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Where did our editor Paula Froelich get her gorgeous gold Fulani earrings?

A military golf course, hotel and skeet range are among the 21 facilities that will be given up across Europe in connection with a Pentagon review aimed at shedding excess infrastructure on the Continent, the Pentagon announced Friday. Every major installation in Europe, however, survived the cuts.

SLEEP (Courtesy: LKF Hotel) It’s a Scene One of Hong Kong’s trendiest hotels, the LKF Hotel is located between two of Hong Kong’s most happening nightlife locales, Lan Kwai Fong and Wyndham Road/Hollywood Road. Rooms are spacious, especially for a city where space is at a premium (they start at 500 square feet), and have city views, Aeron desk chairs, and a ton of natural light. Central Station is also a short walk away. 33 Wyndham Street, Central From $310 per night   (Courtesy: W Hong Kong) Perfect... Читать дальше...

From September 1989 to August 1991, Leszek Balcerowicz served as deputy prime minister and finance minister in Tadeusz Mazowiecki's administration, which was Eastern Europe's first noncommunist government since the end of World War II. He held those positions again from October 1997 to June 2000.

.share-print{margin-right: 135px !important;}Share this:—PrintSan Francisco police have arrested a man in connection with Tuesday’s slaying in the Potrero Hill neighborhood. Police responded to a ShotSpotter activation at a public housing complex on Turner Terrace at around 9:20 p.m. and found Derrick Whitfield, 23, of San Francisco suffering from multiple gunshot wounds to the head and torso, officials said. Whitfield died at San Francisco General Hospital. On Thursday, police arrested Rodney Williams... Читать дальше...

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This waterfront yurt is surprisingly modern inside. (Courtesy: HomeAway)

.share-print{margin-right: 135px !important;}Share this:—PrintA van belonging to musician Sean Lennon’s band was burglarized this week in San Francisco’s Hayes Valley neighborhood. Lennon, the son of the late ex-Beatle John Lennon and Yoko Ono, posted to Instagram a picture of a smashed window on his van: Lennon, who plays guitar and composes for the band The Ghost of a Saber Tooth Tiger, said the break-in happened Wednesday. The burglar stole a laptop belonging to percussionist Connor Grant, who... Читать дальше...

After a wave swept a Navy helicopter and two pilots off the flight deck of a destroyer in the Red Sea last year, early reports described a freak accident caused by a “rogue wave.” But a recently released investigation points to the speed of the ship as it changed course, and the admiral overseeing the report has faulted the ship’s commander for the accident.

The twice-delayed expansion of the U.S. military’s future flagship installation in South Korea — so large that officials have likened it to building a small city — is on track to be completed in 2016-17, according to a top Army official.

After Roland Emmerich missed the mark with Godzilla in 1998, we had reason to be skeptical of Gareth Edwards’ new remake. Fxguide’s Mike Seymour goes inside the special effects behind the latest incarnation, in which effects company MPC designed the largest Godzilla yet, featuring an animalistic appearance with anthropomorphized traits.

After Roland Emmerich missed the mark with Godzilla in 1998, we had reason to be skeptical of Gareth Edwards’ new remake. Fxguide’s Mike Seymour goes inside the special effects behind the latest incarnation, in which effects company MPC designed the largest Godzilla yet, featuring an animalistic appearance with anthropomorphized traits.

Russian Culture Minister Vladimir Medinsky's primary motive is to curry favor with Vladimir Putin. As Putin has shifted gears to a more conservative, anti-Western, and isolationist outlook, scores of his aggressive loyalists have followed the new trend.

The status quo is likely to prevail in this week’s European Parliament election, but euroskeptic parties could do just well enough to improve their fortunes in national elections in coming years, writes Darrell Delamaide.

If that hipster cousin of yours needs help with finding travel tips “you probably haven’t heard of,” we suggestMeanwhile & Elsewhere , the blog for Hotels We Love . The dapper-looking site offers in-the-know suggestions for lodgings, shopping, and activities that you might not find in a mainstream travel guide. Hotels We Love also offers a “Think” section to help you get a taste of the local culture before you go.

High, open-beam ceilings draw the eye up, a giant wall of 1861 label wine draws the eye over, and minimalistic clusters of rustic furniture draw crowds through with ease. [...] that's not cheap, though each flight offers five different wines, with the $40 taste scoring extras of Zinfandel port and chocolate, and the $50 taste bringing limited releases like the 240-case, 2008 Stone Man Cabernet Sauvignon ($100). Yet even at the $20 level, the host pulled out the stops, adding in an extra taste of the 2012 Limited Dr. Читать дальше...

.share-print{margin-right: 135px !important;}Share this:—PrintThere are Zodiac Killer theories and books by the trainload, but few have generated as much heat and noise as “The Most Dangerous Animal of All,” published last week — or spun a tale with as much twisted extra value. That value is a sleazy sex scandal involving the latest suspect. Several such scandals, actually. And there’s also this: The frenzy going on right now by amateur Zodiac sleuths all over the country trying to blow holes in... Читать дальше...

From Hawaii to Florida. The Associated Press has ranked America's top ten beaches. Which ones will you plan a beach vacation to this summer?

New mental health screening that supporters say could help stem the high rate of military suicides or even stop shooting rampages passed the House on Thursday as part of the massive 2015 defense budget.