NY Passes HIV Testing, Needle Program Amendments

New York Governor David Paterson has signed a bill (S8227/A11487) that will force doctors to offer patients ages 13 to 64 an HIV test. New York has the highest rate of AIDS in the nation, with the NYC Department of Health and Mental Hygiene noting that AIDS is the third leading cause of death for [...]

Google May Enter Social Media Space

Search giant Google may be entering the gaming and social media spaces, according to a report from The Wall Street Journal. The July 28 report by Ami Efrati cited unnamed sources that said Google has been talking with gaming firms, including Playdom, Electronic Arts‘ Playfish and Zynga Game Networks, which Google has a stake in. [...]

Madonna & Team Release “Material Girl” Campaign

A mother-daughter clothing line–such is the life of the celeb child. Madonna and her first born, Lola (Lourdes), have released the ads for the upcoming Macy’s junior brand, The Material Girl. The collection is the product of a joint venture between the queen of pop and Iconix Brand Group. The ads, shot by photographer Tom [...]

DC To Have Free Clinic Day In August

The National Association of Free Clinics announced that it will hold a giant free clinic in Washington, D.C. on August 4. The clinic, which will offer free HIV/AIDS tests, other major tests, and medical exams, such as physicals, will be available to uninsured residents in the area. “The District of Columbia has a much higher rate of [...]

Beauty Boutique Sale Alert!

One of our favorite beauty boutiques, Space.NK, is having a sale. In NYC, there’s a store in SoHo we recommend visiting. This could be a great opportunity to buy products at a discount for birthdays and upcoming holidays. Normally we’re not about plugging sales, especially during an ongoing recovery, but this British retailer is home to [...]

Cal Poly Pomona Gets $42M For At-Risk, Foster, Military Students

Cal Poly Pomona has received $42 million from the W.K. Kellogg Foundation to fund a new endowment to improve access to educational opportunities. According to the Foundation’s President and CEO, Sterling Speirn, “Mr. Kellogg was a strong believer in higher education, and his vision of ‘investing in people’ has translated into the foundation’s fundamental belief [...]

Quality of Life Ranking Shines Light on Europe

The 2010 Quality of Living survey from consulting giant Mercer revealed that many European cities again topped the list of the best places to live. Taking the top slot was Vienna, Austria, followed by Zurich, Switzerland, and Geneva, another Swiss city, in third. After that, Vancouver, Canada, and Auckland, New Zealand, tied for fourth. The [...]

Mr. Good Enough: Better Than No Man At All?

Are you that woman that thinks she is the whole package, but wonders why she is still alone? You sit there thinking you are more accomplished, worldly, attractive, open-minded, ______– fill in the blank for me–than all those married women–and yet, others are hitched or have partners and you sit at home with the remote [...]

Celebs Team Up To Fight Ovarian Cancer

I’m not ashamed to say I love Fran Drescher and I mention her because she survived Ovarian Cancer. Various media reports say this type of cancer is increasingly common and hard to detect, and has low survival rates for the late stages. Drescher wrote a book about it because no one could diagnose her and [...]

Monsanto, BASF To Add GMO Wheat

Agricultural giants Monsanto and Germany’s BASF announced on July 7 joint plans to make genetically modified wheat. The addition will be the fifth in their collaboration, which already includes corn, soy, cotton and canola. According to the new agreement, the two companies will invest about $1 billion during the collaboration. The duo will focus on [...]

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