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'Top Chef' Timothy Dean Shares Holiday Tips for Cooking and Entertaining
Top Chef D.C. alumnus Timothy Dean is making his list and checking it twice this holiday season. You may remember Dean from Season 7 of Bravo’s smash hit. Dean’s season of Top Chef was unprecedented because it featured five black chefs competing for the title, with Kevin Sbraga becoming the first African American to win…
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Obama Arrives in Hawaii for Christmas Vacation
The hardest-working man in government is officially off the clock. President Obama arrived in his home state of Hawaii, where he grew up, late Wednesday. First lady Michelle Obama and the couple’s daughters, Sasha and Malia, have been there since the weekend, while the president remained in Washington to oversee a string of legislative victories,…
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Consumer Sentiment and the Economy Are on the Upswing
MSNBC is reporting that consumer spending, one of the economy’s main engines, rose moderately in November, which was crucial for the holiday season. People’s incomes grew, too, although the gains came from rising stock prices, not increases in wages and salaries. Consumer sentiment rose in December to its highest level since June. MSNBC reports, “The…
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Court's Decision Proves Fantasia Is Telling the Truth
Fresh from our “Vindicated” file, Grammy Award-winning singer Fantasia Barrino is probably breathing a sigh of relief. EURweb.com is reporting that a North Carolina judge ruled in favor of Fantasia Barrino’s former lover Antwaun Cook in his divorce proceedings against his former wife Paula Cook, saying the pair separated on Sept. 14, 2009, and not…
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'Sing-Off' Season 2 Winners Perform With Boyz II Men (VIDEO)
It has been a long time since we’ve seen Boyz II Men perform on national television. Leave it to a singing competition to bring the harmonious group back into the limelight. Alabama church group Committed won Season 2 of NBC’s Sing-Off and got the opportunity to perform with their childhood idols Boyz II Men. Group…
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Control of Oil at the Center of Sudanese Conflict
In January, southern Sudan will hold an independence referendum that will likely further divide Africa’s largest country. The oil in the south, which has been controlled from the northern capital of Khartoum, will instead be controlled by the southern capital of Juba. Sudan is sub-Saharan Africa’s third-largest oil producer, behind Nigeria and Angola. It produced…
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Republican Mike Huckabee Defends Michelle Obama in Obesity Fight
Politics Daily is reporting that former Arkansas Gov. Mike Huckabee is defending Michelle Obama in her “food fight” with Sarah Palin, who says the first lady needs to mind her business. Huckabee knows a thing or two about obesity. Huckabee, who lost more than 100 pounds after learning in 2003 that he had diabetes, says…
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'Million Dollar Money Drop' Producers Drop the Ball
Yahoo News is reporting that in the Million Dollar Money Drop premiere episode Monday night, contestants Gabe Okoye and Brittany May decided to try their luck in the category “Inventions.” Host Kevin Pollak asked them which product was first sold: the Macintosh computer, the Sony Walkman or 3M’s Post-It Notes. Okoye was confident that the…
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Five People Killed in New Orleans in 24-Hour Period
Nola.com is reporting that between 10:30 Monday morning and Tuesday night, five people were killed on New Orleans streets, and three men were injured by gunfire. A 21-year-old man was shot dead in Algiers on Monday morning. Hours later, local rapper Magnolia Shorty and a 25-year-old man were shot several times inside a vehicle in…
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