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CNN looks at the owner of body shaping line SPANX Sara Blakely who thanks to you ladies has become the youngest self-made woman Forbes’ list of billionaires.  The 41-year old started her company with only $5,000 in savings 12 years ago!!! READ MORE: TLF

CNN Reports: A new U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Food Safety and Inspection Service (FSIS) rule requires food labels with nutrition information to be placed on packaging for most cuts of raw meat. Packages of ground or chopped meat and poultry, such as hamburger or ground turkey, will feature nutrition facts panels on their labels. 40 […]

The Washington Post conducted an interesting report on black and white women who have heavier bodies and how they felt about the weight with respect to race.  The poll showed that: Although black women are heavier than their white counterparts, they report having appreciably higher levels of self-esteem. Although 41 percent of average-sized or thin white […]

Pfizer says packets may not contain enough contraceptive to prevent pregnancy. Read More: www.msnbc.msn.com

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Via TLF This is Jennifer Hudson’s “I Believe In You An Me” commercial she shows how much shes changed over the years thanks to the program. Looks like two different people!

African-Americans frequently look towards race and economic factors as our biggest challenges, but there are self-inflicted problems that are literally killing us.

Good news today courtesy of a new report from the United Nations, there has been no significant increase in the amount of people who contract HIV since 2007. From the AP:

The Food Network’s Alton Brown shows you how to cut a turkey so well they’ll say you deconstructed it. Click on the link below for the visuals...

Kids should love this! The final version of the House and Senate’s agriculture spending bill still lists tomato sauce as vegetable, despite the USDA trying to change rules back in January to make school lunches healthier.