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What Winnie the Pooh and Mickey Mouse can tell us about the public domain and remix culture 04/16/2024 02:03pm • LOS ANGELES (AP) ��� The giant stuffed bear, its face a twisted smile, lumbers across the screen. Menacing music swells. Shadows mask unknown threats. Christopher Robin begs for his life. And is that a sledgehammer about to pulverize a minor character's head? Thus unfolds the trailer for the 2023 m A word-of-mouth sensation, Matzo Buttercrunch earns a place on the Passover dessert table 04/16/2024 09:01am • On Passover, dessert options can feel limited. No leavened foods are allowed, so the usual recipes for cakes, cookies and the like are off the table (literally). Flourless desserts and/or desserts made with matzo meal are fair game, and there are some great recipes out there (and plenty of not-so-gr Tougher penalties in effect for threats against election workers in Maryland 04/16/2024 08:50am • Maryland has a presidential primary in less than a month. Early voting starts May 2. When election judges report for duty on May 14, a new law that penalizes anyone who issues threats against them will be in effect. Maryland Gov. Wes Moore has signed into law a bill that raises the penalty fro Characters enter the public domain. Winnie the Pooh becomes a killer. Where is remix culture going? 04/16/2024 12:06am • LOS ANGELES (AP) ��� The giant stuffed bear, its face a twisted smile, lumbers across the screen. Menacing music swells. Shadows mask unknown threats. Christopher Robin begs for his life. And is that a sledgehammer about to pulverize a minor character's head? Thus unfolds the trailer for the 2023 m Russian soldiers who quit Putin's war get no hero���s welcome abroad as asylum claims surge 04/15/2024 06:41pm • ASTANA, Kazakhstan (AP) ��� If the choice was death or a bullet to the leg, Yevgeny would take the bullet. A decorated hero of Russia���s war in Ukraine, Yevgeny told his friend and fellow soldier to please aim carefully and avoid bone. The tourniquets were ready. The pain that followed was the pric Members of self-proclaimed anti-government group ���God���s Misfits��� held in killings of Kansas women 04/15/2024 05:11pm • OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) ��� Two Kansas women who vanished as they tried to pick up children for a birthday party two weeks ago were killed over a custody dispute involving a group of anti-government Oklahomans calling themselves ���God���s Misfits,��� authorities said Monday. Their vehicle was found Marc A key plank in Britain's plan to send migrants to Rwanda is set to become law 04/15/2024 05:10pm • LONDON (AP) ��� A key plank in the British government���s plan to send some asylum-seekers on a one-way trip to Rwanda is expected to become law this week, but opponents plan new legal challenges that could keep deportation flights grounded. A bill aimed at overcoming a U.K. Supreme Court block on s Advice for Law School Applicants on Choosing a Law Career Path 04/14/2024 08:00pm • You don't need to have your future career path mapped out to apply to law school, but it is helpful to have a direction in mind. Clear career goals can help you stay focused and motivated throughout the law school application process, from LSAT practice to weighing competing opportunities. It's easi Olympic track uniforms spark online debate about who designed them and why they're so skimpy 04/13/2024 08:27pm • PARIS (AP) ��� U.S. track and field athletes have around four dozen pieces to choose from when assembling their uniforms at the Olympics. The one grabbing the most attention is a high-cut leotard that barely covers the bikini line and has triggered debate between those who think it is sexist and oth Learn more about O.J. Simpson: The TV, movies, books and podcasts about the trial of the century 04/13/2024 11:06am • NEW YORK (AP) ��� The story of O.J. Simpson's life was inherently cinematic ��� what started as fodder for a triumphant sports biopic abruptly became something much darker and complex as Simpson slid from fame to infamy following the killings of Nicole Brown Simpson and Ronald Goldman. It's little w Argentina's populist president meets billionaire Elon Musk in Texas ��� and a bromance is born 04/12/2024 09:33pm • BUENOS AIRES, Argentina (AP) ��� One is an erratic billionaire entrepreneur and self-declared free-speech absolutist, prone to profanity-laden rants against ���wokeness��� and obsessed with making humanity a multi-planetary species. The other is an iconoclastic Latin American leader and self-declare Noncitizen voting isn't an issue in federal elections, regardless of conspiracy theories. Here's why 04/12/2024 07:34pm • Former President Donald Trump turned to one of his favorite themes on Friday ��� the specter of immigrants improperly voting in federal elections. House Speaker Mike Johnson came to the former president's Florida compound to announce that he would introduce a bill to stop those who are not citizens Faced with possibly paying for news, Google removes links to California news sites for some users 04/12/2024 06:30pm • SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) ��� Google on Friday began removing California news websites from some people's search results, a test that acted as a threat should the state Legislature pass a law requiring the search giant to pay media companies for linking to their content. Google announced the move in 10 Best Value Stocks to Buy Now 04/11/2024 08:00pm • The stock market is looking increasingly expensive. The major U.S. equity indexes have rallied far faster than corporate earnings have grown over the past year. As a result, the price-to-earnings multiples have gone up for many of America's largest companies. That could end up being a mistake. With The Biden administration will require thousands more gun dealers to run background checks on buyers 04/11/2024 04:16pm • WASHINGTON (AP) ��� Thousands more firearms dealers across the United States will have to run background checks on buyers at gun shows or other places outside brick-and-mortar stores, according to a Biden administration rule that will soon go into effect. The rule aims to close a loophole that has