(The Root) -- Michelle Obama took a moment deliver a verbal chin check to a heckler during a private fundraiser on Tuesday. Ellen Sturtz got more than she bargained for when she interrupted the first lady, demanding that President Obama sign an anti- ...
Posted Thursday, June 6th 2013 at 3:39PM
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I don’t blame first lady Michelle Obama for her response to a heckler at a private fundraiser for the Democratic Party Tuesday. Obama was in the middle of an impassioned speech about the changes that her husband has worked toward to i ...
Posted Thursday, June 6th 2013 at 10:00AM
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(CNN) -- Frank Lautenberg grew up in Paterson, New Jersey -- a tough mill town. Served in World War II, where he scampered up improvised rickety poles to string wire to keep the lines of communication open. Frank Lautenberg, the son of a Paterson, Ne ...
Posted Wednesday, June 5th 2013 at 1:52PM
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Do you and your children speak the same language? Getting to know your kids well demands some one-on-one time! Hear from host Mike Smith on today’s Home School Heartbeat as he gives tips on how to make time for your kids as people with unique perso ...
Posted Wednesday, June 5th 2013 at 12:47PM
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...“I’ve always told Will, ‘You can do whatever you want as long as you can look at yourself in the mirror and be okay. Because at the end of the day, Will is his own man. I’m here as his partner, but he is his own man. He has to decide who h ...
Posted Wednesday, June 5th 2013 at 11:27AM
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Susan Rice, U.S. ambassador to the United Nations, will replace Tom Donilon as Pres. Obama's national security adviser, a senior administration official says. Rice had been considered a leading contender for secretary of state, but Republican-led op ...
Posted Wednesday, June 5th 2013 at 10:34AM
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APR 22, 2013. Industry experts are predicting a promising decade for those in nursing careers, with employment of nurses expected to grow at least 18 percent between 2011 and 2018, according to the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics. We spoke to some e ...
Posted Tuesday, June 4th 2013 at 3:15PM
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Most nurse practitioners know exactly what they want to do in a business. However, a few times a month, I hear from those who just cannot figure out which path to take. They love many aspects of practice, have lots of skills and enthusiasm, and thus ...
Posted Tuesday, June 4th 2013 at 10:03AM
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As I travel and speak to nursing students across the nation on the topic "Nurses Can Make a Difference" , I am constantly inspired by their enthusiasm and excitement about the nursing profession. During my presentation, I discuss the many facets of n ...
Posted Tuesday, June 4th 2013 at 9:58AM
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Nurses frequently assist patients to mobilize, transfer between positions and perform other activities of daily living such as toileting and showering. Nurses have an increased risk of back injury or pain. Health care workers often experience back in ...
Posted Saturday, June 1st 2013 at 10:19PM
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1. Michelle works out. She wakes up around 4:30 every day to work out before her children wake up, doing combinations of cardio and strength moves. If she’s on the road, she tries to bring a jump rope with her, or do a pre-planned 30-minute workou ...
Posted Thursday, May 30th 2013 at 2:33PM
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The most dramatic change in fibroid treatment occurred as a consequence of the evolution of surgical techniques. Historically surgery was a very dangerous undertaking from which many did not survive. Now surgery is commonplace and easy at least for ...
Posted Wednesday, May 29th 2013 at 6:16PM
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A spokesperson for the legendary Queen of Soul, 71, announced that she is taking a break from performing during the month of June. Catherine O'Grady, the director of the Ottawa Jazz Festival, where Franklin was scheduled to perform on June 26, told t ...
Posted Tuesday, May 28th 2013 at 2:28PM
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LISTENING to the debate about President Obama’s health care plan, some critics argue that Obamacare is going to need Obamacare — because it’s going to be a “train wreck.” Obama officials insist they’re wrong. We’ll just have to wait and ...
Posted Tuesday, May 28th 2013 at 10:12AM
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HOUSTON — As a partner and chief diversity officer at Thompson & Knight, Pauline Higgins was not afraid to press the issue of hiring minorities at the 126-year-old Texas law firm. But when she left in 2008, she was replaced by an associate with les ...
Posted Tuesday, May 28th 2013 at 10:06AM
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TORONTO - A man flying into Toronto shocked his fellow passengers when he jumped from a moving plane at Pearson International airport early Monday. The 32-year-old Toronto man was on a Sunwing flight returning from Cuba when the incident took place ...
Posted Tuesday, May 28th 2013 at 9:20AM
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Memorial Day observances run the gamut from solemn occasions honoring our nation's servicemen and women to park picnics and long weekend vacations. Whether you celebrate at the Main Street parade or your local shopping mall, test your national knowle ...
Posted Monday, May 27th 2013 at 3:11PM
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PHOENIX (AP) — A federal judge has ruled that the office of America’s self-proclaimed toughest sheriff systematically singled out Latinos in its trademark immigration patrols, marking the first finding by a court that the agency racially profiles ...
Posted Sunday, May 26th 2013 at 10:59PM
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Vermont Gov. Peter Shumlin signed a bill into law Monday making it the 3rd state where doctors can legally prescribe lethal doses of medication to help patients kill themselves.
This type of legislation “lays the foundation for deadly acts di ...
Posted Thursday, May 23rd 2013 at 5:43PM
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A federal court on Tuesday struck down an Arizona law banning abortions after 20 weeks, when preborn babies can feel pain. Gov. Jan Brewer signed the bill into law in April 2012. It was set to take effect in August of that year, but the Center for R ...
Posted Thursday, May 23rd 2013 at 5:31PM
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Boston bombing suspect Tamerlan Tsarnaev participated in a 2011 triple homicide outside Boston along with a Chechen killed Wednesday during a confrontation with the FBI and Massachusetts State Police in Orlando, Florida, a federal law enforcement off ...
Posted Thursday, May 23rd 2013 at 5:16PM
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A British soldier has been killed in broad daylight by unidentified assailants who tried to behead him in a street near an army barracks in London. Soon after the attack, two men carrying weapons were shot and wounded by police.
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Posted Thursday, May 23rd 2013 at 4:55PM
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Deborah Yohanna-Washington allegedly hurled wound dressings and a metal jug at the patient, hitting her on the back, a panel at the Nursing and Midwifery council was told. Colleague Betty Cunningham said she saw Yohanna-Washington being abusive towa ...
Posted Thursday, May 23rd 2013 at 4:30PM
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Dear Friend of Liberty,
Your grandparents never saw this coming. Your parents may not have either. Unfortunately, it’s now happening all around you: religious freedom is under unrelenting attack.
Here are 10 attacks on religious freedom we re ...
Posted Thursday, May 23rd 2013 at 3:41PM
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SAN FRANCISCO — Sanket Sant, a citizen of India, came to the United States at age 21, earning a master’s degree in engineering, followed by a doctorate and then landing a well-paying job at a company making semiconductor equipment. Then, he waite ...
Posted Thursday, May 23rd 2013 at 10:03AM
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