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Garrison Morgan paints his art teacher Sarah Landrum s car at The Donoho School. The car is going to be entered in the Anniston Christmas Un-Parade as an "art car." Photo: Stephen Gross/The Anniston Star Anniston Un-Parade to feature Donoho art car
The Spirit of Anniston is always looking for a new twist to put on its annual Christmas parade. This year, it’s become an “Un-Parade,” where the floats stand still, and the people walk up and down the streets.
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ABC s  Modern Family  stars from left, Ed O Neill, Rico Rodriguez, Sofia Vergara, Nolan Gould, Julie Bowen, Ariel Winter, Ty Burrell, Sarah Hyland, Jesse Tyler Ferguson and Eric Stonestreet. Photo: ABC/MCT Something funny is happening on television again
Even before the nation’s economy went south, the prime-time sitcom was mired in its own miserable slump. Ratings plunged, critics groused, shows fizzled and, throughout Hollywood, pink slips piled up.
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'Conquistadors' mixes fantasy, history
The Jacksonville State University drama department’s latest production hits close to home — closer than most of the plays it performs, at least.
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Meet the magical Mr. Claus
In the months before Christmas, you may think Santa spends all his time in his workshop. Wrong. If he’s in town, on most mornings he’s at Champion Sports Medicine and Rehabilitation Center in Oxford, working out.
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'Star Trek,' boldly going on blu-ray and DVD
Director J.J. Abrams and the creative team behind the latest Star Trek movie did something very smart when they decided to reboot that quintessential, sci-fi-geek franchise: they made it more like Star Wars.
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'Planet 51' a bust for both kids and adults
How might a kid — OK, a teenager — protect himself from that dreaded fate described in legions of sci-fi movies (including The Fourth Kind), the anal probe? If you weren’t thinking “champagne cork,” you were way off according to the sci-fi kids cartoon Planet 51.
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Blind sided and pleased: True story of NFL lineman leaves your heart sacked
by Bran Strickland
Sports Editor
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On a football field, keeping your head on a swivel is key so as not to be surprised by a bone-crushing lick. Who knew one should employee that same tactic while watching a movie.
The evergreen Ebenezer Scrooge
by Susan King
Los Angeles Times
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HOLLYWOOD — Charles Dickens' A Christmas Carol embodies the true spirit of the holidays with its indelible characters: miser Ebenezer Scrooge, who learns the meaning of the yuletide when he's visited by three spirits during Christmas Eve; his earnest employee Bob Cratchit; and Cratchit's youngest son, Tiny Tim.
John Mayer makes sure his music rises above tabloids
by Nekesa Mumbi Moody
Associated Press
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NEW YORK — If you're engrossed in the tabloid Internet-gossip that has come to define the celebrity world, then John Mayer's latest CD, Battle Studies, could provide enough fodder to fill at least a dozen Perez Hilton blog posts or at least one story in Us Weekly.
Devo's whipping it in a big way on entire-album tour
by Mark Caro
Chicago Tribune
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Devo plans to release its first new studio album in 20 years in 2010, but the band that's touring now is rooted firmly in the late '70s and early '80s.
October video game sales fall 19 percent
by Barbara Ortutay
Associated Press
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NEW YORK — After a slight reprieve in September, U.S. video game retail sales slumped again in October, unable to escape the economic turmoil that's cutting into consumer spending and swelling the ranks of unemployed.
Pushing Buttons: Answering the call (of duty)
by Dan Whisenhunt
Assistant Metro Editor
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It's been awhile. For most of 2007 I was a little "Call of Duty Modern Warfare" crack-fiend. A couple of things happened since then that curbed my enthusiasm for this great game. My friend and fellow Call-of-Duty player had his PlayStation 3 stolen. I had no one to play with because my brother had since moved on to "Call of Duty: World at War." I was not a huge fan of that game, which went back to the series' World War II roots.
New Miles Davis collection has 70 CDs
by Chris Barton
Los Angeles Times
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It's a curious irony that at a time when entire music collections can be shrunk down to the size of a couple of sticks of gum, certain music packages keep getting larger.
CBS planning launch of turn-of-decade project
by David Bauder
Associated Press
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NEW YORK — CBS News is planning an ambitious turn-of-decade look at America's position in the world that's also designed as an opening competitive shot at Diane Sawyer.
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