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- Ornette: Made in America: movie review'Ornette' is a maddening but fascinating, one-of-a-kind film about a jazz icon.
- Rescue dog: How owning a dog is like raising a childRescue dog Albie makes his parents recall raising toddlers as he hangs on Mom and Dad's attention and brings back unpleasant tasks.
- Summer bounty: Tomato fennel soupSaut茅 and simmer tomatoes from the garden, or the market, until they burst to make this tangy soup.聽
- Tori Spelling baby: A boy 鈥 Finn Davey 鈥 joins her brood of fiveTori Spelling baby: The actress and Dean McDermott welcome a boy 鈥 Finn Davey 鈥 to their brood. It's the couple's fourth child, her fifth.
- Top Picks: Teenagers going to Broadway, an Asian cuisine cookbook, and morePaul McCartney's concert event comes to PBS, a 'Downton Abbey' season 3 clip debuts online, and more top picks.
- Verbal EnergyModulating our opposition to new prepositionsA 'new' preposition, borrowed from the world of math, is a reminder of how closely language allies with logic.
- Small steps, big rewardsEvery week, a busy professor finds time for a young student.
- Hurricane Isaac: Tulane student鈥檚 dad in eye of the storm 鈥 in a wayHurricane Isaac puts a Tulane student's dad 鈥 up in Boston 鈥 in the eye of the storm only parents "get."
- 'The Mindy Project': Is it worth watching this fall?'The Mindy Project' has unexpectedly dated references, but a strong cast should keep the show afloat.
- Skinny Disney: Minnie Mouse, et al get an unhealthy Barneys lookMore skinny Disney characters: What's a mother of a little girl to do? Healthy body image takes another cut as Barneys thins and stretches Minnie Mouse and company.
- Caramel cream cheese swirl browniesThese rich, moist brownies are made with salted carmel and have a marbled swirl of cream cheese baked into the batter.聽
- Giuliana and Bill Rancic welcome baby sonThe Rancics' son Edward Duke was born via surrogate.
- Tomorrow can waitThe best concerts are coming from artists who are 60 and up.
- Is the end of late-night TV as we've known it near?Two staples of late-night TV 鈥 'The Tonight Show' and 'Nightline' 鈥 received bad news this month, suggesting that a recasting of the late-night order might not be far off.
- Unplugging: One family puts away technologyNo Twitter, no cell phones 鈥 one family was without gadgets for six days and, says Dad, was better for it.
- College budget: 11 items students don't need Car? Printer? Forget it.
- As surrogate for daughter鈥檚 baby, Maine woman delivers her own grandsonMaine woman who carried her daughter's baby as a surrogate delivers her own grandson.
- Republican kids: When partisan politics stretch parent-child bondsRepublican kids and Democrat parents: the strains of partisan politics in Washington can be mimicked at home if a child comes home with different political views than Mom and Dad.
- Ann Romney speech: The tired-mom theme and policy that can helpAnn Romney speech: The emphasis on moms suggests growing recognition that they take on more than they should have to do. Now, what can the policymakers do for the tired mom?
- 'Avengers' alternate opening shows an unexplored story arcThe 'Avengers' alternate opening shows more of the relationship between Nick Fury and Maria Hill.