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        • Living history: Trio of Country House vets recall rolls in WWII 1:03 pm
          Three World War II veterans - now residents at Greenville's ACTS Country House - reflect on serving as members of the Greatest Generation.
          ACTS Country House residents and World War II veterans Jim Bercaw (left), Katherine Spitz and Ray Wilbur.
        • Today's News: Our Take - VIDEO: Mariah Carey Suffers Wardrobe Malfunction, Curses on Good Morning America 1:06 pm
          Mariah Carey's Friday morning got off to a rough start. During an appearance on Good Morning America, the singer suffered a nearly catastrophic wardrobe malfunction."The back of my dress just popped," Carey announced to the crowd in Central Park. The ...
          Mariah Carey | Photo Credits: abc.com
        • Today's News: Our Take - Memorial Day Weekend Marathon Roundup 1:06 pm
          It's Memorial Day Weekend -- the official start of summer! What better way to celebrate than to watch endless hours of TV! Check out your options:(All times are ET/PT)Saturday, May 25Bridezillas (10 a.m.-5 a.m. Sunday, WE tv)Defiance (4 p.m.-6 a.m. ...
          Mariska Hargitay, Danny Pino | Photo Credits: Michael Parmelee/NBC
        • Today's News: Our Take - VIDEO: Jennifer Aniston Plays a Stripper in We're the Millers 1:06 pm
          Eat your heart out, Brad Pitt. In the first trailer for We're the Millers, Jennifer Aniston shakes her stuff as a jaded stripper.PHOTOS: Hot summer TV eye candyIn the film, Aniston, 43, plays a stripper recruited by Jason Sudeikis to ...
          Jennifer Aniston | Photo Credits: Miller
        • Today's News: Our Take - Bret Michaels Transforms Transportation on Rock My RV 1:06 pm
          Well-known bandanna enthusiast Bret Michaels front man of Poison, former reality-show Lothario, Celebrity Apprentice champion and composer of drunk-girl karaoke classic "Every Rose Has Its Thorn" hardly seems like the kind of guy who'd get excited talking about ...
          Bret Michaels | Photo Credits: Cindy Ord/Getty Images
        • Today's News: Our Take - The Bachelorette's Desiree: This Is Definitely a Sexy Season 1:06 pm
          Sean Lowe was not afraid to take his shirt off during The Bachelor and new Bachelorette Desiree hopes her men have the same lack of modesty."It will definitely be a sexy season because the men are so sexy!" Desiree told ...
          Desiree Hartsock | Photo Credits: Rick Rowell/ABC
        • Today's News: Our Take - VIDEO: Was American Idol's Angie Miller as Surprised as Viewers Were By Her Elimination? 1:06 pm
          Many American Idol viewers had Angie Miller penciled in for the finale, if not the win. But after competing against Candice Glover and Kree Harrison, Angie was shockingly eliminated in third place. And she was just as surprised as the ...
          Angie Miller | Photo Credits: Michael Becker/Fox
        • Today's News: Our Take - Amanda Bynes Arrested After Throwing Bong Out the Window 1:06 pm
          Amanda Bynes was arrested in her Manhattan apartment Thursday night after she threw a bong out of the window, police told The Associated Press.Police were called to Bynes' apartment when a building official spotted the increasingly erratic star in the ...
          Amanda Bynes | Photo Credits: Steven Hirsch/Splash News
        • Friends top Jaguars 2-0 in girls soccer tournament action 10:05 am
          Wilmington Friends defeated Appoquinimink 2-0 in DIAA girls soccer tournament action.
          Friends
        • Stage is set for new, state-of-the-art Cab Calloway theater 12:19 pm
          Cab Calloway School of the Arts students, staff, and alumni bid farewell to their beloved theater Monday evening, during a school-sponsored “Lights Out” ceremony. The current theater, built in 1960, will be gutted and refurbished as a state-of-the-art theater due to be completed by the fall of 2014.
          Following the “Lights Out” ceremony, Jazz Under the Stars performed classic songs, including “It Had To Be You.”
        • Gays in Scouting 12:21 pm
          Dave Granlund cartoon on the Boy Scouts and gays.
