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Find Out How Many “Frozen” Dresses Have Been Sold This Year

Find Out How Many “Frozen” Dresses Have Been Sold This Year

Buena Vista(NEW YORK) — Guess how many Anna and Elsa dresses have been sold in the last year? It’s more than twice the population of the state of Maine.Disney Consumer Products (DCP), the business segment of The Walt Disney Company, announced Tuesday that more than 3 million dresses inspired by Frozen have been sold at…MORE

Winter Comes Early for Tennessee Lodge

Winter Comes Early for Tennessee Lodge

LeConte Lodge(SEVIERVILLE, Tenn.) — Employees at the LeConte Lodge in the Great Smokey Mountains National Park in Tennessee dug themselves out of 22 inches of snow that fell Saturday. The temperature on Saturday was nine degrees, LeConte Lodge general manager Tim Line said. Sunday the temperature is up to 10 degrees. Guests at LeConte Lodge…MORE

Poll: Rep. Gardner’s Lead Widens in Colorado Senate Race

Poll: Rep. Gardner’s Lead Widens in Colorado Senate Race

Inset photos: (t) US Congress / (b) US Senate(WASHINGTON) — A new Quinnipiac University poll out Thursday morning is bad news for Colorado Sen. Mark Udall in one of the most closely watched races this cycle.The poll shows Udall’s Republican challenger, Rep. Cory Gardner, leading the Democrat by seven points — 46 to 39 percent…MORE

NY Program Would Encourage Health Care Workers to Travel to West Africa

NY Program Would Encourage Health Care Workers to Travel to West Africa

iStock/Thinkstock(NEW YORK) — As New York City hosts the nation’s sole Ebola patient, city and state officials have announced a program to encourage health care professionals to travel to West Africa to treat Ebola patients.The initiative would be modeled on benefits and rights provided to military reservists.New York state and the city will work to…MORE

Jobless Claims Jump to 287K

Jobless Claims Jump to 287K

iStock/Thinkstoc(WASHINGTON) — Jobless claims were higher last week, increasing by 3,000, according to the latest figures released Thursday by the Labor Department.For the week ending Oct. 25, the number of people filing for benefits jumped to 287,000. The previous week claims stood at 284,000, revised up from 283,000.The Labor Department said there were no “special…MORE

Man Says He Wrongly Confessed to Murder After Undergoing ‘Exorcism’

Man Says He Wrongly Confessed to Murder After Undergoing ‘Exorcism’

iStock/Thinkstock(KANSAS CITY, Mo.) — A man claims he was under a sort of exorcism when he confessed to killing a fellow member of a religious group in Kansas City, Missouri, whose death was originally ruled a suicide.The body of Bethany Deaton was found Oct. 30, 2012, in the back seat of her minivan with the…MORE

NASA Completes Initial Assessment of Virginia Launch Site Following Rocket Explosion

NASA Completes Initial Assessment of Virginia Launch Site Following Rocket Explosion

Image Credit: NASA/Terry Zaperach(WALLOPS, Va.) — NASA said on Wednesday that the Wallops Incident Response Team completed its initial assessment after Orbital Science Corporation’s Antares rocket exploded seconds after liftoff on Tuesday.”I want to praise the launch team, range safety, all of our emergency responders and those who provided mutual aid and support on a…MORE

Five Cases in Ferguson, Mo., In Which Darren Wilson Was ‘Indispensable Witness’ Dismissed

Five Cases in Ferguson, Mo., In Which Darren Wilson Was ‘Indispensable Witness’ Dismissed

AndreyPopov/iStockphoto/Thinkstock(FERGUSON, Mo.) — Saint Louis County prosecutor Robert McCulloch announced on Wednesday that five felony cases in Ferguson in which Officer Darren Wilson — the officer who fatally shot Michael Brown, 18, in August — was an indispensable witness for the prosecution will be dismissed.The announcement was made in a press release, which noted Wilson…MORE

“Mad Men” Star Jessica Pare Is Pregnant

“Mad Men” Star Jessica Pare Is Pregnant

Jason Merritt/Getty Images(LOS ANGELES) — Mad Men is winding down, and Jessica Paré is already prepping for her next big role: Mom.The actress is expecting her first child with boyfriend John Kastner, her rep confirmed to ABC News.Paré, 33, has been dating her musician beau since 2012, according to People. Kastner made the pregnancy announcement…MORE

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