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  • Lines expected for huge wedding dress sale
  • Wedding dresses can cost thousands upon thousands of dollars, so getting a good deal can really add up.
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wedding, lifestyle & fun, kemberly richardson
  • Humans of New York as a book
  • The streets of New York are filled with people and filled with stories.
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new york city, books, lifestyle & fun, lauren glassberg
  • california giant oarfish
  • A marine science instructor snorkeling off the Southern California coast spotted something out of a fantasy novel: the silvery carcass of an 18-foot-long, serpent-like oarfish.
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animals, lifestyle & fun
  • Hispanic Heritage Month: Latino art
  • October is Hispanic Heritage Month. Recently, we featured some famous Latino dishes, and this week we take a look at the arts.
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lifestyle & fun, david novarro
  • west village
  • Two new restaurants are now open for business in the West Village and each one is serving up a unique specialty.
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food, west village, lifestyle & fun, lauren glassberg
  • Brooklyn winery bounces back after Sandy
  • A Brooklyn winery close to shutting down after Superstorm Sandy is now bottling and selling this year's harvest.
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brooklyn news, superstorm sandy, lifestyle & fun, lauren glassberg
  • gluten pizza
  • A pizza maker suddenly discovered that the food he loves, and the food that pays his bills, was making him sick.
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lifestyle & fun, lauren glassberg
  • oregon bartender big tip
  • One of Aurora Kephart's regulars at Conway's Restaurant and Lounge in Springfield often tips her with Keno tickets from the Oregon Lottery.
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lifestyle & fun
  • Contribute to new Dominican Heritage exhibit
  • A collection of Dominican Heritage will go on display at the Smithsonian and you have a chance to contribute.
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lifestyle & fun, lauren glassberg
  • lilac chocolate
  • The handmade treats at Li-lac Chocolates in the West Village have stood the test of time since 1923.
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lifestyle & fun, lauren glassberg
  • panda cubs
  • The China Giant Panda Protection Research Center showed 14 giant panda cubs Sunday in Bifengxia breeding base in southwest China's Sichuan Province.
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lifestyle & fun
  • dog nurses tiger cubs
  • A zoo in China recruited a dog to nurse the two newborn tiger brothers after their mother, Rongron, already lost three litters.
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lifestyle & fun
  • wacky skin care
  • One treatment uses snail extract to moisture skin, in which snail slime is turned into powder and mixed with collagen and Vitamin C.
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lifestyle & fun, lauren glassberg
  • couple in 90s wedding
  • Gladys Salley never thought she'd marry again, but after morning walks to McDonald's and trips to the doughnut shop, the couple knew they were right for each other.
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lifestyle & fun
  • New way to show off art in Dumbo
  • More than 300 artists will gather with outdoor and indoor installations at the three-day event.
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brooklyn news, dumbo, art, music, lifestyle & fun, lauren glassberg
  • audrey crabtree
  • A 99-year-old Iowa woman who dropped out of a high school more than 80 years ago despite needing only one credit to graduate has finally received her diploma.
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lifestyle & fun
  • jewelry design
  • When you sign up for Project DIY, you receive a new kit every month with three projects for designing your own jewelry.
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lifestyle & fun, lauren glassberg
  • fridge profile
  • One local blogger insists that what he sees inside a refrigerator reveals much more about a person than you realize.
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lifestyle & fun, kemberly richardson
  • colorado wandering moose
  • Colorado Parks and Wildlife officers were called on Monday to capture the animal, which had been wandering the streets of Broomfield for weeks before it became a problem for residents.
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lifestyle & fun
  • hippo escapes from china zoo during typhoon
  • Zoo officials say he swam over a guard railing after a typhoon hit the area and flooded his enclosure with more than 6 feet of water.
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lifestyle & fun
  • birthday cake m&ms
  • Mars is reportedly getting ready to roll out a new M&Ms flavor to help you celebrate the day you were born.
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lifestyle & fun
  • Wacky museum tours in NYC
  • The tours feature lesser known works and alternative sides to main highlights.
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metropolitan museum of art, lifestyle & fun, lauren glassberg
  • Super Bowl 48 at the Meadowlands is a few months out, but locals are already looking to cash in.
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lifestyle & fun, michelle charlesworth
  • toys r us hot toys list
  • The calendar shows that it's just September, but it's already time to start thinking about the holiday season.
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lifestyle & fun
  • Inside the newly renovated Palace Hotel
  • Take a first look at a multi-million dollar renovation inside the historic Palace Hotel.
