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VIDEOA little known fact about Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez is that in addition to being a member of Congress, she is also an accomplished concert conductor. Once in awhile AOC even combines her two occupations such as recently when she simultaneously took to the floor of Congress while also conducting the 1812 Meltdown Overture.

St. Petersburg, July 12, Interfax - Patriarch Kirill of Moscow and All Russia presided over a religious service marking the 400th anniversary of the House of Romanov at the Peter and Paul Cathedral in St. Petersburg on Friday. Hundreds of worshippers gathered at the cathedral and in the square in front of it for the service, an Interfax correspondent reported. The event was also broadcast live on TV screens installed across St. Petersburg. Grand Duchess Maria Vladimirovna of Russia arrived from Madrid to attend the religious service. After the service, Patriarch Kirill said that it was dedicated to the 400th...

Cookouts, fireworks and the "1812 Overture." On the Fourth of July, we hold these truths to be self-evidently American, right? Don't light the cannon fuses just yet. The "1812 Overture" may be an American tradition, with its patriotic strains and thunderous battery. But while orchestras across the land, including the Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra tonight at Point State Park, will perform it with clanging bells and cannon fire, the music could hardly be any more distant from the Stars and Stripes. That's because the overture, written by famed composer Peter Ilyich Tchaikovsky, depicts Napoleon's retreat from Russia in 1812, not America's...

APPLE'S iPod is set to bring even more pleasure to music lovers this Christmas - after boffins invented a vibrator that moves in time with the songs. The £25 iBuzz connects up to the gizmo and pulses while each tune is played. When the volume is pumped up, the vibrations get faster as the music gets louder. Ali Carnegie, of adult-store http://www.LoveHoney.co.uk, said the firm is already on the verge of selling out of the bullet-sized device before Christmas. She said its inconspicuous design has been a big winner with women and claims the sex toy, totally unrelated to Apple,...