Leave it to Barbara Walters to casually ask the president and first lady of the United States of America how they keep things spicy in the bedroom.
Okay, so she didn’t word it exactly like that, but in the first major post-election interview that Barack and Michelle Obama have given, Walters did not-so-subtly inquire as to “How they keep the fire going in their marriage.”
The one word Barack won’t say to Michelle: Barbara Walters' exclusive interview with the Obamas
Photographer’s Self-Portraits in Ballet Skirt Are Weapons in His Wife’s Breast Cancer Battle
For photographer Bob Carey and his wife Linda, a man-sized pink tutu has taken on incredible meaning in their fight against breast cancer. The Tutu Project started in 2003 when Carey donated a picture of himself wearing a custom-made ballet skirt as part of a fund raiser for the Arizona Ballet. Soon after, Linda was diagnosed with breast cancer. "It wasn't about her when I started," Carey tells Shine. But when she was recovering from surgery, he found it was the one thing he could do to take break. "It takes a lot of love for him to put that tutu on," Linda tells Shine. "And it makes us laugh."
The health benefits of five fave holiday foods
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Good thing our faves have some hidden health perks!
1. Hot apple cider
Apples contain flavonoids, which can protect you from heart disease, cancer and other chronic diseases; and cinnamon boosts brain function.2. Mulled wine
Red wine is rich in antioxidants, and warm, spicy cloves provide a healthy dose of PMS-busting manganese and fatigue-fighting iron.
6 Tricks for Faster Customer Service
Today’s calls to customer service remind me of the way I approached algebra homework as a kid – I’d put it off as long as possible because I knew it would take longer than expected and somewhere in the process I’d be throwing my hands up in frustration.
But unlike homework, I’m okay with using “cheats” to get less-frustrating customer service. Things like technology that speeds up hold time and gets you on the phone with a real person instantly. In the following video, Money Talks News founder Stacy Johnson has a few ideas. Check it out, then read on for more.
‘Dystextia': Gibberish texts sound stroke alarm
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - Imagine you were a devoted husband, waiting to hear from your wife about her due date after a visit to the obstetrician, and you saw these on your phone:
"every where thinging days nighing"
"Some is where!"
That's what happened last December to a Boston-area man, who knew that autocorrect - known for its bizarre replacements - was turned off on his 11-week-pregnant wife's phone.
You'd probably be tempted to make sure your wife, 25, got to the emergency room. When she did, doctors noted several signs of a stroke, including disorientation, inability to use her right arm and leg properly and some difficulty speaking.
Why Santa Is The Shrewdest Businessman
Santa Claus may in fact be one of the most well-known figures in history. He is more popular than any Hollywood star and billions of children patiently wait for him to visit once per year.
Barring his popularity, old Saint Nick runs a pretty efficient organization. He shares the same qualities as some of the best CEOs of all time. How does he do it? How can he serve billions of customers in such a short period of time? The North Pole only sees sunlight for six months of the year.
Ashton Kutcher Files for Divorce From Demi Moore: Report
Kutcher and Moore. (WireImage)It hasn’t been a good month for Demi Moore. Just two weeks after embarrassing photos came out of the 50-year-old making a fool of herself at a party in Miami, Ashton Kutcher has filed for divorce from her – more than a year after they split. People reports that the “Two and a Half Men” star made the bold move in a Los Angeles Superior Court on Friday, with the help of his high-power attorney Laura Wasser, who has also represented Britney Spears, Kim Kardashian, and Angelina Jolie in divorce court.
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Ohio shoplifter comes clean 30 years later with $1,000 apology
A few weeks ago, Kmart president Ron Boire received a letter from an anonymous 68-year-old Cincinatti-area man apologizing for shoplifting from a Sharonville, Ohio, Kmart 30 years ago.
He wrote that he picked up clothes that were on layaway, told the woman at the counter that he'd pay for the items at the front of the store, and then took the clothes home without paying for them.
"I walked out the door without paying for my clothes," the man wrote, underlining each word of the sentence. "I don't know what came over me 'God's truth.' I have never stolen before in my life."
Man repays debt for clothing stolen decades ago from Kmart A Cincinnati-area man paid off a decades-old debt to Kmart to ease his nagging conscience.
The man added that he had recently rededicated his life to God and wanted to make things right.
Four foods that can interfere with your medication
The risks go beyond grapefruit! Blood thinners and cholesterol lowering drugs can interact with these otherwise harmless foods.
