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Spicy Mexican Tortilla Soup

2010-02-26T03:53:06-05:00

The pie piper

2007-08-01T18:09:00-04:00

I tried to avoid the clichés: Easy as. In the sky. Mom, baseball and apple.

But the real thing is too alluring for me to stay away.

Can Drew Carey handle Bob Barker's microphone?

2007-08-01T18:01:00-04:00

Drew Carey is no Bob Barker.

The first word Carey said to the audience during the taping for the first episode of his new prime-time CBS game show ''The Power of 10,'' the pilot of which led CBS to pick him to replace Barker, was the f-word.

Yes, that f-word.

Solving the mystery

2007-07-26T18:23:00-04:00

Could I be the next John Grissom?”

That may be a question on one of the 32 seventh- and eighth-graders’ minds this week at the CSI Camp sponsored by GEAR UP, but little did they know they were about to get a real look at what forensic science is all about.

A Nike protest rundown

2007-07-26T15:58:00-04:00

Just do it. Just drop Michael Vick.

That's the message from animal rights activists to sports apparel giant Nike over its endorsement deal with the Atlanta Falcons quarterback.

Food that wants to be eaten

2007-07-26T15:47:00-04:00

I first noticed it in a Tokyo subway, of all places. The sign depicted an enormous, anthropomorphized cup of ramen noodles smiling out at the throngs of Japanese commuters. In its right hand was a hefty pair of chopsticks.

Summer’s second skin

2007-07-24T19:03:00-04:00

Swimsuit season. The time of year many women dread and stress over, trying to find the perfect shape and style to offer a comfortable, flattering result.

Getting ‘campy’

2007-07-24T00:14:00-04:00

What is the best way to spend your summer vacation? The answer is simple, summer camps!

With the hot summer sun and great friends there is no better way to spend the three free months that students are allowed to escape from homework and tests.

The last trip to Hogwarts

2007-07-22T23:08:00-04:00

Megan Groves doesn’t hesitate when asked what house she’d be in if she were a student at the fictional Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry written about and conjured up by the author of the “Harry Potter” series, J.K. Rowling.

“I’d be in Ravenclaw,” said Groves, a senior at West Virginia University.

Broadening artistic horizons

2007-07-19T22:05:00-04:00

If you can’t find something fun or stimulating to do lately, you can look at the upcoming year’s fine arts events scheduled by Fairmont State University and remember why it is great to live in a college town.

The FSU Fine Arts calendar was just announced and brings together, once again, a melting pot of theater, art and music.