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Why Everyone — Even Children — Needs to Wear Sunglasses

Sunglasses don’t just make you look cool, they’re also good for your eyes. But a lot of parents don’t seem to know that rule also applies to their kids.


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What Do Men Say Is the Most Frustrating Aspect of Dating?

Dating is tough, and interpersonal communication can be even tougher. But the electronic age has brought with a whole new layer of angst — it seems nothing is more perplexing to a man than talking to a woman via text message.


Category: Dating, Relationships
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When Do We Really Reach Adulthood?

People are considered “adults” when they turn 18, and given all the rights and responsibilities therein. But new research indicates our brains don’t reach adulthood until we’re much older — and ignoring that could be damaging to young people.


Category: Reviews

‘Dancing with the Stars’: Ranking the Remaining Dancers

'Dancing with the Stars' is already half-over, so we thought it was a good time to handicap the remaining contestants. Taking into consideration factors like their skills and apparent popularity with audience voters, here's how we think everyone will place.


Category: Celebrity News
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TIME Magazine Releases List of 100 Most Influential People

A few weeks ago, TIME Magazine revealed the names it was considering for its annual list of the ’100 Most Influential People in the World.’ Reader votes determined one person, while the rest were selected by the magazine’s editors.

And now the final list — which includes athletes, actors, entrepreneurs and politicians — is out. So who made the cut?


Category: Sports
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Is Getting a College Degree Worth the Money? — Dollars and Sense

As college tuition and contributions to college savings funds rise, experts are again examining the value of higher education and wondering if the cost is a good investment in someone’s future.


Category: Grand Rapids News
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Could Your Social Media Profiles Cost You a Job?

A new CareerBuilder survey of 2,300 hiring managers and human resource professionals shores up the warnings many experts give job-seekers about social media — namely, what you post could wind up costing you a position.


Category: Grand Rapids News
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‘Dancing with the Stars’ Season 14 Week 5 Elimination — Who Went Home? [SPOILER, VIDEOS]

On Monday night, Latin and the ballroom came together in one big explosion of fringe and ruffles and male shirtlessness. But who didn’t share their respective bon-bons quite hard enough?


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How Much Are Parents Spending on Their Children’s Proms? — Dollars and Sense

High school proms are getting mighty expensive — and we’re not just talking triple digits, either.


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‘Dancing with the Stars’ Season 14 Week 4 Elimination — Who Went Home? [SPOILER, VIDEOS]

Rock Week continued on Tuesday’s ‘Dancing with the Stars’ elimination, when Kiss did yet another live performance and one contestant hung up their dancing shoes for good.

Whose bare feet pitter-pattered out of the ballroom?


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Indian Couple Claims Daughter Isn’t Theirs, Insist on Receiving Boy Instead

India’s problematic and long-standing issue of discrimination against girls has lead to a legal mess in which the parents of an infant daughter are claiming she isn’t theirs. Instead, they say a boy born to another couple is actually their son.


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Teacher’s Aide Fired for Refusing to Let Employers Access Her Facebook Account

A few schools have made the news lately for over-policing students’ social media accounts.

Now it seems to be happening to employees, too, because a Michigan teacher’s aide claims she was fired for refusing to give her bosses access to her Facebook page.


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