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 Giada’s sweet holiday treats Dec. 22: Food Network star Giada De Laurentiis prepares some delicious holiday desserts, including chocolate truffle pops and roasted apple pies. |
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 TODAY Whiz kids invent sleep meter Dec. 15: A group of Rhode Island college students have engineered a new device to measure the amount and quality of sleep a person gets each night. NBC’s chief medical editor Dr. Nancy Snyderman reports. |
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 Do you know how to haggle? Dec. 22: Stores are busy with last-minute holiday shoppers, but that doesn’t mean there’s no room for negotiation. Consumer Reports’ Tod Marks has tips on how to save yourself some dough on everything from electronics to your next hotel stay. |
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 TODAY Father: Separation from son ‘breaks my heart’ Dec. 22: TODAY’s Meredith Vieira talks with David Goldman and U.S. Rep. Chris Smith of New Jersey about the father’s fight for his son, who was abducted to Brazil by his mother. She subsequently died. |
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