

As you try to lead a greener life, do you ever wonder if turning off the water when you brush your teeth really makes a difference? Or if carrying a reusable grocery bag in your car can really save the planet?
It’s easy to lose sight of the big picture but I assure you that all of your little baby steps can add up to a…
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ABC News reports that there are 84,000 centenarians living in the United States—that’s folks who have reached the ripe ol’ age of 100 years or more. And when I think of all the changes they’ve seen in their lifetimes, I often wonder if they feel like they’ve been characters living in a science fiction novel.
After all, in the past 100 years they’ve witnessed the birth…
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May is here and that means lots of young American girls are preparing for that high school rite of passage known as Prom. Just today, the New York Post reported on this year’s most popular fashion trend for this big event:
Prom is going porn this year.
The days of dressing like a lady are over — with teens preferring to parade around at their first big dance…
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April 26, 2010 by
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In just two weeks, on May 5, Mexico and America will celebrate Cinco de Mayo. And while Mexico celebrates it as a regional holiday that commemorates their army’s unlikely battle victory over the French in 1862, here in the US it’s not a legal holiday. Of course, we don’t let that little fact stop us from celebrating the culture of our Mexican Americans on that…
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