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On December 30, 2006 near Hurricane, Utah, a young driver lost control of his pickup and left the highway. Click to see just how lucky he and his passenger were.
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Where to eat and drink at 13 of the busiest airports in the U.S., from ATL to DFW to LAX.
Where to eat and drink at 13 of the busiest airports in the U.S., from ATL to DFW to LAX.
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The Moon getting close to a planet is one of the easiest astronomical events to observe: the lunar disc and most of the Solar System planets (e.g. Venus, Jupiter, Mars, and Saturn) are visible to the naked eye, so you don’t need any special skills or complex equipment. The only thing you need to know is the date and time of the Moon's approach to a planet.
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Pembina, North Dakota farmer Joe Wilson and his team of horses pulling a Hudson airplane across the Canadian border during the early days of World War II.
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find Amazon a great place to buy what I need, and sometimes the product is so good (or bad) that when Amazon asks, I'll write a review.
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As soon as James Stewart’s feet touched the tarmac, Sally said with utmost enthusiasm, ''Welcome to Carlsbad, Mr. Stewart, my name is Sally Connors and I’m here to help you in any way that you need.''
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The author says the chronology of Ancient Egypt is very incomplete and questionable in its assumptions, but this is complete enough for me.
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One of the many challenges real Americans now face is to start calling “Democrats” what they actually are. They’ll protest. But if it walks like a duck, quacks like a duck, and acts like a duck, we need to call it a duck.
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On December 29,1890 Wounded Knee was a brutal massacre, with an estimated 150 Indians killed (some historians put this number at twice as high), nearly half of them women and children. The cavalry lost 25 men.
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It’s time to join together with loved ones and celebrate America’s newest holiday: January 6th! To make the most of your holiday, consider these ten patriotic ways of remembering the day.
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Klaus Eberwein, a former Haitian official set to expose the Clinton Foundation's misdeeds in Haiti, committed suicide a week before he was to testify before the Haitian Senate’s Ethics and Anti-Corruption Commission.
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This website says Bill O'Reilly is crazy for saying Joe Biden is throwing in the towel and will drop out of the race for re-election, but O'Reilly has been around for a long time, is well connected, and is usually right about things.
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Joe Biden’s inappropriate behavior towards women isn’t recent, nor is it secret. Google any variation of ''Joe Biden,'' ''creepy,'' or ''cringe'' and no shortage of images, videos and articles come up, all the same. Here’s Joe Biden standing behind women and girls of all ages, massaging their shoulders, rubbing their backs, nuzzling their hair, whispering into their ears, sometimes offering clearly unwanted kisses.
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Black Lake flooded when sea levels rose, and the Aegean Sea breached the land between it and the lake (now called the 'Bosporus Strait' near Istanbul).This could be bad news for believers in ''The Great Flood'' and the ''Noah's Ark'' story.
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It usually starts with a bad design or a spur-of-the-moment decision. Imagine someone picking a tattoo on the fly, not thinking about how it'll look years down the road or if it really suits them. Then, there's the actual tattooing part. Things can go south if the artist isn't qualified. You know, shaky lines, words spelled wrong, colors that blend into a muddy mess - basically, a great idea getting lost in the process.
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The article claims the collapse of the U.S. southern border is the result of a carefully planned and deliberately executed industrial mass migration program, and the author has obtained multiple maps, handed out by non-government organizations across South and Central America, that detail the routes to take to the U.S. and where to cross the border.
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No need for a library for President Biden, pretty much all we need to know about this man is out there for all to see.Uncover the secret world of Joe Biden and his family's relationship to China and the sinister business deals that enriched them at America's expense.
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There are many types of drawbridges that are either in use today or have been in the past. These range from floating pontoon bridges, bridges that lower themselves down into the water to allow boats to pass above and even a bridge with a single, narrow, hand removable plank that allows for only the masts of sailboats to pass through. But the most common types found today can be divided into three main categories. These are the Swing Bridges, the Bascule Bridges and the Vertical Lift Bridges.
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In 1896, the company Sperry & Hutchinson– known as S&H – created a rewards program for companies in the United States who wanted to give customers an incentive to come back to their stores and other establishments. Soon the stamps were everywhere. You could get them with your fill-up at gas stations, while shopping at the grocery store, and with purchases at select department stores.
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Since 2021, Canadian law, in all its majesty, has allowed both the rich as well as the poor to kill themselves if they are too poor to continue living with dignity. In fact, the ever-generous Canadian state will even pay for their deaths. What it will not do is spend money to allow them to live instead of killing themselves.
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The Los Angeles wildfires were still raging uncontained when the finger-pointing started. The devastation was caused, not by prolonged drought or the Santa Ana winds, according to President-elect Donald Trump and others, but by Democrat politicians whose priorities allowed the fires to spread.
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Michele Weslander Quaid's career took her around the world, including combat zones in Iraq and Afghanistan to support our troops, helping her appreciate how fortunate she was to have been born in America - home of the free because of the brave.
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As President Trump had to explain to a woke woman reporter who said it was racist when he called it the China Virus, ''It's not racist at all, it comes from China''.Social media users are claiming that employees working in Congress, the judicial branch, the White House, the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), the Food and Drug Administration (FDA), the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID), the United States Postal Service (USPS), Pfizer and Moderna, as well as undocumented immigrants, are not subject to vaccine mandates.
