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A week in Europe will cost you 11% less than last year, report says
There’s yet another study that shows that 2015 is the year for a European getaway. The average cost of a weeklong trip in Europe this summer has decreased by 11% since last year, according to TripAdvisor. Depending on where travelers … Continue reading
Virgin America will start flying to Hawaii in the fall
Virgin America announced Tuesday that it will start new flight routes to Hawaii in the fall, giving travelers a new and possibly cheaper option to get the 50th state. The airline will begin flights from San Francisco to Honolulu on … Continue reading
How to register to vote in the UK general election
LONDON — Time is running out to register to vote in the forthcoming UK general election on May 7. If you want to have a say about who governs the UK for the next five years, you need to make … Continue reading
The world has spoken, and your mascot champion is here
March Madness is finally over and the world has spokenDuke may be the nation’s best college basketball team, but we finally have the nation’s best college mascot. More than 13,000 votes were cast in the final round of Mascot Madness … Continue reading
Former CIA spy calls Judy Miller ‘pathetic and self-serving’ over Iraq War column
America’s most famous former spy and a fallen-star New York Times writer have started a new round of smacktalk over a topic that has 2003 written all over it: Who’s to blame for the U.S. invasion of Iraq? Judy Miller … Continue reading
‘Better Call Saul’ season finale recap: Play it again, Miles Davis
For better or for worse, do all characters eventually come full circle? For many, there is a return to something pure, something fundamental. But for Jimmy McGill, that purity — that fundamental authenticity — appears to exist in a haze … Continue reading
10 Rand Paul store items that are perfectly normal and not weird at all
Now that Kentucky Sen. Rand Paul is officially running for president in 2016, he’ll need to raise some serious capital. While Ron’s son will, of course, rely heavily on his super PAC, “America’s Liberty PAC,” to fund his campaign, his … Continue reading
Here’s where Rand Paul stands on ISIS, same-sex marriage and more
Kentucky Republican Sen. Rand Paul announced his presidential candidacy on his website and in a speech on Tuesday. He has cast himself as a different breed of Republican ready to reshape the party Paul has a strong libertarian base of … Continue reading
Nigerian superhero puts a fresh face on graphic novels
Fighting for diversity in the graphic novel world is tough work. Roye Okupe, artist and comic book aficionado, is learning that firsthand “I don’t sleep much,” he says with a laugh in an interview with Mashable A software programmer and … Continue reading
Apple employees won’t have to pay full price for the Apple Watch
Apple clearly wants its employees to be brand ambassadors for its shiny new Apple Watch lineup that debuts in stores later this month — so much so, in fact, that it’s offering staffers huge discounts on various models. In a … Continue reading
