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Choosing Halloween costumes can become a problem. You can master the season with a few simple choices. So your daughter wants to be Wonder Woman for Halloween, or your son wants to be Batman. They’re both morally appropriate superheroes, and you don’t see any problem with that. But what should you pay attention to in […]
The villages and farming communities that surround Uganda’s capital, Kampala, are gripped by fear. Schoolchildren are closely watched by teachers and parents as they make their way home from school. In playgrounds and on the roadside are posters warning of the danger of abduction by witch doctors for the purpose of child sacrifice. The ritual, […]
Halloween is an open invitation to try all the thrilling hair and makeup looks we wouldn’t be caught in on any other night. Here are our favorite beauty tricks to test out on fright night. FLIRTY FEATHERED EYELASHES When we see fluttery, feathered lashes on runway models, they look so pretty. They just don’t translate […]
Halloween kicks off early with Universal Pictures The Thing. In this prequel to the 1982 John Carpenter classic, The Thing stars Mary Elizabeth Winstead as Kate Lloyd, a paleontologist who travels to the icy barrens of Antarctica to investigate the discovery of an ancient space ship and alien organism buried under the ice. Unbeknownst to […]
The Rance Allen Group has recorded with many great singers over the years and they definitely know good singing when they hear it. When the group travels across the country, they also love to stop and enjoy good choir music. There is nothing like hearing choirs harmonize and sing praises unto God. Read: Sunday Best […]
Today was supposed to be the second day of testimony in the trial of alleged “underwear bomber” Umar Farouk Abdulmutallab, but instead the 25-year-old Nigerian unexpectedly changed his plea to guilty on all counts, the Detroit Free Press reports. The defiant would-be terrorist read a statement to the court saying that he was guilty under US […]
True to his word, Commissioner David Stern has canceled two weeks of the upcoming NBA season (100 games). More than 100 days into the NBA lockout, with no end in sight, fans want to know what is really going on? Why can’t a bunch of millionaire players and billionaire owners reach a common ground and […]
Would you buy your child a marijuana leaf-shaped (but totally drug-free) lollipop? One aghast Buffalo parent most definitely would not—and after she alerted the City Council to the controversial candy, city leaders and anti-drug activists started working to get it off shelves. “It’s the whole idea that it promotes drugs and the idea that, here, […]
After two years on the unemployment rolls, Selena Forte thought she’d found a temporary job at a delivery company that matched her qualifications. But Forte, a 55-year-old from Cleveland, says a recruiter for an employment agency told her she would not be considered for the job because she had been out of work too long. […]
A Saturday morning of shopping turned into an emergency hazmat situation at a Baltimore Walmart where two patrons threw bleach and disinfectant at one another, officials said. Baltimore County Police responded to a call at about 10:48 a.m. Saturday and found two women fighting inside the store. The bleach and disinfectant created toxic fumes, forcing […]
Fall’s colorful crop of makeup may seem a little loud, but these shades are shockingly gorgeous on the skin. One swipe of these smoky shadows, sparkling blushes, or bright lipsticks and you’ll be ditching your typical taupes and browns. EYES Forest Green Shadow Splashing green on your eyelids can be tricky, but this deeper shade […]
President Obama delivered another plea for his jobs bill today, and said he approved of the 5% surtax on millionaires the Senate came up with to pay for it. “I’m fine with the approach they have taken,” Obama said at the press conference, though the New York Times notes he said that more tax reform would be […]
