NATO: Russian buildup threatens Ukraine's neighbor

Russian forces massed along Ukraine's eastern border could threaten stability in a separatist region of neighboring Moldova,

 the American general who serves as NATO's top military commander said Sunday.
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The comments drew a quick response from Moscow, where Russian Deputy Defense Minister Anatoly Antonov told the news agency , other media outlets that Russia was "in compliance" with all international agreements on limits of troops in regions bordering Ukraine.
Russia's ambassador to the European Union, Vladimir Chizhov, told the BBCthat Russia had no intention of sending troops into other parts of Ukraine or Europe.
The Transdniestria region of Moldova declared itself independent in 1990, although no countries in the United Nations recognize it. It's population of about 500,000 people is about one-third ethnic Russian, and some members of its parliament have urged Russia to annex the region.

You’re Doing It Wrong: Pecan Pie

Pecan pie is pretty much candy with a crust. It’s cloyingly sweet, offers both crunch and a gooey filling, and contains approximately as many calories per slice as a plate piled high with turkey, stuffing, and sweet potatoes. It’s also super expensive this year. Do these sound like arguments against making pecan pie? They are not. Pecan pie is an unquestionable Thanksgiving tradition—a fittingly over-the-top end to an over-the-top meal.
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Kabocha Pumpkin Pie is a Sweet Surprise

If you’re like us, your favorite part of the Thanksgiving meal comes at the end.
And that has everything to do with the pies.
Kabocha Squash Pumpkin Pie Recipe
From fruity apple and pumpkin pies to rich pecan pie and chocolate pies, the only hard part is choosing which one to sample first. But rest assured, if chef Rory Macdonald’s kabocha pumpkin pie is one of the choices, we’ll dive in fork first.
At Hakkasan New York, Macdonald uses kabocha winter squash, also called Japanese pumpkin, in his holiday recipe. “It has a much sweeter flavor than traditional pumpkins,” he says. “Canned options [are] often already sweetened, and spices have been added which can mask the pumpkin flavor.”

Alton Brown's 'Good Eats' best-ever green bean casserole recipe

elebrity chef Alton Darkish, superstar involving "Good Eats" on the Meals Multilevel, possesses numerous yummy formulas pertaining to Thanksgiving -- take a look at his well-known chicken brine recipke right here.
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Intended for a thing traditional and also easy, you can even attempt his "best-ever green bean casserole. " It will require regarding an hour or so and also provides 4-6 people. What makes it further unique is usually that you just help to make your own personal crispy onions to the leading -- it's unlikely that any of their onion-in-a-can products.

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For that leading:

2 moderate onions, thinly cut
1/4 mug all-purpose flour
2 tablespoons panko bread crumbs
1 teaspoon kosher sodium
Nonstick preparing squirt

Mega Millions numbers for Nov. 26; jackpot increases to $230 million

Nobody printed the actual successful Mega Large numbers volumes in November. 26, escalating the actual jackpot to be able to $230 million.

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For the time being, tonight's Powerball jackpot will be $60 million (Nov. 27).

The actual Mega Large numbers volumes with regard to November. 26: 27-44-59-74-75

The actual Silver Mega Baseball: goal

The actual Megaplier: 5

The actual November. 26 drawing utilizes the actual the new matrix with regard to Mega Large numbers, in accordance with Lottery administrators.

The modern matrix features additional volumes with regard to Match 5 and also fewer Mega volumes; the actual adjustments provide participants an opportunity to gain additional prizes. The actual adjustments are supposed to boost how big jackpots

Fox Valley Cooks: Joyce Saxon, of Bristol, Sweet Potato Casserole

Joyce Saxon, of Bristol, loves trying out new recipes on her adventuresome grandchildren, but when it comes to feeding a crowd, she sticks with what she knows best.
When there are special guests, Saxon, 65, says she only uses recipes that she has successfully made before.

How to Cook a Turkey: Recipes from Butterball

Roasting in an oven is one of the most popular ways to cook a turkey. It's simple, convenient, and gives your turkey a classic flavor. Whether you're a first time cook or a seasoned pro, we've got answers to all of your questions.

