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Whether a sign of a good read; or a comment on the 'pulp' nature of some genres of fiction, the Oxfam second-hand book charts have remained in The Da Vinci Code author's favour for the past four years.
Dan Brown has topped Oxfam's 'most donated' list again, his fourth consecutive year. Having sold more than 80 mill... |
A woman reads a copy of the newly released book ''The Lost Symbol'' by Dan Brown, at a speed reading book launch event in Sydney, September 15, 2009. REUTERS/Tim Wimborne
SAN FRANCISCO The latest novel from "Da Vinci Code" author Dan Brown, "The Lost Symbol," broke one-day sales records, its publisher and bookselle... |
Bestselling author is also the most frequently given away to charity shops
Dan Brown might be one of the world's bestselling authors but it turns out that readers aren't too keen on keeping his special blend of religious conspiracy and scholarly derring-do on their shelves once they've bought it.
Brown, who has... |
A charity shop is urging people to stop donating The Da Vinci Code after becoming overwhelmed with copies.
The Oxfam shop in Swansea has been receiving an average of one copy of the Dan Brown novel a week for months, leaving them with little room for any other books.
Staff who are struggling to sell copies of t... |
The deaths of three American soldiers in Afghanistan this week are a tragic reminder of why it’s so important for the nation to keep its promises to military men and women, Veterans, no matter where they served, have volunteered to put their lives on the line — and some make the ultimate sacrifice. Those courageous eno... |
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For weeks, student veterans across the country have raised an alarm about delayed or incorrect GI Bi... |
After blowing through the initial deadline to bring its GI Bill housing stipends in line with the Forever GI Bill law, Veterans Affairs Department officials said Wednesday that they will not be able to implement the fix until December 2019.
The big delay comes after months of technology hiccups that have plagued th... |
CLOSE Dr. Hilary Miller of MTSU works with veteran students on the GI Bill that are affected by VA technical difficulties Mark Zaleski and Michael Schwab
Staff Sergeant Robert Baker and his family have been affected by VA tech issues that has delayed GI Bill Benefits for months (Photo: Submitted)
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DUBAI Al Qaeda in Yemen has claimed responsibility for the attack on the French satirical newspaper Charlie Hebdo, saying it was ordered by the Islamist militant group's leadership for insults to the Prophet Mohammad, according to a video posted on YouTube.
Gunmen killed 17 people in three days of violence that beg... |
Media playback is unsupported on your device Media caption The BBC's Hugh Schofield reports from a kiosk in Paris as people queue to buy the latest issue
Millions more copies of French weekly Charlie Hebdo are being printed after the first run sold out in hours.
The normal print run of 60,000 was extended to fi... |
Cambridge Analytica, a data firm that worked for President Donald Trump’s 2016 campaign, is shutting down following allegations about its misuse of Facebook data and the campaign tactics it pitched to clients.
In March, the company suspended its chief executive, Alexander Nix, and said it was launching an independe... |
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On Wednesday, Cambridge Analytica employees learned that its parent company, the SCL Group, was shuttering the business, with American-based workers directed to return their keycards immediately, according to documentation reviewed by Gizmodo.
The news was announced during a conference call led by ... |
The N.S.A.’s Evolution: The National Security Agency was founded in 1952, and its surveillance capabilities were limited by legislation in 1978. But with the attacks of September 2001 came a new sense of urgency.
When Ban Ki-moon, the United Nations secretary general, sat down with President Obama at the White Hous... |
Mr. Obama found himself in September standing uncomfortably beside the president of Brazil, Dilma Rousseff, who was furious at being named as a target of N.S.A. eavesdropping. Since then, there has been a parade of such protests, from the European Union, Mexico, France, Germany and Spain. Chagrined American officials j... |
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Make note of the name Etzanoa, a long-lost city. Donald Blakeslee says he’s found it.
The discovery could put south-central Kansas on the map as the second-biggest settlement of Native Americans found in the United States, Blakeslee said. And it’s now, finally, the known location of a 1601 battle pitting outnumbere... |
Volunteer Adam Ziegler found an iron ball while volunteering to help archaeologists uncover remnants of a Native American settlement east of Arkansas City, Kan., in June. The ball was fired by a Spanish cannon at ancestors of the Wichita tribe, who ambushed an expedition led by Don Juan de Onate in 1601, according to D... |
Starting in 1996, Alexa Internet has been donating their crawl data to the Internet Archive. Flowing in every day, these data are added to the Wayback Machine after an embargo period. |
Donald Blakeslee, professor of archaeology at Wichita State University, presented in March at the annual conference of the Society for American Archaeology discussing recent archaeological evidence that shows a thriving ancestral Wichita Indian town of more than 20,000 residents near Arkansas City, Kansas.
The disc... |
Rep. Anthony Weiner rejected Democratic leaders’ private and public calls for his resignation Saturday, choosing instead to take a leave of absence from the House to seek professional treatment amid an online sex scandal that the head of the party called a “sordid affair.”
Democratic National Committee Chairwoman D... |
Anthony Weiner takes out his dirty laundry, gets cheers from onlookers amid sext scandal
Joe Marino for News Congressman Anthony Weiner leaves his Forest Hills, Queens, apartment.
Take our Poll Wave Goodbye, Weiner Should Rep. Anthony Weiner resign over Twitter scandal? Yes, he should step down and end this. No... |
Augmented reality startup Magic Leap is being sued for sexual discrimination by an executive who was hired to help it appeal to women.
