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- Cookbook review: Bocca by Jacob Kenedy
'Bocca' by Jacob Kenedy is a celebration of Italian food and its rich flavors.
- Jersey Shore canceled: Have we seen the last of Snooki & Co.?
Jersey Shore canceled: MTV announced that its raucous so-called reality show will conclude after its sixth season, which begins in October.
- Randy Jackson leaving: Time for major American Idol makeover?
Randy Jackson, one of the three original judges on American Idol, will step down, reports TMZ. Who will replace Jackson? With ratings slumping, is it time for an American Idol makeover?
- Samsara: movie review
Director Ron Fricke's movies aren't much more than travelogues, but the range of locations is impressive.
- Ornette: Made in America: movie review
'Ornette' is a maddening but fascinating, one-of-a-kind film about a jazz icon.
- Rescue dog: How owning a dog is like raising a child
Rescue dog Albie makes his parents recall raising toddlers as he hangs on Mom and Dad's attention and brings back unpleasant tasks.
- Summer bounty: Tomato fennel soup
Sauté and simmer tomatoes from the garden, or the market, until they burst to make this tangy soup.
- Tori Spelling baby: A boy – Finn Davey – joins her brood of five
Tori Spelling baby: The actress and Dean McDermott welcome a boy – Finn Davey – to their brood. It's the couple's fourth child, her fifth.
- Top Picks: Teenagers going to Broadway, an Asian cuisine cookbook, and more
Paul McCartney's concert event comes to PBS, a 'Downton Abbey' season 3 clip debuts online, and more top picks.
- Verbal EnergyModulating our opposition to new prepositions
A 'new' preposition, borrowed from the world of math, is a reminder of how closely language allies with logic.
- Small steps, big rewards
Every week, a busy professor finds time for a young student.
- Hurricane Isaac: Tulane student’s dad in eye of the storm – in a way
Hurricane Isaac puts a Tulane student's dad – up in Boston – in the eye of the storm only parents "get."
- 'The Mindy Project': Is it worth watching this fall?
'The Mindy Project' has unexpectedly dated references, but a strong cast should keep the show afloat.
- Skinny Disney: Minnie Mouse, et al get an unhealthy Barneys look
More skinny Disney characters: What's a mother of a little girl to do? Healthy body image takes another cut as Barneys thins and stretches Minnie Mouse and company.
- Caramel cream cheese swirl brownies
These rich, moist brownies are made with salted carmel and have a marbled swirl of cream cheese baked into the batter.
- Giuliana and Bill Rancic welcome baby son
The Rancics' son Edward Duke was born via surrogate.
- Tomorrow can wait
The best concerts are coming from artists who are 60 and up.
- Is the end of late-night TV as we've known it near?
Two staples of late-night TV – 'The Tonight Show' and 'Nightline' – received bad news this month, suggesting that a recasting of the late-night order might not be far off.
- Unplugging: One family puts away technology
No Twitter, no cell phones – one family was without gadgets for six days and, says Dad, was better for it.
- College budget: 11 items students don't need Car? Printer? Forget it.