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Global Warming: Holding Obama’s Feet to the Fire

Source: The Progressive

FABIENNE ANTOINE CAME ALL the way from Atlanta to Washington, D.C., to hold President Obama to his word. The twenty-one-year-old political science major at Spelman College says she was psyched when, during his second Inaugural Address, the Pre ...
Full article at: The Progressive  More like this  May 13 2013, 3:09pm CDT

Weekend Flashback: 5/10-5/12

Source: We Love DC

Another weekend is in the history books. On the upside: two weeks till Memorial Day Weekend! On the downside: two WEEKS till Memorial Day Weekend?! We can make it. Mainly because most sane people don’t do anything the week of Memorial Day. And before I’m ...
Full article at: We Love DC  More like this  May 13 2013, 10:15am CDT

A day in May in the USA - for moms

Source: NorthJersey.com

Most holidays are observed because they're linked to a specific event. We rarely move them around, except to create convenient three-day winter weekends to which we assign an always-three-day-weekend. "Presidents' Day" (some of us can remember Was ...
Full article at: NorthJersey.com  More like this  May 10 2013, 1:13pm CDT

Visiting the Center for Children’s Books

Source: Book Riot

Sixteen thousand. Walk in the fairytale castle that houses the Graduate School of Library and Information Science at the University of Illinois. Walk down a tight wooden staircase. Turn right. Walk through the doors of ...
Full article at: Book Riot  More like this  May 8 2013, 1:03pm CDT

Gov. Chris Christie has stomach surgery

Source: The Morning Call

WASHINGTON — New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie, who recently described himself as "the healthiest fat guy you've ever seen," revealed Tuesday that he's taken a major step toward slimming down. The Republican told the New York Post that he underw ...
Full article at: The Morning Call  More like this  May 8 2013, 7:59am CDT

Christie's quiet decision for Lap-Band surgery explodes into public eye

Source: NJ.com

It could have been a spy novel. Instead, it was a real-life plot that Gov. Chris Christie put in place to combat a most public problem: his weight. Christie acknowledged Tuesday he secretly slipped into a surgery center ...
Full article at: NJ.com  More like this  May 8 2013, 5:20am CDT

An American in Bucks: Who doesn’t love a good bank holiday?

Source: Buckinghamshire Examiner

Michelle Ashley, a 24 year old, cowgirl boot-wearing Texan, moved to England 18 months ago when she married her husband Jon, a church youthworker. Michelle blogs about life in leafy Buckinghamshire from an American perspective. In addition to wri ...
Full article at: Buckinghamshire Examiner  More like this  May 7 2013, 1:08pm CDT

Gov. Chris Christie had secret weight loss surgery

Source: CBS News

TRENTON, N.J. Gov. Chris Christie secretly underwent gastric band surgery in February to try to lose weight at the urging of his family, spokesman Michael Drewniak told The Associated Press on Tuesday. The father of four agreed to the surgery, in which ...
Full article at: CBS News  More like this  May 7 2013, 7:32am CDT

Capitol Campus hillside to have hazardous trees, invasive plants removed

Source: The Olympian

Oak trees grown from a famous oak in the Basque Country thrive in Boise - apt icons to keep in mind on Arbor Day. 23 trees downed, most of them sick A three-man crew kept busy on Presidents Day removing 23 trees in the area of 1 ...
Full article at: The Olympian  More like this  May 6 2013, 1:09pm CDT

Weaned: A BIttersweet Victory

Source: The New York Times

Visions of riesling and NyQuil danced in my head. I missed them so much, especially the medicine, by the time I caught my third severe cold of the winter. Being sick is no fun, but being both ill and home alone al ...
Full article at: The New York Times  More like this  May 6 2013, 11:47am CDT


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