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Garden club Apt. fire In My Life Giving thanks for their bounty Read Comments(4) Recommend(4) It started, as many things do, with a seed. The seeds were planted in cardboard egg cartons, and every week, the kids at the Cathedral City Boys & Girls Club watched them grow. Then one day, they had themselves a garden. And, just like the first Thanksgiving, they celebrated their harvest and gave thanks for their bounty. More Five people injured, 14 familes displaced in Palm Springs fire Read Comments(18) Recommend(1) Five people were injured and 14 families — about 25 people — were displaced in a Thanksgiving Eve blaze Wednesday night at the Andalucia Apartments in Palm Springs. The fire's cause remains under investigation. Firefighters were called to the scene at about 8:30 p.m. More Valley survivor rolls with life's punches Read Comments(2) Recommend(1) What do I have to be thankful for this Thanksgiving? Where do I begin? In 1997, I experienced a left parietal hemorrhagic stroke. The shock to my system was echoed throughout my community of friends and family. Believe me, I was receiving prayer support from all around this country as I fought for my life in ICU, coding three times. More What to do Cornucopia of valley activities awaits you, family this holiday The Coachella Valley offers different ways to give thanks today, from home-based traditions such as turkey and TV to outdoor attractions such as a 5K run and holiday light display. The Living Desert's 2009 Wildlights Display Palm Springs Aerial Tramway Hiking in the Desert Metromix Have you been Flashed? Check out Palm Springs Metromix • Space 120 Evening of Laughs • Miss California USA preliminary show • 2009 American Music Awards show \| Red carpet photos • Playboy signing party • Grand opening of Space 120 • Palm Springs Pride parties • Tilted Kilt: Beers, pool, and Beatles Rock Band		Weather in 92262 67° F Clear Forecast Top Story Jurors don't reach verdict in murder trial before holiday Jurors went home Wednesday for the Thanksgiving holiday without reaching a verdict in the murder trial of a reputed gang member accused of shooting a Cathedral City man during a robbery. More (3) Latest Headlines 'Maximum enforcement' by CHP in effect for holiday - 10:38 pm (4) Report of downed plane was mistake - 2:11 pm Sheriff's sweep in Thermal nets arrests, drugs - 2:03 pm (1) Supervisors OK task force to track elder, disabled fraud - 10:39 pm (2) Cancer foundation welcomes new board member - 4:56 pm Pedestrian killed while trying to cross I-10 near Blythe - 3:21 pm Ten-year-old girl recovering at home after brain surgery - 8:32 pm (1) Stimulus pays for city park project - 9:38 pm (8) Holiday Meals on Wheels made possible by $1K grant - 10:35 pm Desert Hot Springs seeks proposals for red-light violation system - 10:34 pm (13) • Local News Page Get breaking news updates Mobile \| Text Msg \| E-mail \| RSS		Top Photo Galleries Thanksgiving at CVRM Marines invited for Thanksgiving Turkey Trot 2009 Dress The Turkey: Reader Submissions Boys & Girls Club Garden Bounty Peace Officers Awards

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Jurors don't reach verdict in murder trial before holiday

Jurors went home Wednesday for the Thanksgiving holiday without reaching a verdict in the murder trial of a reputed gang member accused of shooting a Cathedral City man during a robbery. More

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In this screen grab made Wednesday, a Verizon Wireless “There's a map for that” commercial is shown.

AT&T, Verizon ads duel on airwaves and in court

What would the holidays be without bickering between siblings? AT&T and Verizon are swamping TV with ads attacking facets of each other's wireless networks. While the ads stick fairly close to the truth, there's a lot they don't say. More

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Former President Dwight D. Eisenhower (second from right) sits next to actress Donna Douglas of the Beverly Hillbillies in this undated photo from the Bob Hope Desert Classic. Eisenhower was a familiar face on the desert golf scene.

Eisenhower's passion for golf made him a desert staple

The Desert Sun's golf writer Larry Bohannan has written a book about the history and pageantry of the Bob Hope Classic. As a treat to our golf fans, we're running excerpts from the book today through Sunday. This entry is from chapter three about the relationship between Hope and Dwight Eisenhower. More

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Butterball Turkey Talk Line instructor Carol Miller teaches cooking and carving during day one of the 29th season of Butterball University. Fifty-five ladies are on hand as the hot line receives 100,000 calls, e-mails and inquiries from struggling cooks.

In a jam with your turkey? Just call Butterball

Each year, Butterball LLC puts on Butterball University — this year, five days of training for newcomers to the the hot line that answers 12,000 calls on Thanksgiving Day alone. More

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