By Elizabeth Karmel The Associated Press As long as I can remember, I have been a fan of eggnog. And I’m no snob about it. I’ll drink store-bought as readily as homemade. It’s all creamy and delicious. And I’m always game to try new variations. Which explains how I recently […]
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By Phuong Le The Associated Press MARYSVILLE, Wash. Moving her finger over the laptop trackpad, 6-year-old Lauren Meek drags and drops a block of code to build a set of instructions. She clicks the “run” button and watches as the character moves through a maze. She then pumps her fist […]
By Brandon Bailey The Associated Press SAN FRANCISCO Talk about birth announcements: Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg and his wife say they’ll devote nearly all their wealth ‚Äî roughly $45 billion to solving the world’s problems in celebration of their new baby daughter, Max. Zuckerberg’s wife, Priscilla Chan, gave birth to […]
By Mark Stevenson The Associated Press MEXICO CITY A Mexican archaeologist said his team has found a tunnel-like passageway that apparently leads to two sealed chambers, the latest chapter in the search for the as-yet undiscovered tomb of an Aztec ruler. The Aztecs are believed to have cremated the remains […]
By Karel Janicek The Associated Press PROSTEJOV, Czech Republic There was no mistaking what the stone slab was, only the spot where it lay was somehow not fitting. Instead of marking a place of the departed, the tombstone served as a doormat to a henhouse in a small Czech village. […]
By Sylvie Corbet And Angela Charlton The Associated Press LE BOURGET, France From deserts encroaching on African farmland to rising sea levels shrinking islands of the South Pacific, leaders of poor nations most affected by climate change are sharing their stories of global warming with leaders of some of the […]
By Robert Jablon The Associated Press Los Angeles County sheriff’s Deputy Adam Collette knelt on the asphalt and heard the muffled cries of a baby who had been buried alive. He pried up two large pieces of asphalt, dug out loose dirt and plucked the newborn girl from the hole […]
By Lauren Krugel The Canadian Press CALGARY The Alberta Securities Commission has ruled that Canadian Oil Sands Ltd. can stall a hostile takeover bid by oilsands behemoth Suncor Energy for a month. Although it gives the target company less time than it wanted to seek an alternative to Suncor’s unwelcome […]
By Melissa D’Arabian The Associated Press Classic holiday dishes usually are fattier, sweeter and heavier than our normal fare, so when a traditional dish actually is healthy without any tweaks, that’s something to celebrate, indeed! So if cioppino isn’t somewhere on your holiday menu, let’s change that. Cioppino is a […]
By Alison Ladman THE ASSOCIATED PRESS There’s nothing wrong with a standard issue platter of delicious cheeses set out as part of a holiday party spread. In fact, we often find ourselves hovering around it. After all, eating cheese is far more enjoyable than small talk with strangers. But wouldn’t […]
The Canadian Press Holiday entertaining isn’t complete without an interesting dip or two. Here’s a selection of savoury and sweet ones to try. ROMANO BEAN HUMMUS This versatile and nutritious hummus is perfect with vegetables or crackers but also works well as a spread on wraps. For a chunkier version, […]
By Nicole Winfield And Krista Larson The Associated Press BANGUI, Central African Republic Pope Francis ventured into a volatile Muslim neighbourhood of Central African Republic’s capital on Monday to bring his message of reconciliation to the city’s main mosque, insisting that Christians and Muslims have long lived peacefully together here […]