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The original link to this story was incorrect, and caught by a viewer who alerte us.From November 1918 to April 1919, 168 U-boats found their way to Harwich, on the coast of Essex, now a largely forgotten event, but arguably one of the defining moments of the twentieth century.
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Conspiracy theories have always been a part of human culture; such ideation transcends generations, national boundaries, and political partisanship.
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Books are banned every day. Do you know some of the most famous examples of books that have been censored? Do you know why they've been challenged or banned. This list highlights some of the most famous books that have been been banned, censored or challenged.
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An account on X under the name SN_BlackMeta claimed responsibility for the attack on The Internet Archive, a nonprofit organization, and implied that further attacks were planned. The Internet Archive is known for its digital library and the Wayback Machine. Global Air is one of many internet users who rely heavily on ''The Wayback Machine'', because news articles and websites, especially controversial or political ones have a habit of 'disappearing'.
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Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist Seymour Hersh says Dick Cheney held a meeting to discuss ways to ''create a casus belli between Tehran and Washington''.
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The construction of Castello di Amorosa winery began in 1994, morphing into a 14th century Tuscan castle spanning 121,000 square feet (three acres) with 107 rooms, four underground levels, and four above-ground levels.copy text from graphic here and target URL below
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Dia de los Muertos, also called the Day of the Dead, is a three-day celebration in Mexico during the days of October 31, November 1, and November 2. During these three days, the locals believe that the spirits of their loved ones travel from the world of the dead to visit the living.
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The case of DB Cooper, the unidentified man who disappeared after hijacking an airplane over Oregon in 1971 and parachuting away with $200,000, has long been a mystery that eluded the authorities while generating many theories as to who the culprit might have been. Is the case about to be solved? According to reports, FBI agents have found evidence linking to a potential suspect.
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The 76-year-old Hong Kong billionaire has been an outspoken critic of the Chinese Communist Party for three decades. He founded Apple Daily, the Chinese-language newspaper that railed against the authoritarianism of Beijing, until its bank accounts were frozen . Jimmy Lai was a fixture at pro-democracy protests, from the Umbrella Revolution of 2014 to the Water Revolution of 2019. He's been tear-gassed. His home has been firebombed. And four years ago, on New Year's Eve, he was jailed.
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The sole ''no'' vote for war on December 8, 1941 came from Representative Jeannette Rankin of Montana. When asked to change her vote, she refused. She did the same thing in 1917.
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On any cement work in New York over $2 million, only six firms, all of them previously selected by the Cosa Nostra, would be allowed to bid. In exchange for that privilege of bidding on the jobs, the six firms had to pay the Colombo, Gambino, Lucchese, and the Genovese Families two points on every contract. The firm selected to win on a job that should be $8 million, for example, would bid $10 million, the other five firms would bid more and lose.
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She starts singing a Christmas song, watch the dog’s reaction.
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From 2005: Paris Hilton believed in Santa until ''a bad person'' told her otherwise when she was 17. Money isn't everything, is it?
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After the bombing of Pearl Harbor, the US government engaged in a massive cover-up to hide their foreknowledge of the attack. Any student of World War II history should read this article.
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From ''When Harry Met Sally'': ''And then one day Sheldon says to me, ''You never wear Sunday.'' He's all suspicious, ''Where was Sunday? Where had I left Sunday?'' And I told him and he didn't believe me. HARRY: What? SALLY: They don't make Sunday. HARRY: Why not? SALLY: Because of God.
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On July 3, 1863, fifteen thousand Confederates marched toward the center of the Union-held lines atop Cemetery Ridge on day three of the Battle of Gettysburg.
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In an interview years later, Walter Mondale said that when Ronald Reagan told the audience that he would not make age an issue in the campaign and would not hold my youth and inexperience against me, and everyone in the audience laughed, I knew at that moment I had lost the race.It can be said that Ms. Harris was well prepared in leading him astray. After blaming Mr. Trump for helping to tank a congressional border bill, Ms. Harris unboxed an attack line that seemed handcrafted by a team of Trumpologists to enrage him, distracting him with his own vanity.
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People who use methamphetamine may experience anxiety, confusion, insomnia, moodiness and display violent behavior. And, that's just for starters.
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DNA is the oldest network that exists among us, older than Facebook or marriage records, older than society or family, immutable and ineradicable. DNA left at a crime scene may lead authorities to you and your relatives, one of whom may be the person they are looking for.
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The Democratic Party was founded in 1828. Martin Van Buren of New York played the central role in building the coalition of state organizations that formed a new party as a vehicle to elect Andrew Jackson of Tennessee. The Democratic Party is the world's oldest active political party.
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FEMA wasn't ready for 2017's record-breaking hurricane season, and if it happens again, they won't be able to handle it and you'll be on your own.
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It all began when the Department of Defense Education Activity (DoDEA) hired its first-ever Diversity Equity and Inclusion chief, Kelisa Wing. She was eventually exposed for her history of racially inflammatory statements.
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In the 1930's, when the average American went to the movies 2 or 3 times a week, precocious Shirley Temple was Hollywood's biggest star. When Shirley turned 18, she discovered that her parents had blown the millions she'd earned, leaving $44,000 in the bank. Unfortunately, this was a common situation, happening to other child stars, resulting in the ''Jackie Coogan Law'', a child actor with a similar story, to protect children in the future.
