Christmas with Florida's governor: Cinnamon rolls, gifts, church services and board games

Cinnamon buns, Waldorf salad, board games and an evening at the movies are how Gov. Rick Scott and his family will spend their first Christmas as Florida's first family on Sunday.Scott, his wife, Ann; their two daughters and their husbands; and the Scotts' first grandchild, August, will keep their Yule traditions going at the Scott home in Naples where they'll open presents...

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Make your favorite sugar cookie recipe healthier

  Photo: kristin_a (Meringue Bake Shop)/flickr For many of us, sugar cookies play an important part in the upcoming Christmas celebration. Whether you are in the crispy, thin sugar cookie camp, or the cake-like, chewy, sugar cookie camp, they are certainly worthy to enjoy on Christmas day. But what if you wanted to make your favorite recipe just...

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Happy holidays Google doodle plays jingle bells for Christmas

New Delhi: It's time for Christmas and Google has come up with an interactive doodle on the eve of Christmas, playing the celebration tune of 'jingle Bells'. Making the 'Happy Holidays' Google doodle musical and interactive, Google wishes us Merry Christmas, bringing us in a festive mood. The happy holidays doodle has six glowing buttons. Each button plays a sound from...

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Taylor Swift Releases ‘Safe and Sound’ From ‘Hunger Games’ Soundtrack

GettyTaylor SwiftTaylor Swift surprised her fans by releasing “Safe & Sound,” a song that will be featured on the soundtrack to the coming movie “The Hunger Games.” “Something I’ve been VERY excited about for a VERY long time is going to be happening VERY soon,” she tweeted shortly before the song was made available on iTunes. On her last album, “Speak Now,” Swift...

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Melanie Amaro to Use 'X Factor' Winning Money to Buy Foot Massager

Photo credit: Nikki Nelson/WENN Winning the very first season of "The X Factor (US)" on Thursday, December 22 night, Melanie Amaro took home $5 million recording contract and a Pepsi Super Bowl commercial. The morning after being crowned the champion, the singer from Tortola, British Virgin Islands revealed what she plans to do with her prize...

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Air Jordan XI Concord buyers line up at Nike Portland to buy the $180 shoes

Police near Seattle resort to pepper spray to keep Air Jordan XI shoppers in line and there was pushing and shoving at an Atlanta mall for the coveted shoe. But at Nike Portland this morning, courtesy prevailed. Hundreds arrived at the downtown flagship store of the Oregon-based footwear and apparel giant at about 6:30 a.m., wearing wristbands that designated their...

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'X Factor' winner Melanie Amaro on how victory feels

Melanie Amaro, the freshly crowned Season 1 winner of "The X Factor," sounded tired and perhaps still a little dizzy after her big win as she took reporters' questions over the phone Friday morning. It was understandable: She'd had no sleep since getting the life-changing news Thursday night, having given what she estimated to be around 30 interviews in the intervening...

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