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The battle between Halloween and Reformation Day

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The battle between Halloween and Reformation Day

The sun deity Beaivi withholds her rays in October, particularly in northern Norway, where in 1674 a beggar named Kirsten Iversdatter was tied to the stake. She was accused of witchcraft, not only because of her itinerant lifestyle and rumors of promiscuity, but also because of the pagan faith of the Sámi, the persecuted indigenous […]

Jimmy Carter at 100: A century of change for a president, the United States and the world since 1924

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Jimmy Carter at 100: A century of change for a president, the United States and the world since 1924

Jimmy Carter is already the longest-lived of the 45 men in office as US president and is about to celebrate his centennial. The 39th president, who remains in home hospice care, turns 100 on Tuesday, Oct. 1, celebrating in the same southern Georgia town where he was born in 1924. Here are some notable milestones […]