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5/11/12
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STORY IDEA: Despite years of warnings, young women still use tanning beds
http://www.ghnewsroom.com/blog/story-ideas/x1266604275/Story-Idea-Despite-years-of-warnings-young-women-still-use-tanning-beds
BEST OF THE DAY: Herald News (Mass.) story helps nab most wanted
http://www.ghnewsroom.com/blogs/best-of-the-day/x43416259/Best-of-the-Day-Herald-News-story-helps-nab-most-wanted-5-10-12
PHOTOGRAPHY: SJ-R (Ill.) photo editor brings history to life through glass-plate images
http://www.ghnewsroom.com/top%20stories/x1809313860/SJ-R-photo-editor-brings-history-to-life-through-glass-plate-images
Niche
KIDZBUZZ: Be a photographer
http://www.gatehousenewsservice.com/ghns_pages/x1310209892/Weekly-NIE-Page-Shutterbug
FLAG DAY QUARTER PAGE: True (red, white and blue
http://www.gatehousenewsservice.com/ghns_pages/x43410902/Flag-Day-quarter-page-True-red-white-and-Blue
SUMMER COOKBOOK: Recipes for veggies, entrees and desserts
http://www.gatehousenewsservice.com/ghns_pages/x1018077744/Summer-Cookbook-magazine-Taste-of-summer
MEMORIAL DAY WEEKEND QUARTER PAGE: http://www.gatehousenewsservice.com/ghns_pages/x1018072237/Memorial-Day-quarter-page-4-Reasons-to-Celebrate
The Street
SUMMER SPENDING: 10 best summer music festivals you're not seeing -- Corporate support can help keep prices down at giant music festivals -- but also pack perks back onto the bill. By Jason Notte, The Street
http://www.gatehousenewsservice.com/news/business/x775167820/10-Best-Summer-Music-Festivals-Youre-Not-Seeing
FAMILY BUSINESS: When every workday is Mother's Day -- There are plenty of mothers, daughters, fathers and sons who mix the personal and professional without drama. By Elizabeth Blackwell, The Street
http://www.gatehousenewsservice.com/news/business/x1456179687/When-Every-Workday-is-Mothers-Day
5 BEST: Cities for being thin -- Can real estate help you lose weight or keep it off? If any cities can, it's these five. By Jerold Leslie, The Street
http://www.gatehousenewsservice.com/news/business/x1456179689/5-Best-Cities-for-Being-Thin
-- NOTE: Includes Barnstable, Mass.
WALL STREET: The five dumbest things on Wall Street -- Body Gets Bopped; Facebook Foolishness; Hesse Mess; Green Mountain Morons; Yahoo's Resume Riot. By Gregg Greenberg, The Street
http://www.gatehousenewsservice.com/news/business/x1456179682/The-Five-Dumbest-Things-on-Wall-Street-May-11
More from The Street at http://www.gatehousenewsservice.com/news/business
Lifestyles
HEALTH WATCH: Kids and dogs -- weekly Health Watch with how to protect your child from dog bites, a new fitness tip, what some seniors aren't getting from their doctors and more. GHNS
http://www.gatehousenewsservice.com/features/x1310205010/Health-Watch-Kids-and-dogs
SUZETTE MARTINEZ STANDRING: Faith and the maternal instinct - The maternal instinct is fierce. Don’t let it be overruled by fear. Soon Meredith Winn will be a mom, but few want her to be. At 25, she is homeless and had past struggles with substance abuse. The man who fathered her child is unemployed and a drug addict. All she heard was “get an abortion,” but Meredith said, “It’s easier to say that when you don’t carry a child. There is a living being with a beating heart inside of me.” By Suzette Martinez Standring, The Patriot Ledger.
http://www.gatehousenewsservice.com/features/x43410992/Suzette-Martinez-Standring-Faith-and-the-maternal-instinct
LOOKING UP: Mother’s Day constellation - Mother’s Day is Sunday! What to get Mom? How about a nifty telescope? It may not replace flowers, but for some it might be just the thing. The writer’s mom (Elsa Garratt Becker) would have liked that. She always had a curiosity about the natural world and skies above - and one time had an unforgettable time visiting an amateur astronomer’s home-built observatory in Maine back in the 1930s - but she never owned her own telescope. By Peter Becker, Hawley, Pa.
