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        • 21 Artists and Retailers Making Kitchens Beautiful May. 22, 2013
          A collection of superior artists and retailers transforming our kitchens into things of beauty.
        • Stair-Building Tip May. 22, 2013
          An adjustable placement jig makes the process much more accurate
        • Earth Day: 5 Ways the Earth Has Changed in 100 Years {VIDEO} May. 22, 2013
          Without a doubt, humans have dramatically altered various facets of Planet Earth in a matter of centuries
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        • How "Continued Coverage" Can Do Long-Term Damage May. 22, 2013
          Spry's caregiving expert Patricia Smith explains why in the days following tragedies like the Boston Marathon bombings, turning off the "continued coverage" can help in the healing.
        • Ways to Block Out Your Neighbors May. 22, 2013
            I'm all for being a considerate summertime neighbor. Being mindful of how much noise one produces and inviting the neighbors to an occasional barbecue at your place are nice ways to increase the peace in one's neighborhood.
        • Today's News: Our Take - S.W.A.T. Star Steve Forrest Dies at 87 May. 22, 2013
          Steve Forrest, who starred as Lt. Dan "Hondo" Harrelson on the 1970s series S.W.A.T., died peacefully on May 18 in Thousand Oaks, Calif., according to The Hollywood Reporter. He was 87.A Hollywood performer for more than 60 years, the actor ...
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        • S.W.A.T. Star Steve Forrest Dies at 87 May. 22, 2013
          Steve Forrest, who starred as Lt. Dan "Hondo" Harrelson on the 1970s series S.W.A.T., died peacefully on May 18 in Thousand Oaks, Calif., according to The Hollywood Reporter. He was 87.A Hollywood performer for more than 60 years, the actor ...
          Steve Forrest | Photo Credits: ABC Photo Archives/ABC/Getty Images
        • Today's News: Our Take - Fox's Does Someone Have to Go? Brings the Office Drama Home May. 22, 2013
          Think you've got a dysfunctional workplace? You're not the only one.Fox is bringing work home from the office with its new reality show Does Someone Have to Go?, which premieres Thursday at 9/8c. In the series, the latest creation from ...
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        • Fox's Does Someone Have to Go? Brings the Office Drama Home May. 22, 2013
          Think you've got a dysfunctional workplace? You're not the only one.Fox is bringing work home from the office with its new reality show Does Someone Have to Go?, which premieres Thursday at 9/8c. In the series, the latest creation from ...
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        • Today's News: Our Take - Top Videos: Tornado Victim Reunites with Her Dog, Zach Sobiech's "Clouds” Tribute May. 22, 2013
          There was no shortage of heartbreaking stories to come out of Moore, Okla., this week, in the wake of a deadly tornado that left dozens of people dead and hundreds more homeless and/or injured. But amid the rubble, there was ...
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        • Top Videos: Tornado Victim Reunites with Her Dog, Zach Sobiech's "Clouds” Tribute May. 22, 2013
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        • Today's News: Our Take - Emma Roberts Joins American Horror Story: Coven May. 22, 2013
          Ryan Murphy is adding yet another familiar face to the upcoming third season of American Horror Story.Emma Roberts will star on this year's witch-themed installment titled Coven, TVLine reports.Roberts, 22, will play a self-obsessed party girl named Madison. She joins ...
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        • Emma Roberts Joins American Horror Story: Coven May. 22, 2013
          Ryan Murphy is adding yet another familiar face to the upcoming third season of American Horror Story.Emma Roberts will star on this year's witch-themed installment titled Coven, TVLine reports.Roberts, 22, will play a self-obsessed party girl named Madison. She joins ...
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        • Today's News: Our Take - Chris Brown Gets Into Car Crash in Los Angeles May. 22, 2013
          Chris Brown got into a minor fender-bender Tuesday afternoon in Los Angeles, TMZ reports.The biggest celebrity feudsBrown rear-ended a Mercedes with his Range Rover. The singer parked his car in front of the Mercedes and exchanged information with the other ...
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        • Chris Brown Gets Into Car Crash in Los Angeles May. 22, 2013
          Chris Brown got into a minor fender-bender Tuesday afternoon in Los Angeles, TMZ reports.The biggest celebrity feudsBrown rear-ended a Mercedes with his Range Rover. The singer parked his car in front of the Mercedes and exchanged information with the other ...
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        • Today's News: Our Take - Homeland Enlists SVU, Prison Break Actors for Season 3 May. 22, 2013
          Homeland has added eight new guest stars to its upcoming third season, including Law Order: Special Victims Unit's Joanna Merlin and How I Met Your Mother's Nazanin Boniadi.Merlin will play Grandma Lois, the mother of Jessica Brody (Morena Baccarin). ...
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        • Homeland Enlists SVU, Prison Break Actors for Season 3 May. 22, 2013
          Homeland has added eight new guest stars to its upcoming third season, including Law Order: Special Victims Unit's Joanna Merlin and How I Met Your Mother's Nazanin Boniadi.Merlin will play Grandma Lois, the mother of Jessica Brody (Morena Baccarin). ...
