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57 min ago | Mashable

The 17 Stages of a Food Coma

Think back to last Thanksgiving. Your meal probably started out normally enough - a few slices of turkey here, a few dozen spoonfuls of mashed potatoes there - and ended with you clutching your food baby while passed out on the couch at 6 p.m. in front of the football game.

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Related Topix: Life, Holidays, Potatoes, Vegetables

5 hrs ago | Sacramento Bee Newspaper

Find recipe inspiration for your Thanksgiving menu

Thanks to the sponsorship of Avocados from Mexico, these Chocolate Gooey Cake Bars have a healthy secret - NO butter! Remember when Food Network got really big? I remember watching Emeril and Bobby Flay back in 2000.

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Related Topix: Life, Holidays, Food, Recipes, Avocado, Baked Goods, Bread, Christmas

9 hrs ago | Ann Arbor.com

Purple Rose tweaks romantic comedy with Don Zolidis' world premiere 'Miles and Ellie'

Don Zolidis ' "Miles and Ellie," now having its world premiere at the Purple Rose Theatre , tells the story of two teenagers who fall in love, break up, and see each other again 20 years later.

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Related Topix: Family, Teenagers, Theater, Arts, Michigan, Life, Holidays, Entertainment

13 hrs ago | BroadwayWorld.com

SNOOPY to Return to Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade This November

The beagle's clinched the title, no question about it, as Snoopy, the world's most famous companion with a wildly imaginative, supremely confident, canine master of disguise personality, prepares for his return to the 87th Annual Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade.

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17 hrs ago | The Journal Newspaper Online

Northumberland School's joy as memorial is discovered

A NORTHUMBERLAND school has been able to personally thank a Dutch family which has returned its lost war memorial after almost half a century.

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Related Topix: World News, United Kingdom, Northumberland County, England, Life, Holidays, Fire

Mon Jun 17, 2013

Patch.com

Mawbey Street School #1 Celebrates 50 Years

Mawbey Street School lives up to its name as number one, Fifth grade essay winner Sana Qureshi expressed on Monday afternoon at the school's 50th anniversary celebration.

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The Telegraph

'Refugees' feted to tune of Tagore

As chairman of the India Overseas Trust, which is organising events to mark the 40th anniversary of the expulsions, he reminded the multicultural congregation: "In September 1972, a plane landed at Stansted airport bringing refugees from Uganda who had with them nothing but one suitcase each and, if they were fortunate, 50 in cash.

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USA.gov

American Holidays

Federal law establishes the following public holidays for federal employees. If the holiday falls during the weekend, it may be observed on a different day.

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Related Topix: Martin Luther King, Jr., Memorial Day, Life, Holidays, Virginia, Christmas, Groundhog Day

KRMG-AM Tulsa

Your Smartphone Might Hold Key To Your Medical Records

It's one of those unhappy holiday surprises -- a visiting family member gets sick.

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Related Topix: Life, Holidays, Medicine, Healthcare Law, Law, Medicare, Health, Computers, Privacy

American Reporter

The American Reporter Vol. 19, No. 4,751

Put down your spatula and pop in a video of "What's Cooking?", an ode to Thanksgiving as prepared in the kitchens of Latina Mercedes Ruehl, African-American Alfre Woodard, Vietnamese Joan Chen and Jewish Lai= nie Kazan.

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Related Topix: Life, Holidays, Mercedes Ruehl

Sun Jun 16, 2013

The Republic

Family nears 50 years in optical business

As a teenager in the late 1950s, New Albany native Charles Oliver considered his career options and found that he liked no business better than the family business: making and selling eyeglasses.

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Argus Leader

Family time: A holiday feast every week

It's like Thanksgiving every week for the Ellerbroek clan in Sioux Falls. A turkey dinner with all the fixings can feed a big crowd, and that's what the Ellerbroek siblings and their families look for in their Tuesday night dinners.

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Related Topix: Life, Holidays, Sibley, IA

Capital Weekly

Aldermere Achievers members shine

Fair season is just around the corner, but many of the Aldermere Achievers 4-H Club members at Maine Coast Heritage Trust's Aldermere Farm in Rockport are already winning praise and awards for a variety of things outside of the show ring.

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Related Topix: Rockport, ME, Life, Holidays, Agriculture, Science, Family, Kids

Sat Jun 15, 2013

Log Cabin Democrat

Week 1 of James 'Whitey' Bulger's trial complete

One of the FBI's Most Wanted for more than a decade, James "Whitey" Bulger went on trial this week.

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The Advocate

Photo provided by Laura Daigle -- Monica and Ralph Wille

Fathers are our teachers. They support us, set examples and help us enter the world of adulthood.

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Related Topix: Wedding, Mississippi, Mississippi Government, Life, Holidays

NOLA.com

Man convicted of committing a gang-related retaliation murder when he was 16

On the night before Thanksgiving 2009, when he was 16, David Dove fatally shot a 24-year-old man in the Cutoff section of Algiers and wounded a woman in the process, a New Orleans jury determined late Friday.

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Related Topix: Life, Holidays, New Orleans, LA, Drugs

Global Catholic Network EWTN

14-Jun-13 - Democrat-leaning Group Lashes Out At CCHD Grant Scrutiny

WASHINGTON D.C., June 14 .- An influential Democrat-leaning communications strategy group has targeted critics of the Catholic Campaign for Human Development, claiming it is "Catholic McCarthyism" to bar funds to groups allied with backers of abortion and "gay marriage."

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Related Topix: Immigration Reform, Roman Catholic Church, Religion, Gay/Lesbian, Abortion, Life, Holidays

Fri Jun 14, 2013

Daily Herald

Take a trip to Fair Oak Farms with the Schaumburg Library

It's not every day you get to witness the birth of a calf, the cheese-making process, or how milk is produced, but those opportunities are coming your way in July.

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Related Topix: Schaumburg, IL, Agriculture, Science, Life, Holidays

KJCT

Hikers asked to help search for missing boy

Hikers around Vallecito Reservoir are being asked to keep an eye out for any signs of a boy who went missing last November.

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Related Topix: Life, Holidays, La Plata County, CO

CNN

Thanksgiving Day Fast Facts

Here's a look at what you need to know about Thanksgiving Day, celebrated in the U.S. on the fourth Thursday in November.

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