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Stressed? Here's A 5-Minute Fix

By JC Peters for Spirituality & Health Magazine

Increasingly over the past couple of years, I’ve been having outbreaks of hives and itchy skin. I finally sat down with an allergist, who gave it to me straight. I am allergic to pineapples, apples, and -- get this -- anything that touches my skin. Anything that rubs, scratches or irritates my skin will create the itchy, irritating hives. He said, “Your problem isn’t actually the allergies. It’s stress and anxiety, so I would get that under control if you can.”

Funny. I’ve been trying to get my stress and anxiety under control since I collapsed into a heap of wracking sobs in front of my math teacher in high school because I was in school full time, socializing full time and working eight-hour days on the weekends, so couldn’t complete my math homework. Ironic, perhaps, that a yoga teacher would struggle so much with stress, but ask any one of us and we will probably tell you that’s how we got into this field in the first place.

Lisa Firestone: 4 Steps to Conquer Your Inner Critic

When we fail to identify and separate from this inner critic, we allow it to impact our behavior and shape the direction of our lives. So how can we challenge this inner voice?
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Published on February 21, 2013 21:50

Juliet Izon: Why I Won't Be Changing My Name on My Wedding Day

Now, don't get me wrong, I love my future husband's last name. But it's still my name. And that, my friends, is the distilled essence of my predicament.
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Published on February 21, 2013 21:48

Joaquin 'El Chapo' Guzman Dead? Guatemala Probes If Drug Lord Killed In Shootout

GUATEMALA CITY — Guatemalan authorities said they are investigating whether a man killed Thursday in a shootout near the border with Mexico is most-wanted drug lord Joaquin "El Chapo" Guzman.

Government spokesman Francisco Cuevas said two drug gangs clashed in Peten, an area that has seen an increase in drug violence. At least two men died in the shootout, he said.

Mike Ragogna: Bang Bang Boom Boom: Chatting with Beth Hart, The Devil Wears Prada's Mike Hranica's One & A Half Hearts, and NC Rocks OH

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THE DEVIL WEARS ONE & A HALF HEARTS

Whaaaaat? The Devil Wears Prada's Mike Hranica wrote a book? And it's called One & A Half Hearts, looking back on the creation of the band's last album Dead Throne, which debuted at #10 on Billboard's Top 200? No frakin' way! (Yes, shameless Battlestar Galactica ref, and why the hell didn't Syfy commission a Blood & Chrome series from that killer pilot, but I digress...)

'Don't Call Me Oscar' Tumblr: Mom Recreates 2013 Best Picture Nominees With Babies (PHOTOS)

Oscar nominee "Django Unchained" has been called "ferociously profane" and "disturbing," but the movie has certainly never been considered "cute." Until now, that is. A shot of 2-and-a-half-year-old Sophia Storino posed as Quentin Tarantino is so adorable that it's easy to forget this is a film filled with the actor/writer/director's trademark profanity and gore.

The image was made by mom of two Maggie Storino for her Tumblr "Don't Call Me Oscar" which went live last year with parody stills from all the best picture nominees. Now, Maggie is back with the 2013 versions, starring Sophia, Sophia's 1-year-old little sister Sadie, and their 2-year-old friend Hudson. The results are delightful -- even if you have no idea what any of the films are about because you haven't been to the movies since you had kids yourself. (Not that we know anything about that.)

Click through the slideshow below to see what "Argo", "Lincoln", and the like would look like with babies and toddlers in the lead roles. And make sure to check out last year's shots right here!

Aaron Swartz Prosecutors Weighed 'Guerilla' Manifesto, Justice Official Tells Congressional Committee

A Justice Department representative told congressional staffers during a recent briefing on the computer fraud prosecution of Internet activist Aaron Swartz that Swartz's "Guerilla Open Access Manifesto" played a role in the prosecution, sources told The Huffington Post.

Swartz's 2008 manifesto said sharing information was a "moral imperative" and advocated for "civil disobedience" against copyright laws pushed by corporations "blinded by greed" that led to the "privatization of knowledge."

"We need to take information, wherever it is stored, make our copies and share them with the world. We need to take stuff that's out of copyright and add it to the archive," Swartz wrote in the manifesto. "We need to buy secret databases and put them on the Web. We need to download scientific journals and upload them to file sharing networks. We need to fight for Guerilla Open Access."

Heat Beat Bulls 86-67: LeBron James Scores 26, Dwyane Wade Adds 17 (VIDEO)

CHICAGO — LeBron James scored 26 points and grabbed 12 rebounds, and the Miami Heat beat the Chicago Bulls 86-67 Thursday for their season-high ninth straight win.

James also had seven assists in another big performance after ending his franchise-record seven-game streak of scoring at least 30 the previous night in Atlanta.

Lance Armstrong Whistleblower Lawsuit: Department Of Justice Lobbied By USADA To Join Suit

AUSTIN, Texas — The head of the U.S. Anti-Doping Agency lobbied Attorney General Eric Holder for the Justice Department to join a whistle-blower lawsuit against Lance Armstrong on the same day the cyclist confessed in an interview to performance-enhancing drug use.

USADA chief executive Travis Tygart wrote Holder on Jan. 14, urging him to join the civil case and telling Holder that "fraud and other crimes were committed" by Armstrong and other members of his former U.S. Postal Service teams.

The Moth Man Of West Virginia

Kevin Daly has trained a lab full of bomb-sniffing moths, sparking the interest of the United States Department of Defense.