Good night and good luck: Noor Tagouri, a part time radio reporter in the suburbs of Washington, D.C., says her goal is to be the first anchor on American commercial television who wears a hijab while reading the news.
One thing’s for sure — she has no chance of getting hired at Fox News Channel. She’s not blonde.
I’m hungry: A diet that lets you eat normally but occasionally fools the body into thinking it is starving is an effective way to control weight, researchers say.
The trouble is, we’re supposed to listen to our bodies. And if our bodies erroneously tell us we’re starving, well …
Don’t know much about history: On this day in 1964, AT&T inaugurated commercial “Picturephone” service between three major U.S. cities. The service never caught on.
Folks who tried the Picturephones said they wished the things connected to a global information network that let them instantly communicate with anyone anywhere in the world. Well, that’s impossible, AT&T responded, but wait till you see those flying cars we’re working on!
— Mark Carlson, Herald staff
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