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Regardless of your preference, learn how to save sanity and avoid scams — online and in stores. Full story | Images
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Holidays can be happy in tough times: Ask Kitty
At age 86, columnist Kitty Schindler is old enough to remember Thanksgiving during the Great Depression - but far from depressing, her memories are happy ones of family members pitching in to make the holiday bright, even though they didn't have much.
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Mushrooms gone wild! In risotto, that is
Chef Brian Lewis knows his way around a kitchen — and into your heart via the creamy goodness of risotto with wild mushrooms. Here Lewis spells out how to make wild mushroom risotto and then use it to create stuffed wild mushroom arancini, also known as risotto balls.
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It's down to the final four on 'Biggest Loser'
Amanda, the viewer's choice on this season of "The Biggest Loser," found her inner strength just in time. Her weight loss in Week 11 earned her a spot in the final four, alongside an alliance that has been in tact from the beginning.
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Video: Abandoned pups, kittens feel recession
Nov. 24: The Humane Society of Elkhart County is grappling with an influx of pets dropped off after hours in an area that has been hit hard by the economic downturn. Msnbc.com’s Carissa Ray reports.
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Once again, first lady’s fashion sense dazzles
Michelle Obama has dazzled the world with her graceful sense of style yet again. The first lady chose to wear a gleaming silver-sequined, cream-colored gown by an Indian-born designer Tuesday night to the first state dinner held by her husband's administration.
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She wants to videotape our ‘ear-rogenous’ play
What goes on between couples behind closed doors is not always for the world to know. Here, Dr. Gail Saltz advises a man who is hesitant to allow his partner to post fetish videos of themselves on the Internet.
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Entertainers have long misbehaved on TV
Elvis, Jim Morrison, Sinead O’Connor, Madonna and more blazed a naughty path long before Adam Lambert's controversial performance at the American Music Awards.
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Sad development: The last Kodachrome film lab
Fifty years ago, 2,000 film labs in the U.S. processed Kodachrome. Now, Dwayne’s Photo in Parsons, Kansas, is the last one — in the entire world. “It’s kind of pride mixed with sadness, because Kodak isn’t making Kodachrome any more,” said Dwayne Steinle’s son, Grant.
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Your shopping type: Black Friday? Cyber Monday?
Do you love to hunt for discounts in the pre-dawn darkness on Black Friday? Or is surfing the Internet for bargains on Cyber Monday more your speed? Regardless of your preference, 10 Tips columnist Laura T. Coffey has advice to help save your sanity and your wallet.
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Don't dump your old stuff — donate it!
Before you haul your random clutter to the dump, find out if there’s a greener way to get rid of it. Find out which organizations will take all that junk — everything from old TVs to non-prescription sunglasses — and recycle it or give it to those in need.
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Recalibrating the calculus of holiday travel
More Americans are hitting the road for Thanksgiving this year, but fewer than ever are heading to the airport. While that’s certainly a sign of the times, it may also be an indicator of long-term changes ahead.
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