How to cook a turkey
If you're using a convection oven, be sure to consult Butterball's adjusted cooking instructions. Consult your manufacturer's handbook for tips to use your specific oven.
Roasting a whole turkey is easier than you think. Just follow these simple instructions for a fresh or thawed turkey:
Preheat oven to 325° F. Drain juices and pat dry with clean paper towels.
Place turkey breast side up on a flat rack in a shallow roasting pan 2 to 2 1/2 inches deep.
Turn the wings back to hold the neck skin in place. (Tucking the wings will help stabilize the turkey in the pan and when carving) Brush or spray skin lightly with vegetable or cooking oil for best appearance.
Insert an oven-safe meat thermometer deep into the lower part of the thigh without touching the bone. When the thigh is up to temperature, and if the turkey is stuffed, move the thermometer to the center of the stuffing.
Place your turkey in the oven.
When the turkey is about ? done, loosely cover breast and top of drumsticks with a piece of foil to prevent overcooking.
Your turkey is done when temperature is 180° F in thigh and 165° F in breast or stuffing.

Jennifer Love Hewitt has baby girl, secretly marries Brian Hallisay

Jennifer Love Hewitt and her husband Brian Hallisay are thrilled to announce the birth of their daughter," the rep said.
Her "husband." See what they did there? Nothing quite rolls off the tongue like "Jennifer Love Hewitt-Hallisay."
 
The rep added that "Autumn James Hallisay was born on November 26."
No word yet on the moniker's inspiration or additional birth details.

Another source told the mag that Hewitt, 34, and Hallisay, 35, "got married recently in private."
That contradicts what the well-endowed "Party of Five" alum said at a Pampers event last August.
"I'm not putting that on myself also! We're going to wait," she said of getting married. "I'm going to get down and be cute again and then we'll be ready to go."
Hewitt announced her pregnancy and subsequent engagement to Hallisay in June after the couple had been dating since 2012. Hallisay reportedly popped the question in May while they were vacationing in Europe.
Being pregnant "is an awesome thing," Hewitt told People. "It definitely has its moments where you're like, 'Oh my gosh this is crazy,' but it's been beautiful."
The newlyweds initially met on the set of the short-lived NBC comedy "Love Bites." They later reconnected on Lifetime's "The Client List," in which Hallisay plays on-screen husband to Hewitt's double-life-leading call girl.

Box office preview: 'Frozen' ready to storm the chart, but it won't beat 'Catching Fire'

Disney has experience opening successful princess movies over Thanksgiving weekend. The studio released Enchanted on this weekend in 2007, and the film brought in $49 million over its first five days. It also opened the Rapnuzel tale Tangled over this weekend in 2010, which grossed $68.7 million from Wednesday to Sunday, and that film is a great comparison for Frozen.
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As the studio did with Tangled, Disney has downplayed the princess-y aspects of Frozen, which cost $150 million to produce, as much as possible. Instead of showcasing the sister protagonists (voiced by Kristen Bell and Idina Menzel), marketing has focused on Olaf the snowman (Josh Gad) instead in order to draw boys into the theater. Granted, Disney-philes know that Frozen is a riff on Hans Christian Andersen’s The Snow Queen and that it features lush musical numbers sung by belty stars, which will no doubt bring in fans of Disney’s classic animations.

Thanksgiving 2013: Macy's parade balloons could be grounded

they are the inflatable stars of America's biggest holiday celebration – but the giant balloons of the Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade could be grounded on Thursday for only the second time in the event's 87-year history as a major winter storm sweeps across the country.
 Thanksgiving 2013: Macy's parade balloons could be grounded
If wind gusts exceed 34mph, the giant versions of Snoopy, Woodstock and SpongeBob Square Pants will not be allowed to soar between Manhattan's skyscrapers for safety reasons. And America is holding its collective breath as forecasters predict wind speeds of up to 40mph this year.
The no-fly gust rules were introduced after a Cat in the Hat balloon toppled a light pole and seriously injured a woman spectator during a blustery parade in 1997.
Organisers and police will make the final call on Thursday morning on whether to ground the balloons.
The parade, which normally attracts three million spectators to the streets of New York as well as 50 million TV viewers, is tinged with unusual controversy as animal rights activists are planning protests along the parade against a float for SeaWorld featuring Shamu the killer whale.

Hanukkah 2013 meets Thanksgiving: Thanksgivukkah

A day that's even more hectic because it's not just Thanksgiving dinner these customers are shopping for.
"It's difficult to shop for both only because you need so much for both holidays," said Jessica Bernheim.
 