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It is hard to imagine how desperate a person could become for survival to rob a bank for a single penny just to be arrested and given shelter, food, and care, but this is what this man did.
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As voter ID laws were first cropping up decades ago, Democrats fought them tooth and nail, insisting that they would be an impossible barrier to scale for the nation's most vulnerable voters, especially older people and people of color. The fact that almost anyone, including the elder and people of color had ID's, (how could they get on an airplane or cash a welfare check without it), and that all States issue photo ID's upon request to non-drivers, was conveniently ignored.
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Our current oil shortage did not arise from a foreign war or tsunami, but from a deliberate policy to curtail oil production to force a more rapid transition to battery-powered transportation.
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How did such an evil man, who never set foot on North America, get a federal holiday in his name?
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Founded in 1782, Washington College was first funded by none other than George Washington himself. One of the oldest colleges in the U.S., the school always used George Washington's signature as its logo. But not anymore. Washington College has rebranded to remove one of our founding fathers' penmanship from its logo because… well, Gen Z can't read cursive writing. copy text from graphic here and target URL below
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The surprisingly pleasant conditions of daily life in Embassy Tokyo after war was declared, even during the Doolittle Raid, including golf tournaments on embassy grounds.copy text from graphic here and target URL below
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A high percentage of people fired are caught completely off guard, when they should have known it was coming.
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Incidents where airline passengers have disrupted flights with threatening or violent behavior are an ongoing problem and airlines have seen rapid growth in occurrences since 2021. The FAA has a zero-tolerance policy on unruly passenger behavior.
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Some family photos are best not shared with the world.
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From our collection of thousands of articles.Every New Year’s Eve, after the champagne has been popped, the ball has dropped, and everyone is feeling very merry indeed, revelers queue up the same song they’ve been queuing up for decades.
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There are people who work for NBC News that are mad management hired a Republican. They still can't figure out why most Americans don't trust journalists to tell the truth.
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The term 'fifth estate' refers to the newly developed power of influence that non-traditional media has developed within society. Proponents of the fifth estate suggest that it can be used to hold governments and corporations accountable. However, others argue that non-traditional media can also be used to spread misinformation.
The Fifth Estate is a socio-cultural reference to groupings of outlier viewpoints in contemporary society, and is most associated with bloggers, journalists publishing in non-mainstream media outlets, and the social media or ''social license''.
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A small group of artists, designers and craftspeople have come together to celebrate the art of flowers by creating intricate botanical and floral sculptures. The life-sized pop-up floral bouquets consist of whimsical and breathtaking blooms that are wilt proof, crafted to last a lifetime, and can be mailed anywhere. What a unique way to remember someone.
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A Facebook channel with amazing photography and stories.
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Clarence Darrow exists foremost in the public memory as Spencer Tracy, who played a lawyer based on Darrow in the 1960 movie Inherit the Wind. That film was based on Darrow's 1925 defense of a Tennessee educator accused of breaking a state law banning the teaching of evolution. Darrow lost The State of Tennessee v. Scopes, or the ''monkey trial,'' as it was known. The author of 'Clarence Darrow: Attorney for the Damned' suggests Darrow's life was even more tumultuous than that sensational trial displayed.
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If you want to imagine what this radio play feels like, think of It’s a Wonderful Life meets The Spirit of St. Louis meets Red Sovine’s classic Country Western ballad Big Joe and Phantom 309.
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Most people who use Worcestershire Sauce have no idea what is in it, or how it is made. If they did, some might stop using it. The main ingredient is anchovies.
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Some food purists, especially Italian ones, like to make fun of the Olive Garden, but for many, like me, it is a taste of Italy, and I enjoy eating there.
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Some people won't consider part-time employment, but this type of job can be beneficial in the long run.
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Gnomes are mythical creatures that have been a part of European folklore for centuries. They are often depicted as small, elderly men with full beards and colorful conical hats, symbolizing their connection to nature and magical abilities. Gnomes are believed to live underground and guard the mines of precious treasures hidden in the earth.
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Weekly World News provided entertainment while you were waiting in line at the supermarket, and many people actually believed the stories. On the internet, but no longer printed.
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J. Edgar Hoover had so much dirt on the 8 presidents he served under, none dared fire him. Lyndon Johnson even made Hoover FBI director for life.
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It's natural to think in terms of distance and range when you want to see something that's far away. The problem is binoculars don't function to gain distance but instead to provide magnification. What you really want to know is how much can I magnify an object, target, or a scene at a distance to clearly see what I want to see better?
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Millions are living and working near Mt. Rainier in Washington, and many don't know it is an active volcano.
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To some generals like Pershing, the idea of an armistice was repugnant. ''There can be no conclusion to this war until Germany is brought to her knees.''
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Read the lyrics here. ''The City of New Orleans'' was written in 1970 by Steve Goodman while riding the train, and its popularity may have helped save the railroads from extinction. Many performers have recorded this song, but Willie Nelson's 1985 Grammy-winning version may be the favorite.
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More than 40 percent of seniors regularly experience loneliness. This feeling of separation may result in health problems and even death.
