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If you've opted for a real Christmas tree this year, you may have noticed a small pile of needles gathering beneath it. While your instinct might be to clean them up, caution is advised. Evergreen ...

It was one Christmas visitor that didn’t overstay its welcome. A Burmese python that had been spotted in a Miami-Dade neighborhood was removed just days before Christmas after a resident out for a ...

The Grinch comes in many forms: greedy businessman, bosses that won’t give you the holidays off, and even Fox News hosts. Dagen McDowell, a co-host of the “The Big Money Show” on Fox Business, ...

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In the land of high tech, Daniel Goldberg is going for the low-hanging fruit. "There are these feral fruit trees I like to call them that grow pretty much everywhere," said Daniel Goldberg, owner of ...