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Life Updated: Tue, Jul 9, 2013

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Colorado Springs Brownie troop video gets honorable mention in White House contest

A wild and crazy idea dreamed up by a group of third-graders proved to be good enough to earn recognition from the White House. Eight girls from Steele and Stratton Elementary schools wrote and produced a short video of what it would be like if President Barack Obama visited Steele Elementary and saw the technology that students use every day...
Cut out junk food ads in schools, government says

WASHINGTON — It's not just about what America's kids are getting in the lunch line. The Obama administration is moving to phase out junk food advertising on football scoreboards and elsewhere on school grounds — part of a broad effort to combat child obesity and create what Michelle Obama calls "a new norm" for today's schoolchildren and...
Tylenol in pregnancy linked to ADHD in kids, study finds

Pregnant women have long been assured that acetaminophen can treat their aches, pains and fevers without bringing harm to the babies they carry. Now researchers say they have found a strong link between prenatal use of the medication and cases of attention-deficit hyperactivity disorder in children. The results, published Monday in the...
Kansas bill would allow spanking that leaves marks

TOPEKA, Kan. — A Kansas lawmaker is proposing a bill that would allow teachers, caregivers and parents to spank children hard enough to leave marks. Current Kansas law allows spanking that doesn't leave marks. Rep. Gail Finney, a Democrat from Wichita, says he wants to allow up to 10 strikes of the hand and that could leave redness and...
Former Colorado Springs history teacher makes presidential history come to life

The town criers spotted the former president exiting his truck and hustled to spread the exciting news. "It's Lincoln! Lincoln's here!" Correction: The tall guy in buff-colored breeches, stockings and tricorn hat is actually Gen. George Washington. Details. "The president's here! The president's here!" David Wallace is used to the...
Drive-thru review: Pickles on a pizza? That's just wrong, Papa John's

This week I tried the new Double Cheeseburger Pizza from Papa John's. Let's be gentle. Papa John's founder John Schnatter and big-time franchisee Peyton Manning might be feeling down after Manning's Denver Broncos were schnattered by the Seattle Seahawks in the Super Bowl. Here's the Double Cheeseburger Pizza blueprint: a double dose of...
Bit by bit, macho stereotypes lose ground

Traditionally, the American male was measured against the stoic hero who shook off all doubts, vanquished all foes and offered women a muscular shoulder to cry on. But that was before feminism, gay-rights activism, metrosexuals. Husbands took on a greater share of housework and child care. The military welcomed women and gays. A romantic...
Should busy, stressed-out kids have to do chores?

It's the dirty work of home life: dusting the shelves, mopping the floors and doing the laundry, load after load. Yet asking kids to help has gotten harder for some parents, caught up in the blur of today's competitive, time-pressed, child-focused world. "Parents feel very conflicted about getting their kids involved in housework," says child...
Colorado Springs-area poets provide tips on writing a love poem

Capturing the longing of the heart in words can be a challenge for even the most experienced poet. "It's difficult to write a successful love poem," said local poet Aaron Anstett, Pikes Peak poet laureate from 2008 to 2010. "It's a complicated, sometimes messy feeling, and so finding language that is sufficient or original is difficult. It is...