We’ve reported recently on the rising incidence of potentially dangerous drug interactions with grapefruit (and other citrus fruits such as Seville oranges and limes.) In fact, experts have warned that grapefruit juice can have serious interactions with more than 85 different drugs, and it can create an overdose effect if consumed by people using cholesterol lowering statins, antibiotics, calcium channel blockers and more.
Financial resolutions: How to make them stick
New Year's resolutions usually focus on food and fitness, but there's no reason they can't also address finances. And to actually follow through on them, financial experts say it takes little soul-searching.
"Financial resolutions have the greatest chance of succeeding if they're tied to your values, says Toronto-based chartered accountant and financial consultant Robin Taub. "Values are the things in your life that are most important to you, that you are willing to take a stand for. Some people value education, achievement, prestige, or wealth. Others value security, family, friendship, or adventure.
The 10 Most Fascinating Marriage Findings of 2012
Is there such a thing as a honeymoon phase? Is your marriage doomed if you despise your in-laws? Can husbands drive wives to drink? These questions and more were answered this year. WomansDay.com rounded up the 10 most interesting studies-and shocking results-of 2012. Take a look, and your own marriage just may benefit. Photo by Image Source.
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Most unusual baby names of 2012
Little Hashtag or Yoga?Over half a million parents shared their unusual name choices with Baby Center over the course of 2012, and the results are in.
2012 had the honor of being the first year a baby was named "hashtag." Little Hashtag Jameson takes the best (or worst) social networking name title away from baby Facebook, who was born last year.
NASA confident world won't end on December 21, releases explanation video | Geekquinox - Yahoo! News Canada
NASA released a new ScienceCasts video yesterday, but rather than talking about something that has just happened or something that will happen in the future, it instead talks about something that will not be happening in the future — specifically the December 21, 2012 Mayan apocalypse.
The video, entitled Why the World Didn't End Yesterday, speaks to the viewer from the perspective of them watching it on or after December 22nd, and goes on to explain the Mayan calendar, the misconceptions behind the supposed prophecy, and provide expert testimony from noted astronomers to refute the various agents of our destruction that the doomsday 'seers' have been going on about for years.
McCartney, Springsteen, more turn out for superstorm Sandy victims
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NEW YORK, N.Y. - Call the "12-12-12" benefit show "The Concert for New York City" 2.0. Eleven years after the benefit concert in response to the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks was held at Madison Square Garden, many of the same top musicians came together to raise money for those suffering from superstorm Sandy, including Paul McCartney, The Rolling Stones, Billy Joel, The Who, Eric Clapton and Bon Jovi.
Who's living past 100 in the U.S.? Mostly white women
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Women have long been known to live longer than men, but when it comes to hitting the century mark the difference is stark: just 2 out of 10 Americans who live to 100 or longer are male.
Of the 53,364 Americans age 100 and older, more than 80 percent are women, a U.S. Census Bureau report released on Monday showed.
The agency's findings, based on data collected from its 2010 census, also found those who make it past 100 are also more likely to be white city-dwellers in the Northeast and Midwest.
"Due to sex differences in mortality over the lifespan, the proportion of females in the population increases with age. This is especially true in the oldest ages, where the percentage female increases sharply," Census researchers wrote.
Feed Your Skin: 7 Foods to Combat the Winter Dull
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It's easy for skin to become dry, flaky, and sallow during the Winter. Before you go out and spend your paycheck on fancy lotions and creams, try nourishing your skin from the inside out - what we put in our body is just as essential for a healthy glow as what we put on it. Here are seven foods that will leave you glowing all Winter long!
Top 10 foods all women should eat
While there are some foods we should all be eating more of, men and women also have their own set of dietary requirements as well as their own unique health concerns.
Here are the top 10 foods that women should be eating....
Tomato are one food that women should eat
Female-friendly food 1: Tomatoes
Another vibrant carotenoid beneficial for women's health is lycopene, a pigment found in tomatoes. Studies have suggested that lycopene may be effective in preventing breast cancer. Furthermore, there has been considerable evidence to suggest that the powerful antioxidant can help reduce risk of heart disease — the leading cause of death in women in the US, Australia, England and Wales.
Inside the John Travolta and Olivia Newton-John Christmas Video
Travolta and Newton-John's album cover.
By now you've probably seen what's become one of the buzziest holiday stories of the year: the video for Olivia Newton-John and John Travolta's new Christmas duet "I Think You Might Like It," which features the former "Grease" co-stars singing along as Travolta, 58, lands a plane, Newton-John, 64, slowly drives a convertible, the couple line dances, and various people have reunions in a small airport, including Travolta's wife, Kelly Preston.
