Michael Copperthite has butter, sugar and flour in his blood. His great-great-grandfather was Henry Copperthite, the so-called “Pie King” of Georgetown and founder of the Connecticut-Copperthite Pie Co. Michael loves nothing more than to wax poetic about his family, a line of piemakers dating to the Civil War era. Read full article > >

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Resurrecting a slice of history? Easy as pie.

A man, 18, who was being chased by the police, was killed in his family’s home in the Bronx.

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Bronx 18-Year-Old Fatally Shot By an Officer After a Chase

Children are to get legal rights to maintain proper relationships with both their parents, as part of a shake-up of the family justice system.

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Children’s access rights pledge

Adults with kids have “Modern Family”; the early-30s crowd gets “How I Met Your Mother” and the like. But unless drunken nights on the Jersey Shore are the norm for more people than anyone realizes, series with characters in their 20s don’t really come close to resembling reality. Read full article > >

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TV review: MTV’s ‘I Just Want My Pants Back’ captures the 20-something life

First lady Michelle Obama joined Labor Secretary Hilda Solis Monday to propose an expansion to the Family and Medical Leave Act (FMLA) that would give more job protection to military caregivers. The proposed rules would allow spouses, parents and children of service members to care for their loved ones, attend military functions, or deal with child care and family finances “without fear of losing their jobs,”Solis said. Read full article > >

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Michelle Obama, Labor Secretary Hilda Solis propose more job protection for military caregivers

Former business tycoon Asil Nadir stole nearly £150m from his Polly Peck empire for himself, his family and friends, the Old Bailey hears.

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Asil Nadir ‘stole nearly £150m’

The most powerful undergrad in America? Rep. Kristi Noem , who just completed coursework for a political science degree and will officially graduate from South Dakota State University in May. Noem, 40, dropped out of college when she was 22 to run the family farm after her father died. She took courses here and there but life — marriage, kids, business, politics — kept her from finishing until now. Read full article > >

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Rep. Kristi Noem, America’s most powerful undergrad, on track to get college degree

TUNIS, Tunisia — A year after Tunisia’s president fled a revolution fueled in part by his government’s corruption, huge amounts of the money controlled and invested by his family and allies remain out of the reach of the country’s people and new government. Read full article > >

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In Tunisia, spoils of Ben Ali government remain elusive

Crested macaque monkeys look to their friends for guidance more than to their family, according to scientists.

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Monkeys ‘follow friends first’

Over the years, columnist Carolyn Hax has doled out more than a few helpful hints to would-be brides and grooms. Now, with a bevy of newly engaged couples about to start their wedding planning , a roundup of some of her sage wisdom on how to set boundaries, what you should think about before a destination wedding and how to have the wedding your family will hate. Read full article > >

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Carolyn Hax: How to plan a wedding you want without alienating others

1. The American dream is about getting rich. In a national survey of more than 1,300 adults that we completed in March, only 6 percent of Americans ranked “wealth” as their first or second definition of the American dream. Forty-five percent named “a good life for my family,” while 34 percent put “financial security” — material comfort that is not necessarily synonymous with Bill Gates-like riches — on top. Read full article > >

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Atlantic, Iowa — Where are the Romney supporters? You would think that the Family Table Restaurant in Atlantic, Iowa — Mitt Romney’s first campaign stop of 2012 — would be a good place to find Romney supporters. But as usual with Romney, you would be mistaken. Throughout the campaign, there have been many strong Not Romney supporters. If Not Romney were an actual candidate, he would be leading the pack. In fact, he has been for the past few months, under varying names. People are so eager not to vote for Romney that, after exhausting all other options, they are preparing to vote for Rick Santorum, whom many of them have never heard of, even though he took them out for coffee that one time. Read full article > >

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Mitt Romney loses Iowans to cheese balls

Doctors say a 15-year-old Afghan girl will have to remain in hospital in Kabul for a month after being rescued from her husband and his family who had locked her up, starved and beaten her.

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Irish singer Sinead O’Connor announces the annulment of her marriage to therapist Barry Herridge, citing disapproval from his family and friends.

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No matter how old I get or how much I procreate, the elders in the family always seem to cover the Christmas meals. Sure, I pitch in by taking over a tradition or two — braiding the Christmas breakfast wreath or assembling the trifle for Christmas dinner — but I have yet to actually host. My duties don’t really kick in until the next week, for New Year’s Eve. And that is a meal I like to dive into, deeply. It started the year a friend needed to break in a new kitchen at a little beach house, and I was a newly minted food writer. I threw myself into the project, the perfect marriage of my personal and professional selves. The menu featured fish from the nearby dock, wine from a local vineyard and a collection of other courses with recipes I’d loved, and in some cases published, during the year. Read full article > >

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New Year’s Eve: An intimate dinner for friends