BOSTON (CBS) – Skiers get a break from the deep powder conditions they have seen in recent weekends, with just enough new snow from this week to keep it soft, while machine groomed packed powder conditions will make for many fast runs down the hill.

Sugarloaf’s new wooded extension, baptized the “Brackett Basin”, is open, complete with cliff drops and challenging skiing for the explorer in you.

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I don’t finish all the books I start. There are several reasons why I do not finish a book and they vary wildly: it could be because the writing is uninspiring or the characters don’t ring true. Or because the world-building is not interesting or lacks inherent logic. I am not above pet peeves either, and sometimes even one little thing will make me put the book away for good. Sometimes I quit a book only after a few pages, sometimes it takes longer. Sometimes it is clearly a case of the wrong time to be reading a particular book and I just put it aside to pick it up at a later date. Som

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Theater marquees will be crowded this weekend as commercial titles “The Rite” and “The Mechanic” enter the market and Oscar darlings “The King’s Speech” and “127 Hours” make major expansions.

Actors (L-R) Anthony Hopkins, Alice Braga and Colin O’Donoghue pose at the premiere of their new film ‘The Rite’ in Hollywood, California January 26, 2011. REUTERS/Fred Prouser

New Line Cinema’s “The Rite,” starring Anthony Hopkins, should win the weekend and gross in the mid-to high teens.

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Cheap food, cheap

This will be my last regular post at Uptake, as I need to find a way to put all of my life commitments together in a way that does not exceed 20 hours a day. (Selfish of me, I know, but I do protect my 4 hours of sleep.) It’s rather like throwing your favorite stuffed animal overboard in a storm: You’re not sure exactly why you are doing it but surely a sacrifice that large should have a positive impact.

I’ve always known what I’d write about in this situation: Taco Bell. Hey, be

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