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Best Christmas Deals
Beyblade Destroyer Dome Play Set
The Beyblade Destroyer Dome Play Set is another accessory in the line of Beyblade battle top toys. The plastic dome resembles the metal cages you normally see for dirt bikes in circus acts. The special wheel-like covers you use on the tops are supposed to mimic that action and send them into 360 degree rotations around the battle dome. The toy looks pretty cool and action packed in commercials, but does it really stand up to a child’s expectations? Read on to find out.
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Rogue dentist’s 30-year crusade against wisdom teeth removal extracts results
An extracted wisdom tooth. (Thinkstock)Dr. Jay Friedman relishes his role as dental outcast. Like a pesky younger brother who enjoys watching his siblings squirm, the 86-year-old dentist and public health advocate has for decades been poking and prodding at the oral health community over his personal obsession: wisdom teeth.
Friedman has argued for more than 30 years that removing a young person's healthy wisdom teeth -- called "third molars" by professionals -- is an unnecessary and irresponsible practice. While many dentists and oral surgeons have dismissed him as a traitor and a zealot, in 2007, people in the public health arena began to listen.
Kate Gosselin: All Eight Kids Want to Be With Me for Christmas
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Buying and wrapping Christmas presents for eight kids sounds like a job that would require the help of a team of elves, but Kate Gosselin is doing it solo this year. Ever since she split from husband Jon Gosselin in June 2009, she's been doing most of the everyday work herself — since she has primary custody of 12-year-old twins Mady and Cara and 8-year-old sextuplets Aaden, Alexis, Colin, Hannah, Joel, and Leah — and this holiday season will be no different. Although the brood typically spends Christmas Eve with their father who lives nearby in Reading, Pennsylvania, "They're at the age now where we ask them," Kate tells omg!. "So they basically dictate it and they want to be home Christmas and the days surrounding it."
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More People Discovering Tea
Tea is one of the healthiest beverages to drink and comes in a wide variety of flavors and types depending on your preferences and if you have a specific ailment you want to help. Drinking tea is all natural, and also has many health benefits added depending on the type of tea you prefer. Making your own tea is possible with an electric kettle at home, allowing you to have tea any time of the day.
Controversial Lego Friends among worst toys of 2012
LEGO Friends Butterfly Beauty Shop (Credit: LEGO)Amid much pomp and circumstance, each year the toy industry picks one deserving plaything to receive the Toy of the Year award. Among this year's hotly tipped frontrunners are the newly revamped Furby, Activision's collectible Skylanders: Giants, and the staggeringly popular Monster High dolls.
But for every friendly toy, there are a handful of hateful ones.
Polar ice melting, sea levels rising point to major risks for Canada’s coasts
Meltwater stream on the Greenland ice sheet.After pouring over 20 years worth of satellite data in an attempt to reconcile different measurements of the polar ice caps, an international team of scientists has compiled the most definitive evidence yet that the polar ice caps are melting at an accelerated rate and contributing to sea level rise.
Hottest Baby Names of 2012
Oh baby! It's not every year that a set of steamy novels, a buttoned-up British miniseries, and the iPhone influence America's birth certificates. According to BabyCenter, parents looked near and far for names in 2012.Aiden and Sophia reign supreme!The leading online pregnancy and parenting resource released its annual list of top 100 baby names and hottest naming trends Thursday.
The Best Tea for Every Ailment
Got a problem? Tea can fix it! Use this guide to find the best tea prescription for whatever's bugging you. By Sunny Sea Gold, REDBOOK.
If your tummy is upset...sip peppermint. Peppermint relaxes the muscles responsible for stomach cramps, says Peggy Kotsopoulos, nutritionist and host of Peggy K's Kitchen Cures. And it may also help with gas and diarrhea.
Oprah Reveals Breast Cancer Scare, Best Friend Gayle Visibly Upset
Oprah speaks onstage at the O Magazine conference.In what was a shocker to both the audience and apparently to her best friend Gayle King, Oprah Winfrey announced at O Magazine's annual conference in Los Angeles last month that she had recently weathered a breast cancer scare, according to The New York Times.
JFK portrait found hidden in old frame
A $5 garage-sale find turned out to contain a hidden treasure worth thousands. Here's what happened.
Pam Dwyer of Glendale, Ariz., picked up a picture of a horse at a garage sale in Sun City. Dwyer's husband had a hunch they were getting something more. Dwyer told CBS 5, "He says, 'I just have this gut feeling that there's something behind that.'"
