Nutty as a …

Don’t throw out that bag of candied pineapple just yet. There are just 24 shopping days until Christmas, which means it’s time for Herald readers to share their favorite fruitcake recipes.

It’s also time for likely fruitcake recipients to start figuring out how to graciously thank Aunt Martha for the yummy Christmas present, politely decline when she implores you to try some, and surreptitiously dispose of the object on Dec. 26.

Keeping up with … The Kardashian sisters now want to cut their promotional ties with a prepaid debit card venture that charges all kinds of steep fees.

The Buzz suspects the reality TV stars decided that the Kardashian Kard blemished their record, which includes a sex tape made with an ex-boyfriend, posing nude for Playboy, and a drunken driving conviction.

1.3 megapixels: A General Motors executive compared its soon-to-go-on-sale Chevrolet Volt electric car with the first generation of digital cameras, which were very expensive but paved the way for much more sophisticated cameras that cost far less.

But if gas stations go the way of camera film, where will we buy our Cool Ranch Doritos and Thirsty-Two Ouncers?

— Mark Carlson, Herald staff

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