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"I remember my dad tinkering with his wrench to remove the training wheels from my bicycle. “You’re ready,” he reassured me. As he guided me down our Pleasanton, California, street, pushing my two-wheeler from the back of the seat, I started pedaling faster, knowing my...

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"If you've ever received a worried text from a friend who feels it's time for a "talk"—because you're too distant, too this, too that—then you have probably also asked yourself why you have friends in the first place. Maybe you'd rather be alone,...

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If you’ve ever wondered where all those Starbucks bagels and bistro boxes go after closing time, here's an answer you can get behind. Starbucks has pledged to donate 100% of its leftover food through a new program called FoodShare, the company announced in a release on Tuesday....

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Being a parent is a difficult job, and it’s no wonder that not all of us succeed at it. We all bring a fair amount of baggage to the enterprise—our personalities, how we experienced parenting ourselves, how well we manage our emotions and express our feelings, how empathic we are, and,...

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"Justin Bieber just brought audience participation to the next level. Bieber, who gave a few hot-footed fans the chance to dance with him on his Purpose tour, made another fan's dreams come true during a Thursday concert in San Jose, California. One crucial...

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"Their touching story begins in December 2013, when Jack Richardson was sleeping rough in Bristol. He asked Toni Osborne to buy the Big Issue — a magazine sold by homeless people — and she burst into tears, explaining that she was worried she didn't...

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"Determining whether the guy you’re into is a player isn’t always simple. These sneaky types are good at giving you the impression that you’re the only lady on their mind – when in reality, their “recently dialed” screen on their smartphone is full of...

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"How’s your career working out? Meet Black Summer (AKA Rhys), an incredibly talented 11 year-old Aussie kid making a name for himself as a music producer. After uploading some of his work onto Unearthed, he caught the attention of Australian radio station Triple J. Triple J sent a crew...

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"Can you drink yourself pretty? In April 2015, Japanese brewing company Suntory launched a new light beer called Precious that contains two grams of collagen in each can. Suntory claims that drinking collagen — a naturally occuring protein that gives skin its elasticity — will...

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"The biggest outbreak of Elizabethkingia in recorded public health history just got bigger. The Michigan Department of Health and Human Services (MDHHS) confirmed Thursday that an older adult from the western part of the state has died after contracting the obscure blood...

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"We've come a long way from John Kennedy's "ask not what your country can do for you" and Abe Lincoln's "four score and seven years ago." Many of the current candidates for president of the United States have significantly dumbed down their oratory to appeal...

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"You know that guy from school who you occasionally see out at a club double fisting vodka Red Bulls? He’s the same guy who hates coffee and loves drinking those novelty sized Mother energy drinks every morning. You know the one, right? He always shares Lad Bible articles and gets into...

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"If you’ve ever thought about quitting Facebook, you’re not alone. Maybe you’ve even shut down your account, swearing never to return, only to log back in a week later. A newly published study in the journal Social Media + Society points to four themes that significantly...

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"In Vladimir Putin's Russia, you may not be allowed to question God's existence — at least not on social media. Russian Viktor Krasnov, 38, could be jailed over an Internet exchange with two strangers in an online community during which he said that God doesn't...

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"When you're battling an autoimmune disease, like rheumatoid arthritis (RA), lupus, or psoriatic arthritis, the right foods can play a part in your care. One way to help an immune system that's overworked is to eat a well-balanced, healthy diet, says Monica Piecyk, MD, a...