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Holiday baking with spices
Blame it on the nutmeg. Of course it's a holiday staple, a sprinkling grated over eggnog, half a teaspoon for mulled cider, a quarter teaspoon in a pumpkin pie. But when a recipe calls for grating one and a half whole nutmegs, well, that's a lot of...Tags: Wine, Beer, and Spirits, New York, Fennel, Pies and Tarts, Black Pepper
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Wellington students make eco footprint
Special CorrespondentThe walls at Polo Middle School in Wellington are covered with footprints of the school's almost 1,000 students. They are the result of research completed by 10 seventh-grade science students who volunteered for the Lexus Eco Challenge. "The footprints...Tags: Schools
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Facebook generation puts off reunions
Of The Morning CallTonight, when Saucon Valley High School's Class of 1998 gets together for its 10th reunion, most of its members will be doing something else, somewhere else. Just 32 graduates out of 165 – barely 20 percent – signed up to catch up over beers and all-you-...Tags: Wind Gap, Virginia, Jonathan Miller, Thanksgiving, West Virginia
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CT scans found to be safer heart test
Los Angeles TimesNoninvasive CT scans are almost as accurate at imaging coronary artery blockages as conventional angiography and are much safer for many patients, according to a study reported Thursday in the New England Journal of Medicine. Angiograms are considered...Tags: Health Organizations, Western Medicines, Medicine, Medical Staff, Newspaper and Magazine
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Foreclosure king surfs troubled home waters
Los Angele's reigning King of Foreclosures runs around barefoot, doesn't own a cellphone and drives an 8-year-old Toyota Tundra pickup. And without looking the part, Leo Nordine, an affable Hermosa Beach-based real estate broker, expects to average one...Tags: El Segundo, Family, Real Estate Agents, Real Estate, Values
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Citizenship often determines who gets medical care
Roughly 2,000 times over the last 17 years, Marguerita Toribio, an illegal immigrant from Mexico, has climbed into a cushioned recliner for the three-hour dialysis treatment that keeps her alive.
She has never seen a bill.
U.S. taxpayers have covered...Tags: Social Services, Arizona, Georgia, University of Texas, California
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Robust Halloween sales are a treat for retailers
Finally, some not-so-spooky news for retailers: With Halloween on a Friday, many consumers are putting aside recession worries and snapping up Batman Joker masks, Sarah Palin glasses and Hannah Montana wigs.
At Hollywood Toys & Costumes this week,...Tags: Halloween, Stock Broking, Holidays, Miley Cyrus, House and Home
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Readers say sick pets come first
Pet lovers and pet experts responded to a question about whether postponing a vacation for a sick pet was an obvious choice or an obsessive one. From e-mails and interviews, here are some of their responses: * I have seen people incur great personal...Tags: Illnesses, North Carolina, Behavioral Conditions, Death and Dying, National Government
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The State Through Artists' Eyes
Also This Week This being the first Thursday of the month, there's a wealth of artistic activity, including the opening of a fascinating exhibit at the Wadsworth Atheneum Museum of Art: "What Lies Beneath: Revealing Painters' Secrets," which uses X-ray...Tags: South Norwalk, Arts, New Haven (New Haven, Connecticut), Connecticut, Haddam
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Vandals target home with pro-Obama signs in Torrance
Vandals spray-painted swatiskas and racial slurs on the home and cars of several Torrance residents who had displayed campaign signs or bumper stickers supporting President-elect Barack Obama, authorities said today.
The incidents occurred Saturday night...Tags: Crimes, Barack Obama, Hollywood (Los Angeles, California), Police, Racism
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The best bagels in the Los Angeles area
Following is a list of the best bagel makers in the Los Angeles area and iconic delis:
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The Bagel Broker. 7825 Beverly Blvd., Los Angeles, (323) 931-1258. www.bagelbroker.com. 6 a.m. to 5 p.m. Monday to Friday; 6:30 a.m. to 4 p.m. Saturday...Tags: Santa Ana, Foods and Beverages, Beverly Hills, Fairfax (Fairfax, Virginia), Tarzana
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The bagel: an L.A. story
"Most people choose the bagel they grew up with," says Richard Friedman, and for most Southern Californians, whether they know it or not, that means the choice is bagels made either by Friedman or his oldest competitor.
Though there is a wealth of Jewish...Tags: Halloween, Brooklyn (New York City), Family, Employees, California
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