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1. Your coworker has 8 body piercings, and none are visible. 2. You make over $300,000 and still can't afford a house. 3. You take a bus and are shocked at two people carrying on a conversation in English. 4. You can't remember . . . is pot illegal? 5. You've been to a baby shower that has two mothers and a sperm donor. 6. You can't remember . . .is pot illegal? 7. It's barely sprinkling rain and there's a report on every news station: "STORM WATCH." 8. You pass an elementary school playground and the children are all...

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Every mouth I meet opens to complain, “Things’ve changed . . . Nothing’s the same . . . Not like we were . . . The country isn’t what it was . . .” So I checked back — exactly 100 years — to see the America of 1919. World War I over. The USA needed security. Instead, cities experienced “Red Scare” bombings, race riots, workers striking, vets competing for jobs, May Day demonstrations, armed resistance movements and the deportations of 149 people, including Emma Goldman, to Russia. Historians rate 1919 “America’s worst year.” Dial telephones, pop-up toasters and shortwave radios made their entrance. Despite that pardon-the-expression “car”...

A Georgia hunter under fire for posting pictures of himself alongside a pair of dead elephants said criticism he’s received is unfair — he shot the giants in “self-defense.”A photo of Mike Jines posing with a rifle, behind two dead elephants, made the rounds on social media, with users branding the partner at an energy manufacturer a despicable “Trophy Hunter” and saying he’d ruthlessly killed helpless juvenile pachyderms.

Alleged Russian spy Maria Butina, the pro-gun activist who pleaded guilty for conspiring to act as an agent of the Kremlin in the US, took an interest in shooting as a child, and from a young age wanted to “influence society,” her parents said in a wide-ranging interview about her upbringing. The 30-year-old admitted in DC federal court last month to working with an American and a Russian official in an effort to establish unofficial lines of communication between US pols and Moscow.

[Slideshow] It’s no secret that there’s a lot more to some songs than meets the eye. Some have hidden meanings, while others are so deeply personal to the songwriter that the average listener couldn’t possibly hope to understand. There are some completely misunderstood songs out there, though; songs whose lyrics have been so misconstrued by people over the years that the original intention was lost completely. Whether it is because of urban legend, misleadingly sweet chords that eschew sinister lyrics, or just plain misinterpretation, when the public gets hold of a song, it can morph into something entirely new.

The embassy in Havana cut its staff in half in 2017 after dozens of people complained of headaches, nausea and other ailments from hearing mysterious, penetrating high-pitched noises — believed to be an acoustic weapon — possibly from the Russians. But a fresh analysis of an audio recording made by US personnel in Cuba revealed that the source of the piercing din is the song of the Indies short-tailed cricket, known as Anurogryllus celerinictus, a study says.

Maison Hullibarger’s father tells the Detroit Free Press that he asked the priest to stop talking during the Dec. 8 funeral Mass. But Jeff Hullibarger says the Rev. Don LaCuesta continued giving a critical sermon at Our Lady of Mount Carmel Church in Temperance. Hullibarger says some mourners left the church crying. The archdiocese released a statement Thursday saying it’s sorry that an “unbearable situation was made even more difficult.” The archdiocese says LaCuesta will not preach at funerals “for the foreseeable future.”

Top 40 most cringe-worthy phrases used at the office Give 110 percentThink outside the boxHammer it outHeavy liftingThrow them under the busDon’t count your chickens before they’ve hatchedPushing the envelopeLet the cat out of the bagLet’s circle backWin-win situationBlue-sky thinkingBoil the oceanSynergyLow-hanging fruitTake it to the next levelBarking up the wrong treeGoing forwardLet’s ballpark thisRun this up the flagpoleBack to square oneThere’s no I in teamBack to the drawing boardParadigm shiftElephant in the roomRaise the barDrill downBest thing since sliced breadDeep diveSkin in the gameReach outTouch basePlay hardballDon’t reinvent the wheelKept in the loopThe bottom lineDown the roadI’ll loop...

