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Hoax ‘Peabody Initiative’ Offers Free Inhalers For Asthmatic Kids, Courtesy of Coal Company
It was really just too good to be true.
The Best Places in the World to be a Mom: Norway and Australia
In advance of Mother’s Day—don’t worry, you still have time to pick up the mandatory bath salts and dandelions—the international NGO Save the Children has come out with its 2011 State of the World’s Mothers report. Which …
Pardon Me, Love? Oregon Woman Wakes Up From Surgery with a Foreign Accent
Well that’s one way to acquire an accent.
Gabrielle Giffords Cleared For Launch–and Excited To Go
It’s good news for Gabby!
QUOTE: Malaria Drugs Stolen from Gates-Backed Fund
“If drugs are sitting in a warehouse just waiting to be pilfered, we need to figure out a different way to make sure the people who really need them actually get them.”
— DAVID SULLIVAN, a malaria expert at the Bloomberg …
Man Has Heart Attack Mid-Flight, But Plane Continues 14-Hour Trip
A 51 year-old man suffered an heart attack shortly after takeoff from Singapore. But Singapore Airlines did not divert to the nearest available airport, and instead continued its 14-hour flight to London.
Can You Get a Pap Smear at Walgreens? Flash Mob Wants to Find Out
When discussed funding for Planned Parenthood, FOX & Friends anchors said the centers’ non-abortion services can be done at your local Walgreens. Services like pap smears. Oh, really?
No More Sauce in Kids’ Sippy Cups: Restaurant Chains Create Alcohol Safeguards
Is serving an alcoholic beverage to a child at a sit-down restaurant an easy mistake to make? After all, a wait staff handles hundreds of orders in a day, and accidents happen.
Beyond Pink and Blue: Are Scout Handbooks Reinforcing Gender Stereotypes?
Shocker alert: The Boy Scouts and the Girl Scouts are a bit archaic when it comes to gender stereotypes.
Study: Married Women Are Happier Than Unmarried Women
Well, unmarried woman living in traditionally conservative societies, that is.
Unsurprisingly, New Zealand Health Experts Say ‘Breakfast Beer’ Is a Bad Idea
Good idea: cherry-flavored, wheat lager. Bad idea: marketing said lager as a “breakfast beer.”