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  Top 10 Healthiest Cities for Women

  By Jac Chebatoris | Thu Nov 5, 2009 2:22 PM ET

  active the people are, rate of smoking and diet), the rest of the metro areas that made the cut include:Bethesda, MarylandPortland, MaineCambridge, MassachusettsSan Francisco, CaliforniaHonolulu, HawaiiStamford, ConnecticutMadison, WisconsinSanta Barbara, CaliforniaFargo, North Dakota Not onl Read More

  More like this in: Health, San Francisco, Hawaii, Wisconsin, Maryland, Connecticut, Vermont, Portland, Honolulu, Self magazine
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  Teen Shows Us How to Live While Dying

  By Kathy Ehrich Dowd | Fri Oct 30, 2009 4:49 PM ET

  her. She packed a lot into her years.''Rest in Peace Molly, and may your life be an example to us all.Photo courtesy of Cieleke vi Read More

  More like this in: Cancer, Family, College, Death, The Boston Globe, US, Life & Style, Regional/Local, Kindness, Relationships, Family
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  How Hair Gel Could Save the Planet

  By Courtney Rubin | Thu Oct 22, 2009 8:57 AM ET

  working on a paint version that can be sprayed onto dark roofs.See? Some answers really are black and white. Photo courtesy hey mr glen vi Read More

  More like this in: Technology, Energy, Climate change, Global Warming, Emissions, Greenhouse Gas Emissions, Greenhouse Gas, Solar Energy, Roofs, Polymers, Stop Global Warming
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  Grinding Through The Recession

  By Chaniga Vorasarun | Wed Oct 21, 2009 7:10 PM ET

  product, lower-cost options have started springing up – the so-called mom and pops of dentistry, if you will. For instance, Glen Bancroft, a Massachusetts entrepreneur, is selling basic mouth guards for ten bucks a piece. He says he’s seen 10 million people recently searching Google wit Read More

  More like this in: Google, Business, Money, Recession, Entrepreneur, Stress, Professions
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  Put Those Santa Ana Winds to Good Use

  By Sarah Parsons | Wed Oct 21, 2009 3:22 PM ET

  fossil fuels.Sam's Club will likely be the first business to install turbines in its parking lot. The Palmdale business is currently working with a Massachusetts-based firm to install 17 turbines that will produce about 76,000 kilowatts of energy. That's enough electricity to power si Read More

  More like this in: Energy, Business, Shopping, Greenhouse Gas, L.A. Times, Asphalt, US, Science, Regional/Local, Politics & Policy, Good Ideas, Energy, Environment
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  Personal Finance 101

  By Chaniga Vorasarun | Wed Oct 21, 2009 2:38 PM ET

  popular in college. Films of the 1960s. The anthology of the Beatles. Protest lyrics with Tupak Shakur. But NPR reports that at Wellesley College in Massachusetts, students are clamoring to get into a far more mundane-sounding course: the fundamentals of personal finance.It’s telling of th Read More

  More like this in: College, insurance, Health Insurance, Economics, Retirement, Interest Rates, Credit Cards, Finances, Personal Finance
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  Spotlight on Telomeres

  By Darragh Worland | Mon Oct 5, 2009 4:52 PM ET

  H. Blackburn of the University of California, San Francisco, Carol W. Greider of Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine and Jack W. Szostak of Massachusetts General Hospital, will share the roughly $1.4 million in prize money.Now, of course, significant discoveries in the prevention o Read More

  More like this in: California, San Francisco, Science, Cancer, Medicine, University of California, Nobel Prize, Disorders, Johns Hopkins University
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  The People's Historian Speaks!

  By Ben Corbett | Mon Oct 5, 2009 9:03 AM ET

  the dissidents and lesser-known movers and shakers of American history who shaped the nation by challenging the powers that be. Recently in Massachusetts, Zinn took some time to talk with Tonic about The People Speak, the importance of civil liberties, and the need for activ Read More

  More like this in: Matt Damon, Bruce Springsteen, Sean Penn, New York, India, England, Iraq, Afghanistan, Bob Dylan, Abraham Lincoln, Helen Keller
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  The Fluffernutter: More Than Just a Regular Ol’ Sandwich?

  By Kathy Ehrich Dowd | Thu Sep 24, 2009 11:00 AM ET

  bar, but they also danced the Charleston,'' Representative Mark Falzone, who sponsored the Charleston Chew bill, earnestly explained to the Globe.Massachusetts apparently takes great pride in its delicacies. It already has five delectables that have achieved official state food status: th Read More

  More like this in: Boston, Candy, The Boston Globe, Peanut Butter, Girl Scouts, US, Life & Style, Regional/Local, Politics & Policy, Food & Drink
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  Kids With Asperger's Get College Help

  By John Casey | Tue Sep 22, 2009 9:00 AM ET

  program. They all attend regular Brevard Community College classes. Presently, the program is also operating on campuses in Indiana, California and Massachusetts. School days for the students begin with a morning meeting before class to review the day's schedule. Each student also meets with a Read More

  More like this in: California, College, Autism, Orlando Sentinel, Science, Social Responsibility, Life Sciences, Activism, Development