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But it turns out where you live can have a big impact on how much your bills are costing you, which is why doxo decided to create a comprehensive list of the most and least expensive cities in America when it comes to paying bills. T0 create the ranking, doxo compared the monthly bill expenses per household in the 50 largest cities in the United States and then compared that to the national average to find which cities were the most and least expensive when it comes to paying bills....

Of parents who have tried pot, 52% increased their consumption during the pandemic compared to 33 percent of adults without young kids. And while many parents are also drinking, 57% said they stopped or decreased their alcohol consumption in exchange for weed, according to a survey of nearly 2,000 adults by Harris Poll, conducted on behalf of cannabis manufacturer and retailer Curaleaf. Although abstinence is (unfortunately) the healthiest choice, marijuana is probably the least damaging if you are going to indulge....

For some, that means deciding if the loan will be taxable, but one state is going another direction — by offering residents with student loans to claim an extra $1,000 off on top of the federal forgiveness plan. But the deadline is a few days away, so here’s what you need to know. What is the Maryland Student Loan Debt Relief Tax Credit? According to Washington Examiner, Maryland is offering its residents the opportunity to apply for an additional debt relief tax credit above what the Biden administration has announced....

Somehow, despite all of this, one of my favorite shows on television right now is MasterChef Junior, Gordon Ramsay’s cooking competition on Fox that pits 8- to 13-year-olds against one another in a less-than-cut-throat battle for the title of top child chef in America. It’s gotten so bad that every Friday evening since the beginning of March I’ve made sure our takeout order was picked up in time so as to not miss a minute....

RELATED: The Best Card Games For Kids Designed in collaboration with a Portuguese-based organization for colorblind awareness, ColorADD, cards in the new version (aptly named UNO® ColorADD) display small icons next to the numbers in the corners to convey the color. In ColorADD’s system, each primary color gets its own shape (a triangle or line) and the other colors are defined by a combination of those shapes ⏤ much as the color would be made mixing primary colors....

The podcast will follow Hank the Cowdog as he tries to solve the mysteries that pop up around the cattle ranch in the Texas panhandle he calls home. As the self-declared “Head of Ranch Security,” the proud but inept Hank will be joined by his trusty sidekick Drover, a smaller mutt voiced by Plemons, and what a press release calls “a motley assemblage of characters.” Interestingly, the 28-year-old series has seven audio-only installments to go along with the 74 (!...

Mila and Ashton are parents to two kids, 7-year-old daughter Wyatt Isabelle and 5-year-old son Dimitri. Mila recently spoke about their bathroom policy at home, which probably sounds weird unless you’re a parent, too. Talking to E! News, Mila said there is no privacy at home, and they have an open door policy while at home with their kids. And, yes, this “includes the bathroom.” “It’s just one of those [things] where, for better or for worse, as a family, and the kids, [we] have all kind of embodied bodily function as a very standard norm,” Mila added....

Unlike the popular fad sweeping Instagram of using livestock tanks as swimming pools, Modpools are made out of metal shipping containers that just arrived from China. As in, they unload all the boxes of Sphero Interactive Spider Men and fill the damn things with water. Almost. The containers actually have to be strengthened before they can hold 4,800 gallons of water. The patent-pending Modpools come in two sizes ⏤ 8×20-feet or 8×40-feet ⏤ and are 5’2″ deep (so no diving!...

But the hero mom, according to hospital reps, was way more concerned with the health of her three babies, her husband, and her 5-year-old son, who all weren’t able to visit her at the hospital after her husband tested positive for the virus. She was in the hospital for three weeks and, after five grand-total COVID-19 tests, Maggie came back with a great test result: she no longer had the virus....

Evidence for the role of ejaculation in prostate cancer prevention comes from several studies, but most notably from a 2016 study in which Harvard researchers followed more than 30,000 men for almost 20 years. The researchers, quite unabashedly, asked them men to report how often they ejaculated during their 20s and 40s. What they found is that ejaculating more than 20 times per month reduced prostate cancer risk by about 20% compared to ejaculating only four to seven times per month, for both men in their 20s and 40s....

