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Is the weather keeping you in tonight? Or is it too hard to find a babysitter tonight? If you are staying in, here are some suggestions for New Year’s Eve movies to watch.When Harry Met Sally: The quote from Harry when he catches up with Sally at the New Year’s Eve party is a classic. Watching their relationship grow over the years makes this a sweet and funny choice.Bridget Jones’s Diary: Get a good laugh out of Bridget’s New Year’s resolutions. You can see some of her funny quotes here.Sex and the City: The Movie: Watch the girls in their big screen debut. Love the touching scene where Carrie races through the city to be able to be there for Miranda when the ball drops.An Affair to Remember, Sleepless in Seattle, Someone Like You are all movies with New Year’s Eve scenes in them, too.



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Are banks open on new years eve, is a question on many peoples minds today. The answer is quite simply yes, they are. Today, the 31st of December is not a bank holiday, so the banks will be open as per normal. Well almost, because some banks do have a habit of closing a little earlier than normal on days such as this. So if you do have to make a trip to the bank, play it safe and visit early.It goes, without saying of course that you can expect banks to be closed tomorrow. While many banks have a habit of opening on Saturdays, it will not be the case for tomorrow the 1st of January. Many banks will also be taking the holiday on Monday as well, so do be prepared.While most banks these days do provide ATM facilities, it is not unusual for these machines to quickly run out of cash long before the banks open back up again.




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Happy New Year wishes everyone as we gear up for 2011 celebrities are preparing to party like rock stars. John Mellencamp divorced his wife Elaine Mellencamp just in time for New Years Eve. Bruno Mars will be performing tonight in Times Square as the ball drops.John Mellencamp and Elaine Mellencamp getting a divorce come as a shocker to most of us. The two have been happily married for 20 years and to be quite honest, it’s a strange way to bring in the New Year. Now we are left to wonder who John and Elaine will be spending their New Years Eve 2011 with. We wish the two the best of luck with their future success in 2011 and beyond.Bruno Mars has had a hell of a year and he will be celebrating 2011 in style. Bruno will be performing from inside the Renaissance Times Square while everyone else is outside in the freezing cold. Fans can enjoy the music of Bruno Mars and the fine dining that the event has to offer.





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It's a New Year's tradition in homes across the country and especially the South: If you want to have good luck in the coming year, eat some black-eyed peas on Jan. 1.And just to be clear, we're talking about actual black-eyed peas. We do not endorse the cooking and eating of Fergie, Will.I.Am and Co. In addition to supposedly bringing luck (legumes are representative of money, and the black-eyed pea tradition in this country dates to the Civil War), the following recipe sounds like a pretty nice hangover cure. It's got a little bit of spice, good amounts of starch and protein courtesy of the main ingredient and the best post-bender fix of all, bacon.






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The two have been dating for about a year. "Their schedules were difficult, but they made it all seem so easy being together," says a pal of the Los Angeles Dodgers outfielder.
"He loves her very much and I honestly believe she loves him a lot," says another source. "How this plays out no one, not even them know at this point."



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Reese Witherspoon and Jim Toth are ready to walk down the aisle together! The actress and the Hollywood super agent are engaged, PEOPLE Magazine confirms.Twirlit was among the entertainment sources who forecasted a Christmas engagement for these two – and as much as we love it when our predictions come true, we love Reese and Jim as a couple even more!In October, a source close Jim revealed, “Jim knows Reese is the one for him. It’s what he’s been waiting for. [Getting engaged] is a natural step for them.”Though the couple has only been dating for about a year, their relationship quickly became serious with a source close to the actress telling PEOPLE: “Reese quickly realized that Jim was someone that she felt safe with and could count on.”Just as important, Jim also bonded quickly with Reese’s two children, Ava and Deacon, from her marriage to Ryan Phillippe.Reese is said to be thrilled to be with someone “who’s more mature and in a place in his life where he’s ready to settle down,” the source continued. “I think for the first time in a very long time, she feels as if she’s with a grown-up.”

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Merle Haggard was one of five individuals honored at the Kennedy Center Honors in Washington D.C. on Dec. 10 (it aired on Dec. 28, on CBS), and he made sure to make the most of the night. Haggard was honored by his friends Willie Nelson and Kris Kristofferson at the event, where they decided to work together on a supertrio project for 2011.Haggard and Nelson were already plannning to collaborate on an album when they decided they also wanted Kristofferson to be a part of it. The trio will hit the studio soon to begin working on the album. Haggard tells Rolling Stone, "We talked about the three of us doing it. I'm sure if we're healthy and live to do it, we'll do it."Have the three country music icons decided on a title yet? "We thought about the title: the Musketeers... because there's the three of us," he says. "We'll come up with some little way of describing ourselves, I guess, and put it together into a show."So did the three also have a good time at the Kennedy Center Honors, besides planning a supertrio? "We got to eat a little something together. We didn't know what the hell this food was, but we thought it was funny."



