Twitter Rundown for Monday, February 18, 2013
Who Should (And Should Never) Take Aspirin
We’ve all heard that if you’re having a heart attack, you should take aspirin. But is it always appropriate to take aspirin for heart disease? And who should never take it?
President Proposing Ten-Year Brain Study Project
The Obama administration is planning a large, long term effort to understand and map the human brain, according to a report by The New York Times.
Mindy McCready’s Beautiful Voice, Troubled Life
One month after the boyfriend of country star Mindy McCready is believed to have committed suicide, McCready herself apparently has taken her own life.
When Teens’ Constant Texting Is Dating Abuse
Advocacy groups say continually checking in on a partner and demanding to know what he or she is doing is a type of dating abuse – something that one in four teens has experienced.
The Changing Role Of First Lady
On this President’s Day, we look at how the role of the First Lady has changed dramatically, depending on the woman in the office and the times in which she served.
Kelly Frey, the editor of Oklahoma’s big daily newspaper The Oklahoman, is from El Reno, Okla. and describes what it’s like to grow up in “tornado alley.”
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Are home-based shelters really enough to hold back an F5 category tornado, which can have winds upwards of 300 miles per hour? And what about people who don’t have home-based shelters?
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