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Many Americans aren't just turning from religion, but against religion

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The reputations of Fred Galvin and others in Fox Company were damaged by a Taliban fabrication in March 2007 that was amplified by senior U.S. officers

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How to weigh your interest in saving money and time against other concerns

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Why couples fight about finances(it's more complicated than most think) and realistic ways to set rules that make everyone feel safe

Must-Know Info
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By Stacy Rapacon

Workers with these majors frequently report low starting and mid-career salaries, as well as a low sense of meaning in their post-bachelor work. These majors also are not commonly sought after in recent online job postings and often lead to occupations with lackluster growth expectations

Ess, Ess/ Eat, Eat!
The Kosher Gourmet
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This Sicilian Super Bowl salsa, Or, Slow Cooker Caponata, offers incredible depth of flavor with nearly no fuss. It can be served hot or cold

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On this day in . . .

• 1327, teenaged Edward III is crowned King of England, but the country is ruled by his mother Queen Isabella and her lover Roger Mortimer

• 1709, Alexander Selkirk is rescued after being shipwrecked on a desert island, inspiring the book Robinson Crusoe by Daniel Defoe

• 1790, in New York City, the Supreme Court of the United States attempts to convene for the first time. (However, since only three of the six justices were present, the court recessed until the next day.)

• 1793, the French Revolutionary Wars: France declares war on the United Kingdom and the Netherlands

• 1861, during the American Civil War: Texas secedes from the United States

• 1862, "The Battle Hymn of the Republic," a poem by Julia Ward Howe, was published in the Atlantic Monthly

• 1884, Edition One of the Oxford English Dictionary is published

• 1893, Thomas A. Edison finishes construction of the first motion picture studio, the Black Maria in West Orange, New Jersey

• 1942, the Voice of America broadcast its first program to Europe, relaying it through the facilities of the British Broadcasting Corp. in London

• 1958, the first Earth satellite of the United States, Explorer 1, is launched at Cape Canaveral Air Force Station as part of the United States program for the International Geophysical Year and in response to the launch of the Soviet satellite Sputnik. ALSO: Egypt and Syria merge to form the United Arab Republic, which lasts until 1961

• 1968, the execution of Viet Cong officer Nguyen Van Lem by South Vietnamese National Police Chief Nguyen Ngoc Loan is videotaped and photographed by Eddie Adams. This image helped build opposition to the Vietnam War. ALSO: The New York Central Railroad and the Pennsylvania Railroad are merged to form the ill-fated Penn Central Transportation

• 1979, convicted bank robber Patty Hearst is released from prison after her sentence was commuted by President Jimmy Carter. ALSO: Ayatollah Khomeini, ym"sh, is welcomed back into Tehran, Iran after nearly 15 years of exile

• 2001, former U.S. President Bill Clinton said he and his wife would return $86,000 in gifts they received in 2000 but would keep $104,000 worth of others they received prior to 2000. ALSO: French and German newspapers republished caricatures of Muhammad in what they called a defense of freedom of expression, sparking fresh anger from Muslims

• 2002, President George W. Bush responded to the collapse of Enron by proposing regulation reforms of 401(k) retirement plans. Justice Department investigators directed President Bush's staff to preserve the paper trail of any contact with Enron

• 2003, Space Shuttle Columbia disintegrates during reentry into the Earth's atmosphere, killing all seven astronauts aboard

• 2004, 251 practitioners of that "religion of peace" are trampled to death and 244 injured in a stampede at the Hajj pilgrimage in Saudi Arabia

• 2006, President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad launched anniversary celebrations for Iran's Islamic Revolution with a defiant promise to push ahead with the country's controversial nuclear program

• 2010, U.S. President Barack Obama proposed a $3.8 trillion budget for fiscal 2011 with a projected $1.6 trillion deficit

• 2011, Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak announced he would not run for a new term in September elections but rejected protesters' demands he step down immediately and leave the country, vowing to die on Egypt's soil, after a dramatic day in which a quarter-million Egyptians staged their biggest protest to date calling on him to go

• 2012, U.S. Defense Secretary Leon Panetta announced that the U.S. combat mission in Afghanistan would end as early as mid 2013 with the 90,000 troops on the scene withdrawn by late 2014. ALSO: At least 73 people were killed and 200 hurt in a fight between fans and players at a soccer match in Port Said, Egypt, the deadliest soccer violence there since 1996. The riot and police response led to violence and deaths at Cairo, Said and Suez

• 2014, United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon called Syria's civil war "the most urgent security challenge in the world today." U.N. officials estimated more than 100,000 people had been killed since the conflict began in March 2011

• 2015, an interception at the goal line by rookie Malcom Butler preserved a 28-to-24 win by the New England Patriots over the Seattle Seahawks in the Super Bowl

• 2016, Texas Sen. Ted Cruz swept to victory in Iowa's Republican caucuses, overcoming billionaire Donald Trump and a stronger-than-expected showing by Florida Sen. Marco Rubio; among Democrats, Bernie Sanders rode a wave of voter enthusiasm to a virtual tie with Hillary Clinton. ALSO: The World Health Organization declared a global emergency over the explosive spread of the Zika virus, which was linked to birth defects in the Americas, calling it an "extraordinary event" that posed a public health threat to other parts of the world

• 2017, former ExxonMobil chief executive Rex Tillerson was sworn in as the 69th secretary of state

• 2018, State Rep. Don Shooter was expelled from the Arizona House because of a lengthy pattern of sexual misconduct, making him the first state lawmaker in the U.S. to be booted out since the #MeToo movement emerged. ALSO: Sheriff's officials in Los Angeles said new witnesses had emerged in the 1981 drowning death of actress Natalie Wood, prompting investigators to name her former husband, Robert Wagner, a "person of interest" in what they considered a "suspicious death." (Detectives later said the evidence hadn't reached the threshold for a murder investigation and that they had no plans to file criminal charges.) AND:A judge ordered a Wisconsin girl, Morgan Geyser, to be committed to a mental hospital for 40 years for stabbing a classmate when she was 12 years old to curry favor with the fictional horror character Slender Man.

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