Experts don't fully know why some some drugs pack on pounds, says Louis Aronne, MD, a weight-loss expert at New York-Presbyterian/Weill Cornell Medical Center, but your doctor may be able to switch you to a different class or lower dose of a drug. He ...
Posted Friday, December 28th 2012 at 1:13PM
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New York (CNN) -- A blogger has posted the home addresses of staffers from a newspaper after the paper published an online, interactive map showing names and addresses of all handgun permit-holders in New York's Westchester and Rockland counties. Ch ...
Posted Friday, December 28th 2012 at 12:30PM
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Lance Armstrong’s Text Conversation With His Lawyer
http://www.bite.ca/bitedaily/2012/08/lance-armstrongs-text-conversation-with-his-lawyer/
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Posted Thursday, December 27th 2012 at 11:06PM
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Glover had been working at EBONY since 2006, when she became the senior editor for Ebony. com. She became managing editor in 2009. Linda Johnson Rice, Chairman of the Johnson Publishing Company and the daughter of EBONY founder Eunice W. Johnson, re ...
Posted Thursday, December 27th 2012 at 10:32PM
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Rihanna is giving back this holiday season in the name of her grandmother. The singer donated about $1.75 million to the radiotherapy department of the Queen Elizabeth Hospital in Barbados over the weekend to honor her late grandmother, Clara “Dolly” ...
Posted Thursday, December 27th 2012 at 10:15PM
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After dating for two years, R&B diva Janet Jackson (pictured) is finally getting hitched again and this time it’s to a man who is loaded. The lucky man is Qatari millionaire Wissam Al Mana (pictured), according to the US Weekly.
Al Mana, 37, gave ...
Posted Thursday, December 27th 2012 at 10:12PM
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IOWA CITY (AP)- A dentist acted legally when he fired an assistant that he found attractive simply because he and his wife viewed the woman as a threat to their marriage, the all-male Iowa Supreme Court ruled Friday.
The court ruled 7-0 that bosse ...
Posted Thursday, December 27th 2012 at 10:08PM
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Brandy & Ryan have been dating for well over a year now and while rumors of their engagement have circulated in the past, it seems like this time may have been the real deal.
While Brandy has yet to confirm or deny the rumors, word on the curb is ...
Posted Thursday, December 27th 2012 at 3:56AM
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Nicki Minaj opted for a subdued black bob wig as she made her entrance to Webster Hall to host her Christmas Extravaganza last night (December 25, 2012).
But while the Harajuku Barbie may have briefly traded her color wigs for a toned down look, ...
Posted Thursday, December 27th 2012 at 3:20AM
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Nene Leakes of the Real Housewives of Atlanta (and her favorite black bra) played host to a lavish Christmas celebration December 21, 2012 in Atlanta. Leakes, joined by several of her RHOA cast mates, partied the night away at the swanky Mandarin Or ...
Posted Thursday, December 27th 2012 at 3:12AM
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Former President George H.W. Bush has been admitted to the intensive care unit at a Houston hospital 'following a series of setbacks including a persistent fever,' but he is alert and talking to medical staff, his spokesman said Wednesday.
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Posted Thursday, December 27th 2012 at 3:08AM
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A new dietary supplement containing an extract from red raspberries is currently the hottest diet product in the U.S. — but not without controversy. Critics say the compound — called raspberry ketone — causes such a significant amount of weight loss ...
Posted Thursday, December 27th 2012 at 12:56AM
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This Holiday season you are sure to get a present that you don’t want or can’t use. We’ve all gotten them. The solar powered flashlights and Betamax box sets of “Mr. Rogers Neighborhood” just take up space in your closet until you get evicted or lose ...
Posted Thursday, December 27th 2012 at 12:32AM
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Are you secretly envious of your co-workers and friends who, like superheroes, never seem to suffer from illnesses like colds or flus, heart issues, stomach problems, even certain cancers, and use far fewer office sick days (or rather, use less sick ...
Posted Thursday, December 27th 2012 at 12:26AM
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On this day the Church focuses especially on the newborn Child, God become human, who embodies for us all the hope and peace we seek. We need no other special saint today to lead us to Christ in the manger, although his mother Mary and Joseph, caring ...
Posted Tuesday, December 25th 2012 at 8:06AM
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Have to or Get to? Who knew that two simple words could change one's mindset, perspective and approach to work and life? Just two words have the potential to enhance joy, productivity, performance and change a complaining voice to thankful heart.
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Posted Tuesday, December 25th 2012 at 6:55AM
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Nationwide --the BLACK IMMIGRATION NETWORK, a national network of African American and black immigrant organizations announce its collaboration to uplift black voices in the immigrant rights debate. The network cites the need for an understanding of ...
Posted Monday, December 24th 2012 at 9:22PM
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Trey Songz, (real name Tremaine Neverson) the 28-year-old singer was recently arrested for reportedly throwing a "wad of cash" at a woman that hit her in the face. Apparently, she took a picture of him while they were at his album release party in t ...
Posted Monday, December 24th 2012 at 8:54PM
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Dear Mr. President: please define “meaningful.”
Last Friday, in the wake of the Newtown, Conn., tragedy in which 20 children and six adults were slaughtered at Sandy Hook Elementary School, you spoke some eloquent, passionate words. ...
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Posted Friday, December 21st 2012 at 11:04AM
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One of the best and most important parts of marriages can often feel like the very worst. In marriage, all our "ugly" comes out. Self-centeredness. Bitterness. Unkind words. Uncharitable attitudes. Manipulation. Anger. This list could go on and on.
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Posted Tuesday, December 18th 2012 at 2:22PM
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One of the biggest complaints parents have today is that when they set a limit, their children are not happy about it. There is a groundswell of worry and concern based in the mistaken idea that our children should be happy with whatever we want them ...
Posted Monday, December 17th 2012 at 11:42PM
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Why Esteem Mary the Mother of Emmanuel? One Conversation with a Catholic Friend Has Stuck With Me Through the Years. "I'm just not a fan of how you Catholics venerate Mary," I said to my college friend Erica (not her real name) during one of our regular conversations about the differences between my ...
Posted Monday, December 17th 2012 at 11:26PM
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During our first year of marriage, Michael turned to me. I don't remember the context or the occasion for his words, but I remember what he said. "Marriage isn't celebrated nearly enough," Michael said. "How about, every five years, we either throw a ...
Posted Monday, December 17th 2012 at 11:13PM
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Children across the country went back to school today, just three days after a man entered Sandy Hook Elementary School in Newtown, Conn. and killed 26 people — 20 of them children.
Tim Sanford, a licensed professional counselor and trauma spec ...
Posted Monday, December 17th 2012 at 8:46PM
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NEWTOWN, Connecticut (Reuters) - Twelve girls and eight boys. One had celebrated her seventh birthday just four days before her death. They were Charlotte and Jack, Noah and Grace. Dressed in "cute kid stuff," all 20 died when a heavily armed 20-yea ...
Posted Saturday, December 15th 2012 at 10:47PM
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