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I really want to go to my first Warped Tour this summer! My parents are divorced so it's hard to get the money to go! I'm a preteen, so no serious jobs. Thanks in advance!!!
After raising alcoholic drink prices by 10%, alcohol-related deaths in Canada dropped by nearly one third, researchers from the University of Victoria's Centre for Addictions Research of British Columbia reported in the journal Addiction. The authors explained that between 2002 and 2009, the...
Thomas Jones, a former running back in the NFL, has announced plans to donate his brain to science after he dies. Why? He's spearheading an effort to raise awareness about the risks of playing football, including the affects of multiple concussions. An issue that's definitely something to be...
Raising the minimum wage to a living wage begins the cycle of lifting single mothers out of poverty, according to a policy report released by the Institute for Urban Policy Research & Analysis (IUPRA) at The University of Texas at Austin. The U.S. census shows more Americans - 46.2 million...
This photo makes me mad. And it should make you mad. The Atlantic ran a story that featured this shot along with news about a recent study revealing that kids who are overweight have a 50% greater chance of colon cancer later in life. Why do we suck so bad at raising healthy kids? I have finally...
We'll get to singer Greyson Chance's return to Raising Hope in just a minute. But first, the 14-year-old YouTube sensation is talking about snagging a gig on—what...
Scientists in Sweden have discovered certain peptides kill off the yeast Malassezia sympodialis which can trigger skin disorders such as atopic eczema, seborrhoeic eczema, and dandruff, without harming healthy skin cells. While further work is needed to clarify the underlying mechanisms, they...
My dog, Pepper, has a cancer tumor on her left leg. I am $300 away from $2,000, which is how much her surgery will cost. No one will help me or my father. My father is out of work and I am looking for a job, but we need the money as soon as possible so her tumor doesn't get worse. I've contacted...
The Medicare Trustees Report today informed that its outlook has worsened over the last year because the economic recovery has been weak. The Trustees explained that there are still "challenges" for securing the long-term health of the Medicare program. In fact, its Hospital Insurance Trust will...
The Euro zone gdp growth is currently running at a very anemic 0.4% annual growth rate as reported in the last quarter. Although prior quarters were slightly better, they were also anemic and it appears that belt tightening in Europe has caused gdp growth to slow. It would seem that higher...
The Euro zone gdp growth is currently running at a very anemic 0.4% annual growth rate as reported in the last quarter. Although prior quarters were slightly better, they were also anemic and it appears that belt tightening in Europe has caused gdp growth to slow. It would seem that higher...
If you text a girl out of no where, whom you don't really know, why? and what would you think is she stopped replying to the texts after a short period of time