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Spirits are associated with confidence and red wine is linked to relaxation – and researchers hope findings will help people consider alcohol’s emotional effects While indulging in booze can inspire cheerful merrymaking in some, for others it can lead to a tearful journey to the bottom of the glass. Now researchers say the emotions people feel when drinking could be linked to their tipple of choice. An international survey has revealed that spirits are often associated with feelings of energy, confidence and sexiness – but on the flip-side anger and tearfulness – while red wine is the drink most commonly...

NORFOLK, Va. (WAVY) – The mother of a Norfolk student turned to 10 On Your Side after she was charged by police. “I tried to be fair, but it’s not fair,” said Sarah Sims. “There is nothing fair about this.” In late September, Sims says she had enough. She tells 10 On Your Side her 9-year-old daughter was getting bullied at Ocean View Elementary. She says repeated calls and emails to the school went un-returned. “The thing that bothers me the most is that I am yet to get a response from anyone in the administration,” Sims added.

Boys and girls are driven by biology to play with toys that are traditionally aimed at their own gender, according to a new study. The research found that an innate drive pushes boys to prefer trucks and cars and aggressive toys such as guns or toy soldiers. A similar inbuilt instinct may be the reason why girls have always liked to play with dolls, cosmetics or toys based on domestic life, it said. But the impact of feminism on parents, advertising and media may be a reason why girls have been less keen on dolls, make-up and kitchen toys in...

Thanksgiving is the time for family and friends to sit around a table and enjoy some really good food. But everything doesn't always go plan, as these photos show.

The student who was caught passionately kissing former First Daughter Malia Obama before the Harvard-Yale football game on Saturday is a British import, DailyMail.com can exclusively reveal. Rory Farquharson was head boy at one of England's most prestigious schools before deciding to continue his studies at the Ivy League university, where he is now in his sophomore year. The 20-year-old posted a picture of himself at the Cambridge, Massachusetts, school last fall with the three simple words: 'So it begins.' But Farquharson couldn't have known the international media storm that would begin when he made out with President Barack Obama's...

The former director of the Office of Government Ethics filed a complaint with a federal watchdog over White House counselor Kellyanne Conway's comments on the Alabama Senate race, saying Conway could have violated a law that forbids federal employees from using their positions for political purposes. "I have filed a complaint with the U.S. Office of Special Counsel, which investigates Hatch Act violations," Walter Shaub tweeted Wednesday...

POLL: Who has the most to fear from evidence of Russian collusion? President Trump Hillary Clinton I'm not sure.

The Constitution and the laws passed by Congress define one person who determines and executes U.S. immigration policy and U.S. District Judge William Orrick is not it. Yet Judge Orrick is once again opposing the expressed will of the American people through their elected representatives by issuing a permanent ban on President Trump’s executive order defunding sanctuary cities: A federal judge in California has blocked President Trump’s executive order to cut funding from sanctuary cities that don’t cooperate with U.S. immigration officials. U.S. District Court Judge William Orrick issued the ruling Monday in lawsuits brought by San Francisco and Santa...

The president calls the father of one of the detained UCLA players a 'poor man’s version of Don King, but without the hair' President Donald Trump did not mince words when he extended his feud with LaVar Ball into Wednesday, calling the father of one of the three UCLA basketball players detained in China an “ungrateful fool” the day before Thanksgiving. Ball, the outspoken father of LiAngelo Ball, refused to thank Trump for interceding with Chinese President Xi Jinping on behalf of his son and the two other players arrested for shoplifting and detained in China earlier in November. Although...

Why Damnation Is Eternal and Other Teachings on Hell Msgr. Charles Pope • November 21, 2017 • This is the thirteenth and final installment in a series on the Four Last Things: Death, Judgment, Heaven and Hell.The teachings of the Lord on Hell are difficult, especially in today’s climate. The most difficult questions that arise relate to its eternal nature and how to square its existence with a God who is loving and rich in mercy. As a closing reflection on Hell and on the Four Last Things, let us ponder a series of questions.1. Does God love the...

If you were to consume any national American media outlets and sites, one could come to the conclusion that Republicans are THE problem when it comes to sexual abuse in the United States, especially ONE Republican in particular. But if you were to try and keep up with the tally of reported sexual abusers in the current scandal cycle, it's clear sexual abuse IS a geographical (Hollywood, New York City, and Washington, D.C.) and very partisan epidemic.

