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By DAVID GERMAIN 01/10/13 11:21 AM ET EST BEVERLY HILLS, Calif. — Steven Spielberg has matched his personal best at the Academy Awards: 12 nominations for his Civil War saga …
“Bittersweet.” That’s how Kyla McMullen describes what it feels like to be the first African-American woman at the University of Michigan to graduate with a doctorate in computer science. “I …
Arthur Delaney arthur@huffingtonpost.com The number of Americans unemployed for 99 weeks or longer has averaged just shy of 2 million for the past two years, but their ranks may …
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The Huffington Post | By Kia Makarechi Hollywood’s awards race just got serious. Seth MacFarlane and Emma Stone announced Oscar nominations for the 2013 Academy Awards on Thursday morning, adding …
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The Huffington Post | By Madeline Boardman Quvenzhané Wallis just made history. With the announcement of the nominees for the 85th annual Academy Awards this morning, the Louisiana-born Wallis, just …
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HOUSTON — A man accused of vandalizing a 1929 Pablo Picasso painting in an act caught on cellphone video surrendered Tuesday to federal marshals at the U.S.-Mexico border. Uriel Landeros, …
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One of the reasons I started my website was so that women could have a place to come together and dream. We women need to know that we don’t have …
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The Huffington Post | By Meredith Bennett-Smith If the Washington Redskins ever want to return to the city of D.C., the team will need to seriously consider changing its name. …
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The style we now call Art Deco originated in Europe in the early 20th Century, and its heyday was from 1920 to 1940. It became widely known following the great Exposition …
INTRODUCTION ART has not always been what we think it is today. An object regarded as Art today may not have been perceived …
From Shelley Esaak, former About.com Guide Question: What Is Art? Note: This is a question that pops up around once a month, typically from a student who is stumped and …
Atlanta’s National Center for Civil and Human Rightshas taken another step toward construction. Although the center broke ground last summer, major construction on the downtown site had to wait until the …
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Robert Griffin III should be healthy at the start of the 2013 NFL season, according to Dr. James Andrews, who performed surgery to repair torn ligaments in the right knee …
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In a strong signal that the Obama administration is serious about instituting new gun control measures, Vice President Joe Biden said today that the president would be using executive …
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Scientific illustrator Danny Quirk was just trying to make his girlfriend a Halloween costume when he stumbled upon viral gold. His stunning anatomical reproductions, made of Sharpie and latex, quickly …
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