It’s the ultimate test of survival at the Chili Bowl Nationals, with Saturday’s Alphabet Soup leading to the Championship Feature. Thrills & Spills Presented by Factory 14 Winter storm warning issued ...

Before the invention of alphabets, literacy was the purview of Egyptian and Mesopotamian scribes trained in complex writing systems that could take years to master. Proto-Sinaitic script, which uses a ...

MGNREGA – India’s employment guarantee scheme – is no more. GOI scrapped it last week and replaced it with another tongue-twister acronym: VB-G RAM G. MGNREGA had many problems and the new scheme has ...

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During a speech earlier this week, Comptroller of the Currency, Jonathan V. Gould addressed the House Committee on Financial Services regarding his agency’s “work implementing the President’s economic ...

On December 4, 2025 Commodity Futures Trading Commission (“CFTC”) Acting Chairman Caroline D. Pham announced that, for the first time, CFTC-regulated commodity exchanges (also known as designated ...

Who says Hollywood doesn’t read? A-list bibliophiles flock to Mystery Pier Books, a WeHo treasure trove of rare first editions going back to Shakespeare. By Seth Abramovitch Senior Writer Tucked down ...

Learning the language of politics, and political organizations, often involves a lot of acronyms. From unions to advocacy groups, many groups want to be known by a short, concise, easy to remember ...

Moriah McDill, Bend author, artist and postpartum doula, came up with the idea of her recent book while walking with a baby along the Deschutes River. After the phrase “D is for Deschutes” popped into ...