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 This Year's 
 Thanksgiving 
 Dinner: $42.91 

Price of turkey with all the trimmings drops the most since 2000

Nov 14, 09 11:16 AM CST
(Newser) - The cost of a traditional Thanksgiving meal—enough turkey and trimmings to feed 10—comes in at $42.91 this year. That's down nearly 4%, or about $1.70, from last year and the biggest drop in price since 2000, says the American Farm Bureau survey. The biggest factors are... More »

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turkey • food prices • Thanksgiving • Thanksgiving dinner • food costs

OPINION

 The Worst Soft Drinks Ever 

Coke's Vio is only the latest in ill-conceived beverages

Aug 1, 09 5:15 AM CDT
(Newser) - Coke is currently testing Vio, a carbonated-milk drink it hopes will capture the US market—but Time is a little skeptical. Here are some other misbegotten beverage ideas:
  • Coors Rocky Mountain Sparkling Water. Prominent placement of the Coors logo made the company’s spring water look a lot
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cocaine • list • beverages • soda • Thanksgiving • Molson Coors Brewing Co. • soft drinks • Coca-Cola • New Coke • Vio

Christmases Chokes Australia at Box Office
 

Comedy tops box office, curbing Twilight sensation

Nov 30, 08 5:06 PM CST
(Newser) - Four Christmases iced the competition over the long Thanksgiving weekend and raked in $46.7 million, Variety reports. Box office numbers stayed strong overall—up 2% to 3% over last year's holiday—as Twilight ($39.5 million), Bolt ($36 million), and Quantum of Solace ($28.1 million) filled out the... More »

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box office • holiday • weekend • Thanksgiving • ticket sales • movie theaters • Four Christmases

OPINION

 Lions Could Be Historically Bad 

Worst team ever, for any sport? Could be

Nov 28, 08 9:17 AM CST
(Newser) - “Worst. Team. Ever.” Get ready, Detroit fans, “because the angle isn’t going away,” writes Bob Wojnowski of the Detroit News. The Lions are used to losing, but yesterday’s embarrassing 47-10 thrashing on national TV surely represented a new low, making the Lions’... More »

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NFL • football • Detroit Lions • Thanksgiving

 Phelps' Gal Pal Meets Mom 

Girlfriend spends Thanksgiving with fam

Nov 28, 08 6:30 AM CST
(Newser) - Olympic champion Michael Phelps brought his latest prize home: his girlfriend spent Thanksgiving with the family in Baltimore, People reports. The pair met in Vegas, where Phelps is practicing for the World Series of Poker and his gal pal works as a cocktail waitress. The Olympic sensation says the card... More »

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Michael Phelps • Las Vegas • 2008 Beijing Olympics • swimming • World Series of Poker • poker • Thanksgiving • US Olympic athletes • Olympics

 Food Banks See 
 Spike in Demand 

Former donors now need donations: bank director

Nov 27, 08 5:24 PM CST
(AP) - As millions of American families gathered to give thanks for what they have, food banks and shelters struggled to cope with a spike in demand for their services. "Food bank after food bank tells me it's new faces, people they haven't seen before," says one charity spokesman in... More »

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charity • Thanksgiving • food banks • economy • financial crisis • economic disparity

 Science Supersizes  
 Thanksgiving 

Our fare is not the same as the pilgrims'

Nov 27, 08 2:45 PM CST
(Newser) - Thanksgiving food has undergone massive genetic changes in the centuries since the Pilgrims first prepared the feast, resulting in turkeys more than twice as big and corn six times as sweet. But human taste buds have evolved, too, meaning we don’t necessarily appreciate our new and improved fare any... More »

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agriculture • genetically modified crops • corn • DNA • turkey • crops • Thanksgiving • potatoes

 Farmers Already Working 
 on Your '09 Bird 

With Americans eating 17% of annual output today, planning ahead is crucial

Nov 27, 08 1:43 PM CST
(Newser) - Ever wonder how the grocery store bins fill up with so many turkeys come late November? Lots and lots of planning, explains Nina Shen Rastogi in Slate. Americans will eat about 46 million birds today—that accounts for 17% of all turkeys raised in the US in a given year.... More »

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agriculture • turkey • Thanksgiving • Christmas • farmers

OPINION

 There's Wild Food Missing Here

American cuisine should include wild game

Nov 26, 08 1:13 PM CST
(Newser) - Mark Twain’s Thanksgiving looked nothing like the meal you’re having tomorrow—or, for that matter, like the one the Pilgrims had with the Wampanoag. The difference? Those bygone American tables would have been filled with wild game, Andrew Beahrs writes in the New York Times. Twain wrote... More »

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food • wildlife • eating • Thanksgiving • Mark Twain

Early On, Holiday Travel Going Smoothly

Few delays reported on roads, airports at start
of Thanksgiving rush

Nov 26, 08 11:53 AM CST
(AP) - Travelers breezed through airport terminals and drivers cruised open roads today, the effects of a sour economy blamed for keeping people closer to home at the start of the annual Thanksgiving rush. Even though gas prices fell and airlines offered last-minute deals, many Americans appeared to be skipping trips this... More »

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airport • driving • air travel • credit crisis • Thanksgiving • Thanksgiving travel • economy • financial crisis

 Guess Where A-Rod's 
 Spending Thanksgiving? 

