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Social media hogging more than a quarter of online time, new study shows
Online time is social media time, according to a new study. (Clemens V. Vogelsang, “vauvau” via flickr) Michael De Groote Social media is hogging people’s online time, according to a new study by...
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Teen driving behavior most risky when they’re alone, survey says
Shutterstock (Shutterstock) Lois M. Collins COUPEVILLE, Wash. — Mason Lamb knows all the rules as he drives to school each day. Rules like no texting or racing. Buckle up. If he gets caught speeding,...
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Blue Sunday: Hundreds of churches will pray for the safety of children,...
(Heather Tuttle, Deseret News graphics) Lois M. Collins HARLINGEN, Texas — Janet Magee was horrified when a child who sometimes came to the church she attended was murdered, one of the nation’s 1,570...
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Candy Land draws fire for using unhealthy, sexualized body images in its...
Candy Land is designed for children as young as 3 years old. So why are some of its characters like Princess Lolly and Queen Frostine wearing tight-fitting clothing, and looking so skinny that their...
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Is new show ‘Preachers’ Daughters’ exploiting religious families?
Kolby and Nikita Koloff are featured on “Preachers’ Daugthers.” (www.mylifetime.com) Jamshid Ghazi Askar “Preachers’ Daughters” is a new reality TV show on Lifetime network. It follows three families...
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Infant mortality declines in the U.S., CDC report says, but problems still exist
Infant mortality rates in America fell by 12 percent between 2005 and 2011, according to a new report from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. (Mustafa Quraishi, Associated Press) Mercedes...
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Microsavings are building wealth penny by penny
Activists say microsavings can also reach the poorest of the poor, far outside the reaches of the formal banking system, reported the Washington Post. Mercedes White Bill Gates once said, “If you are...
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Families helped propel ‘Iron Man 3’ to historic haul
This film publicity image released by Disney-Marvel Studios shows Robert Downey Jr. as Tony Stark in a scene from “Iron Man 3.” (Disney, Marvel Studios) Jamshid Ghazi Askar The new film “Iron Man 3”...
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Saving moms: Mothers doing better than they think in teaching kids about money
Sara Tetreault smiles with her two children on the Oregon coast. Tetreault blogs on “stylishly frugal living” at GoGingham.com. (Brad Tetreault, Tetreault family photograph) Michael De Groote...
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The state of motherhood around the world
Mercedes White If there is one thing Carolyn Miles knows, it’s that mothers — no matter if they’re in the United States, Pakistan or Nigeria — are fundamentally the same. “Every night, millions of...
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