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38 min ago | Myrtle Beach Online

Researcher pushes broccoli in S.C.

Former President George H.W. Bush hated broccoli, but most Americans don't agree with him.

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Related Topix: Life, Vegetables, Agriculture, US News, United States Department of Agriculture

4 hrs ago | ClipSyndicate

Bottineau Winter Park Prepares for Winter

With one of the first snow-less Thanksgivings in recent memory behind us...many are looking toward December for the official start of winter...and perhaps the first major snow.

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Related Topix: Bottineau, ND, Weather, Cake, Baked Goods, Life, Dessert, Video

9 hrs ago | KKTX Corpus Christi

Presence of fat hurts weight loss

Increased body fat results in higher levels of inflammatory substances in the blood, which hinders the loss of weight, researchers in Spain said.

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Related Topix: Dieting, Life

13 hrs ago | FOX59.com WXIN-TV Indianapolis

With layoffs and wage cutbacks, more 1st time visitors at food banks across the country

Prentice Jones worked construction jobs around Chicago for most of his 60 years and is quick to boast of a foreman job he once held at a revamped city college and 23 years at a steel company.

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Related Topix: Chicago Metro, Potatoes, Life, Vegetables

17 hrs ago | EDGEchicago.com Food/Drink Feed

Which airline serves the healthiest food? DietDetective.com has the scoop

According to Airline Transportation Association, nearly 40 million passengers will be traveling this holiday season.

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Related Topix: Life, Nutrition

22 hrs ago | WFMJ-TV Youngstown

NY apple growers leaving more fruit on trees

New York's apple orchards are being carpeted with red as unpicked apples drop to the ground.

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Related Topix: Life, Fruits, Agriculture, Science

Thu Nov 26, 2009

KGW-TV Portland

'Ghost' traps, long lost, keep catching lobsters

Thousands, perhaps millions, of old wire lobster 'ghost traps' live beneath the cold ocean waters off the coast of Maine.

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Related Topix: Seafood, Life

WPXI

Four-Legged Bandit Swipes Turkey 1 hr ago

There's at least one Post Falls, Idaho, family who might have a difficult time celebrating Thanksgiving after a thief was spotted stealing someone's turkey early Thursday morning.

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Related Topix: Post Falls, ID, Thanksgiving, Life, Holidays, Potatoes, Vegetables

WTNH

Soldiers enjoy turkeys they raised

As daylight faded and the winter cold set in, soldiers huddled inside a crude wooden hut to tuck into Thanksgiving turkeys the unit itself had fattened and to give thanks for having survived a year of combat in Afghanistan.

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Related Topix: Life, Holidays, Thanksgiving, World News, Asia, Afghanistan, Baked Goods, Bread, Deltona, FL, Prison

WKYC-TV

Thanksgiving fare not that unhealthy

Except for the tendency to overeat, Thanksgiving dinner may not be as bad for people as they think.

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Related Topix: Life, Recipes, Potatoes, Vegetables

MSNBC

Day of the super-turkey could be nigh

Nov. 25: Joined by daughters Sasha and Malia, President Barack Obama granted an official pardon to the White House turkey Wednesday.

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Related Topix: Life, Turkey, Meat, Holidays, Thanksgiving, Agriculture, Science, Minnesota

Wed Nov 25, 2009

AZNightBuzz.com

Food Fight: What's the best seasonal treat?

Michael Wray, winner of Fox television's first season of "Hell's Kitchen," is teaching cooking classes over the next few weeks at Cochise College Center for Lifelong Learning.

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Related Topix: Life, Dining, Tucson, AZ, Tucson Metro

Thomasville Times Enterprise

Potatoes and politics

It's bound to happen at Thanksgiving tables across America: A progressive liberal Democrat discovers he's sitting next to a conservative Republican.

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Related Topix: Potatoes, Life, Vegetables, Opinion

WTOL-TV Toledo

Americans hitting the road, even for long distance trips

Some holiday travelers say the economy has improved between this Thanksgiving and last, but things are still tight.

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Related Topix: Life, Holidays, Thanksgiving, Dearborn Heights, MI, Potatoes, Vegetables

CapeCodOnline.com

For a speedy treat, try no-bake rum balls

If you can't stand waiting for cookies to bake and cool, speed up your sugar rush by sticking with no-bake cookies.

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Related Topix: Baked Goods, Life, Cookies, Dessert, Chocolate, Recipes

WZVN

Soggy season could crimp sweet potato supply

Savor that holiday sweet potato pie and those marshmallow yams while you can. Agricultural experts and industry officials expect enough sweet potatoes for Thanksgiving and Christmas, traditionally a high-demand period.

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Related Topix: Potatoes, Life, Vegetables, Agriculture, Science, Holidays, Thanksgiving, Mississippi State, MS

Providence Journal

Living for the leftovers

For some people, the whole point of Thanksgiving dinner is to have leftovers. These are the people who intentionally buy a monster-size bird, mash way too many potatoes and pop an extra pie in the oven.

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Related Topix: Life, Holidays, Thanksgiving, Potatoes, Vegetables, Turkey, Meat, Hyde Park, NY, Culinary Institute of America, Bar-B-Q

Tue Nov 24, 2009

KCBY-TV Coos Bay

4 NBC affiliates ban PETA's Thanksgiving Day ad

Four NBC affiliates broadcasting the Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade are banning a commercial promoting veganism sponsored by People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals.

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Related Topix: Life, Holidays, Activism, Thanksgiving, Vegan, Pop/Rock, The Animals, Raleigh Metro

Newsday.com

Festival of mass animal sacrifice begins in Nepal

Then it shifted to a nearby corral, where in the cold morning mist, scores of butchers wielding curved swords began slaughtering buffalo calves by hacking off their heads.

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Related Topix: India, World News, Life, Fruits

NY Daily News

No lunch for you! Italian official wants to ban lunch breaks

Food-loving Italy responded with indignation on Tuesday to a government official's comments that lunch breaks are bad for waistlines and the economy, and should be skipped.

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