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        • VIDEO: Mariah Carey Suffers Wardrobe Malfunction, Curses on Good Morning America 12:21 pm
          Mariah Carey's Friday morning got off to a rough start. During an appearance on Good Morning America, the singer suffered a nearly catastrophic wardrobe malfunction."The back of my dress just popped," Carey announced to the crowd in Central Park. The ...
          Mariah Carey | Photo Credits: abc.com
        • Memorial Day Weekend Marathon Roundup 12:21 pm
          It's Memorial Day Weekend -- the official start of summer! What better way to celebrate than to watch endless hours of TV! Check out your options:(All times are ET/PT)Saturday, May 25Bridezillas (10 a.m.-5 a.m. Sunday, WE tv)Defiance (4 p.m.-6 a.m. ...
          Mariska Hargitay, Danny Pino | Photo Credits: Michael Parmelee/NBC
        • VIDEO: Jennifer Aniston Plays a Stripper in We're the Millers 12:21 pm
          Eat your heart out, Brad Pitt. In the first trailer for We're the Millers, Jennifer Aniston shakes her stuff as a jaded stripper.PHOTOS: Hot summer TV eye candyIn the film, Aniston, 43, plays a stripper recruited by Jason Sudeikis to ...
          Jennifer Aniston | Photo Credits: Miller
        • Holiday Weekend Playlist: Garish Candelabra, Earnest Ring 12:21 pm
          No one saves face in director Steven Soderbergh's ghoulishly entertaining, opulently produced Behind the Candelabra (Sunday, 9/8c), HBO's grandest, gaudiest and most fascinating movie in quite a long while probably since last year's Game Change, in which Julianne Moore's ...
          Michael Douglas | Photo Credits: Claudette Barius/HBO
        • Disney XD Assembles the Avengers for New Animated Series 12:21 pm
          The big screen isn't the only place to find your favorite superheroes this summer. Iron Man, Captain America, Thor, the Hulk, Hawkeye and Black Widow will kick some bad-guy butt as the stars of a new animated series, Disney XD's ...
          Avengers | Photo Credits: Disney XD/Marvel
        • Bret Michaels Transforms Transportation on Rock My RV 12:21 pm
          Well-known bandanna enthusiast Bret Michaels front man of Poison, former reality-show Lothario, Celebrity Apprentice champion and composer of drunk-girl karaoke classic "Every Rose Has Its Thorn" hardly seems like the kind of guy who'd get excited talking about ...
          Bret Michaels | Photo Credits: Cindy Ord/Getty Images
        • The Bachelorette's Desiree: This Is Definitely a Sexy Season 12:21 pm
          Sean Lowe was not afraid to take his shirt off during The Bachelor and new Bachelorette Desiree hopes her men have the same lack of modesty."It will definitely be a sexy season because the men are so sexy!" Desiree told ...
          Desiree Hartsock | Photo Credits: Rick Rowell/ABC
        • VIDEO: Was American Idol's Angie Miller as Surprised as Viewers Were By Her Elimination? 12:21 pm
          Many American Idol viewers had Angie Miller penciled in for the finale, if not the win. But after competing against Candice Glover and Kree Harrison, Angie was shockingly eliminated in third place. And she was just as surprised as the ...
          Angie Miller | Photo Credits: Michael Becker/Fox
        • Amanda Bynes Arrested After Throwing Bong Out the Window 12:21 pm
          Amanda Bynes was arrested in her Manhattan apartment Thursday night after she threw a bong out of the window, police told The Associated Press.Police were called to Bynes' apartment when a building official spotted the increasingly erratic star in the ...
          Amanda Bynes | Photo Credits: Amanda Bynes
        • Hot Online: Amanda Bynes arrested after tossing bong 12:15 pm
          Check out what’s hot online right now.  
        • Obama to the People: I Am Not a Crook 12:15 pm
          There is one strong similarity between Watergate and the slime oozing out of the Obama White House that can’t be ignored.
        • 7 Ways to Save Money on Memorial Day 12:15 pm
          7 Ways to Save Money on Memorial Day written by Sydney Alcala for BillCutterz Money Saving Blog.Memorial Day is just around the corner and that means it’s almost summer time. Kick your summer into gear by having a fantastic three day weekend without blowing your budget. Here are...
