"Austrian prosecutors are investigating young soldiers seen exchanging Hitler salutes in a video that appeared on the Internet, Defense Minister Norbert Darabos said on Tuesday.
In a statement, Darabos said suspects had been tracked down and were being questioned over the...
Beethoven might have been accidentally been poisoned by his own physician. An autopsy of his hair and bone fragments revealed that he had elevated levels of lead in his body, over the normal levels. In...
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"A newly discovered box of Hitler's records included music by Jewish composers or played by Jewish musicians.
Kept in a box for 62 years in the attic of a dacha near Moscow, the collection of gramophone discs had...
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Oil Settles Above $78, Setting Record
Tuesday July 31, 8:34 pm ET
By John Wilen, AP Business Writer
Oil Settles at a Record High Above $78 a Barrel on Inventory Expectations
NEW YORK (AP) -- Oil futures settled...
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Kilmer Middle School in Vienna, Virginia has a "no physical contact" rule. Like many schools, officials at Kilmer created the rule to try to give kids personal space and limit the effects of what they see as the...
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The worlds most expensive and the best violins are made by Stradivarius. Stolen last month by Georgian asylum seekers and now successfully recovered by the Austrian police. "A rare Stradivarius violin worth an estimated 2.5m euros ($3.4m) has been returned to its owner...
"This isn't the typical whispering you might expect to hear at a library.
Vienna's City Hall has launched a “sex hotline” to raise money for the capital's main public library, officials said Tuesday.
It's...
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"In some ways, Hiasl is like any other Viennese: He indulges a weakness for pastry, likes to paint and enjoys chilling out watching TV.
But he doesn't care for coffee, and he isn't actually a person - at least...
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The only thing that prevented my beautiful home city (with all its brightness and darkness) from cracking the top two was the crime rate. But considering that the rates are based on a "base city," in this case New...
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"-Nothing says 'sexy' like death camps-A designer in Vienna, Austria used a nazi concentration camp as a backdrop for suggestive nude photos of herself. A news magazine, Profil, said that the woman -- who is not...
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On Sunday Monochrom aired its 10th show in San Francisco. There was a party, and a live "ironic Taugshow" (talk show). This traveling group of art pranksters critique a little bit of everything, and they have...
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"Now that Microsoft has freed Windows Vista from the shackles of a five year development process, the company is attempting to the wow starts now us by revealing that it plans to have its next major operating system ready within the next two-and-a-half years.Continue Reading"
"Austria laid foundation stones on Monday for the reconstruction of SC Hakoah Vienna, a Jewish sports club that won international renown before it was closed in the 1938 Nazi takeover of the country.
Officials said the planned 57-million-euro ($75 million) complex, to include...