When Ambrosia Salad Spells Dread

Ambrosia salad — the festive dish of green Jell-O, cherries and Cool Whip — was a regular feature on Caitlin Shetterly's husband's family Christmas table. He recently admitted he always thought it was the "grossest looking and tasting thing ever." So of course Shetterly had to check it out.

Source: http://www.npr.org/2011/12/23/143780777/when-ambrosia-salad-spells-dread?ft=1&f=1057

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Searching For A Ghost Bird

No one is sure whether the Imperial woodpecker is extinct--the two-foot-tall relative of the Ivory-billed woodpecker lives in a remote mountain range in Mexico, and was last credibly spotted in the 1990s. Tim Gallagher, editor of Cornell Lab of Ornithology's Living Bird magazine, describes a hair-raising expedition to try to save the woodpecker and make it home unscathed.

Source: http://www.npr.org/2011/12/23/144190097/searching-for-a-ghost-bird?ft=1&f=1007

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Birders Fan Out to Count Feathered Friends

The 112th Audubon Christmas Bird Count is underway. Citizen scientists armed with binoculars are recording data vital to monitoring bird health and conservation. But before you can count a Snowy Owl or a Rufous Hummingbird, you need to identify it. Birder Richard Crossley has some tips.

Source: http://www.npr.org/2011/12/23/144190099/birders-fan-out-to-count-feathered-friends?ft=1&f=1007

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Schumer: House Vote on Payroll Tax Cut is a Test of GOP Leadership

Failure of the House to approve Senate-passed legislation on a payroll tax cut extension will rest on House Speaker John Boehner's shoulders, a top Democrat said Sunday, offering the latest check in the seemingly never-ending game of brinksmanship on Capitol Hill.


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Get Into The Holiday Spirit With Scandinavian Glogg

In snowy Norway, nothing evokes Christmastime like a pot of glogg brewing on the stove. The traditional Scandinavian winter drink mixes wine, spirits and spices like clove, cardamom and cinnamon to make for a brew that smells divine and tastes even better.

Source: http://www.npr.org/2011/12/22/144101579/get-into-the-holiday-spirit-with-scandinavian-glogg?ft=1&f=1057

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Turbulence As EU Court OKs Fee On Plane Emissions

A European court ruled Wednesday that airlines flying into and out of European airports will have to pay a price for the carbon dioxide they emit when they burn jet fuel. U.S. carriers had been fighting the plan in court, arguing they've already done their part by becoming more fuel-efficient.

Source: http://www.npr.org/2011/12/21/144082145/turbulence-as-europe-passes-fee-on-plane-emissions?ft=1&f=1007

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