Judge denies bid for Nativity displays in Santa Monica

A person jogs by last year's Nativity scene in Palisades Park. (Gina Ferazzi...

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Who's the Next Intel CEO?

Paul Otellini, Intel CEO, and a man who describes himself as one of the few remaining Republicans in San Francisco (he’s a native) is stepping down from the top spot at the world’s largest chipmaker. The announcement, made by Intel Monday morning, came as a surprise mostly because there is no obvious candidate to replace Otellini, who, at 62, is still three years shy of the mandatory retirement...

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GetGlue Acquired by Viggle for $25million, Stock

NEW YORK (TheWrap.com) – Viggle Inc. has purchased GetGlue for $ 25 million in cash and 48.3 million shares in stock, with the goal of making the merged companies the dominate force in social TV. Together, the two companies will have more than 4 million users.Viggle stock was up 10.81 percent in early trading Monday, to $ 1.23 a share. That makes the...

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Well: A Fat Dad Thanksgiving

Some of my earliest holiday memories are of spending Thanksgiving in Chicago at my grandmother Beauty’s home. I remember helping baste the turkey with fresh orange juice, herbs and garlic, and sitting on my grandmother’s shiny Formica countertop to mash the fresh pumpkin for the pies. My grandmother’s house always felt warm from the food in the oven and time spent sitting on her lap while the grown-ups...

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News Corporation Looks at Potential Acquisitions

Kevork Djansezian/Getty ImagesRupert Murdoch, second from left, with his sons, Lachlan, left, and James, second from right, and Chase Carey, News Corporation’s president and chief operating officer, in July in Sun Valley, Idaho. The media conglomerate, which had been on its heels for more than a year because of the phone hacking scandal in Britain, is looking to make acquisitions again. First...

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Feinstein has 'concern' about Rice's Benghazi talking points

Sen. Dianne Feinstein said Sunday that she has initiated a review of talking points used by U.N. Ambassador Susan Rice on the...

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Amazing Time-Lapse Video Features Ever-Changing Earth and Sky

.Heaven meets the Earth in this moving time-lapse video showing gorgeous landscapes underneath an ever-changing night sky.“Within Two Worlds” was created by photographer Brad Goldpaint. The film features shooting comets, a giant tilting Milky Way, and glowing purple and pink auroras peeking over the horizon. Stunning sequences watch day turn to night and night to day,...

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One Direction top British single and album charts

LONDON (Reuters) – Boy band One Direction topped Britain’s singles and album charts on Sunday, outselling new releases from rock veterans Rod Stewart and the Rolling Stones, the Official Charts Company said.The English-Irish quintet shot to number one in the album charts with “Take Me Home”, with one of its tracks, “Little Things”, also taking first place...

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Ashlyn Blocker, the Girl Who Feels No Pain

Jeff Riedel for The New York TimesAshlyn Blocker, who feels no pain, at home in Patterson, GA. The girl who feels no pain was in the kitchen, stirring ramen noodles, when the spoon slipped from her hand and dropped into the pot of boiling water. It was a school night; the TV was on in the living room, and her mother was folding clothes on the couch. Without thinking, Ashlyn Blocker reached her right...

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How to Survive Societal Collapse in Suburbia

On a clear morning in May, Ron Douglas left his home in exurban Denver, eased into his Toyota pickup truck and drove to a business meeting at a Starbucks. Douglas, a bearded bear of a man, ordered a venti double-chocolate-chip Frappuccino — “the girliest drink ever,” he called it — and then sat down to discuss the future of the growing survivalist industry. Many so-called survivalists would...

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