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In Honor of the Super Bowl, the 16 Most Superb Owls of All Time
For the sake of argument, let’s pretend for a moment we’re owls. I’m an owl. Great! Nice soft feathers for quiet flying, a predilection for the eventide and dope night vision. Also wisdom. Loads. Let’s...
View ArticleRussia: It’s Time for Regime Change
Although “regime change” has become a dirty phrase, the best thing that could happen to Russia, its neighbors and the world would be a change from Vladimir Putin’s brand of strongman authoritarianism...
View ArticleFighting Between Al-Qaeda and Western-Backed Syrian Rebels Spreads
BEIRUT (Reuters) - Fighting between the Syrian arm of al Qaeda and Western-backed rebels in northern Syria spread from Aleppo province into neighboring Idlib on Friday, the rebel group and an...
View ArticleVenezuela Confirms Shooting Down Small Civilian Plane Near Aruba
CARACAS (Reuters) - Venezuela said on Friday it shot down a civilian plane after it ignored communications off its Caribbean coast near the island of Aruba, but denied any violation of international...
View ArticleHow the CIA Took Down Hezbollah's Top Terrorist, Imad Mugniyah
Before there was Osama Bin Laden, there was Imad Mugniyah, Hezbollah’s terrorist mastermind.He was called the "father of smoke," because he disappeared like a wisp after engineering his spectacular...
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The Man Who Fought His Way Back From A Coma
“My thought was I must fight this, otherwise I’m dead. Lying in bed, I’m thinking I need to focus on what it’s all about. My thoughts are jumbled but my physical being, it’s . . . precise.”Ten years...
View ArticleNewsweeks Past: The Challenge of Automation
In 1965, America found itself facing a new industrial revolution. The rapid evolution of computers provoked enormous excitement and considerable dread as captains of industry braced themselves for the...
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Libraries Dust Off Quiet Image With Innovations
These aren’t your grandmother’s libraries. Well, they are, but they’re tackling projects that would have been inconceivable two or three decades ago. On Friday, the Knight Foundation announced the...
View ArticleIf We All Eat Meat, We’re Doomed
A growing body of evidence shows the impact that unsustainable levels of meat consumption – particularly of meats like beef and lamb – have on the planet.As shown in a recent Chatham House report, the...
View ArticleQ&A: Director Sacha Jenkins on Hip-Hop Doc “Fresh Dressed”
When it comes to clothing, being fresh-dressed is close to godliness. At least, that’s what director Sacha Jenkins posits in his new documentary about the evolution of hip-hop through fashion, Fresh...
View ArticleTens of Thousands Rally for Spain's Podemos Before Elections
Tens of thousands marched in Madrid on Saturday in the biggest show of support yet for anti-austerity party Podemos, whose surging popularity and policies have drawn comparisons with Greece's new...
View ArticleBritish Health Worker Tested for Ebola After Needle Injury
A British military healthcare worker was flown back to England from Sierra Leone on Saturday following a needle-stick injury sustained while treating a person with Ebola, the Public Health England...
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Reclaiming the Prophet Muhammad in Iran
A new film about the Prophet Muhammad is slotted to have its debut this Sunday at the Fajr International Film Festival in Tehran. Directed by Majid Majidi, the biopic’s cost has exceeded $30 million,...
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Faroe Islands Takes Nordic Cuisine to the Limits
I remember the potato. It had looked so ordinary, its bland familiarity a comforting contrast to the spread of unusual delicacies that greeted me upon my arrival in the Faroe Islands, the remote...
View ArticleAmerica’s Saddest Fan Is Attending Every Knicks Game
Last spring, Dennis Doyle left his mind-numbing job as a lawyer and committed to a once in a lifetime project: He would go and see every single game his favorite team, the New York Knicks, were playing...
View ArticleUkraine, Rebels Hold Fresh Peace Talks as Fighting Rages
Ukrainian and Russian representatives and separatist envoys met in a new round of peace talks on Saturday as fighting between Kiev's forces and the Russian-backed rebels raged on in Ukraine's east,...
View ArticleGermany Rejects Idea of Greece Debt Writedown
BERLIN/HELSINKI (Reuters) - German Chancellor Angela Merkel ruled out a debt writedown for Greece on Saturday, and a European Central Bank policymaker threatened to cut off funding to Greek banks if...
View ArticleFive Years After Citizens United, Signs of a Backlash
In the five years since the Citizens United decision was handed down, there has been plenty of evidence to document the magnitude of the flow of dark money and the effects it has had on American...
View ArticleIs Pakistan Really Cracking Down on Terrorism?
Many have called it a game-changer. On December 16, gunmen loyal to the Pakistani Taliban attacked a military school in Peshawar, killing 148 people. Most of the victims were children, and many were...
View ArticleThe Israel Air Force and the Americans Who Helped Make It
“With my last name, people are always throwing film ideas at me,” producer Nancy Spielberg says. “But when I read Al Schwimmer’s obituary, who some people call the godfather of the Israeli air force, I...
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