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SXSW

Monday, March 8, 2010 @ 12:03 PM
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‘Locker’ takes best director, picture

Monday, March 8, 2010 @ 11:03 AM
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White House Tweets, but How Many People are Listening?

Monday, March 8, 2010 @ 11:03 AM
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BY Addy DugdaleToday

 

Cast your minds back to 2008. As well as the traditional settings of TV, radio and print, the race for the White House saw a new battleground: that of social media. The presidential campaign of Barack Obama used Twitter, YouTube and Facebook to good effect, alongside a massive online push for fundraising. Fifteen months on, Twitter is still being used, but this time as a tool for spreading the President’s message. But, post election, does it work?

 

Full Article: http://www.fastcompany.com/1575137/white-house-tweets-its-messages-but-how-many-people-are-listening

D.C. to give away female condoms in U.S. first

Saturday, March 6, 2010 @ 11:03 AM
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Image: Female condom

 

Advocates of the FC2, a female condom approved by the FDA, say the new version is less costly and more user friendly. They hope the female condom will be used to protect against AIDS and other sexually transmitted diseases.

 

Full Article: http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/35736237/ns/health-more_health_news/

5 ways your TV is slowly killing you

Saturday, March 6, 2010 @ 11:03 AM
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Image: A cable box is seen on top of a television in Philadelphia

 

By Linda Carroll
msnbc.com contributor

 

1.) TV makes you Deader

2.) TV makes you Drunker

3.) TV can make your kid Pregnant

4.) TV Weakens your Bones

5.) TV makes you less Engaging

 

Full Article: http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/35646508/ns/health-behavior/

Oscar Nominations 2010

Saturday, March 6, 2010 @ 11:03 AM
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The Bloom Box

Wednesday, March 3, 2010 @ 05:03 PM
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Obese Children as Young as Three Show Signs of Future Heart Disease

Wednesday, March 3, 2010 @ 04:03 PM
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By Madeline Ellis
Published: Tuesday, 2 March 2010

 

Being at risk for developing heart disease or having a stroke was once something only adults had to worry about. But now children are being added to the meld, many of them as young as three years old. In fact, a recent study found that about twice as many obese 3-to-5-year old children had elevated levels of C-reactive protein (CRP)—an inflammatory marker that experts say has been shown to predict the risk of heart disease, stroke and death under certain conditions—compared to those at healthy weights. And that difference grew to more than four times the frequency in teenagers from 15 to 17 years old.

 

Full Article: http://www.healthnews.com/family-health/child-health/obese-children-as-young-as-three-show-signs-of-future-heart-disease-4122.html

Obama outlines final health care plan, urges Congress to act

Wednesday, March 3, 2010 @ 04:03 PM
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March 3, 2010 3:49 p.m. EST

President Obama says Republicans should vote against his nearly $1 trillion health care plan if they genuinely oppose it.

 

Washington (CNN) — President Obama outlined his final version of a health care bill Wednesday and urged Congress to bring the plan to a conclusive vote within the next few weeks.

Full Article: http://www.cnn.com/2010/POLITICS/03/03/health.care/index.html?hpt=T1