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A 'Percy Jackson' Summer Camp Thrives In Brooklyn

With 15 million copies sold, Rick Riordan's Percy Jackson and the Olympians children's book series has become ubiquitous in 'tween households. Now, a summertime trend is taking the popularity of Riordan's series to a new level. From Texas to Georgia to New York, independent bookstores have been running day camps for children based on the adventures of protagonist Percy Jackson -- a kid with dyslexia and ADHD who discovers he is really the son of the sea god Poseidon, and dangerous monsters are after him.

After 30+ years, 'The Stinky Cheese Man' is aging well

Here's a story you might know — it's a classic fairy tale — "Once upon a time, there was a little old woman and a little old man who lived together in a little old house. They were lonely, so the little old lady decided to make a man out of stinky cheese." It's Jon Scieszka and Lane Smith's take on The Gingerbread Man, with one very important plot twist — the stinky cheese man is so stinky that no one wants to run, run, run after him, much less eat him.

BoJack Horseman Recap: N.B.D.

Bojack Horseman Brrap Brrap Pew Pew Season 3 Episode 6 Editor’s Rating 4 stars **** «Previous Next» « PreviousEpisode NextEpisode » Bojack Horseman Brrap Brrap Pew Pew Season 3 Episode 6 Editor’s Rating 4 stars **** «Previous Next» « PreviousEpisode NextEpisode » Alison Brie as Diane, Aisha Tyler as Sextina Aquafina. I can’t think of another TV comedy that’s addressed the abortion debate in such a direct, unapologetic manner.

Border Fence Yields Showdown At Smuggler's Gulch

As the Department of Homeland Security finishes installing more than 600 miles of new fence along the southern border with Mexico, one of the final stretches has been the most controversial and most expensive. Federal contractors have filled Smuggler's Gulch — a canyon about two miles from the Pacific Ocean between Tijuana, Mexico, and San Diego — with almost 2 million cubic yards of dirt. Environmentalists call the project a disaster.