Latest News and Politics from the U.S. - Huffington Post (April 2011 Diet)

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(DUBAI) - The United Arab Emirates will stop individuals and small businesses accessing the most private data services offered by BlackBerry, a newspaper said, but email and web access will not be disrupted, said the government.More...

Source: UAE To Curb BlackBerry Use For Individuals (REPORT)

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SANAA, Yemen (AP/The Huffington Post) — Hundreds of thousands of people demonstrated in cities across Yemen on Sunday, denouncing embattled President Ali Abdullah Saleh and his remarks against women taking part in protest rallies.Reuters reports that military forces loyal to Saleh opened fire on protesters in the capital, Sanaa, when they tried to march in a street outside their normal protest zone. Witnesses reported that the wounded were being rushed to the hospital.More...

Source: Yemen Army Opens Fire On Anti-Government Protesters In Sanaa

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Homebrewing is often a social event -- brew a specialty with friends and then throw a tasting party, since the process requires the exchange of ideas with other craft beer wizards and aficionados. Homebrewing is close cousin to craft beer -- which is why Avery Brewing Company started a monthly homebrew meet-and-greet.It's called the Homebrew & Bottle Collector Support Group, and Avery held the first one just last month in March, inviting homebrewers and bottle collectors to their Tap Room. The next one is this Monday -- Tax Day, fittingly. Bring a minimum of 22 ounces of your masterpiece for other homebrew enthusiasts (and Avery's own craft beer masters) to taste, analyze and admire.More...

Source: Avery's Homebrew & Bottle Collector Support Group

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We all know Angelo Sosa from Top Chef, but before he went down that perilous path I had eaten, and appreciated, his food at Yumcha. So when he started a hamburger restaurant in midtown I felt I owed it to him to try it. And even if I hated the place, Top Chef fans would watch. (Especially if I hated it.) Sadly for my traffic, the hamburgers are very good, even with all their exotic toppings. But I hope you will watch anyway.More...

Source: Social Eatz Burgers

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It's been a good month for Eva Longoria. After a tumultuous winter filled with divorce-fueled gossip, Longoria's April has included the release of her new cookbook and a significant raise in her long awaited new "Desperate Housewives" contract. Now, she can add a new movie to the list.Longoria has been cast in "The Baytown Disco," a comedy film about a gorgeous woman who convinces three less-than-intelligent redneck brothers to rescue her son from what she calls an abusive ex-husband. The Wrap, who broke the news of her casting, says there's been no official word on which role she'll take on, but a strong assumption can be made that she'll be playing the mistress in alleged distress.More...

Source: 'The Baytown Disco': Eva Longoria, Billy Bob Thornton Join New Comedy

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April 12, 2011 is marked historically as the 150th anniversary of the beginning of the Civil War when the attack on Fort Sumter, SC, initiated hostilities between the North and South. This war resulted in a greater number of casualties on both sides -- 600,000 -- than the combined number of war dead in all our conflicts before or since including two World Wars, Korea, Vietnam, and the present-day wars in Iraq and Afghanistan.That day was also the day the first African-American President signed a "compromise" bill that will include one of the most clearly racially targeted pieces of legislation to come from Congress since Reconstruction: the complete cutting off of funds for abortion procedures in the District of Columbia whose population is overwhelmingly Black. Another part of this legislation is the serious reduction in funding for WIC which provides nutrition to mothers and children who have been failed by our increasingly elitist economic system.More...

Source: Educating for Democracy: Who Really Won the Civil War?

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It's the staples that bond a relationship. The shared moments lingering over a Chardonnay, making a meal together, laughing at the same joke, rolling around on the couch. It's these fragile moments of tenderness that will form the glue that holds us together during life's inevitable speed bumps and sometimes even unexpected boulders. These are the currency of love.After interviewing more than 300 men and women about dating and mating, I cannot stress how important it is to make time for romance. This is corroborated by any number of studies, which point to the fact that our relationships are the most important contributor to our overall happiness. Yet we often squander the most precious resource we have by neglecting to tend the fires of affection.More...

Source: How to Give Old-Fashioned Romance a Little CPR

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VANCOUVER, Wash. -- A fifth-grade student who pulled a young girl out of the street as a distracted driver barreled through a crosswalk is being honored for his bravery with a major national award.More...

Source: Evan Siegel, Fifth Grade Crossing Guard, Saves Student From Oncoming Car

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Whatever has possessed Claude Lanzmann to express this crazy recantation, condemning (Le Monde, 17-18 April) the anti-Qadhafi operation he had earlier (Le Monde, 16 April) so ardently hoped and prayed for?How can a man of his character put on a show of such capriciousness--one day signing a petition calling for France to intervene, and then, just four weeks later, condemning the same intervention and betraying his own signature?More...

Source: A Reply -- With Regret -- to Claude Lanzmann

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Middle-aged man abruptly buys a red sportscar, becomes a gym rat and leaves his wife for his receptionist, all in a frenzied attempt to reverse the clock. We know this scenario well -- or do we?Inspired by recent research suggesting that the so-called "midlife crisis" is a myth, NBC's "Today" show kicked off a new series April 18 called "Midlife Today," which asks whether hitting this chronological milestone -- typically defined as falling between the ages of 45 and 65 -- can be a cause for celebration rather than crisis.More...

Source: Midlife Without The Crisis: Is It Possible? (VIDEO)