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At a memorial to victims of neo-Nazi terrorism, the chancellor said the government must prevent a resurgence of such hatred. Her comments came shortly after several politicians received death threats from the far-right. “As a nation, we have to ensure that these things don’t repeat themselves,” German Chancellor Angela Merkel told reporters in the eastern German town of Zwickau, where a new memorial in honor of the victims of the right-wing extremist cell National Socialist Underground (NSU) was erected. The memorial consisted of ten trees planted across a sprawling field in the city center, one for each of the group’s...

Remember this- 'Piston engine goes boing, boing, boing, boing boing, boing... but the Mazda goes hmmmmmmm.' [YouTube] If you've ever driven a car with a rotary engine like a Mazda, it really is a lot of fun, very torquey and revs like crazy, always super smooth (except most from the 70s tend to backfire)- it's a shame the couldn't make them work out in a more substantial way. Besides smoothness of operation, the motor is compact, light, and simple, with only two moving parts. But in an example of epic bad timing, Mazda launched the Wankel-engined RX series just was...

Remembering Joe: 'I think about him every day, and how life would be if he were still around' Former football great a hero to many Brian Vernellis / The Times Posted on July 4, 2003 HAUGHTON, LA - Tall weeds obscure the dirt road that juts from Louisiana Highway 157. Only a silver sign indicates what lies at the end of the path. The lettering on one side is faint from years of sun and rain; the other side reads, "Hawkins Memorial Cemetery." A horseshoe of tall firs and elms protect the cemetery from the roar of semi-trucks bustling up...