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Worst toys for Christmas 2012
From annoying, noisy toys that you want to hurl against the wall to just plain scary ones, here are the worst toys of 2012:
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'Casual Vacancy' + two more noteworthy fall novels
'Casual Vacancy' + two more noteworthy fall novels
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Two of September's biggest novels
'Telegraph Avenue' by Michael Chabon and 'NW' by Zadie Smith are two of the hottest releases of the season.
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Baseball fans: Take a quick tour of all 30 major league ballparks
Authors Josh Pahigian and Kevin O’Connell explore America's major league ballparks in "The Ultimate Baseball Road."
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Father's Day: 7 comic hardcovers for Dad
Forget the tie – from current comics to some classics, here are 7 great hardcover comic collections that would make great Father's Day gifts.
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Peter Parker death (gasp!) roils Spider-Man fans. Why they're taking it hard.
Peter Parker death in the current 'Amazing Spider-Man' issue caught readers and fans off guard – and will probably deliver a sales kick for publisher Marvel Comics.
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Nature Wars
How can we best handle the wildlife now turning up in our own backyards?
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Saving Money
Stocks as stocking stuffers: Three ideas for kidsA weekly allowance isn't the only way to teach kids about personal finance. Here are three tips for giving stocks as Christmas gifts.
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The best films of 2012
Monitor film critic Peter Rainer remembers some of the gems he saw over the past year and those films that weren't worth his time.
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Brothers Grimm saved classic fairy tales by changing them forever
Disney wasn't the first to change Grimm's Fairy Tales. Even the Brothers Grimm tinkered with their stories from one edition to another.
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The Monitor's View: Kids and digital media: removing the fears
Reports of Adam Lanza's war-game obsession and the new FTC rules on children's online privacy help refocus concerns on the effects of digital media on children. But parental anxiety can be channeled toward solutions.
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Chapter & Verse
Brothers Grimm: 4 gruesome plot twists you may have forgottenThe stories by the Brothers Grimm have a lot of gruesome little subplots that you may not remember – or even know. How many of these do you recall from childhood?
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Culture Cafe
Brothers Grimm: Why Disney is the master of adapting their storiesThe stories by the Brothers Grimm have become part of our collective cultural knowledge and so, of course, some of the most famous have been turned into movies.
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Walt Disney's Donald Duck Vol. 2: 'A Christmas For Shacktown'
The latest volume of Fantagraphics's 'The Complete Carl Barks Disney Library' arrives just in time for the holidays
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The Reformed Broker
Apple stock slumps. What's behind the slide?Brown explores the theories behind last week's drop in Apple stock prices. Apple continues to knock down everything in its path, Brown writes, leveling Stock Market City.
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Global News Blog
Good Reads: American manufacturing, Apple's new CEO, and a father-son journey to meet two presidentsA round-up of this week's long-form good reads include takes on America's manufacturing power, how religion is faring in the US, and the power of seeing a son in a new light.
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Culture Cafe
'Les Miserables,' 'The Hobbit,' and 7 of the most exciting movies of December'Les Miserables' and 'The Hobbit' make the cut for some of the most anticipated films of this month.
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Culture Cafe
'Alice in Wonderland 2'? Tim Burton's take on 'Alice' could get a sequelWill Johnny Depp return to Wonderland? There may be a sequel to Burton's 'Alice in Wonderland.'
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Worst toys for Christmas 2012
From annoying, noisy toys that you want to hurl against the wall to just plain scary ones, here are the worst toys of 2012:
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Netflix CEO in SEC trouble over Facebook post
Netflix CEO Reed Hastings is trouble for a Facebook post saying that Netflix's online viewing 'exceeded 1 billion hours for the first time ever in June.' Hastings didn't clear the data with the SEC or send out a formal press release, and Netflix stock climbed as a result of the post.
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Disney opens its vault for Netflix
Disney classics will now appear on Netflix. Newer Disney films will get there – in 2016.
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Disney loses $319 million appeal in 'Millionaire' game show lawsuit
Disney loses $319 million appeal in lawsuit over profits from the popular 'Who Wants to be a Millionaire' TV series. A jury decided in 2010 that Disney hid profits from the show's creator; Disney loses the $319 million appeal two years later.
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Mickey Mouse poster sells for more than $100,000
Mickey Mouse still sells: This week a vintage 1928 movie poster emblazoned with the iconic Mickey Mouse image, that had been part of the estate of a California collector, sold for more than $100,000.
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Culture Cafe
Cate Blanchett's possible role: a Disney villainessCate Blanchett's new role may be an iconic villain in a new Disney film. Blanchett stars in the upcoming film 'The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey.'
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Disney, Wal-Mart, ENYCE clothing found in burned Bangladesh factory
The garment factory in Bangladesh where 112 people were killed in a fire over the weekend was used by a host of major U.S. and European retailers, an Associated Press reporter discovered Wednesday.
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Jude Law in 'Anna Karenina' does well at box office as 'Breaking Dawn' breaks records
Jude Law stars in 'Anna Karenina,' which performed well in a limited release during Thanksgiving weekend. 'The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn – Part 2' had a boffo opening which ranks eighth on all-time debuts.
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Culture Cafe
Thanksgiving: Pop culture's forgotten holiday (sort of)Sure, Halloween and the winter holidays get all the movies and songs. But Thanksgiving has gotten a few famous places in pop culture, from the Peanuts to Steve Martin trying to get home.
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Culture Cafe
'Oz: The Great and Powerful' trailer gives insight into Disney's world of Oz'Oz: The Great and Powerful' shows more of the story of the Wizard and the three witches he meets.
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Fearing 'cliff,' investors finish brutal week
Wall Street finished one of the worst weeks of the year Friday, pushing Washington to work out a deal to avoid the tax increases and government spending cuts.
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Sandy relief: How trips to the Hamptons turned into a mission of mercy
New Yorkers have come together to help each other in the aftermath of hurricane Sandy – from volunteers reinstalling drywall to lawyers helping victims navigate government bureaucracy.
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