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Pre-pregnancy potato consumption ups risk of diabetes during pregnancy

Pre-pregnancy potato consumption ups risk of diabetes during pregnancy

Click here to view original web page at indianexpress.com Women, resist those tempting fries if you are trying for a baby.
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Pregnant Mom on Posing Nude: ‘When I Looked in the Mirror, I Liked What I Saw’

Pregnant Mom on Posing Nude: ‘When I Looked in the Mirror, I Liked What I Saw’

Click here to view original web page at www.yahoo.com I love to wear cleavage-baring dresses and I host burlesque shows, so it may seem like I'm very comfortable with my body. And I am — but only the top half.
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Dr. Martin Luther King's Legacy Highlighted at Brooklyn Public Library

Brooklyn Public Library is celebrating Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.'s legacy with a weekend of events designed to explore Dr. King's message as well as his lasting effect! Special Screenings, Eyes on the Prize January 12-14, 7:30pm.
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Black Women Do Breastfeed: 5 Reasons More Of Us Should

Research says that African-American women are the least likely to breastfeed their children compared to other groups of women, likely due to barriers in breastfeeding education.
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'The People Could Fly: Royalty Without the Riches,' an Exhibition of the Quilts of Bisa Butler

They say the people could fly. Say that long ago in Africa, some of the people knew magic. And they could walk up on the air like climbin' on a gate. And they fly like blackbirds over the fields. Black, shiny wings flappin' against the blue up there.
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After 70 Years, Sweet'N Low Factory on Cumberland St to Leave Fort Greene

Cumberland Packing Corp. Cumberland Packing Corp, the maker of sugar-substitute Sweet'N Low and also Sugar in the Raw, will be closing up shop and leaving Brooklyn, reported The Wall Street Journal .
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3 Men Shot, 1 Dead Following Dispute Early Sunday Morning in Bed-Stuy

539 Macon Street Police in the 81st Precinct are seeking information that will lead to the arrest of the men responsible for a shooting early Sunday morning on Macon St that left two men injured and one dead.
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Abena Sidibe: Do You BCoop?

SPONSORED Abena Sidibe, a Crown Heights resident and teacher in Brownsville, said it was only a few years ago when her sisters would tease her about how she "loved to open her mail and pay bills.
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Cumbo Joins Other Electeds, Expresses Outrage Over Recent Violent Attacks Against Women

According to the NYPD, of the 166 rapes reported in the City of New York last year, 14 or 8.4 percent were committed by strangers in a taxi, livery cab, or for-hire vehicle. Additionally, the police investigated 1,439 reports of rape in 2015, a 6.
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How YOU Can Support the Communities of Fort Greene and Clinton Hill

How YOU Can Support the Communities of Fort Greene and Clinton Hill

Since 2006, the Myrtle Avenue Brooklyn Partnership (MARP) has served more than 100 neighborhood teens through its Young Entrepreneur Mentorship Program ( YEMP ) by connecting local teens with independently owned businesses for paid summer employment
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