This year, really, save some dough

Saving money is one of the most popular ? and repeated ? New Year?s resolutions, right up there with losing weight. Both of these self-improvement missions take discipline, happen slowly and can be hard to stick with. Still, the new year seems like a great time to try again.

The trick to success is to make smaller promises to yourself. That?s especially true when it comes to saving money. Janet Bodnar, editor of Kiplinger?s Personal Finance magazine, suggests saving in two ways: ?There are the actual moves you can make, then there are the psychological tricks you can play on yourself to get your spending in control,? she said.

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Staying ? and playing ? outdoors through winter

Winter break is, in theory, a wonderful time to spend with family. In reality, especially for families who are not traveling, it can be an excruciating week of trying to find things to do for house-bound kids.

It?s also the transition between the hectic event-filled holiday season and The Rest Of Winter.

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The 2011 Kennedy Center Honors

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This Tuesday, see D.C. at its most glamorous.

The Kennedy Center Honors, an annual celebration of America?s most accomplished performers, is one of the highest achievements in the arts. This year?s Kennedy Center Honorees ? actress Meryl Streep, singer Neil Diamond, actress and singer Barbara Cook, musician Yo-Yo Ma, and musician Sonny Rollins (pictured below) ? will be lauded by celebrity peers, and will join a distinguished group of cherished performers such as Itzhak Perlman, Cary Grant and Ella Fitzgerald, among others who have been given the honors.

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The year 2011?s memorable faces: A postscript

The past year has been a busy one at BlogPost ? each month a new protest, Internet hoax or natural disaster.

But at the end of it all, there were certain faces we couldn?t get out of our head. During the past few weeks, we?ve tracked down those people to find out where they are now.

From the Occupy protests, we talked to Dorli Rainey, the 85-year-old woman who was pepper sprayed in Seattle, and Brandon Watts, the protester whose bloody head after a confrontation with police at Zuccotti Park made the front pages of many New York papers.

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Winter, a grand time to see the Grand Canyon

We climbed out of the white Lincoln Navigator ready to be thrilled. The two-hour ride from the Red Rock country of Sedona was behind us, and the alien grandeur of the Grand Canyon was just yards ahead. It was early December and beyond chilly, but we had prepared for any weather eventuality. Or so we thought.

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More than 200 Filipinos injured by dangerous firecrackers, gunfire despite scare campaign

MANILA, Philippines ? More than 200 people have been injured by illegal firecrackers and celebratory gunfire in the Philippines despite a government scare campaign against reckless New Year revelries, officials said Saturday.

Stray bullets wounded eight people and 197 were injured by powerful firecrackers from Dec. 21 to 30, Health Assistant Secretary Enrique Tayag said, adding that more than half of the victims were children. At least 14 had to undergo amputations, mostly of fingers, because of their injuries.

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Tools published that exploit router flaw

Researchers have independently developed and made available two tools that exploit the recently discovered flaw in a protocol used to set up secure wireless routers.

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This year, really, save some dough

Saving money is one of the most popular ? and repeated ? New Year?s resolutions, right up there with losing weight. Both of these self-improvement missions take discipline, happen slowly and can be hard to stick with. Still, the new year seems like a great time to try again.

The trick to success is to make smaller promises to yourself. That?s especially true when it comes to saving money. Janet Bodnar, editor of Kiplinger?s Personal Finance magazine, suggests saving in two ways: ?There are the actual moves you can make, then there are the psychological tricks you can play on yourself to get your spending in control,? she said.

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APNewsBreak: Russell Brand, Katy Perry to divorce

Russell Brand and Katy Perry are getting a divorce, the British comedian told The Associated Press Friday.

