NETSCAPE, COMPUSERVE OFFER 'HOLIDAY CENTRAL' WEB SITE

In hopes of alleviating holiday stress for consumers, Dulles, VA-based AOL's CompuServe and Netscape have created a Holiday Central Web site. From vegetarian recipes for Thanksgiving to family entertaining tips for the recently divorced, channels.netscape.com/ns/holidays features information from and links to the Web sites of "Better Homes and Gardens," "Real Simple," "Cooking Light," and "Parenting" magazines.m AOL through Jan. 2.

Plus, through Dec. 4, visitors can enter a Recipe for Disaster contest by sharing their tales of a Thanksgiving gone-wrong for the chance to win a catered dinner. Consumers can also plug in their names into a sweeps for a $25,000 home makeover from AOL through Jan. 2.