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Pancake Valentines

A pancake heart valentine for the special people in your life.




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Deep Dark Chocolate Tart

This rich, gluten- and dairy-free tart is sure to please both the vegans and the meat eaters in your life.




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When kids are broken-hearted on Valentine's Day

How to help kids deal with unrequited love, a scarcity of cards, and broken hearts on Valentine's Day.




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Make your own natural red food dye for Valentine's treats

Instead of coloring Valentine’s treats with artificial red dye, try one of these natural red dye alternatives for cupcakes, cookies and more.




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Valentine's meals to cook at home

From appetizer to dessert, a menu for Valentine’s Day dinner so you can enjoy time in the kitchen with your sweetheart.




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5 last-minute Valentine crafts for kids

Need a Valentine's Day craft in a hurry? Here are 5 fast and fabulous ideas.




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Wild thing, you make my phone ring

Find your animal soul mate and download its mating call from the Center for Biological Diversity's Love Calls of the Wild ringtone collection.



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How to choose the best wine to drink on Valentine's Day [Infographic]

A fun, not-so-serious, but still-helpful chart that helps you select a vino based on what you're doing, not what you're eating.




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How to make Valentine's Day better for everybody

Given all the stress, how many people actually like Valentine's Day?



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12 photos of cuddling animals to make Valentine's Day a little more snuggly

These adorable pictures are sure to warm even the coldest heart.




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Nudists raise a stink over rotting sea lion

California group gets riled when officials bury a dead sea lion near their volleyball court.




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Cancer strikes sea lions

Why are California sea lions getting sick with cancer? Researchers suspect viruses, PCBs in the water and genetics.




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Dog befriends sea lion, chases it four kilometers out to sea

An energetic little kelpie named "Westie" was rescued after it chased a sea lion four kilometers out to sea from a South Australia beach.




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Killer whales are picking off threatened sea lion pups

Killer whales and other ocean predators are targeting and killing the pups of a threatened northern sea lion species at an increasingly high rate, scientists wa




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Shakira suffers sea lion scare

Singer says she was almost attacked after the animal mistook her phone for a fish.




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Scientists still stumped on sickly sea lion strandings

The reasons behind why almost 1,300 ill sea lions have beached themselves on California's shores in 2013 remain unclear..




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X-ray signal may shed light on dark matter

Two spacecraft have detected a possible signal of dark matter, the mysterious, invisible stuff that makes up most of the material universe.




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Oregon town spooks sea lions with wacky waving inflatable tube men

Has Astoria finally found a way to drive away pinnipeds humanely?




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When you drive your kids everywhere, they never learn where they are

Kids who are driven everywhere have a 'windshield perspective,' and never learn where they are.




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Fellow passengers rescue visually impaired man from subway tracks

Passengers acted swiftly to save a visually impaired man who had fallen off a platform near an Atlanta public transit rail line.




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Map lovers and fans of national parks: Meet your new favorite website

National Park Maps website is a collection of iconic and useful maps from various national park locations.



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The case for transforming Californian gridlock into a green energy source

California's congested freeways could be a boon for large-scale piezoelectric power generation.




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What's 5 stories high and may make you wish you'd never gone down this road?

This impressive feat of design in Chongqing, China connects eight roads, and somehow is still easy for drivers to navigate.




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Elon Musk unveils Tesla's new fully electric semi truck (oh, and a new Roadster)

Tesla unveils the Tesla Semi, an electric semi truck, and surprises everyone with an update to the Roadster at the same live event.




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San Francisco to expand demand-based pricing for parking

This parking scheme could reduce the congestion and emissions associated with drivers endlessly circling, looking for a spot.




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Respected architect proposes bridge linking Scotland and Ireland (and no one laughs)

Following the repudiation of a proposed English Channel bridge, a less costly 'Celtic Connection' between Scotland and Northern Ireland gains traction.




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With JUMP, Uber expands into bike-sharing biz

Ride-sharing giant says its foray into the e-bike scene will give its customers more ways to affordably get from Point A to Point B.




