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"Where all men think alike, no one thinks very much."
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Inspiration
It wouldn't be the first time Jewry has set a trend
Reality Check
Since he entered office nearly eight years ago, Obama's foreign policy has always sought to kill two birds with one stone
Living History
What the 1,500 year-old find reveals
Heads-Up
Instagram is booming. It's simple to use and fun to keep up with. At face value, it seems incredibly harmless, and maybe even a safe site for kids
Ess, Ess/ Eat, Eat!
Seriously simple yet tastes like rugelach: Buttery fruit-and-nut dessert bars perfectly suited for the not-so-frequent baker
Innovation
Are you depressed? About to have a heart attack? Need more Vitamin B? A startup is working on a way to let you know
[ W O R T H 1 0 0 0 W O R D S ]
• Chip Bok
Monica Crowley: How Trump can knock out Hillary in the first debate
Marilyn Penn: Would You Hide a Nazi From a Jew?
[ T O D A Y I N H I S T O R Y ] • 1459, the Battle of Blore Heath, the first major battle of the English Wars of the Roses, is fought at Blore Heath in Staffordshire
• 1642, the first commencement exercises occur at Harvard College
• 1780, during the American Revolution; British Major John André arrested as a spy by American soldiers exposing Benedict Arnold's treason
• 1806, Lewis and Clark return to St. Louis, after exploring the Pacific Northwest of the United States
• 1821, the Fall of Tripolitsa, Greece, massacre of 30.000 Turks
• 1845, the Knickerbockers Baseball Club, the first baseball team to play under the modern rules, is founded in New York
• 1846, the discovery of Neptune by French astronomer Urbain Jean Joseph Le Verrier and British astronomer John Couch Adams; verified by German astronomer Johann Gottfried Galle
• 1884, Herman Hollerith patents his mechanical tabulating machine
• 1938, a time capsule, to be opened in the year 6939, was buried on the grounds of the World's Fair in New York City
• 1952, Republican vice-presidential candidate Richard M. Nixon went on television to deliver what came to be known as the "Checkers" speech as he refuted allegations of improper campaign financing
• 1969, the Chicago Eight trial opens in Chicago. The defendants were charged with, among others, conspiracy and inciting to riot related to protests that took place in during the 1968 Democratic National Convention
• 1972, Philippine President Ferdinand Marcos announces over television and radio the implementation of martial law and signs General Order No. 1 which orders the arrest of opposition leaders, media censorship, banning travel to other countries except for diplomatic missions, abolishing the Philippine Congress, establishing dictatorial government, take-over or sequestering of public and private corporations and suspension of classes for one week in the Philippines
• 1973, Juan Peron returns to power in Argentina
• 1998, Sammy Sosa hit his 64th and 65th home runs, tying Mark McGwire for the single-season record
• 1993, the Israeli Knesset approved the peace agreement with the Palestinian Liberation Organization
• 1999, NASA announces that it has lost contact with the Mars Climate Orbiter
• 2001, President George W. Bush returned the American flag to full staff at Camp David, symbolically ending a period of national mourning. ALSO: Thousands gathered at New York's Yankee Stadium to offer prayers for the victims of terrorism; Mayor Rudolph Giuliani pledged that "our skyline will rise again."
• 2002, the first public version of the web browser Mozilla Firefox ("Phoenix 0.1") is released.
• 2003, speaking at the United Nations, President Bush rejected calls from France and Germany to hasten the transfer of power in Iraq, insisting the shift to self-government could be "neither hurried nor delayed." ALSO: A federal appeals court unanimously put California's recall election back on the calendar for Oct. 7
• 2007, Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad left Tehran for New York to address the United Nations; state media quoted him as saying the American people were eager for different opinions about the world, and that he was looking forward to providing them with "correct and clear information
• 2009, the U.S. House of Representatives voted for a 13-week, $1.4 billion extension of unemployment benefits for 27 states, the District of Columbia and Puerto Rico, where the unemployment rate was 8.5 percent or higher. ALSO: President Barack Obama told Israeli and Palestinian leaders in their first trilateral talks they must begin "permanent" peace negotiations "soon" and urged them to be ready to take risks
• 2010, the U.S. delegation walked out of a U.N. speech by Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad after he said some in the world had speculated that the U.S. staged the Sept. 11, 2001 attacks in an attempt to assure Israel's survival. ALSO: Congressional Republicans unveiled their "Pledge to America," a strongly worded manifesto promising to return government to the people.
• 2011, the 'Palestinians' officially requested statehood in an appearance before the U.N. Security Council
• 2012, former U.S. President Bill Clinton, asked if his wife, Hillary, might run for president in 2016, said: "Whatever she does I am for her first, last and always. She is the ablest [of potential candidates]. I know I am biased but I think she demonstrated as senator and as secretary of state that she has extraordinary ability."
• 2015, Chinese President Xi Jinping, visiting Seattle, addressed Amazon.com founder Jeff Bezos, billionaire investor Warren Buffett and other top American and Chinese business leaders, vowing his country would work to remove barriers to foreign investment and improve intellectual property protections. ALSO: Volkswagen CEO Martin Winterkorn resigned, days after admitting that the world's top-selling carmaker had rigged diesel emissions to pass U.S. tests during his tenure; Winterkorn denied any personal wrongdoing.
Wesley Pruden: The riot that dares not speak its name (OUCH)
News of the Weird by Chuck Shepherd: Can't Possibly Be True!
• Walmart thief tells judge she has big plans --- applying for job at Walmart • A car crash killed his girlfriend. Three days later, he crawled out from the wreckage Greg Crosby: Would You Repeat That, Please?
Ramesh Ponnuru: Obama will not -- and should not -- condone Snowden's recklessness
Suzanne Fields: Campaigns Reduced to Cliches
Rich Lowry: Prez debate cheat sheet: Hillary's big risk, Trump's big chance
Jonah Goldberg: Clinton's personality, Trump's policy expertise open to debate
Philip Bump: How Trump's month of gains may not matter --- yet
Mona Charen: What Are the Checks and Balances?
David Limbaugh: Clinton and Obama, First Heal Yourselves on Race
Michael Barone: What Happens to the Democratic Party if Clinton Loses?
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