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Jim Berke (left), owner of Leechango Plantation, and Travis Holland, one of his employees, at the green market.
THE HOURS: Open Saturdays from 8 a.m. to 1 p.m.
THE VENDOR: Leechango Plantation at Turtle Creek; www.sundriedproducts.com.
THE FIND: Goat cheese sandwich on pumpernickel, with roasted red peppers and pesto. Read the full story
JetBlue flight attendant Steven Slater has achieved folk hero status online for actually doing what many of us in this stressed-out overhyped, rude and uncivil world only daydream about. He completely and utterly lost it – in public, on the job and under the microscope of TSA security, no less.

Steven Slater, 2010's Man of the Year?
Slater has become one of the most popular topics on Twitter and has inspired a number of Facebook pages, with titles such as “Free Steven Slater” and “I Support Steven Slater.”
One group, dubbed the “Steven Slater Legal Defense Fund,” is seeking to raise money for the airline veteran. More than 650 people are members.
Slater, 38, is accused of cursing out a passenger on the PA system after their plane landed Monday at JFK airport in New York, grabbing two beers and making a quick exit down one of the plane’s inflatable emergency slides. He was later arrested and is now free on bail.
The meltdown has inspired songs and an animated reenactment of his now famous freakout. Read the full story
The indomitable Miss White rocked SNL this past Saturday. She showed that she’s not just a good sport, but that she’s still got her mischievous streak and great comic timing. If you missed the show, or just want to laugh again, here are some of the highlights.
New Russian missile may be behind Norwegian lights
The Associated Press
MOSCOW – The failure of a new Russian intercontinental ballistic missile during testing was the cause of spectacular spiraling blue lights in the skies over northern Norway, analysts said Thursday.
Russia’s defense ministry said a Bulava missile was launched Wednesday by a nuclear submarine submerged in the White Sea and its third stage suffered an unspecified failure. Read the full story
By now everyone has heard ‘singers’ like T-Pain and Miley Cyrus deliver computer-altered vocals that sound like their voices have been squeezed and stretched until they sound, well, musical.
Kanye West, auto-tune poster child (and pretty awful live performer if you’ve ever had the displeasure), has made gazillions with the technology.
Our friends at www.barelypolitical.com offer this mix of a few really, really cute kids (and a little Kanye) auto-tuned for your enjoyment, shorty.
Each year, the computerized Christmas light displays seem to get more and more elaborate. A stroll through YouTube reveals hundreds, if not thousands, of lovingly created dancing light displays synchronized to music.
If you have a display you’d like to show off, take video of the show (preferably including the music) and upload it here.
We hope you enjoy the following displays, some of the best of the 2009 season.
From Steel City Christmas in Pittsburgh, boasting more than 260,000 Christmas lights. The display will be featured on TLC’s Invasion of the Christmas Lights on Friday.
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This video has exploded on Facebook. Very cute toddler jamming out to “Single Ladies.”
We’ve seen some pretty creative wedding reception dances, but this walk down the aisle takes the cake. The entire wedding party gets in on the act and the whole church gets a’rockin.
Transformers 2 and G.I. Joe step aside. Behold the next generation of toy-inspired movies.
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