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A Hindu holy man outwits a god and changes the fate for the children of his mentor.

As memory fades, fate becomes as common an explanation for life-events as individual action.

Dressing as the Moirae, or three fates of Greek Mythology can be a fun solution to the question of what to be for Halloween.

How a director chooses to interpret Antonio's silence at the end of Twelfth Night can affect the whole resolution of the play.

Both assuming eventual victory, early in the war the Nazi German and Communist Russian governments analyzed and began to implement plans for Eastern Europe

There are two certainties in life, and these certainties are that you were born, and one day you will die.

Reality TV stars Jon and Kate Gosselin have been making headlines recently, not because they're raising eight children, but because of their alleged marital problems.

If you enjoy romantic films with mistaken identities, fateful encounters, and quirky coincidences, then chances are you'll love these popular DVD rentals.

Spider embodies female energy, with the exception of Lakota Sioux tradition. According to Native American legends, she created the first alphabet and the dream catcher.

The Fate plot is seen in thousands of classic stories, from fairy tales to movies. Here are some elements of this particular story structure to draw upon.

Central Florida is fractionating into two regions, east and west; populated and unpopulated; urban and rural. Commuter Rail's fate is the subject of these regions' war.

Thomas H. Cook's newest psychological suspense centers around a missing woman. But it is also the story of a man coming to terms with the death of his murdered son.

ASPCA and BAD RAP wlll help a federal judge decide if these victims of the dog fighting world have been doomed from birth or if they can be safely rehomed. October update

No one really knowns what caused the Anasazi nation to relocate to southwestern Colorado and take up residence amid the cliffs and canyons.

In the 1950s Masked Bobwhite Quail were feared extinct due to habitat loss. Now Northern Bobwhites, once very common, dwindle for the same reason.

What will happen to Earth in the future? Where will our solar system end up and what will the sky look like for any observers still around?

Kierkegaard discusses the features and the mindset of Ancient Greek Tragedy and the importance of fate and compares them with the modern understanding of freedom.

The Nevada is forced to run aground to avoid being sunk in the channel. Arizona spews burning oil and Pennsylvania hit again.

One of the primary works of Western Literature, the Aeneid discusses the ambivalent nature of mortality and fate, placing private sentiment at odds with civil duty.

P.I. Kristin Van Dijk, a.k.a. Baby Shark, returns in Fate's fourth book. This time Kristin and her partner, Otis Millett, investigate a murder that hits close to home.

Desire drives humanity. Everyone evaluates desires differently within themselves and within others, but often these evaluations have circumstantially skewed criteria.

A women's prison provides the focal point of four lives that intersect in unexpected ways.

The Sea of Aral, once the fourth largest inland sea in the world is now the eighth, and will soon be no more without intervention.

Polar climate change is now affecting Antarctica. The changing Antarctic environment will have global impacts on sea levels and local impacts on the fate of the penguins.

The hazardous environmental state of the polar bear, an iconic symbol of Arctic biodiversity, could be an omen of global environmental peril.

On July 8, 1917, Canadian artist Tom Thomson paddled away for an afternoon of fishing on Canoe Lake. A few hours later, his empty canoe showed up near the dock.

Life and death can be funny things. They can strike our lives at any given moment. But it's what we do with these circumstances that truly define who we are as people.

A purposed law governing Afghanistan's Shi'ite women is drawing international criticism. According to reports President Hamid Karazi has signed it into law.

Agatha Christie's Tommy and Tuppence Beresford are a well-matched spy team who solved crimes from The Secret Adversary to Postern of Fate.

"Africa is together on this issue because there are powerful African leaders scared that their crimes might be next on the ICC agenda," a western diplomat told Reuters.

Book Review of Marie Thérèse, Child of Terror: The Fate of Marie Antoinette's Daughter, by Susan Nagel's

The decision by the International Criminal Court to arrest Sudanese President Omar Al-Bashir has once again revived old rivalries in Africa between China and the West.

As a product of the Enlightenment era, Mary Shelley's classic novel Frankenstein serves as a text rich with the ideas of the era.

The Museum of Genocide Victims gives visitors a Lithuanian perspective on the Soviet Union and the impact of the Soviet occupation on the Lithuanian people.

Based on the bestseller by Audrey Niffenegger, The Time Traveler's Wife offers a romantic time travel movie about accepting fate and finding joy in life's moments.

Beowulf portrays a stark contrast between Paganism and Christianity and was written in the eighth century A.D. It includes passages on fate and human will.

Getting to grips with Robert Frost's most ambiguous poem.

Teilhard de Chardin, a Jesuit priest, claims in his theory that man's fate is to evolve spirtiually, not genetically, toward a version of Christ he calls the Omega Point.

Brazilian author Paulo Coelho introduces us to a boy's mystic journey across plains and deserts as he searches for his one worldly treasure.

Trying to find out if king's concubines have more in common than their good looks and entertainment abilities.

Voltaire's Candide defines the roles of faith and suffering through experience and thought, while rejecting the threat of conformity that looms all around him.

There is much debate amongst fans of the sci-fi comedy show Mystery Science Theater 3000 as to which episodes are the best. Here are some of the top contenders.

Ramesses III emulated Ramesses II the Great, built Medinet Habu, survived a labor strike and tried a queen for attempting to kill him.

Gregory Itzin returns to 24 for its eighth season. His character Charles Logan was last featured in the show's sixth season, his fate unknown. Season #8 spoiler alert a

Christmas continually asserts his power over the females he encounters, not only Mrs. McEachern, but also JoAnna Burden in William Faulkner's As I Lay Dying.

The scale of human sacrifice during the Aztec period is unrivaled in history. At its height, up to 30,000 souls a year were offered up to the Aztec sun and water gods.

The Duke of Ferrara in Browning's poem My Last Duchess offers his audience a portrait of his wife, but also a glimpse of his own egocentrism.

A former ad executive who sometimes fought with the papers over coverage of his clients, Tierney purchased them three years ago. Now he's fighting mightily to keep them.

Now that the fourth Indiana Jones movie has been released to rave reviews, many Indy fans will be dusting of their old comic collections and checking out what's new.

Spiritual science shows that living beings consist of a body, soul and spirit that shape the course of history, culture and fate.