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Margarita Recipe Taste Test: Are Expensive Tequilas & Orange Liqueurs Worth The Price?
By Joe Satran America doesn’t give the margarita the respect it deserves. Most margaritas served in the States are treacly, salty, gooey abominations: 24 ounce swamps of half-melted ice sweetened with corn syrup and tinted bright green with food coloring. … Continue reading
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Tagged Cinco de Mayo, Cocktail, cooking, entertainment, Home, lime, Manhattan, Margarita, tequila
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Downton Abbey Adds First Black Cast Member
By Robyn Ross Gary Carr will portray the first black character on Downton Abbey during its upcoming fourth season, according to The Hollywood Reporter. Carr, who will play a “charming and charismatic young jazz singer,” joins returning regulars Hugh Bonneville, … Continue reading
Commentary: Congress Honors Four Little Black Girls and American Resolve
By Jonathan P. Hicks It has been nearly 50 years since four young Black girls were killed in a bombing in a Baptist church in Birmingham, Alabama at the height of the civil rights movement. And to commemorate that horrific … Continue reading
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Tagged 16th Street Baptist Church bombing, Alabama, Birmingham Church Bombing, Boston Marathon Bombings, civil rights movement, Congressional Gold Medal, Fred Shuttlesworth, George Wallace, Martin Luther King Jr., Osama Bin Laden, Ralph David Abernathy
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Undercover Denver TV reporter buys several semiautomatic guns from private sellers in just hours, no questions asked
By Sasha Goldstein An undercover reporter went to a Babies “R” Us parking lot to buy a very adult toy: an Uzi. “I mean the beauty of this gun is it’s pretty well-balanced when you’re holding it with two hands,” … Continue reading
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Tagged AR-15, Colorado, Denver, gun legislation, guns, Josh Bernstein, KDVR, Uzi
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Boston Police: Three More Individuals In Custody
by Mark Memmott Breaking news on the Boston Police Department’s Twitter account: “Three additional suspects taken into custody in Marathon bombing case. Details to follow.” We’ll follow with more as NPR and other news outlets get additional information. Update at … Continue reading
The 10 Worst Communication Mistakes For Your Career
By Jenna Goudreau “How do you signal to the world you’re leadership material?” asks Sylvia Ann Hewlett, an economist and the founding president of the Center for Talent Innovation (CTI) in New York. “You don’t get a shot at being … Continue reading
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Tagged business, communication, employment, Forbes, jobs, New York, work
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Tattoos No Longer A Kiss Of Death In The Workplace
by Rachel Hennessey “Now you’re never going to get a job!” Almost everyone in the 14% pool of tattooed Americans has heard something like this from a relative or friend. But as the number of inked Americans grows, is the … Continue reading
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Tagged Bodyart, business, employment, Image Galleries, jobs, Tattoo, work
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Wash. Judge Tells Cops To Return Man’s Marijuana Or Be Found In Contempt
By Associated Press Police in Tacoma could soon be in real trouble over pot.The department could be found in contempt if they continue to refuse to return a small amount of marijuana seized from a man after a traffic stop. … Continue reading
Do Psychopaths Get Promoted Faster?
By Drake Baer It’s as catchy as a pop song: Your boss is an axe-wielding psychopath, a Pat or Pattie Bateman just waiting for the right time to strike. The argument crops up in business tomes from time to time … Continue reading