Oil-rich, velvet-rope-poor Azerbaijan would very much like to be the world’s next party capital.
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Aging Easy Riders Beware
Motorcyclists 60 and older are three times as likely to be severely injured in a crash than younger riders.
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Even for the Dead, There’s a Race to Make the A-List at Oscars
A spot on the yearly scroll of recently deceased movie luminaries has become one of the most hotly contested honors of the Oscar show.
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Arsenal Found Inside Prison in Venezuela
Officials found 106 firearms and more than 8,000 rounds of ammunition inside a prison after a riot last month, the country’s top prison authority said Thursday.
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Appearance by Group Advocating Boycott of Israel Roils Brooklyn College Campus
B.D.S. ignites a debate on hate speech and free speech.
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Myths About Gun Regulation
The gun lobby propaganda is convincing lawmakers that the 10-year ban on assault weapons was ineffective.
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Obama Is Urged to Approve Oil Pipeline
More than half the Senate on Wednesday urged quick approval of the Keystone XL oil pipeline, increasing pressure on President Obama to move ahead with the project.
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Sailors Will Face Tests for Alcohol
The Navy said Wednesday that it would conduct random blood-alcohol tests on sailors in the United States starting next month.
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New Mexico Teenager Is Charged With Killing His Family
Nehemiah Griego, 15, faces charges in the deaths of his parents, a younger brother and two younger sisters.
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Is 2013 the New 1913?
Substitute China for Germany and the United States for Britain, a scholar argues, drawing an inexact but troubling parallel to the year before the start of World War I.
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