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Everything you need to know about sunscreen this summerupdated: Wed May 16 2012 07:24:00

New FDA rules are helping ensure that we get the protection we pay for, and with skin cancer on the rise (one in five Americans will develop skin cancer in the course of a lifetime), these changes can't come soon enough.

Avoid sunscreens with potentially harmful ingredients, group warnsupdated: Wed May 16 2012 00:07:00

Twenty-five percent of 800 tested sunscreens are effective at protecting your skin without the use of potentially harmful ingredients, according to the 2012 Sunscreen Guide released Wednesday by the Environmental Working Group.

Climate scientists and smear campaignsupdated: Wed Mar 28 2012 08:36:00

Imagine you are sitting in your office simply doing your job and a nasty e-mail pops into your inbox accusing you of being a fraud. You go online and find that some bloggers have written virulent posts about you. That night, you're at home with your family watching the news and a talking head is lambasting you by name. Later, a powerful politician demands all your e-mails from your former employer.

A stroll through post-colonial Williamsburgupdated: Wed Feb 15 2012 09:49:00

For some, the name "Williamsburg" conjures images of people wearing tricorner hats and churning butter. For others, the name brings images of people wearing skinny jeans and churning organic butter.

Artificial pancreas could be 'holy grail' for Type 1 diabetics updated: Sat Nov 26 2011 08:31:00

Kerry Morgan was just 3 years old when she participated in her first clinical trial for type 1 diabetes prevention. She didn't have the disease, but her 7-year old sister did and there was concern that she might develop it, too. During the trial she was given one shot of insulin a day in the hope that it would stave off the disease, but a year later, she was officially diagnosed.

Sun-blocking styles: A healthy new fashion trendupdated: Fri Jun 17 2011 15:44:00

Instead of slathering on baby oil and baking in the sun until turning red as a tomato, more beachgoers are donning wide-brimmed hats, flowing tunics and hiding from ultraviolet rays under large umbrellas.

Money Magazine: How do I stop splurging?updated: Fri Apr 29 2011 11:56:00

It's all well and good to set goals, make a budget and keep track of your spending. But when life gets stressful, I often make unnecessary and unplanned splurges without giving much thought to them.

Guide for kids and tanningupdated: Mon Feb 28 2011 18:10:00

A new American Academy of Pediatrics policy statement offers guidance on skin cancer prevention.

Teens should be banned from tanning booths, doctors sayupdated: Mon Feb 28 2011 18:10:00

When Samantha Hessel heard about the risks associated with tanning beds, she ignored them. When her mom cautioned her not to tan so much, Hessel shrugged it off.

Money Magazine: Buying a home now is a no-brainerupdated: Mon Dec 13 2010 09:26:00

Is now the right time to invest in a house?

More education means more faith in marriage, new report saysupdated: Mon Dec 06 2010 12:46:00

The amount of education a person has plays a big role when it comes to deciding whether to make a long-term commitment to that special someone or to have a child outside of marriage, a new report says.

Money Magazine: How to get the most happiness for your buckupdated: Fri Oct 15 2010 10:44:00

Researchers have long known that money can make you happier -- though the effect wears off after you earn $75,000 a year, says Princeton University's Angus Deaton and Daniel Kahneman.

Fortune: Climate science under attackupdated: Fri Oct 08 2010 05:16:00

In the early 1990s, when Michael Mann was at Yale working on his Ph.D. in the geology and geophysics department, he became fascinated with theoretical climate modeling. By studying data inferred from ancient sources like tree rings and coral and ice cores, he could understand natural fluctuations in climate over the eons. Mann envisioned a quiet career in the halls of academe. In 1995 he made a big splash in paleoclimatology with his co-publication in Nature of -- wow! -- "Global Interdecadal and Century-Scale Climate Oscillations During the Past Five Centuries." So what's a nerd like him doing at the center of a raging debate over academic freedom? "I had absolutely no idea what I was bargaining for," Mann told Fortune.

