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Absolute Midnight
Clive Barker
Joanna Cotler/HarperCollins, $24.99, ages 13 and up
In the third installment of this lavish series, a teen girl is menaced by a powerful sorceress in a mystical fantasy world.
The Annotated Peter Pan
J.M....Tags: Holidays, Yale University, Science, Charles M. Schulz, Peter Yarrow
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Macy's parade: Good ol' Snoopy, Tim Burton's B. wow the crowd
Nation NowSnoopy, that stalwart of the Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade, floated again at the 85th annual event, but he was joined by a stitched-up creation from Tim Burton and a monkey with a jet pack named Julius, by Paul Frank.... -
Alaina Reed Hall dies at 63; actress was Olivia Robinson on 'Sesame Street'
Alaina Reed Hall, a singer and actress who played Olivia Robinson on "Sesame Street" for a dozen years beginning in the mid-1970s and later played Rose Holloway on the situation comedy "227," has died. She was 63.
Reed Hall, who was diagnosed with breast...Tags: Dining and Drinking, Peter Hall, New York City Police Department, Obituaries, Celebrities
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FAMU hazing victim Robert Champion marched to his own beat
Neighbors along a certain suburban-Atlanta street could see him from their windows: a tall, skinny boy in gym shorts and T-shirt, a towel around his shoulders like a cape, a broomstick in hand, marching up and down his driveway.
Robert D. Champion IV &#...Tags: Holidays, Religion and Belief, Awards and Prizes, Olympic Games, Hazing
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'Shake It Up' Stars Zendaya and Bella Thorne On Movie 'Frenemies'
PIX11.comZendaya and Bella Thorne star on the hit tween show "Shake It Up" and will be appearing in the Disney Channel movie "Frenemies," which is slated to premiere in January 2012. Zendaya also recently appeared in the Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade. The...Tags: Movies, Bella Thorne, Entertainment, Science, Animals
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Not Bah Humbug, But Cmon
KIAHI love the holiday season and Christmas, but I start getting into the spirit around December 15th or so. Hanukah doesn't even start 'til Dec. 20th and the song clearly states 12 days of Christmas! I'm not trying to go all bah-humbug on you overzealous...Tags: Holidays, Dick Clark, Halloween, Christmas, Religious Festivals
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Singer a 'happy coincidence' for $220,000 parade float
Start story here.The state Department of Tourism spent about $220,000 on South Dakota's float in the Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade, and singer Neil Diamond, who rode on top of the float, was the least expensive part. The department will pay up to $5,...Tags: Festive Events, Neil Diamond, Tourism and Leisure, Travel, Arts and Culture
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Macy's Holiday Parade at Universal Studios: A little New York, big time
While visiting Universal Studios two years ago, for a microsecond, I thought I spied Mr. Snuffleupagus from "Sesame Street."
It was a gentle, lumbering being, not as big as a mammoth, alright, but it wasn't Snuffy. Instead, it was an elephant —...Tags: Holidays, Forests, Natural Resources, Gardens and Parks, Tourism and Leisure
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Nora Lee Scanlan
Baltimore Sun reporterNora Lee Scanlan, a retired Howard County public school guidance counselor and newspaper columnist, died Sept. 22 of breast cancer at Gilchrist Hospice Care in Columbia. She was 71. Born in Seattle and raised in St. Paul, Minn., Ms. Scanlan was a 1958...Tags: Breast Cancer, Clubs and Associations, Medical Specialization, Clarksville, Human Interest
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Kevin Clash shines in new documentary 'Being Elmo'
When Kevin Clash was a boy in Baltimore County, he'd watch TV mere inches from the screen and wish he could walk right into "Sesame Street."
It didn't take him long to get there. At 15, the kid from Turners Station became the regular puppeteer on a...Tags: Movies, WMAR-TV , Documentary (genre), Entertainment, Jim Henson
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In Our Opinion: It's Gypsy Day weekend - have fun!
Get ready - it's time for Gypsy Day once again! The annual tradition for Northern State University's homecoming might be the social event of the fall. If you've not noticed the decorated windows all over town, for instance, then you haven't been...Tags: Festive Events, Arts and Culture
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Cooking up a classic
McClatchy-TribuneThe Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade has been around since 1924. With nearly 54 million viewers, the parade has become an American tradition. Cooking up the parade is no easy task, though. Preparatopm for the parade starts a year in advance, and it calls...Tags: Holidays, Festive Events, Showtime (tv network), Circuses, Central Park
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