When the students of Sandy Hook Elementary School arrive at their new school building for the first day of classes on Thursday, they will be greeted by a winter wonderland of cut-out snowflakes sent from well-wishers from around the world, their "new old principal" Donna Page and their beloved pet turtle, Shelley.


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It was a night of firsts for one family in the Bay Area. At the stroke of midnight on New Year’s Eve, Kara Jeter, 20, welcomed her firstborn and the Bay Area’s first baby of 2013 into the world —  and he was delivered by...


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Jeremy Dean doesn't like the idea that you've made a New Year's resolution yet again this year. But as a research psychologist at University College London, he knows you've gone ahead and made one anyway. So here are five strategies from Dean's new book, 'Making Habits, Breaking Habits,' for making your resolutions stick.


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Carrie Underwood, country music star and American Idol winner, sold her modest home in Franklin, Tenn. for $372,500. It's custom home that spans 2,956 square feet with three bedrooms, and a library. She bought it in 2005 for $384,000 on the heels of her "American Idol" win. She first listed it for sale in 2011 for $419,900. In 2007 she bought another home in the Nashville suburb of Brentwood for $1.353 million, Zillow reports. She and her husband, NHL star Mike Fisher, also bought 400 acres in...

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Glucose appears to tamper brain activity in regions that regulate appetite and reward -- but fructose does not, researchers found.


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Jessica Simpson’s latest Weight Watchers commercial teams her up with another famous singer who shed a miraculous amount of pounds on the program: Jennifer Hudson. Simpson and Hudson tout the benefits of Weight Watchers in the latest “Expect Amazing” ad, posted on YouTube today and...


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New Jersey governor says his constituents didn't receive Sandy aid because of a "political game."


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A Louisiana woman in prison for killing her boyfriend broke free from the state's Correctional Institute for Women Tuesday and is on the run across the state.


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For Vice President Biden, the end of 2012 and beginning of 2013 served as a rescuing moment as he utilized his 36 year career in the Senate and relationships on both sides of the aisle to broker a deal to avert the fiscal cliff.


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