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From the moment Michelle Obama took the podium Monday night at the Pepsi Center in Denver, her tresses brushing her shoulders in a soft flip with silky edges, black women across the country wanted to know: Who did her hair?
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In the past century our lives have become more complicated. By comparison, our ancestors led a simpler life, with priorities focused on family and community life. Well, times have certainly changed. We are accessible by beeper, cell phone, text message, voicemail, email and instant message, telephone, and fax - all day or night. Whew!
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From the moment Michelle Obama took the podium Monday night at the Pepsi Center in Denver, her tresses brushing her shoulders in a soft flip with silky edges, black women across the country wanted to know: Who did her hair?
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Lisa Scottoline: I've been glued to the Olympics on TV. I watch during dinner as super-fit young bodies tumble, dive and backstroke across my screen, then I wonder why I don't look like that. I'd get the gold medal if eating were an Olympic event.
KAREN HELLER
The problem with Philadelphia City Council - OK, one of many problems - is that it doesn't think big. Except when it comes to summer vacations.
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Kimberly Garrison: The push is on by some to make fat people pay through increased health insurance premiums. Call it the fat tax. Is this fair?
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Radnor loses bid to halt mosquito spraying
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A big step on cell transformation
- An adult cell has been remade into another, an advance that stem-cell critics applaud.
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Kimberly Garrison: The push is on by some to make fat people pay through increased health insurance premiums. Call it the fat tax. Is this fair?
Dealing with breast cancer is an ordeal too many women face. Sandra Long, Inquirer deputy managing editor, tells her story, from diagnosis to drawing strength from faith and friends, in her blog, "In Sandra's Shoes."
EDUCATION
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Kindergarten remains pivotal in the lives of children, introducing concepts and social principles that youngsters learn to live by. It's where we learn to clean up our own messes, hold hands, and stick together.
For many Philadelphia-area students-to-be, this life-cycle event looms large. Don't fear: We grilled two veteran kindergarten teachers about the ins and outs of helping children (and parents) make the transition to the classroom.
For many Philadelphia-area students-to-be, this life-cycle event looms large. Don't fear: We grilled two veteran kindergarten teachers about the ins and outs of helping children (and parents) make the transition to the classroom.
Dear Gen & Kelly: I am thinking about college majors. Do you know where I can get information on job descriptions and earnings by college major? Signed, Major Decision
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RELATIONSHIPS / ADVICE
- Historic, by acclamation
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From the moment Michelle Obama took the podium Monday night at the Pepsi Center in Denver, her tresses brushing her shoulders in a soft flip with silky edges, black women across the country wanted to know: Who did her hair?
Q: I am in a situation that I can't see my way out of.I share an apartment with my high school friend and make barely enough money to pay my half of the rent. We have always gotten along well until recently when it became obvious she was flirting with my
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Two ways of looking at social networking sites
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For the ladies of Square Rootz, the push and pull of MySpace always trumps traditional marketing when getting the word out about their year-old lifestyle and media collective.
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Big step: Kindergarten
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Kindergarten remains pivotal in the lives of children, introducing concepts and social principles that youngsters learn to live by. It's where we learn to clean up our own messes, hold hands, and stick together.
For many Philadelphia-area students-to-be, this life-cycle event looms large. Don't fear: We grilled two veteran kindergarten teachers about the ins and outs of helping children (and parents) make the transition to the classroom. -
Going organic - all the way organic
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The buzzword is plastered everywhere. From pesticide-free fruits and vegetables to meats absent of antibiotics and hormones, organic is the trend of the day. Farms are expanding. Sales are skyrocketing.
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Building better babies?
- A program that feeds infants art and algebra with their strained applesauce has adherents worldwide - as well as critics.Everyday, Angelo and his mom go through countless flash cards, drilling on geography, mathematics, and even botany. Angelo is 13 months old, but a long-time practitioner of the Better Baby Program, a product of the controversial Institutes for the Achievement of Human Potential in Wyndmoor.
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Surf's up for makers of fancy wood boards
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In a garage somewhere in Oregon sits a big hunk of cedar, pulled from beneath the surface of a river and now awaiting its next incarnation. Once it completely dries, it will only get wet again, this time slicing through the waves off Strathmere, N.J.
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At Failcamp, mistakes were OK. Admitting them was even better. As one participant said by means of introduction, "I fail on a regular basis, and I thought this would be a good spot for me. I mean, I failed five times in that sentence."
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