This July 4th, the family gathered on our couch to watch a 35-year-old Ken Burns documentary about Lady Liberty. Intended for adults, the movie mostly flew over Miles’s head, but one part fascinated him: a newspaper cartoon from the 1880s depicting the statue as haggard and slumped. “Why is she sitting on a rock?” he asked. “Guess she left her pedestal to explore,” I said. He frowned at my theory, and shrugged....

Often overlooked on male spawn are balls. There should be two of them. But this might grab your attention: 3 percent of full-term boys (and 30 percent of premature boys) are born with an undescended testicle. (An even tinier percentage is born with two undescended testicles.) One such boy is my son, who’s three months old and counting, and still missing a ball. What follows is what I’ve learned about his condition, and what you should know if you find yourself in the same situation....

Enola Holmes is a fun movie, and though my daughter is only 3-years-old, I’m excited to show her this movie when she’s old enough. Yes, the film relies on some well-trodden tropes about “kickass” women and girls, but it does so with a very real eye on the repression of women in the 19th century and beyond. The great detective Sherlock Holmes has been accused of sexism in the past, but here, he’s confronted with it in a head-on fashion, and the message is simple: Sometimes the world needs a change, and more often than not, women are the people who make it a change for the better....

There’s a browser extension that’s been around for several years, but given that we’re all in quarantine right now, it’s become more relevant than ever. It’s an extension called “Netflix Party” that allows the Chrome extension to allow multiple users to watch any Netflix title at the same time. There was another update last week that added seven servers to allow for the increase in demand. One person starts up a Netflix show on their computer and clicks on the Chrome extension button to create a “party,” and then they would share the link that’s provided with the people they want to watch the show with....

“Beginning in the 2022-2023 school year, each elementary school shall schedule recess for all students in kindergarten and grades one through five every school day,” reads the bill. The bill doesn’t offer guidelines on how long students should spend at recess and also makes allowances for weather, teacher-led games, activities, and field trips, and isn’t required on days students have P.E. Still, considering many Atlanta schools did away with recess entirely in the late 1990s, the new law is a huge step in the right direction....

Scientists have long known that methane from gas ranges is a significant contributor to the greenhouse gas methane, but methane isn’t the only problematic chemical gas stoves give off. A new study published in the journal Environmental Science & Technology explains that it’s not just natural gas that comes out of your burner, but known carcinogens and other toxic chemicals too. The researchers found that natural gas contains a number of air toxics — a special EPA categorization for chemicals known to cause cancer and other serious health problems....

The information that got stolen include the nicknames on the NNIDs, dates of birth, where you live, and your email address. Nintendo expects that full names and user’s genders may also have been accessed by hackers, though it doesn’t look like private or individual credit card information was stolen. In response to discovering the hack, Nintendo shut down the ability of users to log into their Nintendo account via NNID and will automatically reset all passwords for NNIDs and accounts that they suspect have been hacked....

Yes, one really exists. It’s called the Omnio, and it’s made in Britain to carry kids 6-months to 50 pounds (or around 5-years-old). Even cooler, the same padded shoulder harness used to strap that 5-year-old in doubles as backpack shoulder straps that allow you to sherpa the Omnio around town. It collapses to a compact 21-inches by 16-inches by 11-inches, the wheels pop-off, and it weighs 16.5 pounds. And speaking of wheels, they’re all-terrain, omnidirectional tires that roll sideways without having to swivel ⏤ making it even easier to steer....

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Previously, when the news of Peacock was announced, I encouraged everyone I knew to roll their eyes. This feeling of utter exhaustion when it comes to new streaming subscriptions is fairly universal; a recent headline from The Onion read: “New Streaming Service Still Struggling To Come Up With Name Stupid Enough That Public Becomes Furious When They Hear It.” Let’s face it, when you read that headline you think about Quibi, you become angry that the use of the modifier “Max” in HBO Max is utterly pointless, and you certainly work up some venom about Peacock....