Update: The correct answer is the Tyrolean ski resort in Lienz, Austria, where the women?s slalom World Cup race took place Thursday.
Somewhere in the mountains, in a picturesque medieval town, a little dog is dressed in ski clothes in preparation for a race. But where? And what race?
Hint for today?s photo of the day: The sport requires zig-zagging.
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The Reliable Source is on vacation until the new year. (Please enjoy our Reliable Source Person of the Year and other highlights of 2011.) Names and Faces is the column that runs in its space in the Style section.
John Legend is off the market, his publicist announced Tuesday. The singer proposed to his girlfriend, model Chrissy Teigen, recently in the Maldives. No further details were available.
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When Eric Weiner is hospitalized and thinks he might be dying (of what turns out to be gas), a nurse asks him ?Have you found your God yet?? Weiner, who, like me, grew up as a secular Jew, is hit with an epiphany. He hasn?t.
Upon regaining his health, Weiner, a former NPR correspondent, immerses himself in eight different faiths, a mere sampling of the 9,900 religions currently available. The eclectic pilgrimage results in ?Man Seeks God? in which he hopes to get in touch with his dormant spiritual side, for as he says, ?Good religion elevates us, makes us better people than we thought we were, than we thought possible.?
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Megyn Kelly shows an admirable measure of restraint in the interview below, with now-famous Michele Bachmann ship-jumper Kent Sorenson. For those who weren?t riveted to the tweeting that erupted last night: Sorenson, an Iowa state senator, had signed on as Bachmann?s Iowa co-chair this year but jumped to the Ron Paul campaign last night. The guy just materialized at a Paul event and proclaimed his new loyalties.
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Republicans on a House Energy and Commerce Committee panel on Thursday overrode vigorous Democratic objections and took the apparently unprecedented step of authorizing subpoenas for internal White House communications related to a half-billion-dollar taxpayer loan guarantee for the failed solar company Solyndra.
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We know New Year?s Eve is the big to-do this weekend, and we?ve got you covered with an FAQ on what to do. But hey, we also have a list of other great events worth checking out as we say goodbye to 2011 and hello to 2012. See a few highlights here and then view the full list.
The Redskins season has been pretty awful for the most part, save for some promising performances by young players like linebacker Ryan Kerrigan and running back Roy Helu. But the tailgating at Dodge City has been great year-round. The bar has a projector and a grill full of sausages from 13th Street Meats. The team may let you down, but the tailgate won?t.
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This Tuesday, see D.C. at its most glamorous.
The Kennedy Center Honors, an annual celebration of America?s most accomplished performers, is one of the highest achievements in the arts. This year?s Kennedy Center Honorees ? actress Meryl Streep, singer Neil Diamond, actress and singer Barbara Cook, musician Yo-Yo Ma, and musician Sonny Rollins (pictured below) ? will be lauded by celebrity peers, and will join a distinguished group of cherished performers such as Itzhak Perlman, Cary Grant and Ella Fitzgerald, among others who have been given the honors.
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