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Showers in subway stations? LA Metro seeks to boost hygiene for city's homeless

As a growing number of homeless people take to Los Angeles' subway system, officials consider installing mobile showers and bathrooms at certain stations.




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New York's Tappan Zee Bridge to live on as artificial reef

The Tappan Zee Bridge over the Hudson River will at long last sleep with the fishes, thanks to the largest expansion of artificial reefs in N.Y. history.




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These goofy glasses may hold the cure to motion sickness

Citroen's new Seetroen glasses promise to ease your motion sickness within 10 minutes.



  • Research & Innovations

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How a 116-year-old ship that survived 2 world wars ended up in a Kentucky creek

Once a luxurious yacht and a racing steamer, this rusty ship is now mired in a creek off the Ohio River.



  • Arts & Culture

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Scientist's claims of life on Venus are debunked

Crab-like creatures or camera lens covers? NASA and other experts weigh in.




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Planet Venus in daytime sky today

Venus is quite easy to see in a clear blue daylight sky, if you know exactly where to look, and if you can focus your eyes on it. What makes today's Venus appea




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The transit of Venus: What you need to know

The transit of Venus is so rare that it's visible only once every century or so, and will next to be seen by our descendents in 2117.




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Scientists to watch Venus transit from Alaska on June 5

A NASA sun-watching spacecraft will have an unbeatable view of June's historic Venus transit, but some of the probe's scientists are taking measures to get a gr




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Want to see the Transit of Venus? Try a national park

When Venus interposes itself directly between Earth and the sun for the last time in more than a century, national parks across America will be prepared to obse



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Troubled Japanese Venus probe set for 2015 comeback

After blowing its first chance to orbit Venus two years ago, Japan's Akatsuki spacecraft is ready for a comeback in 2015, mission scientists say.




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Ever-changing Venusian superstorm sparks interest

A giant, constantly evolving cyclone that has ravaged Venus' south pole for years has recently come under the telescope.




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Look up! See Venus near moon tonight

As darkness falls tonight, Aug. 9, be sure to take a look low toward the western part of the sky for a beautiful celestial tableau.




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How to see Venus in the morning sky

Venus will pass between Earth and the sun tomorrow, becoming visible in the early morning hours next week.




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Inflatable plane could cruise the dangerous skies of Venus

A big robotic airship could ply the skies of Venus for up to a year, giving scientists an unprecedented look at Earth's hellishly hot "sister planet."




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At what age should kids drink coffee?

Should kids drink coffee? The answer depends heavily on the other sources of caffeine that are already in their diet.



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Burger King's anti-bullying ad is an eye-opener

Burger King released an eye-opening anti-bullying ad by seeing how their own customers responded to bullied kids vs. a bullied burger.




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Some boys' brains may be wired to make them less empathetic

A new study has found structural brain differences that may account for callous-unemotional traits in boys.



  • Fitness & Well-Being

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How New York aims to help hungry students

New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo's 'No Student Goes Hungry Program' aims to provide healthy, locally sourced meals to all students, K-through-college, who need them.




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'What Were You Thinking?' answers the questions every parent wants to know

'What Were You Thinking?' is a podcast series that showcases real-life stories of adolescents who made life-altering choices.



  • Protection & Safety

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There's a way to know if someone slipped a drug in your drink

New products like the KnoNap may help keep women and men safe while they are drinking and socializing.



  • Protection & Safety

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What can rams and woodpeckers teach us about concussions?

Researchers are studying woodpecker brains, mantis shells and ram horns for clues that could help prevent concussions in sports.



  • Protection & Safety

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Food allergy fears are real for kids, parents

Many people are angry at Sony Pictures, calling out the filmmakers of "Peter Rabbit" for portraying the dangers of food allergies irresponsibly.




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No vaccine? No school for kids in Oregon

After 'Exclusion Day,' kids in Oregon without completed vaccination paperwork are sent home from school until the problem is solved.



  • Fitness & Well-Being