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Gwen Stefani and No Doubt performed a medley of "Hello Goodbye" and "Penny Lane," while Steven Tyler performed a medley of the final four songs from "Abbey Road," the group's last studio album: "She Came in Though the Bathroom Window," "Golden Slumbers," "Carry That Weight" and "The End." Tyler came back on for the finale performance of "Hey Jude" along with Mavis Staples and James Taylor, who also performed a duet of "Let It Be." Norah Jones and Dave Grohl performed a beautiful duet of "Maybe I'm Amazed."









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Don’t piss off Kelly Osbourne, because she will slam you on Twitter! OK! Magazine reports that the 26 year-old Fashion Police host went on a Twitter rant about her ex-fiance, model Luke Worrall, whom she claims cheated on her with both women and men.

Kelly spent the holidays in London with her mom, dad and siblings. On Monday Kelly started with some sad, vague holiday Tweets…and by Tuesday she was explicitly attacking Luke. Here’s what she wrote:

“Just found something out that has hurt my feelings so bad and christmas was going so well…What do you do when someone lies in the darkest way and you try to tell the person that was lied 2 but they don’t believe you?”

“I think the best part of this situation is that I have been painted out 2 be the crazy 1 when all I did was tell the honest to gods truth”

“@Luke_worrall is the biggest piece of shit he has been trying to get back w/ me I only came home for Xmas to see him mean while he has been”

“Fucking 100’s of girls as we as men behind my back all he did was use me all girls beware of @Luke_worral he is a using Cunt!”


“He used me for my money and a free ride he is lucky I am not spilling the hole truth about what he did!”

“He is the worst thing that ever happened to me I don’t give a fuck what happens to him anymore

“Iam and always will be 2 good 4 @luke_worrall darling ur pretty face will only get you so far because u don’t have the brains to back it up”

She finally finished: “Dont think I have ever been so stupid he made a fool of me going to be off Twitter for a while never felt my heart brake like this in my life”

Luke’s only response: “no because im not going to spill personal business over twitter im not that low!”

I actually agree with Luke on that one, but if he did what Kelly said he did, he’s already pretty low!!

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In just four short days we’ll be ushering in 2011, and the holiday festivities will be over. Why not transition in style with some New Year’s Eve fun? We’ve got the New Year’s Eve ideas just for you!

Whether you’re hosting a party, joining someone else’s or having a quiet night at home with the family, these New Year’s Eve ideas for fun party food are a great way to celebrate

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Cartoon pictures for Facebook profile pictures have become all the rage on Facebook! From Strawberry Shortcake, to Judy Jetson, to Smurfette, people are choosing various cartoon pictures for their Facebook profile pictures in an effort to speak out against child violence. And in particular, cartoons from the 70’s, 80’s , and 90’s are a huge hit!


Some of the most popular cartoon pictures for Facebrook profile pics have been the Looney Tunes cartoon characters, The Snorks, Fraggle Rock, Strawberry Shortcake, and Smurfette.

Out of all the cartoons from the 70’s. 80’s and 90’s, who is your favorite out of the cartoon pictures for Facebook profile pictures? My favorite cartoon picture for my Facebook profile would either be Judy Jetson or Strawberry Shortcake!

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Today: Get a Christmas tree that's already decorated. The 24th Annual Lawrence Festival of Trees kicks off at Liberty Hall. The show and auction includes trees and wreaths that have already been gussied up.

Tuesday: Discuss elements of style with local clothes whores during the Fashion Group International Trend Event, a networking event for fashionistas and a general de-briefing on what was hot in 2010.

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He told a newspaper: "Obviously I have a duty as a minister to vote for my own policy - and that is what will happen."

Mr Cable has previously said all Lib Dem MPs would act collectively to abstain in the vote.

The Lib Dems told the BBC they are not disputing the quotes in the Richmond and Twickenham Times.

A source stressed the party's MPs were still discussing their position - but the BBC understands the idea of a mass abstention by Lib Dems on tuition fees is growing less likely.
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Liberal Democrats have faced angry protests from students, with the party's London MPs forced to cancel a planned conference on Saturday after fears it would be disrupted.
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Mr Cable told the newspaper he had reconsidered his decision and had "no doubt" he should support the controversial policy that will allow some universities to charge up to £9,000 in fees.

He said he had been considering abstaining to offer an "olive branch" to Lib Dem colleagues who were "finding this difficult".

He added that he felt sad when he saw students taking to the streets, saying: "Whenever I get the chance to discuss the situation with them face-to-face and I am able to explain it I think there is more understanding of the problem - that we had to take very substantial cuts in my department."

He added: "What we are doing is giving universities the opportunity to maintain high standards by charging better-off graduates later in life more than they are at the moment.