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hotel, lifestyle & fun, lauren glassberg
  • brittany depew
  • A community in Kentucky says its new homecoming queen is an inspiration. Twenty-year-old Brittany Depew has Down's syndrome and is battling leukemia for the second time.
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lifestyle & fun
  • MER KA BA installation fuses faith and fashion
  • It is the latest project by fashion designers threeASFOUR.
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new york city, religion, fashion week, lifestyle & fun, lauren glassberg
  • chciago joe and boxcar willemina
  • The kittens who took over the subway tracks in Brooklyn two weeks ago may have inspired some friends.
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lifestyle & fun
  • Teen gets wish and designs appear on runway
  • 14-year-old Katherine Gil just finished chemotherapy for leukemia at Montefiore Hospital.
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fashion, fashion week, cancer, lifestyle & fun, lauren glassberg
  • worlds largest ferris wheel las vegas
  • The madcap carnival on the Las Vegas Strip is getting another over-the-top addition: the world's largest Ferris wheel.
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lifestyle & fun
  • Hundreds of animals from more than 40 different shelters will be up for adoption at Adoptapalooza 2013 in Union Square Sunday.
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lifestyle & fun
  • baby sea turtles released
  • More than 500 sea turtle hatchlings were gently released by hand Thursday onto sea beds off Florida's Atlantic Coast, where the turtles have a better chance to survive.
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lifestyle & fun
  • panda cub national zoo
  • The Smithsonian's National Zoo announced Thursday that its 2-week-old giant panda cub is female and her father is National Zoo panda Tian Tian.
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animals, lifestyle & fun
  • sea lions debut at new york city zoos
  • Four sea lions rescued in Oregon and California have new homes in New York City.
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lifestyle & fun
  • worlds larges fruit salad
  • In what's become an annual tradition, the University of Massachusetts celebrated the start of the new academic year with a delicious, healthy, record-breaking dish.
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lifestyle & fun
  • Free production of The Tempest
  • The production is being put on by the Public Theater's Public Works Division and just like Shakespeare in the Park. This will be presented at the Delacorte Theater in Central Park.
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lifestyle & fun, lauren glassberg
  • lava lamps
  • Lava lamps have been casting their dim but groovy light on interiors for half a century, having hit British shelves 50 years ago on Tuesday.
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lifestyle & fun
  • handmade candy
  • "Philips", a candy store on Staten Island, is filled with nostalgia. The story behind it is just as sweet as the candy it sells.
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lifestyle & fun, lauren glassberg
  • new ride at great adventure
  • Great Adventure will shatter the world record for tallest drop ride with the addition of the 41-story Zumanjaro: Drop of Doom in 2014.
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new jersey, lifestyle & fun
  • grumpy cat minnesota state fair
  • Who wasn't happy to be kicking off the Internet Cat Video Festival at the Minnesota State Fair? This guy!
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lifestyle & fun
  • Bino's back was killing him. He was suffering from scoliosis. He couldn't move his legs, two of them anyway, and his tail just wouldn't swish.
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lifestyle & fun
  • woman steals back bike from thief
  • A woman in Vancouver is being hailed as a local hero for stealing her bike back from the person who stole it from her.
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lifestyle & fun
  • snow leopard cub at bronx zoo
  • The Bronx Zoo is debuting a snow leopard cub sired by Leo, the animal that became famous when he was rescued as an young orphaned cub from the high mountains of northern Pakistan.
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bronx, lifestyle & fun
  • kids learn yoga
  • A non-profit group called The Lineage Project teaches yoga and meditation to young people in jails and even homeless shelters.
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brooklyn, bushwick, lifestyle & fun, lauren glassberg
  • surfing dog
  • A golden retriever in Florida is turning heads at the beach for her unusual hobby.
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lifestyle & fun
  • kitten survives 35-mile ride in car engine
  • A kitten survived a 35-mile road trip from Georgia to Florida after hitching a ride in an unusual spot Thursday.
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lifestyle & fun
  • website helps to collect for college funds
  • Many parents start saving for their children's college education early.
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college, college costs, lifestyle & fun, lauren glassberg
  • Christian Castano is revved up about the fitwalker. It looks like a treadmill, but there's no motor instead your body gets it to move.
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fitness, lifestyle & fun, lauren glassberg
  • With many massive bags of coffee beans waiting to be roasted, at the edge of Red Hook, many cafes have found a spot to do their own roasting.
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lifestyle & fun, lauren glassberg
  • micro apartment museum exhibit
  • A couple is spending 24 hours in a studio apartment that's part of an exhibit: "Making Room: New Models for Housing New Yorkers."
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apartment, lifestyle & fun