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I was waiting at the airport gate for my flight back to New York when an elderly woman happened to sit in the empty seat next to me. "Do you speak Arabic?" she asked, eyeing the words I was studying. "Not really, but I'm learning." I answered. "Do...
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Recall alert! About 10,000 Bugaboo Cameleon3 strollers have been recalled. Find out all the details, and then read on to learn about other urgent children's product safety recalls, including recent recalls of cribs from JC Penney,...
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EPICURIOUS
It's that time of year when eggs are on many minds and plates. So it's also a good time to remember that, yes, eggs can indeed fit into a healthy diet. As Kathleen Zelman, WebMD's Director of Nutrition, explained in our first Doable Challenge: Get...
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BACKSTORY:Five years ago, I was sitting at Gate C8 at Louis Armstrong International airport after a grueling Halloween weekend in New Orleans, unaware that a single sentence I'd soon utter would change the rest of my life. If you've never been to...
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About two months ago I was prescribed an antibiotic, doxycycline, for a sinus infection. The medicine came with a warning that you shouldn't lie down for thirty minutes after taking it, but I somehow managed to forget all about that, popping a...
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Did you see the headlines? "Breastfeeding's Role in Controlling Obesity is Weakened" said TIME.com. From CBS: "Breast-feeding may not stave off childhood obesity like previously thought."[1][2] The stories followed a report in the Journal of the...
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EPICURIOUS
I'm just loco for arepas. And it seems I'm not the only one. Delicious and versatile, these comforting cornmeal cakes are essential components of the Colombian and Venezuelan diet. As food historian and James Beard Award-winning chef Maricel...
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Crafts -- and all the glitter, beads and brightly-colored construction paper that go with them -- might seem like the domain of little girls. But boys love crafts, too -- you've just got to find the right ones. From superhero capes and masks to...
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I have never once taken a shot. Never drawn up a game-winning play. Never stepped onto the court or yelled at an official from the coach's box. But as the General Manager of the Connecticut Sun and -- in the late 90s, the ABL's New England...
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EPICURIOUS
So I popped down to central Texas a couple weeks ago to visit my brother, who lives in Killeen, and convinced him to take half a day to make the drive to Lockhart, which many have dubbed the capital of Texas barbecue. It's not a big city by any...
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