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What’s not to like about a programme that combines nosing about in people’s homes with costume drama? At Home with the Georgians (BBC Two) was as British as you could get, combining two national fixations in one package. With pretty actresses in bosomy dresses talking about things like stone-coloured paint, it was the apotheosis of property porn. Sadly, though, the answer to the original question is: quite a lot. This programme – the first in a series exploring how our attitudes towards our homes were shaped in the 18th century – was at times as annoying as banging your head repeatedly against a sash window.

To start with, I’m not sure I bought the programme's premise, which is that the Georgian era was somehow particularly significant or revelatory in terms of the relationship between man, woman and hearth. I’m sure that how Georgians felt about their homes tells us a lot about them, and us; but then you could probably learn just as much from a prehistoric cave or a Victorian parlour.

What’s more, the first episode – subtitled A Man’s Place – set out to prove that men were more into “fussing over interior decoration” in the Georgian era than they are now. As evidence, we were presented with a letter from a man to his fiancée in which he mentioned visiting a house that had one room “done up with paper”. If he’d said the paper was light emerald with a fern motif, I may have been convinced.

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Meanwhile new diplomatic cables continued to trickle out, including one saying Iran’s supreme leader has cancer and will be dead “within months” and another saying that China would eventually accept a reunited Korea.

In a lengthy statement, the secretary of state had attempted to limit the damage as she told reporters the United States “deeply regrets” the release of the 250,000 diplomatic cables, all apparently from the State Department.

“This disclosure is not just an attack on America’s foreign policy interests. It is an attack on the international community,” Clinton said, following talks in Washington with Turkey’s foreign minister.

“We are taking aggressive steps to hold responsible those who stole this information” and to prevent future disclosures, she added.

The flood of leaked US diplomatic cables – most of which date from between 2007 and February 2010 – has revealed secret details and indiscreet asides on some of the world’s most tense international issues.

WikiLeaks gave the cables to journalists from five Western publications several weeks ago, and they are being released on the Internet in stages.

On Monday the British Telegraph newspaper published an August 2009 cable quoting a businessman with close ties to Iranian elites as saying that Ayatollah Ali Khamenei has a rare form of leukemia and would soon be dead.

Another cable from last year said China, long North Korea’s protector, found Pyongyang’s nuclear weapons “very troublesome” and would accept reunification after the eventual collapse of Kim Jong-Il’s regime.

Earlier highlights included a call by Saudi King Abdullah for the United States to “cut off the head” of the Iranian snake over its nuclear program and leaked memos about a Chinese government bid to hack into Google.

WikiLeaks creator Julian Assange described the mass of documentation as a “diplomatic history of the United States” covering “every major issue.”

Meanwhile, in an interview with Forbes magazine, Assange said WikiLeaks next big document dump will target “a big US bank” early next year.

White House spokesman Robert Gibbs fired back on Monday, calling WikiLeaks and others who leak documents “criminals, first and foremost.”

He added, however, that he did not believe the release “impacts our ability to conduct a foreign policy that moves our interests forward.”

But former US president George W. Bush said the leaks sabotage trust between national leaders.

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Thomas Hess, a Las Vegas physician, has pleaded guilty to misdemeanor obstruction in the suicide of Erica Blasberg.

According to reports, Hess admitted to removing a suicide note and prescription medications from Blasberg's home before police showed up to investigate, wanting to spare her family the supposed embarrassment of a suicide.

Hess was sentenced to one year probation and 40 hours of community service.

Blasberg, the 25-year-old who joined the LPGA Tour in 2005, was found in May with a plastic bag over her head. Her parents initially expressed skepticism that the cause of death was suicide, but in August police confirmed that it was.

Shortly after Blasberg's death, police raided the office and home of Hess in search of "small blue oval pills in a 30 package blister pack," as well as a specific type of trash bag. The same type of pill package and trash bag were found in Blasberg's residence. Blasberg's parents said she had been taking Xanax for anxiety.

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A four-page draft memo circulated by the White House says President Barack Obama’s national security staff has created an “Interagency Policy Committee for WikiLeaks.”

The panel is charged with assessing the damage caused by the WikiLeaks dump of State Department cables, coordinating various agencies’ response to the leaks, and coming up with measures to improve security for classified documents.

The State Department cables, which follow similar document leaks by WikiLeaks on the Iraq and Afghan wars and have been published since Sunday, have cast a candid and sometimes embarrassing eye on the inner workings of US diplomacy.

The memo, obtained by Reuters, says the National Counterintelligence Executive, which is part of the Office of Director of National Intelligence, will take a lead role in coming up with measures to prevent future WikiLeaks-scale leaking of government secrets.

The short-term measures the intelligence community will take include creating special inspection teams, led by officials from the counterintelligence executive’s office, to look for technical flaws in systems that could make it easier for insiders to steal classified information.