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When your local school board wants a new bond issue approved, they announce the end of football, or layoff of the most popular teachers, if the deal isn't approved. Same thing with the Federal government. During the 2013 government shutdown they actually pulled stunts like ''closing the ocean'' adjacent to national parks and paid to have boats patrol and chase people away, spending more than if they'd just left things alone.
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The economic incentive to add COVID-19 to diagnostic lists and death certificates is clear and does not require any conspiracy. By creating a massive federal program that links goosed Medicare payments to COVID-19 treatments, the feds incentivized hospitals to add COVID-19 to diagnostic lists and death certificates.
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President Obama’s $60.4 billion request for Hurricane Sandy relief has morphed into a huge Christmas stocking of goodies for federal agencies and even the state of Alaska. Budget watchdogs have dubbed the 94-page emergency-spending bill ''Sandy Scam.''
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In the scrubby Mojave desert north of Los Angeles, a sprawling encampment of decrepit RVs sits just off a dirt road separating the city of Lancaster from Los Angeles County’s unincorporated expanse.In every direction, garbage spreads out like an algae super bloom—beyond that, endless sand and brush, baking in the summer sun.
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Hiraeth is a homesickness for the places from your past you can’t return to or even those you’ve never been to. Hiraeth can also mean nostalgia for your past self, the people who are long gone, or the emotions you used to feel.
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In 1916, more than 37 tons of bricks were mailed to Vernal, Utah, from Salt Lake City, to build the local bank building. The postage was cheaper than paying a freight company to haul them to the remote town, and the post office lost money on every brick.
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Twitter and Facebook are wonderful ways of sharing information, but it may be that because we’re sharing our prejudices, they’re making us dumber.
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A judge in Ohio has ruled that the data from the pacemaker of a man accused of arson could be used at his trial. His pacemaker signal at the doctor's office showed stress when he was hauling his good stuff out to the front yard before toarching his house.
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In 1938, on the nights of November 9 and 10, rampaging mobs freely attacked Jews in the street, in their homes and at their places of work and worship.
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Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas said there is not enough money available for the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) to meet the needs of the communities affected by Hurricane Helene, which has killed more than 160 people. The funding shortfall has come under scrutiny at a time when at least $640 million in FEMA funding is being spent on assisting communities across the country dealing with an influx of migrants.
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efore you get started on your search for a fertility clinic, find out what kind of tests or procedures you may need down the road. And give some thought ahead of time to how far you're willing to go with this process. Infertility treatments can cost many thousands of dollars and involve strong drugs or hormones. It can also be an emotional roller coaster.
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In 1881 in Old Fort Sumner, New Mexico, William H. Bonney, known as Billy the Kid, runs into an old friend, Pat Garrett. Garrett informs Billy that the locals want him out of the country, and in five days, when he becomes Sheriff, he will make Billy leave.
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Most horror movies that take place in a house follow a similar plot. The family move into a house where a murder took place years ago, the house was on a budget so they bought it and they are happy until strange things start to happen.
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Congress deleted a proposed ban in the new Port Security Act on hiring dockworkers convicted of murder, conspiracy, and other felonies, because half of the workers presently employed are guilty of those things.
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Find out the real reason we're not supposed to wear white after Labor Day, how the holiday can increase your lifespan, and more.
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Ithaca,New York residents are noticing more panhandlers than ever before. The Ithaca Police Department has documented a sharp increase in complaints of aggressive panhandling. While the action of panhandling is widely accepted as being protected by the First Amendment, aggressive panhandling is illegal in New York State.
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Vague laws on women's dress and behaviour are implemented inconsistently. Lubna Hussein, a Sudanese UN official, invited journalists to her public flogging.
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The Red Brigades (Brigate Rosse in Italian, often abbreviated as the BR) was a terrorist group ln Italy active during the 1970's, ''The Years of Lead'.
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More than a simple school bag, the randoseru is a unique Japanese symbol, reflecting the conformity and consistency that is deeply rooted in the culture.
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Photos from President Kennedy’s Nov. 21, 1963, visit to Houston. The photos, some of which haven’t been published in decades, come from the Houston Chronicle and Houston Post photo archives.
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The Japanese strike on Pearl Harbor on December 7, 1941—a ''Day of Infamy,'' as President Franklin D. Roosevelt described it—left the American Pacific Fleet in almost total ruin, plunged the United States into World War II, and set off a controversy regarding the events that led up to the attack that is still being hotly debated.
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More than you want to know about Kamala Harris and her long-time partner San Francisco Mayor Willie Brown.
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Intensified with the release in 1992 of Oliver Stone's movie ''JFK'', many believed a New Zealand paper knew everything about the assassination almost before it happened, including everything about Lee Harvey Oswald.
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Even law-abiding citizens are frequently intimidated by the tendency of police officers to brandish their power.
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Lewis Wallace wrote ''Ben-Hur: A Tale of the Christ,'' a thrilling and globally renowned biblical epic, in 1880, and it is one of the most widely read and influential books in history. It has sold some 50 million copies, and it is among the top two-dozen books of all time.
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From the article: '' Peeing in a standing position means you're ready at the slightest hint of danger to bounce. I longed to relieve myself safely, without pulling off half my clothing; I yearned to write my name in the snow. And then my friend gave me the spoon-funnel invention.'' Amazon sells several different versions of a female personal urination funnel device.
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Minnesota is a great State to be from.
