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The debate about sustainable diets has focused on meat production, which requires lots of land and water to grow grain to feed livestock. It also contributes to methane emissions. But the Cabinet secretaries with final authority say the 2015 dietary guide

New Dietary Guidelines Will Not Include Sustainability Goal

6:10pm October 08, 2015

by Allison Aubrey

A government-appointed panel wanted the federal government's 2015 nutrition advice to consider a food's environmental impact. But the Cabinet secretaries with final authority say it won't happen.

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Contemporary teenagers find themselves trapped inside a 1980s horror film in The Final Girls.

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Can Contemporary Teenagers Put An End To 'Final Girls'?

5:03pm October 08, 2015

by Andrew Lapin

The latest horror movie to send up horror movies finds a group of teenagers living in a retro world where the cliche of the one virgin left alive threatens to be the end of them.

Clara Furey in a scene from The Forbidden Room.

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'The Forbidden Room' Might Be Closer Than You Think

5:03pm October 08, 2015

by Mark Jenkins

Guy Maddin's latest is a patchwork of pastiches that ages and modifies film to emulate eras, styles and tropes to examine the oddities of the mind.

Wing Gourds: Phil Rupp of Rupp Seeds says that, many years ago, an Amish woman from Pennsylvania sent Phil's father, Roger Rupp, photos of an interesting gourd she'd developed. Roger hadn't seen anything like it, so he agreed to market the variety. The wo

Good Gourd! What's With All The Weird-Looking Squash?

10:45am October 08, 2015

by Vanessa Rancaño

Cinderella pumpkins just don't cut it for fall decor anymore. Squash and gourds come in all sorts of colors and sizes — and as far as consumers are concerned, the stranger, the better.

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Belarusian journalist Svetlana Alexievich, during the ceremony for the German Book Trade Peace Prize, which she won in 2013.

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Belarusian Journalist Svetlana Alexievich Wins Literature Nobel

10:42am October 08, 2015

by Colin Dwyer

The investigative journalist is known for her in-depth exposes of the former Soviet Union, letting eyewitness accounts shed an unsettling light on tragedies.

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The Sorrow And The Pity

10:42am October 08, 2015

In this game we ask our contestants to channel their best Mr. T impersonation and answer questions about things that rhyme with "fool."

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No Expiration Date

10:42am October 08, 2015

Indie folk duo The Milk Carton Kids wishes you knew just how dark their band name is.

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Elementary My Dear Emma Watson

10:42am October 08, 2015

We give clues from a film plus celebrity names for our contestants to combine.

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Alone, Together

10:42am October 08, 2015

Jonathan Coulton sings clues about famously solitary people set to songs about being alone.

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Disney Uncensored

10:42am October 08, 2015

In this game we uncover the dark secrets behind Disney's beloved animated films. We give a summary of the original story — guess the title of the watered-down Disney version.

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