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(From shine.com) What do you do if you’re feeling blue because of the financial crisis? Or if you’re just having an extremely lousy day? Here are nine strategies that can boost your mood right now in a happiness emergency. In the next thirty minutes, check off as many of the following items as possible. Each […]

Black Americans have historically been undercounted by the U.S. Census, and as a result our communities have missed out on federal funding and other resources that were sorely needed. This year, do your part to make sure that your neighborhood is accurately counted by filling out and returning your Census form. If you haven’t done […]

(From shine.com) Call it nagging, call it scolding, call it…good advice? Take a second to listen to your mother—and get better skin for it. 1. “JUNK FOOD WILL RUIN YOUR SKIN.” Conventional wisdom used to be that diet didn’t affect your complexion. But a recent study in the Journal of the American Academy of Dermatology […]

Oprah Winfrey, standing with families of the victims who died in distracted-driving accidents. *For the past several months, Oprah Winfrey has been using the final moments of her talk show to promote her “No Phone Zone” campaign against using cell phones while driving. The crusade’s official launch took place in grand style on Friday. Michigan’s […]

  BY THE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA   A PROCLAMATION Throughout our history, whether in times of great joy and thanksgiving, or in times of great challenge and uncertainty, Americans have turned to prayer. In prayer, we have expressed gratitude and humility, sought guidance and forgiveness, and received inspiration and assistance, both […]

From MSNBC: VENICE, La. – President Barack Obama toured the staging area for response efforts to the Gulf Coast oil spill on Sunday, afterwards saying “we’re dealing with a massive and potentially unprecedented environmental disaster.” Mindful of the political damage suffered by President George W. Bush for a slow response after Hurricane Katrina ravaged the […]

from www.cdc.gov Asthma is the most common long-term disease of children, but adults have asthma, too. Asthma causes repeated episodes of wheezing, breathlessness, chest tightness, and nighttime or early morning coughing. If you have asthma, you have it all the time, but you will have asthma attacks only when something bothers your lungs. You can […]

VIA CNN: Law enforcement officials early Monday pored through evidence, including a 20-second video, after a failed car bombing attempt in Times Square over the weekend. The video released by authorities showed an image of a man, who police say is possibly connected to the attempted bombing, changing his shirt along a New York street. […]

// From TMZ A source close to retired NFL star Corey Dillon tells TMZ the ex-running back is adamant that he didn’t lay a hand on his wife last night — but he may have splashed her with soy sauce. As TMZ first reported, Dillon was arrested for felony spousal abuse at his home in […]

From The New York Times Shortly before 6:30 p.m. on Saturday, the vendors — Lance Orton and Duane Jackson, who both served during the Vietnam War and now rely on special sidewalk vending privileges for disabled veterans — said they told nearby officers about the Pathfinder, which had begun filling with smoke and then emitted […]