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Flying to and from the lower 48 United States to Alaska requires good planning and preparation. Arcadia, Iowa parade float depicting Hillary Clinton in prison while being hit with water balloons stirs controversy. The State Department spent $185,000 for 98 balls of thread mounted on a wall in the Pakistani embassy. One of the four hostages released said they were not allowed to leave until another plane landed.
Hillary's first problem to solve as president will be to figure out how to keep Bill from getting into trouble. Pokémon GO is an augmented reality game for Android and iPhone devices that depict Pokémon in real world locations so you can catch them. Skydiver Luke Aikins has become the first person to jump from a plane into a net on the ground without the benefit of a parachute. ''Well, officer, we were testing the bulletproof glass I made, my wife held it up, I took aim and ....''
Every photograph has its story to tell. But few capture a moment as fully as this US Navy photo. The history of the Democratic Party and the rise of presidential candidate Hillary Clinton. Wikileaks released 20,000 emails from the Democratic National Committee (DNC). Then, hacker Guccifer 2.0, believed to really be Russian intelligence, claimed responsibility for the breach Remember those great Hollywood musicals, like ''West Side Story''? You didn't think Natalie Wood could actually sing, did you? But, Marni Nixon could.
''Happily for the busy lunatics who rule over us, we are permanently the United States of Amnesia. We learn nothing because we remember nothing.'' A series of serious safety incidents involving Allegiant Airlines at Jacksonville International Airport has led to a 90-day Federal Aviation Administration review. Having a hot bath or a sauna is a good way to soothe your limbs after exercise, but what happens if you do it instead of exercise? Which poses a bigger threat to black communities: Racism? Or the absence of fathers?
Pack your family into your car for RV or a road trip to South Dakota, or hop on your motorcycle for an even more adventurous trip to the Black Hills. Sharing your Netflix password is now a federal crime. The current email scandal isn't the first time the Justice Department has given Hillary a pass. vil·lain (noun) - In a film, novel, or play, a character whose evil actions or motives are important to the plot. So, who did the most damage in Ferguson?
On July 17, 1996, TWA 800 exploded, killing all 230 people on board. The crash was close enough to the coast that wreckage washed up on beaches for weeks. If you follow the logic of those upset at an anti-Hillary ad featured a six-pointed ''Star of David'', making it anti-semitic, then you must also believe this stretch. If you use Google for everything you do, you might be surprised by just how much it catalogues about your comings and goings on the internet. In 2016, Hillary was delighted to learn the FBI doesn't consider lying, incompetency, being careless with classified information, and destroying evidence to be a crime.
Among the most serious and challenging problems of adulthood years are severe mental health disorders, especially bipolar disorder and schizophrenia. The airport meeting with former president Bill Clinton has turned into a political firestorm for attorney general Loretta Lynch. In 1998, Matt Drudge made international waves when he broke the news that Newsweek magazine had killed a story on an inappropriate relationship between a White House intern and President Clinton. WikiLeaks searchable archive for 30,322 emails & email attachments sent to and from Hillary Clinton's private email server while she was Secretary of State.
Just about when you think religion couldn't get any nuttier, a guy like this comes along. The owner of this house wil be getting a letter. The president and first lady will live a wonderful all-expenses paid life forever, thanks to giant passes given to them by the U.S. tax code. A storm out at sea churns the surface, creating chop -- smaller and then larger disorganized wavelets, which amalgamate, with enough wind, into heavy seas.
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Tirpitz was the largest battleship of the Kriegsmarine during World War II. Sister ship to the Bismarck, and named after WW1 Admiral Alfred von Tirpitz - the ship was completed and launched on 1 April 1939. In January 1942, Tirpitz left Germany for Norway, where she would lead fearsome attacks on Allied convoys hauling supply cargoes to Allied forces in Russia. Norwegian sailors would call her the ''Lonely Queen of the North'' as by herself she posed a constant threat to Allied convoys in the Barents Sea. Wisconsin businessman Paul Neilan's billboard reads: ''Radical Islam Kills Americans. Vote YES for Immigration Control. Vote NO for Paul Ryan.'' If you absolutely, positively, don't want Windows 10 to be automatically loaded on your computer, there is a free app to prevent that from happening.
