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The Oddest 'Hobbit' Moments in Pop Culture

Kevin Maher — Mon, 10 Dec 2012 19:16:24 +0000

J.R.R. Tolkien published ‘The Hobbit‘ in 1938 and for decades fans have obsessed over Middle-Earth. Here are just a few highlights of “Hobbit fever” throughout pop culture. Led Zeppelin — ‘Ramble On’ Robert Plant and Jimmy Page co-wrote the song and included more than a few references to ‘The Lord of the Rings,’ mentioning Gollum [...]

Nine-Year-Old Spends Parents' Life Savings on Candy

Jeremy Taylor — Sat, 10 Nov 2012 13:03:14 +0000

What does a nine-year-old do with $4,000? Buy candy. A lot of candy.While a kid with four grand worth of sweets paints a humorous picture, there’s a couple in the Ukraine who aren’t laughing. That’s because it was their nine-year-old who found their life savings hidden in a couch and went for the ultimate sugar rush. The [...]

Candy Thief Steals $600 Worth of Reese's Peanut Butter Cups

Don Deane — Thu, 21 Jun 2012 19:43:44 +0000

We love Reese’s Peanut Butter Cups as much as the next guy, but a robber in Ohio has taken his love of candy to a whole new thieving level by stealing between $400-$600 worth of Reese’s over the past few months. The “Peanut Butter Cup Bandit” has been targeting a Sunoco in the town of [...]

Mars Cuts King-Size Candy Bars

Althea Fung — Fri, 17 Feb 2012 14:58:46 +0000

Mars Inc., makers of Snickers and M&Ms, announced Thursday it will phase out the king-size version of its candy bars, the Chicago Tribune reports. The candymaker will stop shipping bars that contain more than 250 calories by the end of 2013. The company’s chocolate brands include Snickers, Twix, 3 Musketeers, Milky Way, M&Ms and Galaxy. [...]

9 Things You Didn't Know About Candy Corn

Danny Gallagher — Wed, 19 Oct 2011 13:00:01 +0000

Every year, it hides in some dark, dank corner of even the most raucous Halloween party, waiting for some unknowing fool to stick their hand in its clutches of doom. It entices its prey with colorful designs and the promise of sweet joy, only to fill its victims with a familiar sense of bland, flavorless dread. T

5 Gifts Not to Get Mom for Mother's Day

KQVT — Mon, 02 May 2011 15:25:13 +0000

If there's one talent moms have, it's their killer poker face. That's why you may not have noticed any disappointment from gifts you've given her on a holiday, birthday or Mother's Day in the past, from macaroni necklaces to wilted bouquets. And though we're sure you've given her lots of things she adores, you don't want to make the mistake of giving her something she doesn't.

Here's a list of five things to avoid handing over on Mother's Day: