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View ArticleDoctor Describes On-Scene Aftermath Of Harrison Ford's Plane Crash
LOS ANGELES (AP) — Dr. Sanjay Khurana was close to finishing a golf game when a vintage plane clipped a tree and "dropped like a rock" onto the next hole's green. He rushed to the crash, finding a...
View ArticleISIS Militants Destroy Iraq's Ancient Hatra City: Officials
By Ahmed Rasheed and Isabel Coles BAGHDAD/ERBIL,Iraq March 7 (Reuters) - Islamic State militants have destroyed ancient remains of the 2,000-year-old city of Hatra in northern Iraq, the tourism and...
View ArticleItaly's Dazzling Beach Resorts Are Here To Satisfy Your Summer Cravings
If you're hungry for a warm-weather escape, look no further than DOWN. Photographer Bernhard Lang captures the glory of Italy's blazingly beautiful beach resorts in this stunning aerial photo series....
View ArticleThere Probably Won't Be A Proper Sequel To 'Frozen' For Some Time
"Frozen Fever" is a clever name for Disney's short-film follow-up to "Frozen," and not just because the seven-minute mini-movie is built around Elsa having a head cold. In the 16 months since "Frozen"...
View ArticleKevin Frayer, Photographer, Showcases Stunning Drag Queens In China (PHOTOS)
Even though queerness may manifest itself and be understood differently in China than other parts of the world, the country still has some very recognizable emblems of the lesbian, gay, bisexual and...
View ArticleIraq Probes Report Of ISIS Attacks On Ancient Site Of Khorsabad
BAGHDAD (AP) — Iraq's government is investigating reports that the ancient archaeological site of Khorsabad in northern Iraq is the latest to be attacked by the Islamic State militant group. Adel...
View ArticleAmerican Tourists Allegedly Carve Initials Into Rome's Colosseum
Two tourists from California are accused of carving their initials into Rome's Colosseum on Saturday and posing for a selfie. The unidentified women, aged 21 and 25, were arrested after the alleged...
View ArticleCarol Went Pretty Far On Last Night's 'Walking Dead'
They've survived walkers, an evil governor, a megalomanical police woman and even cannibals, but can Team Rick make it through ... a welcome party? Spoiler alert: The following recap contains spoilers....
View Article9 Amazing Female Graphic Novelists, Illustrators And Cartoonists You Should Read
It's been a big couple of years for women in the comic book world, with Marvel Comics unveiling female versions of their previously male-dominated troop of heroes. Last month, a girl-powered Avengers...
View ArticleEscape The Ugliness Of Everyday Life With Erik Parker's Beautifully Warped Work
SEEN, 2014 Acrylic on canvas 64" x 84" "I guess making paintings for me is about responding to living," painter Erik Parker explained to The Huffington Post. "I couldn't see any other way of doing...
View ArticleStriking Portraits Of Our Wonderful World From The Smithsonian Photo Contest
The best photographers have the power to transport you to another place and wonder at the world anew. The finalists in Smithsonian magazine's 12th Annual Photo Contest do just that. Out of 26,600...
View ArticleAuthor Tom McGuane Talks 'Crow Fair,' Police Killings And The Art Of The...
It was early March and starting to snow heavily outside his hotel in Midtown, but the unseasonable blizzard didn’t seem to have chilled Tom McGuane's enthusiasm. “I’ve been going like a house afire,”...
View Article15 Perfectly Bjork Lyrics That Remind Us Why She'll Always Reign Supreme
This has not been the best week for Bjork. Her highly anticipated (not to mention contentious) museum retrospective, curated by Klaus Biesenbach, opened at the Museum of Modern Art this week. The...
View ArticleHere's The Dance Opera That's Being Filmed Inside CERN's Large Hadron Collider
If Neil deGrasse Tyson's version of "Cosmos" hasn't convinced you of the beautiful drama hidden within the scientific community, perhaps this dance opera -- filmed inside CERN's Large Hadron Collider...
View ArticleNew Clean Reader App Removes Obscenities From Books On Demand
We’ve come a long way since the early 19th century publication of Thomas Bowdler’s Family Shakespeare, a famously sanitized edition meant to make Shakespeare’s classics appropriate for children and the...
View Article'Empire' Star Jussie Smollett Comes Out
"Empire" star Jussie Smollett opened up about his sexuality for the first time in an intimate interview with Ellen DeGeneres. Interestingly, the 31-year-old actor opted to arrange a backstage chat with...
View ArticleTwin Sisters Perform Gorgeous Cover Of Jason Mraz's 'Im Yours'
There are some fantastic covers of Jason Mraz's "I'm Yours" out there. And if you ask us, these 10-year-old girls completely nailed the chart-topping tune. Abby and Sarah are twin sisters who started...
View ArticleJustin Sayre Reveals Cover For 'Husky,' His First Novel For Young Readers...
Writer-performer Justin Sayre is gearing up for the release of his debut novel for young readers, Husky, and we've got an advance peek at the cover. Penguin Young Readers Group officials describe the...
View ArticleMara Measor's 'Naked Prayers' Uses Doodles To Talk To God
Out of the depths of her despair, Mara Measor started talking to God. The singer-songwriter first started keeping a prayer journal during a year-long service trip to Ethiopia. She felt lonely at first,...
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