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Wednesday, June 30, 2010

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10 Ways to Use a Potato
Who said it? Darth Vader or Obi-Wan Kenobi
Take the Freshen Up Challenge!
Ultra Science Videos
Top 5 Must-have Items in Your Makeup Bag
What's the best age to learn a new language?

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Baked potatoes always pair well with a juicy steak. But did you know that you can use the potato as a cold compress? Or to soothe a burn? Or to make a loaf of bread?

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Who said it? Darth Vader or Obi-Wan Kenobi

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Squared off on opposite sides of the Force, it might seem like Darth Vader and Obi-Wan Kenobi have nothing in common. One is tall, dark and deadly, and the other's, well, not. Can you make the call?

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Take the Freshen Up Challenge!

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Guests are on their way and your home is a mess! Try your hand at our new game and see if you can beat the clock. Play the game.

Ultra Science Videos

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On TLC's "Ultra Science," learn what comets are, where they come from and hear a hypothesis that a comet crash was what killed the dinosaurs.

Top 5 Must-have Items in Your Makeup Bag

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Your perfectly made-up face lasts only so long before that makeup needs a touch-up. What are the five essentials you should carry with you?

What's the best age to learn a new language?

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You're scanning your friend's baby shower registry and find all the usual suspects: diapers, onesies, pacifiers. But what's with the Spanish language DVDs and Mandarin vocabulary flash cards? When is the perfect time to start learning another language?

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Tuesday, June 29, 2010

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Top 10 Healthy and Cheap Foods
Ultimate Celebrity Baby Name Quiz
What Not To Wear Videos
What will the Earth look like in 5,000 years?
How Stem Cells Work

Top 10 Healthy and Cheap Foods

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You don't have to order food at the drive-through to stay on a budget. It's possible to eat healthy if you know what to buy at the grocery store. What are the cheapest, healthiest foods?

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Ultimate Celebrity Baby Name Quiz

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Seven Costanza. As George Costanza argued on 'Seinfeld,' it's a beautiful name for either a boy or a girl. You laughed then, but look at us now: Artists Andre Benjamin and Erykah Badu named their son Seven (Seven Sirius). Test your knowledge of wacky (and some not so wacky) celebrity baby names in our Ultimate Celebrity Baby Name Quiz.

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What Not To Wear Videos

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Part time model Jessica loves when her wild locks are the center of attention, but when the dreds come off, she loses all assurance in her looks.

What will the Earth look like in 5,000 years?

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The world of our far-future descendants may be as unrecognizable to us as our bustling, urbanized world would be to our ancient forefathers. Will energy drive many of those changes?

How Stem Cells Work

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New findings published in the New England Journal of Medicine show that using corneas grown from stem cells to treat burn-related eye damage may restore vision for up to 10 years. What are stem cells, and how can they help repair damaged tissue?