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NBC is selling 30-second spots for next year’s Super Bowl for an average of $3 million. By mid-June, the network already had sold 80...
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It’s not just Disney stars Miley Cyrus and Vanessa Hudgens who take and share risqué photos of themselves. Turns out, this kind of...
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Outdoor advocates are pushing New Mexico lawmakers to levy a tax on TVs and video games. They say such a bill would encourage the state’s...
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This spring, six teenage girls and two teen boy accomplices were arrested after brutally beating a fellow teen and posting a video...
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Walt Mueller
With the advent of another school, your students not only are heading back into the classroom but also onto the playing field. Fully...
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Since officially opening mid-May in Public Beta (testing mode), the fun and educational site of FranktownRocks.com is being exposed...
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With gas prices rising and the housing market already in a slump, charities across the nation are bracing themselves for declining...
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American kids take antipsychotic meds at more than six times the rate of children in the United Kingdom. Experts say many of the kids taking these meds on both sides of the pond probably don’t need them.
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We know auto accidents are the No. 1 killer of teens. A recent study suggests why. According to the study, sponsored by State Farm Insurance and The Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia, 75 percent of teens...
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France is highly concerned about folks who don’t eat enough. In fact, part of France’s parliament recently passed a bill that would make it illegal to advocate extreme skinniness. A thin excuse for a law, you might say, but lawmakers say fashion magazines, advertisers and Web sites are a threat to public health, pushing people into anorexia and bulimia. The bill drew special attention to Web sites that tell readers how to live on, say, an apple a day, and nothing else.
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Speaking of depression, a study by the White House Office of National Drug Policy discovered pot-smoking teens are more than twice as likely to battle dark thoughts. Moreover, depressed users were more...
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About one out of every 12 adolescents experienced what is termed as major depression last year, according to a study by the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration. About half of those polled said their depression impaired their ability to function normally. Girls appeared to be far more prone to suffer depression, with nearly 13 percent of females reporting heavy-duty depression, compared to 4.5 percent of males.
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Antidepressants, such as Prozac and Zoloft, are among the nation’s most prescribed drugs, and some users have been on them since they were children. Which, for some patients and doctors, brings up an interesting...
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Under the heading, “Let’s hope they don’t decide to unionize,” The typical mom should earn about $69,135 a year, according to a recent study. The pay grade is based on time moms spend cleaning (maids make about $11.30 an hour in New York City), cooking (head cooks make $42.52 an hour), caring for kids ($14.70 for nannies), shopping (mystery shoppers make $21 an hour) and chauffeuring ($15.20 hourly rate for cabbies). Plus, most folks get, like, a day off every now and then, right?
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Blue Like Jazz author Donald Miller closes the Democratic National Convention in prayer.
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Watch this JibJab video spoof of current American politics.
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Enjoy this Irish blessing.
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Hilarious footage of a youth ministry pastor trying to correct a faux pas.
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