There was. An amazingly detailed and deftly drawn original portrait of John F. Kennedy, signed and dated from 1961.
Suri Cruise, Tom Cruise Spend Thanksgiving Together in London
Suri Cruise is spending one of the most American of holidays across the pond. The famous 6-year-old celebrated Thanksgiving in London with her father Tom Cruise, a source confirms to Us Weekly. Currently shooting All You Need Is Kill in the UK, the actor, 50, sent a family member to pick up his youngest daughter from NYC.
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Lifestyles of the Rich and Famous Dogs
Rachel Hunter with her dogs in front of their chic house. (La Petite Maison)When it comes to their pets, some celebrities spare no expense. Case in point: Supermodel Rachel Hunter's dogs reside in a house built especially for them that has terracotta floors and a red tile roof! In this episode of "Celebrity Pet Project," host Theo Von chats with interior designer Kari Whitman, who has created incredible living spaces tailored for dogs owned by Kristen Bell and Jessica Alba … including a doggie bunk bed in the Alba family's kitchen so the furry ones could watch their owner cook dinner!
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Donald Trump building future resting place on new golf course
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Did anyone really expect that Donald Trump was going to spend eternity buried in a ordinary, run of the mill, non-exclusive cemetery with the rest of us? Think again.
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The No. 1 Trick to Never Get Sick
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Feel a cold coming on? Try this remedy!f you smell onions in someone's socks over the next few weeks, do not be alarmed. That person is probably just fighting a cold.
Everyone seems to have a custom "miracle cure" for the common cold, and it seems the more creative the solution, the less bashful they are about sharing. A recent poll of Facebook friends revealed the following methods, all of which the practitioners stand by (in their onion-filled socks, in some cases):
Young Mother Gives Up ‘Beauty’ for One Year
Phoebe Baker-Hyde in a photo taken by her daughter Harriet.Frustrated with low-self esteem and feeling pressure to always look perfect, Phoebe Baker-Hyde gave up 'beauty' for an entire year.
In 2007, shortly after giving birth to her daughter, every time Baker-Hyde glanced in the mirror she was overwhelmed by how exhausted she looked. Like many women she was tired of spending enormous amounts of money on makeup and so-called miracle face creams. This time, rather than piling on the beauty products, she went in the complete opposite direction.
Mr. Bean’s days are numbered, says Rowan Atkinson
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Ever since actor Rowan Atkinson created his famous character Mr. Bean, the world hasn't been able to watch a scary movie, jump off a diving board, or make a sandwich the same way again. But sadly, the British thespian has announced that Mr. Bean's silent days could be numbered.
"The stuff that has been most commercially successful for me — basically quite physical, quite childish — I increasingly feel I'm going to do a lot less of," the 57-year-old actor told the U.K.'s Daily Telegraph over the weekend. "Apart from the fact that your physical ability starts to decline, I also think someone in their fifties being childlike becomes a little sad. You've got to be careful."
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Is Your Child Gifted?
Many a proud parent has deemed their child bright, advanced and more intelligent than his or her peers. But how can parents tell the difference between their kid being smart or gifted?According to child psychologist Stephanie Meyer, giftedness and intelligence are innate. "Parents will describe their child from the beginning, the very first moments of life, as just being super alert," she tells Away We Grow host Diane Mizota. "Parents will often come in describing their child as having an extraordinary memory advance mathematical ability, sense of humor--just extraordinary sense of humor in a two-year-old--advanced storytelling abilities. They will often describe their child as having advanced vocabulary skills and the ability to articulate their feelings and ideas in ways that seem far beyond their age-mates."
Anne Hathaway on dropping 25 pounds for ‘Les Mis’: I was in a state of deprivation
Anne Hathaway (Annie Leibovitz/Vogue)It was for the love of her craft that Anne Hathaway whittled 25 pounds from her already thin frame earlier this year. Cast as Fantine in the upcoming big-screen adaption of "Les Misérables," the actress wanted to bring authenticity to her role as a dying prostitute, and it seems she was successful as she appears very gaunt in the trailer. In a new interview with Vogue, Hathaway talks about being on a "near-starvation diet" to slim down for the flick, and how her dramatic weight loss impacted her long after the cameras stopped rolling.
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Justin Bieber removing Selena Gomez reference from ‘Beauty and a Beat’ lyrics
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Breaking up is hard to do, especially when the time comes to delete romantic emails and texts, untag couple-y photos on Facebook, unfollowing on Twitter -- and, in Justin Bieber's case, altering lyrics to his worldwide hit pop song to exclude mentions of Selena Gomez.
