Daily Archives: September 4, 2012

Kids play matchmaker for single parents on UK site

September 4, 2012 – 2:14 pm

by Krisha Kinnersley WHAT’S HAPPENING They say kids know best — but could that apply to the dating game for single mums and dads? A British dating site is putting that concept to the test by inviting kids to create profiles for their over-50 parents (HuffingtonPost.com, 17 August 2012). My Lovely Parent was created by […]

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Keeping up appearances: Lawn painters make the grass greener during droughts

September 4, 2012 – 2:07 pm

by Cree McCree WHAT’S HAPPENING Drought has turned your prized green grass brown. Who you gonna call? Lawn painters! With two-thirds of the US suffering from a drastic lack of rainfall, yard-proud consumers are springing for paint jobs on their home turf. While lawn painters have long been a fixture in the parched southwest, the […]

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Pregnancy tests at bars put out the message that babies and booze don’t mix

September 4, 2012 – 2:00 pm

by Stefania Revelli WHAT’S HAPPENING As part of a “Think Before You Drink” campaign commissioned by Healthy Brains for Children, Pub 500 in Mankato, MN, has installed what could be the first of many pregnancy test kit dispensers in bar bathrooms (StarTribune.com, 19 July 2012). Users simply need to swipe their credit card to pick […]

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LABORING ON

September 4, 2012 – 1:53 pm

by Hans Eisenbeis From a certain point of view, yesterday’s Labor Day observances were depressing. The fact is, there are far too many people who couldn’t enjoy the holiday for the simple reason that they have no job to return to today. And though the holiday is meant to specifically pay tribute to America’s industrial […]

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