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Dr. Mallika Marshall is the new voice to turn to for advice on family health, personal health and overall wellness…and now she will be an expert medical contributor on Katie Couric’s ABC television talk show.

Dr. Marshall is a native of Chicago, Illinois,  a Board certified M.D. in both pediatrics and internal medicine; who currently lives in the Boston area, and is a practicing physician at Massachusetts General Hospital’s Chelsea Urgent Care facility.

Mallika Marshall, M.D. is the daughter of former ABC News correspondent, television journalist,  the first woman to moderate a Presidential Debate, (1992), network news anchor, and now Leader in Residence at Boston Massachusetts’  Emerson College,  Carole Simpson; and James E. Marshall.

Dr. Marshall graduated cum laude from Harvard College, and earned her medical degree with honors from one of the most highly acclaimed medical schools in the country, the University of California, San Francisco School of Medicine (UCSF). She completed her residency at Brigham and Women’s Hospital, Massachusetts General Hospital, and Children’s Hospital Boston through the Harvard Combined Internal Medicine/Pediatrics Residency Program. (more…)

Joe and Maria Cardinale have decided they’re mad as hell, and they are not taking it anymore!

“I’ve been paying for a top-of-the-line [insurance policy] for all these years. They knew I had a waterfront home. They took my money and now that I need their help, I’m not covered for anything.” ~ Joe Cardinale homeowner, on unsatisfactory insurance coverage for his family’s home by Allstate’s Deluxe Plus Homeowners Policy in an interview with the Staten Island Live web site.

The picture of the huge hole in their house is the result of the super storm, Hurricane Sandy; the storm which ravaged portions of the Caribbean, and devastated the Middle Atlantic and Northeastern states of the United States in late October 2012. (more…)

Starbucks, the  forty year-old coffee company, that according to its web site states as its mission to honor the connection made when doing business with their customers and the communities wherein their stores are located; has introduced a new $7 cup of coffee.

Recently, Jimmy Kimmel, who is  becoming one of our favorite late night comics with his teevee show, Jimmy Kimmel Live!, showed us how gullible some American consumers may be. (more…)

“Character is doing the right thing when nobody’s looking.
There are too many people who think that the only thing that’s right is to get by, and the only thing that’s wrong is to get caught.” ~ J.C. Watts, Jr.,  former Republican congressional representative from Oklahoma’s 4th congressional district in south-central Oklahoma and Baptist minister.

The following video shows the generous actions of one NYPD officer; it is the exception that proves the rule.

We’ve been told by unnamed sources close to beleaguered New York City Police Commissioner Ray Kelly he will be issuing a news release announcing a new, improved policy to be implemented immediately, rendering the previous video unexceptional:

All homeless persons found by members of the world’s largest urban police force will be provided, and forced to accept, appropriate covering,(including sleeping bags rated to minus 25 below freezing). The policy is specifically designed for those persons living on the street when the temperatures fall below 50 degrees during the the first day of October through May 1st of the following year. (more…)