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When Hillary Clinton announces her running mate this week, it will put to rest months of speculation over which direction Clinton wants to take the ticket: the left, the center, somewhere more aggressive, or somewhere more diverse.
The presumptive Democratic nominee is widely expected to roll out her vice presidential pick after Donald Trump announced his selection of Indiana Gov. Mike Pence last weekend.
While several top Republicans had effectively... Читать дальше...
A tour bus hit a tree and injured as many as nine people in Lennox Hill Thursday afternoon, officials said.
Edward Snowden and a hacker have designed an iPhone 6 case that makes sure the phone doesn't leak your location when you put it on "airplane mode."
Ted Cruz wasn't the only one to reject the Trump embrace Wednesday night at the GOP convention
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A South African trail runner is among the favourites to be crowned world "Skyrunning" champion – considered the pinnacle of trail running titles.
Federal officials say they won't release water that Arizona and other Lower Colorado River Basin states have stored in Lake Mead to another state. Deputy Interior Secretary Michael Connor wrote ...
SPOKANE, Wash. (AP) — Washington's attorney general on Thursday asked a federal judge to immediately take steps to protect Hanford Nuclear Reservation workers from exposure to chemical vapors.
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Supreme Court Justice Hugo Black wrote in New York Times v. United States (1971) ("Pentagon Papers" case):
"[P]aramount among the responsibilities of a free press is the duty to prevent any part of the government from deceiving the people and sending them off to distant lands to die of foreign fevers and foreign shot and shell. In my view, far from deserving condemnation for their courageous reporting, the New York Times, the Washington Post, and other newspapers should be commended for serving... Читать дальше...
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Terry Crews has spent his career destroying stereotypes.
After his pro football career ended in the 1990s, all 240-pounds of him went into acting. Although he was initially pegged as being the big tough guy in many of his early movies, he has since been able to establish himself as a unique funnyman, which includes being a regular on the TV show “Brooklyn Nine-Nine” and playing the now iconic role (thanks to the presidential election) of Elizondo Mountain Dew Herbert... Читать дальше...
We humans are always pushing limits ― skydiving, downhill skiing, car racing.
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Australia's airline wars have entered another battle ground. This time it's the Wi-Fi wars - be it tweeting over the Tasman or joining the emile-high club, the race is on.
Justin Bieber shows off his tattoos while walking around with his bodyguard on Wednesday (July 20) in Beverly Hills, Calif. The 22-year-old singer is gearing up to release his new single “Cold Water” later tonight, July 21. PHOTOS: Check out the latest pics of Justin Bieber Justin teamed up with Major Lazer and MØ for [...]
Top three finishers in Wednesday's fourth annual Aspen Dental Dirt Derby are in favor of adding more on the Camping World Truck Series circuit.
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Fossils of a carnivorous dinosaur unearthed in Argentina are shedding new light on an intriguing group of predators that apparently were just as happy to slash victims to death with sickle-shaped hand claws as to chomp them into an early grave.
Scientists said on Wednesday the creature, called Murusraptor barrosaensis, lived about 80 million years ago during the Cretaceous Period, measured about 21 feet (6.5 meters) long and was a pursuit hunter more lightly built than some other predatory dinosaurs. Читать дальше...
DAKAR, Senegal — Fighting has broken out in northern Mali between a coalition of Tuareg rebels and a Tuareg group allied with the government of the West African country. A spokesman for the rebel coalition, Mohamed Elmaouloud Ramadane, told The Associated Press on Thursday that fighting was under way in the city of Kidal. There
Passengers from an American Airlines flight were forced to evacuate while on the taxiway at Palm Beach International Airport in Florida, the Federal Aviation Administration said Thursday afternoon. The crew of American Airlines Flight 1822 reported a leak, the FAA said, and passengers used emergency slides to get off the plane. The FAA didn’t disclose […]
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Life and business strategist Tony Robbins offers his best advice for getting over the fear of failure in a recent Business Insider video.
Whenever Robbins, now the star of a Netflix documentary titled "I Am Not Your Guru," is hesitant about doing something that scares him, he imagines himself at age 85, sitting in his rocking chair and looking back on his life.
At that point, he asks himself, would he experience greater regret over having done the scary thing or opted out? Читать дальше...
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Literature has the power to transport us to faraway places, letting us experience exotic locales we've never been to, but would love to visit.
From the classics to more modern stories, there are plenty of travel books out there to feed your wanderlust.
We've rounded up some of the best ones out there, written by authors who have traveled across America, Africa, Asia, and more.
'On the Road,' Jack Kerouac
AmazonA classic — and probably one of the best-known travel stories of all time ... Читать дальше...