Just exactly how much food are we throwing away uneaten? Ursula Hirschkorn, 36, of North London kept a diary for a week to discover just how much food her family throws out, and the amount is staggering: The average family throws away ã610 of perfectly…
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If Mom were on the payroll, she'd earn $126,593: study
For the many roles they play, mothers in Canada would earn about $126,593 a year if they were on a company payroll, a study says.…
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Top 5 (Relatively) Quick and Geeky Last Minute Mothers Day Gifts
Its hard to buy something different for Mom when she 1) already has a lot of things, 2) doesnt ask for anything, and 3) youve bought her all the traditionally sentimental gifts you can think of over the years. Trueroots has some suggestions for geeky…
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'Glut of Children' in Tribeca Swamps Schools, Threatens Chaos
If it's Friday, it must be time for morning reading about schools. First up, there is the growing "glut of children" in Tribeca that apparently can't get into neighborhood schools (PS 234 and PS 89). Per the Times: "Some three dozen…
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New Biometric Face Scanner Can Tell the Difference Between Identical Twins [Biometrics]
A new biometric face scanner from the Japanese company Sagawa Advance has taken the technology to the next level, able to differentiate between identical twins with no problems at all. It does this by using an infrared scanner to analyze a whopping…
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Weighing Blood Sugar's Pregnancy Role
Blood-sugar levels far lower than previously thought to be worrisome in pregnancy increase the chances of problems such as high-birth-weight babies, researchers found.…
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Rhee Dismisses Principal of School That Her Children Attend
Oyster-Adams Principal Marta Guzman can recall the ripple of anxiety that ran through some faculty members last summer when they learned that the new D.C. schools chancellor, Michelle A. Rhee, had chosen the bilingual school for her two daughters, a…
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Happy Mother's Day: Woman Pregnant With 18th Child
It's a happy Mother's Day for an Arkansas woman ? she's pregnant with her 18th child. Michelle Duggar, 41, is due on New Year's Day…
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