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Rare are those instances in which entire economies are disrupted to the point that an entire form of currency is discarded, reformed or replaced. But it does happen. Here are nine examples in which currencies became so devalued they failed.
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Rare are those instances in which entire economies are disrupted to the point that an entire form of currency is discarded, reformed or replaced. But it does happen. Here are nine examples in which currencies became so devalued they failed.
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Military personnel usually do not fight and die for American freedom. Rather, they are employed to advance whatever policies, preferences, desires, or fantasies that dominate the denizens of Washington.
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When it comes to Gulf Coast states, Mississippi should be on your radar. Although the Magnolia State doesn't have as many tourist attractions as Florida or Louisiana, it's full of hidden gems, crowd-free beaches, and beautiful beachside towns. If you want to gamble, head to Biloxi, a city called ''Vegas of the South''. If you want to go to one of America's coolest small towns on the Mississippi Gulf Coast, check out Ocean Springs where I stay at Davis Bayou Campground on Gulf Islands National Seashore.
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Museums hold some of humanity's most cherished treasures, so it's not surprising that the most famous museums around the world host millions of visitors each year. Here are the 20 most popular museums in the world.
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Actor Allan Arbus played the character of Major Sidney Freedman on M*A*S*H so well that co-star Alan Alda said he found himself opening up to Arbus as though he was a real psychiatrist. Strangers would approach Arbus and ask for medical advice, including a doctor in a hospital who called him aside for a consultation about a patient.Bereavement is not linear. It takes multiple forms at different times in one’s life. It is influenced, among other things, by the strength of our attachment to the lost loved one and how central he or she was to our lives. Bereavement never really ends.
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If you are rich and famous, it seems that you can get away with just about anything. Any doubt in your mind that this guy was seriously mentally ill?
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Whenever you see pictures of U.S. military combat aircraft, drones, and helicopters deployed on operations overseas, or even just during exercises in the United States or abroad, they're often loaded down with various missiles and other precision-guided munitions. It's no secret that the United States spends a lot on defense, but how much do each of these various weapons actually cost?
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Rhapsody in Blue is a 1924 musical composition for solo piano and jazz band, which combines elements of classical music with jazz-influenced effects. Commissioned by bandleader Paul Whiteman and written by George Gershwin, the work premiered in a concert titled ''An Experiment in Modern Music'' on February 12, 1924, in Aeolian Hall, New York City.
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The motion picture ''For Greater Glory'' is about the religious war in convulsed Mexico in the 1920s. 250,000 died, but scrubbed from history books, very few Americans or Mexicans know anything about it.
An inside look at the film ''For Greater Glory''.Video: The True Story of Cristeros
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Some trivia about the 1954 Christmas classic (now streaming on Netflix!) starring Bing Crosby, Danny Kaye, Rosemary Clooney, and Vera-Ellen.
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Kim Jong Nam was Kim Jong Il’s oldest son and Kim Jong Un’s older brother. He was poisoned and died in an airport in Malaysia in February 2017. He was believed at one time to be the next in line to succeed Kim Jong Il as the leader of North Korea until he fell out of favor after attempting to visit Tokyo Disneyland.
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NOT SAFE FOR WORK! Naked News, billing itself as ''the program with nothing to hide'', is a real television newscast. The anchors read the news fully nude or strip as they present their news segments.
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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.
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The surge in alcohol consumption was one of several lingering legacies of the pandemic, along with school absenteeism, lags in educational attainment, a rise in overdose deaths and a surge in mental health problems, especially among young people.
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No novel of the past century has had more influence than George Orwell's 1984. The title, the adjectival form of the author's last name, the vocabulary of the all-powerful Party that rules the superstate Oceania with the ideology of Ingsocey've all entered the English language as instantly recognizable signs of a nightmare future. It's almost impossible to talk about propaganda, surveillance, authoritarian politics, or perversions of truth without dropping a reference to 1984.
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The arrowhead was authorized as the official National Park Service emblem by the Secretary of Interior in 1951. The elements of the emblem symbolize the major facets of the National Park Service, It is an emblem that symbolizes the things that the organization cares for and cares about. The company who manufactures these in the United States can only sell them to the NPS, but I found mine on the internet, made in China and shipped from there. It now proudly welcomes visitors to "Bathroom National Park".
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The Newfoundland ferry Caribou was torpedoed by U-boat U-69 on October 14, 1942, during the critical period of the Battle of the Atlantic. 147 passengers and crew died.
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The history of the newspaper in America begins in 1619, the same time as the tradition began in England, and a few decades later began in the Netherlands and Germany. In England, ''The Weekly Newes,'' written by Thomas Archer and Nicholas was a collection of news items printed in a quarto format and distributed to their clients, wealthy English landowners who lived in London for several months out of the year and spent the rest of the time in the country and needed to be kept up to date.
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Some say we are not extracting this oil because environmentalists and others have blocked all efforts to help America become independent of foreign oil.
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According to the author, the goal is really to find a balance between group decision making and individual efforts so you don’t wind up with a camel when you wanted a horse.
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With such a high percentage of those mugs being of African Americans, people might get the impression that over 50% of the crimes are being committed by 13% of the population, and we can't have that.
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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.
