grey0
- Entertainment, Books & Humor
- May 30, 2012
At a time in life when most people are slowing down (at 80-years-old and over), these famous actors of stage and screen are still going strong, performing eight Broadway shows a week. When NBC interviewed them, Lansbury and Jones couldn't help cracking each other up as they chatted about their love of taking the stage
READ MORENationwide study casts a wide net over seafood fraud0
- Consumer Alerts
- February 24, 2013
A new study reveals that seafood sold in the U.S. is often mislabeled; this seafood has been swapped for species that are cheaper, overfished, or dangerous to eat. Consumers can avoid falling victim to seafood fraud by buying whole fish, which are easier to identify, and not trusting prices that seem too good to be
READ MORENational Geographic show “Brain Games” challenging what you think you know about the mind0
- Film & Television
- June 23, 2013
“Brain Games” is a show on the National Geographic Channel that examines the way we think. One episode focuses on the differences between men and women when it comes to spatial reasoning. The host of the show, Jason Silva, explains, “We had two cars packed to the brim. We got a chance to empty them
READ MORENational Family Dinner Night0
- Home & Family
- September 27, 2011
American families share stories about the importance of nightly meals together in this follow-up to last week's Columbia University study, which found that families who regularly eat dinner together have kids who are less likely to smoke tobacco and pot. ABC World News, 9/26/2011
READ MORENation’s Largest Mentoring Network Urges Americans to Start Something to Help Kids Succeed In, Out of Classroom0
- What I Can Do
- January 14, 2011
This January, as part of National Mentoring Month, Big Brothers Big Sisters launches Start Something™, a national initiative inviting all adults – not just volunteers – to support quality mentoring to help children who face adversity beat the odds. As part of the campaign, volunteers and children will videotape their experiences for posting on Facebook
READ MORENatalie Cole To Spotlight Hepatitis C Campaign0
- Celebrity HealthStyles
- September 28, 2011
Natalie Cole, a 9 time Grammy Award winner, plans to meet with leading patient advocates in Washington, D.C., to discuss the Tune In to Hep C national public health initiative. The Grammy winner was diagnosed with chronic Hepatitis C in 2008. Cole said, “It doesn’t matter how you fund the virus, it matters what you
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