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1974 Calendar Jan 2 (Woodward) "Tex" Ritter, American country singer (5 Star Jubilee, "Wayward Wind"), dies of a heart attack at 67 Jan 4 Karel Janeček, Czech composer, dies at 70 Jan 5 Lev Oborin, Russian-Soviet pianist (winner of 1st International Chopin Competition, 1927), composer and pedagogue, dies at 66 Jan 10 Eddie Safranski, American jazz double bassist and orchestra leader (Jonathan Winters Show), dies at 55 Jan 13 Raoul Jobin, French-Canadian operatic tenor (1930-58), and educator (Conservatoire de musique du Québec, 1960-71), dies at 69 Jan 15 Karel Salmon [Karl Salomon], Israeli operatic bass-baritone singer, composer, and conductor, dies at 76 Jan 16 Roy Bargy, American pianist and composer (Jimmy Durante Show), dies at 79 Jan 26 Wiktor Labunski, Polish-American composer, dies at 78 Feb 2 Jean Absil, Belgian organist and composer (Benedictions; Peau d'Ane), dies at 80 Feb 15 Kurt Magnus Atterberg, Swedish composer, dies at 86 Feb 20 David Monrad Johansen, Norwegian composer, dies at 85 Feb 23 Harry Ruby [Harry Rubenstein], American composer and screenwriter, dies at 79 Feb 25 Julian Dash, American swing jazz tenor saxophonist, and composer (" [Read More]

If you're new to investing, you might wonder whether stocks or mutual funds are the best investments for beginners. When you invest in a stock, you buy a share of a single company, whereas a mutual fund is a collection of stocks, bonds, or other securities. Mutual funds are generally considered a safer investment than stocks because they offer built-in diversification—something that helps mitigate the risk and volatility in your portfolio. [Read More]

“Pimp My Ride” is back … sort of. Actor and comedian Chris Redd is set to host Netflix‘s new motor makeover series “Resurrected Rides,” which will premiere on July 24. The series will feature eight 40-minute episodes. [Read More]

For Nicaragua’s foreign press corps, hazard is a way of life Arriving at a national guard outpost in northeast Managua, the heart of the fighting last week in strife-racked Nicaragua, ABC Correspondent Bill Stewart sensed it would be safer to approach on foot. Though his van was emblazoned with FOREIGN PRESS signs, he did not want to do anything that might spook the government troops. In one hand Stewart carried his government-issue press pass; in the other, he held a white flag. [Read More]

It’s called Preventeza and it was just released in May. What is Preventeza? ADVERTISEMENT Preventeza “is a proven option to help women prevent pregnancy before it starts by using the same ingredient as most birth control pills, just at a higher dose,” according to a press release. It's available online or over-the-counter (at places like CVS or Target) as a single tablet, and it’s designed to be taken after you have unprotected sex to prevent an unintended pregnancy. [Read More]

TIME September 10, 1934 12:00 AM GMT-4 The world-wide Salvation Army last week ended a five-year interregnum. Its high officers refused to have continued truck with promoted grand viziers. By Booths they had been trained, and a Booth they would again have on the most autocratic throne of charity on earth. Enthroned was Evangeline Cory Booth, 69, who has been Commander of the Salvation Army in the U. S. for 30 years. [Read More]

Speaking during a recent sermon at The Fountain of Life Church, Odukoya articulated his belief that society has failed by instilling an entitlement mindset in men while neglecting to teach them responsibility and accountability. He started by saying, "Men have the mentality that a woman must submit because he is a man. If you're asking for submission, what vision is she submitting to? I dare say that society has failed and we have raised a lot of entities boys In men's bodies. [Read More]

Being the overtly 'religious' people that we claim to be, discussing anything that has to do do with sex is seriously frowned upon and you will be branded a lewd, licentious, lascivious, or at most, lecherous. But do you know that there are countries that encourage its citizens to have more sex? Sounds ridiculous, right? Hey, wait a minute, not only are those countries some of the most advanced but their governments even go the extra mile to make people get some more. [Read More]

Many of us have had this uncanny feeling before: Entering a silent room, walking through a dark night, or waking from sleep—and suddenly, it’s there. A sense that someone is with us, without any sight or sound. A feeling of a presence. It’s a sensation that occupied the forefathers of psychology for a long time, including William James. Writing in the Varieties of Religious Experience, James wrote of “a feeling of objective presence, a perception of what we may call ‘something there,’ more deep and more general than any of the special and particular ‘senses. [Read More]