http://www.gatehousenewsservice.com/ebyline/home_and_garden/x43417831/Looking-Up-Mother-s-Day-constellation
CAR RENTAL DEALS: How to find the best deals on rental cars -- Not only do costs vary from company to company, they also vary wildly within the same company, depending on where and when you pick up the car. Renting a car at an airport can double or even triple the price you’d pay at “off-airport” or “neighborhood” rental locations. Saimi Bergmann/ Canton (Ohio) Repository
http://www.gatehousenewsservice.com/news/x43419283/How-to-find-the-best-deals-on-rental-cars
More in health and family at http://www.gatehousenewsservice.com/lifestyle
Entertainment
DEPP AND BURTON: Johnny Depp, Tim Burton talk about the making of 'Dark Shadows' - If Johnny Depp and Tim Burton were sitting right next to each other, there would be absolutely no difficulty telling them apart. By Ed Symkus, The Patriot Ledger.
http://www.gatehousenewsservice.com/ebyline/entertainment/x43417854/Johnny-Depp-Tim-Burton-talk-about-the-making-of-Dark-Shadows
* Note, yesterday’s review is attached to this story.
VOICE REVIEW: Movie review: 'Sound of My Voice' examines the inner workings of a cult - This is a low-budget drama that peeks into the mysterious doings of a mysterious woman named Maggie (Brit Marling) who lures lamb-like followers into her way of life. By Ed Symkus, The Patriot Ledger.
http://www.gatehousenewsservice.com/ebyline/entertainment/x1809315963/Movie-review-Sound-of-My-Voice-examines-the-inner-workings-of-a-cult
* Facebook idea: Ask fans to give their reviews of the movie.
HEADHUNTERS REVIEW: Movie review: 'Headhunters' puts you through the emotional ringer - This Scandinavian crime thriller, from the book by Jo Nesbø, the new Stieg Larsson, plays on your worst fears and most passionate desires. By Al Alexander, The Patriot Ledger.
http://www.gatehousenewsservice.com/ebyline/entertainment/x1310212850/Movie-review-Headhunters-puts-you-through-the-emotional-ringer
* Facebook idea: Ask fans to give their reviews of the movie.
MOVIE MAN: 'Haywire' offers lesson in how to make an action movie - Building a movie around a mixed martial arts fighter seems like a good way to earn a spot on the straight-to-video express. Unless, of course, you’re Steven Soderbergh. Then — because you’re smart and imaginative and can seemingly make any sort of movie (and make it look effortless) — you build your movie around a fighter with virtually no acting experience. By Will Pfeifer, Rockford, Ill.
http://www.gatehousenewsservice.com/ebyline/entertainment/x85608508/Movie-Man-Haywire-offers-lesson-in-how-to-make-an-action-movie
FIRST POSITION: 'First Position' tells the story of dedicated dancers -- The most poignant moment in the ballet documentary “First Position” comes when the camera stops on the face of Aran Bell, an 11-year-old boy who has just danced his heart out. Iris Fanger/ The Patriot Ledger (Mass.)
http://www.gatehousenewsservice.com/ebyline/entertainment/x1809317668/First-Position-tells-the-story-of-dedicated-dancers
AUTHOR INTERVIEW: The Readers’ Writers: Bestselling author Wahida Clark - Wahida Clark has been called the “Official Queen of Street Literature” and “Queen of Thug Love Fiction,” and credited with the creation of the “thug love fiction” genre itself, a sub-genre of street lit fiction. Wahida’s storytelling abilities initially grabbed readers’ attentions with “Thugs and the Women Who Love Them,” her first bestseller. “Thugs” is the story of three women rising within the educational system to become a lawyer, psychologist, and a doctor. What they share is a magnetic attraction to men who can destroy not just their ambitions, but their very essence. By DA Kentner, Freeport, Ill.
http://www.gatehousenewsservice.com/entertainment/x1809306829/The-Readers-Writers-Bestselling-author-Wahida-Clark
ALBUM REVIEWS: Recent and recommended for May - Reviews of the latest from Boston blues great Paul Rishell, fledgling Philadelphia rock act D&M and New York "popcore" punks Well Excuse Me, Princess, along with capsule reviews for Bonnie Raitt, Counting Crows and fun. By Peter Chianca, North of Boston.
