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Lost In Translation: American Decodes Weird Spanish Slang

Learning a foreign language is hard enough. But if that language is riddled with weird slang terms and ever-changing funny phrases, you may wind up lost in translation. That's exactly what happened to former Maryland resident Jared Romey, author of Spanish slang books "Speaking Argento," "Speaking Boricua" and the most...

Sex vs. the Internet: 12 Percent of Women Would Rather Stay Online

(Oct. 27) -- The Internet is a glorious invention, but is it really better than sex? For most Americans, the answer is still a decided "no." But there is a subset of the population, at least, that would rather give up fun between the sheets than cascading style sheets, if forced to choose between the two. Meet the true...

Blind Man Barred From Dubai Flight Over Disability

DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (Oct. 5) - A blind American traveler says he was stopped from getting on a flight in Dubai on Tuesday because of his disability -- a decision the government-run airline insists was a mistake it regrets. Zuhair Mahmoud, of Arlington, Va., told The Associated Press he ran into problems when he...

Search for Missing US Balloonists Ends

ROME, Italy (Oct. 5) -- The Italian coast guard said Monday that it had called off the search for a pair of American balloonists who disappeared last week in the Adriatic Sea. The search was called off at 3:30 p.m. (1330 GMT) after a final attempt to locate Richard Abruzzo, of Albuquerque, New Mexico, and Carol Rymer...

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American football is a sport played between two teams of eleven with the objective of scoring points by advancing the ball into the opposing team's end zone.

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