By Kathy Ehrich Dowd | Fri Nov 20, 2009 3:11 PM ET

The holiday spirit is alive and well in Batavia, where residents are decorating the downtown themselves Read More

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By Kathy Ehrich Dowd | Fri Nov 20, 2009 12:55 PM ET

With broomsticks in hand, these brainiacs play the game Harry Potter made famous. Read More

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By Kathy Ehrich Dowd | Thu Nov 19, 2009 6:32 PM ET

The results of Caster Semenya's genetic tests will be available soon — not that you're going to know about them. Read More

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By Kathy Ehrich Dowd | Thu Nov 19, 2009 11:26 AM ET

Toddler Jeremiha Taylor assists with a very special delivery. Read More

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By Kathy Ehrich Dowd | Wed Nov 18, 2009 12:26 PM ET

A Michigan mall employee brings home the title, and makes his country proud. Read More

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By Kathy Ehrich Dowd | Tue Nov 17, 2009 6:35 PM ET

Tammy the turkey eludes Turnpike officials, gains fans nationwide. Read More

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By Kathy Ehrich Dowd | Tue Nov 17, 2009 11:23 AM ET

The zoo has once again become a family destination in a sign that life in Iraq is creeping back toward normal. Read More

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By Kathy Ehrich Dowd | Mon Nov 16, 2009 10:25 PM ET

An anonymous former student returns the books he borrowed from his alma mater a mere half-century earlier. Oh, he paid all the late fees, too. Read More

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By Kathy Ehrich Dowd | Mon Nov 16, 2009 1:04 PM ET

New Zealand explorers set out to unearth bottles of Scotch frozen in Antarctic ice for a century. Read More

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By Kathy Ehrich Dowd | Sun Nov 15, 2009 1:55 PM ET

A Colombian cooking school concocts a "love dessert" featuring those special blue pills. Read More

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