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'The Man In The High Castle' Returns To Amazon For Season 2

6:37pm December 16, 2016

by Eric Deggans

The show imagines what it would be like if the axis countries had won World War II, and America was divided between Germany and Japan. The show's heroes struggle against totalitarianism.

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U.S. Files Lawsuit Against ISIS Aimed At Recovering Looted Artifacts

3:05pm December 16, 2016

by Carrie Johnson

The U.S. government filed a federal case Thursday aimed at recovering artifacts looted by ISIS. It centers on an ISIS leader believed to be involved in mistreatment of American hostage Kayla Mueller.

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According to NASA, Mary Jackson "may have been the only black female aeronautical engineer in the field" in the 1950s. Singer and actress Janelle Monáe plays her in the film Hidden Figures.

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'Hidden Figures' No More: Meet The Black Women Who Helped Send America To Space

1:04pm December 16, 2016

by Elizabeth Blair

A new film tells the stories of three women who made incalculable contributions to the space program: engineer Mary Jackson, mathematician Katherine Johnson and NASA supervisor Dorothy Vaughan.

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Noah's Lark

12:24pm December 16, 2016

In this game, contestants add a letter to a common name, title, or phrase to turn one of the original words into an animal.

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Bond Villain, Fashion Designer, Or Pro Golfer?

12:24pm December 16, 2016

In this installment of This, That or the Other, it's the age-old question--who is Beckett Fogg? A James Bond villain, fashion designer, or pro golfer?

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Meet The Expert: Jason Porath

12:24pm December 16, 2016

Inspired by the stories in Porath's book, we wrote a game to showcase a few of those larger-than-life women. Porath led the game, played by a member of the Ask Me Another audience.

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We Are Families

12:24pm December 16, 2016

This music game is fun for the whole family! Jonathan Coulton sings a parody of the Sister Sledge song "We Are Family" rewritten to be about real and fictional famous families.

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Jumbled Plots

12:24pm December 16, 2016

In this game, titles of recent movies are anagrammed to make new titles.

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Tim Gunn: Make It Smirk!

12:24pm December 16, 2016

Project Runway fashion guru Tim Gunn reveals he would choose "Project Runway Juniors" over the original any day of the week, and shares his optimism towards the current state of the fashion industry.

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Dash To Victory

12:24pm December 16, 2016

What's that French phrase for a two-person meeting where you put your heads together? If you said "tete-a-tete," then you'll enjoy this final round where every answer contains at least two hyphens.

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