        • Jon Stewart mocks Peggy Noonan, which makes me like him even more 12:15 pm
        • Morning Minutes: May 24 7:05 am
          Word of the Day, Website of the Day, Number to Know, This Day in History, Today's Featured Birthday and Daily Quote.
        • Today's News: Our Take - On the Set: Arrested Development Returns on Netflix 7:00 am
          From the outside, soundstage No.7 at Los Angeles's Culver Studios looks like an unremarkable airplane hangar. Inside? The fourth-season resurrection of the cult comedy Arrested Development rages in full eccentric swing as Cinco de Quatro a fictional holiday meant ...
          Will Arnett, David Cross, Portia de Rossi | Photo Credits: Sam Urdank/Netflix
        • Today's News: Our Take - Michael Douglas and Matt Damon Go Behind the Candelabra 7:00 am
          It all started, oddly enough, on the set of director Steven Soderbergh's gritty, Oscar-winning 2000 drama Traffic. "Steven said to me, 'You ever think of playing Liberace?'" remembers Michael Douglas of the first time he was approached to portray the ...
          Michael Douglas | Photo Credits: Claudette Barius/HBO
        • On the Set: Arrested Development Returns on Netflix 6:25 am
          From the outside, soundstage No.7 at Los Angeles's Culver Studios looks like an unremarkable airplane hangar. Inside? The fourth-season resurrection of the cult comedy Arrested Development rages in full eccentric swing as Cinco de Quatro a fictional holiday meant ...
          Will Arnett, David Cross, Portia de Rossi | Photo Credits: Sam Urdank/Netflix
        • Michael Douglas and Matt Damon Go Behind the Candelabra 6:25 am
          It all started, oddly enough, on the set of director Steven Soderbergh's gritty, Oscar-winning 2000 drama Traffic. "Steven said to me, 'You ever think of playing Liberace?'" remembers Michael Douglas of the first time he was approached to portray the ...
          Michael Douglas | Photo Credits: Claudette Barius/HBO
        • Movie review: ‘Fast & Furious 6’ 2:01 am
          You can have a great time getting caught up in the outrageous action of the sixth entry in this money-making machine of a series without having seen any of the previous films. But you wouldn’t understand the nuances of the characters and their interrelationships, you wouldn’t get why they all keep talking about the importance of family, and you wouldn’t really know who you’re supposed to be rooting for, or why.
        • Movie review: Last call for ‘Hangover’ gang 2:01 am
          “The Hangover III” takes forever to get started and then never wants to end. Farewells are always tough, but the end it is, as the “Wolf Pack” embarks on one final off-the-rails road trip.
        • The Readers’ Writers: YA author Scott Blagden 2:01 am
          Scott Blagden worked in real estate after being shown the exit door when a college prank found the wrong audience – apparently humor wasn’t in the offering that semester. Today, he lives on Cape Cod, is still in the real estate biz, is the father to two teenagers and he has just seen his first book published.
        • The world is a battlefield, continued 12:15 am
          President Obama addressed many important issues in his speech Thursday (transcript here), some of which I’m writing about for Sunday’s column.  The speech also included some remarkable political theater involving Obama and a protester in the audience. If anyone finds the clip and can link to it, you should check it out.
        • How to Climb with Tools May. 23, 2013
          Bring everything you need without having to descend the ladder
        • Car Care: When It’s OK to Do It Yourself May. 23, 2013
          5 simple maintenance tasks you can tackle in your home garage
        • Why Your Apple a Day Better Be Organic May. 23, 2013
          Once again, the fruit tops the list of dirtiest produce.
        • The Frequent Sex-UTI Connection May. 23, 2013
          OB/GYN Dr. Lisa Masterson explains why women are more prone to UTIs if they engage in frequent sex.
        • Real Housewife Yolanda Foster Battles Lyme Disease May. 23, 2013
          Yolanda Foster has suffered for more than two years. Here's how to protect yourself from Lyme Disease.
        • How Parents Affect Their Children's Diets May. 23, 2013
          Are parents of adolescents too controlling when it comes to how much their children eat?
