The University of Northern Iowa won, for now, a big one. No, it was not a three-point shot at the buzzer by the women’s basketball team or a two-point conversion on a trick play to secure a victory by ...

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Discover the practical origins of romantic clichés like roses, chocolate, and candlelight, and how they evolved into symbolic love gestures worldwide.

She extracts something new from steel, dispelling its aura of brawn. Her signature form is a rumpled ribbon of metal painted to look as soft as suede.

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Hypatia, one of the greatest philosophers of Alexandria, was admired for her ideas but was brutally murdered for them by ...

Dear Reader, I was greatly chuffed to chance upon the work of the graphic novelist, musician, illustrator, and cartoonist ...

"So, ok, you're probably going, 'Is this like a Noxzema commercial, or what?!' But I seriously have a way normal life for a teenage girl." Cher might be clueless in many ways, but she knows just what ...

Eclectic mix of comedy, music, dance and drama on offer ...