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SpongeBob is back in madcap ‘Search for SquarePants’Dec 17, 2025 1:44 pm - SpongeBob SquarePants just wants to be a big guy. For our bubble-blowing, Bikini Bottom resident, that means reaching the coveted height of 36 clams tall so that he can finally ride the big roller coaster at Captain Booty Beard’s Fun Park in “The SpongeBob Movie: Search for SquarePants.”
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The Oscars will move to YouTube in 2029, leaving longtime home of ABCDec 17, 2025 1:38 pm - In a seismic shift for one of television’s marquee events, the Academy Awards will depart ABC and begin streaming on YouTube beginning in 2029, the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences announced Wednesday.
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Israel fires mortar into Gaza residential area, wounding at least 10Dec 17, 2025 12:25 pm - Israel’s military on Wednesday said troops fired a mortar shell into a Palestinian residential area in the Gaza Strip, in the latest incident to rock the tenuous ceasefire with Hamas. Health officials said at least 10 people, were wounded, and the army said it was investigating.
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Senate passes $901 billion defense bill that pushes Hegseth for boat strike videoDec 17, 2025 11:52 am - The Senate gave final passage to an annual military policy bill Wednesday that will authorize $901 billion in defense programs while pressuring Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth to provide lawmakers with video of strikes on alleged drug boats in international water near Venezuela.
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Republicans defy Speaker Johnson to force House vote on extending ACA subsidiesDec 17, 2025 11:02 am - Four centrist Republicans broke with Speaker Mike Johnson on Wednesday and signed onto a Democratic-led petition that will force a House vote on extending for three years an enhanced pandemic-era subsidy that lowers health insurance costs for millions of Americans.
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‘Buck Rogers’ star Gil Gerard dies at 82Dec 17, 2025 10:50 am - Gil Gerard, who played television’s hunky sci-fi hero William “Buck” Rogers soon after the Star Wars franchise took hold in the late 1970s, has died. He was 82.
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‘Out of sight, out of mind’: Lighting candles, fireplaces can be bad for your lungsDec 17, 2025 9:36 am - Burning scented products may create a cozy ambiance, and in the case of fireplaces, provide light and heat, but some experts want people to consider how doing so contributes to the quality of the air indoors.
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Creating a simple garden sanctuary for year-round relaxationDec 17, 2025 9:29 am - Now’s a good time to start thinking about next year's garden.
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Worth a pretty penny: Last US cents sold at auction for sum of $16.76MDec 17, 2025 9:21 am - To those who argue that the U.S. penny had no value, some coin collectors beg to differ. In fact, they doled out millions for the final pennies circulated in the U.S. before the government ended the cent's production back in November.
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Americans like artificial Christmas trees, even though few are made in the U.S. and prices are upDec 17, 2025 9:19 am - Tariffs shone a twinkling light this year on fake Christmas trees — and the extent to which America depends on other countries for its plastic fir trees.