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The Secret to Good Health May Be a Walk in the Park

The Secret to Good Health May Be a Walk in the Park In Minneapolis-St. Paul, the nation’s healthiest urban region, almost everyone lives within a 10-minute walk of a good public park. Shouldn’t we all? Read More…

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Checking on Social Security Estimates Is a Good Idea, but Many People Don’t Do It

Checking on Social Security Estimates Is a Good Idea, but Many People Don’t Do It The Social Security Administration used to mail out many more statements each year. Now, it encourages workers to go online. A new report says millions haven’t looked. Read More…

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An Arsenal of Skype, Voice Recorders and FOIAs

An Arsenal of Skype, Voice Recorders and FOIAs Emily Bazelon, an investigative reporter at The New York Times Magazine, craves easy-to-use tools, whether for interviews, Freedom of Information Act records or her home TV. Read More…

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Trash, the Library and a Worn, Brown Table: The 2019 College Essays on Money

Trash, the Library and a Worn, Brown Table: The 2019 College Essays on Money Each year, we ask high school seniors to submit college application essays they’ve written about work, money, social class and related topics. Here are five that moved us. Read More…

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Mary Katharine Ham’s ‘Big’ childhood dream crushed; She’s not alone

http://twitter.com/#!/mkhammer/status/369107783750123520 Oh, the humanity! Get off her lawn, whippersnappers! Alas, it’s true. Not the “Big” piano, but a big piano. http://twitter.com/#!/stephencoles/status/273532325961297920 In our day, it was an unreachable dream! Twitter users console Hot Air’s Mary Katharine Ham as only they can: http://twitter.com/#!/mkhammer/status/369108623223296001 http://twitter.com/#!/mkhammer/status/369108766488150016 Bigger? What could be bigger than that? http://twitter.com/#!/BrianFaughnan/status/369109102594490368 Bingo! http://twitter.com/#!/kerpen/status/369111387777159170 See? You…

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Top ten #IfObamaWasJesus tweets

http://twitter.com/#!/ExJon/status/273214978176196608 Conservatives love their hashtag games. The latest game was spawned by Jamie Foxx’s ridiculous and blasphemous statement that President Barack Obama is “our Lord and Savior.” Oh, and then there is the painting that depicts President Obama as the crucified Christ. If liberals are going to go off the deep end, the rest of…

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