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Your heartwarming Thanksgiving tale

An Australian journalist crashes an American Thanksgiving.

By Melissa Bell | November 24, 2010; 5:15 PM ET | Permalink | Comments (1)
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Yeonpyeong Island: At the center of the North and South Korea clash

A quick look at the island caught between two possible warring nations.

By Sam Sanders | November 24, 2010; 4:29 PM ET | Permalink | Comments (5)
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Google Wars: Up in arms over Street View

Google Street Wars have begun.

By Melissa Bell | November 24, 2010; 3:20 PM ET | Permalink | Comments (1)
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Butterball turkey: One turkey to rule them all

Butterball turkey rules the turkey market.

By Melissa Bell | November 24, 2010; 11:37 AM ET | Permalink | Comments (1)
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Sarah Palin's 'snuff film' has animal rights group angry

Animal rights groups are up in arms over Sarah Palin's clubbing of a halibut.

By Melissa Bell | November 24, 2010; 10:36 AM ET | Permalink | Comments (93)
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Britain breaks out in student protests (Photos)

British students are protesting tuition fee hikes with National Walkout Day. The government plans to raise university fees by three times the amount currently paid by students.

By Melissa Bell | November 24, 2010; 10:34 AM ET | Permalink | Comments (0)
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Michael Brea, Sarah Palin and Cookie Monster: Morning links to love

Morning link love.

By Melissa Bell | November 24, 2010; 9:24 AM ET | Permalink | Comments (0)
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Thanksgiving travel tales: Send us your experiences in a tweet using #TSATime

What was your travel experience like? Tell us in a tweet.

By Katie Rogers | November 24, 2010; 8:51 AM ET | Permalink | Comments (18)
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'Dancing With the Stars': Who will be next year's Bristol?

Bristol Palin packed a punch on "Dancing with the Stars." When "Dancing With the Stars" came out, I remember clearly thinking: This show is going to be such an utter flop. That, my friends, is why I am not a...

By Melissa Bell | November 24, 2010; 7:41 AM ET | Permalink | Comments (101)
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♪♫ PVC pipes never sounded so good

Kent Jenkins literally bangs out an amazing medley of music on a homemade PVC-pipe instrument.

By Melissa Bell | November 24, 2010; 7:24 AM ET | Permalink | Comments (2)
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North Korea vs. South Korea, Opt-Out Day and some flying snakes (Afternoon reading)

Some afternoon links to love.

By Melissa Bell | November 23, 2010; 5:16 PM ET | Permalink | Comments (2)
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Where should the president's turkeys go?

Send the presidentially pardoned turkey off to a new destination.

By Melissa Bell | November 23, 2010; 1:55 PM ET | Permalink | Comments (11)
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Google Street View and the mystery of the naked-trunk man

A man sits naked in his car trunk.

By Melissa Bell | November 23, 2010; 11:40 AM ET | Permalink | Comments (2)
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Ina Garten takes over Google

Ina Garten takes over Google.

By Melissa Bell | November 23, 2010; 11:15 AM ET | Permalink | Comments (4)
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Cambodia stampede (Photos)

A stampede in Cambodia kills more than 370 people.

By Melissa Bell | November 23, 2010; 9:52 AM ET | Permalink | Comments (1)
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♪♫ Miley Cyrus sounds better on SNL

Miley Cyrus turns 18.

By Melissa Bell | November 23, 2010; 9:26 AM ET | Permalink | Comments (0)
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Creator of the Web calls for continued open Web

Tim Berners Lee, the creator of the web calls for continued open web.

By Melissa Bell | November 22, 2010; 3:33 PM ET | Permalink | Comments (1)
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Red vs. Blue States over 88 years

David Sparks, a PhD candidate, took county election results for the past 88 years of presidential elections and plotted them on a map.

By Melissa Bell | November 22, 2010; 2:54 PM ET | Permalink | Comments (0)
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Black Friday: Who, what, when, where and no need for a why

We've got the Black Friday Fever. The shopping deals just keep coming at us fast and furious. We've succumbed. We're getting our shopping shoes on.

By Melissa Bell | November 22, 2010; 1:42 PM ET | Permalink | Comments (7)
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Kennedy assassination: Where were you? (Photos)

President John F. Kennedy and first lady Jacqueline Kennedy are shown in the presidential limousine moments before Kennedy was assassinated in Dallas on Nov. 22, 1963. (NBC/Reuters) Pearl Harbor, 9/11 and JFK's assassination. Today is one of those thankfully...

By Melissa Bell | November 22, 2010; 1:01 PM ET | Permalink | Comments (32)
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