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Isabel Vaughan-Spruce, the woman twice arrested for silent prayer outside U.K. abortion clinics, has received a police apology and confirmation that she will not face charges for violating a local ''buffer zone'' protection order. Vaughan-Spruce is the director of March for Life UK and helps support women in crisis pregnancies. She has regularly prayed near abortion clinics for 20 years.
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Pembina, North Dakota farmer Joe Wilson and his team of horses pulling a Hudson airplane across the Canadian border during the early days of World War II.
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Television and computer screens go left to right, not up and down. When you send your video to someone else, or post it on YouTube, the viewer can't turn it sideways to get a wider picture like you can.
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Though some Democrats relished the prospect of two more years working alongside an experienced stateswoman, and a formidable fundraiser, many other political observers were less enthused. This is largely because the Speaker Emerita, as Nancy Pelosi is now known, will be 84 when the next US elections take place and her decision comes at a time when ageing candidates have become a major issue in American politics.
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Contrary to popular belief, the eagle does not face the arrows during times of war, but President Truman did change the bird's view to the olive branch in 1945.
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''CBS Sunday Morning'' correspondent Lee Cowan remembers some of the newsworthy men and women who passed away this year – musicians and storytellers who surpassed the ordinary, athletes who defied expectations, and activists who defied injustice, all touching us with their creativity and humanity.
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Once again, the House Intelligence Committee chairman claims to possess evidence he doesn’t have. Worse, he's hurting U.S. foreign policy by accusing Russia of something it clearly didn't do.
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On Friday, October 7th, 2022, on the cusp of a 3-day weekend, President Biden signed an Executive Order lifting restrictions on how the government spies on US citizens. The move garnered little media attention or controversy – just as the White House had hoped.
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The Los Angeles Red Car Conspiracy. More proof that all of life's secrets are revealed to you in the movies.
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Pogrom is the organized persecution of an ethnic group, especially Jews.As the Amsterdam Jewish community joined with local officials to commemorate the 86th anniversary of Kristallnacht at the city’s Portuguese-Jewish synagogue, established by Jews who escaped the Inquisition, a pogrom was taking place outside. Following a soccer match between the Dutch club Ajax and the visiting Maccabi Tel Aviv, Jewish and Israeli fans of the visiting club were ambushed and beaten in the city’s streets and alleys.
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Some family photos are best not shared with the world.
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General Motors offered the first Motorhome for sale as a 1973 model in late 1972. They continued to build them for six years, through the 1978 model year.
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The Mutual Broadcasting System called itself ''The World's Largest Radio Network'', but it was always a poor stepchild to NBC, CBS and ABC.
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If you were to believe the controlled mainstream media, you might believe that white supremacy is a growing and imminent threat to our society, that neo-Nazis hide around every corner, and that blacks and other minorities live in fear of persecution.copy text from graphic here and target URL below
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Is Religion just Superstition? Many think it is, the greatest con of all times. Other than the three children, nobody saw the Virgin Mary, and the story of the sun plunging close to earth and rotating wildly is widely disputed, but millions believe the miracle at Fatima is true. How about you?
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When disaster strikes, the Red Cross wins the lottery. After the 2010 earthquake, the Red Cross unveiled plans to ''develop new communities.'' None were ever built, but they continued collecting money.
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A cloistered Catholic abbey in Minnesota, running a high school and college for boys and young men is a great place for a pervert to hide-out with plenty of opportunity for sin.
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The New York Times annual search for the 50 best restaurants in America turned up dozens of new contenders as well as longstanding establishments still in top form. The Griswolds traveled to Europe for fine dining, but the New York Times found 50 restaurants in the United States that will do just fine.
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We might never know the true origin of this deadly game, but we can assume it is most likely much more widespread than we initially thought.
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A teen blogger says the plot for the series ''World War II'' on The History Channel is lame and completely implausible.
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When you married your spouse, you took a vow to be there for each other ''for better or worse.''
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The number of counterfeit stamps being sold from online platforms has escalated. Scammers peddle fake stamps on social media marketplaces, e-commerce sites via third party vendors, and other websites. Counterfeit stamps are often sold in bulk quantities at a significant discount–anywhere from 20 to 70 percent of their face value. That’s a tell-tale sign they’re bogus.
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In 1957, L. Ron Hubbard created Scientology, a religion whose devout followers are required to pay thousands of dollars, undergo strange procedures, and sign contracts of secrecy. They believe that 75 million years ago there was a planet with a human civilization that looked much like 1950s America with cars and streets.
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''It is wrong and ultimately self-defeating for a nation of immigrants to permit the kind of abuse of our immigration laws we have seen in recent years, and we must do more to stop it.'' Clinton said this is 1995 and got a standing ovation, Trump said it in 2016 and was labeled a racist.
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Joe Soucheray is a popular radio talk-show host and newspaper columnist in St. Paul, Minnesota.Federal COVID-relief money has turned out in many cases to be more trouble than it was worth. In Minnesota the Tim Walz administration still hasn't held any state employees responsible for the $250 million food fraud, and now two whistleblowers from the school district allege pilfering of COVID funding spent on employee bonuses, perks and a budget shortfall of $43 million. The whistleblowers allege istrict leaders were invited to party where the food trucks alone cost the taxpayers $10,000.
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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.
