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How to choose a European river cruise

10/8/2018, 11:29:18 PM
Whether it’s action or relaxation you prefer, the choice is yours. Use this guide to help you find the cruise that's right for you. ✔ Whether it’s action or relaxation you prefer, the choice is yours ✔ There are guided running tours and bike rides around the cities of Vienna, Cologne and Amsterdam, hikes to hilltop castles and even canoeing trips through the scenic Wachau Valley in Austria and spectacular Ardèche gorges in France


Choose Some Items From Starbucks And We'll Tell You Where To Go For Fall Break

10/8/2018, 8:08:30 PM
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Cameron Monaghan Announces Shameless Exit After Nearly 10 Years: 'All Good Things Come to an End'

10/8/2018, 10:36:59 PM
"This role has been a joy to inhabit, a wild and special ride, and I’d like to thank #Shameless as well as you, the viewers, for being there with him," said Cameron Monaghan ✔ The 25-year-old actor, who stars as Ian Gallagher on the Showtime dramedy, announced Monday that he is departing the series, which he began at the age of 15 ✔ And it’s not just because it’s a wonderfully written, wonderfully layered show ✔ We’ve been expecting it, Macy, 68, said during an interview with Entertainment Weekly


The Gay Men's Chorus of Mexico City fought immigration scrutiny to bring their songs to L.A. - Los Angeles Times

10/8/2018, 11:09:38 PM
On Sunday morning a group of men traveling from Mexico City to Los Angeles were held up temporarily by the Department of Homeland Security as they moved through customs and immigration at Houston’s William P. Hobby Airport. ✔ as guests of the Gay Men’s Chorus of Los Angeles, the group’s itinerary for this week is jam-packed with rehearsals, sightseeing and a much-anticipated trip to Disneyland ✔ when their visas were confiscated and revoked at the San Francisco International Airport ✔ And, he says, audiences who come on Saturday will benefit from the effort these men put into bringing their music to the U.S.


Lisa’s In and Around Tokyo: Jiyu Gakuen Myonichikan: A schoolhouse by a famed architect

10/8/2018, 10:06:42 PM
Myonichikan, the House of Tomorrow, was designed by Frank Lloyd Wright and his assistant, Arata Endo ✔ Myonichikan, the House of Tomorrow, was designed by Frank Lloyd Wright and his assistant, Arata Endo ✔ Tearing down old structures and replacing them with tall, modern buildings that make better use of every centimeter of precious land makes economic sense, yet something priceless and irreplaceable disappears, that--what to call it--life, is forever gone ✔ Today the original building, Myonichikan, is used by alumni for meetings and is open to the public


Malaysia Airlines flight makes emergency landing after medical incident on board

10/8/2018, 10:18:41 PM
A Malaysian Airlines flight bound for Melbourne, Australia, had to make an emergency landing due to a medical issue on board. ✔ Malaysian Airlines had a similar emergency landing earlier this year ✔ Pieces from the plane washed up on beaches in the Indian Ocean and Africa, but the main wreckage has yet to be found ✔ Later that year, in July, Malaysia Airlines Flight 17 was shot down while flying over eastern Ukraine, killing all 298 people aboard


Bill Clinton spotted wearing lederhosen at Germany's Oktoberfest

10/8/2018, 8:15:23 PM
Former U.S. President Bill Clinton and former U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton attended Oktoberfest, and he dressed in lederhosen. ✔ Christof Stache, AFP/Getty Images Fullscreen Huntsmen take part in the traditional costume and riflemen parade on the second day of the 185th Oktoberfest beer festival on Sept ✔ Karl-Josef Hildenbrand, AFP/Getty Images Fullscreen Last SlideNext Slide


