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House Majority Leader Kevin McCarthy argues for the EPA’s Clean Power Plan to be struck down in the courts. He speaks at the ECO:nomics conference in Santa Barbara, Calif.

House Majority Leader Kevin McCarthy predicts a brokered Republican Convention and says he will support the ultimate nominee. He speaks at the ECO:nomics conference in Santa Barbara, Calif.

In this week's news, Tennis Now visits River Oaks Country Club in Houston for the US Men's Clay Court Championships.

Wendell Pierce, who co-stars as Clarence Thomas in the HBO drama “Confirmation,” talks to the WSJ Cafe about whether he took sides as an actor when playing the controversial Supreme Court justice. Photo: HBO

Wendell Pierce, who co-stars as Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas in the HBO drama “Confirmation,” talks to the WSJ Cafe about Anita Hill, sexual harassment, and partisan politics. Photo: HBO

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Transform your space and get growing with the help of a practical outdoor planter

This is the cover of my preschool's Christmas pageant program. All of the kids were asked to draw the character they were playing in the pageant, and the "best" drawing got to be on the cover of all the programs. Somehow, my drawing "won". I'm really curious how bad the other drawings had to be in order for this thing to win. Though, looking at it now, it's almost Picasso-esque. Or, you know, maybe I just confused a goat with a really messed up version of Mr. Potato Head. Either way!

Tubin’ at “The Washout” in Folly Beach, SC.  Rick Anson, aka Ricky Shredder test drives a Patented Peruvian Liquid Shredder 8ft 2in x 23in x 3.1 in  HD School model.  A ...

Relate relationship counsellor Ammanda Major Relate considers what to do if you find your partner sending illicit texts

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WIRED senior editor Peter Rubin learns the Foley ropes at Lucasfilm's new state-of-the-art sound lab.

The small Herzl Brewery has created a brew that’s as close as possible to an ancient strain of wheat, making it dry, syrupy and a very acquired taste.

FAA's Got Data? initiative aims to find better ways to help the private sector use FAA aeronautical data.

SAN DIEGO, U.S. — Japan National Team ace Kenta Maeda earned a win in his Major League Baseball debut, as the Los Angeles Dodgers shut out the San Diego Padres, 7-0, Wednesday night. Maeda’s second at-bat, in which he was slow to arrive to the plate and followed with a home run, produced a frenzy […]

At 45, Mickelson has played without any of the serious back pain that has plagued golfers nearly half his age, including the major champions Rory McIlroy, 26, and Jason Day, 28. Day, the reigning PGA Championship winner, has dealt with back problems since he was 13, he said. McIlroy, a four-time major champion who can complete the career Grand Slam with a victory in the Masters, said back problems as a 19-year-old prompted him to commit to the gym regimen that has turned him into one of the fittest players on the PGA and European Tours. Читать дальше...