Will Fine Dining Start Asking for the Money Up Front?
Is there any other simple transaction that has so many opportunities for deception as making a restaurant reservation? In the case of fashionable places, merely getting a reservation within a month of...
View Article'The Wizard of Oz' Dazzled Audiences 75 Years Ago Today
Whimsical classic The Wizard of Oz premiered 75 years ago Saturday at Grauman’s Chinese Theater in Hollywood, where thousands of fans lined the streets hoping for a glimpse of Judy Garland or Toto the...
View ArticleUkraine Foreign Minister Calls on NATO, EU to Give Military Support
Ukrainian Foreign Minister Pavlo Klimkin called on NATO and the European Union to provide military support for Ukrainian troops fighting pro-Russian separatists and said the Western military alliance...
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Quora Question: Has the Obama Administration Destroyed the Relationship With...
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A Scot at Harvard: Lessons of the Beautiful Game
If America’s post-World-Cup love affair with soccer survives well into next year, Harvard Business School may have to put out some more chairs for its program titled the Business of Entertainment,...
View ArticleAmid Protests, Missouri Governor Orders Curfew in Ferguson
Missouri Gov. Jay Nixon declared a state of emergency in the town of Ferguson on Saturday, following a week of protests surrounding the fatal shooting of unarmed 18-year-old Michael Brown on August 9....
View ArticleKiev Says Separatists Shot Down Ukranian Warplane
Pro-Russian separatists shot down a Ukrainian warplane in eastern Ukraine overnight into Sunday while at least 10 civilians were killed in fighting involving artillery and mortar in the rebel-held city...
View ArticleKurdish Militants Train Hundreds of Yazidis to Fight Islamic State
Kurdish militants have trained hundreds of Yazidi volunteers at several camps inside Syria to fight Islamic State forces in Iraq, a member of the armed Kurdish YPG and a Reuters photographer who...
View ArticleIsrael Warns Hamas of 'Harsh Strikes' if Fighting Starts
GAZA/JERUSALEM (Reuters) - Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said on Sunday any deal on Gaza's future had to meet Israel's security needs, warning Hamas it faced "harsh strikes" if it resumed firing...
View ArticleEbola Out of Control: Quarantines, Hunger and Death in Liberia
BOYA Liberia/DAKAR (Reuters) - To try to control the Ebola epidemic spreading through West Africa, Liberia has quarantined remote villages at the epicenter of the virus, evoking the "plague villages"...
View ArticleFantasy Football Ate My Soul: The Draft Just Blew Me Away
I spent more time picking my fantasy football team’s name than I did on my draft strategy.Fantasy football is the least interesting of all the fantasy sports, takes the least talent and knowledge and...
View ArticleRick Perry Defends Himself Against Two Felony Charges
On Friday, Rick Perry was indicted by a grand jury on two felony charges for abuse of power. Speaking in Austin on Saturday, his first public statement since the indictment, Perry called the...
View ArticleGadget Lust: Dream Ice Cream Maker Lets You Churn Out 31,000 Flavors
Having a home ice-cream machine is devilry enough, tempting one to arterial assaults in the wee hours when one rightly ought to be counting free-range sheep and firing up the negative ion generator....
View ArticleJustice Department to Conduct Independent Autopsy of Michael Brown
U.S. Attorney General Eric Holder on Sunday ordered the Justice Department to conduct an autopsy of Michael Brown, the unarmed black teenager shot and killed by a white police officer in Ferguson,...
View ArticleMissouri Gov. Nixon Upset With Michael Brown Video Release
The office of Missouri Governor Jay Nixon was unaware that a video of the late Michael Brown—the 18-year-old black teen whose death last Saturday has spawned over a week of protests and riots—had been...
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After Death, Don’t Mourn, Digitize With Sites Like Eterni.me
Can the Internet let you live forever? Johnny Depp tried it in the box-office bomb Transcendence, and now a new website suggests you “simply become immortal.” Eterni.me, a startup launched early this...
View ArticleColumbia Overhauls Sexual Assault Policy, But Activists Say It’s Not Enough
Following months of student outcry regarding campus handling of sexual assault, Columbia University has unveiled a new gender-based misconduct policy. Thankfully, it does more than simply canceling a...
View ArticleUkraine Says Troops Make Breakthrough in Crushing Rebels
KIEV/DONETSK Ukraine (Reuters) - Ukrainian forces have raised their national flag over a police station in the city of Luhansk which was for months under rebel control, Kiev said on Sunday, in what...
View ArticleQuora Question: How Can I Improve My Focus?
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View ArticleNo Response to Calls for Ceasefire in Libyan Capital
Libyan factions traded gunfire and shells in various parts of Tripoli on Sunday, ignoring international appeals for a ceasefire to end more than a month of fighting.The struggle in the capital is part...
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