Mail to overseas military addresses is charged domestic postage rates, and a Priority Mail large flat rate box to APO/FPO costs $12.50. USPS offers free Military Care Kits by phone, and recommends mailing by November 12 for the most economical postage to destinations including Iraq and Afghanistan.
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National Drunk and Drugged Driving Prevention Month
For National Drunk and Drugged Driving Prevention Month, the CDC notes 36 Americans die and about 700 are injured daily in crashes involving an alcohol-impaired driver. It urges designated drivers and lists community measures such as sobriety checkpoints.
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Tell the FTC: GMOs are not “Natural” or “Green”
The Institute for Responsible Technology asks readers to sign a petition telling the FTC, which is revising its Green Guides, that calling genetically modified foods “Natural” or “Green” misleads shoppers. It names Quaker and Kellogg’s Kashi products as examples.
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World AIDS Day 2010
Marking World AIDS Day, CDC reports about 5.2 million people in low- and middle-income countries now receive antiretroviral drugs, against fewer than 50,000 in sub-Saharan Africa when PEPFAR began in 2003. Some 33.4 million people worldwide are living with HIV.
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EWG's Favorite Cookbooks - EWG Newsletter
EWG president Ken Cook shares staff cookbook picks for the holidays, including Myra Goodman's The Earthbound Cook, Laurie David's The Family Dinner, Ann Cooper's Lunch Lessons and Alexandra Zissu's The Conscious Kitchen, bought through links that support the group.
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What do astronauts in space eat on Thanksgiving?
A set of Thanksgiving facts: Lincoln made it a national holiday in 1863 and Roosevelt fixed it to the fourth Thursday, the US raised an estimated 242 million turkeys in 2010, and US astronauts who spend the holiday in space usually eat a rehydrated turkey dinner.
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Thanksgiving Facts and Statistics
Thanksgiving figures for 2010: 242 million turkeys expected in the United States, down 2 percent from 2009, with Minnesota leading at 47 million, followed by North Carolina and Arkansas. Cranberry production is forecast at 735 million pounds, led by Wisconsin.
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Flight Delay Information
A reproduction of the FAA Command Center's text-only national airport status page, listing the US airports then under ground delay programs or reporting general arrival and departure delays.
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Helpful Hints for Holiday Travelers
The TSA sets out what holiday travelers can expect at checkpoints, explaining advanced imaging technology, what triggers a pat-down, and how passengers can avoid alarming the metal detector or imaging unit before they leave home.
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Oprah's Favorite Things 2010 - part 2
Items 5 through 9 on Oprah's 2010 list, with prices: a $99 Breville panini press, Jay-Z's book Decoded at $35, the $1,000 Elfa closet system, a five-year Netflix membership, and $525 Judith Ripka earrings.
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Oprah's favorite things 2010 - part 1
A run-through of items on Oprah's 2010 list with the writer's own notes: a $24.95 weight loss book, Andre Walker hair care, Baker's Edge pans with Ghirardelli brownie mix and Beecher's mac and cheese, each flagged for ingredients readers might want to check.
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Andre Walker Hair Products
The line sold at andrewalkerhair.com runs from keratin shampoo and conditioner to Q-Oil and root-covering hair make-up, with a $65 ultimate gift set that Oprah Winfrey named among her ultimate favorite things for 2010. Its selling point is keratin, a structural protein that comes from animals.
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Newsletter from EWG: Jane's Holiday Kitchen
An EWG newsletter points readers to holiday kitchen tips from Jane Houlihan, the group's senior vice president for research, on choosing food lower in added chemicals and pollutants, using non-toxic cookware, and storing and reheating leftovers safely.
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Amazing Year - Newsletter from EWG
An EWG fundraising appeal offering a holiday gift bag for a $125 matched donation, and recapping the year: the 2010 Sunscreen Safety Guide, pushback against a USDA-funded campaign about EWG's pesticide research, and the introduction of the Safe Cosmetics Act of 2010.
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Eid Slaughter Sacrifice Is Sad Day for Animals
A report on animal sacrifice during Eid in Turkey, where tourists have met slaughter in hotel courtyards and the government banned it in parks and playgrounds in 2007 over street waste. Al-Ahram's Gamal Nkrumah and an animal welfare monitor describe the animals' fear and the smell of blood.
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Leading death causes in the U.S.
CDC's National Vital Statistics Reports counted 2,423,712 U.S. deaths in 2007, led by heart disease at 616,067 and cancer at 562,875. Life expectancy was 77.9 years and infant mortality 6.75 per 1,000 live births, ranking the U.S. 46th of 224 countries.
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EWG newsletter: Come to Get Your Limited-Edition 2010 Holiday Gift Bag
An Environmental Working Group fundraising letter offering a limited-edition 2010 holiday gift bag, with a reusable shopping bag, an insulated bottle and a cookbook, to donors who give $125 or more, with the gifts matched dollar for dollar by a donor.
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Jane Fonda diagnosed with non-invasive breast cancer
Fonda told Entertainment Tonight that a routine checkup found a small breast tumor a few weeks earlier, that the disease was non-invasive, and that surgery removed it and she is now cancer free. At 72 she is promoting new fitness DVDs.
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