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Easy Mardi Gras King Cake

MARDI GRAS KING CAKE INGREDIENTS 1 8oz pkg cream cheese, softened 1 egg, separated 1/2 tsp each vanilla & almond extract 1/3 cup powdered sugar 2 pkgs ready-to-bake crecent roll dough 1/2 cup canned pie filling, your choice 1/4 cup each crushed pec More...

Shining as local Wildlife Management Area:

Apalachicola River Wildlife and Environmental Area

"It is not a salt marsh over here or a flood plain forest over there. It is a whole large functioning ecosystem." -Jon Blanchard The Nature Conservancy More...

Race into the new year with these cool DVDs

PICKS OF THE WEEK Well, it's 2010, and in a few weeks thousands of athletes from around the world will converge in Canada for the Winter Olympics. To get you in the mood, here are a few of my favorite Winter Olympics films: More...

10 exciting ways to explore and experience the Gulf Coast in ’10

The Gulf Coast offers visitors and residents ample activities to make 2010 a fun year

Every year, as December comes to an end, we begin brainstorming ideas for the new year. How can I improve myself? How can I have more fun? How can I live more comfortably? These are some of the questions we often ask. More...

New year brings new objects in sky

For Jan. 2010, the first two weeks find the moon waning in the morning sky. The waning gibbous moon passes six degrees south of Mars on Jan. 3, with both rising about 9 p.m. in east. More...

‘One Tree Hill’ returns January 18

Q: I am going through some serious “One Tree Hill” withdrawals! When does the show return? — Chelsea F., via e-mail More...

‘The Language of Bees’ is a mysterious tongue

Sherlock Holmes and Bees, What’s not to love?

Laurie R. King's excellent Mary Russell books follow the adventures of an extraordinary crime-solving duo: a feisty, whip-smart feminist of the 1920s and her husband, retired beekeeper (and former worldfamous detective) Sherlock Holmes. More...