http://www.gatehousenewsservice.com/ebyline/entertainment/x85605968/Album-reviews-Recent-and-recommended-for-May
More in music and movies at http://www.gatehousenewsservice.com/entertainment
Opinions
O’MAHONEY CARTOON: On college tuition and interest rates. By O'Mahoney, The Patriot Ledger.
http://www.gatehousenewsservice.com/opinions/cartoons/x85603685/OMahoney-cartoon-Gestation-without-matriculation
GRANLUND CARTOON: Obama and Biden and gay marriage. By Dave Granlund, GHNS.
http://www.gatehousenewsservice.com/2012-elections/x43417544/Granlund-cartoon-Obama-and-Biden-and-gay-marriage
EDITORIAL: Liberty and justice for all would be a priceless Mother's Day gift -- When President Barack Obama voiced his support last week for the right of same-sex couples to marry, it had a very different feel than most presidential announcements — particularly one of such historic significance. Herald News Editorial Board (
http://www.gatehousenewsservice.com/opinions/editorials/x85608304/Editorial-Liberty-and-justice-for-all-would-be-a-priceless-Mothers-Day-gift
EDITORIAL: Editorial: 'Evolving' views on same-sex marriage -- Many Americans can relate to President Barack Obama’s oft-cited “evolution” on the topic of same-sex marriage. Those over a certain age can remember when the idea of gay marriage seemed so strange as to be nearly incomprehensible. The MetroWest Daily News (Mass.)
http://www.gatehousenewsservice.com/ebyline/opinions/x85608343/Editorial-Evolving-views-on-same-sex-marriage
LLOYD GARVER: Exclusive: Republican Party linked to porn - The Republican Party has something in common with the porn industry: a lack of enthusiasm for condoms. During the fight for the primaries, the condom question came up more often than at a senior prom. I guess this is an important issue to the conservative wing of the party. Time and time again, Republicans have voted against programs that would give free condoms to help control sexually transmitted diseases. Now some local governments are forcing the porn industry to use condoms without any thought of the Constitution. By Lloyd Garver, GHNS.
http://www.gatehousenewsservice.com/2012-elections/x1266604799/Lloyd-Garver-Exclusive-Republican-Party-linked-to-porn
PHILIP MADDOCKS: Corporate leaders urged to stop playing by the rules before their law-abiding ways sink America - Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner pleaded with the leaders of America’s cash-rich corporations to stop playing by the rules before their scrupulous following of the letter of the law takes the country to an economic point of no return. By Philip Maddocks, MetroWest, Mass.
http://www.gatehousenewsservice.com/2012-elections/x1310212537/Philip-Maddocks-Corporate-leaders-urged-to-stop-playing-by-the-rules-before-their-law-abiding-ways-sink-America
JARED OLAR: We are such civilized cannibals - On a visit to a used book shop in Wisconsin about 25 years ago, I snapped up a 1948 edition of the classic 1854 Marsden-Wright translation of “The Travels of Marco Polo the Venetian.” Last month I decided it was about time that I sat down and read it straight through, rather than merely consulting it for research now and then. So I did. By Jared Olar, Pekin, Ill.
http://www.gatehousenewsservice.com/ebyline/opinions/x1266606067/Jared-Olar-We-are-such-civilized-cannibals
JAMES JACKSON: You were once 'foolish youth,' too -- “This new generation is worthless and those kids have no respect for anything!” We’ve all heard it. We’ve all said it. As a kid, I heard it from my friends and my parents. My parents had the same battle with the adults in their generation. So did my grandparents. And great-grandparents. The Sun-Times (Ark.)
http://www.gatehousenewsservice.com/ebyline/opinions/x43419294/James-Jackson-You-were-once-foolish-youth-too
More in cartoons and columns at http://www.gatehousenewsservice.com/opinions
Business
ERIC P BLOOM: 10 great negotiation tips for managers - As managers, we are continually negotiating with those me work with. These people include our staff, peers, customers, internal departments providing us with value, internal customers that we support and many others. Outside the workplace, we are also continually negotiating with our spouses, kids, parents, friends, car dealers, vendors and others. By Eric P. Bloom, GHNS.
http://www.gatehousenewsservice.com/news/business/x1809314427/Eric-P-Bloom-10-great-negotiation-tips-for-managers
More in tech and finance at http://www.gatehousenewsservice.com/news/business