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...welcome boost for the economy. In all, the Federal Government has cut refund checks totaling $259 billion - up 17% from a year ago and already the rough equal of total refund payments of $261 billion in 2008. More people than ever are using their refund to pay basic bills, according to an AP poll. For example, 31% said they were using their refund to pay credit card debt - up from 17% a year ago. The percentage using their refund to pay utility bills and rent or their mortgage has roughly doubled too. A slightly greater number say they will splurge...
...Then Reo passed on what she was learning. Blogging as Team Reo on www.mom2momdfw.com, a blog set up by the Fort Worth Star Telegram, she has shared the ups and downs of dealing with a CHD baby and passed on basic hygiene tips: "People know how to wash their hands, they just don't do it long enough. So... Scrub with the soap for at least as long as it takes to sing "Happy Birthday!" She also added a YouTube video on the proper ways to sneeze. "Quite funny but educational! I love the different sneeze techniques...
...basic collection. Even when TNT had commercials and AMC didn't, the Turner network had an edge because its library was stronger than its rival's. Turner had (and has) the grandeur of MGM, the grit of Warners, the swank of RKO. And the movies usually look great. This is a living archive; it keeps restoring classic films so they look as pristine as when they premiered. That's thanks in large part to George Feltenstein, whose title is senior vice president of theatrical catalog marketing at Warner Home Video, but who is really the boss of all things...
...Special Seasons. If there's one thing you see a lot of in TCM's basic collection of old movies, it's white people. When blacks and Asians were depicted, they were usually seen as slow or wicked menials and often played by whites in blackface or with spirit gum on their eyes. TCM has wisely annotated the old era by devoting prime-time months to the Hollywood images of blacks, Asians, gays and, in May, Hispanics, the programs curated and introduced by specialists in the fields...
...joint opinion that upheld the "essential holding" of Roe v. Wade. Though in the same decision the three justices approved most provisions of the Pennsylvania Abortion Control Act, a law that put limits on abortion rights, they had ensured the survival for years to come of the basic right to choose...