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Wednesday
Dec142011

Five Ways to Give Without Spending a Dime

divinecaroline.comYou’d like to give more to charity, but your meager income won’t allow it. Fortunately, we’ve rounded up five great sites that let you contribute to charitable causes without spending a single dime.

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Tuesday
Dec132011

New Disney Kiddie Princess Debuts: 'Sofia the First'

(Photo: Disney)You can't go wrong pitching all things blingy to little girls, and that -- along with a dash of preschool-friendly morality -- is the idea behind Disney's new princess character, "Sofia the First."

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Thursday
Dec082011

Pray for Virginia Tech Students on Lockdown After Shooting

 

ABC News

Virginia Tech University, the site of the country's worst massacre, is on lockdown today following reports that a police officer has been shot and killed near the campus and the gunman is on the loose.

The school is saying that the suspect is at large and students are being told, "Stay indoors. Secure in place."

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Tuesday
Dec062011

Defending Our Nation Means Defending the Cross

AP Photo/Rafiq Maqbool

At Camp Pendleton, an atheist group is challenging a cross put in place by a few Marines in honor of four heroes who died in Iraq. An atheist group says the memorial sends a message of "exclusion." And on the battlefield in Afghanistan, the U.S. Army has removed a cross that's been in place in front of a chapel.

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Sunday
Dec042011

Are Your Favorite Things Actually Addictions?

Peter Dazeley/Photographer's Choice/Getty Images; Bloomberg via Getty Images; Chris Turner/Stone/Getty Imagescolumn on BBC News this week explores the idea that anything -- from Diet Coke to work to exercise -- can be addictive. If it stimulates the reward area of our brain, argues Mark Griffiths, Ph.D., a psychologist and gambling expert, there’s potential for abuse. Scientific studies back up his claim; over the past few years, for instance, we’ve seen headlines proclaim that our favorite guilty pleasures like junk foodFacebook and tanning can all be habit-forming.

So how do we know if our chocolate habit or love of bargain hunting has taken us to the dark side? READ MORE