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The headline of an article on the internet reads, ''Dana Perino Leaves 'The Five' and Sparks Major Lawsuit Against Fox: Her Response on Air.'' According to the story, Perino created a product with the ability to ''reverse dementia'' named Fortin CBD Gummies. The product purportedly clashed with sponsors of Sean Hannity's show, leading to ''tensions'' with the fellow Fox News host.
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A simple stand located adjacent to a well-traveled road is basic marketing. Dole began as a roadside pineapple stand in Hawaii, and sometimes you see items other than food being offered for sale.
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The town council of Woodland, North Carolina rejected a rezoning proposal to allow a new solar farm. Retired science teacher Jane Mann was concerned about plants below the panels getting adequate sunlight. But her husband Bobbie was concerned that the solar farm ''would suck up all the energy from the sun.''
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Operation Mockingbird was a CIA project that recruited journalists to write fake stories promoting government ideas while dispelling communist ones.
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Almost everyone seems to know who the Kardashians, who really haven't done anything, are, but most don't know who this man is.
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Some politicians and advocates are now gaslighting the public into believing that men have no advantages over women in sporting events. Even though the rest of the nation can see this is not true, President Joe Biden has chosen to go forward, proposing rules that schools allow males to compete with biological females, to prevent discrimination against men pretending to be women.
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We probably didn't think about this particular disaster item before Hurricane Katrina, but now we all realize the importance of having a toilet. Click here to learn more.
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We probably didn't think about this particular disaster item before Hurricane Katrina, but now we all realize the importance of having a toilet. Click here to learn more.
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Ask this question and most of the time you'll get a blank look, a shrug of the shoulders and maybe a guess along the lines of ''What a horse can do''.
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Shopping online for bargains is a lot easier than fighting the crowds at the mall. But, you need to know a few things to find the best deals.
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The Mtskheta-Mtianeti Police Department of the Ministry of Internal Affairs in Georgia said that the bodies were discovered in Gudauri -- a popular and well-known ski resort near the Russian border located approximately 75 miles north of the country’s capital city of Tbilisi. Amazon sells this small travel carbon monoxide detector for about $10. Click to learn more and order.
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In the course of one year, Earth orbits around the sun. It does not complete this trip, however, with the North Pole at the top and the South Pole at the bottom because Earth is tilted. In fact, it's tilted just about 23.5 degrees. So at different times of the year, either the northern or the southern hemisphere is tilted toward and is therefore closer to the sun.
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The Historic Calumet Hotel, located in Pipestone, Minnesota, my dad's home town, is said to be one of Minnesota's most haunted hotels. The hotel that sits on the corner of Main Street and Hiawatha Ave is not the first to grace this corner. The fact that there have been two buildings on this site also hints to a possible cause of the spooky activity. The hotel is open for business and has a nice restaurant and bar, but, would you want to stay there? Many do.
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Recycling, though sometimes beneficial, all too often wastes resources, and programs usually lose money.
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60 years ago, I had a ham radio license, and spent every spare moment talking to people all over the world.
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From 2005: A Costa Rica cab driver almost does what our entire army, navy, and air force couldn't do in the past 4 years. The prankster was hospitalized in stable condition
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Muslims are the sworn enemy of every other religion. As Turkish president Erdogan said, ''There is no radical Islam. There is no moderate Islam. Islam is Islam.''.
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If being in Helen's Last Will and Testament is important to you, then you might consider being with her for her favorite holiday, Thanksgiving.
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The outcome of the 2024 election was unlike any in 250 years of American history. Trump left office in 2021 a pariah after a mob of supporters to entered the U.S. Capitol in an attempt to overturn his electoral defeat. Three years later, he engineered an unprecedented political comeback. Trump effortlessly dispatched his GOP rivals, forced President Joe Biden out of the race, and vanquished Vice President Kamala Harris in a dominant victory that exceeded everyone's expectations.
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Everything around President-elect Donald J. Trump has become something to monetize, including a moment of comity with Jill Biden at the re-opening ceremonies of Notre-Dame in Paris. For patriots who never back down, like President Tump. This scent is your rallying cry in a bottle.
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In the words of film critic Keith Phipps, Monument Valley's five square miles have defined what decades of moviegoers think of when they imagine the American West.
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In the words of film critic Keith Phipps, Monument Valley's five square miles have defined what decades of moviegoers think of when they imagine the American West.
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From DIY projects to home repairs, you need to have a good set of tools to get by. Most homeowners need the basics, so make sure your tool box contains all the must-have tools on this list.
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It isn't sharks you need to worry about.
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Another celebrity rolls right over to BLM demands to avoid blacklisting his career. If he actually believes this, just another Hollywood liberal.
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The ticking of time is the invisible heartbeat of our lives, and affects every moment of our consciousness. Time and self are in perpetual handshake – even a human trapped in a completely dark cave would still be governed by the circadian rhythms of our internal clocks.
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A U.S. Marine, Nadim Abou Rabeh, who participated in capturing ousted Iraqi President Saddam Hussein said the public version of his capture was fabricated. ''I was among the 20-man unit, including eight of Arab descent, who searched for Saddam for three days in the area of Dour near Tikrit, and we found him in a modest home in a small village and not in a hole as announced''.
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Mr. Garrity comes into town offering to resurrect the dead and reunite the townsfolk with their departed loved ones out of the goodness of his heart. Do the town-folks want these miracles to occur? The screen play was based on an actual event.
