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Controversial film about Hitler and Goebbels collapses the distance of decades
11+ min ago (795+ words) In the darkened Berlin cinema, the first voice to speak sounds like a friendly Austrian country priest. That this is the regular – utterly unrecognisable – speaking voice of Adolf Hitler, in a secret recording from 1942, is the final triumph of Joseph…...
Book launch set for local author’s memoir
1+ hour, 17+ min ago (155+ words) HIGH POINT â High Point native, author and community leader Brandon L. Smith will celebrate the official release of his book, âThe Gift Made Room for Me: A Journey from Dreams to Manifestation,â at 5 p.m. Saturday at…...
WWII veterans honored at Henri-Chapelle American Cemetery
3+ day, 23+ hour ago (330+ words) Official websites use.govA.gov website belongs to an official government organization in the United States. More than 200,000 fallen service members are honored at an ABMC site. All Cemeteries and Memorials Operational Status of Cemeteries Compliance Reports & Policy America’s 250th at…...
Maine Military Museum honors Vietnam War POWs
2+ hour, 4+ min ago (452+ words) SOUTH PORTLAND — Six and a half years — 2,402 days. That’s how long Col. Michael Brazelton was held in captivity as a prisoner of war while serving as a fighter pilot in the U.S. Air Force in the Vietnam War. More…...
Why has the Japanese sword become a symbol of the samurai?
1+ day, 18+ hour ago (1770+ words) This note is based on the October 3, 2026 stand.fm audio recording of 'Shohei Sano's Sengoku Thinking Lab'. "Please draw a picture of a samurai." If you were told that, wouldn't many people draw a figure with a sword tucked into…...
Listen: Chip Rankin promoted to brigadier general in Minnesota National Guard
30+ min ago (55+ words) Subscribe and listen to the Brainerd Dispatch Minute at brainerddispatch.com, Apple Podcasts, Spotify or Google Podcasts. Listen: Chip Rankin promoted to brigadier general in Minnesota National Guard Subscribe and listen to the Brainerd Dispatch Minute at brainerddispatch.com, Apple…...
Extra Bonus Quote of the Day
2+ hour, 1+ min ago (129+ words) “There’s never been anybody in the history of the Nobel Prize that deserves it more. I settled eight wars. I stopped the total obliteration of the world.” — President Trump, speaking in the Oval Office. “There’s never been anybody in the…...
“This is science!” – MIT president talks about the importance of America’s research enterprise on GBH’s Boston Public Radio
1+ hour, 15+ min ago (398+ words) In a wide-ranging live conversation, MIT President Sally Kornbluth joined Jim Braude and Margery Eagan live in studio for GBH’s Boston Public Radio on Thursday, February 5. They talked about MIT, the pressures facing America’s research enterprise, the importance of science,…...
Here's how 'Meltdown' and 'Spectre' got those terrifying names
1+ hour, 21+ min ago (581+ words) Meltdown and Spectre. Spectre, and Meltdown. The two vulnerabilities, both affecting computer processors across the globe, were disclosed on Jan. 3 and in the process sent manufactures scrambling to answer whether or not their operating systems, laptops, cloud computers, and smartphones…...
BREAKING NEWS: Japan says China should show respect after reference to PM by name only
12+ hour, 13+ min ago (77+ words) Read full story here Typhoon Surigae may approach eastern Japan including Tokyo on Thursday U.S. Marine arrested for suspected murder-robbery in Okinawa Documents show China weighed military action in Hong Kong in 2014 Japan urges Iran's "constructive" response on navigation through straits…...