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WDSRA Girl Scout Troop 200 to Sponsor Naperville Municipal Band Ice Cream Social
WDSRA Girl Scout Troop 200 sponsored the Naperville Municipal Band's Ice Cream Social at the June 13, 2013 concert in Central Park, Naperville.
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Lifestyle
Family, relationships, festivals and everyday life for Indians and Indian Americans, from fashion and weddings to parenting and work.
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4 out of 10 women are the breadwinners
Pew's 2013 'Breadwinner Moms' report: 40% of US households with kids have moms as primary or sole earners, up from 11% in 1960.
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Bollywood
Retro Reel by Sreepathy, Volume 19
Retro Reel Vol 19: a true 1996 Hyderabad story — a gun at a cinema ticket window, then 'based on a true story' flashes on screen. Guess the film!
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Interesting
You have to be beautiful in South Korea — at all costs and pains
South Korea led the world in per-capita plastic surgery in 2013 — roughly one in five women, resume headshots, and graduation-gift nose jobs.
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Lifestyle
Mom has her teen arrested for stealing Pop-Tarts from her
A Charlotte mom called police on her own 13-year-old for stealing $5 worth of Pop-Tarts — and had him arrested for misdemeanor larceny to teach him a lesson.
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Lifestyle
Gay boys allowed in Boy Scouts now
On May 23, 2013, the Boy Scouts of America voted 61% to admit openly gay youth — ending a century-old ban, while keeping the ban on gay adult leaders.
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Interesting
Indian origin teen Eesha Khare invents a device we all might want to own
Eesha Khare, 18, of Saratoga, California, won $50,000 at Intel ISEF 2013 for a supercapacitor prototype that could charge a phone in 20–30 seconds.
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Food
Vitamin C may help the body burn fat
An Arizona State study found people low in vitamin C burned less fat during exercise — a reminder that adequate nutrition supports metabolism.
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Entertainment
Retro Reel by Sreepathy, Volume 18
This movie’s USP is clearly about authenticity – the eye for detail in it is stunning. Its art direction recreates the late 70s, early 80s so perfectly that…
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Entertainment
Vidya Balan to wear Sabyasachi at Cannes
Newly named Cannes 2013 jury member Vidya Balan turned to designer Sabyasachi for her red-carpet saree looks at the festival.
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Interesting
From a lawyer to first female guru of Australia: Shakti Durga
Shakti Durga, a former Sydney lawyer turned spiritual teacher, discusses her path, her followers, and the idea of the modern female guru.
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Health & Spirituality
Biggest Loser host Ajay Rochester gains 105 pounds
Ajay Rochester says she has regained 105 pounds since winning The Biggest Loser, opening up about the pressure of being the show's public face.
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Food
Celebrity Diet Plans
Juice cleanses, the Zone, Five Factor, South Beach: the celebrity diet plans of 2013, how they worked, and the fine print behind them.
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Interesting
The sweet goodbye letter-literally
Immigration officer Chris Holmes quit his Border Force job by piping his resignation letter onto a cake — 18 eggs of pure career change.
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Lifestyle
English and All That ‘Jhaazz’
English Vinglish showed what it costs not to speak English in India; Anju Gattani on Shashi's quiet stand for her own worth.
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Interesting
'Quidditching' - jumping on the broom like Harry Potter becomes new internet craze
After hadouken photos came ‘quidditching’: jumping snapshots recreating Harry Potter's broomstick sport, born in Japan and spreading fast.
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Study: People who text frequently tend to be more racist, shallow
A University of Winnipeg study of 2,300 students linked heavy texting to shallower moral reasoning — the brevity of the medium may be to blame.
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Food
Food that looks good tastes good
Cornell's Terry Acree on how sight and smell shape flavor: tint Sauvignon Blanc red and tasters taste merlot — a sniff can even sweeten water.
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Dubai's new police car: a £360,000 Lamborghini
Dubai police showed off a £360,000 Lamborghini Aventador at Dubai Mall — a supercar patrol car as much about marketing as catching speeders.
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Lifestyle
Woman gang-raped by her husband and his relatives
A 20-year-old woman was gang-raped in a moving car by her husband and two relatives in west Delhi; all three attackers were arrested.
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