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GloZell demonstrates the chubby bunny challenge.

YouTube-Inspired Food Dares: Don't Try This At Home, Kids

A string of recent ER cases in which 9-year-olds were treated for cinnamon exposure has toxicologists once again warning parents about risky food games like the "cinnamon challenge" and "chubby bunny."

House Pulls 'Plan B' Tax Measure From The Floor

House Speaker John Boehner's alternative plan to the automatic tax hikes set to take effect at year's end fell short of enough votes to pass. The bill would have placed a higher tax rate on income over $1 million a year.

One of these snow globes doesn't belong onboard. The one on the left, which is about the size of a tennis ball, is permitted in your carry-on luggage. The one on the right is not.

New TSA Standards: Carry On Small Snow Globes And Pies, Keep Checking Jam

Airline travelers, there is some good news this holiday season. The Transportation Security Administration says children and the elderly won't have to remove their shoes. And you can now carry on some (but not all) snow globes. The government has some other pointers heading into a busy travel weekend.

The foundation of a good pie starts with the crust.

A Pie-Making Encore: Start With The Perfect Recipe, Serve With Love

Pie can elicit thoughts of home, warmth and comfort. But fear of pie crust may deter even the most comfortable of cooks from trying their hand at pie-making. The secret, one chef reveals, starts with the formula 3-2-1.

Innkeepers are combating old stereotypes about bed and breakfasts. The Richardson Room at the Round Barn Farm in Waitsfield, Vt., was renovated this year to reflect more more modern tastes.

Not Your Grandma's B&B: Traditional Inns Transform For Young Travelers

The image of the rural bed and breakfast with claustrophobic rooms, spartan amenities and prying innkeepers has long been a source of laughs for comedians and sitcoms. But B&Bs are fighting back. Now, many country inns are trying to dispel old stereotypes to appeal to new travelers.

In a push to improve quality, Medicare will pay some hospitals more and others, including Boston's Massachusetts General, less.

Medicare Starts To Reward Quality, Not Quantity, Of Care

The nation's biggest insurer is starting to dole out bonuses and penalties to nearly 3,000 hospitals as it ties almost $1 billion in payments to the quality of care provided to patients.

Yes Virginia, There Is A Smartphone-Controlled Toilet

A Japanese company recently announced it has such a device. Using a smartphone app, you can flush without touching the handle. You can also raise and lower the seat, and there are built-in speakers.

Obama Focuses On Newtown, 'Fiscal Cliff'

President Obama has responded forcefully to the Newtown, Conn., shootings this past week. He assigned Vice President Biden to come up with policies aimed at preventing future such tragedies. The president has also been trying to strike a budget deal to avoid the year-end "fiscal cliff."

This morning on a beach in Brazil, some celebrated summer's first day — and the news that the world didn't end.

Apocalypse Not? Seems Like It

That talk about the Mayan calendar supposedly predicting the end of the world turned out to be just ... talk. Now, on to the next predictions about the end of the world. Watch out for 2016 and 2020.

Shoppers at a K-B Toy store in northern Virginia last month.

Consumer Spending, Orders For Durable Goods Rose In November

The increases add to signs that the economy continues to rebound from the 2007-09 recession and the slow recovery that followed.

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