''Crime'' and ''indictment'' are not the only terms Google is keeping hidden from searches of Hillary Clinton on search engine giant Google. An attempted bicycle theft in a Walmart parking lot was foiled by a cattle rancher on horseback, who chased the thief down and lassoed him. Search teams retrieved the cockpit voice recorder from EgyptAir flight MS804 in a breakthrough for investigators seeking to explain what caused the plane to plunge into the sea, killing all 66 people on board. Traveling with your dog is going to be a pain in the ass.
According to the author, Hillary Clinton has a ''Jekyll and Hyde'' personality that left White House staffers scared stiff of her explosive outbursts. Everybody has to go sometime - and this one graph shows how. Sixty percent of people 50 and older would prefer to give children their inheritance sooner rather than later. L.L.Bean's online or cell phone app ParkFinder is here to help you find the right spot for any outdoor activity.
Weiner is a documentary about failure—unremitting, unrelenting, personal, professional, and moral failure. Guest columns are always welcome from our readers. Captain Dan Mack of U.S. Airways has an interesting story to tell. How about you? The states selling E-Z Pass all have different pricing, you can live elsewhere, the pass works everywhere in the system, so which one is best for you? Someone can empty your bank account with the information on the front of every check you write.
Decoration Day began shortly after the Civil War, as a time for the nation to decorate the graves of the war dead with flowers. One of the first occurred in Columbus, Mississippi in 1866, when a group of women visited a cemetery to decorate the graves of Confederate soldiers. Nearby were the graves of Union soldiers, neglected because they were the enemy. Disturbed at the sight of the bare graves, the women placed some of their flowers on those graves, as well. Road Ragers are completely unaware or dismissive of others on the road. Call it what you will: self-entitlement, negligence, malaise, ignorance. Onstage, Donald Trump calls people names, more privately he has only good, embracing things to say about almost everybody. A math teacher's attempt at humor has students and parents in an uproar. Questiion 2: ''Leroy has 2 ounces of cocaine. If he sells 2 grams to Juan for $85 ...''
That small cylinder on your computer cords is called a ferrite bead and is actually really important. Chewbacca Mom is the definition of a viral sensation, and she comes with her own laugh track. Flight 4590 was a charter destined for New York’s JFK airport on July 25th, 2000, carrying mostly German tourists headed to South America. Cultured meat is made of real beef, but is produced without slaughter through the culturing of cells.
Famed reporter Morley Safer passed away one week after retiring from CBS Television, and 4 days after a special ''60 Minutes'' presentation about his life. Editorial cartoonists typically combine artistic skill, hyperbole and satire in order to question authority and draw attention to corruption and other social ills. On November 7, 1937, the Los Angeles Examiner published a prescient map predicting how Imperial Japan could attack the U.S. during World War II. Shepard Fairey's iconic Obama ''Hope'' poster has been parodied to death.
Water softeners trade minerals for something else, in most cases sodium, in a process called ion exchange. Eight years of Catholic grade school can scar a person for life. Just ask me. Dementia is not a disease, rather it is a collection of many symptoms that suggest a brain disorder
As the Framers fully understood, sharia is an enemy of the United States Constitution. The two are incompatible. Sharia Law is the term describing the rules of the lifestyle ordained by Allah. Click for larger view.
Next time you book a hotel, be careful what you touch, do, or eat. The article is fine, but some reader comments may be NSFW. Comments on this article on Fark.com are interesting, but some can be NSFW. Next time you book a hotel, be careful what you touch, do, or eat. Click to read the article.
Sales of safe (aka panic) rooms, where families can safely lock themselves away from most threats, are up. This airline captain had the fish for dinner. Pilots reveal the terrifying things that happen to them that passengers have no idea about. Here are some pay-for-play and free outdoor apps you’ll want on your phone for your next foray outside.
If you are moving around in an RV you need this smartphone app to find where the television stations are and where to point your antenna. Hoping to do to restaurants what they did to school lunch programs, the Fat Police are in the news again, with final calorie rules for all food establishments. In 1956, the Southdale Center in Edina, Minnesota, a Minneapolis suburb, opened its doors and became America's first indoor shopping mall. It took me a long time to accumulate this list of useful RV information sources, and it is yours for the taking.
