Kalashnikov and Me: The Steve Jobs of Weaponry Kept It Simple
MOSCOW -- Mikhail Kalashnikov was a tiny man with a giant name. His eyes were impish, his voice surprisingly squeaky, and the giant general’s hat he wore made him seem even more pixie-like than he was....
View ArticleThe Best, Worst, and Weirdest in Sports, 2013
JANUARYRing in the New YearEven though the calendar read January 1, South Carolina defensive end Jadeveon Clowney applies the most ferocious hit 2013 would witness with his backfield blowup of Michigan...
View ArticleWhen It Comes to Breast Cancer, Don’t Take Angelina Jolie’s Advice
When it comes to breast cancer, don’t do as Angelina Jolie suggests. The actress told the world in May she had had both breasts removed because she discovered she was carrying a rare gene that put her...
View ArticleNew Ad Puts Spotlight on India’s Would-Be Rapists
A film school in India has created an ad urging men to “think, reflect, act” to mark the one-year anniversary of the violent gang-rape and subsequent death of a young New Delhi woman.The horrific...
View ArticleMothers Beg Their Terrorist Children to Come Home for Christmas
Beneath their tough actions and grim faces, do guerrilla fighters love their mothers?This Christmas, the Colombian government will find out. Mothers of mercenaries are being used to appeal to their...
View ArticleInside the Greatest Upset in Sports History
For four years, Mike Tyson had been terrorizing boxing’s heavyweight division, beating opponents so quickly and brutally that many fighters seemed afraid to get in the ring with him. Considered by many...
View Article15 Profound Thoughts About Toys
Remember your favorite toy from childhood – the gift you asked Santa for that appeared magically and is still a treasured memory? Or the coveted present you never got, and the emptiness that lingers?...
View ArticleOpening of Salami Museum Offers Spicy Slice of Italian Life
Do you love salami? Ever thought of it as a work of art?A new museum in central Italy's food valley thinks it is and is out to tell the world.It has a high-sounding name: MUSA, as in muse of taste,...
View ArticleA Junkie for Santa: Holidays Are Addicting!
It’s possible that the winter holidays turn all of us into Yuletide believers by making us addicts — albeit the kind that probably gets by just fine, and doesn’t have to resort to breaking into cars or...
View ArticleThe Predictive Power of Big Data
The following is an excerpt from Uncharted: Big Data as a Lens on Human Culture, by Erez Aiden and Jean-Baptiste Michel.In computer science, the unit used to measure information is the bit, short for...
View ArticleThe Best, Worst, and Weirdest in Sports, 2013: Part 2
Greatest Sports Moments, Part 1 - January/FebruaryMARCH Yankee Doodles (Cont.)New York Yankee general manager Brian Cashman, arguably the most aptly-named man in sports, breaks his right fibula and...
View ArticleTown Digs Out of Volcano's Destruction, Stronger But Dustier
Irma Mancilla heard a dozen minute explosions. Then, it all went dark. The pop-pop-pop! she heard was from burning rocks tearing through the party balloons outside her house – they were for her...
View ArticleIn Salvaging Cold War Industries, Russia Trains Eyes on Space
BAIKONUR, Kazakhstan (Reuters) - From rocket-shaped playground equipment to faded murals of cosmonauts, mementos of the heyday of Soviet space exploration are scattered around this sandswept town that...
View ArticleEgyptian Police Arrest Brotherhood Supporters Under Anti-Terror Laws
CAIRO (Reuters) - Egypt escalated its crackdown on the Muslim Brotherhood on Thursday, detaining at least 16 of the group's supporters on charges of belonging to a terrorist organization the day after...
View ArticleThe Twilight Zone: Burmese Teens Buck Authority to Party
Htoo Aein Lwin stood with half a dozen other teenage boys outside the Black and White coffee bar in Yangon waiting to party. It was only 5 p.m., not even dinner time for most Burmese, but the party was...
View ArticleThe Best, Worst and Weirdest in Sports, 2013: Part 3
Part 1 - January/FebruaryPart 2 - March/AprilMAYO! Susannah!CSN Chicago reporter Susannah Collins, filing a live report outside the Chicago Blackhawks locker room before the first game of the Stanley...
View ArticleThe End of Italian Opera: Will They Wait for the Fat Lady to Sing?
Last month, staff at Catania’s opera house staged a funeral in suitably operatic fashion, carrying a coffin through the center of the packed auditorium. The performance wasn’t a dramatic staging idea:...
View ArticleThe New Year Brings New Hope Immigration Will Finally Be Fixed
Will 2014 be the year for immigration reform? Reform activists began 2013 full of hope that Republicans and Democrats would come together to pass legislation after years of failed attempts. But when...
View ArticleWorld Powers, Iran To Resume Nuclear Talks On December 30
BRUSSELS (Reuters) - Nuclear experts from Iran and six world powers will resume talks on how to roll out last month's landmark deal on Monday in Geneva, hoping to resolve numerous technical issues...
View ArticleThe Best, Worst and Weirdest in Sports, 2013: Part 4
Part 1 - January/FebruaryPart 2 - March/AprilPart 3 - May/JuneJULYWill You Be Headed to Brazil for the World Cup?In Brazil, which will host the World Cup in the summer of 2014, a referee at an amateur...
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