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?Ben-Gurion? by Shimon Peres

Biography

BEN-GURION

A Political Life

By Shimon Peres in Conversation with David Landau

Schocken. 224 pp. $25.95

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Mayweather pleads no contest in battery case

Attorneys for boxer Floyd Mayweather Jr. completed the second part of a plea deal Friday that let the championship fighter pay a $1,000 fine and avoid trial and jail time for a November 2010 scuffle with a homeowner association security guard in an argume

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Obama: The conservative in 2012

At a moment when the nation wonders whether politicians can agree on anything, here is something that unites the Republican presidential candidates ? and all of them with President Obama: Everyone agrees that the 2012 election will be a turning point involving one of the most momentous choices in U.S. history.

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Photo of the day: What in the world?

Update: The correct answer is the Tyrolean ski resort in Lienz, Austria, where the women?s slalom World Cup race took place Thursday.

Somewhere in the mountains, in a picturesque medieval town, a little dog is dressed in ski clothes in preparation for a race. But where? And what race?

Hint for today?s photo of the day: The sport requires zig-zagging.

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Names and Faces: John Legend, Sinead O?Connor, Van Halen

The Reliable Source is on vacation until the new year. (Please enjoy our Reliable Source Person of the Year and other highlights of 2011.) Names and Faces is the column that runs in its space in the Style section.

John Legend is off the market, his publicist announced Tuesday. The singer proposed to his girlfriend, model Chrissy Teigen, recently in the Maldives. No further details were available.

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?Man Seeks God? by Eric Weiner

When Eric Weiner is hospitalized and thinks he might be dying (of what turns out to be gas), a nurse asks him ?Have you found your God yet?? Weiner, who, like me, grew up as a secular Jew, is hit with an epiphany. He hasn?t.

Upon regaining his health, Weiner, a former NPR correspondent, immerses himself in eight different faiths, a mere sampling of the 9,900 religions currently available. The eclectic pilgrimage results in ?Man Seeks God? in which he hopes to get in touch with his dormant spiritual side, for as he says, ?Good religion elevates us, makes us better people than we thought we were, than we thought possible.?

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Sorenson defection provokes Fox?s Kelly

Megyn Kelly shows an admirable measure of restraint in the interview below, with now-famous Michele Bachmann ship-jumper Kent Sorenson. For those who weren?t riveted to the tweeting that erupted last night: Sorenson, an Iowa state senator, had signed on as Bachmann?s Iowa co-chair this year but jumped to the Ron Paul campaign last night. The guy just materialized at a Paul event and proclaimed his new loyalties.

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Solyndra: House panel subpoenas internal White House documents

Republicans on a House Energy and Commerce Committee panel on Thursday overrode vigorous Democratic objections and took the apparently unprecedented step of authorizing subpoenas for internal White House communications related to a half-billion-dollar taxpayer loan guarantee for the failed solar company Solyndra.

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Plan your New Year?s Eve weekend: Redskins tailgate, Phil Ade

We know New Year?s Eve is the big to-do this weekend, and we?ve got you covered with an FAQ on what to do. But hey, we also have a list of other great events worth checking out as we say goodbye to 2011 and hello to 2012. See a few highlights here and then view the full list.

The Redskins season has been pretty awful for the most part, save for some promising performances by young players like linebacker Ryan Kerrigan and running back Roy Helu. But the tailgating at Dodge City has been great year-round. The bar has a projector and a grill full of sausages from 13th Street Meats. The team may let you down, but the tailgate won?t.

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The 2011 Kennedy Center Honors

This post has been updated.

This Tuesday, see D.C. at its most glamorous.

The Kennedy Center Honors, an annual celebration of America?s most accomplished performers, is one of the highest achievements in the arts. This year?s Kennedy Center Honorees ? actress Meryl Streep, singer Neil Diamond, actress and singer Barbara Cook, musician Yo-Yo Ma, and musician Sonny Rollins (pictured below) ? will be lauded by celebrity peers, and will join a distinguished group of cherished performers such as Itzhak Perlman, Cary Grant and Ella Fitzgerald, among others who have been given the honors.

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