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Food & Household
Wellness & Well-Being Pretty Paints for Summer Nails
Learning & Technology Computer Upkeep for the Long-Haul
Personal Finance Life Coach: Paid Friend or True Adviser?
Green Living Concrete Jungle Spawns Fierce Allergies
Leisure Living Quilting Traditions
  

SHELTER
2013 Products of the Year
 
PROSPER
Life Coach: Paid Friend or True Adviser?
 
THRIVE
Pretty Paints for Summer Nails
 
SUSTAIN
Concrete Jungle Spawns Fierce Allergies
 
ACHIEVE
Computer Upkeep for the Long-Haul
 
CHILL
Quilting Traditions
 

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Marijuana Legal in Some States
Colorado and Washington became the first two states to legalize recreational use of marijuana. Pot possession, distribute and sell is still a federal criminal offense. 
Obama to Increase Home Ownership
President Obama wants you to experience home ownership again.His administration believes non-lending banks have taken the mortgage issue to extremes and is looking into ways get folks back into houses. 
Environmental Toxins Killing Bees
The honey bees that pollinate veggies and fruits are dying from pesticide and toxin overload. 
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2013 Products of the Year

Each year, 50,000 shoppers cast their vote for the best products of the year based on innovation. In 2013, twenty-six products were recognized. Most of these award-winning products are new takes on old favorites. Others are totally new innovations. All are winners according to shoppers like you.

Pretty Paints for Summer Nails

Color contrasts at both ends of the nail color and design spectrum are making big news.

Computer Upkeep for the Long-Haul

To make your computer run at its peak, you should do simple maintenance tasks weekly, others monthly and yearly. The good news is even YOU can do them.

Life Coach: Paid Friend or True Adviser?

There was a time when folks turned to a buddy for trusted personal life advice. At work, people looked for mentors or shrewd colleague for job issues. Enter the Life Coach. Part therapist, part adviser, part friend and all paid. Life Coaches are popping up everywhere and people are cashing in on what oftentimes is just a friendly ear for hire.

Concrete Jungle Spawns Fierce Allergies

City dwellers suffer from allergies more than rural folks because of decades of bad urban landscape practices. What you can do to breathe better.

Quilting Traditions

Quilting is perhaps one of the most cherished and enduring traditions of African American women. During the height of their popularity, bed quilts were created as a social activity and made out of necessity. Quilter Marion Coleman uses the quilt as a canvas for fine art. With needle and bits of fabric, Coleman stitches together glimpses of memories and experiences. Along the way, she captures fleeting Moments of African American culture in textiles.