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“Woman’s Head” by Picasso and Mondrian’s “Stammer Mill with Summer House” will go back on display nine years after they were stolen in January 2012. Picasso donating his painting to Greece in 1949 “in homage to the Greek people” for their resistance against the German-led occupation in World War II. “This painting is of special importance and emotional value as the great painter personally dedicated it to the Greek people for their struggle against fascist and Nazi [occupying] forces and bears his hand-written dedication,” Culture Minister Lina Mendoni told the Associated Press....

RELATED: Best Underrated Survival Games Staying alive in the face of the game’s many threats is a challenge, which is why Green Hellgives players the chance to craft a variety of armor types. With the armor’s weight, durability, protective value, and required crafting materials to think about, it was inevitable that some armors would prove to be better than others. Here’s everything players need to know about the game’s armors, how they’re made, and which ones are the best....

Typically, Broadway shows that cross the country use members of Actors’ Equity, the union of experienced stage performers. But recently, a growing number of productions have taken to hiring non-union actors-often straight out of school-to lower their costs. Now a labor dispute involving Equity and “The Sound of Music” has highlighted the question of whether a show can be truly “Broadway” if the performers have never worked there. Equity had ignored the situation for some time....

On Wednesday, an account of Monroe’s arrest and booking was detailed by Gus Burns of MLive.com, and according to the police report, Monroe urinated himself during the booking process. Monroe admitted to police that he had consumed two glasses of wine at Bosco’s Bar in Ferndale before getting into a 2007 Pontiac G6 owned by the passenger accompanying Monroe. Monroe is entering his fifth season with the team after being selected with the No....

MORE: Portraits of Team USA athletes The Spurs coach gave a “pep talk” to the USA Olympic swimming team Friday at the team’s training center in San Antonio. Popovich brought along Spurs guard Tony Parker, but what made the event truly special was what the 67-year-old coach was wearing. Popovich wore a “Vote for Pedro” T-shirt, a nod to the 2004 movie “Napoleon Dynamite.” GREER: Spurs finally show Manu the money Popovich, who will take over for Mike Krzyzewski as USA Basketball’s head coach in 2020, wore a T-shirt with Tim Duncan’s likeness during a Monday press conference to discuss Duncan’s recent retirement....

The home side come into the clash on the back of a 4-1 thrashing at the hands of Bayern Munich. Branimir Hrgota gave Furth a shock halftime lead but a second-half fightback by the Bavarians saw them secure a comfortable victory. FC Cologne picked up maximum points in a 1-0 home win over Eintracht Frankfurt. Anthony Modeste’s late strike proved to be the difference between the two teams. The win saw the Billy Goats climb to seventh spot in the table, having garnered 35 points from 23 matches....

Atleti now have just two points from their opening three games in Group C, having drawn with Roma and lost to Chelsea prior to the potentially costly stalemate in Azerbaijan. The spirited home side had chances of their own to claim all three points, but Griezmann insists he and his team-mates did not underestimate Qarabag as they remain determined they can qualify. “It was never a given we’d win here,” he said....

The Barcelona forward won the penalty Olivier Giroud converted midway through the second half to secure three points, inflicting a first home loss in a year on their hosts. World champions France stumbled to a 2-0 defeat against Turkey in June, well beaten in Konya and condemned by critics who had come to expect success. It remains the only blip in their campaign and France will book a place at Euro 2020 if they avenge that rare loss by beating Turkey at the Stade de France....

Players start out fighting alone in Griftlands, but they can gather allies to fight as a team. That said, most companions are either temporary hires or friends helping out, again temporarily. Just about the only permanent companions are pets. Pets are weaker than most companions, but can be trained to become stronger. Here’s a quick guide to training pets to make them more deadly in Griftlands. RELATED: Don’t Starve Developer Reveals Sci-Fi RPG Griftlands...

The 29-year-old shared the story on Reddit where it received thousands of upvotes and comments. The groom-to-be wrote: “For background, my parents got divorced when I was 5. The divorce happened after my dad fell in love with his current wife and my stepmom Alice. “They claim they didn’t cheat but waited to be separated before anything physical happened. I don’t know or need to know whether that’s true at this point....

