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The roasted turkey featured on your dining room table may not be the only one with turkey neck this holiday. With Thanksgiving gatherings right around the corner, many of us will wear scarves or turtleneck sweaters to conceal the unsightly sagging under our chins.We refer to this as “turkey neck” because as we age, neck muscles begin to weaken and the loose skin can become droopy and wrinkled, drawing unflattering comparisons to the neck of a turkey. Age and sun exposure are the main causes of sagging skin, according to Scripps.org, but it also has a genetic component.While surgical procedures...

Thanksgiving jihad? Butterball sells sharia friendly halal turkeys Thanksgiving is turkey time, yet many Americans are unaware that the turkey on the menu may be halal, meaning it is slaughtered according to the dictates of sharia, the religious law of Islam. On Monday, reports began circulating around the web that one of America’s largest producers of thanksgiving turkeys, Butterball, slaughters turkeys according to the dictates of sharia law. And apparently Butterball has confirmed the rumor: all Butterball whole turkeys sold in the U.S. are slaughtered in accord with halal, and thus satisfy sharia, Islamic religious law. Halal is a term...

WELCOME TO THE HOLIDAY EDITION Today, we are continuing a day of I’d like to invite you all to share with us things for which you are thankful. Not just that nice fat turkey you just had. Personally, I’m thankful Ma hasn’t had to use that wrench of hers much this year! I’m also thankful that Tomkow hasn’t been able to sell any burkas here at the Canteen (shows you what great taste we have here, huh?) Now on the series side, I am thankful for a wonderful husband, two great sons, three and one half great grandchildren, for...

ALCATRAZ ISLAND, United States (AFP) - A tribal chant rose from a thousands-strong prayer circle on Alcatraz Island in San Francisco Bay as Native Americans held a sunrise "Unthanksgiving Day" ceremony. "What we call it is Unthanksgiving," Bear Lincoln of the Wailikie Tribe told AFP as he waved burning sage to purify the area and ward off evil spirits. "It was the saddest day for us. It was a big mistake for us to help the Pilgrims survive that first winter. They betrayed us once they got their strength." Traditional Thanksgiving feasting in the United States is a tribute to...

Thanksgiving Dinner Family Debate: Liberals vs. Conservatives By Chris Davis Nov 23, 2005 Thanksgiving is here!  Many people are preparing for that feast of turkey, dressing and pumpkin pie.  Some are packing clothes and making plans for their flight or drive.  Others, though, are spending time with friends and family, recalling the fond memories of better days during their childhoods. But most conservatives, however, are gearing up for that once a year visit from their liberal Uncle Phil or Aunt Sally.  Amidst the conversation, they'll be forced—through dirty looks from their spouses or a gentle hand placed on the knee—to...

We are just getting to the time of year when we should be looking at what we are thankful for and who in our lives has brought us blessings. Let's discuss what makes you Thankful!

One side effect of the obesity epidemic in America is rarely noted: Women's chests are expanding nearly as fast as their bellies. Poor eating habits, as well as breast implants and the estrogens in birth-control pills, have led to an increase in the past 15 years of more than one bra size for the average American woman—from a 34B to a 36C. For many women, this has been a burdensome trend. A pair of D-cup breasts weighs between 15 and 23 pounds—the equivalent of carrying around two small turkeys. The larger the breasts, the more they move and the greater...

Film fans still flocked to see celebrities attending the London premiere of Shall We Dance last night, despite the absence of one its main leads, Jennifer Lopez. Earlier in the day, Lopez issued a statement through the film's distributors Buena Vista International, saying she was unwell and unable to make the premiere, fuelling specualtion that she may be pregnant. The film's director Peter Chelsom said he was disappointed that Lopez was unable to make it. He said: "I'm disappointed. It's a shame. I know it's true that she's not well because she has also cancelled her promotional tour. I've heard...

WATKINS GLEN, N.Y., Nov. 8 /U.S. Newswire/ -- What's the best way to stuff a turkey? Any animal advocate will tell you: Pumpkin pie, stuffed squash, salad and cranberries. But there's one catch -- the birds will be stuffing themselves! Farm Sanctuary, the nation's leading farm animal rescue and protection organization, is asking people to feed a turkey this Thanksgiving, rather than eat one. Farm Sanctuary's annual Adopt-A-Turkey Project offers two ways for people to save turkeys during the Thanksgiving holiday: 1) Sponsor "adopt" a turkey who lives at Farm Sanctuary's New York or California shelters for farm animals. Sponsors...

I have to confess the J-Lo phenomenon was a difficult one for me to understand. Not that she's an unattractive woman or anything, but let's face it: She possesses a reverse of what most men would consider to be the ideal bust-to-butt ratio, if decades of Playboy, Maxim and the Sports Illustrated Swimsuit Issue are any guide. It wasn't until reading an article by the expatriate sage, Fred Reed, that I finally began to understand why Ms. Lopez – or is that Lopez-Anthony now, I'm never quite sure about these things – should present such an appealing image to the...

ATLANTIC CITY, N.J. (AP) -- Jennifer Lopez's mother won a $2.4 million jackpot while playing $1 slots in Atlantic City on Saturday night. Guadalupe Lopez, 58, of New York, was playing a Wheel of Fortune-themed slot machine at the Borgata Hotel Casino & Spa when she hit for $2,421,291.76 just before 8 p.m. Saturday, according to the casino. Casino spokesman Michael Facenda denied knowing of any relationship between the jackpot winner and pop celebrity Jennifer Lopez. But Us Weekly and People magazine report in upcoming issues that Guadalupe Lopez is Jennifer's Lopez's mother. Jennifer Lopez's publicist, Rob Shuter, declined...