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Ever since a customer left $100 extra when paying her bill at a small, locally owned coffee shop in South Carolina in order to pay for everyone who ordered after her until the money ran out, more and more customers have been similarly leaving money to pay for others' food and drink at the coffee
READ MOREJane Brody reflects and discusses a new book in which elderly 'experts' share life advice. 30 Lessons for Living, from Hudson Street Press, offers practical advice from more than 1,000 older Americans from different economic, educational and occupational strata who were interviewed as part of the ongoing Cornell Legacy Project. The New York Times, 1/10/2012
READ MOREThis summer, a new program, Venture for America, will place 50 recent graduates at small businesses in struggling cities (inner city areas that have burgeoning start-up scenes but are in need of talent). The businesses will pay the participants $32,000 to $38,000 a year, plus health benefits. The goal is to help start-ups and early-stage
READ MOREAll overseas shipments are being carefully inspected after low levels of the harmful fungicide carbendazim were found in orange juice. The FDA says it will not pull orange juice off store shelves, but will prevent juice that contains traces of the chemical from entering the U.S. Good Morning America, 1/11/2012
READ MOREMarriage counseling is evolving to help couples survive the kinds of personality changes and physical challenges that accompany brain injury. Representative Gabrielle Giffords and her husband have had to grapple with these kinds of interpersonal challenges throughout Giffords' recovery, but their marriage has remained strong and serves as an inspiring example of how a relationship
READ MOREA new report released Friday by the inspector general of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services found that more than 80 percent of hospital errors go unreported by hospital employees. Family members and patients themselves may be able to help combat these kinds of hospital errors by becoming more involved and educated, and
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