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Top chefs join call for gender-neutral Easy-Bake
Some well-known male chefs are getting behind a New Jersey girl's call for Hasbro to make a gender-neutral Easy-Bake Oven. Chefs including Manuel ...
End may be sight for FBI's unloved Hoover building
Just six blocks from the White House, the FBI's hulking headquarters overlooking Pennsylvania Avenue has long been the government building everyone ...
MTV renovates House of Style, looks behind scenes
The "House of Style" that MTV built back in 1989 has undergone some serious renovation, but it always had good bones. The show's past and present come ...
Zippers and "Bo-flakes" deck the White House
"Bo-flakes" featuring the first dog and ornaments fashioned from zippers are among the new twists on traditional favorites at the White House this ...
Home prices increase in most major US cities
Home prices increased in September in most major U.S. cities, more evidence of a housing recovery that is providing a lift to the fragile economy.
Thai anti-government protesters clash with police
Protesters calling for Thai Prime Minister Yingluck Shinawatra to step down rallied in the heart of Bangkok on Saturday, clashing with police in the ...
SAfrica police destroy illegal homes
Bulldozers moved in on a South African town Friday, destroying homes that officials said were constructed on illegally sold land, despite efforts by ...
Wright house in Phoenix to be offered for sale
A Phoenix home designed by noted architect Frank Lloyd Wright had been threatened with demolition but is now about to go on the market. The 1952 home ...
New Nigeria museum fetes late Afrobeat singer Fela
"FELA LIVES," reads the Gothic-lettered tattoo on the back of one of the sons of the legendary Afrobeat singer from Nigeria. Fela Anikulapo-Kuti died ...
Demolition on hold for Wright's Phoenix house
The city of Phoenix and a developer who was poised to demolish a Frank Lloyd Wright-designed home have reached an agreement that will put any work on ...
Georgian grape pickers show government's challenge
The green grapes that Temuri Dolenjashvili and his wife snipped from the vines Sunday and emptied by the bucket into the back of their truck provide ...
US housing recovery gains momentum in August
A jump in sales of previously occupied homes and further gains in home construction suggest the U.S. housing recovery is gaining momentum. The pair ...
Blackstone to buy Vivint for more than $2B
Blackstone is leading a group that has agreed to buy home security provider Vivint for more than $2 billion. Provo, Utah-based Vivint is one of the ...
Investor buys Ali Ky. childhood home
A fan of Muhammad Ali has acquired an important piece of memorabilia: the boxing great's boyhood home. Las Vegas real estate investor Jared Weiss ...
Food co-ops brace for arrival of giant rivals
The Boise Co-op eliminated thousands of slow-selling items, sweeping away the claustrophobic effect that accompanied too many offerings.
US construction spending fell 0.9 percent
U.S. construction spending fell in July from June by the largest amount in a year, weighed down by a big drop in home improvement projects.
New Orleans' post-Katrina gentrification is touchy
With Isaac bearing down on New Orleans, the city finds itself at a delicate moment in its rebuilding since Hurricane Katrina struck seven years ago.
Soldiers fighting Congo rebels live in squalor
The nest of straw, like something an animal sleeps on, was a Congolese army soldier's bed before rebels seized this military camp. Broken windows were ...
Ex-jail cells serve as artist studios in Detroit
For Hugo Navarro, the 5-by-9-foot jail cell that serves as his studio in southwest Detroit is an admittedly creepy place to immerse himself in his ...
Court ruling offers inmates rare chance at freedom
The Supreme Court ruling that banned states from imposing mandatory life sentences on juveniles offers an unexpected chance at freedom to more than ...