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- Colorado shooting: How parents can find balance with teenagersIn the wake of the shootings in Aurora, Colo., parents can create a balance between overprotective parenting and a rational response to the recent tragedy.
- YouTube introduces face blurring option, enhanced privacy settingYouTube has introduced a new tool that allows users to blur faces in videos, enabling a new setting for identity protection and privacy, though it is still impossible to keep digital data completely private.
- Colorado shooting: children and gun fatalitiesIn the wake of the Colorado shooting, a recent report from the Children's Defense Fund about child gun-related deaths and injuries seems particularly pertinent. Here are the facts.
- 'The Dark Knight Rises': 10 things to know before seeing the film'The Dark Knight Rises' is long and a little overwhelming. Here are 10 things you need to keep in mind before seeing it.
- Meatless Monday: Crustless chard quicheA hearty and cheesy quiche, perfect for an easy summer meal.
- Bullied bus monitor: Fundraising campaign closes at $700,000An online fundraising campaign for Karen Klein, a bus monitor who was bullied by four middle school students in June, has exceeded $700,000 with more than 30,000 individual contributions.
- 12 recipes to beat the heat wave It's the time of year for salads and smoothies. Stir It Up! has simple ideas to beat the dog days of summer cooking.
- Colorado wildfires: Volunteers help families find belongingsSamaritan's Purse, an international relief organization, uses local volunteers in Colorado Springs to help families find their belongings in the aftermath of the Colorado wildfires.
- Blinky stays with meThe author can let most books go. But not this one.
- Attachment parenting: It may cause more stress, less happinessA new study shows that attachment parenting can lead to moms reporting more stress and lower levels of happiness. Why might this parenting style be bad for mom?
- Patang: movie review'Patang' skillfully integrates documentary footage with dramatic reenactments.
- Emmy nominations 2012: the good and the badEmmy nominations show some deserving recipients, but other shows and actors have gotten snubbed again.
- The Well-Digger's Daughter: movie reviewThe film has unhurried storytelling and fairy-tale charm.
- 鈥楤rave鈥: new Disney Princess Merida gets girly Mattel makeover'Brave,' Pixar's latest animated movie, stars its first female lead. Princess Merida is a strong, independent female character, who, like Katniss Everdeen in 'The Hunger Games,' is not concerned with her looks. So, why is Mattel marketing her as a stereotypical Disney princess?
- Social media: Kids leverage online networks for civic engagementSocial media is a tool that enables kids to engage in issues they care about and bring about real change. Just ask Seventeen magazine and Universal Studios.
- JonBenet Ramsey: Investigator still hopes for resolutionJonBenet Ramsey, the 6-year-old beauty queen, was found dead in 1996 but no one was convicted. James Kolar, the former district attorney who led the investigation, still hopes the case will be solved.
- Grilled fish tacos in corn tortillasAn easy, simple, and good-for-you meal.
- 'Brave': Girl power hits a bull's-eye at the box office, but ...With 'Brave,' 'Snow White and The Huntsman,' and 'The Hunger Games' we're seeing the box-office triumph of strong, young female characters. But has Hollywood 鈥 or American culture 鈥 really changed how it sees women?
- The Dark Knight Rises: movie reviewThe movie's ambitions aren't matched by its material.
- With rescued dog Albie, family learns to hold on to the leashAfter a couple of weeks with the Zheutlin family, Albie, a Yellow Lab-Golden Retriever mix, teaches them that they need to hold onto his leash 鈥 and how to deal with other dog owners at the dog pond.