Both, meaning Thanksgiving and Hanukkah-- a rare quirk of the calendar has the holidays falling on the same date. It won't happen again for almost 80,000 years! This monumental occasion has earned the nickname "Thansgivukkah."
Meredith Orgiefsky is shopping for both Thanksgiving and Hanukkah dinner. Double the holidays could mean double the stress, but she says it's all about delegating responsibilities.
"My husband is working on the brine for Thanksgiving and then when he clears out of the kitchen later, I'll start on the Hanukkah part," said Orgiefsky.
For Miriam Eisenberg, the holiday mash-up is inspiring some culinary creativity.
"Instead of having stuffing, we're going to have potato pancakes instead," said Eisenberg.
Hanukkah is more than 2,000 years old, but Thanksgiving's been around only 150 years. Rabbi Michael Weinberg says both holidays are inspired by the desire for the freedom of religious expression.
"The notion of the universal message of mutual respect for religious traditions, this is an important message for all people to understand," said Rabbi Weinberg, Temple Beth Israel.

Hanukkah 2013: Dates, Rituals, History And How-Tos For Celebrating The Festival Of Lights

Hanukkah, the Jewish Festival of Lights, is celebrated for eight days beginning at sundown on Wednesday, Nov. 28, 2013. On the Hebrew calendar, the dates are 25 Kislev to 2 Tevet in the year 5774.
 

This year, some are celebrating "Thanksgivukkah," as Thanksgiving is celebrated the day after the first Hanukkah calendars are lit on Wednesday night. The convergence of these two holidays won't happen again for another 77,798 years, according to some calculations.
An eight-day celebration, Hanukkah commemorates the rededication of the Second Temple in Jerusalem in the second century B.C.E. during the Maccabean revolt against oppressive Greek rulers. It is one of the most widely observed Jewish holidays and is celebrated by lighting a nine-branch candelabrum, commonly called a menorah. (Technically, the candelabrum for Hanukkah is called a hanukkiah to distinguish itself from the seven-branch menorah used in the Temple and described in E
The story of Hanukkah is one of revolution and miracles: Greek influence over the Jews in the Land of Israel had become an affront to Jewish culture and ritual. Antiochus, the Greek ruler, forbade Jewish religious practice, so a small group of Jews, the Maccabees, revolted. These Jews eventually prevailed and, as a first order of business, restored the Holy Temple, which had been desecrated. The menorah in the Temple needed to be re-lit because, according to tradition, it should burn continuously. The Temple liberators found one vial of olive oil, enough for one day of light. Miraculously, the oil lasted for eight days.

Sharkeisha Blamed For Someone’s Suicide? New Infamous Internet Celebrity Wanted By Police!

Sharkeisha is a brand that's been creating units on the web for your earlier day or two, following a online video come up in which a woman that's said to be her drawn your punches one more woman, apparently referred to as Shay. This online video was first posted on Instagram however taken off because of their Conditions useful, that flows "You might not article chaotic, unclothed, in part unclothed, discriminatory, against the law, infringing, hateful, pornographic as well as sexually suggestive images as well as various other written content through the particular Support. " However, Earth Star Hiphop got a your hands on that and is particularly returning on the web, leading to much more conflict since much more individuals view that.
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Sharkeisha Blamed For Suicide? Fight Video Star Reportedly Tweets About Trouble With Police

Sharkeisha, the girl who sucker punched an unsuspecting victim and became an Internet sensation, has apparently identified herself on social media. The star from the Instagram fight video said police are knocking on her door and that she is reportedly being blamed for someone’s suicide.
 Sharkeisha Blamed For Suicide? Fight Video Star Reportedly Tweets About Trouble With Police

It hasn’t been verified if Twitterati @LilButtSHAR is definitely the fighter from the video, but the user is leading Twitter to believe that it's her true identity. The user describes herself on her mini-blog account as someone who doesn’t “take ahit from nobody!!!!” @LilButtSHAR is porportedly from the class of 2019, which would only make her 12 or 13, and as of Wednesday night she had more than 20,000 followers.

'Sharkeisha' Arrested? Fight Video Star Has Reportedly Been Collared

Sharkeisha" grew to be the particular No. 1 trending theme with Facebook inside Oughout. S. with Thursday, right after movie of a younger lady sucker-punching a different lady in the center of a disagreement gone virus-like with Instagram along with other social media marketing internet sites.
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As well as there can be a whole new twist in the case of the particular hard-fisted jet fighter, as unconfirmed reports alleging that this enemy have been caught and meant mugshots in the lady the globe possesses come to learn as "Sharkeisha" are generally swirling online.

You can find only a few concrete specifics of the woman's probable arrest, although several Facebook users include downloaded photos of a lady who seems to be resemble the one who started the particular one-sided deal with inside common movie, and who's a title very similar to hers.
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