Police responded to a call about a shooting at an apartment complex after 9 p.m. and found the 23-year-old victim with gunshot wounds, according to a Friday news release from the city. The man was pronounced dead at the scene. “Officers were advised there was an argument between multiple armed male suspects and a couple. The victim was said to have intervened in an attempt to de-escalate the situation. The suspects opened fire and struck the victim multiple times,” the Houston Police Department stated in the release....

This week, Powell plunges in. He planned to use an hour long CBS television appearance on Monday in New York to preach racial reconciliation. He was expected to replay a speech last year at Howard University in which he championed black pride and self-help–but also national unity. After New York, he heads to other cities with large black populations–Cleveland, Detroit, Atlanta–on the last leg of his tour. As usual, Powell’s knack for dramatic timing was uncanny....

“Hangout movies” might seem simplistic, but creating a lackadaisical vibe without it becoming boring is harder than it looks. They keep viewers invested not with manufactured stakes or life-changing decisions, but celebrating the aimless energy of how people spend their time. Often, they become musical. Not literal singing-out-loud musicals (although most feature chill soundtracks), but the feeling of relaxing to peaceful melodies. As many are still stuck at home contemplating the days going by, these Hangout Movies are both reflective, and a pleasant way to pass the time....

Islands are often associated with luxury, privacy, and summer fun, but in the horror genre, they have a deadly association. Whether the protagonists are hunted by a monstrous animal or even more monstrous people, island horror gives audiences plenty of reasons to rethink their travel plans. Here are some great films about this deadly locale. 8 Battle Royale An incredibly influential horror satire, Battle Royale is about the passage of the “BR ACT” in near-future Japan, an attempt to curb juvenile delinquency by forcing students to fight to the death on a remote island....

The devices had been taking the lake’s temperature every 15 minutes. As soon as the crew hauled the dangling tubes on deck, Ralph opened them, exposing a modem jack and circuit boards. She plugged a phone line into the jack, downloaded all the data in four minutes–and could hardly believe what the computer screen displayed. Last summer surface temps were in the 70s–20 degrees above normal. Even 100 feet down the water was 15 degrees hotter than usual....

There is no dearth of great players from these countries, which makes this entire exercise a gruelling one. Here is the list of all-time great players from the non-Asian countries in ODI cricket. Not surprisingly, Australia, which has been the best team for the major part of ODI history, dominates this list. Openers : Adam Gilchrist(wk) Adam Gilchrist’s selection is a no-brainer. Think of wicketkeepers who can be in their respective teams by virtue of their batting ability alone and one can easily reel out a good number of names - Mahendra Singh Dhoni, AB de Villiers among them....

Today, GreedFall studio Spiders announced new action RPG Steelrising. While details are thin on the ground, the announcement tweet reveals that Steelrising’s story will allow players to “join the revolution and rewrite history” as they fight the robot army of King Louis XVI, the 18th-century monarch who was also the last king of France. A release date hasn’t been confirmed, but Spiders has said that Steelrising will be available on PC and next-gen consoles, so PS5 and Xbox Series X....

Headlining Green Man Gaming’s Cyber Monday sale is Remedy Entertainment’s Control Ultimate Edition. It is worth noting that this special edition of Control was only released to the PC last August and offers both The Foundation and AWE expansions, alongside the Expeditions end game mode and Photo Mode. At the moment, Control Ultimate Edition is available for $16, or 60% off its original price of $39.99. Purchase Control Ultimate Edition at Green Man Gaming...

The environmental organization conducted a survey of Chernobyl—the site of one of the worst nuclear disasters in history— following Russian occupation of the area to check what it said was “very limited data” from the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA), concerning increased radiation levels. Russian forces seized the Chernobyl nuclear power plant on the first day of Moscow’s invasion of Ukraine. By March, about 600 Russian soldiers were deployed there, according to Greenpeace....