Friday, May 6, 2011

Set your garden aflutter with pentas and other butterfly-friendly plants

"Beds of bright flowers always lift our spirits, but when you add the fluttering movement and brilliant color of butterflies, you have one of nature's most enchanting combinations."

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Thursday, May 5, 2011

Bring Back the 4th™ Returns

"Last year, Liberty Mutual debuted its Bring Back the 4th™ program, a contest designed to help offset the recession’s effect on those towns and cities forced to cut traditional Independence Day celebrations from their budgets."

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Best Western Rewards Members Can Donate Points for Tornado Relief Efforts in Southeast U.S.

"Members of Best Western Rewards®, the hotel chain's global frequent-stay program, can now donate their Rewards points to tornado and storm relief and recovery efforts underway in the Southern United States. Best Western Rewards members should visit www.bestwestern.com/stormrelief to make a donation of 4,000 points, equaling $15, or more to World Vision, Best Western's official charity partner."

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Monday, May 2, 2011

Bin Laden Is Dead, Obama Says

"Osama bin Laden, the mastermind of the most devastating attack on American soil in modern times and the most hunted man in the world, was killed in a firefight with United States forces in Pakistan on Sunday, President Obama announced."

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Save the Children Distributes Shoes, Diapers; Deploys Child-Friendly Spaces to Children Who’ve Lost Everything in Tornadoes

"When children have to run for their lives, they don’t have time to put on their shoes, grab a favorite toy, or say goodbye to the place they called home. So as part of the Southeast tornado response, Save the Children has distributed truckloads of shoes, diapers, portable cribs, toys and other child-specific essentials to more than 1,100 children in hardest-hit Tuscaloosa, Ala., and Smithville, Miss."

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Saturday, April 30, 2011

Volunteers give food, shelter to storm survivors

"Church groups, students and other volunteers worked aggressively Saturday to bring food, water and other necessities to communities ravaged by the second-deadliest day of tornadoes in history."

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The Royal Wedding: Will Their Marriage Survive?

"Chuck Colson offers his take on the royal wedding of Prince William and Kate Middleton."

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