Report: UK poison suspect is doctor for Russian intelligence

10/8/2018, 8:00:59 PM
LONDON (AP) — The investigative group Bellingcat is reporting that one of the two suspects in the poisoning of an ex-spy in England is a doctor who works for Russian military inte ✔ British officials said when they brought charges in the March nerve agent attack on Sergei Skripal and his daughter that they believed Petrov was an assumed name ✔ Bellingcat reported last month that the other suspect also traveled under an alias and was a decorated military agent named Anatoliy Chepiga


Weather reports in English, Korean for safer mountaineering

10/8/2018, 10:06:44 PM
CHINO, Nagano Prefecture--Hikers from abroad may stand a better chance of survival in potentially tr ✔ CHINO, Nagano Prefecture--Hikers from abroad may stand a better chance of survival in potentially treacherous locations with a new online weather forecasting service in English and Korean ✔ Inokuma, a certified meteorologist, is also a climber who has reached the summit of a 7,000-meter-high mountain in Tibet


Opinion | Proof of what happened to Jamal Khashoggi exists. It must be released.

10/8/2018, 9:00:12 PM
Any delay only magnifies the suffering of Khashoggi’s family, including the fiancee who waited for him in vain outside the consulate. ✔ By Editorial Board October 8 at 4:46 PM THE DISAPPEARANCE of Jamal Khashoggi remained a mystery on Monday, but unlike many mysteries, it is one that could easily be solved ✔ A private Turkish news agency, DHA, said the group arrived on two Gulfstreams belonging to a Riyadh-based company and that they landed at Ataturk Airport


Opinion | The special sauce that flavors Betomania

10/8/2018, 11:52:39 PM
Betomania might not defeat Sen. Ted Cruz. But it does have something worth emulating. ✔ By Dana Milbank Dana Milbank Op-ed columnist covering national politics Email Bio Follow Columnist October 8 at 7:28 PM SAN ANTONIO It’s midafternoon on a weekday, but the University of Texas at San Antonio is in the grips of Betomania ✔ And though he doesn’t hide his progressive positions for single-payer health care and legal marijuana, against a border wall he avoids purity tests, such as a reflexive demand for Trump’s impeachment


Column: NASCAR must push its newest winners into superstars

10/8/2018, 10:48:52 PM
CHARLOTTE, N.C. (AP) — A race car driver can have all the personality in the world but skills not much better than an old moonshine runner. Or a driver might be the second coming ✔ (AP) A race car driver can have all the personality in the world but skills not much better than an old moonshine runner ✔ Sometimes a driver is the perfect mix of talent and marketability, yet get stuck in mediocre equipment or a team on a slide ✔ The drivers also need to relate, somehow, to both existing fans and potential fans


Opinion | What Will We Tell Our Kids And Grandkids About Climate Change?

10/8/2018, 11:34:58 PM
When they ask us what we did to avert disaster, we need to be able to say: “Our best.” ✔ Denis Balibouse / ReutersWorld Meteorological Organization Secretary-General Petteri Taalas attends a news conference in Geneva after the release of the IPCC report, Oct. 8, 2018 ✔ More than 80 percent of people know climate change is happening and know it’s our fault


ARLENE PHILLIPS: There's no 'Strictly curse' but no wonder sparks fly!

10/8/2018, 10:34:55 PM
ARLENE PHILLIPS: My advice to any budding contestants who are in rocky relationships? Say no thank you, if Strictly comes calling. But if your relationship is secure? Say yes, yes, yes! ✔ Performing the steamy South American tango can be as intimate as sharing a passionate weekend with a lover ✔ She, of course, has had relationships with two of her celebrity partners the first with ex-EastEnder Matt Di Angelo ✔ My advice to any budding contestants who are in rocky relationships


Modi defies Trump to edge closer to Putin

10/8/2018, 10:06:41 PM
New Delhi tries to balance ties with US and Russia as it faces up to China ✔ U.S. exporters, for whom Trump always has an ear, will weigh in on New Delhi's side ✔ It is an indicator that Modi's game plan of having the Russian cake and eating the American pie might just work out ✔ His most recent book is Modi Doctrine: The Foreign Policy of India's Prime Minister


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