"I always order "cooked meal #6" but one day they screwed up my order and gave me "cooked meal #3". of course they looked the same but they tasted different. I asked mr. laborer #2 to give me "cooked meal #6", but he called his manager and now im (sic!) on my way to "Work camp #4"." – 1-star, Eclipse. "Don't let the name deceive you as you might expect large crowds. That is not the case. We were each seated at our very own table and enjoyed a large spoonful of rice and a small delightful sip of nearly...

Well, what would you do if someone released a trick that will change the sewing game forever? One that, despite being so simple, no one has ever thought of? Someone has, and it is a gigantic time saver.

(Reuters) - Remington Outdoor Co Inc [FREDM.UL], one of the largest U.S. makers of firearms, filed for bankruptcy protection on Sunday to carry out a debt-cutting deal with creditors amid mounting public pressure for greater gun control. The company’s chief financial officer, Stephen Jackson, said in court papers that Remington’s sales fell significantly in the year before its bankruptcy, and that the company was having difficulty meeting requirements from its lenders.

NASA has just received a response from the void, and believers everywhere are losing their collective minds. After 37 years of inactivity, the NASA spacecraft Voyager 1 fired up its thrusters for the first time in nearly four decades all the way over in interstellar space. This incredible – and unsuspected – triumph means Voyager 1 can once again communicate with Earth, from 13 billion miles away.

Linda Tracy Gillman, 70, was charged Friday with trying to hire a hit man about three weeks ago, KSL reported. The charges came the same day a jury found her guilty on one count of criminal solicitation for attempting to hire a man, who also rents a condominium from her, to “arrange to have her ex-husband, Mr. [Duane] Gillman, killed” last year, according to charging documents. Gillman paid the man $5,000 to have her ex-husband and his current wife killed, KSL reported. She allegedly promised to give the man $100,000 once the two people were dead and she was able...

Then Graham added a “word of warning” for the leader of the nuclear-armed hermit kingdom. “The worst possible thing you can do is meet with President Trump in person and try to play him,” the senator said. “If you do that, it will be the end of you — and your regime.”

ROBOWOLF The evil-looking Super Monster Wolf goes into mass production next month and will set farmers back around £3,480 A ROBOT wolf with flashing red eyes and huge white fangs may soon be protecting crops across Japan after scaring away wild boars. The evil-looking Super Monster Wolf goes into mass production next month and will set farmers back around £3,480 (514,000 yen) if they want to see it guarding their crops.

According to Trooper Logan Brouse, the victim reported being the target of "violent hand gestures" from a 6-year-old male student at 10:45 a.m. Friday. Police said they are treating the case as a terroristic threats investigation.

TOLEDO, Ohio — One of two brothers who admitted stalking, raping and killing young women during a string of eight murders in the 1980s is close to walking out of prison. Nathaniel Cook confessed to three murders in all with his older brother, the ringleader who’s serving two life sentences, but he has a good chance of being freed after serving 20 years. The victims’ families and prosecutors agreed to a plea deal nearly two decades ago that called for Nathaniel Cook’s eventual release this year in exchange for the brothers’ confessions. It’s now in a judge’s hands to decide...

A mother in Shanghai left her son to watch 'educational videos' on her smartphone but returned to find it had been locked for 25 million minutes. Apple's iPhones can be set to lock out anyone trying to use them if a wrong passcode is entered with the lockout period increasing with each failed attempt, but it is not clear how many times the child typed in the wrong numbers.

COLUMBIA, Md. — Please God, give me salvation — and a car. That prayer may have been uttered by more than a few people at a Maryland church on Sunday. That’s because Destiny Church in Columbia handed out five used cars to demonstrate God’s goodness and to attract new members. Pastor Stephen Chandler said the predominantly African-American church normally draws up to 1,100 people. This week, the church gave away 2,250 tickets in advance of three services.