How to tell white lies onlineupdated: Wed Oct 06 2010 12:35:00

We're all big fat liars. Most of us spit out one or two intentional deceptions a day, and in a week we BS about 30 percent of those with whom we talk one-on-one, according to old but seminal research from the University of Virginia.

Why not to fry your skinupdated: Mon May 31 2010 14:50:00

Skin cancer affects many people, so there is a movement to help people learn not to burn.

Worst sunburns scorch and sizzle -- 5 ways to avoid getting deep-friedupdated: Mon May 31 2010 14:50:00

Whether a person is light- or dark-skinned, whether it's cloudy or sunny outside, dermatologists recommend wearing sunscreen -- globs of it.

Study: Frequent tanning-bed use triples melanoma riskupdated: Thu May 27 2010 01:11:00

People who regularly use tanning beds may double or even triple their risk of developing melanoma, the deadliest form of skin cancer, according to a new study.

UVA women's lacrosse honors slain teammate in first game since deathupdated: Sun May 16 2010 21:28:00

Love was present everywhere at the University of Virginia's Klockner Stadium on Sunday -- in the stands, over the loudspeaker and on the field.

People.com: Lacrosse Murder Suspect's Mom: I'm 'Devastated and Confused'updated: Wed May 12 2010 15:49:00

George Huguely's mother calls Yeardley Love "a sweet wonderful young woman with a limitless future"

People.com: University of Virginia Lacrosse Player Yeardley Love Laid to Restupdated: Mon May 10 2010 01:48:00

A community mourns the adored athlete at a funeral in North Baltimore

People.com: Friend: UVA Murder Suspect Was 'Obsessive' and Violent with Girlfriendupdated: Sun May 09 2010 00:29:00

George Huguely, charged with the murder of Yeardley Love, "constantly texted and called" her, says a pal

UVA lacrosse player charged with murderupdated: Thu May 06 2010 15:39:00

A University of Virginia lacrosse player has been charged with murder in the death of a fellow student.

Affidavit: Lacrosse player killed in fight after breakupupdated: Thu May 06 2010 15:39:00

A University of Virginia lacrosse player charged with killing a member of the women's lacrosse team told investigators he had a violent fight with her, according to a search warrant affidavit released Tuesday.

People.com: UVA Lacrosse Murder Suspect Admits Violent Fightupdated: Wed May 05 2010 12:17:00

As Yeardley Love's family and classmates mourn, her death is looking like a crime of passion

People.com: Was It Murder? Tragedy Hits University of Virginia Lacrosse Teamsupdated: Tue May 04 2010 17:48:00

George Huguely is charged with the murder of fellow UVA student and lacrosse player Yeardley Love

University of Virginia athlete charged in lacrosse player's deathupdated: Tue May 04 2010 10:01:00

A male University of Virginia lacrosse player was charged with first degree murder Monday after a member of the school's women's lacrosse team was found dead in her apartment, police said.

CNNMoney: Wall Street in subprime trouble againupdated: Mon Apr 19 2010 05:39:00

Just when Wall Street thought it had put its subprime troubles behind it.

10 offbeat college essay topicsupdated: Thu Nov 19 2009 10:25:00

As high school seniors across the country are hard at work polishing their college applications, let's take a look at some of the stranger questions those wacky admissions officers have asked.

America's cool college townsupdated: Mon Nov 02 2009 10:04:00

On a recent afternoon along Church Street in Burlington, Vermont, young aspiring actors recited passages from Shakespeare's Henry V as jugglers, break-dancers, and blowers of didgeridoos displayed their skills nearby, creating a visual and aural cacophony. Just another day in a thriving college town -- this one happening to be home to the University of Vermont.

Mom says missing daughter had been excited about concertupdated: Wed Oct 21 2009 17:05:00

The mother of a Virginia Tech junior who disappeared Saturday night during a Metallica concert says she helped her daughter choose an outfit for the show that same morning.