Bradley Manning, an Army private who worked as an intelligence analyst in Iraq, has been charged by militaryauthorities with unauthorized downloading of more than 150,000 State Department cables, though US officials have declined to say whether those cables are the same ones now being released by WikiLeaks. – Reuters

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No, still no word on the status of Howard Stern’s contract with Sirius XM Satellite radio. Howard did, however, have stand-up comedian Whitney Cummings in the studio this morning. Cummings has been a frequent guest since she was a runner-up in Howard Stern’s Funniest, Hottest Chick Contest back in 2008.

Whitney was in to promote an upcoming pilot, her recent killing on the Friars Club Roast of Quentin Tarantino and some upcoming stand-up gigs. We learned that Whitney is very nice and apologizes ahead of time to her “targets” at roasts before she goes on. Robin Quivers confirmed this and said she did pre-apologize to her at the Comedy Central Roast of Joan Rivers.

If you’ve arrived at this page, you are most likely listening to the rebroadcast of Whitney’s segment on Sirius, and you want to know what she looks like… especially since she has such a hot voice. Below are two clips and a few images we’ve found around the internet:

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Staff Sergeant Robert Stevens, 25, also was demoted to the rank of private but was spared discharge from the military under the sentence handed down in the first court martial linked to a rogue army unit alleged to have killed Afghans for sport.

Stevens pleaded guilty to four of the five charges against him, including shooting “in the direction of” men he knew to be civilians rather than enemy fighters.

He also admitted to wrongly having a grenade that he claims Staff Sergeant Calvin Gibbs, the alleged ringleader of the rogue soldiers, gave him near the end of last year.

As part of the plea agreement, Stevens will also now testify against other soldiers accused of more grisly crimes in Afghanistan.

A dozen soldiers face charges related to attacks on Afghan civilians earlier this year, including three murders, in which victims’ bodies were alleged to have been mutilated.

All belong to the Bravo Company, 2nd Battalion, 1st Division’s Stryker brigade at Forward Operating Base Ramrod.

Stevens, who is not accused of murder, described the March shooting under questioning by the judge, Lieutenant Colonel Kwasi Hawks.

Stevens said that, while on patrol, the soldiers saw Afghan men in a field.

“I knew they weren’t a threat,” he said, adding that the men were walking around in the open, not hiding from the soldiers.

But then Gibbs told Stevens and the other soldiers to prepare to fire, saying one of the men had a rocket-propelled grenade, he said. Stevens fired, but says he intentionally missed by a wide margin.

“Sergeant Gibbs then mentioned that we needed to work on our accuracy,” Stevens testified. He said he later lied to army investigators about the incident, claiming that one of the Afghans had a rocket-propelled grenade, as stated by Gibbs.

“It sounds like you made a real effort to not hit them,” Hawks said.

The outcome of Stevens’ court martial could have a significant impact on the cases of the other accused soldiers, said Lieutenant Colonel David Frakt, a former military prosecutor.

“If the person is convicted and hammered, that would certainly incentivize the other accused to potentially try to work out a plea bargain,” said Frakt, who serves in the Air Force reserves.

But Frakt noted that it is also an advantage to other defendants that Stevens’ trial is happening first. “It gives them a good preview of the government’s case against them.” — AFP

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December 2 is the first day of Hanukkah 2010, and one of our favorite comedians/actors recorded a hilarious song for the holiday which has now become a classic Hanukkah song. You can watch Adam Sandler perform his Hanukkah (Chanukah) Song below and sing along (we put the lyrics below). Happy Hunukkah Everyone!

If you’re not familiar with the holiday, it is also known as the Festival of Lights, is commemorates the rededication of the Holy Temple in Jerusalem after the Jewish people defeated the King of Syria in the second century. At that time, the people want to purify their holy temple by burning a sacred oil for eight days. Unfortunately, there was only enough oil for one day. They lit it anyway in the temple’s menorah, and it burned for the full eight-day ritual anyway! To celebrate this miracle, Jewish people light an 8-candle menorah called the hanukkiyah for eight days, lighting one candle each day until they are all lit.

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While news organizations like Democracy Now! and Antiwar.com provide excellent daily coverage of the wars in Afghanistan and Iraq, and deserve credit for enlightening their audience about critical issues, they are strangely failing them by not informing them of the scientific discovery of nano-thermite in samples of the World Trade Center dust by a team of scientists, physicists, and chemists. This incredible piece of information completely rules out the official version of the events of September 11 because only advanced military establishments are in the possession of nano-thermite, which is a high-grade explosive.

To publicize the explosive discovery, Steven Jones, Niels Harrit, Jeffrey Farrer, Kevin R. Ryan, Frank M. Legge, Daniel Farnsworth, Gregg Roberts, James R. Gourley, and Bradley R. Larsen wrote an article together called “Active Thermitic Material Discovered in Dust from the 9/11 World Trade Center Catastrophe” that was published in 2009 in the peer-reviewed Open Chemical Physics Journal. If you want to read a summary of their findings, check out Jim Hoffman’s article “Explosives Found in World Trade Center Dust.” Physics teacher David Chandler has also done outstanding work, particularly in this five minute video clip, in which he presents clear analysis of the North Tower exploding into dust.

