Mexico 2010 Chicago bash will celebrate breadth of Mexican immigrants' diversity, country's bicentennial

"Surely the Mexican government views the news coverage as better when it revolves around a cellist from Monterrey rather than a drug lord from Tijuana."

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Dance Lessons

"As a professional competitive ballroom dancer, I’m often asked what I think of the television show 'Dancing With The Stars,' which starts its new season on September 20. The show isn’t really about dancing, I say; it’s about teaching. And what the celebrity students are learning isn’t really the cha-cha, rumba, and waltz, since most of them will forget the steps once the show is over anyway. What they are really learning is how to be responsible."

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Cold cure? Argonne's shedding light

"A chill in the air this time of year seems to bring that all-too-familiar scratch in the throat and tickle in the nose, and that's what makes the work two scientists achieved at Argonne National Laboratory a little timely, a little intriguing and a little uplifting."

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Ten Tips for Parents to Help Children Learn to Read Outside the Classroom

"To mark International Literacy Day and promote reading among children globally, Save the Children today shares 10 steps all parents can take to boost early reading skills among their children. The ten tips are part of a community strategies flipbook for parents and children that Save the Children developed for its global 'Literacy Boost' program."

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Tragic Radicals: Why the Sexual Left Defends the Indefensible

"U.S. District Judge Vaughn R. Walker’s decision last month striking down California’s Proposition 8, despite the expressed will of 7 million voters, undoubtedly is radical.

Al Mohler summed it up as 'one brazen act of judicial energy.' The ruling was so radical that even the unquestionably liberal Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals overruled Walker’s order to immediately allow 'gay marriage' while it reviews the decision."

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How to Register for Egiva.Com-the Free Donation Site

"Go green and connect locally with those in need or who have a surplus through a free website-the dream of a California school teacher who wanted to give back to the community."

Click here for more on egiva.com and how you can use it to connect to others.

Teens, kids take charge of annual fundraising event

"It seems youth, and lemonade, will be served.

Since 2002, a group of families on the 700 block of Bonnie Brae in River Forest put their efforts together to turn a day of sorrow into a day of happiness and charity by raising money for local charities on Sept. 11. For year’s Lemon-AID Stand, they are hoping to bring in as much money as they can for Opportunity Knocks, a River Forest-based charity that offers assistance for people with developmental disabilities."

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