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Fascinating world views from a poultry auction in northern England to Aleppo's "tweeting girl" posing in Turkey

In two books by Strawberry Saroyan and Meghan Daum, the young media chick protagonists get chewed up and spit out by New York.

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A stop-work order was issued to the group at the Fort Belvoir and the Walter Reed National Military Medical Center

As a traveler, my favorite trips are always the repeats. Do I dare head back to camp?

How'd the the "Hangover" movie guy turn in such a dark twist on the superhero genre? He blames the current culture

The global effort to eradicate Guinea worm is deeply in need of reform. Here’s what we can do to fix it.

The true story of a Polish countess turned courier and resistance fighter is better than any James Bond novel