Home renovation reveals surprising photo under the floor: ‘Hey, that’s my mom’

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On the front page of the Fargo Forum from Oct. 6, 1946, was an image of Chapman’s late mother. Chapman was dumbfounded, as neither he - nor his family - had a tie ...

Teen paddles through icy pond to rescue dog

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He saw a dog struggling to stay afloat on the partially frozen pond behind their home in Chesapeake, Virginia. The top of the dog’s head was covered in ice as he ...

Pretty in pink, this panna cotta spreads the love

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I could feel the love filling the kitchen when I served these panna cotta cups to my husband and daughter. Each looked at me with appreciation and delight, nodding ...

Real grenadine tastes like a lot more than red. Here’s its true story.

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For Valentine's Day, real cocktails should be made from real Grenadine, made from pomegranates, the fruit of love.

Behind skating’s most controversial trick — the backflip

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First frowned up, then banned, the backflip has always held a rebel cache in the skating world. Now unbanned, today's skaters are using it to impress crowds and ...

The best ways to cook chicken wings

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Served whole or cut into sections; deep- or shallow-fried (battered or naked), air-fried, baked, or grilled; flavored with any of myriad sauces or spice blends - ...

Here’s a proven way to slow aging. Any volunteers?

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Researchers analyzing blood markers have recently discovered that volunteering appears to slow the aging process in seniors - a felicitous finding that adds to voluminous ...

When his family was swept out to sea, boy swam and ran miles to save them

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A 13-year-old Australian boy is being hailed as a hero for his sheer endurance and bravery after swimming about 4kms in rough waters, then running about a 1.5km ...

Meet the bird that can fly over 13 000 kms without stopping

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In 2022, a young godwit code-named “B6” that hatched in western Alaska set the record for longest known sustained avian flight. The young bird was tracked flying ...

Farmers took in a freezing calf. Their kids cuddled up with her.

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Snow and freezing rain were falling fast on Tanner Sorrell’s family farm in Mount Sterling, Kentucky. Tanner went out to check on a pregnant cow and saw that she ...

The best ways to cook Brussels sprouts

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Now Brussels sprouts are everywhere, including restaurant menus, dinner tables and even the snack aisle.

Ancient DNA shows syphilis was rooted in the Americas

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From a 5,500-year-old human shin bone, scientists have discovered a close cousin of the pathogen that causes syphilis, providing the oldest evidence yet that the ...

Daily habits to slow aging, from a Harvard brain expert

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The mind’s potential for growth and creativity far exceeds everyday use. People can consciously shape their brains to have superhuman capabilities and improve their ...

Pandas revel in deep snowfall

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A video from the zoo’s panda cam showcased the fluffy black and white balls of fur - Qing Bao and Bao Li - tumbling in the snow.

Austin neighborhood elects a canine mayor

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Mo Bamba - a 25-pound pug-chihuahua mix with a prominent underbite - was sworn in as the new mayor of 37th Street, following the neighborhood’s fourth annual pet ...

How Mamdani shows Democrats the way beyond wokeness

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Zohran Mamdani is a reminder that democracy works, that dark horses and so-called radicals can win elections if they’re able to persuade enough of their fellow Americans ...

After 75 years, a radio soap opera still has Britain on edge of its seat

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“The Archers,” recognized by Guinness World Records as the longest-running serial drama on the planet, is steaming, strong as ever, into the streaming age. After ...

Why ‘aspirational clutter’ is the hardest to part with

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Aspirational clutter is one of the trickiest sorts to contend with. It is those things we hold on to because they represent the version of ourselves we would like ...

'House burping’ is a cold reality in Germany. Others are warming to it.

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Three times a day, at precise times, all the windows in the apartment needed to be opened. It didn’t matter whether it was the dead.

Farewell, Valentino, designer to the stars

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Valentino Garavani, the Italian couturier who dressed Hollywood and royalty, died this week in Rome. He was 93.

Dog wins movie award, beating actors like Ethan Hawke

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Last week, Indy won best performance in a horror or thriller at the Astra Film Awards, beating out five Hollywood stars: Ethan Hawke, Alison Brie, Sally Hawkins, ...

What is Southern food? A new cookbook challenges assumptions

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The South is not the Confederacy. How do you take a place that has been settled by human beings for 13 000 years and reduce it to four years of white supremacy rule? ...

Blow away your troubles with a bus driver's bubbles

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The driver rolled down his window and raised his bubble gun. As he pulled the trigger, a steady flow of bubbles rose into the air, floating off in different directions. ...

The science behind an herbal remedy that has worked for thousands of years

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Ginger also has anti-inflammatory and antioxidant properties, which may help protect against gastrointestinal irritation

What I’m hoping for in Iran, 10 years after being freed from Evin prison

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The Trump administration should do what its predecessors failed to do for decades. Stop taking its cues from experts and charlatans in Washington and build bridges ...