The company, a startup best known for securing a valuation in the billions despite never publicly demonstrating its technology, is being sued by Tannen Campbell, its former head of,... |
Magic Leap CEO Rony Abovitz Getty A newly filed lawsuit by a former Magic Leap VP alleges that the company is a hostile working place for women, a condition that has led to the company missing internal deadlines, according to the complaint.
Tannen Campbell, whose lawsuit in Southern Florida District Court says she ... |
Magic Leap, the mysterious augmented reality startup, continues its slow implosion.
On Monday, a new lawsuit alleged that the Plantation, Fla.-based company promoted a sexist work environment and used misleading marketing materials that inaccurately depicted the product's capabilities.
Tannen Campbell, Magic Le... |
Research suggests that the ratio of the lengths of the index finger and the ring finger in males may be predictive of a variety of disorders related to disturbed hormonal balance. When the index finger is shorter than the ring finger, this results in a small 2D:4D ratio, pointing to a high exposure to testosterone in t... |
The production of androgens (mostly testosterone) during the early fetal stage is essential for the differentiation of the male brain. Some authors have suggested a relationship between androgen exposure during the prenatal period and schizophrenia. These two separate relationships suggest that digit length ratios are ... |
HOUSTON – Almost two years ago, a pair of United Airlines employees allegedly laughed at, cursed at and even physically injured an area attorney when he asked for a new boarding pass, according to a recently filed lawsuit.
Seeking more than $1 million in damages, Ronald Tigner filed suit against United on June 7 in... |
A 71-year-old man is suing United Airlines for $1 million after he was pushed to the ground by an employee in 2015. The employee was charged with a felony of injuring an elderly individual. (KPRC)
United Airlines issued an apology Tuesday after a video was released of a Houston-based employee pushing a 71-year-old ... |
HOUSTON - For decades, United Airlines has boasted "come fly the friendly skies of United," but in April, video of Dr. David Dao being dragged off a United flight in Chicago went viral.
When Dao refused to give up his seat onboard an overbooked flight, security officers began dragging him down the aisle and off the... |
DeShazo and Bigler's work is published in the American Journal of Medicine. This is what they saw:
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The nugget from the first restaurant (breading not included) was approximately 50 percent muscle. The other half was primarily fat, with some blood vessels and nerve, as well as "genero... |
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - Stand-up comedians have long joked that some things, like the actual components of chicken nuggets, are better left mysterious.
Recently, Mississippi researchers found out why: two nuggets they examined consisted of 50 percent or less chicken muscle tissue, the breast or thigh meat that ... |
An ex-Colorado sheriff known for his no-nonsense style and a concern about teenage drug use is facing charges of offering methamphetamine in exchange for sex and was being held Wednesday at a jail named for him.
Dressed in an orange jail uniform and walking with a cane, a hand-cuffed Patrick Sullivan, 68, watched a... |
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DENVER — Patrick Sullivan was the kind of lawman Coloradoans loved: a straight-shooting Republican sheriff who once crashed a Jeep through a fence to rescue two deputies from a gunman and pleaded with legislators to keep assault weapons off the street lest a... |
Former Arapahoe County Sheriff Patrick Sullivan, right, with his attorney Jessica Schmidt, appeared in Arapahoe County Court, Wednesday, Nov. 30, 2011, after being arrested on suspicion of trying to trade drugs to a man for sex. Sullivan's bond was raised from $250,000 to $500,000. (RJ Sangosti, The Denver Post)
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During a break at an MSNBC town hall taping, microphones caught Democratic candidate Hillary Clinton chatting with host Chris Matthews about Gov. Chris Christie's support for GOP frontrunner Donald Trump. "Did he have a debt?" Clinton asked. (The Washington Post)
CHARLOTTE — It isn't often that Hillary Clinton lets... |
Hillary Clinton said Donald Trump is “inciting mob violence” that recalls lynch mobs Monday evening at an MSNBC townhall, where she also took tough questions on foreign policy and trade.
Clinton told MSNBC’s Chris Matthews, who moderated the event in Springfield, Illinois, that she holds Trump responsible for the v... |
Bernie Sanders Bernie SandersMystery surrounds DNC race The Hill's 12:30 Report Sanders to deliver 'major speech' on Trump MORE on Monday said one of the reasons he decided to run for president as a Democrat instead of as an independent was to attract more media coverage.
“I just happen to believe that in this mome... |
Janet Napolitano was just three months into her tenure as secretary of Homeland Security when Matt Drudge bestowed a nickname on her: "Big Sis." The nickname stuck, thanks to Drudge's perseverance. Since that first story in April 2009, the Big Sis brand has been trotted out for dozens of Napolitano stories, from the sc... |
Suppose that during the previous administration the Democrats had opposed President Bush's efforts to protect airplanes from would-be bombers and had blocked his strategy to keep nuclear weapons out of terrorists' hands.
It's a safe bet Bush would charge, as he did more than once during his presidency, that Democra... |
From Tulane University School of Public Health and Tropical Medicine, New Orleans, Louisiana; Kaiser Permanente Southern California, Pasadena, California; and Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, Baltimore, Maryland.
Acknowledgment: The authors thank the study participants for their cooperation.
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Cutting Back On Carbs, Not Fat, May Lead To More Weight Loss
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We've reported a lot this year about how there's a major rethinking of fat happening in the U.S.
Turns out, eating foods with fat — everything from avocado... |
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