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College fires professor accused of giving Nazi salute
New York Post - 25 Jan 2019 07:59
HARTFORD, Conn. -- A community college fired a business professor Thursday accused of comparing education officials to Nazis by shouting in German and giving a Nazi salute for more than 10 minutes at a faculty and admini...
Republic Day in India 2019: Join a great big constitution party
CNN - 25 Jan 2019 05:04
India is the world's largest democracy, and it's serious about its constitution. The country pulls out all the stops to celebrate its remarkable achievement in self-governing each Republic Day.
Everest Fraud Leads Insurers to Threaten a Boycott
The New York Times - 25 Jan 2019 08:43
An elaborate scheme centered on helicopter rescues from Everest and nearby peaks has defrauded insurance companies of millions of dollars.
Who Needs a Paycheck Anyway?
The New York Times - 25 Jan 2019 02:21
The shutdown reveals the administration's callous elitism.
Someone "Bought a Holiday" on Vanderpump Rules. You Can Do That?
Slate - 25 Jan 2019 15:01
Early on in this week's episode of Vanderpump Rules, the Bravo series that chronicles the lives and loves of the staff at a Los Angeles restaurant, Tom Sandoval stands behind the bar, serving a drink to his boss, Lisa Va...
How To Quit Your Job Without Burning Any Bridges
Forbes - 25 Jan 2019 18:01
The goal is to depart amicably on a positive note, so that you can maintain future relationships with everyone throughout your career.
California GOP lawmaker becomes a Democrat, leaving just 19 Republicans in the state Assembly
The Week - 25 Jan 2019 05:05
And then there were 19. California Assemblyman Brian Maienschein, re-elected in November as a Republican in the 77th district, announced on Thursday that he has switched parties and is now a Democrat. "Leaving the Republ...
Patriotic or racist? Trump's Make America Great Again hats have become a hot-button issue
USA Today - 25 Jan 2019 04:28George Conway Hails Chuck Schumer For Getting 'Dim-Witted' Trump To Own Shutdown
The Huffington Post - 25 Jan 2019 03:52
Trump took the bait, chortles White House aide Kellyanne Conway's husband.
Stone's stunning indictment is huge moment in Russia probe
CNN - 25 Jan 2019 17:12
The indictment and arrest of longtime Donald Trump associate Roger Stone Friday morning in Florida fills in a big missing piece of the emerging picture that special counsel Robert Mueller is painting: The Trump campaign ...
Taliban names cofounder as head of political office in Qatar
Al Jazeera English - 25 Jan 2019 05:03
Appointment of Abdul Ghani Baradar comes as talks with the US to end 17-year Afghan war appear to gain momentum.
White House Memo: A 'Let Them Eat Cake' Shutdown? Democrats Make the Most of an Administration's Missteps
The New York Times - 25 Jan 2019 04:47
Democrats are making the most of fumbling shutdown statements made by members of an administration stocked with billionaires.
Man says being attacked by pit bulls is 'like getting eaten alive'
New York Post - 25 Jan 2019 04:40
"It’s literally like getting eaten alive." That’s the description that North Carolina resident Dontre Davis gave after being asked by a reporter what it was like to be attacked by a pit bull -- just weeks after he wa...
Iranian Anchorwoman Says the U.S. Jailed Her as a Warning
Time - 25 Jan 2019 04:21
U.S.-born Marzieh Hashemi says she was jailed for her journalism and her beliefs
Report: Security officials rejected Kushner's top secret clearance, but were overruled
The Week - 25 Jan 2019 04:19
Two career White House security specialists rejected Jared Kushner's application for a top-secret security clearance, but a supervisor dismissed their recommendation and approved it, two people with knowledge of the matt...
The Sum of Some Global Fears
The New York Times - 25 Jan 2019 01:30
Setting the table for a smorgasbord recession.
Will the Tide Ever Turn on Breastfeeding?
Slate - 25 Jan 2019 20:01
In the early 1990s, major professional societies--including the American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists, the American College of Physicians, and the American Heart Association--recommended hormone replacement...
"48 Hours" explores new developments in 1983 Chino Hills killings
CBSNews - 25 Jan 2019 17:15
New DNA evidence could impact the future of an inmate who has been on death row for more than 35 years. Kevin Cooper was convicted of the 1983 Chino Hills massacre in California that left four people dead and an 8-year-o...
Central African Republic soccer boss appears at global court
Miami Herald - 25 Jan 2019 17:13
The chief of Central African Republic's soccer federation appeared at the International Criminal Court on Friday for the first time since he was arrested late last year in France on …
Roger Stone indictment: Top takeaways from the 24-page report
USA Today - 25 Jan 2019 17:10U.S. diplomats leave Caracas embassy as Washington backs Maduro rival
Reuters - 25 Jan 2019 17:10
Some U.S. diplomats left the embassy in Caracas for the airport on Friday in a convoy escorted by police, according to a Reuters witness, after Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro broke off relations with Washington and ...
Everyone's Riding the Wave of This Extremely Wild Rice Photo. Here's the Huge Prank's Origin Story
Time - 25 Jan 2019 17:07
As you might have witnessed, a picture of a young man flipping a “massive wave” of delicious-looking fried rice in a pan took the internet by storm. The rice in the screenshot of a YouTube prank video was totally art...