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Pope not fully recovered, condition not life-threatening, doctors say
Pope Francis was hospitalized with a respiratory tract infection and now has pneumonia in both lungs. He has been hospitalized since last week.
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7 subtle behaviors that make you the person everyone enjoys being around
Some people just have a way of making others feel comfortable, valued, and heard. They’re the ones you look forward to being around—the ones who bring positive energy without even…
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IRS plans to fire thousands by mail
A technical glitch prevented Internal Revenue Service officials from notifying laid-off employees by email, so the IRS will be sending them letters, instead.
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Start Your Resale Business Now and Get £1000 Tax Free Before April
If you’ve always fancied making some side income as an online reseller, now is the best time to do it. The new tax year starts in April – so you’ve…
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The “L.A. Times” spoiled the winners of the 12th Academy Awards.
The internet may have made spoilers more common, but it certainly didn’t invent them. Back in 1940, for instance, the Los Angeles Times accidentally revealed the winners of the 12th…
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A Catholic nun was the first U.S. woman to earn a Ph.D. in computer science.
Although computer science goes back to the 19th century, the academic field really came into its own in the early 1960s. The first United States graduates with advanced computer science…
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Irving Berlin and Disney helped shape Eisenhower’s “I Like Ike” campaign.
Being the supreme commander of a victorious army is usually enough to make one a popular presidential candidate, but it can’t hurt to have the geniuses behind some of the…
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In colonial America, lobster was an undesirable food fed to prisoners.
Lobster has long been considered a culinary delicacy, but in colonial America it was seen as the cockroach of the sea. When European settlers arrived in North America in the…
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Why Do Actors Sound So Different in Old Movies?
Despite their differences, the United States and England have a lot in common. A “special relationship” has bound the countries together since at least 1946, when Winston Churchill coined the…
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Why Are Historical Doors So Large?
When visiting a historic site — whether an ancient or medieval castle, cathedral, or statehouse — you may have noticed an eye-catching detail about the architecture: doors that are far…
