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Each week, we bring you interesting stories from around the web. Here’s what caught our eye this week!
LIFESTYLE
Holiday Shopping for Non-Shoppers
As November turns into December, the nation becomes shopping obsessed. Everywhere we go, there’s a plea to buy stuff. If we don’t, it means we don’t care…Read Full Article
From Treehugger
ECONOMY
Living On Food Stamps: Newark Mayor Cory Booker Takes Up Challenge
A campaign to raise awareness about the struggles of low-income Americans who depend on food stamps gets a high-profile plug today as Mayor Cory Booker of Newark, N.J., begins a week of living on $30 worth of food…Read Full Article
From NPR: The Two-Way
RELIGION
Pope Opens a Personal Twitter Account
The Vatican revealed the new personal Twitter account for Pope Benedict XVI, @Pontifex, on Monday, meaning the leader of the global Catholic Church will officially join millions of people around the globe on the social media site…Read Full Article
From CNN Belief Blog
NEWS
140,000 Square Foot 17th Century Chateau de Bellevue Demolished “By Mistake”
The new Russian owner of the Domain de Bellevue says “I had no idea the château had been destroyed. I’m in shock.” This is after his Polish construction crews, who had permits to demolish a small accessory building, “accidentally”…Read Full Article
From Treehugger
PARENTING
Sleep, the Long and Short of It
Sleep. It heals, it restores, it improves us. Sleep. It makes me drowsy just to write the word. Sleep…Read Full Article
From The Washington Post: On Parenting
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