Stand Down Offers Hand Up for Homeless Vets
3:30 PM 4/6/2011
For the past 22 years an increasing number of homeless, American vets walk for hours, in some cases days, to reach National Stand Down, a life-changing event set in a temporary, horseshoe-shaped encampment of military-style canvas tents, camouflage netting and "water buffaloes" on the dusty fields...
Hawaiian Tourism Rocked by Japan Disaster
8:00 AM 3/23/2011
Aftershocks of the disaster in Japan rippled through the Hawaiian tourism industry last week as thousands of Japanese tourists canceled travel plans in the wake of their country's overwhelming devastation.
According to a report from USA Today, Hawaii expected to host an estimated 7.1 million...
Millions of Americans live near 104 nuclear power plants operating in 31 states, but MSNBC reports only 22 of those states have amassed potassium iodide tablets, or "K1," "to be taken by residents within 10 miles of power plants in an emergency." Watching the nuclear crisis unfold in Fukushima,...
Adventures in Bird Watching: Cheep, Cheep Thrills
3:00 PM 3/16/2011
If the Great Recession finds you putting hobbies on hold in the name of the family budget, maybe it's time to let imagination take wing and get hooked on something that's wild, free and well, "cheep": ornithology, or in layman's terms, bird watching. Score one for the checkbook.
In fact, it's a...
How to Choose a Driving School for Your Teen
8:00 AM 3/14/2011
Car crashes kill more teens than cancer, homicide and suicide combined, which is why choosing a good driving school could quite literally be a life or death decision. In fact, the Automobile Association of America (AAA) reports that although teens represent only 7% of the licensed population, they...
A recent study revealed that kids think cereal tastes better when packaged in boxes with mascots and cartoon characters. Mind blowing, right?
As reported in the Archives of Pediatrics and Adolescent Medicine, researchers at the Annenberg School for Communication at the University of...
$9 Airfare Los Angeles to Vegas -- Going, Going, Gone?
3:01 PM 3/8/2011
In celebration of its new route flying from Los Angeles to Vegas, stunt-savvy Spirit Airlines is offering a $9 fare each way from La-La-land to Sin City. Taxes and fees quickly ratchet that price up to $39 round trip, but it's still less than what you'll lose to the slots -- or pay if you want to...
London Health Officials Sour on Breast Milk Ice Cream
2:15 PM 3/2/2011
In London, some big babies are crying foul over banned milk, specifically, the decision by Westminister's Health Protection Agency and Food Standards Agency to halt sales of "Baby Gaga" breast-milk-based ice cream to the public.
Although the agency told London-based BBC, "We will support small...
Teens might think they know it all, but how much do they really know when it comes to money? The U.S. Department of Treasury is partnering with the U.S. Department of Education to present the 2011 National Financial Capability Challenge so that high school students, educators and parents nationwide...
Breast Milk Ice Cream, Human Cheese, Are Finding an Audience. What Would Mother Say?
5:00 PM 2/25/2011
Human breast milk for grown-up consumption has been taking baby steps into mainstream dairy products since New York chef Daniel Angerer's well-publicized mother's milk cheese in 2008. But this week marks a new development: The Icecreamist restaurant in London introduced Baby Gaga breast milk ice...
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