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Year: 2022

  • Kintsugi
  • March 7, 2022March 7, 2022

How to Clean a Bathtub with Dish Soap and a Broom

Hannah Twietmeyer Updated: Jan. 26, 2022 To start, grab that bottle of Dawn (or any other dish soap) from your kitchen sink and the broom stowed away in your closet. Dish soap is designed to cut t

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  • Prof Patty
  • February 28, 2022February 28, 2022

Cathay Williams, Soldier for Life

Soldier For Life  Cathay Williams was the first documented black woman to enlist in the U.S. Army. Williams was born a slave in Missouri in 1844. She served as an Army cook during the Civil Wa

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  • Prof Patty
  • February 28, 2022February 28, 2022

Foods That Fight Cancer

Medically reviewed by William C. Lloyd III, MD, FACS Written By Judith Hurley on June 8, 2021 Cruciferous Vegetables Cranberries Dark Green Leafy Vegetables Tomatoes Read the en

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  • Prof Patty
  • February 28, 2022February 28, 2022

Our Test Kitchen Found the Best Vanilla Extract Brands for Baking

Lisa Kaminski Updated: Jan. 29, 2021 After trying eight different extracts, a few rose to the top. These are the ones we recommend adding to your cart and to your next batch of buttercrea

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  • Prof Patty
  • February 28, 2022February 28, 2022

Driving apps that pay the most

Driving for pay? The type of driving you do has a dramatic impact on how much you earn, according to a new analysis from Gridwise. Indeed, the best driving gigs in any given city can pay almost twi

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  • Prof Patty
  • February 28, 2022February 28, 2022

More LGBTQ couples can access Social Security survivor benefits

By Ray Levy Uyeda February 16, 2022 at 11:53 a.m. EST In November, the SSA dropped its Trump-era appeals in two class-action lawsuits filed by the LGBTQ legal advocacy organization Lambda Legal, re

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  • Prof Patty
  • February 28, 2022February 28, 2022

Couples Therapists Are Sharing Immediate Red Flags In Relationships

by Victoria Vouloumanos, BuzzFeed Staff Any kind of display of humiliating the other is never a good sign. Whatever is shown in the company of strangers is only a preview of what happens behind clo

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  • Prof Patty
  • February 28, 2022February 28, 2022

Why manners matter: Top tips for raising kind kids

Published Fri, Feb 11, 2022 Vicky McKeever @VMCKEEVERCNBC A study by academics in the psychology department at the Canadian University of British Columbia, published in 2012, examined the

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  • Prof Patty
  • February 28, 2022February 28, 2022

Least educated counties state by state

The value of traditional education can vary widely across the country. While a college degree has long been viewed as a critical step toward the American dream, growing costs have led many students

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  • Prof Patty
  • February 28, 2022February 28, 2022

This Plant-Based Powder Is the Key to Safely (and Sustainably) Disposing of Cooking Oil

No, you can’t just pour oil down the drain. By Laura Denby January 31, 2022 Although cleaning up frying oil can be a drag, it’s important to dispose of it properly. Pouring it down th

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  • Prof Patty
  • February 28, 2022February 28, 2022

Ann Lowe, Black Designer Of Jackie Kennedy’s Wedding Dress, Finally Getting Long Overdue Recognition

By Paula Ebben February 17, 2022 at 11:20 pm BOSTON (CBS) – It was Newport, September 1953. The centerpiece of the wedding of Jacqueline Bouvier and Senator John F. Kennedy was a dress

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  • Kintsugi
  • February 23, 2022February 23, 2022

Mickey Guyton singing the national anthem at the Super Bowl is a triumph that was a decade in the making

By Emily Yahr February 13, 2022 at 12:00 p.m. EST After a decade of running into countless roadblocks trying to launch a career in country music, singer-songwriter Mickey Guyton has

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  • Kintsugi
  • February 23, 2022February 23, 2022

The most important dates to remember for filing your tax return with the IRS

After significantly postponing income tax deadlines for the past two years because of the ongoing pandemic, the deadline for most taxpayers to submit a federal tax return this year is Mon

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  • Kintsugi
  • February 22, 2022February 23, 2022

Lucy Higgs Nichols

Lucy Higgs Nichols was born into slavery in Tennessee, but during the Civil War, she managed to escape and found her way to the 23rd Indiana Infantry Regiment which was encamped nearby. She stayed

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  • Kintsugi
  • February 22, 2022February 23, 2022

Can You Write Off Your Home Office?

Here’s your guide to what can and cannot be deducted on annual tax returns. By Mia Taylor January 19, 2022 At a time when legions of Americans are suddenly working from home and may rem

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NY Times

  • 100,000 in Washington State Ordered to Evacuate as Rivers Rise
  • Bay Area Gas Explosion Injures 6 and Starts Fire in City of Hayward
  • Indiana Senate Republicans Reject Trump’s Redistricting Effort
  • Republicans Undercut Johnson, Circumventing Him to Force Votes
  • U.S. Issues New Sanctions Targeting Maduro’s Family and the Oil Sector

NPR

  • An exoplanet, how ant colonies deal with disease and a volcanoes-Black Death link
  • Forget flowers: These ancient plants attract pollinators by getting hot
  • Fire-making materials at 400,000-year-old site are the oldest evidence of humans making fire
  • Oldest evidence of human fire-making unearthed in Britain
  • What to know about death cap mushrooms, blamed for poisonings in California

The Progressive

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FactCheck.org

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