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See you l8r, cursive
- Home & Family
- September 30, 2011
The rise of typepads and keyboards is rewriting school curricula, raising questions about the value of old-fashioned penmanship and fueling debates that divide parents and teachers. Some kids now sign their names in block letters. What does it mean that many kids are not being taught penmanship these days? Signing one's name, one's signature… being able
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How one travel-sized bottle of shampoo turned into a $50 million charity for one flight attendant
- Making a Positive Difference
- September 30, 2011
While working as a flight attendant, Nancy Rivard began collecting complimentary toiletry items when staying in hotels, and she asked her co-workers to donate the shampoos and soaps they, too, had collected from hotels. Then, when Rivard was on a layover at an airport just a short drive to a Bosnian refugee camp, she delivered the toiletries
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Learning how to protect the planet
- Making a Positive Difference
- September 28, 2011
Promising young environmentalists are learning how to become the environmental leaders of tomorrow in a special nature conservancy program. NBC Nightly News, 9/26/2011
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8 Tips to Feel Better About Yourself
- Lifestyle & Relationships
- September 28, 2011
We tend to feel better about ourselves when we behave in a manner that we think is worthy of our own respect. Check out these 8 tips to keep in mind when you doubt yourself, such as doing a good deed, making small gestures of good citizenship, facing your fear and keeping a resolution. Psych
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Natalie Cole To Spotlight Hepatitis C Campaign
- 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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What’s New on ‘Sesame Street’? Math and Science
- Entertainment, Books & Humor
- September 27, 2011
This season of "Sesame Street," which premiered today, has added a few new things to its usual mix of song, dance and educational lessons. In its 42nd season, the preschool educational series is tackling math, science, technology and engineering — all problem areas for America's students — in hopes of helping kids measure up. ABC
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What’s a Company’s Biggest Security Risk? You.
- Financial & Workplace Well-Being
- September 27, 2011
As hacking attacks against companies become more and more common, the majority of corporate security breaches now involve hackers who gain access to company networks by exploiting well-intentioned employees. The Wall Street Journal, 9/26/2011
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In a Bronx Complex, Doing Good Mixes With Looking Good
- Environmental Well-Being
- September 27, 2011
A new subsidized housing development, Via Verde, has been designed to be a healthy, green living space, with hopes that future builders and city planners may also start to emphasize these virtues when creating new urban developments. The footprints of Via Verde's buildings were made narrower than usual to allow apartments to wrap around the
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Free formula samples at hospitals raise concern
- Health & Healing
- September 27, 2011
By sending patients home with goodie bags filled with infant formula, are hospitals encouraging new moms to use formula rather than breastfeeding, which is considered a healthier option for both the baby and the mother? Yahoo! News, 9/25/2011
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Wangari Maathai, Nobel Peace Prize Laureate, Dies at 71
- Making a Positive Difference
- September 27, 2011
Kenyan environmentalist Wangari Maathai was the first African woman to win a Nobel Peace Prize for what the Nobel committee called “her contribution to sustainable development, democracy and peace.” Maathai died of cancer on Sunday at the age of 71, but leaders from around the world are paying tribute to her as one of the
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Expert: Recession Stalling Transition To Adulthood
- Financial & Workplace Well-Being
- September 27, 2011
An increasing number of young adults 25-34 are moving back home and living with their parents because it has become an economic necessity. These young adults are now being referred to as the "lost generation." digtriad.com, 9/23/2011
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National Family Dinner Night
- 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
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‘Made in America Goes Back to School’: Could College Dorm Rooms Hold the Key to Half-a-Million New U.S. Jobs?
- Entertainment, Books & Humor
- September 27, 2011
Inspired by "World News"' "Made in America" series, incoming freshman Monica Resendiz at Southern Methodist University set out to outfit her new dorm room with only "Made in America" products. Unable to find any, she tweeted the World News team for help. World News' Sharyn Alfonsi responded by featuring Resendiz in a Made in America dorm makeover
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Dorms Go Extreme to Lure Students
- Lifestyle & Relationships
- September 27, 2011
According to this report, college students today are not only demanding, but getting better food and living spaces- something their parents may envy as they think back to the 8 x 10 rooms and limited dining options they were used to back in their own college days. CNN.com, 9/23/2011
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Generation YouTube
- Celebrity HealthStyles
- September 27, 2011
What do a model-turned-TV host, a Canadian musician and a boy with a post-dentist buzz have in common? A few minutes on YouTube changed their lives. They may not be household names, but the power of the Internet took Amber Lee Ettinger, Dave Carroll and David Devore Jr. to places no one could have imagined.
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