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Knowing What To Give Can Be More Important Than We May Think

Knowing What To Give Can Be More Important Than We May Think
COEUR D'ALENE, Idaho - Many of us like to go out and take things like old clothes and foods and drop them off so that they can be donated to those in need, but is all of it really being used? Places like Fresh Start in Coeur d'Alene, a warming house and day center for the homeless,

Sandy victims prepare for subdued Thanksgiving

Sandy victims prepare for subdued Thanksgiving
By MEGHAN BARRAssociated Press NEW YORK (AP) - The things that Marge Gatti once cherished are lying on what's left of her deck, spattered in mud, like a yard sale gone awry. The white fur coat she bought for $80 at an auction. Family videos. A peach-colored glass creamer from England. Books

TV chef Art Ginsburg, Mr. Food, dies at 81

TV chef Art Ginsburg, Mr. Food, dies at 81
By J.M. HIRSCHAP Food Editor Art Ginsburg, the delightfully dorky television chef known as Mr. Food, died at his home in Weston, Fla., Wednesday following a struggle with pancreatic cancer. He was 81. Ginsburg - who enticed viewers for decades with a can-do focus on easy weeknight cooking and the

Smithsonian explores food, wine in new gallery

Smithsonian explores food, wine in new gallery
WASHINGTON (AP) - Julia Child's kitchen is returning to public view as the National Museum of American History opens its first major exhibit about food. Child donated her kitchen to the museum in 2001. Now it serves as the opening story for the gallery opening Tuesday, showing her influence on

Jury to resume work Tuesday in day care fire trial

Jury to resume work Tuesday in day care fire trial
By JUAN A. LOZANOAssociated Press HOUSTON (AP) - Prosecutors on Monday asked a jury to sentence a Texas woman convicted of murder after a fire at her home day care killed four children to life in prison, arguing she doomed the children she was responsible for when she left them alone to go

How Hungry Girl shed the pounds without guilt

How Hungry Girl shed the pounds without guilt
By JOHN ROGERSAssociated Press LOS ANGELES (AP) - She never set out to become the maven of guilt-free, fun-food dieting, the go-to girl for people who want to have their cake - and cheeseburgers and chili fries - and eat them, too, without getting fat. No, 10 years ago, Lisa Lillien says, she

Twinkie maker Hostess reaches the end of the line

Twinkie maker Hostess reaches the end of the line
By CANDICE CHOI and TOM MURPHYAssociated Press NEW YORK (AP) - Twinkies may not last forever after all. Hostess Brands Inc., the maker of the spongy snack with a mysterious cream filling, said Friday it would shutter after years of struggling with management turmoil, rising labor costs and the

Twinkie maker Hostess reaches the end of the line

Twinkie maker Hostess reaches the end of the line
By CANDICE CHOI and TOM MURPHYAssociated Press NEW YORK (AP) - Twinkies may not last forever after all. Hostess Brands Inc., the maker of the spongy snack with a mysterious cream filling, said Friday it would shutter after years of struggling with management turmoil, rising labor costs and the

Girls: Convicted day care owner left babies alone

Girls: Convicted day care owner left babies alone
By JUAN A. LOZANOAssociated Press HOUSTON (AP) - Two 7-year-old girls formerly cared for by a Texas woman convicted of murder after a fire at her home day care killed four children told jurors Thursday that on separate occasions the woman left several babies unattended. Prosecutors rested

GOP senator outlines $68 billion in defense cuts

GOP senator outlines $68 billion in defense cuts
By DONNA CASSATAAssociated Press WASHINGTON (AP) - Defense spending could be slashed by $68 billion over 10 years if the military stopped spending millions on running grocery stores, operating its own schools and even developing a roll-up version of beef jerky, insists one of the Senate's