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Federal gas tax is the same coast-to-coast, 18.4 cents a gallon, States and local governments take 40 to 70 cents a gallon. Click open to check your State.
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From the rape of Nanking in 1937. During times of unbelievable tragedy and disaster, there's always people who will say ''How could this possibly get any worse?'' And fate answers them in all sorts of depraved and interesting ways. No wonder history books leave the worst parts out.
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Hey, other than the alligators, nile and american crocodiles, snakes, snapping turtles, burmese pythons and panthers, you have nothing to worry about when visiting Florida.
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The United States Cabinets are filled with thousands of nameless, faceless, and unelected and unfireable individuals who can dictate to the American public just about anything they can dream up to make life better. Like, banning your gas range, or your lawnmower, or even forcing companies to hire people they think should be hired to fill quotas, qualified or not.An internal guide for the Department of the Interior (DOI) urges the government to use ''inclusive language''. Instead of calling someone a ''paraplegic'' the government encourages its employees to call the individual a ''person with paraplegia.'' The same principle is used for a variety of physical and mental conditions.
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Social media erupted when it was learned that President Biden would award the Presidential Medal of Freedom to former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton and left-wing billionaire George Soros.
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Since November, 2024 New Jersey has been in the midst of a genuine drone panic. It began as a handful of sightings outside military bases like the U.S. Army's Picatinny Arsenal in Morris County, a research and manufacturing site that was once the site of bomb-making during World War II. That has since exploded to over 5,000 sightings reported to the FBI across not only New Jersey but at least ten other states.
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Veterans Day is a U.S. legal holiday dedicated to American veterans of all wars, and Veterans Day 2024 will occur on Monday, November 11. In 1918, on the 11th hour of the 11th day of the 11th month, an armistice, or temporary cessation of hostilities, was declared between the Allied nations and Germany in World War I, then known as ''the Great War.''
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When two of his employees were jailed in Iran, Perot organized a commando team, hired a former Green Beret colonel to lead the rescue, and Perot went along.
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In economy on a domestic (narrow body mainline aircraft flight) there are generally three seats on each side of the plane. Correct default armrest allocation is as follows: The passenger at the window gets the armrest next to the window, the passenger at the aisle gets the armrest next to the aisle, and the passenger in the middle gets two armrests.
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If you ever needed a tutorial on how to get an incoherent elderly person in a nursing home to vote for your candidate without any consideration for their mental acuity, this video is for you.
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The Zimmermann Telegram was intercepted and released to newspapers, causing public outrage that resulted in the U.S. declaring war against Germany.
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''The AK-47 is the weapon of choice in that part of the world,'' said Walter Slocombe, adviser to the CPA. ''Every Iraqi male above the age of 12 can take them apart and put them together blindfolded and is a pretty good shot.''
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The subject of bad bosses is again in the news thanks to Amy Klobuchar, U.S. senator, and Democratic presidential aspirant. The subject of bad bosses is again in the news thanks to Amy Klobuchar, U.S. senator, and Democratic presidential aspirant.
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A look at how the Hurricane Hunters can fly into some of the strongest storms to collect data.
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The Onion publishes satirical articles on international, national, and local news. While intending to be fictional, The Onion got it freakishly right in 2003 on the Iraq war.
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The pagers began beeping just after 3:30 in the afternoon in Lebanon on Tuesday, alerting Hezbollah operatives to a message from their leadership in a chorus of chimes, melodies, and buzzes. But it wasn't the militants' leaders. The pages had been sent by Hezbollah's archenemy, and within seconds the alerts were followed by the sounds of explosions and cries of pain and panic in streets, shops and homes across Lebanon.
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As for sharks in the Gulf of Mexico, there are Great White, Tiger, and Bull Sharks. You're most likely to encounter the bull shark, but that is pretty rare, as long as you avoid early morning or late evening swims when they feed. The real danger can come from Stingrays, Lionfish, Sea Urchins, Hardhead Catfish, Jellyfish, or Barracudas.
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These days, the U.S. military only trusts its best pilots behind the stick of its most advanced aircraft. In the days of World War II, that just wasn’t the case. The United States would build 300,000 airplanes over the course of the war, and it needed pilots and crewmen to test and transport them as well as fly them into combat.
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If you don’t know what it means, it can seem a bit jarring to see [sic] appear in a written document. It isn’t the most common notation or abbreviation, but it does have a specific meaning and purpose. Discover what does sic mean, how to use it and what it stands for.copy text from graphic here and target URL below
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Our overlords know everything we do. If you have watched the TV program ''Person of Interest'' you may have thought that this was science fiction, but it is here right now.
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Hermann Göring - Nazi Minister of Progaganda''The terrorist violence of Sept. 11, 2001, provided a spectacular opportunity. In the cacophony of outrage and confusion, the administration could conceal its intentions, disguise the true nature of its premeditated wars, and launch them. The opportunity was exploited in a heartbeat.''
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Babies born to illegal alien mothers within U.S. borders are called anchor babies because under the 1965 immigration Act, they act as an anchor that pulls the illegal alien mother and eventually a host of other relatives into permanent U.S. residency.
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The desk in the Oval Office is made from the timbers of the British ship HMS Resolute, and was a gift from Queen Victoria to President Rutherford Hayes in 1880.
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