Does fruitcake get a bad rap?

12/09/10 The late Johnny Carson claimed there was only one and it was re-gifted each year. Some Boeing Co. engineers invented a piece of artillery for launching one 1,420 feet high. And Manitou Springs, Colo., is known for its annual tossing competition to see who can throw it the farthest.

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IMAX Moviegoers Will Experience Even More of the Visually Breathtaking 3D Action in TRON: Legacy

12/09/10 More Than 43 Minutes of Footage Specifically Designed to Maximize the IMAX Canvas

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Walt Disney World Resort Update

11/08/10 Holiday festivities kick off tonight, Holiday tours ready to launch, Children's Miracle Network Classic tees off this week, Festival of the Masters at Downtown Disney this weekend, Mahogany Bay coming to Pleasure Island and more.

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Texas High School Football Playoff Pairings

11/07/10 This is the latest pairings for the 2010 Texas High School football playoffs.

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Elegance & Oddity: Las Vegas through the Eyes of a Golfer

11/05/10 "For a loser, Vegas is the meanest town on earth." Hunter S. Thompson "Las Vegas is sort of like how God would do it if he had money." Steve Wynn Whether you love Las Vegas or hate it seems to be a matter of perception.

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Thank you, Sparky Anderson

11/04/10 Legendary Tigers manager Sparky Anderson passed away at the age of 76 Thursday. The following are readers' memories and wishes.

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Around Your Town: 10/09/10

10/09/10 Real Wishes Foundation in conjunction with Pueblo del Sol Country Club is having a wine pairing dinner fundraiser at 6 p.m. today. Chef Tim will prepare the five-course meal. Tickets are $65.00 per person with a portion of the proceeds to benefit the Real Wishes Foundation. Call 458-7802 to make your reservation. Must pay in advance. Seating is limited to 50 people. Friends of the Sierra Vista ...

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Oct. 9-10 Mini-Camp Offers USA Men's U16 Hopefuls A Head Start

10/07/10 Don Showalter will direct the USA Basketball Men's Developmental National Team mini-camp that will be held Oct. 9-10 at the U.S. Olympic Training Center in Colorado Springs, Colo.

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CARS & CYCLES

09/16/10 AN EVENING OUT Elvis Impersonation Show and Benefit, 7 p.m. Saturday, Immanuel United Church of Christ, 2201 Azalea Drive , Highland, $10 per person, bring a nonperishable food item for donation and receive one ticket for a prize drawing, wear something Elvis-like or from the 1950s and receive three drawing tickets, reserve a seat by calling 840-8602 Throwback Throwdown Wrestling, 7:30 to 11 p.m ...

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Food & Wine Calendar

09/15/10 THURSDAY Cocktails for a Cause: Sipping-and-shopping soiree with 20 percent of sales proceeds going to Melanie Finley Ovarian Cancer Foundation; 6:30-9 p.m., Lilac and Lilies, 2541 E. Sunrise Blvd., Fort Lauderdale; no cover. 954-336-6733 or www.mfocf.org.

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Barbecue championship stirs up succulent success

09/13/10 WETSU BBQ Crew members, from left, Bryan Hawkins, Doc Hawkins, Charlie Kloesel and Robbie Hawkins meticulously prepare their beef brisket entry in the Tree Top Skewered Apple BBQ Championship in downtown Yakima Sunday, Sept. 12, 2010. The team, from Dripping Springs, Texas, is sponsored by Tree Top and competes across the country.

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Monday, September 13, 2010 12:01 am

09/13/10 Justin Baker/News-Journal Photo Kilgore College quarterback Hans Cook, left, fakes a handoff to Courtney Osunde during Saturday\u2019s annual Blue-Gray Spring Football Game at R.E. St. John Memorial Stadium.

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Household products boost benefits of bath

07/18/10 Dear Readers: Here are some low-cost hints for making your bath even more relaxing. Soaking in a long, hot bath with relaxing scents is a great way to de-stress. You can add products that you have around the house so no extra money is spent. Try these:

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Men hope Route 66 trip on CNG proves a point

07/04/10 Two Alabama men hope their trip down old U.S. Highway 66 encourages people not just to be nostalgic, but to consider what they see as the future of vehicle fuels.

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Toyota to recall 138,000 Lexus vehicles

07/02/10 WASHINGTON -- Toyota Motor Corp. said Friday it intends to recall 138,000 Lexus vehicles in the United States to fix faulty engines in the latest quality problem to afflict the world's No. 1 automaker.

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Business Briefs for July 3

07/02/10 The group says significant crop and pasture damage has been reported in all but some western counties. About 75 percent of farmland across Virginia on Tuesday didn't have adequate topsoil moisture, compared with 25 percent three weeks earlier. "It will be pretty quiet there after today," company spokeswoman Donna Wadsworth ...

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Les Cockrell: Denton County 4-H member awarded $2,000 scholarship

06/28/10 Nicole Ramsey, who is active in Denton County 4-H , was recently awarded the 2010 Texas 4-H Foundation "Farm Credit Association of Texas" Scholarship valued at $2,000, according to the Texas 4-H Youth Development Foundation.

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Disney's Toy Story 3 Opens in IMAX(R) Theatres on June 18, 2010

06/18/10 Immersive IMAX 3D Experience Transports Audiences Into Next Big Adventure With Buzz, Woody and the Rest of the Popular Toy Story Cast

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Calendar: Week of June 18, 2010

06/18/10 FRIDAY, JUNE 18 Eagles on Highway, acoustic/folk/bluegrass, Coffee Muggers, 644 Main St., 5:30-7 p.m., 241-1968.

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Woman, 2 grandchildren killed in East Texas wreck

06/15/10 An 8-year-old East Texas girl is hospitalized after a wreck that killed two of her sisters and her grandmother.

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