Student vanishes from concertupdated: Wed Oct 21 2009 17:05:00

A female college studen vanishes from a concert, and her parents say it is out of her character; they talk daily.

Study: Global warming sparked by ancient farming methodsupdated: Tue Aug 18 2009 22:06:00

Ancient man may have started global warming through massive deforestation and burning that could have permanently altered the Earth's climate, according to a new study by researchers at the University of Virginia and the University of Maryland-Baltimore County.

Preventing skin cancerupdated: Mon May 04 2009 14:30:00

CNN's Melissa Long reports on keeping our skin healthy in the summer sun.

How to avoid the most common of cancers: Skin cancerupdated: Mon May 04 2009 14:30:00

Stephanie White is a skin cancer expert. At 41, she's had all three types of the condition: basal cell carcinoma, squamous cell carcinoma and melanoma.

People.com: Jessica Simpson to Fans: 'Thank You for Your Support'updated: Fri Jan 30 2009 16:27:00

Strutting in tight leather pants, she takes the stage for the first time since the flap over her figure

Fortune: A return to thriftupdated: Thu Oct 30 2008 05:45:00

Sometimes it takes a near-death experience to change bad behavior. Think of your friend who quit Lucky Strikes after a coronary incident. Or look at how banks are reducing their dependency on debt after watching rivals go belly-up.

Time.com: Hidden College Costs: Rising Fees updated: Tue Sep 09 2008 17:00:00

Compared to pricey private colleges, state schools can be a bargain. But extra fees are adding to the financial burden

Time.com: Help Wanted: 'My Kids Are A Pain'updated: Sat Aug 30 2008 14:00:00

It was an unusually honest ad for a live-in nanny, a 1,000-word tome beginning, "My kids are a pain."

Director's log: Sheryl McCollumupdated: Wed Jul 30 2008 10:44:00

Log 4: Thoughtprints June-July 2008

Getting burnedupdated: Tue Jul 01 2008 18:11:00

CNN Medical Corrrespondent Elizabeth Cohen shows us the best and worst sunscreens.

Study: Some sunscreens overpromise on protectionupdated: Tue Jul 01 2008 18:11:00

Michelle Crawley says she's a "freak" about putting sunscreen on her two girls.

Summerize! Your head-to-toe guideupdated: Tue Jun 17 2008 09:52:00

We've always associated the glorious, intoxicatingly warm and languorous days of summer with getting gorgeous. That's when we can let down our hair (or casually pin it up, exposing a glimpse of neck or shoulder and maybe, too, exuding a light, luscious burst of scent), strip off the layers of cotton or wool, and go barelegged and sometimes barefoot, savoring the delicious freedom of naked skin against the soft air.

CNNMoney: Uncle Sam can fund retirement - Obamaupdated: Mon Jun 16 2008 07:29:00

With most Americans doing a lousy job saving for their Golden Years, Barack Obama says the government has to step in.

People.com: Jenna & Henry Hager Attend His Graduationupdated: Thu May 22 2008 14:49:00

The newlyweds celebrate his degree from business school a week after their wedding

Money Magazine: Why you just can't seem to save enoughupdated: Mon May 19 2008 11:35:00

Your mortgage is prime. Your credit-card balance is reasonable. You've set aside some money for retirement. Feeling like you've done all you should? Didn't think so.

CNNMoney: Wall Street - land of job uncertaintyupdated: Tue Apr 01 2008 12:58:00

Last fall, as bad news about the credit crisis began to pile up, MBA student Brendan McHugh started to wonder about his chances of securing a coveted internship at a top securities firm.

FSB: Setting competitive fees for your businessupdated: Thu Mar 13 2008 14:31:00

Dear FSB: I have a small interior design firm. Is there a formula I can use to calculate overall client charges to determine how competitive my business is?

