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At this time of year, it’s typical that you decorate your house and make it look good for the holidays. We’ve been doing a lot of sprucing up at DailyMe, too. Among the changes you’ll find:

• New “front pages” for your personalized DailyMe section and the community-driven DailyWe sections. Users told us they wanted to see a snapshot of all their personalized news categories on one page, so we brought them together in the new DailyMe front page . Similarly, the DailyWe front page rounds up the most popular news items by views and by Meme-It emotion.

• A new Opinion section that rounds up our editor’s picks from among the editorials and columns we get from top newspapers and other sources.

• Revamped political coverage for the post-election period, offering news on the transition in a new Presidency section and updates on congressional activity in our Capitol Hill section .

• A special page on the troubled auto industry in our Money section to wrap up developments.

• A facelift on all our section pages to increase the readability of headlines and summaries.

And don’t forget to check out the Holidays page in our Lifestyles section for a sleigh full of recipes, tips and advice on surviving the season.

Have a Happy and Healthy Holiday Season!

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The Capitol Hill Block Party puts Seattle's South Capitol Hill neighborhood on the map every summer. So, on July 25-26, the 11-year-old outdoor festival will unleash Vampire Weekend, The Hold Steady, Les Savy Fav and more on four stages for a low price.

The festival has teamed up with highly respected, and indie-focused, KEXP radio to broadcast the performances; DJs John Richards, Cheryl Waters and others will cover the two-day event. Capitol Hill festival will also be captured on video courtesy of The Stranger, you'll be able to access video clips from the festival at: lineout.thestranger.com.

Tickets for the Block Party go on sale this Friday at 10 a.m. (PST) and are priced to move at $18 a day and $34 for a two-day pass. Partial proceeds will benefit nonprofits Home Alive, which encourages violence prevention, and The Vera Project, a youth-run all-ages venue and recording studio in Seattle.
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