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Thanksgiving News

News on Thanksgiving continually updated from thousands of sources around the net.

3 hrs ago | ClipSyndicate

Friday Fitness: Turkey Time

Get ready to beat the Thanksgiving bulge with a quick family oriented workout! Stacy Ryan from the Green Bay YMCA shows us how.

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Related Topix: Life, Holidays, Video, Health

7 hrs ago | Woodward News

Church plans free Thanksgiving meal

Waylon Appel is grateful -- grateful for things that have been given to him so that he in turn can give back to others.

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Related Topix: Life, Holidays, Potatoes, Food, Vegetables

11 hrs ago | Log Cabin Democrat

Thinking about Thanksgiving

Yesterday we had an employee potluck here at the Log Cabin, and it sort of got me in the holiday spirit.

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Related Topix: Life, Holidays

16 hrs ago | SanLuisObispo.com

Obama faces showdowns on health, Afghanistan, jobs

President Barack Obama will have scant time to rest up from his eight-day Asia trip.

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Related Topix: World News, Asia, Afghanistan, US Politics, US News, 2008 Presidential Election, Barack Obama, John Boehner, Republican, US House of Representatives, Life, Holidays

Thu Nov 19, 2009

WBT-AM Charlotte

US Panel sets fees for big firms, aims to slow Fed

Taking aim at Wall Street and the U.S. central bank, an important House committee voted Thursday to assess fees on large financial firms to pay for the failure of their peers and to require a sweeping congressional audit of the secretive Federal Reserve.

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Related Topix: US Politics, US News, 2008 Presidential Election, US House of Representatives, Barney Frank, Democrat, Life, Holidays, Melvin Watt, Luis Gutierrez

KTLA-TV Los Angeles

Advocates say economy has put strain on food banks, charities to keep up with demand

In this Nov. 11, 2009 file photo, volunteer Jonathan Robertson sends a couple of boxes of donated food flying as he tries to lift an over-loaded box into a huge bin at the Cherry Street Food Bank, run by Northwest Harvest, near downtown Seattle.

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Related Topix: Life, Charity , Holidays, US News, US Politics, Republican, US House of Representatives, Charles Boustany, John Lewis, Democrat

Abc13.com

TX gas prices down before Thanksgiving

Texas retail gasoline prices slipped 3 cents as travelers prepare for next week's Thanksgiving holiday.

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Related Topix: Life, Holidays, Texas

www.southcoasttoday.com | Dark_Island

Delicious wines to pair with turkey

Due to the cornucopia of dishes and competing flavors of the traditional Thanksgiving meal, there is no one wine that will be the perfect match with every dish.

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Related Topix: Wine, Drink, Life, Holidays, California

interiordec.about.com | Dark_Island

Only One Week Till Thanksgiving

Can you believe there's only one week 'til Thanksgiving? Hopefully you've got almost everything ready.

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Related Topix: Life, Holidays

KEZI-TV Eugene

AAA Projects Slight Increase in Thanksgiving Travel

AAA says that despite the poor economy, more people will be traveling for the Thanksgiving holiday this year, though some means of travel will be used less frequently.

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Related Topix: Life, Holidays

Wed Nov 18, 2009

The Reporter

Packing a meal

Theresa Hanners, executive director of The Caring Center in Lebanon, inspects a can of green beans donated Monday by the Lebanon Senior Center.

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Related Topix: Lebanon, IN, Life, Holidays

Food

Cornish hens substitute for turkey

Sometimes, Thanksgiving takes a different turn. Perhaps you need to cook for fewer guests, or you don't have enough refrigerator room for a giant bird.

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Related Topix: Life, Food, Turkey, Meat, Holidays, Recipes, Vegetables

DNJ.com

Want a moist, flavorful turkey?

To avoid any risk of Thanksgiving dinner not being indulgent enough, we created this over-the-top turkey and gravy affectionately dubbed 'bacon bird.' The goal was an easy way to infuse a turkey with deep flavor, while also keeping it moist, and create richly savory pan drippings for gravy.

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Related Topix: Turkey, Meat, Life, Food, Holidays

Fort Collins Coloradoan

Turkey TLC: Prepare a luxurious meal by giving your bird the spa treatment

Deep-frying. Wood-smoking. Sous vide. The mind-numbing number of suggestions for mining flavor from the typically unforgiving Thanksgiving bird have proliferated in recent years.

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Related Topix: Life, Food, Turkey, Meat, Holidays, Brooklyn, NY, New York, NY

Tue Nov 17, 2009

WHAS-TV Louisville

Study shows Thanksgiving dinner may cost you less this year

Cooking that big Thanksgiving dinner may not cost you as much as you might think.

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Related Topix: Life, Holidays

MSNBC

Congress salutes Byrd's service

Robert C. Byrd a ' then a U.S. representative a ' is shown in 1958. On Wednesday, he'll become the longest serving member of either house of Congress.

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Related Topix: US News, Life, Holidays, US Senate, Edward Kennedy, Democrat

KVVU-TV Henderson

Boyfriend Plans Thanksgiving With 'Friend'

Dear DoubleTake, I have been dating 52-year-old man for 3 months. We get along great.

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Related Topix: Life, Holidays, Kids, Family

www.herbcompanion.com | Dark_Island

An Herbal Thanksgiving Tale

Recipe for a Great Turkey:

• Roasting pan

• Stick of butter

• Can of cola

• 2 tablespoons hoisin sauce, or more if you like it sweeter

• Salt, pepper and garlic powder

• Turkey breast

• Small lemon

• Small onion

• Full hand of sage, thyme, chives, oregano and rosemary

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Related Topix: Life, Holidays, Dining, Food, Turkey, Meat, Recipes

www.herbcompanion.com | Dark_Island

Thanksgiving Day Recipes

This year, I plan to cook a traditional Thanksgiving feast for my family. But the menu will not include familiar favorites like mashed potatoes, ham, cranberry sauce and pumpkin pie. The ubiquitous Thanksgiving banquet has little in common with the original harvest feast that took place in the fall of 1621—including the date on which we celebrate.

Thanksgiving’s beginnings herald back to Plymouth, Massachusetts, when two groups gathered for a three-day harvest feast celebration that has since been referred to as “The First Thanksgiving.”

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Related Topix: Life, Holidays, Recipes, Dining, Potatoes, Food, Vegetables, Plymouth, MA

MSNBC

Expect to pay more to fly home for the holidays

A A The Big Apple Long referred to as the center of American business, New York is a melting pot of cultures and landscapes.

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Related Topix: Stamford Metro, Norwalk, CT, Life, Holidays

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