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In a move to compete with Starbucks, McDonald's is giving away a hot or iced McCafé mocha every Monday from 7 a.m. to 7 p.m. until August 3, according to MSN Money. No purchase is necessary to get the free coffee.

As if California's economic crisis could not get any worse, Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger’s proposed "cuts-only" budget includes eliminating the poison control hotline, according to the MomsRising blog. We may become the only state in the country without such a hotline. Even more disturbing, Schwarzenegger's proposed $90 million cut to the Healthy Families Program would mean that as many as 570,000 children could lose their health insurance, according to MomsRising.

This is depressing, too: President Barack Obama says unemployment will continue to rise for "several months," according to the Associated Press. He said it on his way to Michigan, which has the country's highest unemployment rate at 14.1 percent.

In celebrity gossip break: 80s icon Molly Ringwald gave birth to twins on Friday, according to People magazine. As a HUGE "So You Think You Can Dance" fan, I enjoyed the video clips in this Open Salon article. Please do check out the Argentine tango by my favorite couple Brandon and Janette!

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