Winter skin survival guideupdated: Mon Jan 07 2008 10:04:00

Learn how to prevent and combat the worst winter skin symptoms and you'll feel as if spring had already arrived.

Courting the youth voteupdated: Mon Nov 19 2007 12:01:00

CNN's Carol Costello reports on why the 2008 presidential hopefuls are chasing young voters.

Youth make noise in campaigns but not at polls updated: Mon Nov 19 2007 12:01:00

If you graze the Web, it certainly seems like America's 20-somethings have a loud and powerful voice when it comes to pushing presidential candidates.

New stimulants will keep you working longerupdated: Fri Oct 12 2007 10:58:00

As a species, we've hit the bedtime barrier. You can eat at your desk, socialize in the break room, and answer text messages on a date, but sooner or later, you're going to have to sleep.

How to treat smile linesupdated: Mon Oct 01 2007 12:45:00

Life is full of reasons to smile, but expressing joy can cause lines to form around your eyes and mouth. Luckily, you don't have to grin and bear it. Read on for tips to keep creases at bay and make skin look smoother and younger

FDA issues long-awaited sunscreen proposal updated: Fri Aug 24 2007 08:21:00

It may be the summer of '09 or later before beachgoers can count on finding sunscreens to protect against the deeper, penetrating rays linked to wrinkles and cancer.

CNNMoney: FDA proposes rules, ratings for sunscreensupdated: Thu Aug 23 2007 02:05:00

U.S. regulators on Thursday proposed new regulations on the development, testing and labeling of sunscreens, including a new warning about the link between sun exposure and skin cancer.

How to repair your face after too much sunupdated: Mon Jul 23 2007 06:38:00

Skin 101: How to treat and protect against sun damage.

The savvy parent's guide to sun safety updated: Fri Jul 06 2007 04:10:00

Myth No. 1: A suntan's fine, as long as you don't burn.

Separating sunscreen fact from fiction updated: Sat Jun 30 2007 06:20:00

Next time you're scanning the aisles for your summer sun protection, consider that producers of five well-known sunscreen brands are facing a class action lawsuit alleging that their claims mislead consumers about their products' ability to ward off UV rays and prevent skin damage and cancer.

Jefferson slept hereupdated: Tue May 22 2007 12:17:00

The official mascot of the University of Virginia is the musketeer-like Cavalier, but unofficially it's the wahoo, a fish that, according to student legend, can drink twice its weight in a day. That's probably not what Thomas Jefferson had in mind when he designed U.Va.'s elegant neoclassical brick buildings and colonnades.

Money Magazine: You can handle a crash better than you thinkupdated: Thu May 10 2007 11:39:00

Have you ever been snoozing on an airplane and been jolted awake by a crunch of turbulence? Your heart pounds, you clutch the arms of your seat, and you jump when the captain comes on the p.a.

Business 2.0: Favoritesupdated: Thu Mar 15 2007 12:51:00

Breezy Rider

Business 2.0: Gear we can't live withoutupdated: Fri Oct 20 2006 10:57:00

Monthly picks from road warriors like you.

Pair of black holes locked in death danceupdated: Thu Apr 06 2006 14:05:00

Two supermassive black holes have been found to be spiraling toward a merger, astronomers said today.

CNNMoney: College president pay: The $million clubupdated: Fri Nov 11 2005 18:30:00

NEW YORK (CNN/Money) - For the first time, compensation for private college presidents has broken through the million-dollar barrier.

Money Magazine: Ten Lukewarm Funds to Buy Now!updated: Fri Jul 01 2005 00:01:00

Want to find a great mutual fund? No problem--just buy a mediocre one and hang on. That's the startling conclusion of a new study. While this may sound like an update of Aesop's fable about the tor...

CNNMoney: Improve your finances in '05updated: Fri Jan 07 2005 11:32:00

The New Year is a great time to make changes.

Sound of early universe: primal screamupdated: Wed Jun 02 2004 08:23:00

An astronomer has turned observations of the early universe into a sound clip that represents a primal scream from the first million years after the Big Bang.

Money Magazine: Class Struggle Does it matter if you're white or black? From a rich family or a poor one? When it comes to college admissions, iupdated: Sun Oct 01 2000 00:01:00

Thomas Jefferson considered himself the father of the University of Virginia, and like any father he left a complicated legacy. "Our university is the last of my mortal cares and the last service I...

Money Magazine: The Insiders When we get juicy information, we can't wait to share it.updated: Sun Oct 01 2000 00:01:00

People often ask me how we decide what we're going to write about in the magazine. The answer I usually give is casual: "We write about what we're interested in."

Fortune: Which E-Tailers Will Go 'Pop' After Xmas? A year ago it was party time for Net stocks, one and all. This year updated: Mon Dec 20 1999 00:01:00

Wearing a baseball cap emblazoned with the word FOOL, stock market wag and watchdog Tom Gardner tosses a question to a roomful of tech entrepreneurs and MBAs at the University of Virginia's Darden ...

Money Magazine: Making Sense Of Sunscreen Which ones really protect you from skin cancer? A shopper's guideupdated: Thu Jul 01 1999 00:01:00

If your mother didn't tell you, pop radio will: You should use sunscreen. The surprise is that most of us don't. In a 1998 survey by the American Academy of Dermatology, only 15% of respondents use...

Money Magazine: WANT TO LOOK LIKE GWYNETH OR TOMMY LEE? TRY THESE SHADESupdated: Tue Jul 01 1997 00:01:00

Take a walk down any sunny city street these days, or a ride on your local bike path, and you'll likely see more varieties of sunglasses than there are of Beanie Babies. What's up with that? "Sungl...

Fortune: A PR PROBLEM AT MORGAN STANLEY?updated: Mon Jun 26 1995 00:01:00

It's a familiar tale: the hardworking CEO splits from his stay-at-home spouse and falls for a young business associate. So it is with Morgan Stanley chairman Richard Fisher, who separated 18 months...

Money Magazine: WISE UP Why pricey sunblocks aren't worth it Don't get burned when buying sunblockupdated: Fri Jul 01 1994 00:01:00

With sun worshippers ever more aware of the dangers of el sol -- skin cancers are up 500% since 1984 -- Americans slathered on a record $525 million of sunscreen last year. That translates into bri...

Fortune: The market that fears no news, what Khrushchev didn't do, Gouldism on the march, and other matters. GETTING IT WRONGupdated: Mon Oct 18 1993 00:01:00

One regrets the recurrent temptation, thus far irresistible around our house, to argue with E.D. Hirsch Jr., professor of English at the University of Virginia. His basic proposition is sound. One ...

Money Magazine: PEOPLE WHO LIVE IN PLASTIC HOUSES ASK FOR TROUBLEupdated: Wed Sep 01 1993 00:01:00

Would you put your house on the line for a new pair of shoes or even two weeks skiing in Utah? Believe it or not, a growing number of banks are encouraging their customers to do just that. Accordin...

Money Magazine: MONEY'S college VALUE RANKINGS America's best college buys -- and how we found themupdated: Mon Sep 07 1992 00:01:00

Almost every parent of a college-bound child asks: Which colleges will deliver an education that's worth every penny that I'll have to pay? To help answer that question, MONEY's college ranking tea...

Money Magazine: HOW TO GET BETTER DEALS ON LOANS AND CREDIT CARDSupdated: Mon Jun 01 1992 00:01:00

If you've noticed added warmth in your banker's smile lately, there's a reason. With loan demand soft and default rates up, banks are particularly eager to hang on to good customers -- especially t...

Money Magazine: EDUCATION ALONE IS NOT ENOUGH updated: Sun Dec 01 1991 00:01:00

In your October article ''How You Can Live Better,'' you say a good education is very important in achieving success. However, I have learned the hard way that there is a downside to simply increas...

Money Magazine: america's 10 best buys collegeupdated: Tue Sep 10 1991 00:01:00

Low price alone doesn't qualify a college as a bargain. To make MONEY's list of America's best buys in higher education, a school must also possess outstanding students, faculty and facilities. On ...

Fortune: PRODUCTS TO WATCHupdated: Mon Jan 14 1991 00:01:00

SMART VCR REMOTE Admit it: You still haven't figured out how to program your VCR. Now you don't have to. Gemstar Development Corp.'s VCR Plus+ is a remote device that reduces the chore of taping te...

Fortune: HOW THE CONSULTANTS DID AT THE POLLSupdated: Mon Dec 03 1990 00:01:00

| Behind-the-scenes winners in this fall's election: the media consultants. Increasingly considered political necessities, such imagemakers typically work by exhaustively interviewing a candidate, ...

Money Magazine: This Is What It's All About updated: Mon Sep 10 1990 00:01:00

GRADUATION DAY The warm air echoes with cries of ''I did it!'' Here and on the next four pages are scenes from a celebration: the University of Virginia's commencement last May. In the remainder of...

Money Magazine: MONEY Magazine contents page updated: Mon Sep 10 1990 00:01:00

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Money Magazine: America's 10 Best College Buys Not all are public -- some aren't even cheap -- but they give good educational value.updated: Mon Sep 10 1990 00:01:00

The marketplace for higher education, like securities markets, has pockets of opportunity: schools that, like undervalued stocks, are worth more than you have to pay for them. This fact was verifie...

Fortune: MORE BUSINESS SCHOOLS QUESTION A SACRED COW: TENUREupdated: Mon Jul 16 1990 00:01:00

The top U.S. business schools are starting to focus on an inefficient management system that's uncomfortably close to home: the traditional tenure process for professors. Like their counterparts at...

Fortune: HOW TO PICK A BUSINESS SCHOOL Don't be misled by rankings in a magazine. Do figure out why you want an MBA. And above all, checkupdated: Mon Dec 18 1989 00:01:00

On the wall of the ladies' room of a bar in upstate New York, a plaintive graffito recites a loser's litany for our times: ''No BMW, no condo, no MBA.'' As an antidote to hopelessness, the car or t...

Money Magazine: The MONEY College Value Exams Get out your No. 2 pencil and take MONEY's own quiz to see how colleges stack up in some surprisinupdated: Fri Sep 01 1989 00:01:00

1. Which colleges sport the highest price tags?

Fortune: An unsafe bureaucracy, fear of flying tourist class, the truth about Gummo Marx, and other matters. HERE COMES CULTUREupdated: Mon Dec 19 1988 00:01:00

It is again time to argue with E. D. Hirsch Jr., professor of English at the University of Virginia. You will possibly recall him as the author of a readable 1987 best-seller about ''cultural liter...

Fortune: HOW TO APPRAISE PERFORMANCE The secret is to get the person you are evaluating to help you set the standard he will be measured updated: Mon Oct 12 1987 00:01:00

Let's be frank: Most managers hate conducting performance appraisals. If they think they can get away with it, they will skip such potential unpleasantness entirely. If compelled to go through the ...

Money Magazine: CREDIT CARDS: HOW LOWER RATES CAN MASK HIGHER FINANCE CHARGESupdated: Fri Aug 01 1986 00:01:00

While interest rates on credit-card purchases have finally dropped at some banks, the finance charges you pay on any given set of transactions could well be going up sharply. Depending on the mathe...

Fortune: RESURRECTING CORPORATE LOYALTY Fido-like fealty is pretty much extinct. Wary self-regard is trendy. But closer bonds are possiblupdated: Mon Dec 09 1985 00:01:00

It took a while for management to catch the tune. Birds in the secretarial pool knew it, bees on the shop floor knew it, even monkeys in the lower branches of managerial trees -- supervisors, forem...

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