This information can change the world the moment it is presented to the public with a clear and historical perspective. If Rolling Stone magazine or any magazine did a story about the big 9/11 lie and put leading figures of the 9/11 truth movement like Richard Gage, Steven Jones, Niels Harrit, David Ray Griffin, Alex Jones, and Jesse Ventura on its cover then it could help bring down the entire state terrorist regime in Washington.

Recently, an influential Australian union leader Kevin Bracken went onto a mainline morning talk show and questioned the orthodox version of 9/11, prompting a harsh and craven response by Australia’s Prime Minister Julia Gillard, who called Bracken’s fact-based comments “stupid” but failed to contest them in any meaningful way.

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Don't be evil, indeed: Google wants business owners to know that it won’t reward bad behavior.

The company fixed a glitch in its search engine that made websites with complaints and negative reviews even more visible to searchers.

The new “algorithmic solution” has already discovered hundreds of merchants with abysmal ratings from users and will work to keep those sites from being ranked highly in search results.

The impetus was a story in the New York Times last week, detailing a tale of consumer horror in which a Brooklyn eyewear merchant bullied and tormented customers into leaving furious tirades about the company on a slew of review websites.

The more angry comments, the higher the company’s site seemed to climb in the Google rankings, boosting its prominence and its sales, according to the owner.

Hearing about the case left Google “horrified,” wrote Google Fellow Amit Singhal in a post on the company blog.

"Being bad is, and hopefully will always be, bad for business in Google's search results," he wrote.

Google decided against blocking certain offenders; it would be too narrow a solution. The company also realized that using sentiment analysis to identify negative comments wouldn’t work -- the sources of some of the most reputable links to the bad retail apples are stories from news organizations.

Details on the final algorithmic fix were left purposefully sparse out of the concern that releasing the underlying signals, data sources and combinations of the two would provoke more abuses of the system.

“We can’t say for sure that no one will ever find a loophole in our ranking algorithms in the future,” Singhal wrote. “We know that people will keep trying: attempts to game Google’s ranking … go on 24 hours a day, every single day.”

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A personal and family protection site is now making it even easier to be alerted to the presence of sex


offenders who may be living in your area. Family Watchdog is a free service provided by

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Even more amazing, and somewhat alarming for privacy rights advocates, you can enter a sex offender's full or even just his or her last name, and you can select the sexual predator from the list of nationwide offenders that is returned to see details, any aliases, convictions, a physical description, photos, and a map of the sex offender's currently registered address.

As a parent of two children, I am concerned about sexual predators living near my home or where my children go to school. While none live in my immediate vicinity, a quick check of the neighborhood where my children's grandmother lives yielded one home address of a sex offender guilty of child molestation, one home of a convicted rapist, and one home of some person convicted of an "other offense." The person convicted of child molestation is disconcerting because he lives three blocks from an elementary school. This information may be useful in determining which areas to avoid during trick-or-treating, school fundraising sales, or the walk to and from school. If a sexual predator, particularly one with a history of acts with minors, lives very close by, it may help parents better define areas that their children may play. So, it might be a tool I check from time to time.

Family Watchdog is a great information service which consolidates information that is readily available from most local law enforcement sites, but it also raises significant privacy concerns. I am an ardent defender of the constitutionally implied "right" to privacy. What someone does in his or her bedroom, provided it is consensual, is one's own business. The key word is consent.

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Tis the season for a comeback.

At least, that seems to be the mentality behind Freddie Jackson’s new album. After a seven year absence from the recording scene, the musical legend released “For You” just in time for the holiday shopping rush.

The album was helmed by well-known producer Barry Eastmond, who helped facilitate Jackson’s comeback effort. Consequently, Jackson focused his efforts on challenging himself creatively, and the new album already boasts the single “I Don’t Wanna Go.” The majority of the tracks are powerful ballads, designed to feature Jackson’s distinctive voice.

At age 53, Jackson has already had a storied career with hits such as “Rock Me Tonight (For Old Times Sake)” and “You Are My Lady.” His prolific career has spawned chart topping hits in the 80s and 90s, proving that this crooner has come a long way since his humble start singing backup in a Harlem nightclub.

