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- FedEx truck mishap and other Christmas delivery glitches, overcomeA FedEx trailer overturned聽Monday聽morning in Mahwah, N.J., scattering dozens of holiday packages across the expressway.聽
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Do you know your Monet from your Manet, your Hamlet from your Othello, a haiku from a sonnet? Try your hand at this m茅lange of art, poetry, music, architecture, and literature.
Gingerbread brownies with buttermilk glazeGingerbread at Christmas doesn't always have to mean gingerbread cookies. These cakey bars are rich with the deep flavors of traditional gingerbread.
How one homeless man may see his generosity returnedThe 22-year-old didn't have money to get home. He offered to help her with cab fare, and now she wants to help him find a home.
Rock and Roll Hall of Fame 2015: Here's who's being inductedInductees include Green Day, Joan Jett and the Blackhearts, and Lou Reed, among others. The induction ceremony will be held this April.
Google lawyer argues free speech at stake in banned anti-Muslim filmYouTube was forced to take down an anti-Muslim film "Innocence of Muslims"聽that inspired rioting by those who considered it blasphemous to the Prophet Muhammad. A Google lawyer argued that the court is undermining free speech.聽
Secret menu items, unlockedHidden options at chains like McDonald's and Starbucks have become more widespread and a lot less secret due to fans who compile them online. Some options include Chipotle's Quesarito and the Christmas Cookie Frappucino.- Can Sony restrict journalists from publishing hacked information?Many celebrities and journalists have divergent opinions on what to do with the leaked entertainment information.
How to empower the princess-obsessed preschoolerDon't hate the princess, hate the game. One mom goes deep undercover into princess territory to find ways to develop tips to help empower young girls to know what's behind their favorite fictional royalty.
Woman rents pub and offers free Christmas dinner for 50 lonely heartsA British pensioner will spend about $1,500 to buy Christmas dinner for 50 strangers. Here's some advice for inviting seniors over for the holidays.聽
A Christmas cookie exchange and matcha green tea cookiesUse a sugar cookie to make the base and then add matcha powder and white chocolate chips to the mix. Matcha powder is available at specialty聽tea shops and Asian markets.
'Selma' star David Oyelowo on the Martin Luther King Jr. biopic: 'This struggle continues and we all have to participate'Oyelowo plays Martin Luther King Jr. in the film, which is based on the 1965 marches from the Alabama cities of Selma to Montgomery. 'People are wearing different kind of clothes, it's a different era but the same issues still prevail,' 'Selma' star Oprah Winfrey said.
'The Hobbit: The Battle of the Five Armies': Is it a satisfying end to the film trilogy?'Battle,' which hits US theaters on Dec. 17, is the final movie in the film trilogy based on J.R.R. Tolkien's book 'The Hobbit.' It stars Martin Freeman, Ian McKellen, and Richard Armitage.
Christy's song: The uncertainties of non-invasive prenatal testingNew reports show that non-invasive prenatal testing is becoming more commonplace, however the results to such tests, which can lead to mothers deciding to abort a fetus, are still far from their claimed accuracy.
Did the pope just say that animals have souls?In comforting a child grieving his dog, Pope Francis implied that the child would reunite with his pet in heaven. Does this signal a doctrinal shift?
10 slow-cooker recipes Here are 10 slow-cooker recipes from Stir It Up! bloggers to keep things feeling easy and delicious in the kitchen.
'Exodus: Gods and Kings' isn't satisfying in its epic scope or its religiosityThe filmmakers' revisionism isn't necessarily a bad thing. It鈥檚 just that revisionism in a serious-minded biblical movie has to serve some sort of enhanced vision, or else why bother?
Why Facebook users want a 'dislike' button 鈥 and why it鈥檚 not going to happenSince the 'like' button launched in 2009, Facebook users have said they wanted a counterbalance. Here's why.
'Top Five' is ostensibly soul-deep but needs more than smirks and scowls'Five' is an improvement over other Chris Rock films, but Rock comes across as only a deliverer of lines.
'Inherent Vice' misses the yearning and despair inside noirish shenanigans'Vice' director Paul Thomas Anderson is one of the most gifted directors of his generation, but the film seems to have been concocted in a stoned haze of its very own.
