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Toyota Recall: I Don't Want You To Die

by Erin Kotecki Vest at 12:38pm Wed, 3 Feb 2010 under News & Politics, Cars, recall, Toyota, Economy; 1431 views
My husband removed the floor mat from his 2005 Toyota Prius today, because he'd rather not die. Correction: I informed my husband to immediately remove the floor mat from him 2005 Toyota Prius so it wouldn't KILL HIM. Toyota is recalling millions of vehicles, and despite being an owner of one of said recalled vehicles, I found out via the news. Yes I tend to panic a bit, but when you hear stories about accelerators getting stuck and families dying, I think I am allowed to panic.
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State of the Union Address Live Tonight: Join the Conversation Here

by Erin Kotecki Vest at 10:52am Wed, 27 Jan 2010 under News & Politics, Democrats, Republicans, Independents, Libertarian, Politics; 1099 views
Tonight at 9pm Eastern, 6pm Pacific, President Barack Obama will delivered the State of the Union address to the nation. BlogHer's Jill Miller Zimon, American Princess EM Zanotti, and I are
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I Do NOT Want To See John Edwards Have Sex

by Erin Kotecki Vest at 3:48pm Mon, 25 Jan 2010 under News & Politics, John Edwards, sex tape, Politics; 2183 views
Editor's note: John and Elizabeth Edwards confirmed their legal separation today, with John calling it "extraordinarily sad." Well, duh. I'm not terribly shocked -- are you? Tell me in the comments.
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LIVE CHAT: BlogHer Talks Education With The White House's Melody Barnes

by Erin Kotecki Vest at 7:38am Wed, 20 Jan 2010 under News & Politics, Politics; 527 views
At 11:30am Eastern, 8:30am Pacific, White House Director of the Domestic Policy Council Melody Barnes will be answering BlogHer's questions on education. You can watch live below. Questions submitted by members of the BlogHer community can be found here.
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Race To the Top: Ask the White House About YOUR Child's Education

by Erin Kotecki Vest at 11:15am Tue, 19 Jan 2010 under News & Politics, parenting, education, White House, Politics; 3622 views
I'm the mom that pulled her kid out of a traditional public school and put him into a project-based, public, charter school. My now six-year-old's former school was one of the "good" ones. Blue Ribbon. Accreditation. Excellent neighborhood. All that jazz. But their "teach to the test" approach was sucking the life out of my then kindergartner. He was buried in worksheets and stuck in his chair, told not to fidget and subject to the ramifications of the creativity-squashing results of No Child Left Behind. My bright, bright boy ... was getting left behind.
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