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VERONA, Va. (AP) —With the nation already on edge after the attacks in California, a teacher's lesson on Islam in Virginia's Bible Belt sparked an angry meeting of outraged parents that mushroomed into a national denunciation of the educator in the form of thousands of angry emails and social media postings.

 As a result, an estimated 10,000 students in Augusta County's public school system got a one-day jump on the Christmas break as a precaution. The... Читать дальше...

BALTIMORE (AP) — Baltimore police are identifying an armed youth shot in the leg earlier this week by a police officer as well as the police officer who shot the teen.

BALTIMORE (AP) — Baltimore police are identifying an armed youth shot in the leg earlier this week by a police officer as well as the police officer who shot the teen.

A World Trade Organization (WTO) declaration is "very balanced deal, a very realistic deal," according to WTO conference chairwoman Amina Mohamed.

Harry J. Kazianis

Defense, Asia

And you thought China was trying to 'kill carriers'? Beijing wants its own. Why you ask? We explain. 

The People’s Republic of China is the only nation on Earth building not one but two “carrier-killer” missiles. Yet, China is also one of just a handful of countries who wants to build more carriers. Odd? Not exactly, if you know the history and why Beijing wants carriers in the first place.

Indeed, there is a tremendous amount of publicly... Читать дальше...

Home cooks should abandon the bone-in cut for decadent results worthy of being the centerpiece.

PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) — The National Weather Service has issued a high wind watch starting late Saturday that includes the central Oregon coast up through the south Washington coast.

A bust of Josef Stalin stands on the front lawn of a house-turned-museum in this small village, where the Soviet leader is said to have stayed the night on his only visit to the front during World War II.

Bu haftaki başlığımı, müzik tarihinde en çok satan country müzik sanatçısı ABD'li Garth Brooks'dan seçtim. Güzel bir gülüşe sahip olmak yaşamınız boyunca tüm kapıları açmanızda en büyük yardımcınızdır....Devamı için tıklayınız

We've all said things that people interpreted much differently than we thought they would. These seemingly benign comments lead to the awful feeling that only comes when you've planted your foot firmly into your mouth.

Verbal slip-ups often occur because we say things without knowledge of the subtle implications they carry. Understanding these implications requires social awareness--the ability to pick up on the emotions and experiences of other people.

TalentSmart has tested the... Читать дальше...

Mike McFaul, former U.S. Ambassador to Russia and MSNBC Contributor talks with Alex Witt on plans to end violence in Russia, and what that means for the country’s future with the United States.

Trabzonspor Antalyaspor ile karşı karşıya geldi. Spor Toto Süper Lig'in 16. haftasında Trabzonspor evinde ağırladığı Antalyaspor'u Cardozo, Mehmet Ekici ve MBia'nın golleriyle 3-0 mağlup ettiDevamı için tıklayınız

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There's a new most expensive private home in the world. 

A massive, newly built French Château in a 56-acre park near the palace of Versailles has just been purchased by an unnamed Middle Eastern buyer for €275 million (or roughly $299 million), according to Bloomberg.

Though it was built to look like a historic French monument, it's actually a new construction that was heavily inspired by 17th-century French design. The "several thousand square meters"... Читать дальше...

Courtesy of Smithsonian National Museum of American History.

It’s perhaps fitting that the man recognized as the father of the video game, that quintessential American invention, was a refugee from Hitler’s Germany.

“I had the misfortune of being born in a horrendous situation,” Ralph Baer told the Computer History Museum, of his birth to Jewish parents in 1922 in southwestern Germany.

When the Nazis came to power, they threw all Jewish students out of school, forcing him to seek employment at age 14. Читать дальше...

The last thing you need to be stressing about this week is what to eat for dinner.

Very few actors can point to one character or film to which they owe their entire career. But Anthony Daniels can. Since 1977, he's played and voiced one of the most integral characters to the "Star Wars" franchise: fan favorite droid C-3PO.