First Day Of Winter 2012: Solstice Signifies Beginning Of New Season On ...

Holiday 2012: What's on your gadget wish-list? If you could get Santa to bring you anything at all, what would it be? Find out my picks, then share yours! Rick Broida. by Rick Broida. December 21, 2012 8:58 AM PST Follow @cheapskateblog. The Parrot AR.

While 2012 was a banner year for new music, it was also a year in which I rediscovered (or newly discovered) older albums. Sometimes it takes a couple of years to get to know an album well enough to review it. It's difficult to fully judge an album on

While 2012 was a banner year for new music, it was also a year in which I rediscovered (or newly discovered) older albums. Sometimes it takes a couple of years to get to know an album well enough to review it. It's difficult to fully judge an album on

While 2012 was a banner year for new music, it was also a year in which I rediscovered (or newly discovered) older albums. Sometimes it takes a couple of years to get to know an album well enough to review it. It's difficult to fully judge an album on

With no real trends or whipping posts in 2012, it was, surprisingly, just a great time to enjoy metal on its own terms. In fact, the only unifying theme of 2012 was a strong showing from the lifers who have made metal what it is today. Vital releases

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Miss Universe 2012: Language barrier took the spotlight

LAS VEGAS — A 20-year-old Boston University sophomore and a self-described "cellist-nerd" brought the Miss Universe crown back to the United States for the first time in more than a decade when she won the televised contest Wednesday. Olivia Culpo

Meet the new Miss Universe 2012! Boston University sophomore Olivia Culpo was crowned Miss Universe 2012 Wednesday night. Miss USA since June, the Cranston, Rhode Island native, 20, was the first American to win the Miss Universe title since 1997.

Meet the new Miss Universe 2012! Boston University sophomore Olivia Culpo was crowned Miss Universe 2012 Wednesday night. Miss USA since June, the Cranston, Rhode Island native, 20, was the first American to win the Miss Universe title since 1997.

Miss USA Olivia Culpo was crowned the 2012 Miss Universe on Wednesday. The 20-year-old beauty queen beat out 88 other contestants, including first runner-up Janine Tugonon of the Philippines, to win the highly-coveted

Olivia Culpo is the first Miss USA to win the Miss Universe crown since 1997 and the eighth American overall.Miss Philippines, Janine Tugonon, finished as first runner-up. Plus, pregnant pro beach volleyball player and pageant judge Kerri Walsh walks

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Instagram Regulations Get Tweaked After Uproar -- But The Worst Part Is Still ...

Following the loud Internet outcry against its new Terms of Service, Instagram is rolling back a section of its new rules that previously gave many angry users the impression that the photo-sharing platform planned to start

Following the loud Internet outcry against its new Terms of Service, Instagram is rolling back a section of its new rules that previously gave many angry users the impression that the photo-sharing platform planned to start selling people's pictures to

After an uproar over privacy concerns, Instagram's co-founder, Kevin Systrom, said the service would revert to its previous user agreement. Read more

Instagram just released an update for its iOS and Android apps that now allows people to login through Facebook's iOS 6 single sign-on integrations. It also adds a new filter called Mayfair, and returns the ability to share photos from any album on

Instagram just released an update for its iOS and Android apps that now allows people to login through Facebook's iOS 6 single sign-on integrations. It also adds a new filter called Mayfair, and returns the ability to share photos from any album on

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Known for Faith as Well as His Play, a Top Recruit Picks Duke, Not BYU

Depending on whom you ask, most people feel that Duke and Michigan State are the frontrunners at this point.

Jabari Parker made a decisionon his mission. The hotly recruited basketball star will not go on an LDS mission, leaving five programs (including BYU) scrambling to get him for the.

Jabari Parker (Getty Images)It took only 11 words for Jabari Parker to exhilarate one fan base and crush the hopes of four others. At a press conference at Chicago's Simeon High School Thursday afternoon, the nation's No. 2 recruit paused, dug a blue

Jabari Parker leaned down from a podium crowded with microphones and pulled a bright blue Duke T-shirt from a backpack, providing a dramatic ending to the type of mystery that is becoming increasingly rare in high school recruiting. Simeon's Parker

Jabari Parker (Getty Images)It took only 11 words for Jabari Parker to exhilarate one fan base and crush the hopes of four others. At a press conference at Chicago's Simeon High School Thursday afternoon, the nation's No. 2 recruit paused, dug a blue

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End of the world on 12/21/12? Not just yet, says the Vatican's top astronomer ...

Another road-heavy stretch left the San Antonio Spurs weary and looking forward to one of their longest homestands of the season. They'll try to begin that stay by avoiding their longest losing streak in more than 20 months Friday night against the

West Wing Week: 12/21/12 or "We Are There For Them". Adam Garber. December 21, 2012 12:00 AM EST. Share This Post. Welcome to the West Wing Week, your guide to everything that's happening at 1600 Pennsylvania Ave. This week, the President

FORT WAYNE, Ind. (www.incnow.tv) --- Less than three days until doomsday prophets say the world could be ending. It's a story about the approach of "12-21-12", and whether there's reason to feel afraid. Digital Daily

Sorry Links went up late. Got unduly involved in the gun control post and forgot to launch this one on schedule. Home at the End of Time: Robert Vicino Built an Underground City Where You Can Ride out the Apocalypse

Sorry Links went up late. Got unduly involved in the gun control post and forgot to launch this one on schedule. Home at the End of Time: Robert Vicino Built an Underground City Where You Can Ride out the Apocalypse

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Instagram Regulations Get Tweaked After Uproar -- But The Worst Part Is Still ...

Kim Kardashian is afraid Instagram's new policies will torpedo the million-dollar empire she's spent years building -- and THAT'S why she's threatening to…

Instagram has backpedaled on changes to its terms of service that appeared to let the maker of the photo-sharing app sell users' images, with founder and CEO Kevin Systrom announcing today that the terms will revert to the version in place since the

Kim Kardashian is afraid Instagram's new policies will torpedo the million-dollar empire she's spent years building -- and THAT'S why she's threatening to…

After upsetting users with changes to its Terms of Service, Instagram announced tonight that it's discarding some of them for now, rolling back the.

After an uproar over privacy concerns, Instagram's co-founder, Kevin Systrom, said the service would revert to its previous user agreement. Read more

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Staying In: Bruno Mars and Rebel Wilson combine for the perfect weekend indoors

LISTEN Unorthodox Jukebox by Bruno Mars — The smooth-as-caramel crooner has a huge hit with his 10-track sophomore album. His production team, the Smeezingtons (Mars, Philip Lawrence and Ari Levine), partnered

Bruno Mars' “Locked Out Of Heaven” locks up the top spot on the Billboard Hot 100 for the second week in a row.

The title beats the arriving Unorthodox Jukebox by Bruno Mars, which settles for a bow at No. 2 with 192,000. It's easily the best sales week yet for the singer/songwriter/producer, who previously earned his best frame when Doo-Wops & Hooligans moved

To the rest of the world, Bruno Mars is as harmless as a puppy in a fedora, an old-fashioned entertainer welcome at any mother's dinner table. Mars apparently doesn't see himself that way, though. On his sophomore album,

This week on the charts: Bruno Mars's "Locked Out of Heaven" holds at No. 1 on the Billboard 100, and his new album, Unorthodox Jukebox, debuts at No. 2 (192,000 copies sold). What's No. 1 on the album side, you might ask, if you had not read the above

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