At the siege of Vienna in 1683 Islam seemed poised to overrun Christian Europe. We are in a new phase of a very old war. Pay attention to what this man says. An ''egg'' on Twitter is someone who hasn’t yet changed their avatar to something other than the provided default: an unhatched egg. Weird Al Yankovic is sick and tired of all the emails you forward to him. Should you take it personally? Probably. Bernie Sanders will go to Philadelphia with more pledged delegates than any insurgent in history.
Photoshoppers have been very busy keeping up with Hillary's presidential campaign. Probably not safe for work, or home if your spouse is a Hillary fan. Che must have liked my college ROTC uniform. A bunch of interesting fun facts, and most are true. Many assume that it is a holiday celebrated in communist countries like the Soviet Union. Most don't know that May Day has its origins in America. In 1847, the impoverished Choctaw Nation was able to scrape together $170 to send to Ireland to help feed starving people.
A lightning strike emits radio, a phenomenon that enables scientists to show lightning strikes in real time as they happen all around the world. A new study suggests that widows suffer less stress and frailty than wives whose husbands are still alive. Your weather widget can be tailored to suit any website with options for changing size and colors. The National Park System includes national parks, monuments, battlefields, military parks, historical parks, historic sites, lakeshores, seashores, recreation areas, scenic rivers and trails, and the White House.
Everyone, at one time or another, has told a lie, but politicians have turned it into an art form. ''The food of the true revolutionary is the red pepper,'' declared Chairman Mao. ''and he who cannot endure red peppers is also unable to fight.'' Russian submarines, the most in two decades, are prowling the coastlines of Scandinavia and Scotland, the Mediterranean Sea, and the North Atlantic. According to the author of this article, the studies done to show married men living longer are skewed with inaccuracies, and single men live just as long.
Saudi Arabia will sell off billions of dollars' of U.S. investments if Congress passes a bill saying the Saudi's are responsible for the Sept. 11 attacks. Bill Mauldin's drawings in 'Stars and Stripes' newspaper of his muddy, exhausted, whisker-stubble infantrymen Willie and Joe were the voice of truth about what it was like on the front lines in World War II. Not all the officers liked the way Mauldin made fun of army life, General Patton wanted the newspaper, available to all soldiers and sailors, shut-down unless they got rid of Willie & Joe. But his boss General Eisenhower loved the cartoons, recognizing them as a morale builder for the troops. Hillary insists on presidential suites, a Gulfstream G450 or larger, all expenses, including her entourage, no recording of the speech, and only one copy for her. There are thousands of incredible bloggers who share their stories, photos, and videos from life on the road.
Paws Up Resort in Montana is one of the most expensive campsites in the United States. The expression ''Go Dutch'' has its origin around 1652-1784, during the English-Dutch wars. All his life Joseph Medicine Crow was a bridge between the two worlds, lecturing on the need to combine the best of old ways and new. Alfred Lewis was an associate of the more famous Samuel Morse, who took credit for Vail's inventions.
There are religious nut-cases, and then there are people like whoever runs this website that defy description. CAUTION: Definitely NSFW An Emmitsburg, Maryland woman claims to be able to see and talk to the Virgin Mary, something even Catholic Church leaders find too crazy to believe. The Boston Globe thinks Donald Trump's vision for the future is as deeply disturbing as it is un-American. Find out how much of an underachiever you are compared to some of the world's most lauded people. Depressing, isn't it?
The five highest-paid doctors, by specialty, are orthopedists, cardiologists, dermatologists, gastroenterologists, and radiologists. If you're built like this young lady, you can be pretty much anything you wanted to be. But, for the rest of us, here is some good advice. Andrés Sepúlveda rigged elections throughout Latin America for almost a decade, and could be coming to North America soon. If you were a Secret Service agent, would you take a bullet for this woman after the abuse she dishes out?
We look forward to it every year. April Fools' Day — the one day where millions of people play April Fool pranks on their friends and loved ones. A pilot for more than 70 years, Harry Moyer still flies his 1964 Mooney regularly. Nomading is one that mostly younger people buy into because they think they can sidestep the responsibility involved in building a proper life. At the 2015 Party convention, 33 democratic state parties made deals with the Clinton campaign and a fundraising entity called The Hillary Victory Fund.
