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Guess Which TV Show Topped ‘TV Guide’s’ Fan Favorite Poll? — Survey of the Day
It might not be getting any love from NBC, but the quirky sitcom ‘Community’ certainly has a dedicated fan base, as evident by their victory in ‘TV Guide Magazine’s’ annual fan favorite survey.
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Should We Be Concerned About Obesity in Kindergarteners? — Health Check
We never used to think of chubby kids as being anything other than adorable, but researchers are now more concerned about children’s eating habits now that more Americans are being considered obese.
According to a new study, 40 percent of American children enter kindergarten with a body mass index (BMI) greater than the 75 percentile. Anything over the 85th percentile is considered “overweight,” and over the 95th percentile is “obese.”
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Guess What Angelina Jolie’s Alternative Career Was? ’60 Minutes’ Knows
With Angelina Jolie’s directorial debut ‘In the Land of Milk and Honey’ set for a December 23rd release, ’60 Minutes’ caught up with the sultry star, where she revealed a number of surprising facts. For on thing, the 36-year-old said that before she became a Hollywood fixture she actually envisioned herself directing funerals, not actors.
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Best Christmas Lights Display Ever – Hot on Facebook [PHOTO]
Sick of the Christmas lights arms race? Well, this clever family did something about every house on the block trying to outdo each other with over-the-top light displays with this pithy and highly effective message. Check out a photo, which has been circulating on Facebook, of the best Christmas lights display ever below.
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What’s the Most Popular Children’s Gift This Year? — Survey of the Day
According to a Harris Interactive survey of adults planning to buy children’s presents this holiday season, the most popular kid’s gift items — more popular than video games, board games and dolls — are books.
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Six-Year Old Girl Foils Burglary While ‘Home Alone’
She didn’t use booby traps, but a six-year-old New Jersey girl dealt with a home invasion just as effectively as Macaulay Culkin’s character did in the classic holiday film ‘Home Alone.’
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32 Percent Have More to Be Thankful for This Year — Survey of the Day
Sometimes it gets lost in all the traveling and stuffing and football, but the point of Thanksgiving is to acknowledge the things you’re thankful for from the past year. According to a new poll from Harris Interactive of 2,463 adults, only 32 percent will have more to be thankful for this Thanksgiving than they have in the previous few Thanksgivings.
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Watch Three Siblings Deliver a Gorgeous Cover of Adele’s ‘Rolling in the Deep’ [VIDEO]
VazquezSounds, a band made up of three young Mexican siblings, covers Adele’s haunting hit ‘Rolling in the Deep’ in the video below. If you enjoyed their performance, the band would like you to like them on Facebook.
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Awesome Professor Offers the Best Thanksgiving Lesson Ever [VIDEO]
If you watch carefully, it’s not hard to see how Biola University professor Matthew Weathers seamlessly goes from speaking to his class in person to appearing in a YouTube video projected on the classroom’s movie screen. But it’s still a neat trick, and it even comes with a timely lesson about the spirit of Thanksgiving. Watch the coolest lesson ever below.
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Kids Destroy House With Bag of Flour [VIDEO]
“Oh my gosh,” is all the poor mom in this video can say after emerging from a trip to the bathroom and finding out that her one-year-old and her three-year-old have completely covered the house in a five-pound bag of flour. Maybe they were just trying to help redecorate.
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‘Happier Than a Dog in a Kiddie Swing’ Should Be a New Expression [VIDEO]
A dog in a kiddie swing is as happy as a pig in the mud, or a clam at high tide, or a flea in a doghouse.
That’s how happy this corgi pup is. The animal is simply trying to find his child within, and makes us want to do the same. Of course, that would be a really bad idea as we would probably get stuck, so maybe we could just find a hammock.
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Americans Are Divided on Flu Shots — Survey of the Day
With flu season upon us, 46 percent of Americans have received a flu shot, whereas 47 percent said they have not and will not.