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• HuffPost Workouts: Michelle Obama's Workout Playlist www.huffingtonpost.com Shared once By Women's Health Magazine Not only is she the driving force behind a childhood-obesity-fighting program called "Let's Move," she knows that exercise and staying healthy represent an investment in oneself -- an investment that every woman has the power to make.

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• As Presidential Campaign Ads Hit The Airwaves, Health Policies Have Big Role - Kaiser Health News www.kaiserhealthnews.org Shared once The general election TV ad released by GOP presidential hopeful Mitt Romney's campaign touts the candidates first-day plan to "move to replace" the health law with "common sense health reform." Also in the news, President Barack Obama's campaign rebuts an attack ad by Crossroads GPS.

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• Jill Biden pitches reasons why Iowa women are better off with Obama www.desmoinesregister.com Shared once Iowa women are better off with President Barack Obama in the White House, Jill Biden said during a conference call with Iowans tonight.“The Obama-Biden team is the right choice to strengthen Iowa’s middle class and to move women, and all Americans, forward,” the vice president’s wife said.The call, the first official campaign event for the Second Lady, was meant to underscore the importance of women to Obama’s re-election. Listeners were invited to volunteer or submit a letter to the editor.Biden, who was in Iowa in person last week to give a college graduation address and to stump for Democratic congressional candidate Christie Vilsack, said she can’t help but think about how far women have come in the last four years.The Lilly Ledbetter Fair Pay Act makes it easier to challenge unequal pay, she said.“Iowa’s working women earn just 79 cents for every dollar a man does and Iowa’s African American and Latino women suffer even more from the wage gap,” Biden said.Thanks to the Affordable Care Act, she said, insurance companies can no longer deny women coverage on pre-existing conditions such as breast cancer, and they must cover cancer screenings and mammograms. Soon, they must cover contraception and domestic violence screening and counseling, she said.In Iowa, 229,000 women on Medicare now can get mammograms and flu shots with no copay or deductible, she said.Biden said when the president took office, the country was losing 750,000 jobs a month. “Since the president’s policies started to take effect over the last 26 months, America’s businesses have created 4.2 million jobs,” she said.Biden noted that Obama’s appointment of Elena Kagan and Sonia Sotomayor to the U.S. Supreme Court led to three sitting female justices for the first time (along with Ruth Bader Ginsburg, appointed by Democrat Bill Clinton.)“Since the day he took office, President Obama has been a staunch advocate for Iowa women, working to protect and advance policies that promote fairness, equal opportunity and a level playing field,” she said.

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• Fort Worth Students Learning Healthy Habits « CBS Dallas / Fort Worth dfw.cbslocal.com Shared once Hundreds of health-conscious kids will take part in a community expo at TCU on Saturday that highlights the benefits of an active lifestyle and healthy eating. News, Sports, Weather, Traffic and the Best of DFW

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• The Best Premade Cocktail Mixes www.fitsugar.com Shared once A good handmade cocktail is a thing of beauty, but it's not practical when you're hosting a large party, going camping, or heading to the park for a picnic. But let's be honest: most premade mixes are pretty gross. Made largely of high-fructose corn

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• Top 10 Green Gadgets

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• Tories shut down ‘groundbreaking’ freshwater research station - The Globe and Mail

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• Canada axes green advisory body

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• Energy and climate progress: tragedy, farce or dramatic change?

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