Wife blasts his decision to ditch kids

Nov 25, 08 6:03 AM CST
(Newser) - Alex Rodriguez will be spending the holiday with family—just not his own, the New York Post reports. The Yankee slugger’s wife told a friend, “My soul-less, soon-to-be ex-husband is abandoning his kids on Thanksgiving to be with Madonna.” Cynthia went on to describe the singer in... More »

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Alex Rodriguez • Cynthia Rodriguez • celebrity • holiday • Thanksgiving • Madonna • David Banda • Lourdes Leon • Rocco Ritchie

Good Samaritan Hits Thief With Frozen Fowl

Hobbled robber flees
in car before police track him down

Nov 24, 08 6:15 PM CST
(Newser) - A man armed with a frozen turkey helped hobble a carjacker yesterday in a North Carolina town, the News & Observer reports. The rescuer battered a crook as he attacked a woman in a grocery store parking lot. The robber jumped in her car, smashing into parked vehicles, and... More »

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crime • North Carolina • turkey • Thanksgiving • carjacking • good samaritan

Palin's Visit
to Turkey Farm Gets Grisly

She gives TV interview as worker continues slaughter behind her

Nov 20, 08 9:40 PM CST
(Newser) - A new Sarah Palin video is causing a buzz on YouTube and in the blogosphere, but it has little to do with presidential politics. Palin visited an Alaska farm to pardon a turkey for Thanksgiving, then gave a lengthy interview to a TV news crew, reports NBC affiliate KARE-11. Problem... More »

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Alaska • turkey • Thanksgiving • viral video • Sarah Palin

 Fewer Will Travel 
 for Thanksgiving: AAA 

600K more expected to stay home, first decline in 6 years

Nov 19, 08 3:33 PM CST
(Newser) - An estimated 600,000 Americans will forego the 50-plus miles of travel they made last year to celebrate Thanksgiving, AAA predicts. The dip is the first in 6 years, but the fourth consecutive for general holiday travel. Despite cheaper gas, fewer people will drive cars this year, opting for more-economical... More »

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air travel • gas prices • airfare • Thanksgiving • Thanksgiving travel • holiday travel • airlines • hotels • car rental

PETA Video Shows W.Va. Workers Abusing Turkeys

Animal-rights org files criminal complaint; W.Va. company vows to punish workers

Nov 19, 08 2:00 PM CST
(Newser) - Just ahead of Thanksgiving, workers at a West Virginia farm are shown stomping turkeys and twisting their necks to kill them in an undercover video released by PETA, AP reports. The employee who filmed the stomach-turning scenes says the birds are kept in overcrowded barns and that employees brag about... More »

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farms • animal cruelty • animal rights • PETA • West Virginia • Thanksgiving • poultry • Aviagen • Pilgrim's Pride

WINE REVIEW

 How to Wine as 
 You Dine on Turkey 

A panel of the Times' best and brightest drinks a bunch so you don't have to

Nov 12, 08 12:03 PM CST
(Newser) - With all the potential stress implicit in the Thanksgiving family feast, wine is one arena that shouldn't leave the host sweating bullets, writes Eric Asimov in the New York Times. The rules "couldn't be simpler": Like the food, Thanksgiving wine selection is all about "versatility and plentitude,"... More »

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New York Times • alcohol • wine • red wine • holiday • Thanksgiving • Eric Asimov

Airlines Trim Holiday Flights, Cut Off-Peak Bargains

US Airways will fly 40% fewer flights this Thanksgiving

Oct 21, 08 1:54 PM CDT
(Newser) - As airlines struggle to stay competitive, scheduling changes mean that consumers will see fewer planes and higher fares, the Wall Street Journal reports. In the coming Thanksgiving season, US Airways is flying 40% fewer flights than a year ago. Delta and United have both reduced Thanksgiving flights by more than... More »

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Delta Air Lines • US Airways • flights • Southwest Airlines • Thanksgiving • price increases • Thanksgiving travel • airlines

Social Networking Deposes Porn as Web King

Users searching less for adult sites as they spend more time on Facebook et al.

Sep 16, 08 2:58 PM CDT
(Newser) - Porn is no longer king online, thanks to the social-networking sites where people—particularly 18- to 24-year-olds—have become addicted to less X-rated forms of sharing, a Web analyst tells Reuters. “My theory is that young users spend so much time on social networks that they don't have time... More »

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social networking • Hurricane Katrina • pornography • Thanksgiving • Web tracking • trend

OPINION

About-Face on Wright
'No Way to Start a Dialogue'

Obama called for discussion on race, then ran from it, columnist argues

May 5, 08 2:44 PM CDT
(Newser) - Coming together “isn’t all it’s cracked up to be,” Gregory Rodriguez writes in the LA Times, and Barack Obama's attempt to start a national dialogue on race was foiled by an unlikely actor: Barack Obama. Jeremiah Wright "didn't really say anything new last week,"... More »

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Barack Obama • Thanksgiving • reconciliation • Jeremiah Wright

Talk About 'Blue Monday'

Tracking Google searches shows low point before, not after, holidays

Jan 21, 08 12:25 PM CST
(Newser) - Unless you're a Giants fan, it's likely you woke up this morning feeling a bit more than the usual Monday blahs. The third Monday in January is the most depressing day of the year, says a Cardiff University researcher. He bases his annual predictions on weather, holiday debt, and broken... More »

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weather • Google • suicide • depression • antidepressant • gas prices • Thanksgiving • New Year's resolutions • Dr. Cliff Arnall • mental crisis • most depressing day of the year • holiday depression • online search

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