DES MOINES — Bernie Sanders examined the butter cow. He power-walked by the Ferris wheel. He gobbled a corn dog. He spoke to almost no one. Most presidential candidates use the 10-day Iowa State Fair to showcase their retail campaigning skills, because it is one of the best opportunities to meet a wide cross-section of […]
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In the southwestern Spanish town of Murcia, some 60 yogis spent nine weeks last spring in sweltering heat learning the 26 postures and 2 breathing practices of Bikram yoga, so that they might go home and teach it. The guru himself sat onstage, broadcasting instructions with his microphone headset. Bikram Choudhury, often wearing nothing except
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The official teaser trailer for Jennifer Aniston’s new Apple TV series “The Morning Show” will leave fans wanting more. And isn’t that the point of a preview? (Watch it below.) The clip for “The Morning Show,” billed as “an inside look at the lives of the people who help America wake up in the morning,” ratchets up
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Image copyright EPA Argentine stock markets and its currency have both plunged after Conservative Argentine President Mauricio Macri suffered a shock defeat in primary elections on Sunday. In early trading, Argentina’s main Merval stock index fell 32%, while the peso slumped 25% against the dollar. Some of the country’s most traded stocks have lost one
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Former NBA stars Penny Hardaway and Jerry Stackhouse have taken on new challenges with both trying to revive a pair of struggling college basketball programs about 200 miles apart along Interstate 40 in Tennessee. Hardaway played 14 seasons in the NBA and is embarking on his second season at his alma in Memphis. Stackhouse, now
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Americans are living in traumatic times. Two mass shootings in El Paso, Texas, and Dayton, Ohio, killed 29 victims in less than 24 hours the weekend before last. As of Aug. 5, there have been more 255 mass shootings in the U.S., meaning that there have been more mass shootings than days in the year.
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Image copyright Getty Images Image caption DJ Arafat was known as the king of the dance music genre coupé-décalé Ivory Coast’s DJ Arafat, a well-known singer in French-speaking Africa, has died following a traffic accident, state broadcaster RTI is reporting. He was admitted to hospital in the main city, Abidjan, with a fractured skull after
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Image copyright Hotel Chocolat Image caption The Chocmobile was typically used at pop-up events and festivals to sell chocolate, ice cream and hot drinks Hotel Chocolat’s missing Chocmobile van has been found burnt out, 10 days after it was reported stolen. The vehicle was found on the outskirts of Bedford, about 30 miles from where
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Spa visits and the money they generate reached record highs last year in the U.S. with $18.3 billion in revenue driven by 190 million pampering trips, according to the International Spa Association. The leading industry group for spa professionals recently held its 25th annual event for media to show off trends and services among its
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Thousands of Russians attended the funerals Monday of five Russian nuclear engineers killed by an explosion as they tested a new rocket engine, a tragedy that fueled radiation fears and raised new questions about a secretive weapons program. The engineers, who died Thursday, were laid to rest Monday in Sarov, which hosts Russia’s main nuclear
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