SAVANNAH, Ga. (AP) — Leather boots, the hilts of swords — even a stray earring — were among the nearly 30,000 artifacts recovered this fall from the wreckage of the sunken ironclad Confederate…
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There's never a bad time to dive back into the archives and watch some good movies.
And if you have some time off around the start of the new year, this might be a good time to binge some modern-day classics.
With that in mind, I've come up with 20 essential titles from the past 15 years that you should reexamine or, if you've never seen them, delve into.
1. “Donnie Darko” (2001)
Newmarket FilmsJake Gyllenhaal was just starting to get on everyone's... Читать дальше...
This week marked the end of 2015, a year that yet again saw turmoil across the Middle East, Afghanistan and Pakistan. It also underscored the resilience of the people across the region and the…
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Smoke still billowed from The Address Downtown Hotel this morning, after a fire tore through it on New Year’s Eve. A hotel in Dubai is still giving off plumes of smoke this morning after a fire tore through it on New Year’s Eve.
Running back Matt Forte said before Christmas that he doesn’t have much hope of re-signing with the Bears once his contract expires at the end of the season, which makes it pretty likely that Sunday’s game against the Lions will be his last with the franchise. It’s been a good run for Forte, who has…
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One of the top-rated pizza places in Brooklyn on Foursquare is called Lucali.
The first time I went there for dinner a couple of months ago, I sat down at a table, picked up the menu, and felt my iPhone vibrate. It was Foursquare sending me a notification with one of the app’s millions of user-submitted tips.
“The calzone,” the tip read. “Ask for marinara with a huge amount of basil. Sex on a plate.”
I didn’t tell Foursquare that I had sat down for dinner at a pizza place I’d never been to before... Читать дальше...
England have only reached the semi-finals twice, and the quarter-finals twice in the tournament's history.
'Downton Abbey' is back Sunday for the start of its sixth and final season, but viewers will have to wait a few weeks to see Tom Branson return from America. In the meantime, we asked actor Allen Leech to play our trivia game “Branson or B.S.”
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MONTPELIER, Vermont - With an explosion in growth in the craft beer industry over the last decade, it's not enough to simply have a passion for brewing and beer when it comes to starting a brewery or working for one as the industry gets more competitive.
MONTPELIER, Vt. (AP) — With an explosion in growth in the craft beer industry over the last decade, it's not enough to simply have a passion for brewing and beer when it comes to starting a br…
Back then, a home brewer may have been able to create some great recipes but didn't have the business acumen so along the way hired staff to cover marketing, sales, the business operation, he said. Portland State University in Oregon started an online business of craft brewing program in 2013, with the first cohort filling up in the first week with around 40 people. The program costs about $4,400 for the two courses: one on the fundamentals of craft beer and a second course of students' choosing focused on digital marketing... Читать дальше...
NEW YORK (AP) — AT&T will no longer offer discounted phones with two-year contracts starting Jan. 8. Before you rush out to beat the deadline, consider that you might be better off paying …
NEW YORK (AP) — AT&T will no longer offer discounted phones with two-year contracts starting Jan. 8. Before you rush out to beat the deadline, consider that you might be better off paying …
In the third quarter, only 1 in 5 customers chose a contract plan when they signed up with AT&T or upgraded their phones. T-Mobile broke away from contracts completely nearly two years ago, and Verizon stopped offering contracts to new customers in August. Sprint CEO Marcelo Claure told The Associated Press in September that discounted, contract phones — including his company's — amount to a gimmick, a trick. [...] phone discounts mask the true costs of phones and phone services. Most people... Читать дальше...
In the third quarter, only 1 in 5 customers chose a contract plan when they signed up with AT&T or upgraded their phones. T-Mobile broke away from contracts completely nearly two years ago, and Verizon stopped offering contracts to new customers in August. Sprint CEO Marcelo Claure told The Associated Press in September that discounted, contract phones — including his company's — amount to a gimmick, a trick. [...] phone discounts mask the true costs of phones and phone services. Most people... Читать дальше...
Browns coach Mike Pettine knows some coaches are going to lose their jobs over this failure of a season. He’s just not sure if he’ll be one of them. Pettine isn’t willing to divulge what he’s discussed with Browns owner Jimmy Haslam, but it’s safe to say that if Haslam doesn’t fire Pettine, Pettine will…
Joey Ryan's weaponized penis just got more dangerous. Watch him use his naughty bits to flip five other pro wrestlers during the Season's Beatings show Dec. 27 in St Neots, England.
Ryan previously showed off his mighty member during a November show in Japan against one opponent, but this group-grab takedown takes it to a whole new level.
"That's pure man strength!" the announcer bellows.
Nope, this isn't your dad's pro wrestling.
Put 'er there, pal. Читать дальше...
Amendments to the Media Law limiting foreigners' share in Russian media outlets to 20% took effect on Jan. 1
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2016 will be filled with lots of streaming viewing options.
Highlights include new releases like "Goosebumps" and "Black Mass;" titles that never get old like "Dazed and Confused," and "Serpico;" as well as new seasons of TV shows like "Workaholics," "New Girl," "The Bachelor," and the premiere of the final season of "American Idol."
All the new movie and TV titles are below. We've highlighted in bold some titles we think are worth checking out.
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At the start of WWI the armies of Europe were stunned by the casualties inflicted by advances in weaponry. The machine gun alone mowed down thousands during the first months of the war. Artillery barrages rained exploding shrapnel down on the unprotected heads. In February 1915, the French army introduced a steel skullcap that gave its soldiers their first defense against the deadly shells.
Social activist Anna Hazare dashed off another letter to Prime Minister Narendra Modi, reminding him of his unfulfilled poll promises and said there is "no visible difference" between his government and the previous Congress- led UPA regime.
A woman was struck by a vehicle while running along the Rose Parade route early Friday morning.
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