Remember caramel apples and marshmallow cereal treats? Before the tainted candy scares of the 1980s, many households handed out wholesome homemade sweets to trick-or-treaters. But food companies were quick to take advantage of parental jitters, churn ...
Posted Friday, October 30th 2015 at 10:34PM
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Everybody knows the secular holiday of Halloween. But not everybody knows it derives from a holy day, All Saints' Day on Nov. 1, which is followed by All Souls' day on Nov. 2.
The root word of Halloween - ''hallow'' - means ''holy.'' The suffix "e ...
Posted Thursday, October 29th 2015 at 11:24AM
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When Mariska Hargitay first played Detective (now Sergeant) Olivia Benson on NBC's Law & Order: Special Victims Unit in September 1999, Bill Clinton was president. Star Wars: Episode I, The Phantom Menace was in theaters. J.K. Rowling had just publis ...
Posted Thursday, October 29th 2015 at 9:53AM
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Your quick and dirty primer to contemporary African art.
One artist works with defunct weapons, transforming obsolete AK-47s and soldiers' boots into elaborate thrones and evocative masks. Another uses local textiles to explore the slippery groun ...
Posted Thursday, October 29th 2015 at 9:35AM
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Did you know that only 22 states require their public schools teach sexual education?
So where do teens turn when they aren't getting the information they want and need from their schools (or often parents)? For many, it's their local bookstore or ...
Posted Thursday, October 29th 2015 at 9:27AM
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A growing belly calls for a new wardrobe, and that can be a financial hassle for expectant moms.
So one company is offering a unique perk as part of its employee benefits package: Serious spending money for maternity clothes.
You get the "Hau ...
Posted Thursday, October 29th 2015 at 9:15AM
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Many Americans, especially children, eagerly await the arrival of Halloween this Saturday. I understand and respect that some of my readers choose not to participate in the tradition of the day. If that is you, I appreciate your convictions. However, ...
Posted Thursday, October 29th 2015 at 9:08AM
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After two years of marriage, Halle Berry and Olivier Martinez are headed for divorce. According to People source, “run its course,” adding: “They are keeping it amicable now. She is okay.”
“It is with a heavy heart that we have come to the decisio ...
Posted Thursday, October 29th 2015 at 9:03AM
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China's one-child policy
◾Introduced in 1979, the policy meant that many Chinese citizens - around a third, China claimed in 2007 - could not have a second child without incurring a fine
◾In rural areas, families were allowed to have ...
Posted Thursday, October 29th 2015 at 8:33AM
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BASEBALL FANS!
Kansas City
The Kansas City Royals didn't put off the number two win beating again The New York Mets in the World Series Games. The momentum was still royality and they played it well. Royal moves had them making good decisio ...
Posted Thursday, October 29th 2015 at 6:48AM
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BASEBALL FANS!
Kansas City
I'm feeling it!
It's off to the ball games of Game 1 World Series 2015. The players, if you haven't been in touch are Kansas City Royals vs The New York Mets. AND. ..At the game started with settling on working t ...
Posted Wednesday, October 28th 2015 at 7:14AM
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YOUR WORLD NEWS
DAY 27
October 2015
Chile
Although the National Day of Color was celebrated on October 22, 2015 the splendor of pink is vibrant and blooming in dry places. You'll find the pink exploding pr ...
Posted Tuesday, October 27th 2015 at 11:04AM
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VATICAN CITY — Any good compromise allows everyone to claim victory. And that is exactly what the document on family matters approved late Saturday by 270 bishops from around the world did.
But the conflicting interpretations — witnessed in headli ...
Posted Monday, October 26th 2015 at 10:11PM
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AMES, Iowa — Donald J. Trump, who is rarely at a loss for words, admitted “I don’t know what’s going on” when confronted by Ben Carson’s surge past him in early-voting Iowa, where Mr. Trump had led the Republican presidential field for months.
M ...
Posted Monday, October 26th 2015 at 9:57PM
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YOUR WORLD NEWS
DAY 26
October 2015
Northern Afghanistan
A 7.5 earthquake shook over the northern part of Afghanistan sending damages, fatalities and calamities on October 26, 2015. Over 150 deaths have occurred according to news medias. The ...
Posted Monday, October 26th 2015 at 2:27PM
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