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What started as an effort to have people buy one American-made gift for Christmas has resulted in more than $550,000 of pledges to buy American products for the holidays. Earlier this season we wrote about the Made in America premise: if each of us spent just $64 on U.S.-made goods during our holiday shopping, the
READ MOREFatal infections have been linked to Neti pot usage; two Louisiana residents died after flushing their sinuses with tap water. (A Neti pot, pictured, is a sinus-flushing device). ABC News, 12/16/2011
READ MOREIn Racine, Wisconsin, the younger generation helps brighten up the holiday with music, gifts, and smiles as part of a program called “Be a Santa to a senior.” Trees are set up in local shops and decorated with ornaments containing requests from the needy. Volunteers then buy the gifts and deck the halls of local
READ MOREThe Daily Mail, 12/16/2011
READ MOREThis is an interesting interview with Harriet Brown, the author of Brave Girl Eating, a memoir about one mother's journey to understand anorexia. The interview discusses Brown's reasons for writing the book, and delves into some details of her daughter's battle with anorexia and the difficult decisions that went along with it. Aside from her
READ MOREThe students in the Green and Recycled Arts class at After-School All-Stars, an LA after-school program provider serving poor inner-city children, are learning that they can express themselves artistically in an environmentally friendly way by taking random household materials to create reusable items and works of art. Huffington Post, 12/13/2011
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