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Foster care: Overall population drops, states have mixed resultsFoster care populations dropped for the sixth straight year, reports the Department of Health and Human Services, due to state policies shifting toward shortening foster care stays, expediting adoptions, and increasing prevention support.
How Jonah Lehrer was caught inventing Bob Dylan quotesJonah Lehrer resigned from The New Yorker after Tablet Magazine discovered Lehrer had fabricated quotes by Bob Dylan in Lehrer's latest book "Imagine: How Creativity Works."
Cajun stewed corn and tomatoesMaque choux is a Cajun dish that combines sweet summer corn and tomatoes with the salty smokiness of bacon.
The WivesThe six Russian literary wives profiled in this book went well beyond the call of duty to help their adored author-husbands.
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J. K. Rowling: 10 quotes on her birthdayHere are quotes from "Harry Potter" author J. K. Rowling on her birthday.
'Cloud Atlas': 6-minute trailer stokes excitement 鈥� and book salesAn unusually long trailer for the upcoming film version of David Mitchell novel 'Cloud Atlas' suggests an ambitious and visually stunning movie.
National Cheesecake DayJuly 30 marks National Cheesecake Day. If you been participating in Couch Olympics, slice a piece of cheesecake to bring festivity to your TV-watching.
My son and guns: Living in a gun culture, he must understand themA reporter interviewing a dad handling a gun in front of a 3-year-old has mixed emotions 鈥� even before the Aurora shooting. But he concludes that in America's gun culture, the best gun control for a family is to teach kids to appreciate their power and how to handle them safely.
Olympic women's gymnastics: Gabby Douglas and parenting goldGabby Douglas and the US Olympic women's gymnastics successes make a mom ponder going for parenting gold 鈥� and the extreme sport it is to raise an Olympian.
Casey Stengel: 12 quotes on his birthdayHere are 12 quotes from baseball legend Casey Stengel to mark his birth date of July 30, 1890.
Cookbook review: The Farm by Ian KnauerRustic recipes follow the growing season from a revived family farm in Pennsylvania.
Grandad, There's a Head on the BeachSassy crime reporter Jimm Juree returns in Colin Cotterill's new mystery series set in Thailand.
Searching for Sugar Man: movie review'Sugar,' the story of the search for a musician whose career is resurrected, is a real-life fairy tale with a happy ending.
'The Killing' is canceled by AMCAccording to producer Fox Television Studios, the show may air on another network.
Ai Weiwei: Never Sorry: movie review'Never Sorry' is a new-style profile in 21st-century courage.
Chilled vidalia onion soupCreamy cold soup for when the weather is hot and steamy.
Why Does the World Exist?A simple question proves thorny in Jim Holt's new book.
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'Magic Tree House': Author Mary Pope Osborne looks backThe children's series about siblings who travel through time via a magical treehouse is celebrating its twentieth anniversary.
