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Consumer Reports ranks diets based on satisfaction

To lose weight, it helps to like your diet.

Wednesday - 01/02/2013, 02:48pm EST

Mountain residents win victory over marauding elk

Marauding elk had been trampling gardens, grazing on lawns and causing car crashes on the twisting country road that winds its way through Stoney Fork.

Wednesday - 01/02/2013, 01:07pm EST

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Australian man creates 220-pound burger (VIDEO)

A New Year's resolution to lose weight appears to have been postponed for some Australians.

Wednesday - 01/02/2013, 07:48am EST

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Cook from scratch without the shopping

Those who love to cook from scratch at home but don't have time to shop for fresh ingredients may want to check out a new kind of food delivery service.

Tuesday - 01/01/2013, 07:19am EST

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Pa. railroad calendar delivered 63 years late

A northeastern Pennsylvania newspaper has just received a calendar to help ring in the new year _ except the year is 1950.

Monday - 12/31/2012, 03:29pm EST

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Happy hangover: Tips for avoiding the post-New Year's Eve headache

The New Year brings with it much promise: new beginnings, resolutions and perhaps even new taxes. But for many, the first thing the New Year brings is a killer hangover.

Monday - 12/31/2012, 08:57am EST

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Spoiler alert: 2013 banished words list released

Each year since 1971, Lake Superior State University in Michigan has compiled its list of words people don't want to hear again.

Monday - 12/31/2012, 06:56am EST

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Vultures pick at visitors' cars in Fla. Everglades

Visitors to parts of Everglades National Park are getting tarps and bungee cords to make their vehicles less delectable to vultures.

Sunday - 12/30/2012, 12:58am EST

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Wis. couple says pet chicken alerted them to blaze

A Wisconsin couple says clucks, not fire trucks, helped them escape a blaze at their home.

Friday - 12/28/2012, 06:06pm EST

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Good Samaritan finds ring on snowy Calif. highway

Finding a lost wedding ring along a snowy highway is hard enough. But a Good Samaritan in Northern California also has to track down the man it belongs to.

Thursday - 12/27/2012, 05:18pm EST

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It's like actually the most annoying word, ever

Strike this word from you conversations: whatever. For the fourth year in a row, a Marist Poll survey ranks the word the most annoying in the American lexicon.

Thursday - 12/27/2012, 02:45pm EST

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Brasstown having possum drop, without live possum

A New Year's Eve possum drop that attracts thousands of people to a tiny western North Carolina town will go on this year, with one big change: It won't involve a live possum.

Thursday - 12/27/2012, 11:23am EST

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Pony back with circus after Christmas kidnap

A tiny pony is back at its Austrian circus home more than a week after apparently being kidnapped by a woman who wanted to give her sick daughter a Christmas surprise.

Thursday - 12/27/2012, 10:14am EST

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Minn. soda shop rebuked for stocking candy smokes

Owners of an old-school soda shop in St. Paul, Minn., are being warned to kick the habit and stop stocking novelty candy cigarettes.

Wednesday - 12/26/2012, 09:58pm EST

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Sweden: Foreigner angered over gray Santa outfit

Police in Sweden had to intervene after a foreign visitor to a spa and conference center grew angry because a visiting Santa Claus was wearing a gray instead of red costume.

Tuesday - 12/25/2012, 12:19pm EST

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Young Redskins fans sing a carol to RGIII

A group of young carolers sing along to the Christmas carol, "O Christmas Tree" while taking a little creative freedom with the lyrics.

Monday - 12/24/2012, 02:08pm EST

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Mastering 30-foot heights, bouncers are new extreme athletes

Gone are the days when jumping on a trampoline was enough. A new extreme sport is intriguing people worldwide as they see these athletes master a "trampoline wall."

Monday - 12/24/2012, 10:51am EST

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