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It was a short week for some, but on Strollerderby we were wicked busy, as they say in Beantown . Here's a bit of what went on here the past few days: Shannon called this one the "Post Most Likely to Send You Running for the Tissues This Week." Check out Paper Girl Delivers Food and Shelter...

Rush Limbaugh angers a lot of people, but usually hunters are not in that group. But not anymore. The Washington Times reports that Rush has several groups of "sportsmen", specifically hunters (isn't "sportsmen" too generic a term?) all fired up because he's been working with...

Pop quiz: you have a history of cancer in your family. You want to have children. Science has progressed to the point where you can alter your unborn child's genetics so that they will be born without the particular gene that causes the particular type of cancer in your bloodline. What do you do...

You know those people you've befriended online? Never met them, but you trade baby pictures? It's all just a little casual thing, right? A way to connect with people who are experiencing the same things that you are. For one woman, that seemingly casual connection actually saved her baby's...

MSNBC is reporting that Christina Applegate had a double mastectomy three weeks ago. She was diagnosed with cancer in one of her breasts earlier this month. She decided to have both breasts removed because, "Her mother battled breast cancer, and she tested positive for the BRCA1 gene mutation linked...

Those shiny granite countertops in your kitchen may be emitting harmful radiation, as well as radon, a radioactive gas. Yes, you read that correctly. According to a piece in today's New York Times , "there have been…reports of 'hot' or potentially hazardous countertops" in recent...

Kylie Minogue is a huge star in England and Australia, and while she's popular here as well, she has had trouble breaking through into the ranks of mega-uber-American stardom. I think I've figured out why: she's too smart. During an appearance on the Ellen DeGeneres Show , the 39-year-old...