Not so fast, Pilgrim, are you sure about that? The key word here is ''story'' CAUTION: This article may offend those who consider themselves deeply religious.. A woman dubbed the Internet Black Widow has been released from prison in Canada. What could have earned a sweet-talking 80-year-old such a reputation?
The Nixon White House had two enemies: the antiwar left and black people. The war on drugs associated the hippies with marijuana and blacks with heroin.
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Bernie Sanders has spent decades attacking inequality. Now the country is listening.
On March 13, 1993 a severe extratropical low moved ashore from the Gulf of Mexico hitting western Florida with hurricane force winds and a hurricane like tidal surge of up to 12 feet. Along Florida's Gulf Coast this storm is remembered as the ''No-Name Storm''. Elsewhere this intense storm is known as the ''1993 Superstorm'', and ''The Blizzard of 1993'', blasting the East Coast heavy snow, hurricane force wind gusts and record low barometric pressures. A grand jury is a legal body that is empowered to conduct official proceedings to investigate potential criminal conduct and to determine whether criminal charges should be brought. How do pilots and air crews cope with jet lag? Or, are they simply immune to it? In the movie ''Back to School'', Rodney Dangerfield is asked by the college dean if he really did his own school work. Rodney's eyes got big and round ''I can't lie to you, Dean Martin, YES I DID ! ''
Wyman Meinzer is the official State Photographer of Texas, and has traveled to every corner of the state in search of the first and last rays of sunlight in its magnificent sweep across the Texas landscape. To begin with, you need to know what the 17th Amendment is. Senators originally represented state governments, and all Senators were elected by their State legislatures to go to Washington with one purpose, to protect the interests of the State, with Congressmen representing the people elected, as they are now, by popular vote of the citizens. The 1913 17th Amendment ended that, and some say Senators now represent and are beholden to whoever gives them money. The spring equinox is at 11:30 p.m. CT March 19, 2016, when the sun crosses the equator into the northern sky and the Earth is lighted from pole to pole. A curious phenomenon that afflicts residents in the Land of 10,000 Lakes that apparently turns saying good-bye into a long, drawn out process.
The Democratic Party doesn't really trust the public to pick the candidate. Using ''super delegates'', party insiders will decide who runs for president. The internet has flooded consumers' brains with reviews, comments, and other digital data that has diluted the power of advertising altogether. Caesar's death paved the way for the Roman empire after a bloody cycle of civil wars, and secured him the hallowed immortality he always craved. What you thought you knew about St. Patrick's Day may just be blarney.
Piloting many aircraft, including her favorite AT-6, ''Betty Wall'' flew training missions against US Army ground and bomber forces, towed aerial targets, and instructed male cadets in the skill of instrument flight. The Matthew McConaughey film tells the story of Newton Knight and a Mississippi county’s open defiance of secession and the Civil War. Brazilian Joao Pereira de Souza discovered the tiny penguin languishing on rocks in 2011 covered in oil. After downing the B-24, a Zero pilot started shooting at the bailed out crew. Lt. Owen Baggett pulled his pistol and shot the Japanese pilot in the head.
This popular board game by Elizabeth Magie was ripped off by a man, Charles Darrow, who sold it to Parker Brother's 30 years later. Other than the alligators, snakes, snapping turtles, and burmese pythons, you have nothing to worry about. The main attraction in Ave Maria are homes that are half the price of similar ones closer to the beach in Naples to the West and Fort Lauderdale to the East. Mid-sized and regional airlines in the US are suffering from a pilot shortage that could threaten the health of the broader US aviation industry.
In ancient Greece, prostitutes advertised their profession and special talents by wearing lipstick. About to get your 15 minutes of fame? Call us first! Founded in 1995 by an ultra-conservative activist, the Parents Television Council has been fighting to keep sex and violence off the air for over 20 years. Almost everything we own today is interconnected. Unfortunately, we’re a society that seems to be unknowingly trading our privacy for comfort.
Florida Man is a Twitter feed that curates news headline descriptions of bizarre incidents involving a male subject residing in the state of Florida. By eerie coincidence, a book published in 1898 warned of the Titanic tragedy 14 years later in 1912. More than 50 years after its maiden voyage, the very first Boeing 727 takes its very last flight on Tuesday, March 1, 2016. Depending on how the phone was set up, it might delete all its data after ten wrong tries.
