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Can't Buy Me Love This Valentine's Day
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If you and yours like to dine in a formal setting, put on your best dress and light some candles. Spreading a picnic blanket out in the living room can add charm to the occasion. Make sure you take care of all the preparations a day or two in advance like shopping for your favorite foods, renting movies, and cleaning the house.
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Talking About Money Matters
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A personal finance correspondent for CNBC, Sharon Epperson, advises couples not to point fingers when talking about money. It's more constructive to come up with a plan rather than waste time placing blame on a person. If you and your spouse hit a brick wall seeking a third party may be the best option for you.
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Birth Of Octuplets Spurs Debate
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Much of the recent debate has been about whether doctors should have offered the 33-year-old mother of six the option to undergo in-vitro fertilization treatment. Ethicists also question why the doctors would have implanted so many embryos. And still others worry about how the mother will raise 14 children, now ranging in age from newborn to 7 years old.
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Going to Great Lengths For Long Lashes
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The clinical trial was considered a success proving the drug makes eyelashes a good deal longer and thicker. Almost 80 percent of the subjects involved in the study saw significant increases in eyelash length, fullness, and darkness after 16 weeks.
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No Press For Women Chefs
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According to the Women Chefs & Restaurateurs organization, women make up only 10 percent of the executive-level chef positions in the U.S. A recent article from Time Out New York magazine reported on the way the media pushes women chefs out of the spotlight while focusing on men.
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Women Offer Words of Wisdom For Our New First Lady
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Education specialists Barbara Seals Nevergold and Peggy Brooks-Bertram first got the idea for their book, Go, Tell Michelle, after seeing the cover of a July issue of The New Yorker satirically depicting Barack and Michelle Obama as gun-toting terrorists.
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Paid Leave Can Predict How You'll Feed Your Baby
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One predictor of how long a mother will breastfeed seems to depend greatly on how much paid maternity leave she is given. A new study reported about in Reuters analyzes the affects of paid maternity leave and the length of time new mothers breastfeed.
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Nip One, Tuck All
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Men are not as interested in procedures below the neck. The American Society of Plastic Surgeons says that the number one procedure being performed on men is nose reshaping followed by eyelid surgery. For women, the top procedure is breast augmentation followed by liposuction.
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Greener Pastures Lead to Healthier Living
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It's possible this study tells us something about the obesity epidemic that has come about in the last 20 - 30 years. The continuous structural development and slow elimination of more and more green spaces could be playing a part in our children's health.
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Doting on Dolls
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Many of the women who buy the dolls could not have children of their own or have grown children out of the house and miss having a baby around. The "reborns" are often taken for walks in strollers, clothed in real baby clothes, and doted over as if they were the real thing.
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