In shocking video footage, the furious rider screamed “get off my horse” and struck out wildly at the masked man as he tried to grab onto the reins A woman on horseback appears to repeatedly whip a hunt saboteur with a riding crop after he tried to stop her “charging down” his fellow protesters in shocking footage. In the video the furious rider screams “get off my horse ” and strikes out wildly at the masked man as he tries to grab onto the reins during an alleged clash with the East Sussex & Romney Marsh Hunt Club on Saturday....

<p>PARIS: Leave your coats, your pants and your inhibitions at the door: a Paris restaurant has begun serving up classic French fare to diners in the nude.</p> <p>Located down a quiet side street in southwest Paris, O’naturel, billed as the French capital’s first nudist restaurant, is the brainchild of 42-year-old twins Mike and Stephane Saada.</p>

Veterans returned to the U.S. after fighting in the jungles of Vietnam a half century ago, but hundreds of them may be dying from a silent bullet — a slow-killing parasite living in the men decades after the war, a new study revealed. Liver flukes, parasites that infect a human when raw or undercooked fish is eaten, are being investigated as the cause of a rare bile duct cancer among veterans who served in the Vietnam War. It could take years for symptoms to show up, but when they do, the host is left with tremendous pain and given just...

The 21-year-old Douglas is the latest high-profile gymnast to come forward against Nassar, who spent nearly two decades as the national team doctor for USA Gymnastics before being fired in 2015. Two-time Olympic teammate Aly Raisman wrote about alleged abuse by Nassar in her autobiography “Fierce,” released earlier this month. Two-time Olympic medalist McKayla Maroney disclosed abuse by Nassar in October. Jamie Dantzscher, a bronze medalist on the 2000 U.S. Olympic team, was part of the initial wave of lawsuits filed against Nassar in 2016 following reporting by the Indianapolis Star that highlighted chronic mishandling of abuse allegations against coaches...

WARNING: GRAPHIC CONTENT Sergeant Rafael Souza entered a pharmacy with his wife and baby boy Two burglars with hoods and a gun rushed into steal from the pharmacy CCTV reveals the dramatic scenes in Campo Limpo Paulista, Brazil

The Sunni equivalent of the pope, the grand mufti of Saudi Arabia, a revered figure in half the Muslim world, has just declared that it is forbidden to kill Jews. This is the culmination of years of delicate diplomacy between Israel and Saudi Arabia, with the active aid and support of Egypt, Jordan, and other peaceful forces in the world, including the United States. This high-level Islamic declaration of peace comes as a climax after a thunderous avalanche of strategic events, culminating in the Saudi purge by King Salman and his heir apparent, Mohammed bin Salman, which has kept opposition...

An Oregon woman whose inmate boyfriend died from a meth-laden kiss after a prison visit was sentenced to two years behind bars Tuesday on a drug conspiracy charge. Melissa Ann Blair and Anthony Powell shared a long kiss at the end of a visit last year at the Oregon State Penitentiary and she passed seven tiny balloons filled with methamphetamine into his mouth. Two of the balloons ruptured in Powell's stomach a short time later and he died of methamphetamine toxicity, prosecutors have said.

Pray For the Peace of Jerusalem Meditating Upon The Names and Attributes of God
Zeroah Adonai: "The Arm of the LORD" (Old Testament) Isaiah 53 Who has believed our message     and to whom has the arm of the Lord been revealed? (End of Scripture Passage) 
Zeroah Adonai: "The Arm of the LORD" It was "The Arm of the Lord" Who delivered the Children of Israel from Slavery, and in this Passage, Isaiah 53, it is the "Arm of the Lord" Who will deliver us from the slavery of sin. New International Version (NIV) Holy Bible, New International Version®, NIV® Copyright...

I’m a non-Jewish Latina who works at the Anti-Defamation League. I love this work. I’m proud of this work. I’ve taken up the cause of fighting anti-Semitism and all forms of bigotry because, as a Latina, I can’t simply be concerned with anti-immigrant or anti-Latino hate. To be effective in building a more equal and just society, I believe deeply that I have to fight all forms of hatred. And that includes the hatred of Jews. To that end, one of ADL’s programs involves working closely with law enforcement in the United States, training them to identify and investigate hate...