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Ronald Isley honored at Soul Train Awards: The Isley Brothers great was released from a jail stint over tax evasion earlier this year. Don't call it a comeback! [MTV]

Speaking of comebacks: Nearly forgotten soul singer Freddie Jackson, who has 10 No. 1 hits but none we can remember, has released a new album, "For You," just in time for the holidays. [Amazon]

Comcast taking aim at Netflix? The cable provider is reportedly charging extra fees to a Netflix intermediary over the service's bandwith consumption, drawing the ire of Net Neutrality supporters (not to mention Netflix supporters). [Bloomberg]

Mandy Moore, burger eater: The "Tangled" star says if she wants a burger and fries, "I'm going to do that." (So are we. With a beer flight.) Note to People magazine: Stop asking adorable, interesting actresses what they had for dinner, please. [People]

NASA announcement coming: Did they discover life on one of the moons of Saturn? Stay tuned for an "astrobiology" press conference on Thursday. Fingers crossed it's the aliens from "Alien!" [Gawker]

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Last night's show took viewers on a detailed operation to catch bear poachers. Bears have become a valuable commodity. Some people will pay thousands of dollars for a dead bear. This is due to a popular belief that bear gall bladders can cure everything from fevers to liver disease. Unfortunately, this isn't the first time an animal has been exploited in the name of traditional Chinese medicine (TCM).

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Actor Leslie Nielsen, who passed away this week at the age of 84, was perhaps best known for his humorous roles in “Airplane!” and the “Naked Gun” franchise. But the Canadian-born actor was more than a comedian, appearing in dramas, sci-fi films and romantic comedies during his long career on the big and small screens.

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Since we posted the Soul Train Awards 2010 winners list (check it out right here), we’ve been getting a lot of questions about Ronald Isley and Anita Baker, who won the “legend” awards at the show. Specifically, readers have e-mailed us about how they can see Ronald Isley and Anita Baker live in concert. Although Ron Isley and Anita Baker have spent a long time in the business, the two aren’t finished making apperances – you can check out Ron Isley and Anita Baker tour dates below; tickets for Ron Isley are here, and Anita Baker tickets are here.

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BrandsMart USA (www.BrandsMartUSA.com), one of the largest per-store-volume retailers in the United States, is now expanding its cross-border online shopping capability to customers in Latin America and the Caribbean. The service is made possible through a strategic partnership with PuntoMio (www.PuntoMio.com), the international shopping facilitator that gives non-U.S. residents a U.S. address which they can use to place online orders from U.S. retailers.

With this new service, consumers accessing www.BrandsMartUSA.com from Brazil, Argentina, Mexico, Peru, Bahamas, Puerto Rico, and other countries are directed to the BrandsMart USA international website, through integration with PuntoMio. Customers will see products displayed in local currency and the purchase price will include transportation to their country, duties, taxes, and delivery within 5 to 8 days of purchase.

"We observe a large amount of Latin American and Caribbean shoppers in our stores every day. Relying on PuntoMio's expertise to reach out to those customers in their own country is a valuable advantage that we believe will translate into a significant increase in online sales for us," stated Bobby Johnson, Executive Vice-President of BrandsMart USA.

E-commerce in LATAM experienced a nearly 40% growth last year, and is expected to increase another 27% in 2010, according to AmericaEconomia Intelligence. "With this partnership we reach out to a growing market and further extend PuntoMio's visibility among potential customers throughout Latin America and the Caribbean," said Patricia Voigt, General Manager of PuntoMio. "We offered BrandsMart USA a truly integrated and easy to implement platform that eliminated their challenges with international e-Commerce. With our private delivery network we were able to offer them much lower and more accurate costs compared to other international checkout solutions that depend on the major express carriers."

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Black Friday Online Deals 2010 are not all about Target, Walmart and Best Buy, Toys, and Clothes. There are also plenty of retailers offering Black Friday Online Sales on Food.

From Harry & David to Macy’s you can find some great Black Friday Online Shopping deals on food……

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Black Friday is here and store hours vary but we have a complete list of Black Friday Store hours Below. Many retailers will be offering special online deals all day Friday. Laptops are popular for online purchases and you can get the black Friday price online at Sam’s Club, Best Buy, and OfficeMax. Sam’s Club has a 17.3 inch screen HP notebook with Blue Ray player for $499.00 online. OfficeMax has lots of notebooks on sale by Acer. They have an Acer Notebook, with 15.6 inch screen, Intel core i5- 460 processor, 4 gigs of ram, 500 gig hard drive, and DVD burner for just $499.00. Wal Mart is offering a Netbook bundle online for $248.00. Best Buy has $150.00 off all Samsung notebooks online. HP is being quiet right now about their Black Friday sales but be sure to check out the HP web site as throughout Black Friday there will be super savings on specially built notebooks. We think they will repeat what they did last year with the 17″ core i7 quad core notebook for around $800.00. No word officially yet on this but I have a good source at Hp that says it will happen sometime today.

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"AEO customers are essentially fused to their mobile phones," said Gabriella Dera, vice president of customer relationship marketing for American Eagle Outfitters, Inc. "Mobile gift cards offer the ultimate convenience, as well as instant gratification for gift giving this holiday."

Gift card senders choose from four holiday designs within each AEO brand--American Eagle Outfitters, aerie and 77kids. They can also add a personal message of up to 100 characters. The mobile gift card is texted to the recipient's mobile phone, and can be used to shop online or in any of the 1,000+ AEO stores worldwide. An e-mail message will also be sent to the recipient in case the text message is missed.

