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If turkey tends to be the star of your Thanksgiving, chances are, you have a favorite cut of meat. Maybe it's the golden brown, crispy skin, glistening with rendered fat to the point where it almost resembles bacon; maybe it's a simple slice of breast meat, waiting to be doused (and then doused some more) with a flood of gravy. Or maybe it's the meaty, juicy turkey legs, which you're prepared to battle your table-mates for every year. If that's the case, this recipe for Chipotle-Spiced Smoked Turkey Legs is going to deliver for you big-time—it's 100-percent drumsticks, and you...

While greeting a Latino audience to support her husband’s speech about opportunities for Hispanics, Michelle Obama decided an exotic gown was in order. As President Barack Obama spoke at the black-tie event, the First Lady looked stunning in the strapless raw-silk dress by U.S. designer Chris Benz. She appeared to be inspired by an Amazonian peacock as she sashayed into the Washington Convention Center with matching emerald hued earrings and classic black heels. And Mrs Obama seemed delighted with the President’s pledge to put more money in the pockets of Latino workers by the look of her ear-to-ear grin on...

This comedy thread is dedicated to Freeper Bahbah from her EG friends, who has recently passed away and we miss her so.   Pinging all photoshoppers, poets, and friendly snarkers to join the fun!   Vacation Gal has been busy lately travelling around the world as we have all heard. Please keep comments and contributions positive, thanks! Vacation Gal visits Stonehenge. Vacation Gal visits the great Pyramids.

DENVER -- Barack Obama tapped Joe Biden to be his running mate because of his working-class roots, foreign policy experience and ability to deliver a sharp rhetorical attack. But in Biden's first stop as the presumptive vice-presidential nominee, he showed another skill important for the campaign trail: an appreciation for unhealthy food. The Delaware senator, joined by a whole clan of Bidens that included his daughter, wife, brother and two sons, bought five pulled pork sandwiches and a lemonade in downtown Denver at a street vendor called Boney's Smokehouse. At the photo-op, which was arranged by the Obama campaign, Biden...