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Inspired Living
But what if it weren't fantasy?
By Rabbi Yonason Goldson

Don't wait for Superman to save the world --- do it yourself

Only In The Middle East
When the Western Wall, Trump and Aerosmith share a headline
By Ruth Eglash

What a "newscycle" it was!

Life Hacks
Hidden tricks you didn't know your iPhone could do
By David Nield

10 features to take advantage of (complete, with diagrams)

Ess, Ess/ Eat, Eat!
The Kosher Gourmet
By Bonnie S. Benwick

An old favorite returns to the rotation with a leaner look

Prevent a Divorce!
11 theories about love that you're getting all wrong
By: Katelyn Carmen

True love probably isn't what you think it is. Here are some common misconceptions

How Can You Possibly Say 'No'?
A solar charger for 72 percent off!
By JWR Staff

At 8 ounces -- and a few bucks -- this really is a no-brainer. Never be without a charged phone ever again. Can be "juiced" either from the sun or an outlet.

• Super Bright LED Light: Built-in 21 LED lights, great illumination, when you are traveling, camping, especially in dark situations or at night, it is useful and helpful for you to light up, this solar battery charger is a trustworthy choice.
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• High Capacity and Portable Style: Ultra-thin solar power bank, 8000mAh high capacity, five pilot lamps indicate the status of power bank timely, there is a hook for you to hook on your backpack or other sporting devices.
• Special Material and Fashionable Style: Made of ABS material,it is friendly environmental, and the appearance is fashionable and decent,the solar charger can be charged by sunlight when you are on a trip with your backpack.

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• Sean Delonas

• Chip Bok

• Bill Day

• Joe Heller

• Jeff Koterba

• Gary McCoy

• Rick McKee

• Steve Sack

• Dana Summers

• Gary Varvel

• Michael Ramirez

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On this day in . . .

• 1792, the New York Stock Exchange had its origins as a group of brokers met under a tree located on what is now Wall Street

• 1809, Napoleon I of France orders the annexation of the Papal States to the French Empire

• 1849, a large fire nearly burns St. Louis, Missouri to the ground

• 1875, the first Kentucky Derby was run; the winner was Aristides

• 1902, Greek archaeologist Valerios Stais discovers the Antikythera mechanism, an ancient mechanical analog computer.

• 1937, Teddy Hill and His Orchestra recorded "King Porter Stomp" for RCA Records in New York; one of the featured musicians was a newcomer, trumpeter Dizzy Gillespie

• 1938, Congress passed the Second Vinson Act, providing for a strengthened U.S. Navy

• 1939, Britain's King George VI and Queen Elizabeth arrived in Quebec on the first visit to Canada by reigning British sovereigns. ALSO: The Columbia Lions and the Princeton Tigers play in the first-ever televised sporting event, a collegiate baseball game in New York City

• 1940, the Nazis, ym"sh, occupied Brussels, Belgium, during World War II. In 1946, President Truman seized control of the nation's railroads, delaying but not preventing a threatened strike by engineers and trainmen

• 1954, the U.S. Supreme Court handed down its Brown v. Board of Education of Topeka decision, which found that racially segregated public schools were inherently unequal, and therefore unconstitutional

• 1963, Bruno Sammartino defeats Nature Boy Buddy Rogers in 48 seconds in Madison Square Garden for the WWWF Heavyweight Championship. It begins the longest heavyweight championship reign in professional wrestling history

• 1967, during the Six-Day War: President Gamal Abdel Nasser of Egypt demands dismantling of the peace-keeping UN Emergency Force in Egypt

• 1973, the Senate began its televised hearings into the Watergate scandal

• 1974, police in Los Angeles, California, raid the Symbionese Liberation Army's headquarters, killing six members, including Camilla Hall

• 1980, rioting that claimed 18 lives erupted in Miami's Liberty City after an all-white jury in Tampa, Fla., acquitted four former Miami police officers of fatally beating black insurance executive Arthur McDuffie

• 1983, Lebanon, Israel, and the United States sign an agreement on Israeli withdrawal from Lebanon

• 1984, Prince Charles calls a proposed addition to the National Gallery, London, a "monstrous carbuncle on the face of a much-loved and elegant friend," sparking controversies on the proper role of the Royal Family and the course of modern architecture

• 1997, rebel leader Laurent Kabila declared himself president of the Democratic Republic of the Congo, formerly Zaire. ALSO: Russia's Mir space station got a new oxygen generator and a fresh American astronaut, courtesy of the space shuttle Atlantis. AND: Silver Charm won the Preakness, two weeks after winning the Kentucky Derby. (However, Silver Charm failed to win the Belmont Stakes.)

• 2000, two former Ku Klux Klansmen were arrested on murder charges in the 1963 church bombing in Birmingham, Ala. that killed four black girls. (Thomas Blanton Jr. and Bobby Frank Cherry were later convicted and sentenced to life behind bars. Cherry died in prison in 2004; Blanton is still serving his sentence.)

• 2002, former President Jimmy Carter ended a historic visit to Cuba sharply at odds with the Bush administration over how to deal with Fidel Castro, saying limits on tourism and trade often hurt Americans more than Cubans

• 2006, the FBI once again searched for the remains of former Teamsters leader Jimmy Hoffa, this time at a Michigan horse farm; the two-week search yielded no evidence

• 2010, the U.S. Supreme Court banned the sentencing of a juvenile to life in prison for a non-homicide case, calling the practice unconstitutional and cruel and unusual punishment

• 2011, Queen Elizabeth II began the first visit by a British monarch to the Republic of Ireland, a four-day trip to highlight strong Anglo-Irish relations and the success of Northern Ireland peacemaking

• 2016, federal investigators concluded that a speeding Amtrak train that crashed in Philadelphia in May 2015, killing eight people, most likely ran off the rails because the engineer was distracted by word of a nearby commuter train getting hit by a rock

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Andrew Malcolm: Trump to Trump: 'You're fired!'

News of the Weird by Chuck Shepherd: The Passing Parade

• Yale dean once championed cultural sensitivity. Then she called people 'white trash' on Yelp

• NOT Satire! El Daily Stormer: In search of new readers, leading neo-Nazi site starts publishing in Spanish

L. Brent Bozell III: Democracy Dies in Anonymous Sourcing

Callum Borchers: Fox News' Kimberly Guilfoyle is openly gunning for Sean Spicer's job

Michelle Malkin: Who Has Absolute Health Care Moral Authority?

John Stossel: Cruel and Stupid

Joseph Curl: How Russians helped Trump win the election is never explained

Greg Jaffe: New role for McMaster: Trump's shield

David Weigel & Ed O'Keefe: Trump scandals causing Democrat 'thought leaders' agita

Amber Phillips: President Trump's defenders on Capitol Hill are wavering

Aaron Blake: 3 big takeaways from Trump's Russia-classified info blunder

Peter W. Stevenson: A Trump impeachment is less likely than some Dems are suggesting

Jonah Goldberg: Dear Vice President Pence: It's time to take a stand

Byron York: On Capitol Hill, growing frustration with FBI secrecy about Russia probe

Dan Balz: President's crises bring the GOP to a point of reckoning

Walter Williams: Sheer Lunacy on Campus

• Dry Bones by Ya'akov Kirschen

• Mallard Filmore