National Zoo's Elephants Get $56 Million Dollar New Home

March 19, 2013 Subscribe · Forward National Zoo's Elephants Get $56 Million Dollar New Home WASHINGTON -- The National Zoo is about to unveil its new space for three Asain elephants. Ambika, Shanthi and Kandula will be on view this weekend in their new, larger, state-of-the-art home. Continue reading... SWEET JUSTICE Will The Easter Egg Roll Go On? Big News For Maryland Weed Fans! $1.5 Million House Comes With Odd And Racy Extra Incentive D.C. Decriminalizes Some Drug Offenses This Maryland County Smells Like... WHOA: Former NBA Star Has Bizarre New Job In The D.C. Suburbs Maryland School Bans What? Maryland School Bans What? Prosecutor: Rapper Attempted Human Sacrifice To Advance Career LOOK: Elephants Walking Through Downtown D.C. ARIANNA HUFFINGTON Mindfulness, Meditation, Wellness and Their Connection to Corporate America's Bottom Line On Tuesday I'll be guest-hosting CNBC's Squawk Box. As well as discussing Cyprus and a possible euro-crisis, we are going to discuss the growing trend in corporate America to take steps -- meditation, yoga, mindfulness trainings -- to reduce stress and improve health and creativity. Even a quick look at what's happening in the American workplace shows that it's a seriously split-screen world. On the one hand, there's the stressful world of quarterly earnings reports, beating growth expectations, hard-charging CEOs, and focusing on the bottom line -- the world that is the usual focus of CNBC and Squawk Box. On the other hand, there's the world populated by the growing awareness of the costs of stress, not just in the health and well-being of business leaders and employees, but on the bottom line as well. Continue reading... JOEL WOLFRAM Reject Keystone XL: Obama's Opportunity to Get Serious on Climate Change Instead of speculating how Canada or its tar sands industry might react to a rejection of Keystone XL, the president should ask, "how will the world react?" The whole world, after all, will have to deal with the mess of climate change. Continue reading... KATE ABBEY-LAMBERTZ Kwame Kilpatrick, The Wire and Why Life Works Out Better Than It Does on TV (Let's Hope) Kwame Kilpatrick's conviction might feel like the end of a chapter, but there's many more stories to follow. Despite Detroit's own precarious future, we see evidence every day that people, and cities, can change for the better. Continue reading... STACY DEAN Ryan Budget's SNAP Cuts Even Deeper Than We Thought New information from the House Budget Committee shows that Chairman Ryan's planned cuts in SNAP (formerly food stamps) are even more draconian than we originally thought. Continue reading... DEDRICK MUHAMMAD Life After Foreclosure Even if you're struggling to overcome a major financial crisis at the moment, remember that your transition to recovery can eventually lead to a more sustainable, financially secure future. Continue reading... Received this from a friend? Sign up for alerts from The Huffington Post here. Unsubscribe here. Huffington Post, 770 Broadway, New York, NY 10003