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 t ...
Posted Thursday, October 29th 2015 at 9:03AM
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Niya Kenny took the pledge I am my sister’s keeper literally when she stepped in to defend her classmate while she was being dragged across the floor by Officer Ben Fields. Her act of bravery landed her in jail on a “disturbing school” charge.
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Posted Thursday, October 29th 2015 at 8:59AM
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Richland County Sheriff Leon Lott has fired Officer Ben Fields.1 In the past 24 hours, nearly 90,000 ColorOfChange members took action demanding local officials hold Officer Fields fully accountable, and today your powerful voices were heard — in p ...
Posted Thursday, October 29th 2015 at 8:45AM
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Today's Talking Points
GOP candidates faced off on CNBC. Donald Trump may be a lot more tweetable than other candidates, but Twitter declared Sen. Marco Rubio and his “presidential vibe” the winner.
•Carly Fiorina proved that she has a ...
Posted Thursday, October 29th 2015 at 8:37AM
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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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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 he ...
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 mo ...
Posted Monday, October 26th 2015 at 9:57PM
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The paintball scene from the cinematic gem, "Grumpy Cat's Worst Congress Ever". All credit/blame go to House Republicans.
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Posted Sunday, October 25th 2015 at 4:33PM
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He's out.
Vice President Joe Biden announced on Wednesday that he will not run for president, ending months of will-he-won't-he speculation over whether or not he would launch a bid for the nation's highest office.
Biden made the announcement i ...
Posted Saturday, October 24th 2015 at 11:07AM
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"Don't give up, parents. You know your kids better than anyone. I've finally become a seasoned advocate for my ADHD son. It just took a dozen IEP meetings to get here. It's taken 12 years of IEP meetings, being kicked in the shins by administrators, ...
Posted Saturday, October 24th 2015 at 10:34AM
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God is love. He is perfect, and His love for us is perfect. There is nothing you can do right now to make God love you more, and there’s nothing you can do to make Him love you any less. His love toward you is steadfast; it’s unchanging. His arms ...
Posted Saturday, October 24th 2015 at 10:13AM
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Plainclothes officer Randolph Holder and his partner were responding to the claim of a stolen bike when he was killed trying to detain the suspect.
An NYPD officer was shot and killed yesterday in Harlem, New York as he was trying to track down a ...
Posted Wednesday, October 21st 2015 at 7:55PM
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A TODDLER hangs off the back of a super-sized pit bull - that could snap a man's arm with a SINGLE bite. But despite being a banned breed in the UK, breeders Marlon and Lisa Grennan say monster dog 'the Hulk' is 100 per cent trusted with their young ...
Posted Tuesday, October 20th 2015 at 1:19PM
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Man vs dog: You'd have to be barking mad to try and face off with a police dog named Chaos, yet that's exactly what one Pennsylvanian did on September 15 during a DUI stop.
Online court records reveal that that 26-year-old James Paul Andrews, of C ...
Posted Tuesday, October 20th 2015 at 1:10PM
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Britney Melchor thought she'd have another normal day on the job at the Marysville, California, 911 center. But in late May, her husband called 911 saying their 14-month-old son was choking. Watch to see how it all happened. For more information plea ...
Posted Tuesday, October 20th 2015 at 1:04PM
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Third-grader Zach Furman saw his classmate choking while they were on a class picnic in Minnesota a couple weeks ago. He tells CNN affiliate KARE the boy looked pale and was making the choking sign, so he jumped in and performed the Heimlich maneuver ...
Posted Tuesday, October 20th 2015 at 1:00PM
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While you may not know the name LaWanda Page, you probably know Aunt Esther, the character on the hit TV series Sanford & Son, with comedian Redd Foxx. Page, who played Aunt Ester, always went bac and forth with Foxx’s character Fred Sanford. She w ...
Posted Tuesday, October 20th 2015 at 12:06PM
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RT Correspondent Meghan Lopez have been investigating the truth behind synthetic marijuana, where it's coming from and why it is so dangerous. In part three, we take a closer look at how easy it is to buy these drugs despite federal and local regulat ...
Posted Tuesday, October 20th 2015 at 11:53AM
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