          Damian Lewis and Claire Danes | Photo Credits: Kent Smith/Showtime
        • Today's News: Our Take - Wolf Blitzer to Atheist Tornado Victim on Live TV: "Alright, Don't Thank the Lord" May. 22, 2013
          Not everyone answers to a higher power or at least that's what CNN's Wolf Blitzer discovered in a live interview with one of the Oklahoma tornado victims.On a Tuesday broadcast from Moore, Okla., Blitzer asked a woman named Rebecca ...
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        • Wolf Blitzer to Atheist Tornado Victim on Live TV: "Alright, Don't Thank the Lord" May. 22, 2013
          Not everyone answers to a higher power or at least that's what CNN's Wolf Blitzer discovered in a live interview with one of the Oklahoma tornado victims.On a Tuesday broadcast from Moore, Okla., Blitzer asked a woman named Rebecca ...
          Wolf Blitzer | Photo Credits: CNN
        • Today's News: Our Take - What Are the Most Anticipated New Comedies? May. 22, 2013
          TV fans just can't wait for Robin Williams and Sarah Michelle Gellar's return to the small screen.The duo's new CBS series The Crazy Ones is the most-added freshman comedy on TVGuide.com's Watchlist. The season's second most anticipated sitcom is another ...
          Robin Williams, Sarah Michelle Gellar | Photo Credits: Richard Cartwright/CBS
        • What Are the Most Anticipated New Comedies? May. 22, 2013
          TV fans just can't wait for Robin Williams and Sarah Michelle Gellar's return to the small screen.The duo's new CBS series The Crazy Ones is the most-added freshman comedy on TVGuide.com's Watchlist. The season's second most anticipated sitcom is another ...
          Robin Williams, Sarah Michelle Gellar | Photo Credits: Richard Cartwright/CBS
        • Today's News: Our Take - American Idol Runner-Up Kree Harrison: "I Don't Really Regret Anything" May. 22, 2013
          American Idol Season 12 runner-up Kree Harrison says she has no regrets about her time on the show, even deciding to let eventual winner Candice Glover close out the finale."People are asking me why I chose to go first and ...
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        • American Idol Runner-Up Kree Harrison: "I Don't Really Regret Anything" May. 22, 2013
          American Idol Season 12 runner-up Kree Harrison says she has no regrets about her time on the show, even deciding to let eventual winner Candice Glover close out the finale."People are asking me why I chose to go first and ...
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        • Today's News: Our Take - Report: Justin Bieber Requires $5 Million Confidentiality Waiver for All House Guests May. 22, 2013
          Want to hang out at Justin Bieber's house? It might cost you $5 million!Bieber is requiring that all guests who visit his Calabasas, Calif., mansion sign confidentiality agreement contracts agreeing not to reveal details of what they see and hear ...
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        • Report: Justin Bieber Requires $5 Million Confidentiality Waiver for All House Guests May. 22, 2013
          Want to hang out at Justin Bieber's house? It might cost you $5 million!Bieber is requiring that all guests who visit his Calabasas, Calif., mansion sign confidentiality agreement contracts agreeing not to reveal details of what they see and hear ...
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        • Today's News: Our Take - Gwyneth Paltrow Says Modeling is the “Perfect Job” for Moms May. 22, 2013
          Great work if you can get it!Working moms with young children may be always strapped for time, energy and money. But Gwyneth Paltrow has a solution that worked for her and might work for you: modeling."I always say this, ...
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        • Gwyneth Paltrow Says Modeling is the “Perfect Job” for Moms May. 22, 2013
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        • A new breed of Obamaphobes: Tornado truthers May. 22, 2013
        • Today's News: Our Take - Sharon Osbourne Confirms Ozzy Is Sober: I “Feel Like the Luckiest Woman in the World” May. 22, 2013
          Sharon Osbourne is on the top of the world, thanks to her husband's sobriety and a new job on the UK's The X Factor."I, today, feel like the luckiest woman in the world," Osbourne said on Wednesday's episode of The ...
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        • Sharon Osbourne Confirms Ozzy Is Sober: I “Feel Like the Luckiest Woman in the World” May. 22, 2013
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        • Today in the News: London attack leaves soldier dead May. 22, 2013
          Your daily news briefing, with the video of the day, top news and quote of the day.   
        • Five Unconventional White Picket Fences May. 22, 2013
            White picket pallet fence: Hometalk member Allison House turned ordinary pallets into fence pickets (white, natch). It's a down-home DIY take on a classic style.
        • Tips for Rebuilding a Flooded Home May. 22, 2013
            Hello, Midwesterners, and anyone else who is looking at the prospect of rebuilding a flooded home. I will outline the process of rebuilding a flooded home in this article, and I will direct you to resources for information, building materials, and contractors. 
