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The Two-Way WATCH: U.S. Air Force Band Stages A 'Holiday Flash Mob' The United States Air Force Band surprised visitors of the National Air and Space Museum in Washington with a joyous performance of holiday classics. Read this story Krulwich Wonders... What Happened On Easter Island — A New (Even Scarier) Scenario Whatever happened on Easter Island, it wasn't good. Polynesians landed there, farmed, thrived, built their famous statues, and then things went very bad, very fast. Sixteen million trees vanished. What happened? Was this a case of ecological collapse? Not exactly, say two anthropologists. It was, arguably, worse than that. Read this story The Two-Way WATCH: Maya Angelou's Poem For Nelson Mandela The U.S. State Department unveiled a tribute poem written by Dr. Maya Angelou for Mandela "on behalf of the American people." Read this story The Salt Chowing Down On Meat, Dairy Alters Gut Bacteria A Lot, And Quickly Shifting to a diet that's packed with pork, cheese and eggs has a big influence on the trillion of bacteria living in our guts, even after just a few days, new research shows. And some of these changes probably aren't so good. One type of microbe that flourishes under the meat-based diet has been linked to diseases in mice. Read this story The Salt Elevenses And Then Some: How To Prepare A Feast Fit For A Hobbit The latest installment in the Hobbit movie trilogy opens this week. And some hard-core fans plan to celebrate not just with a marathon screening of the Lord of The Ring films that came before it, but with a full day of feasting — seven meals, hobbit-style. We offer up a sample menu. Read this story

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