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Memorial Day weekend Spring into Summer with a special marathon chock full of helpful hints. Our favorite hosts give you the in's and out's of cooking, gardening, home repair and travel to brighten your summer days.
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Second Act, hosted by Extreme Makeover: Home Edition carpenter Paul DiMeo, highlights boomers who have undergone major career — and personal — transformations by pursuing their passions.
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Hosted by author, columnist and former CNN anchor Daryn Kagan, Bookmark presents intriguing book-centric features that include stories on how books have shaped people’s lives, surprising, sometimes-quirky aspects of literary culture, and compelling interviews with America’s best-selling, most interesting authors.
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This week saw a tornado rip through central Oklahoma, killing at least 24 and injuring over 300. As the people of the Sooner State start to rebuild, we take a look at the natural disasters that are hitting us more frequently than in the past.
The annual number of billion-dollar disasters in the United States – earthquakes, floods, fires, hurricanes and more – has tripled since the 1980s, from two to about six per year. And 2011 was a barn-burner, with 14 separate $1 billion-plus weather events. That’s like buying 4,500 new homes at the median price for every major hurricane, tornado outburst, flood and drought. Losses from U.S. natural disasters in 2011 topped $60 billion. The trend continued into 2012, with Hurricane Sandy flooding signifigant portions of the east coast. Preliminary data from the National Climatic Data Center shows a total of 11 disasters topping $1 billion last year, with an even higher level of monetary losses than 2011.
We’ve got an animated infographic for you that maps some of the trouble. Be sure to click around and see everything. And as you probably know, the debate over causes and culprits is as fierce as the climate itself. Dig into “What Do Others Say?” for a cross-section of ideas, then join the discussion below. What do you think accounts for this trend?
The Victory Garden features interviews with top gardening professionals providing practical advice, design tips, and even recipes to help you get the most from your garden. From gardening tools to pest control, you’ll find out the latest and greatest ideas that’ll keep your garden growing.
The Florence Henderson Show features everything from iconic, legendary celebrity guests, to famous Hollywood landmarks, to nostalgic pop culture rich with show-business history. The show highlights the absolute best Hollywood has to offer -- and more.
RLTV has partnered with Next Avenue, the PBS online designation for Adults 50+, to offer our viewers information on the topics that matter most to them. Click here to access information on a wide variety of areas including healthy living, finances, travel and more!
The United States has fallen to “average” in international education rankings. Join Host Aaron Brown and a panel of experts for a solution based discussion about the future of our country’s schools and universities.
