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Easy recipes for pickling and canning You can conquer canning. Here are 12 recipes for sweet jams, savory chutneys, and crunchy pickles a plenty that will leave your mouth watering and your can-do attitude soaring.
Movie review: Channing Tatum returns for reunion in '10 Years' (+trailer)The plot of '10 Years' is unoriginal, but Channing Tatum as a former prom king returning for a high school reunion provides a somewhat interesting subplot.
Movie review: Writer-director Paul Thomas Anderson's 'The Master' draws us inDirector Paul Thomas Anderson draws the audience in to a psychological and emotional maelstrom, while each performer gives a master class in acting.
Toronto International Film Festival: Fewer political movies, more literary adaptationsA new version of a Henry James novel and a Shakespeare adaptation by Joss Whedon were standouts.
Rescue dog: Albie breaks into new territory, puppy play dateAlbie got a new best friend when the Zheutlin family were asked to babysit Wilson, another lab from Labs4Rescue, who needed a聽crash-pad聽for the night.聽
School lunch: mixed grades for new, healthy rulesHealthy school lunches get some thumbs down from chicken nugget lovers not so enthused by fewer calories and more fruit.
Magic Johnson: 11 quotes from the basketball legend On his 54th birthday, here are 11 quotes from the basketball player.
For the love of Britney Spears, The X Factor returnsOn Thursday night,聽The X Factor aired the second part of its two night premiere. On both nights, Britney Spears received more attention than she bargained for.
Instagram: An app for parents to keep up with their teensInstagram is the No. 1 photo site among 12-to-17-year-olds, according to Nielsen. Parents can have fun with the app that blends photography and social networking.
Kate Middleton photos: Reminder of long reach of the public eyeTopless Kate Middleton photos in a French gossip magazine 鈥� less than a month after Prince Harry's nude Las Vegas photos went viral on the web 鈥� rip the relative decorum that had surrounded the royal couple.
Top Picks: The Best Exotic Marigold Hotel, country musician Kathy Mattea's new album, and moreTime answers classic childhood questions, PBS's 'American Masters' examines the life of Carl Sandburg, and more top picks.
Sean Smith: Diplomat showed gaming generation's online influenceSean Smith, a State Department official killed in the US consulate attack in Benghazi, Libya, was involved in a fascinating experiment in online/offline governance EVE Online is a fascinating experiment in online + offline governance in the game of 'EVE Online.' His parallel diplomacy was memorialized by hundreds of gamers.
Jessica Simpson, Levi Johnston: bikinis, guns, and babies 鈥� oh myJessica Simpson dresses her infant in a yellow bikini, Levi Johnston follows through on naming his baby, Breeze Beretta, after a gun. And one "regular" mom, pregnant with her second child, sighs in relief that she's not dealing with a babe c茅l猫bre.
'The Dark Knight Rises': Will there be a director's cut?Rumors have swirled that a director's cut of 'The Dark Knight Rises' will be released. Will it happen?
Octomom goes 鈥榟ome鈥� to a cheaper digs for her brood of 14Octomom 鈥� the mother of octuplets and six other children 鈥� will be moving to Palmdale, Calif. because her Orange County house was foreclosed on. She'll get more room for her money, which is coming from her porn movie and phone-call service.
Honey Boo Boo: Creating a redneck stereotype target?Honey Boo Boo, the rising reality TV star from poorest Georgia, attracts big audiences, but what are those audiences thinking 鈥� about her, her community, and the society that entertains itself with a 7-year-old child to reinforce redneck stereotypes?
Will Britney Spears and Demi Lovato revive The X Factor?'The X Factor' aired its second season premiere on Wednesday night, marking the debut for new judges Demi Lovato and Britney Spears. Will Britney and Demi bring new life to The X Factor?
Return of a castawayA message in a bottle, recovered, speaks to a middle school.
Tea and marriage, separation and fried chickenMy husband claims he fell in love with me when I served him a cup of tea at my brother鈥檚 house all those years ago.
Chicago teachers strike: Mom鈥檚 long view of city鈥檚 work stoppagesChicago teachers strikes in perspective: A mom and veteran of the 1980s Chicago strikes recalls how the pain led to real reform. Then it was about money; now it's about class size, standardized testing, charter schools, and teacher evaluation.