10 silent signs you might have diabetes. Pilot Eric 'Winkle' Brown held two of the most startling records from the world of flying. And that's just a part of his extraordinary life. Donald Trump recites the lyrics to ''The Snake'' to warn his rally audiences about what is happening in Europe. Like a dark secret it weighed on the author's shoulders every single month the storage bill came in.
If you enjoy walking in the great outdoors, sooner or later you may discover a bear ambling along on the same trail. What should you do? Hillary's stressing how much closer her platform is to Obama's than Bernie's, and that might be enough to top him. Automotive tycoon Henry Ford had deep ties to the mob and used his underworld connections to grow his company to epic heights in the business world. A narrow vote in 1849 made St. Paul the capital of Minnesota, changing it from the original Pig's Eye.
You didn't actually think party insiders were going to let the people decide who the presidential nominee would be, did you? Let's discuss ''superdelegates''. The FBI wants Hillary Clinton indicted, and her political foes would love to see her arrested before the election for her infamous email server scandal. Now, everyone will want to die there. A commercial pilot with years of experience has created a ten minute video he claims will help anyone safely land a 737 in an emergency.
THE UK government is facing demands to reveal the details of a secret flight through Scottish airspace which was at the center of a plot to capture whistleblower Edward Snowden. Terrafugia intends to catalyze a revolution in personal mobility, bringing a new level of safety, convenience, and freedom to personal transportation. In 2013, mass production remains uncertain after the company announced layoffs and plans to move operations to China. An interesting concept. If you know of a useful RV website I've missed, please email and tell me about it. Onerous tricks that web page designers, hosts, and advertisers use, like trapping you on their website by disabling your back button.
According to the artist, the shadow represents the infamous blue dress Monica Lewinsky wore and proved she'd had relations with President Clinton. In 1956, a B-25 Mitchell bomber crashed into the Monongahela River in Pittsburgh. Despite many searches, no one has ever found the plane. While the operators of this website maintain they are operating within the law by publishing scam reports, we hope those posting comments can back them up. Once again, John Oliver hits the nail right on the head.
The Virgin Mary was made of bronze and was of gigantic size. The front opened and displayed an interior full with sharp spikes and pointed blades. Aside from the few grandfathered in, the only air boating that will be allowed in most of Everglades National Park will be four air boat tour operators. Every woman should have a purse of her own. ~Susan B. Anthony The Evangelicals in Iowa will be saying that ''it was God's will'', but the probability is staggering.
About to get your 15 minutes of fame? Call us first! The West Virginia coal wars between coal companies and miners, sparked the Battle of Blair Mountain, the largest insurrection in the U.S. since the Civil War. these curbside signs are all over Florida. If you are an illegal alien and have an IRS ITIN card, your big paydays could go on for years. Malibu Creek State Park in California was the outdoor set of television's legendary program M*A*S*H.
Blizzard Warning: High winds, about two feet of snow forecast for D.C. area. The Ship of Theseus was rebuilt over the centuries as wood rotted, so at what point did it stop being the original, and when did it become something else? Forget fingerprints, internet routers could soon help police solve crimes. A controversial practice known as civil asset forfeiture lets police seize cash and property from people who are never charged or convicted of a crime.
For many, Martin Luther King has become less a human and more of a saint. In January, 1977, Coretta Scott King obtained a federal court order sealing 845 pages of FBI records about her husband for 50 years ''because its release would destroy his reputation''. What will we all learn in 2027? January-March is the toughest time of year to find a campsite in the southern half of Florida, and rates go through the roof in private campgrounds. Secret Service agents say guarding Hillary Clinton is ''punishment detail''. When the cameras are gone, she turns into a rude raging monster. Actor Gregory Peck delivered an abbreviated, but remarkable, version of General MacArthur's famous 1962 speech at West Point in the movie ''MacArthur''.
If you believe in curses, winning the Powerball can kill. ISIL is the acronym for the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant, which includes the State of Israel. It's an enduring stereotype in popular culture: the person who aims to dispense helpful advice—in the car or elsewhere—and ends up being annoying, not to mention distracting Since King’s famous speech, laws aimed at keeping blacks segregated have been struck down and replaced by laws giving blacks special privileges.


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