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My involvement with breast cancer fundraising goes back a long time. Twelve years ago I trained extensively and raised more than $12,000 to take part in two consecutive 3-Day walks in Los Angeles -- trekking 60 miles from Santa Barbara to Malibu....
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The Wall Street Journal reported[1] on January 19 that the Obama administration was pushing heavily to get the 50 state attorneys general to agree to a settlement with five major banks in the "robo-signing" scandal. The scandal involves employees...
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There is one moment every year when mankind the world over is united. It comes during the Academy Awards when humanity takes a bathroom break as Oscars are presented for The Shorts - live-action, animation and documentary. The problem isn't...
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Last week I came across several news reports[1] of a study that had me flummoxed. The C.S. Mott Children's Hospital National Poll on Children's Health claimed[2] to have found a "possible association between school-based childhood obesity...
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Those of us who comment on matters of business and economics often find ourselves in a strange double-bind. The issues we're commenting on may be among the most pressing, most urgent, most tangled matters in the national journey -- but, to 90...
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US, EU, Gulf Should Reject Immunity for Saleh, Aides(New York) – Yemeni security forces stormed and shelled hospitals, evicted patients at gunpoint, and beat medics during an assault on Yemen's protest movement that killed at least 120 people in...
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Here in Michigan, our loyalties run strong -- and we take our rivalries pretty darn seriously. The Mitten vs. The U.P. Ford vs. GM vs. Chrysler. And my personal favorite: U of M vs. MSU. I bleed Green and White, wear my Michigan State Spartan...
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Joe Nocera's op-ed[1] in the New York Times yesterday deserves a response and a reiteration of the facts surrounding the Keystone XL tar sands pipeline. President Obama rejected the pipeline's permit last month when the GOP, in a political stunt,...
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Today the Bureau of Labor Statistics reported that the ratio of unemployed workers to job openings was 4 to 1 in December 2011. This is a lot better than at the peak of the recession, when nearly seven people were looking for work for every...
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This article was co-authored by Rachel Gielau, Healthy Futures Associate, AmeriCorps VISTA, Sargent Shriver National Center on Poverty Law. Did you know that switching the focus from treating chronic illnesses to preventing the diseases will not...
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