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It may be a romanticized version of Old Mexico that never existed in real life, reconstituted to appeal to tourists and day-trippers, but on Olvera Street, where Los Angeles was born, you can forget you're in the downtown core of the United States' second-largest city and imagine you're vacationing in a foreign village.

To what extent should government-subsidized home health workers be compelled to support unions? Walter Olson reviews the Supreme Court's ruling.

Корреспондент bbcrussian.com Александр Кан спросил у сотрудников Бразильской службы Би-би-си, как они восприняли поражение своей сборной на чемпионате мира по футболу.

George F. Kennan was the eminent U.S. foreign policy strategist of the 20th century. Kennan was the author of the famous “X” telegram, which outlined a policy of containment for dealing with the Soviet Union. Although once the Director of Policy Planning at the State Department, Kennan would renounce the way his doctrine was applied, critiquing the Washington foreign policy establishment for its militarism and recklessness. Why did Kennan grow estranged from the foreign policy establishment? Why... Читать дальше...

Banish bags and target wrinkles with one of these super-charged treatments

Сотрудник МВД Украины на одном из блокпостов в Донецкой области - о своей работе и о том, что может предотвратить партизанскую войну.

Tennis star Novak Djokovic will wed Jelena Ristic at the Aman Sveti Stefan, a sprawling property in Montenegro bordered by forested hills. We check out the Wimbledon champ’s luxe lair.

Liver transplant time from human donor to patient is limited to 12 hours, but rats that got livers specially stored for three days were going strong three months later. Cynthia Graber reports

In this episode, Thiel fellow Rebecca Jolitz takes us on a tour of the NASA Ames Research Center, where she worked while attending UC Berkeley. The entire group also pays a visit to lunar transportation company Moon Express for lessons on space, technology, and how to turn the impossible into a reality.

In this episode, Thiel fellow Rebecca Jolitz takes us on a tour of the NASA Ames Research Center, where she worked while attending UC Berkeley. The entire group also pays a visit to lunar transportation company Moon Express for lessons on space, technology, and how to turn the impossible into a reality.

Katie Kelly is still a university student, and she’s already traveled more than many people ever will. She has stories and photos to spare on her Tumblr, Travel Nerd. Volunteering has helped Kelly see much of the world – including nine weeks of solo travel through Africa and another volunteer stint in Mexico last year. You can view photos of her adventures at each stop, or read the emails she wrote along the way. Of if you just want to see cute dogs to cheer you up, she’s got that too.

Katie Kelly is still a university student, and she’s already traveled more than many people ever will. She has stories and photos to spare on her Tumblr, Travel Nerd.

Come and support Wellingtons new 3rd team (managed by Jason Hawkings, Dave Thomas) by entering a team in the Club Olympics on the 19th July 3pm start. Teams of 4 at £20 per team to enter with a prize of £100 up for grabs. Each team will play a round of Darts, skittles and pool. :)

Designer Karl Lagerfeld closed his fall 2014 haute couture show with a pregnant model wearing a Baroque-inspired neoprene wedding gown.

Miley Cyrus was rumored to have suffered a drug overdose when she was hospitalized in April. The singer said she was forced to take a break from her Bangerz tour and seek professional  care after she had a bad reaction to antibiotics that were reportedly given to her to treat a sinus infection.

Aereo lost at the high court, which raises new questions about how innovation can occur within and around our current system of copyright. Julian Sanchez comments.