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Notes, comments and observations from the Lifestyle and Entertainment desk by Lifestyle Editor Aixa Torregrosa-Vazquez.

Monday, January 31, 2011

These Steelers fans are too cute!


Newborn infants are lined up in the ward for newborns at Magee-Womens Hospital of UPMC in Pittsburgh, Friday, Jan. 28, 2011. Seven babies, all one or two-days old, are wrapped in the Pittsburgh Steelers fan favorite "Terrible Towel" in the ward. The Steelers will be facing the Green Bay Packers in Super Bowl XLV on Feb. 6 in Arlington, Texas. (AP Photo/Keith Srakocic)

Monday, January 24, 2011

Would you open this bottle?


View of a 1774 "Vin Jaune" (Yellow wine) bottle in Arbois, eastern France. The bottle will go on auction on Feb. 5 or 6 , and is expected to fetch between euro 10,000 and 15,000 ($13,500-22,000). The grapes were harvested by wine grower Anatoile Vercel (1725-1786) under King Louis XVI and the bottle has been kept in the same family in a cellar for eight generations. (AP Photo/Laurent Cipriani)

Monday, January 17, 2011

Underwater treasure discovered


Hopefully Puerto Ricans, scientists, educators, organizations and govermental institutions will work together to protect this amazing treasure .... and to protect and help grow other endangered areas along the island's coastal waters. For more check the link at bottom.



In this undated photo provided by Richard Appeldoorn, a professor at the University of Puerto Rico in Mayaguez, is seen newly discovered coral off the coast of Puerto Rico. Reefs located at a depth of up to 500 feet (152 meters) within a 12-mile (19-kilometer) area were recently discovered as part of a federally funded mission to conduct research on deep-water corals according to the U.S. National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration. (AP Photo/Hector Ruiz)


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Thursday, January 6, 2011

Special day takes on many faces


Lithuanians dressed as the Three Kings are seen during the Epiphany Day celebrations at the Cathedral Square in Vilnius, Lithuania, Thursday, Jan. 6, 2011. (AP Photo/Mindaugas Kulbis)

Three Kings Day is all about the kids


Preschoolers with Children's Aid Society participate in El Museo del Barrio's 34th annual Three Kings Day parade, Thursday, Jan. 6, 2011 in New York. The Three Kings Day Parade is an annual celebration in New York City that commemorates the most festive day of the winter season in Latin American culture. The celebration is designed to pay tribute to the day that the three kings came to visit baby Jesus.

Tuesday, January 4, 2011

Taking stock ... of the cute, the crawley ...


Many are taking stock this time of year. This one sounds like a fun job.
A photographer gets close to some squirrel monkeys during a photo-call media event to mark the annual stock-take at London Zoo in London and zoo keeper Kate Pearce poses for photographs with two train millipedes from South Africa during a photo-call media event to mark the annual stock-take at London Zoo in London, Tuesday, Jan. 4, 2011. The zoo, which houses over 700 species of animals, is required to carry out the annual head count of all their animals as part of their zoo licence. (AP Photos/Matt Dunham.)