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ORLANDO, Fla. — Two systems in the Atlantic Ocean with potential to form into a tropical or subtropical depressions or storms are under close watch by the National Hurricane Center on Saturday, as the end of hurricane ...Read more

A thought for the day: What is the essence of America? Finding and maintaining that perfect, delicate balance between freedom 'to' and freedom 'from.' -- American writer Marilyn vos Savant

On this date in history:

In 1520, Ferdinand Magellan entered the Pacific Ocean on his way around the world. He was the first European to sail the Pacific from the east.

In 1919, Virginia-born Nancy ...Read more

Those born on this date include:

- English poet William Blake in 1757
- architect Henry Bacon, designer of the Lincoln Memorial, in 1866
- Motown Records founder/Rock and Roll Hall of fame member ...Read more

This is Saturday, Nov. 28, the 333rd day of 2020 with 33 to follow.

The moon is waxing. Morning stars are Mars, Mercury, Neptune, Uranus and Venus. Evening stars are Jupiter, Mars, Neptune, Saturn and Uranus.

unguent \UNG-gwuhnt\ (noun) - A salve for sores, burns, or the like; an ointment.

"Mara quickly smoothed a sweet smelling unguent over Tallis' burns and his pain from them was much lessened."

Unguent comes from Latin ...Read more

Jelly Belly beans were the first jelly beans in outer space when President Reagan sent them on the 1983 flight of the space shuttle Challenger.

Three astronauts had four jelly beans left among them one night - a black, a yellow, a green and a red. No astronaut ate more than one jelly bean and the red bean was definitely eaten. According to the following statements, determine which astronaut ate which jelly bean.

1. If the second astronaut ...

On this date in history:

In 1901, the U.S. War Department authorized creation of the Army War College to instruct commissioned officers. It was built in Leavenworth, Kan.

In 1924, the first Macy's ...Read more

Those born on this date include:

- Anders Celsius, Swedish astronomer/inventor of the centigrade thermometer, in 1701
- Filipino pediatrician Fe del Mundi, first woman admitted to Harvard Medical School, in...Read more

By changing the third letter of each of the words below, can you make another valid word. You have to change each word such that the third letters will reveal a ten letter word when read downwards. Therefore, what now reads KRZSAPROKD will be a real word. What ten letter word is formed?

BAKE
CURE
MAZE
PEST
NEAT
ROPE
PORT
FOOD
POKE
SODA

On this date in history:

In 1789, U.S. President George Washington declared Nov. 26, 1789, to be Thanksgiving Day. It was the first U.S. holiday by presidential proclamation.

In 1842, the University ...Read more

Those born on this date include:

- German composer Johannes Bach in 1604
- English clergyman/college benefactor John Harvard in 1607
- surgeon/women's rights leader Mary Walker Edwards in 1832
-...Read more

A man has 3 cards face down on a table. One is a jack and two are aces. He knows the order but you do not. You can ask him one yes or no question, but when you do you have to point to one of the cards. If you point to an ace, he will tell the truth, if you point to the jack, he will randomly say yes or no. You have to find one of the aces.