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5 Things You Didn’t Know About Martin Luther King Jr. Day
Giving a day of commemoration to one of the world's most instrumental civil rights leaders whose peaceful words and deeds contributed to a whole new understanding of equality and brotherhood seems like a no-brainer. Martin Luther King Day's history, however, was fraught with controversy and took years just to get on the federal government's official calendars.
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The 10 Least Successful Spin-Offs In TV History [VIDEOS]
News that a planned spinoff of Fox's 'Glee' is dead might have some of its more ardent fans disappointed that they won't be able to fill more minutes of their life with 'Glee' related programming, but they shouldn't be fretting. In fact, they should be celebrating. They should be thanking the gods of television programming that a possible spinoff has tarnished the legacy of the show they would give their very lives to protect.
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Remember John Parr’s ‘St. Elmo’s Fire’? Get Ready for ‘Tim Tebow’s Fire’ [VIDEO]
Move along ‘Super Bowl Shuffle.’ Stand aside ‘We Are the 49ers’. The NFL officially has its newest and most annoying team song. Except this one is just for the Denver Broncos– it’s dedicated to one player. Yes, Tim Tebow has his own theme song, courtesy of ’80s relic John Parr of ‘St. Elmo’s Fire (Man in Motion)’ fame.
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Smile! It’s the Best Mugshots of 2011 [PHOTOS]
The only two pictures people take that are bound to always be bad are driver's license photos and criminal mugshots. Thankfully, the internet is full of only one of them unless there is a hilarious website of driver's license photos that we have yet to find.
2011 had ple
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‘Santa’ Grants Little Girl’s Christmas Wish By Bringing Her Father Back From Iraq [VIDEO]
Christmas may have come and gone but there is still magic to marvel at from this joyous holiday, like the magic that granted the wish of a little girl who only wanted her soldier father back for the holidays.
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25 Things You Might Not Know About Christmas
Christmas is full of familiar traditions: carving the ham, leaving cookies out for Santa, listening to Uncle Morty talk about his gall bladder removal surgery while you’re trying to enjoy some egg nog. These s
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The Newest Dangers to Watch Out for This Season Are Christmas Decorations?
They may look like innocent reflections of the festive holiday season but if you’re not careful, you’ll be seeing a lot more red than green at Christmas.
The Consumer Product Safety Commission (CSPC) issued an alarming study that found that accidents caused by holiday decorations went from 10,000 cases in 2007 to more than 13,000 in 2010.
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10 Things You Probably Didn’t Know About ‘A Charlie Brown Christmas’
Charles Schulz's 'Peanuts' characters have become timeless classics, thanks to their long-lasting presence in newspapers and their many animated TV specials. (“It's Arbor Day Again, Charlie Brown!”) A big part of the characters' success is thanks to the classic 'A Charlie Brown Christmas' TV special.
Since it first aired in 1965, the beloved special has practically become required viewing for families celebrating the holiday season. It’s message of anti-commercialism and good will towards man mixed with Schulz’s trademark humor of caustic kids in a cynical world is a perfect remedy for the holidays that can get sappier than your aunt’s homemade egg nog.
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Watch 25,000 Christmas Lights Tuned to the ‘Angry Birds’ Theme [VIDEO]
A family in Austin, Texas turned their Christmas light display into the brightest ever tribute to the popular ‘Angry Birds’ game. Pigs beware!
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‘Mythbusters’ Experiment Sends Cannonball Rocketing Through Family’s Home [VIDEO]
A science experiment by TV’s “Mythbusters” involving a homemade cannon sent the projectile flying off-course into a suburban home.
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‘M*A*S*H’ and ‘Dragnet’ Star Harry Morgan Dead at 96 [VIDEO]
One of television’s most prolific and longest working actors has died.
Harry Morgan, best remembered for playing Joe Friday’s partner on “Dragnet” and the kindly military surgeon Col. Sherman T. Potter on the hit sitcom ‘M*A*S*H,’ passed away Wednesday morning at his home in Los Angeles. He was 96 years old.
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Elderly Man Accidentally Leaves Entire Life Savings in Donated Suit
An Illinois man who kept his life savings in a suit because he didn’t trust banks accidentally donated it to Goodwill. Now that has to be the most expensive cheap suit of all time.