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Thousands of Santas and a few Grinches hit the streets for annual SantaCon bar crawls

Thousands of Santas and a few Grinches hit the streets for annual SantaCon bar crawls

NEW YORK (AP) — Santa Clauses are coming to town. Thousands of Kris Kringles and jolly Old St. Nicks are jamming streets, sidewalks and bars from Adelaide to Vancouver on Saturday for annual SantaCon charity pub crawls.
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Charles Dickens' characters come alive in a Dutch town enamored with the English author

Charles Dickens' characters come alive in a Dutch town enamored with the English author

DEVENTER, Netherlands (AP) — The Dutch city of Deventer transformed Saturday into a pocket of 19th-century England, with 950 people in costumes bringing characters from Charles Dickens’ books to life.
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Charles Dickens' characters come alive in a Dutch town enamored with the English author

Charles Dickens' characters come alive in a Dutch town enamored with the English author

DEVENTER, Netherlands (AP) — The Dutch city of Deventer transformed Saturday into a pocket of 19th-century England, with 950 people in costumes bringing characters from Charles Dickens’ books to life.
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Woman accusing Jay-Z and Sean 'Diddy' Combs of sexual assault acknowledges inconsistencies

Woman accusing Jay-Z and Sean 'Diddy' Combs of sexual assault acknowledges inconsistencies

A woman who accused rappers Jay-Z and Sean “Diddy” Combs of sexually assaulting her when she was 13 at an awards show after-party has acknowledged certain inconsistencies in her story, while her lawyer said he will continue to vet her claims.
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Popular actor in southern India is freed on bail after spending a night in jail in a stampede case

Popular actor in southern India is freed on bail after spending a night in jail in a stampede case

NEW DELHI (AP) — A popular actor in southern India was released from jail on bail on Saturday, a day after he was arrested by police in connection with a stampede that led to the death of a woman at the premiere of his movie earlier this month.
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Stay sober and have a jolly holiday season with these expert tips

Stay sober and have a jolly holiday season with these expert tips

Last year, when Lauren Haydel began her first sober holiday season, she wondered how difficult it would be to avoid alcohol at family parties and celebrations with friends.
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Unique among 'Person of the Year' designees, Donald Trump gets a fact-check from Time magazine

Unique among 'Person of the Year' designees, Donald Trump gets a fact-check from Time magazine

Time magazine gave Donald Trump something it has never done for a Person of the Year designee: a lengthy fact-check of claims he made in an accompanying interview.
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Once taboo, more Japanese women are brewing sake

Once taboo, more Japanese women are brewing sake

OKAYA, Japan (AP) — Not long after dawn, Japanese sake brewer Mie Takahashi checks the temperature of the mixture fermenting at her family’s 150-year-old sake brewery, Koten, nestled in the foothills of the Japanese Alps.
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How to write a holiday rom-com for TV, according to the experts

How to write a holiday rom-com for TV, according to the experts

Have you ever watched a holiday rom-com on Hallmark Channel or Lifetime — or any of the other many networks and streamers that now air them — and thought, “I could write that”? It's harder than you may think — but just as fun.
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Saudi Arabia banned film for 35 years. The Red Sea festival is just one sign of the industry's rise

Saudi Arabia banned film for 35 years. The Red Sea festival is just one sign of the industry's rise

JEDDAH, Saudi Arabia (AP) — “My Driver and I” was supposed to be made in 2016, but was scuttled amid Saudi Arabia's decades-long cinema ban.
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