        • Today's News: Our Take - Ratings: Dancing Finale Rises; Grimm Steady May. 22, 2013
          The good news for Dancing with the Stars? The Season 16 finale surged week-to-week. The bad news? It still hit a new finale low.The two-hour results show the series' last for now drew 15 million viewers and a ...
          Derek Hough, Kellie Pickler | Photo Credits: Kelsey McNeal/ABC
        • Ratings: Dancing Finale Rises; Grimm Steady May. 22, 2013
          The good news for Dancing with the Stars? The Season 16 finale surged week-to-week. The bad news? It still hit a new finale low.The two-hour results show the series' last for now drew 15 million viewers and a ...
          Derek Hough, Kellie Pickler | Photo Credits: Kelsey McNeal/ABC
        • The world is a battlefield? May. 22, 2013
          On Rob’s recommendation, I’ve started reading Dirty Wars: The World is a Battlefield by Jeremy Scahill, which tells the story of how the U.S. created a largely secret, largely unaccountable force capable of executing targeted assassinations and projecting lethal force in any country around the world.
        • Today's News: Our Take - Girls Gone Wild Founder Joe Francis: The Jury That Convicted Me Should Be Euthanized May. 22, 2013
          Just weeks after being convicted of assault, Girls Gone Wild founder Joe Francis is speaking out, bashing the court system, jurors, Steve Wynn, his critics' penis sizes and a whole lot more.In 2011, three women accused Francis of refusing to ...
          Joe Francis | Photo Credits: Dave Kotinsky/Getty Images
        • Girls Gone Wild Founder Joe Francis: The Jury That Convicted Me Should Be Euthanized May. 22, 2013
          Just weeks after being convicted of assault, Girls Gone Wild founder Joe Francis is speaking out, bashing the court system, jurors, Steve Wynn, his critics' penis sizes and a whole lot more.In 2011, three women accused Francis of refusing to ...
          Joe Francis | Photo Credits: Dave Kotinsky/Getty Images
        • Today's News: Our Take - CBS Orders Bad Teacher to Series May. 22, 2013
          More than a week after CBS announced its fall schedule, the network has given an additional series order to the Bad Teacher adaptation, TVGuide.com has learned.Based on the Cameron Diaz film, a sexy, foul-mouthed divorce (Ari Graynor)becomes a teacher to ...
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        • CBS Orders Bad Teacher to Series May. 22, 2013
          More than a week after CBS announced its fall schedule, the network has given an additional series order to the Bad Teacher adaptation, TVGuide.com has learned.Based on the Cameron Diaz film, a sexy, foul-mouthed divorce (Ari Graynor)becomes a teacher to ...
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        • What to Watch: ‘Modern Family’ finale, ‘MasterChef’ premiere May. 22, 2013
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        • Ninety-nine one-liners to use againt global-warming deniers May. 22, 2013
        • Sharon Osbourne Confirms Ozzy Is Sober: I “Feel Like the Luckiest Woman in the World” May. 22, 2013
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        • Today's News: Our Take - Dana Delany Revisits China Beach Ahead of 25th Anniversary Box Set May. 22, 2013
          It's been more than 20 years since China Beach went off the air, and star Dana Delany says she hasn't revisited the series aside from catching a snippet of an episode while flipping channels a couple of years ago."I just ...
          Marg Helgenberger, Dana Delany, Nan Woods, Chloe Webb | Photo Credits: Craig Sjodin/ABC via Getty Images
        • Dana Delany Revisits China Beach Ahead of 25th Anniversary Box Set May. 22, 2013
          It's been more than 20 years since China Beach went off the air, and star Dana Delany says she hasn't revisited the series aside from catching a snippet of an episode while flipping channels a couple of years ago."I just ...
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        • Today's News: Our Take - VIDEO: Idol Winner Candice Glover Reflects on Season 12, Her Winning Moment and "Lovesong" May. 22, 2013
          Candice Glover made American Idol history last week, becoming the only returning contestant to win the competition. Glover had auditioned in Seasons 9 and 11, making it as far as the Top 40 Vegas round last season before being eliminated."I ...
          Candice Glover | Photo Credits: Ray Mickshaw/Fox
        • VIDEO: Idol Winner Candice Glover Reflects on Season 12, Her Winning Moment and "Lovesong" May. 22, 2013
          Candice Glover made American Idol history last week, becoming the only returning contestant to win the competition. Glover had auditioned in Seasons 9 and 11, making it as far as the Top 40 Vegas round last season before being eliminated."I ...
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        • Today's News: Our Take - VIDEO: Friends Stars Reunite — and It Isn't So Friendly May. 22, 2013
          Tension was high during a mini-Friends reunion but it was all fun and games for The Ellen DeGeneres Show.In the staged video, Jennifer Aniston heads to former co-star Matthew Perry's house for advice for her co-hosting gig on Wednesday's ...
          Jennifer Aniston, Courteney Cox and Matthew Perry | Photo Credits: Michael Rozman/Warner Bros.
        • VIDEO: Friends Stars Reunite — and It Isn't So Friendly May. 22, 2013
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