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Big Bird, Brain Scans Yield Clues About Learning Disabilities

Posted 01.06.2013 | Science

By: Charles Choi, LiveScience Contributor Published: 01/04/2013 09:46 AM EST on LiveScience Children are not the only ones who can learn from Big B...

'Sesame Street' On How To Talk To Kids About Death

Posted 12.18.2012 | Parents

After the passing of a beloved pet or relative -- or in the mournful aftermath of horrific tragedies like the Sandy Hook school shooting -- parents of...

Thanksgiving and the National Bird

Nancy Rubin Stuart | Posted 01.20.2013 | Politics
Nancy Rubin Stuart

Contrary to the popular myths, the wild turkey can fly. As the recent election has proven, so can we, if, like that original American bird, we keep close to the ground.

Don't Throw Big Bird Over the Fiscal Cliff

Marcy Syms | Posted 01.16.2013 | Media
Marcy Syms

Not only do American families want government-supported public broadcasting, they need it now more than ever.

America Reelects President Obama, and Rejects the Republican Plutocrat.

Russell C. Smith | Posted 01.09.2013 | Politics
Russell C. Smith

The American people have seen how extreme wealth concentrated at the top greatly unbalances the lives of citizens, and a growing number of people want the opposite, and are willing to work to change the system.

WATCH: 'Sesame Street's' Big Hurricane Announcement

Posted 11.08.2012 | Parents

In Hurricane Sandy's aftermath, the "Sesame Street" team has jumped into an ongoing discussion of how to teach kids about weather-related fear, destru...

LOOK: Big Bird Votes! And We Think We Know For Who ...

Sarah Medina | Posted 11.06.2012 | Good News

Voters in Texas were given quite a shock Friday morning when the most controversial furry bird of the election lined up behind them, yellow feathers i...

Most Working Women Are Put in a Bind, Not a Binder

Beverly Wettenstein | Posted 01.05.2013 | Women
Beverly Wettenstein

Women deserve pay parity, not parody in comic binders. Study the candidates' voting records on issues important to working women and our families.

Big Bird And Mitt Romney Dance Off

Posted 11.05.2012 | Teen

Mitt Romney said he likes Big Bird, but the feeling might not be mutual. In this video from halftime at Saturday's football game at Beaumont Centr...

The 20 Definitive Videos of the 2012 Election Cycle (So You Don't Have to Think About It Ever Again)

Hulu.com | Posted 01.05.2013 | Comedy
Hulu.com

Tuesday is Election Day and we are still alive, just not allowed to leave the house for a little while, all of us. Thankfully, there are Internet videos for that. So we've compiled this definitive list of the 20 best videos of the 2012 election cycle.

Separation of Twitter and Facebook in the Age of Obama

James Sims | Posted 01.05.2013 | Technology
James Sims

My resolution for the next presidential election is to let "grandma" share my stupid dog pictures with her retirement community cronies and reserve my playing of pin the tail on Donald Trump to Twitter.

We're Here to Save Your Holiday With a Glazed Ham: The Top 10 Last Minute Halloween Costumes Ripped Violently From the Headlines

Hulu.com | Posted 12.30.2012 | Comedy
Hulu.com

Here's your dilemma: You're usually Lance Armstrong for Halloween. This is now no longer acceptable, as you refuse to part with your toy medals. You're in a bind. We're here to help.

Mitt Romney, Big Bird and American Creativity

Hoyt Hilsman | Posted 12.30.2012 | Arts
Hoyt Hilsman

Mitt Romney's comment in the first presidential debate about defunding Big Bird was the fodder for lots of jokes, but it has more serious implications, not just for public funding for the arts, but for the future of America's global competitiveness.

14 Halloween Costumes Depicting Old People: Offensive or Funny?

The Huffington Post | Shelley Emling | Posted 10.22.2012 | Fifty

Can't figure out how to dress yourself up as a binder full of women for Halloween? Then there's always Big Bird, a hot costume this year thanks to Mit...

Romney: Obama Is Playing 'Silly Word Games'

AP | KASIE HUNT | Posted 10.20.2012 | Politics

DAYTONA BEACH, Fla. -- Republican Mitt Romney is accusing President Barack Obama of engaging in "petty attacks and silly word games" just 18 days befo...

Hard Leads and Twitter Memes: The Making of News

Lindsay Hoffman | Posted 12.19.2012 | College
Lindsay Hoffman

We are looking at what could be a shoot-out -- Wild, Wild West style. On one side stands a band of columnists, investigative reporters, newscasters and other traditional journalists. On the opposing side, a mob of bloggers, YouTubers, and Twitter-sensations.

To Those Seized by Debt Fear: China Holds Just 10 Percent, Down From 2 Years Ago

Paul Abrams | Posted 12.19.2012 | Politics
Paul Abrams

How many times do we hear the forces of doom--primarily from the right wing that wants to end just about everything government does that can help the American people--that we cannot going on "borrowing from China"?

WATCH: Where Parody Twitter Accounts Go To Die

Posted 12.19.2012 | Comedy

Debate season is perfect fodder for those fun-to-share, dead-in-a-minute parody Twitter accounts we all love -- but what happens in seven days when th...

7 Deliciously Frightful Halloween Recipes

Phoebe Lapine | Posted 12.19.2012 | Taste
Phoebe Lapine

Regardless of whether you are too old for haunted houses or young enough to still be terrified by bowls of blood (ketchup), Halloween is a time for parties, costumes or otherwise.

Obama Wins the Debate, But Not on Substance

James Marshall Crotty | Posted 10.17.2012 | Politics
James Marshall Crotty

By overplaying his hand, Romney allowed the deft, if defenseless, Obama to charm his way back into the hearts of swing voters, while revving up his base. In an election that will come down to the ground game, such enthusiasm is key.

'Million Puppet March' Will Defend Big Bird, PBS

AP | Posted 12.17.2012 | Entertainment

WASHINGTON -- More than 1,000 puppeteers and public broadcasting supporters have signed on for a march on the National Mall in Washington three days b...

The Victimization of Big Bird and What It Means for Artists

Nora Younkin | Posted 12.16.2012 | Chicago
Nora Younkin

I don't believe the arts can, or should, stand on their own. Even more worrisome than Romney's statements themselves is the ideology from which they spring up. The arts are not nonpartisan.

Big Bird Will Be Fine Under Romney

Erik Sean Nelson | Posted 12.16.2012 | Comedy
Erik Sean Nelson

Who says that the Free Market doesn't solve all problems? ...

Would Romney Really Kill Big Bird?

Scott Lilly | Posted 12.16.2012 | Politics
Scott Lilly

What does Gov. Romney's proposal to eliminate the federal appropriation for public broadcasting actually mean for Big Bird's livelihood?

Rematch: Obama vs. Romney vs. ?

Robert Brenner | Posted 12.15.2012 | Comedy
Robert Brenner

We've got a real slobberknocker for you tonight, folks -- the long awaited rematch between the heavyweight champion of the free world, Barack "Bam Bam" Obama, and the challenger, Nature Boy Mitt Romney.