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Retired police officer's holiday 'ruined' after travel agent accidentally ticks 'yes' to visa question: 'Have you ever engaged in terrorist activities?'

[Cross-posted at Hatewatch.]

"It's important to get history right."

So quoth Jeffrey Lord, the conservative CNN analyst, earlier this week during a noteworthy exchange with liberal commentator Van Jones. The comment was noteworthy because -- in stark contrast to his own admonition -- Lord had tried peddling an up-is-down, reality-inverted version of history in that segment (and on CNN the day before), namely, his claim (while attempting to defend Donald Trump for his refusal to disavow... Читать дальше...

In a major move, prominent modern art dealers Larry Gagosian and John Berggruen are opening galleries side by side in old brick buildings across the street from the new Howard Street entrance to the San Francisco Museum of Modern Art. Gagosian, an international name in modern and contemporary art, confirmed by phone that he has leased the storefront of Crown Point Press. Berggruen will take over a vacant space on the corner of Howard and Hawthorne, and will close his flagship on Grant Avenue... Читать дальше...

Married life looks pretty good on Jennifer Aniston. The 47-year-old actress wed Justin Theroux, the 44-year-old star of HBO's The Leftovers, in August 2015. This marks the...

Wars and chaos in the Middle East will not end until Saudi Arabia and Iran can find a way to "share the neighborhood" and make some kind of peace, U.S. President Barack Obama said in a magazine interview released on Thursday. "The competition between the Saudis and the Iranians, which has helped to feed proxy wars and chaos in Syria and Iraq and Yemen, requires us to say to our friends, as well as to the Iranians, that they need to find an effective way to share the neighborhood and institute some sort of cold peace," Obama told The Atlantic.

The proposal by Chantier Davie Canada Inc. has the potential to undercut one pillar of the national shipbuilding strategy

“This body is made for being bold, powerful, and sexy,” model Ashley Graham says in the latest commercial for Lane Bryant’s #ThisBody campaign. But, apparently, certain major television networks aren’t of the belief that #ThisBody was even made to be seen.

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This looks like the start of something great.

“10 Cloverfield Lane” is a sequel to 2008’s unexpected hit “Cloverfield.” It's not a duplication, nor is it exactly a continuation. Instead, it's the moment a franchise finds out exactly what it wants to be.

It's easy enough to recommend, but much harder to explain without giving the fun stuff away. What you need to know is that the film follows Michelle (Mary Elizabeth Winstead), a woman who leaves her fiancé, gets in a car crash, and ends up in a bunker. Читать дальше...

The elderly man can only recall his name as Roger Curry but has no other ID

Alex Butler
HOUSTON, March 10 (UPI) -- After stepping up as a back-up quarterback for the Green Bay Packers in one 2012 start, Matt Flynn hit pay dirt.

The 11-year-old was injured in a hit and run.

When will Butler play for Bullls?

The board of the cash-strapped Transbay Joint Powers Authority struck a deal Thursday with a developer willing to pay $160 million for a key parcel of land near the transit center, money that is badly needed to finance the first phase of the $2.1 billion facility at First and Mission streets. Development group F4 Transbay Partners plans to build a mixed-use tower with upward of 300 hotel rooms, 200 residential units and as much as 425,000 square feet of office space. The tentative agreement, which... Читать дальше...

“When I masturbated the first time I cried and told my mom.” All confessions courtesy of Whisper.

McDonald’s workers are taking their fight for higher wages to court. A labor hearing involving McDonald’s and several of its franchisees began Thursday in New York City.In the the case against the company, employees argue that McDonald’s corporate is responsible for the workplace policies enforced by franchisees. If workers prevail, it would pave the way for them to unionize, and to negotiate with the company for higher wages and better ...

Nearly three million boxes of frozen DiGiorno pizzas, Stouffer's lasagnas and Lean Cuisine meals are being recalled after customers said they found pieces of glass in their food

Alberta's Kevin Koe and Brad Gushue of Newfoundland and Labrador joined Northern Ontario's Brad Jacobs in the playoff mix at the Tim Hortons Brier on Thursday. Manitoba's Mike McEwen waited until the evening to claim the fourth and final spot to guarantee that there would be a new champion this year.

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New JK Rowling stories shift the focus from Hogwarts across the pond, landing in the New World with 'History of Magic in North America.'

Are state-owned enterprises so much worse than QE or negative interest rates, asks Joe Zhang

Sometimes a dominant quarter is all a team needs, even in the state tournament.

Sometimes a dominant quarter is all a team needs, even in the state tournament.

Holmen High School’s Family Career and Community Leaders of America team competed against area schools at the regional competition held at Western Technical College late last month.

The inaugural Hilltopper Rotary Spring Gala will be held at The Court Above Main in La Crosse on Thursday, March 31. The event is a fundraiser for the Onalaska School Gardens.

The West Salem Historical Society will hold its annual auction Tuesday, March 15, after the society’s regular meeting at 7 p.m.