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N.Y. Legislature Tightens Rules on Water Withdrawals0
- Environmental Well-Being
- June 21, 2011
New York is taking legal action to protect its shores more strongly. Legislatures approved a bill Monday that will require agricultural and commercial users to apply for a permit for the first time if they wish to withdraw water. The tightened security will allow for better regulation and conservation of water, the state department of
READ MOREPortable pools pose drowning risks for tots0
- Home & Family
- June 20, 2011
A new Pediatrics study quantified the dangers that portable pools present to small children. About two dozen children, almost all under the age of 5, drown in portable pools each year, it reported. With summer approaching and portable pools becoming a more financially friendly option, this study, analyzing a total of 209 pool-related deaths from
READ MOREWhirlwind reign at an end for Dearborn’s Miss USA, Rima Fakih0
- Celebrity HealthStyles
- June 20, 2011
Sunday night marked the beginning of one woman’s journey as Miss USA, and the end for former titleholder Rima Fakih. As the first Muslim-American to wear the crown, Fakih worked to bring awareness about and more options to Muslim women. During her reign, she worked with former President Clinton in Egypt and visited American troops
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Keeping cool without AC: five easy tips0
- Green Behavior
- June 20, 2011
When summer heat kicks in, about 84 percent of Americans turn to their air conditioning units for relief. The average home spends just under $400 on cooling—that’s almost 20% of one’s entire energy bill. To save both money and energy, the dailygreen.com offers 8 easy steps ranging from simple household changes to larger home improvement
READ MORECancer vaccine study offers hope0
- Health & Healing
- June 20, 2011
Administering the HPV vaccine may prevent cervical cancer in teenage girls, an Australian-based research group found. The two-year study, published in The Lancent medical journal surveyed females between the ages of 12-26 from 2007 to 2009. Three years after vaccination, fewer teenage girls developed precancerous abnormalities. Study leader Dr. Julia Brotherton said this is the
READ MORENewberry Township Picked for ‘Extreme Home’ Makeover0
- Entertainment, Books & Humor
- June 20, 2011
Navigating the cramped rooms in his Pennsylvania home is just one of the challenges 23-year-old Brian Keefer, paralyzed from the neck down by a gymnastics injury in 2008, overcomes every day. When the bus for ABC’s “Extreme Makeover: Home Edition” rolled into their driveway Sunday morning, the family was overjoyed. Host Ty Pennington and his
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