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Creative forces now in charge of venerated role-playing franchise beginning to chart new course. White Wolf Publishing has provided new information on the future of World of Darkness. Speaking in a presentation and a Q&A session at Tenebrae Noctis, a World of Darkness fan event held last weekend in Germany, CEO Tobias Sjogren and Lead…
The Senate is heading toward a battle over Sen. Rand Paul’s (R-Ky.) “Audit the Fed” legislation, giving the GOP presidential candidate a long-desired floor fight. Sen. David Perdue (R-Ga.) — who said he was acting on behalf of Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.) — set up a procedural vote on Paul’s legislation for Tuesday,…
Iranian hackers infiltrated the control system of a small dam less than 20 miles from New York City two years ago, sparking concerns that reached to the White House, according to former and current U.S. officials and experts familiar with the previously undisclosed incident. The breach came amid attacks by hackers linked to Iran’s government…
WASHINGTON (AP) — Republican Sen. Lindsey Graham ended his 2016 campaign for president Monday, saying he remains committed to working to achieve security for the American people and helping the GOP expand its base. With just over a month to go until voting begins, the South Carolina senator — the only candidate from one of…
“What do you do when you have the attention of millions of people? It seemed to me like it would be fun to experiment with.” Photo: Louis Lanzano/Bloomberg via Getty Images Martin Shkreli has had a busy month. First, the “pharma bro” said he wished he raised the prices of the…
Is Hermione Granger black? This is the question prompted by the casting of a black actor, Noma Dumezweni, as Hogwarts’ cleverest pupil in an upcoming theatre production of Harry Potter and the Cursed Child. The answer is twofold. First, why the hell not? Second, what a stupid question! A better one to ask is whether…
The snow stung my face after the neighborhood bully shoved me into the snowbank at the foot of my driveway. I couldn’t let my tears ice up: I had to get up and chase after the sheets of music he had knocked out of my band folder. Measure after measure now swirled through the air….
I know, right? Will your friends agree? Share this Link Which “The Force Awakens” Character Are You? http://www.buzzfeed.com/perpetua/the-force-awak… No matter what you get, may the force be with you…always. Which “The Force Awakens” Character Are You.
Whether you’ve seen their beautifully wrapped bars for sale at Shake Shack or Rag & Bone, featured in the pages of the New York Times or Vogue, or decorating one of their New York, London, or soon, LA shops, Mast Brothers chocolate bars have become the world’s most prominent brand of artisanal chocolate. But while…
Political arguments over the impact of racism in America can often devolve into a stalemate of feelings. Here is one very concrete way to measure what racism has done—and is doing—to our country. No honest person (not even a Republican) can doubt that the legacy of slavery and the subsequent awful periods of racial atrocity…