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Golden Globe Nominations: 12 Celeb Moms We're Rooting For (VIDEO)
Post by Adriana VelezThe Golden Globe nominations were announced this morning, and maybe it's just because I'm a mom who sees things with mom glasses, but there's a whole lotta moms on this list. So I...
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Woman Smuggles Cocaine in Breast Implants and Barely Lives to Tell the Tale
Post by Adriana VelezIn today's episode of Why You Shouldn't Become a Drug Smuggler, I give you this horrific story. A woman was busted for smuggling 1.3 kilos of cocaine. IN HER BREASTS. That's about...
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Sean Penn Has 'Never Felt Loved' and We Can See Why
Post by Adriana VelezOh Sean Penn. What are we going to do with you? On the one hand, he's been a tireless activist on behalf of Haitian earthquake victims. On the other hand, he won't let us forget...
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Toddler Who Locked Grandma Out Should Be a Warning to Other Grandparents
Post by Adriana VelezHow does that story about Little Red Riding Hood go again? Something about how she goes to visit her grandma and ends up locking the poor woman out of the house, or something like...
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10 Chain Restaurants Voted Best Value for the Money: Is Your Favorite on the...
Post by Adriana VelezWe all love getting our money's worth. No one wakes up in the morning and thinks to themselves, "Self, let's go get ripped off at Restaurant Chain X for breakfast this morning!"...
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Moms Worried About Starting Their Families Too Late Need to Chill Out
Post by Adriana VelezThere's always something parents are collectively wringing their hands over, and this weeks it's Parenting While Old. We're starting our families later and later. Does this mean...
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Adorable Snowman Cupcakes Recipe Will Melt Your Heart
Post by Adriana VelezWill you please look at these cute little guys? I die! These are the sweetest little snowman cupcakes ever. And the recipe for them is pretty simple -- vanilla cupcakes with...
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[UPDATED] Shooting Inside Elementary School in Newtown, CT Strikes Terror in...
Post by Adriana VelezUPDATE 5:00: 27 dead including 20 children. 18 died at the school, 2 at a hospital. UPDATE 12:48: "Close to 20” people have been killed, including at least 10 children, a law...
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Experts Explain How to Talk to Our Kids About the Newtown School Shooting
Post by Adriana VelezIn the aftermath of this morning's horrifying shooting, a lot of us parents just want to pull our children close and never let them go. Parents in the area outside the district...
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7 Quick Ways to Make Your House Look Clean for Holiday Guests
Post by Adriana VelezAh, the holidays. The decorations, the wrapping paper, the baking, the celebrating, THE MESS! If there's one time of the year when it's especially hard to keep your home tidy, it's...
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We Should Protect Our Kids From the News of the Newtown Tragedy
Post by Adriana VelezI was listening to President Obama's address while I waited for my son's school bus to arrive Friday afternoon. That morning I'd followed the story, posting on it for The Stir....
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Christmas Dinner for the Whole Family for Under $50
Post by Adriana VelezThis weekend I was given a challenge: Cook at Christmas dinner that would feed a family of five for under $50. I accepted! And I knew immediately what the key to this mission would...
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10 Biggest Food Recalls of 2012
Post by Adriana VelezOh what a year for food recalls. In the past 12 months we've seen everything from the usual ground beef and lettuce recalls to the wacky, like breakfast cereal and licorice...
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Penelope Cruz Wants to Breastfeed a Stranger's Baby and So Do We (VIDEO)
Post by Adriana VelezIn the new Penelope Cruz movie Born Twice, Cruz plays a woman who tries to breastfeed her surrogate-born baby. It's a dramatic scene, and Cruz's character fails because you can't...
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Honey Boo Boo’s Family Christmas Card Will Charm the Redneck Out of You
Post by Adriana VelezWell look who's here to upstage the Kardashian Kristmas kard. Here comes Honey Boo Boo's Christmas card! The whole Shannon family is smiling for the world -- and I love it. Say...
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NRA’s Promise of ‘Meaningful Contributions’ to Help Prevent Another Tragedy...
Post by Adriana VelezThe national conversation about gun control is about to begin, and I'm hoping it will be a healing and productive conversation. This afternoon, in response to the shootings at...
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How to Throw an End of the World Party Before the World Ends (This Friday!)
Post by Adriana VelezRemember all that talk about 12/12/12 and the end of the world according to the Mayan calendar? Welllll, funny thing ... I guess we had the date wrong? Or something? Because the...
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9 Things to Ask Before You Send Your Child on a Play Date
Post by Adriana VelezI remember when my son was finally old enough to go on "drop-off" play dates. I just walked him over to his friend's house, handed him over to another family for the afternoon ......
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Obama Named ‘TIME’ Person of the Year: 8 Most Inspiring Quotes From the...
Post by Adriana VelezTIME magazine has named President Barack Obama person of the year for 2012. This is the second time for Obama; he was TIME's person of the year as President Elect in 2008. Here's...
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Eagle Snatches Toddler at Park and Tries to Fly Off With Him (VIDEO)
Post by Adriana VelezI've tried to stay aware of many dangers while in the park with my child. I look out for broken glass, suspicious strangers, sand-eating, dog poo, used condoms, needles (yeah,...
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