Love Actually: Hate to love or love to hate? Either way, happy Festivus. (Last week: the incomparable Jennifer Lawrence.)

The FDA is standing up for small, local farmers:

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Stretchy jeans are ruining the dollar:

Greenpeace activists (and two members of Pussy Riot) got amnesty:

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Turns out multivitamins don’t do nothin’:

GMO labeling is legally required in Connecticut (so long as other states follow suit):

Fracking could mess up your sexual health:

Beyoncé’s saving the planet with her new album: