When I called ceramicist Jim Bulleit at his Indiana workshop the week before Christmas, he had a waiting list of 15 people who wanted him to make them tabletop Christmas trees. “Can you hold on a second?” he asked as soon as he picked up. “I’m talking about a tree […]
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Smokey the Bear, horse racing and the Dalai Lama included in government funding bill
WASHINGTON — Congress on Monday passed a $1.4 trillion government spending measure that includes $900 billion in coronavirus relief, but is also chock-full of miscellaneous provisions, a massive year-end bill after months of inaction. The 5,593-page bill funds the government through September 2021 and provides $600 stimulus checks for qualifying […]
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A very Merry Christmas, no matter what it looks like
Young Woman Looking At House Decorated With Christmas Lights What is the memory you associate most with Christmas, if you celebrate? For me it’s pancakes. My dad, in pajamas and a robe and bright red reindeer antlers, flipping the sweet breakfast treat at the stove. For most Christmases, my whole […]
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How Dalton Gomez Helped to Create Ariana Grande’s Engagement Ring
On Dec. 20, Ariana Grande surprised fans when she showed off her new engagement ring on Instagram, given to her by her boyfriend of less than a year, Dalton Gomez. The former dancer turned real estate mogul certainly knows how to pick out a sparkler, and now, engagement ring jeweler Jack Solow is sharing […]
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Mars’s crust has layers like a cake
Hello Nature readers, would you like to get this Briefing in your inbox free every day? Sign up here The Mars InSight lander is equipped with a domed seismometer (left) and a probe for measuring heat flow (right).Credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech NASA’s InSight mission has finally peered inside Mars, marking the first […]
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Finding joy in 2020 after the loss of my brother
The Peace Tree (Jennie Burke) I ask my family if we can put white lights on the tree this year. I will call it my Peace Tree. Something different. “We always have colored lights!” the teens protest. “Please don’t do it, Mom! We like it tacky!” My husband is against […]
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2 Trillion Reasons Why the Apple iCar Rumors Will Never Go Away
Text size Steve Jobs was fascinated by the first Tesla vehicles. Mladen Antonov/AFP via Getty Images Given that Apple has never said a blessed thing about entering the car business, there has been a tremendous amount of discussion about the possibility over the last decade. “Steve Jobs, if he’d lived, […]
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Parisian Chic Meets New York Glamour in Susan Gutfreund’s Left Bank Apartment
Photo credit: Alexandre Bailhache From Veranda Updated on Decemeber 21, 2020: Auction paddles at the ready! Christie’s will be hosting a series of sales net month highlighting the furniture and objets d’art which once decorated Mr. and Mrs. John H. Gutfreund’s New York apartment on Fifth Avenue. Design lovers are […]
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31 Practical Things Worth Buying At Walmart’s End-Of-Year Clearance Event
Save big on vacuums, wardrobe staples, dinnerware, and more during this can’t-miss sale. We hope you love the products we recommend! All of them were independently selected by our editors. Just so you know, BuzzFeed collects a share of sales and/or other compensation from the links on this page. Oh, […]
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Meghan Markle’s old Christmas-hosting advice resurfaces online
We can’t help but wonder… did these tips make the trip from the Sussex’s royal residence to their new California home? Long before she was the Duchess of Sussex, Meghan Markle was a confident “hostess with the mostest,” according to some savvy Christmastime entertaining advice from an old interview that recently resurfaced — […]
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Best Sony STR-DN1080 AV receiver deals 2020
The Sony STR-DN1080 is no ordinary home cinema amp. Not only is it a current What Hi-Fi? Award-winner, it’s in fact a three-time Award-winner – an unprecedented move when it comes to AV receivers – and a Hall of Fame inductee. © Provided by What Hi-Fi? Best Sony STR-DN1080 AV receiver […]
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Time Is Running Out! These Digital Gift Cards & Online Classes Are Perfect Last-Minute Gifts
We’ve all been there. Whether it’s a birthday, anniversary, or the holidays, we’ve all forgotten to send someone a gift. And this year, it’s easier to forget to get gifts in time since you’re likely not exchanging in person. Plus, the holidays really snuck up on us this year, and […]
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Noemie Jewelry Makes the Perfect Gift
Us Weekly has affiliate partnerships so we may receive compensation for some links to products and services. I was sitting on the beach next to the woman I’ve loved for a long time. She reached for my hand, and, at that moment, I realized that I’ve never purchased her jewelry […]
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The Best Robot Lawn Mowers for 2021
Reclaim Your Weekends There’s nothing like the look and smell of freshly cut grass, but unless you’re paying for a professional landscaping service, you’ll have to put in the time to keep your lawn in tip-top shape. You can spend hours every week doing the work yourself, the old-fashioned way, […]
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Pandemic crushes global supply chains, workers at both ends
In her last weeks working the freight shift at the local J.C. Penney store, Alexandra Orozco took out her phone and hit record. The 22-year-old shot videos as she and her co-workers slid down a metal shoot (technically meant for empty boxes) in the store room, their heads falling back […]
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how foreign cyber-spies compromised America By Reuters
© Reuters. Exterior view of SolarWinds headquarters in Austin By Christopher Bing, Joseph Menn, Raphael Satter and Jack Stubbs (Reuters) – Speaking at a private dinner for tech security executives at the St. Regis Hotel in San Francisco in late February, America’s cyber defense chief boasted how well his organizations […]
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CNET’s 2020 Innovation Award winners made things better during a rugged year
During a pandemic year marked by mounting economic and emotional challenges, the latest advances in technology helped us stay employed, continue the education of our children, comfort loved ones, and reimagine our ideas about community. In CNET’s second annual Innovation Awards, we wanted to recognize a handful of advances that […]
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Houston SPCA last minute holiday gifts
HOUSTON (CW39) The Moderna COVID-19 Vaccine is arriving in our community this week. This is part of the second shipment of vaccines for Harris County. The first shipment arrived last week and that was the Pfizer vaccine, and was administered by hospitals to their staff. Harris County Public Health (HCPH) […]
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2021 Cadillac Escalade Diesel first drive review: Oil tycoon
The new Cadillac Escalade is very good. General Motors’ new Duramax inline-six diesel engine is also very good. Combine the two and, whaddaya know, the diesel-powered Escalade is very, very good. But this SUV’s excellence extends beyond a plug-and-play formula. Reviews editor Craig Cole was right when he called the […]