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Study shows blocks to be best learning toy

Fox 5 San Diego Staff

SAN DIEGO - Parents looking for educational toys this holiday season might be surprised by how simple this can be according to research done by the University of Washington. Simple building blocks were found to be more educational than screen-based...

Tags: Fox Broadcasting Company, Entertainment, University of Washington, Toy Industry, Family

Talking Before, During, and After the Movie

Fox 5 San Diego staff

I’ll never forget the day I stopped talking in movie theatres. I was 12 or 13, and thrilled to be in the theatre in Mira Mesa awaiting the latest Billy Wilder film Buddy Buddy. This is the guy that gave us Double Indemity, Ocean’s Eleven, and...

Tags: Super Bowl, Entertainment, Jack Palance, Eddie Murphy, Movies

New Music Tuesdays

Grammy Award nominee, Adam Lambert is most well known as the runner-up on the eighth season of American Idol. He is the first openly gay American Idol contestant to launch a career from that platform, and is a native of San Diego, California. The CD (GLAM...

Tags: Indianapolis, San Diego (San Diego, California), Music, Entertainment, Pink (singer)

Local fitness fanatics go 'insane'

FOX 5 San Diego Sports

For those of you who may have eaten too much on Thanksgiving, some people in your neighborhood might inspire you to shed a few pounds with a workout so crazy, it's called insanity. "I was like you want me to do what?" said San Diegan Amy Young....

Tags: San Diego (San Diego, California), Television, Health, Entertainment, Personal Service

Postal Service wants to raise stamp price

FOX 5 San Diego Staff

The Postal Service on Tuesday proposed a 2-cent increase to the price of a first-class stamp, hoping to cut into a massive budget shortfall as companies caught in the recession have slashed mailings and people are increasingly communicating via e-mail and...

Tags: U.S. Postal Service, Washington (U.S. state), San Diego (San Diego, California), Periodicals, Transportation

Tennis Hall of Famer Fernandez inspires kids to "Go Pro"

FOX 5 San Diego Sports

Former tennis pro, Gigi Fernandez, showed off her newly released DVD in La Jolla which inspires young children to get moving. -------------------- Sign up for FOX5 Breaking News Alerts -------------------- Fernandez, who has won 17 Grand Slam tennis...

Tags: Lifestyle and Leisure, Fox Broadcasting Company, Tennis, Television, Michelle Obama

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Netflix Ups Fees for Blu-ray Amid Rising Demand

Tags: Microsoft Corp., Family, Netflix Inc., Blu-ray Discs

What to expect at Comic-Con 2009

Fox 5 Comic-Con Correspondent

Yes, it is that time in San Diego where vampires can be seen congregating in San Diego's beautiful downtown and no one bats an eye. It is the time when the Gaslamp District looks something out of Star War's Mos Eisley Cantina. It is the time when it is...

Tags: Fiction, San Diego (San Diego, California), The Walt Disney Co., Star Wars (movie), Watchmen (movie)

Paul McCartney's 'Ram' reissue a horn of plenty

Chicago Tribune reporter

Paul McCartney's "Ram," reissued last week in five different packages, sure didn't receive this kind of love upon its 1971 release. "'Ram' represents the nadir in the decomposition of '60s rock thus far," Jon Landau, who would go on to proclaim Bruce...

Tags: Documentary (genre), Pink Floyd (music group), Bruce Springsteen, Entertainment, Yoko Ono

'Hunger Games,' 'Twilight' hurt Lions Gate earnings before they help

Any Hollywood studio would kill to release "The Hunger Games" in theaters and the fourth "Twilight" movie on DVD within two months of each other, but doing so actually hurt Lions Gate's bottom line in the short-run. The Santa Monica studio on Wednesday...

Tags: Quarterly or Semiannual Financial Statements, Entertainment, Economy, Business and Finance, DVDs and Movies, Companies and Corporations