Subject: Celebrating Moms: The Best Animal Mom, Studying Modern Motherhood and Unconventional Mother's Day Marketing in this Weekend's Newsletter
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Date: Sun, 13 May 2012 14:59:34 -0000

What Makes a 21st Century Mom? Find out now...
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Happy Mother's Day!
May 2012
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What Makes a 21st Century Mom?
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Not an easy answer, but here are 10 recent studies on what it means to be a mother today
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The Art of Selling Unorthodox Foods For Mother's Day
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Say "I love you" with a personalized Pop Tart. A round-up of some of the food industry's most unconventional, and entertaining, Mother's Day marketing plays.
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What Animal is the Best Mother?
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Cheetahs and gorillas have some of the strongest maternal instincts, according to a National Zoo biologist
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Best. Gumbo. Ever.
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He ate far and wide, but the author found only one true version of the New Orleans dish&mdash;Mom's
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Celebrating Motherhood in Pictures
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Here are some of our favorite photos recognizing moms of all kinds submitted by readers over the last nine years
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Grandmothers Reduce Incidence of Breast Cancer?
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By helping raise their grandchildren, grandmothers might have influenced the spread of certain genes related to cancer, a new study suggests
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Female Lizard Uses Patches of Color to Announce Mother Potential
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Lizard moms wear their egg quality on their sleeves - or at least on their necks
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Hominid Hunting
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Surprising Science
Helping Older Cheetahs Become Moms >>
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Think Fast
Which president made Mother's Day an official holiday in the U.S?
A. Abraham Lincoln
B. Woodrow Wilson
C. Thomas Jefferson
D. William Howard Taft
*Answer at the bottom of this email

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(Think Fast Answer: Woodrow Wilson)In 1914 President Wilson declared the second Sunday in May as Mother's Day to honor women who had lost sons in war.