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1984 Today Show Satanic toaster clip hailed as ‘greatest interview in television history’
For all the well-produced comedy videos uploaded to YouTube, few come close to matching the absolute gold of a 1984 Today Show interview about a woman and her satanically possessed toaster.
It's a piece of entertainment so epic that Gawker went as far as to call it "the greatest interview in television history."
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During the interview, June O'Brien tells a remarkably composed Richard Dominick that her beat-up toast-making machine speaks to her in the voice of actor Eli Wallach and spits out toast inscribed with the words "Satan Lives."
What You Should Eat Before a Workout
Yes! An excuse to drink chocolate milk!Experts say what you eat before a workout can have a major impact on how easy (or freaking hard) your gym sesh ends up being. Nosh on these power-boosting snacks an hour or two before you break a sweat to max out your workout.
Pandas' Bamboo Food May Be Lost to Climate Change
Though they are one of the most beloved animal species on Earth, pandas aren't safe from the devastating effects of climate change.
According to a new study, projected temperature increases in China over the next century will likely seriously hinder bamboo, almost the sole source of food for endangered pandas. Only if bamboo can move to new habitats at higher elevations will pandas stand a chance, the researchers said.
5 Dating Myths You Need to Know
Here are some dating tips you should probably ditch.Paul Carrick Brunson, matchmaker and author of the new relationship book, It's Complicated (But It Doesn't Have to Be), IDs the dating advice and myths that are total B.S.
Tattoo Shop Tiles Floor With 250,000 Pennies
Mel Angst, the owner of Artisan Tattoos in Pittsburgh, recently completed a massive project. The project? Tiling the parlor's floor with 250,000 pennies. Yes, 250,000 pennies. The 800 square foot creation took 300 man-hours, and free penny tattoos were given to patrons that worked at least 30 hours on the job. To quote the great Nancy Sinatra: "These Cents Were Made For Walkin'!" Also, remember that supposed Big Foot video from last week? We're gonna make fun of it!
4 Aging Signs May Reveal Heart Disease Risk
A bald patch on the top of your head or a small vertical crease in your earlobe may seem like relatively harmless signs of aging, but a new study says signs like these may signal an increased risk of heart disease.
Danish researchers found that people were 39 percent more likely to have heart disease, and 57 percent more likely to have a heart attack, if they had at least three of these four signs: baldness on top of the head, receded hairline, a crease in the earlobe, and fatty deposits on the eyelids known as xanthelasmata.
The researchers accounted for people's ages in their results.
Where are they now: Penny from ‘Dirty Dancing’ lives suburban-celebrity life
Cynthia Rhodes, left, and Richard Marx in 2002 (Photo: Vince Bucci/Getty Images)She danced her way onto the big screen in the '80s and also into the heart of one well known pop star of the time -- Richard Marx ("Right Here Waiting" and "Now and Forever"). Always known as a woman who favored her moral compass over the seduction of fame, it is not entirely surprising to learn that Cynthia Rhodes happily chose family life over career.
World's Rarest Whale Seen for First Time
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The world's rarest whale has been spotted for the first time, in New Zealand, where two of the whales stranded themselves.
The two spade-toothed beaked whales, a mother and calf, stranded and died on Opape Beach on the North Island of New Zealand, in December 2010. The mother was 17 feet (5.3 meters) long and the calf was 11 feet (3.5 m) long.
5 Myths About Tea
By Kerri-Ann Jennings, M.S., R.D., Associate Nutrition Editor, EatingWell Magazine
You probably already know that tea is an incredibly healthy beverage. In fact, studies show that if you drink tea regularly, you may reduce your risk of Alzheimer's and diabetes, plus have healthier teeth and gums and stronger bones. But not everything you've heard about tea is true. Here are 5 myths about tea busted:
Breast is Best? One Dad Says No to Breastfeeding
One dad says that, when it comes to his kid, breast isn't best. (Photo: Thinkstock)In an article published yesterday in The Atlantic, one dad makes his case against breastfeeding, saying that the "breast is best" mindset added insult to injury after his wife struggled to nurse their son.
5 ways thieves steal credit card data
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Gone are the days of the good old-fashioned purse snatcher. With little brute and more skill, thieves only need a minute, sometimes a second, to pilfer your credit card data."Back in the beginning, they got the imprint of credit cards from the carbon copies they dug out of the trash," says William Noonan, assistant special agent in charge of the Secret Service's criminal investigative division. "Technology has changed things."
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