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Garrett Greene threw a 15-yard touchdown pass to Rodney Gallagher with 26 seconds left to lift West Virginia to a 32-28 victory over Kansas in their Big 12 opener Saturday. The Mountaineers (2-2 ...
Nicolae Ceaușescu (/ tʃaʊˈʃɛskuː / chow-SHESK-oo; Romanian: [nikoˈla.e tʃe̯a.uˈʃesku] ⓘ; 26 January [O.S. 13 January] 1918 – 25 December 1989) was a Romanian communist politician who served as the general secretary of the Romanian Communist Party from 1965 to 1989. He was the second and last communist leader of Romania. He was also the country's head of state from 1967 to 1989 ...
Murder of Laci Peterson. Laci Denise Peterson (née Rocha; May 4, 1975 — circa December 24, 2002) was an American woman murdered by her husband, Scott Lee Peterson (born October 24, 1972), while eight months pregnant with their first child. On December 24, 2002, Scott reported Laci missing from their home in Modesto, California.
The Faroe or Faeroe Islands (/ ˈfɛəroʊ / FAIR-oh), or simply the Faroes (Faroese: Føroyar, pronounced [ˈfœɹjaɹ] ⓘ; Danish: Færøerne [ˈfeɐ̯ˌøˀɐnə]), are an archipelago in the North Atlantic Ocean and an autonomous territory of the Kingdom of Denmark. The official language of the country is Faroese, which is closely related to and partially mutually intelligible with Icelandic.
In the English language, Romani people have long been known by the exonym Gypsies or Gipsies, [91] which many Roma consider a racial slur. [92][93] The attendees of the first World Romani Congress in 1971 unanimously voted to reject the use of all exonyms for the Romani, including "Gypsy". [94] Nonetheless, Romani people in the United Kingdom commonly refer to themselves as "Gypsies". [95]
Julianne Alexandra Hough (/ hʌf /; born July 20, 1988) [ 1 ] is an American dancer, actress and television personality. In 2007, she joined the cast of ABC 's Dancing with the Stars as a professional dancer, winning two seasons with her celebrity partners. [ 2 ] After leaving the show in 2009, she returned in 2014 to serve as a judge on ...
History The Hells Angels originated on March 17, 1948, in Fontana, California, when several small motorcycle clubs agreed to merge. [19] Otto Friedli, a World War II veteran, is credited with starting the club after breaking from the Pissed Off Bastards motorcycle club over a feud with a rival gang. [20] According to an alternative theory, the Hells Angels were founded on November 15, 1951, in ...