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American Idol takes on Queen: Will Hollie Cavanagh go home next?American Idol featured the songs of Queen Wednesday. Hollie Cavanagh struggled, but rebounded with her second song. Will American Idol voters send her home?
Pollination power in the gardenAttract hummingbirds, butterflies, and mason bees to your garden because they're excellent pollinators.
Teens drinking hand sanitizer 鈥� though underage drinking is downTeens drinking hand sanitizer to get drunk is a new trend noticed by California authorities. While overall underage drinking has been going down in the past decade, 72 percent of teens who do report having had an alcoholic drink apparently were able to get it without resorting to the gooey gel.聽
Bruce Willis in 'G.I. Joe: Retaliation': Looks like a fun summer movie (+trailer)Bruce Willis, Dwayne Johnson and others team up to stop the Cobra forces in the summer sequel.
Movies' second drafts: Titanic, Star Wars, and moreChanging the sky in 'Titanic' for its 3-D re-release isn't the first time movies have been tinkered with.
Chocolate sour cream layer cakeA moist chocolate cake with the right amount of sweetness.
Letting kids play: celebrating low-tech toysLow-tech toys can be overshadowed by the razzle-dazzle of the electronic toy industry, but that doesn't mean all parents have forgotten the joys 鈥� and educational benefits 鈥� of a cardboard box and some string.
Kids鈥� shoe stores: Boys are superheroes and girls are princessesKids' shoe stores can be an interesting look into the minds of today's marketers, who continue to promote the 'Frailty Myth' through advertising that urges girls to be pretty princesses, and boys to be tough superheroes.
New trend? Some teens drinking hand sanitizer to get drunkA spate of emergency room visits by eens drinking hand sanitizer to get drunk have some health officials worried the potentially harmful behavior could become a larger trend.
Tips for Japanese garden designA trip to the San Francisco Botanical Garden provides good examples for designing a successful Japanese garden.
Minted pesto and cooking with MomSpecial family connections happen in the tiny space of a kitchen.- Stranger danger and donuts: one school's (over) reactionStranger danger is something every parent thinks about--who is my child talking to when I'm not around. But sometimes, an offer of a free donut is simply that, as one school found out, albeit not before scaring its parents.
Ban homework before third grade; support children鈥檚 playA homework ban before third grade would stop the increasing imposition on kids as young as kindergarten-age. After school free time for children's play actually Increasingly helps younger kids develop important skills, and learn to control emotions.
Etan Patz and other missing children have mom鈥檚 radar pingingEtan Patz, who is still being searched for 33 years after he was kidnapped, and other cases of missing children have one mom struggling with her stranger danger radar.
Bullying: Teens take the lead as anti-bullying mentors, advocatesBullying prevention starts with teens, and in communities around the country they are taking the lead as anti-bullying leaders, advocates, and mentors for their peers. It is an inspiring trend at a time when several high-profile teen suicides have been linked to bullying.
'Star Trek' to return as a TV series?TV producer and writer Bryan Fuller says he and filmmaker Bryan Singer would 'love to do it'
Brownies with salted caramelA delicious fudgy brownie with a gooey salted caramel center.
Parenting: Enjoying the finish line 鈥� happiness in the here and nowParenting can be a search for your kid's next milestone, rather than reveling in the happiness of the here and now, or that finish line of the moment.
Hunger Games and Olympics spawn new generation of archery fansThe Hunger Games heroine, Katniss 鈥撀� and the coming Olympics 鈥� have created a boom in the archery business, as all across the country a new generation of young archery enthusiasts polish their prowess with the bow and arrow.
Mother's Day 2012 gift ideas: No spa day for me, pleaseMother's Day 2012 gift ideas: Give me a fun day over a spa day, anytime.
