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The homecoming king. The cheerleader. The CIA intern? You may be surprised to find out what some celebrities were up to in high school and college.

The top 5 cities where prices are being slashed

A large percentage of houses in these towns are offered at deep discounts. For the lucky few who are buying homes, this may be good news: The latest data show that people selling homes are increasingly abandoning their original asking price and offering their listings for a discount.

If a big discount is one sign of a good deal, then New York is a bargain-hunter's paradise — for luxury apartments, anyway.

If your turkey is still frozen, you'll defrost the bird faster by soaking it in a cold bath.

2010 is shaping up to be a strong year at the movies with the box office on pace to be the highest ever. But there have still been plenty of bombs. To compile our list of the biggest turkeys of 2010, we compared global box office with each film's estimated budget to come up with a percentage of the budget each film earned back. They are ranked from the worst up.

 Over the hill, through the woods and past the body scanners and the security checkpoints en route to Grandma's house this holiday season.

Suntanned Turkey

With a little aluminum-foil ingenuity, Thanksgiving can be just another day at the beach. Courtesy of the blogs The Whole Enchilada and Raven's Brain, we found an easy way to surprise your Thanksgiving dinner guests: (1) Cut out aluminum foil in desired swimsuit-inspired shapes. (2) Arrange the turkey in the roasting pan and position the foil carefully. (3) Roast according to your own recipe and serve. (4) Watch your guests' faces ...

Meet 5 who answered the call, and hear what they learned from their acts of kindness and courage

 Jackie Evancho, a 10-year old vocal prodigy who was the runner-up in September on America's Got Talent, enters The Billboard 200 at #2 with O Holy Night. Evancho is the youngest artist ever to land a top 10 album. Michael Jackson was 11 in 1970 when the Jackson 5 landed their first top 10 album

Each year, clueless cooks have a vast support team at their fingertips. Purveyors of all things Thanksgiving — including Butterball, Reynolds Wrap and even the USDA — offer toll-free help lines to get folks through their holiday cooking nightmares. Don’t forget Facebook and phone app quick-fix resources.

This nonprofit organization urges smokers in America to quit the habit for 24 hours each November. A state chapter held the first smokeout and reportedly got 1 million people to quit for the day. Check out the celebrities who have gone nicotine free.

A man who is Extremely Angry Apple Customer

 Smoldering Eyes
Past: Elizabeth Taylor. Taylor's shadow look remains the ne plus ultra of eye makeup.

A good actor can play anyone, right? Meet 15 thespians who, with varying degrees of success, have attempted to be singers. (And no vocalists-turned-actors like Babs.) From a “Gladiator” hero to a rehabbing starlet, listen up to these actors with pipes.

Sure, you know that Zagat is known for rating and reviewing fine cuisine. But did you know it also offers insight on movies? Here's the countdown of the Top 20. Some critics may disagree. Will you?

Today, we honor the men and women who have fought under America's flag. Veterans Day marks a historic armistice and salutes all U.S. veterans, many of whom served during our country's wars and conflicts. Herewith, a primer.

It’s National Adoption Month, which means that adults are getting more encouragement than usual to adopt a child. In the U.S. alone, there are nearly half a million children in the foster care system, and many of them are looking for a home.
Many celebrities, including Angelina Jolie and Brad Pitt, have heeded the call.

Meanwhile, George W. Bush told the TODAY show that former Vice President Dick Cheney was angry with him for failing to pardon I. Lewis "Scooter" Libby. We take a look back at some of the most memorable pardons of all time.
she was granted a full pardon.
Ronald Reagan agreed to pardon Steinbrenner only if he admitted to the crime
ten years in prison. Decades later it was exposed that the charges against her were largely false and she was pardoned by President Gerald Ford.
document) never made its way to the desk of then-President Andrew Johnson. In 1974, some 110 years after Lee applied for his pardon, a researcher at the National Archives discovered the officer's amnesty oath. In 1975 Lee's full rights of citizenship were posthumously restored when President Gerald Ford signed his official pardon.
management of any labor organization" until at least March 1980. Some believe that Hoffa was attempting to reassert his power over the Teamsters when he mysteriously disappeared in 1975.
released after just three years when President Warren Harding issued a blanket pardon to anyone convicted under the Espionage Act. Harding then asked Debs to drop by the White House so the two could meet.

The Great Recession of the past several years spared few cities. But in these 10 major metros, the meltdown often capped decades of economic decline, ushered in by the loss of industry and a fleeing younger population.