When purchased through AEO brand Facebook Pages, mobile gift card buyers can choose to post a message on their wall, letting friends know that they sent out an AE, aerie or 77kids gift card. Building in this social element adds a new level of fun, excitement and sharing to gift giving.

Mobile gift cards are part of the American Eagle Outfitters comprehensive mobile commerce strategy. As a portfolio of lifestyle brands, the company strives to engage customers where they are--at home, work, school, or at the mall. AEO gift cards never expire, and do not include fees of any kind.

The company has partnered with Transaction Wireless(TM) (TW), a leading provider of virtual and mobile gift cards, to power its mobile gift card offerings. TW's patented wGift technology platform enables the easy, safe purchase of virtual gift cards directly from any digital device, including any internet-enabled cell phone. The company's wSocial platform enables social gifting. TW's platform is turnkey and completely scalable to help companies and brands quickly and easily keep up with the ever-changing mobile and social media landscape. The cards are stored safely, which helps to ensure the gifts will be used rather than lost or forgotten.

About American Eagle Outfitters, Inc.

American Eagle Outfitters, Inc., through its subsidiaries, ("AEO, Inc.") offers high-quality, on-trend clothing, accessories and personal care products at affordable prices. The American Eagle Outfitters(R) brand targets 15 to 25 year old girls and guys, with 935 stores in the U.S. and Canada and online at www.ae.com. aerie(R) by american eagle offers apparel and intimates collections for the AE(R) girl, with 147 standalone stores in the U.S. and Canada and online at www.aerie.com. The latest brand, 77kids(R) by american eagle(R), is available online at www.77kids.com, as well as at seven stores across the nation. The 77kids brand offers small sizes and great big style for kids 0-14. AE.COM(R), the online home of the brands of AEO, Inc. ships to 76 countries worldwide.

About Transaction Wireless

Transaction Wireless (TW) enables retailers and brands to connect and engage with their consumers through the power and reach of virtual, mobile and social gifting, and to become part of their evolving digital world, through any PC or mobile device. Transaction Wireless' technology platform supports a customizable, scalable suite of patented digital gifting and marketing solutions for today's online, social and mobile mediums. The Company is headquartered in San Diego, California and counts AMC Entertainment, American Eagle Outfitters, Applebee's, SpaFinder, Bass Pro Shops and Hallmark Business Connections, as some of its current clients.

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Punkin Chunkin is back with the 25th Annual Championships broadcast on the Discovery and Science networks tonight.

Mythbusters’ Adam Savage and Jamie Hyneman hosted the pumpkin-tossing event this year as part of an 11 hour Mythbusters marathon to celebrate Thanksgiving on television today.

“The team that launches an eight to ten pound pumpkin the farthest wins the championship,” Savage announced on a sneak peek of the much-anticipated broadcast of the event, which took place from Nov. 6 to 8 in Bridgeville, Delaware.

The 110 teams registered this year could only secure a valid toss, providing the pumpkin bomb was not destroyed prior to the smash landing!

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Only the most dedicated of shoppers can find it in them to shake off the tryptophan, crawl out of bed before dawn and battle long lines for big Black Friday bargains. But America is nothing if not a country of consumers. This year, the National Retail Federation predicts 134 million shoppers will show up to swipe their credit cards.

Wonder where you can find Black Friday discounts on the Peninsula? Or maybe you've already made your list and checked it twice, but don't know what time you need to be at Best Buy to score that flat-screen TV you've been eyeing? Patch has you covered with a list of local store hours to map out your Black Friday shopping.

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Online shoppers in Latin America and the Caribbean enjoy easy, fast, cost-effective delivery from U.S. retailers

MIAMI, Nov. 17, 2010 /PRNewswire/ -- BrandsMart USA (www.BrandsMartUSA.com), one of the largest per-store-volume retailers in the United States, is now expanding its cross-border online shopping capability to customers in Latin America and the Caribbean. The service is made possible through a strategic partnership with PuntoMio (www.PuntoMio.com), the international shopping facilitator that gives non-U.S. residents a U.S. address which they can use to place online orders from U.S. retailers.

With this new service, consumers accessing www.BrandsMartUSA.com from Brazil, Argentina, Mexico, Peru, Bahamas, Puerto Rico, and other countries are directed to the BrandsMart USA international website, through integration with PuntoMio. Customers will see products displayed in local currency and the purchase price will include transportation to their country, duties, taxes, and delivery within 5 to 8 days of purchase.

"We observe a large amount of Latin American and Caribbean shoppers in our stores every day. Relying on PuntoMio's expertise to reach out to those customers in their own country is a valuable advantage that we believe will translate into a significant increase in online sales for us," stated Bobby Johnson, Executive Vice-President of BrandsMart USA.

