Aug 19, 2007 -
Next.net reported on Amazon's online grocery shopping venture and tips its hat to the successful service of Fresh Direct. In New York City, residents have come to rely on Fresh Direct due to its relatively low prices, convenient delivery service, and specialty items.
Have you ever purchased food online?
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Jan 27, 2010 -
Hello! My name is Kerri and I have been keeping an online food journal since last July. It's called The Fluctuator, and so far I have lost around 10% of my body weight just by being more mindful of what I eat, especially when it comes to portion size.
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Mar 03, 2010 -
I'm a big fan of Ginnifer Goodwin, mostly because I love Margene, her character on the hit HBO series Big Love. Margene brings a wide-eyed naivete to the show, and to me seems like a very unlikely candidate for polygamy. After all, she was the babysitter.
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Feb 23, 2010 -
Even as the American economy shows tentative signs of a rebound, the human toll of the recession continues to mount, with millions of Americans remaining out of work, out of savings and nearing the end of their unemployment benefits.
Economists fear that the nascent recovery will leave more people behind than in past recessions, failing to create jobs in sufficient numbers to absorb the record-setting ranks of the long-term unemployed.
Call them the new poor: people long accustomed to the comforts of middle-class life who are now relying on public assistance for the first time in their lives — potentially for years to come.
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Feb 14, 2010 -
By Lyndsey Layton
Washington Post Staff Writer Monday, February 15, 2010
Federal officials say 225 people in 44 states and the District are thought to have been sickened by salmonella in imported black pepper used in the preparation of salami and other types of Italian sausage made by a Rhode Island company.
Daniele International recalled 1.2 million pounds of ready-to-eat salami Jan. 22, after state health officials and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention linked the outbreak to the company's products.
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Feb 12, 2010 -
PartySugar will soon be heading to Miami for Food Network's Food and Wine Festival. Sun, fun, and food — pretty sweet, right? While out there, she will attend Rachael Ray's famous burger bash.
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Feb 10, 2010 -
Discount Dating
A lighter wallet is no excuse to turn date night into a luxury. Get out of your sweatpants, put down the cold pizza, and check out these 51 budget-friendly date ideas that will get you off the couch and into each other's pants.
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Get on thin ice.
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Feb 08, 2010 -
Valentine’s Day is one of those holidays that has a strange and murky history. Nobody knows for sure how it began, but the two most common tales are rather interesting. Some believe it is based on the life of Saint Valentine who in third century Rome was ordered to be put be put to death by Emperor Claudius II for secretly performing marriages for young lovers after Claudius had outlawed marriage for young men – his crop of potential soldiers.
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Jan 25, 2010 -
By Ryan Parry 25/01/2010
http://www.mirror.co.uk/news/top-stories/2010/01/25/charlie-simpson-7-raises-125k-for-haiti-appeal-in-one-day-115875-21992609/
The mother of Haiti bike boy Charlie Simpson said last night: I am so proud of him.
Mum Leonora, whose seven-year-old had raised an astonishing £125,000 for earthquake victims yesterday with a sponsored ride, said she was stunned at how Charlie's idea had taken off.
She added: What started off as a little cycle round the park with his dad has turned into something a lot bigger than that and we can't believe it.
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Jan 21, 2010 -
Report Card for the Obama Administration
by CEI Staff
January 20, 2010
Washington, D.C., January 20, 2010—One year ago today, Barack Obama took the oath of office as President of the United States. Since then, he and his appointees have had the opportunity to begin implementing their policy agenda, with notable results throughout the federal government’s departments and agencies. The analysts of the Competitive Enterprise Institute have assessed the administration’s first-year performance and assigned grades accordingly.
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