Blog Posts by Lylah M. Alphonse, Senior Editor, Yahoo! Shine

Gentry and Renee Nickell tried to make their teen be more respectful by having her hold this sign in public. (Photo: AP)Worried about their 13-year-old daughter's increasingly disrespectful behavior, Gentry and Renee Nickell of Crestview, Florida, decided to make her punishment humiliating and public. On Saturday, the teen (whose name has not been released) spent 90 minutes standing at a busy intersection with a hand-written sign describing her sins.

It read: "I’m a self-entitled teenager w/no respect for authority. I’m also super smart, yet I have 3 'D’s' because I DON’T CARE."

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Passing motorists saw the teen, who was standing with her dad at the corner of Ferdon Boulevard and U.S. Highway 90 in Crestview, and snapped pictures of her with their cell phones. Some of the photos ended up on Facebook, where they were shared within the Crestview community (the Nickells said that they have not seen those photos; Yahoo! Shine was not able to find them online). Someone called the police, who showed up to talk to the teen and left after deciding that she was

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To raise learn about poverty and hunger, the Biro family spent just $4 per person per day on food. (Photo courtesy of the Biro Family)According to the United States Department of Agriculture, Americans spend as much as $101.88 per week on food per person. But for those who live in poverty and rely on the food stamps to get by, that amount drops to just $28 per week, or $4 per person per day. Plenty of politicians have spent a week or so trying to see what it's like to live on so little, but when a regular family does it to raise awareness about hunger and poverty issues, the impact can last a lifetime.

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"I was surprised by a lot," said Nova Biro, the co-director of Open Circle, a program of the Wellesley Centers for Women at Wellesley College in Massachusetts, told Yahoo! Shine. Her family of four tried the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) challenge earlier in March, limiting their food intake to what they could buy for $4 per person per day to support Nova's work with LeadBoston, an executive leadership

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The experts agree: Rib eye steaks are their favorite cut. (Photo: Getty Images)If you're going to splurge on an amazing meal at a high-end steakhouse, you want to make sure you get the most bang for your buck. Yahoo! Shine reached out to the experts at some of the country's top spots and asked them what you need to know in order to order the best steak you've ever had in your life. Here's what they had to say:

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The best cut to order: A bone-in rib eye

All of the experts we interviewed agreed that rib eye (with the bone) was the best choice for steak lovers. "It has plenty of flavor from the bone as well as the flavoring from the marbling of the meat," Doug Sullivan, the general manager of Morton's The Steakhouse at the Boston Seaport, explained Yahoo! Shine. Dieters can still indulge in a good steak, though. "If you're trying to watch your calories a little bit more, I suggest the filet, which is leanest cut," he said.

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How to have it cooked: Medium rare

Cooking a steak just

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Some of the black yoga pants that hit Lululemon stores in March are being recalled for being too sheer. (Photo: AP)Fans of Lululemon Athletica will be facing a shortage of certain styles for a while, as the yoga-inspired athletic wear company tries to figure out why some of their yoga pants -- which range from $82 to $128 a pair -- are much more revealing than usual. The problem: About 17 percent of the pants that arrived in stores and online in March weren't just "light weight" -- they were see-through.

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"At the beginning of March, our stores and ecommerce site received some black Luon women's bottoms that didn't meet our high standards," the Vancouver-based company wrote on its website late Monday. "We want you to Down Dog and Crow with confidence and we felt these pants didn't measure up."

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Some customers said that they hadn't realized how revealing their yoga wear was. Mar Smallski, a Lululemon fan from Ontario, Canada, wrote on the company's Facebook page that a

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A lot happened here this week: Lena Dunham talked to Playboy, Michelle Obama talked to Vogue, and everyone's talking about Lady Gaga (maybe) getting married. We also marveled at mannequins that look like real women, a restaurant with a "calorie neutral" menu, and some truly crazy celebrity conspiracy theories. The articles on Shine only tell part of the story, though -- the rest can usually be found in the comments, where Shine readers weigh in with clever quips, stinging sarcasm, and smart discussions. Here's what you had to say about it all.

Lena Dunham - Before she became a surprisingly polarizing pop culture figure and before her smash TV hit, "Girls," hit the airwaves, Dunham was a filmaker just starting out. Her indie film "Tiny Furniture" debuted at SXSW in 2010. The film scored the writer/director/actress/producer the Best Narrative Feature Award.On Lena Dunham's chat with Playboy magazine: "I'm just tired of hearing about her. I feel like people look at her like she's this innovative, ground-breaking woman or something because she has sex and is comfortable with her body. Heck, sounds like majority of my friends and I. Where's our article?" -- Dylan

On former CFO Erin Callan, who said she regrets not having children and reignited the work-life balance debate: "And my boss says to me,

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photo by Getty ImagesCoffee lovers and green tea enthusiasts, unite! A new study out of Japan shows that people who drink both beverages every day have a lower risk of stroke than those who drink just one or the other (or neither).

Researchers have been touting the antioxidant properties of green tea for years, and recent studies show that your daily coffee fix boosts more than just your energy levels. But putting the two drinks together—not in the same cup, of course—may help you reap the health benefits of both.

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Researchers looked at the coffee and tea consumption habits of almost 82,369 Japanese adults over 13 years and found that people who had a cup of coffee every day were 20 percent less likely to have a stroke (compared to those who didn't drink coffee at all). But that's not to say that coffee is better for you than tea. In fact, the study noted that people who drank four or more cups of green tea a day were also about 20 percent less likely to

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A new Pew Research Survey shows that more moms want to work outside of the home full time. (Photo: Getty Images)Close on the heels of a national debate about women and work sparked by Facebook COO Sheryl Sandberg and her new book, a new survey shows that more moms would prefer to work outside of the home full time.

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A new Pew Research survey found changing preferences among working moms. While 20 percent of moms with kids under age 18 said that they'd that rather work full time in 2007, that number jumped to 32 percent last year.

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The shift may have more to do with economic conditions than professional ambitions, the Associated Press reported.

"Women aren't necessarily evolving toward some belief or comfort level with work," study co-author Kim Parker, an associate director at the Pew Research center, told the Associated Press. "They are also reacting to outside forces and in this case, it is the economy."

Male respondents said that high pay was more important than workplace flexibility,

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Butterfly Bakery's sugar-free chocolate muffins were cited by the FDA for having far more fat than disclosed on the label (Photo: Butterfly Bakery)A New Jersey bakery that specializes in low-sugar, sugar-free, and gluten-free treats closed indefinitely after officials claimed it mislead consumers. The FDA and state officials found that some of their products contained sugar, allergens, and far more fat than was listed on the labels.

The crackdown was a warning for consumers: If it tastes too good to be healthy, it might be.

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The FDA also sent a message to retailers, citing in a statement to press, that they plan to take action against "companies that mislead consumers on the products they purchase."

In the meantime, the FDA is making an example of Butterfly Bakery in Clifton, New Jersey. “Until Butterfly Bakery meets FDA regulations, it will no longer be able to process or distribute their products," Melinda K. Plaisier, the FDA’s acting associate commissioner for regulatory affairs, said in a statement.

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