E-commerce in LATAM experienced a nearly 40% growth last year, and is expected to increase another 27% in 2010, according to AmericaEconomia Intelligence. "With this partnership we reach out to a growing market and further extend PuntoMio's visibility among potential customers throughout Latin America and the Caribbean," said Patricia Voigt, General Manager of PuntoMio. "We offered BrandsMart USA a truly integrated and easy to implement platform that eliminated their challenges with international e-Commerce. With our private delivery network we were able to offer them much lower and more accurate costs compared to other international checkout solutions that depend on the major express carriers."

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(Media-Newswire.com) - The quest is on for many with the eMachines 15.6 laptop featured in the Walmart Black Friday 2010 ads flyer at an amazing price of just $198. The sale starts at 5 AM with door buster deals available and many will be vying for the eMachines 15.6 laptop as a gift or for their own use.

The Walmart Black Friday 2010 sales ads show the first event to start at 12:01 AM just after Thanksgiving ends with several pages of deals in their flyer. A second round of door buster deals starts at 5 AM featuring computers, Blu-Ray players, television and music players.

The first part of the sale starts at 12:01 with many video games available for sale at huge discounts. One group has been set at just $29 including Transformers, Baseball 2K10, Madden 11, NBA2K11 and Medal of Honor. Other games are priced at just $10 and even go down to $7 for selected classics.

At 5 AM, the rest of the big deals in the Walmart Black Friday 2010 ads go on sale with huge savings on televisions and video game system bundles. The Nintendo DS lite unit can be bought for just $89 from 5-11 AM. The PS3 160 GB bundle featuring the system, and Dual Shock 3 controller is on sale for just $299 with special bonus games of Uncharted 2 and Medal of Honor. XBOX 360 gamers can pick up the 4GB system bundle with the console, wireless controller, headset, a/v cable and two bonus games: Call of Duty: Modern Warfare and Mass Effect 2.

Walmart has also announced a special price matching policy which will be honored for all competitors. The store announced prices for other door buster deals will be matched at the register for the same item at Walmart.

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Ohio-based teen rock band, New Hollow, performed National Anthem at the Dallas Cowboys nationally televised Thanksgiving Day game on November 25, 2010 and at the same time they kicked off The Salvation Army’s National Red Kettle fundraising campaign.


New Hollow, an unsigned group, recently made Billboard history by topping the Billboard Physical CD Singles Sales Charts at #1 for three consecutive weeks with their single “SiCK.”

“We are very excited to have this opportunity to bring our music to Cowboys Stadium and Cowboys fans around the country,” said the boys of New Hollow. “Being able to honor America by singing the National Anthem on Thanksgiving Day is great. This game is a holiday tradition, so to be part of a day that includes an exciting football game, a partnership with The Salvation Army and a great artist like Keith Urban is really a dream for us.”

The Salvation Army, an evangelical part of the universal Christian church established in London in 1865, has been supporting those in need in His name without discrimination for 130 years in the United States. Nearly 30 million Americans receive assistance from The Salvation Army each year through the broadest array of social services that range from providing food for the hungry, relief for disaster victims, assistance for the disabled, outreach to the elderly and ill, clothing and shelter to the homeless and opportunities for underprivileged children. 82 cents of every dollar The Salvation Army spends is used to support those services in 5,000 communities nationwide.

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NUKU'ALOFA, Tonga — Residents of the tiny Pacific island of Tonga voted Thursday for their first popularly-elected parliament, with King George Tupou V hailing the moment as "the greatest" day in its history.

Tonga's 42,000 voters will elect 17 of the 26 members of parliament, with the remaining nine reserved for the kingdom's nobility.

Electoral officials said voting was "steady" and provisional results were expected late Thursday.

Previously the parliament was dominated by politicians selected by the monarch, who also picked the prime minister and cabinet.

The swing towards democracy follows riots in the capital Nuku'alofa four years ago, which claimed eight lives and destroyed much of the business centre as people protested against the slow pace of political reform.

In an address to the nation ahead of polling, the king said the election was "the greatest and most historic day for our kingdom.

"You will choose your representative to the parliament and thus the first elected government in our country's long history," he said.

After the election the newly elected representatives will select a prime minister, a process that

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We’ve covered turkey recipes including roasting a turkey, how long to cook a turkey, turkey cooking times per pound, turkey gravy…you’d think we’d be turkeyed out by now. But no. Thanksgiving recipes are what we live for at Family Kitchen! Whether you cook a Butterball turkey or a tofu turkey, we’ve got recipes to make your Thanksgiving feast delicious. And no matter your skill level in the kitchen, you could always use a helping hand, right? As Julie wrote in her post “How to Cook a Turkey“: “Even the best cooks need a little reminder when it comes time to roast a turkey. Whether you’ve done it before or it’s your first time, here’s a quick run-down on the basics, and some links to great tutorials if you need extra help.”

Here, we’ve rounded up some of our best turkey recipes, turkey tips and side dishes including stuffing and appetizers such as deviled eggs…