        • A Surprising New Source of Vitamin D May. 23, 2013
          A new study finds that mushrooms may help increase vitamin D levels in healthy adults.
        • Bruce Springsteen in Naples, Italy Setlist 5/23/13 May. 23, 2013
          photo by: Niccolò Vecchia
        • You like beer talk? Tune into the Seacoast Beverage Lab Podcast May. 23, 2013
          Do you like learning about beer, hearing what’s going on in the beer world or listening to brewers talk about their breweries and the beers they brew?Then, I have the podcast for you. (Spoiler alert, I take part in it).Every Monday, live on Google Plus, the Seacoast Beverage Lab Podcast takes place beginning at 8 p.m. and goes for about an hour.
        • Today's News: Our Take - Top Moments: Ellen Stages a Friends Reunion, SVU Goes Out with a Bang May. 23, 2013
          Our top moments of the week: 12. Oh, Baby Award: Babies, babies, babies. That's pretty much the theme of the Chicago Fire season finale, in which Hermann become dad after his wife and newborn baby endure life-threatening labor, and ...
          Jennifer Aniston, Courteney Cox and Matthew Perry  | Photo Credits: Michael Rozman/Warner Bros.
        • Top Moments: Ellen Stages a Friends Reunion, SVU Goes Out with a Bang May. 23, 2013
          Our top moments of the week: 12. Oh, Baby Award: Babies, babies, babies. That's pretty much the theme of the Chicago Fire season finale, in which Hermann become dad after his wife and newborn baby endure life-threatening labor, and ...
          Jennifer Aniston, Courteney Cox and Matthew Perry  | Photo Credits: Michael Rozman/Warner Bros.
        • Today's News: Our Take - Jennifer Hudson in Talks to Join American Idol May. 23, 2013
          Jennifer Hudson may be returning to American Idol.After news broke that American Idol may employ alumni as judges next season, Vulture.com reports that Hudson is in talks to join the show. Fox declined to comment on the report.Hudson competed on ...
          Kelly Clarkson, Jennfier Hudson | Photo Credits: Jeff Kravitz/FilmMagic/Getty Images; Steve Granitz/WireImage/Getty Images
        • Jennifer Hudson in Talks to Join American Idol May. 23, 2013
          Jennifer Hudson may be returning to American Idol.After news broke that American Idol may employ alumni as judges next season, Vulture.com reports that Hudson is in talks to join the show. Fox declined to comment on the report.Hudson competed on ...
          Kelly Clarkson, Jennfier Hudson | Photo Credits: Jeff Kravitz/FilmMagic/Getty Images; Steve Granitz/WireImage/Getty Images
        • Today's News: Our Take - The 20 Most Absurd Moments in Hemlock Grove (And Why You Need to Watch) May. 23, 2013
          Hemlock Grove isn't good by any means, but it is great (just not if you watch earnestly). The Netflix original series is unfocused, over-dramatic, convoluted and stagnant all at once which is exactly why you need to watch. Because ...
          Landon Liboiron | Photo Credits: Netflix
        • Today's News: Our Take - A Message to Game of Thrones Haters May. 23, 2013
          Are you baffled by the love for Game of Thrones?The fantasy drama has been an unqualified success for HBO, but even as it's entering the home stretch of its third season, not everybody is on board the Westerosi train. Take, ...
          Emilia Clarke | Photo Credits: Keith Bernstein/HBO
        • The 20 Most Absurd Moments in Hemlock Grove (And Why You Need to Watch) May. 23, 2013
          Hemlock Grove isn't good by any means, but it is great (just not if you watch earnestly). The Netflix original series is unfocused, over-dramatic, convoluted and stagnant all at once which is exactly why you need to watch. Because ...
          Landon Liboiron | Photo Credits: Netflix
        • A Message to Game of Thrones Haters May. 23, 2013
          Are you baffled by the love for Game of Thrones?The fantasy drama has been an unqualified success for HBO, but even as it's entering the home stretch of its third season, not everybody is on board the Westerosi train. Take, ...
          Emilia Clarke | Photo Credits: Keith Bernstein/HBO
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