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In Honor of the Saturday Night 80′s Show [Photo]

Ally Brooks — Sun, 08 Jan 2012 01:19:18 +0000

This is why I am not worried.

What Have Two Percent of Americans Made for Their New Year's Resolution?

Drew Weisholtz — Tue, 03 Jan 2012 19:50:59 +0000

According to Redbook, 47% of readers say losing weight is their New Year’s resolution, but 2% say their resolution is this. What is it? Answer: volunteering! [SoJO] Read Original: What Have Two Percent of Americans Made for Their New Year’s Resolution?

A New Year – And New Resolutions We Won't Keep

BJ Kelley — Mon, 02 Jan 2012 22:23:19 +0000

We’re now a couple of days into 2012. I don’t know about you, but I’m still trying to figure out what my New Years Resolutions are… And what my chances are of keeping them long-term! Then, I ran across an info-graphic from www.visual.ly. They gathered some statistics from the CDC, Substance Abuse and Mental Health [...]

Resolution 2012: Lose Weight…Again.

Howard Hart — Mon, 02 Jan 2012 04:37:36 +0000

If you made the perinnial New Years Resolution to lose weight, I’ve discovered a list of 10 tried and true ways to do it. #1- DON’T starve yourself. There is a good physiologic reason for it. #2- It’s OK to SNACK! But make it fruits, veggies or something protein. #3- PAY ATTENTION WHILE YOU EAT, so [...]

Ringing in 2012 like its 1989!

Ally Brooks — Sun, 01 Jan 2012 02:00:08 +0000

Hey it’s Ally from the Saturday Night 80′s Show. While you’re out on the town, I am playing all our favorites from the 80′s. I made my boyfriend come in with me after he worked all day long, so I could spend New Years Eve with him. haha He’s so interested (in his fishing game) [...]

New Year's Traditions

BJ Kelley — Sat, 31 Dec 2011 21:14:51 +0000

As another year comes to a close, I was thinking about all the little traditions (superstitions?) we have surrounding New Years Day. Take food, for example. Growing up, we always ate pork and cabbage on January 1st. I guess since cabbage is green, it’s like money? And, even though my mother didn’t know how to [...]

Are You Going To Make a New Year's Resolution? — Survey of the Day

Jeremy Taylor — Fri, 30 Dec 2011 17:33:20 +0000

Is the best way to deal with notoriously hard-to-keep New Year’s resolutions avoiding them altogether? According to a new poll, a plurality of Americans seem to think so. Poll Position asked 1,098 adults if they planned on making a New Year’s resolution this year. Forty-eight percent said that they didn’t, 33 percent answered that they did, [...]

Americans Say 2012 Will Be Awesome — Survey of the Day

Jeremy Taylor — Thu, 29 Dec 2011 19:58:32 +0000

According to a new poll, the majority of Americans believe that 2012 will be a good year. Associated Press-GfK asked 1000 adults if they were optimistic or pessimistic about what 2012 had in store for both their family and for the United States. Seventy-eight percent answered that they were optimistic for their family, and 62 percent said [...]

Surprise, Prices Rise In The New Year

BJ Kelley — Wed, 28 Dec 2011 20:45:44 +0000

It seems like the prices on everything keep going up. And, despite the fact the economy hasn't recovered yet, 2012 looks to be no different.

The gang over at DealNews put together a list of 11 things that are expected to cost more in the coming year.

Louisiana's 2012 Teacher Of The Year Named

Rick Taylor — Wed, 27 Jul 2011 03:53:17 +0000

Northwestern State University alumna April Jessup Giddens, a sixth grade English/language arts teacher at Natchitoches Magnet School, was recognized as Louisiana’s 2012 Teacher of the Year during the fifth annual Cecil J. Picard Educator Excellence Symposium and Celebration. Giddens earned a bachelor’s degree in elementary education at Northwestern in 1996 and a master’s degree in 1998. [...]