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Back in 1973, National Lampoon magazine ran a satirical cover image of a very cute, very worried-looking puppy with a gun pointed at its head. The headline read: “If You Don’t Buy This Magazine, We’ll Kill This Dog”: motivation by emotional blackmail, taken to its absurdist extreme
Czech football is in turmoil after national coach Petr Rada was sacked on Wednesday and six star players given indefinite suspensions for a "breach of discipline." Rada, who took over from veteran Karel Bruckner last July, pays the price for poor results in World Cup qualifying, the latest a 2-1 defeat to neighboring Slovakia in Prague. It left the Czechs in fourth in European Group 3 with eight points from six game and trailing surprise leaders Northern Ireland by five points. In the aftermath of the defeat, the six banned players were photographed in a restaurant by a tabloid newspaper, allegedly talking with prostitutes, prompting action by the federation’s executive committee on Wednesday
Such has been the success of President Obama’s first overseas visit that some observers are even suggesting North Korea’s weekend rocket launch was not the dreaded "3 a.m. moment," but a golden opportunity for the U.S. president.
The two-story homes on Fir Circle in an upscale Lake Elsinore, California, neighborhood tell two stunningly different tales. Some are vacant, bank-owned and beat-up inside. Others are filled with kids’ laughter and the sounds of boxes unpacking and families moving in
Fewer Bentleys cruise the streets of Moscow these days, sushi sales are down, and construction on Europe’s tallest tower has halted for lack of money. For fashionistas at the opening of the 18th annual Russian Fashion Week on Sunday, the most potent sign of the times was the sight of people wearing last year’s styles. “Even the very rich aren’t just going out and buying anymore,” says Tatyana Ageyeva, a buyer who has worked for élite labels like Kenzo and Hugo Boss for nearly a decade.
When the series "ER" airs its finale on Thursday, the event will not only mark the completion of one of NBC’s most successful shows, but it can also be viewed as the end of an era for the network. “What’s so symbolic about ‘ER’ leaving is that that 10 o’clock Thursday night slot started out what I always called the beginning of the second golden age of television with ‘Hill Street Blues’,” said Robert Thompson, a professor and founding director of the Bleier Center for Television and Popular Culture at Syracuse University.
Internet-based rip-offs jumped 33 percent last year over the previous year, according to a report from a complaint center set up to monitor such crimes. The total dollar loss from those crimes was $265 million. That’s $26 million more than the price tag in 2007, the National Internet Crime Center said
If the Three Mile Island atomic reactor near Harrisburg hadn’t melted down 30 years ago this Saturday…well, there probably would have been an accident somewhere else. The entire U.S
While automakers lay off staff and shut down plants in response to the economic downturn, one automaker announced Thursday that it will open a manufacturing plant in the United States, potentially creating hundreds of jobs in the area eventually chosen. Tesla Motors, maker of a high-end electric sports car, says it will build an all-electric sedan in Southern California. Thursday’s announcement was made in Hawthorne, California, where Tesla unveiled the Model-S sedan at a base price of $57,400.
Belarus is in many ways a post-Soviet nation in name only. Its state security service is still called the KGB and the iron-fisted rule of President Alyaksandr Lukashenka has led the U.S