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After watching Donald Trump rack up victory after victory in last night’s Super Tuesday contests, Lindsey Graham – a vocal Trump opponent – made a surprising suggestion for a last-ditch Trump alternative.

Florence Swanson, at 94, has stepped into what Google hopes will be the automotive future: self-driving vehicles.

In a large, eight-year survey, people exposed to more light pollution reported higher rates of sleep problems.

Ryan Honl used Saturday’s Lincoln Day celebrations in Crawford and La Crosse counties to test whether a run for Congress as a Republican is in his future.

The man accused of fatally shooting a town of Knapp man no longer faces life in prison after the prosecution filed a lesser charge in the case.

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The wireless industry is in a state of flux. AT&T and Verizon have dominated the carrier market over the past seven years while T-Mobile and Sprint have struggled to gain subscribers. Then in 2013, T-Mobile tweaked its strategy to turn around its business.

This move, along with slowing smartphone adoption and other forces in the mobile industry, killed the two-year contract and initiated an ongoing price war between carriers. The movement away from the contract... Читать дальше...

CNBC's Jackie DeAngelis reports on the Department of Energy's weekly petroleum status report.

While Luca Guadagnino's plans to shoot his remake of "Suspiria," once formerly set to be directed by David Gordon Green, this winter, didn't come to pass, the filmmaker still has the project high on his priority list. Currently doing the rounds for his latest "A Bigger Splash," Guadagnino reveals that he'll be reteaming with two stars from that film to bring Dario Argento's classic horror to new life. In a recent Q&A, the director said Dakota Johnson and Tilda Swinton will star in his redo, that will be set in Berlin in 1977... Читать дальше...

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KUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia, March 2 (UPI) -- A piece of a plane that washed ashore in Mozambique on the east coast of Africa over the weekend could be from missing Malaysia Airlines Flight 370.

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It will first event of the season to feature Jason Day, Jordan Spieth and Rory McIlroy all in the same field.

Meet the Press moderator Chuck Todd joins TODAY to talk about Super Tuesday results, noting that Bernie Sanders "did pathetic" with African American voters.

North Korean leader Kim Jong-Un saluting

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NEW YORK — The United Nations Security Council on Wednesday rebuked North Korea for its recent nuclear test, voting unanimously to impose a wide-ranging array of new sanctions on the isolated country.

North Korea conducted its fourth-ever nuclear detonation in January, originally claiming it had successfully exploded a hydrogen bomb. Though it was quickly determined that wasn't the case, the international... Читать дальше...

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Taken on Apr. 3, 2015 the following clip shows a USMC Huey door gunner providing close air support at Yodaville, near MCAS Yuma, during Weapons and Tactics Instructor (WTI) course 2-15.

WTI is a seven week event hosted by Marine Aviation Weapons and Tactics Squadron One (MAWTS-1).

MAWTS-1 provides standardized tactical training and certification of unit instructor to support Marine Aviation Training and Readiness and assists in developing and employing Aviation Weapons and Tactics. Читать дальше...

Amy Hagstrom Miller has defended her group of Texas clinics, Whole Woman's Health, all the way to the Supreme Court despite tremendous personal cost. Here's why.

Amy Hagstrom Miller will face the Supreme Court Tuesday in defense of her group of abortion clinics, Whole Woman's Health. Hagstrom Miller is a mission-driven small business owner, inspired, she says, by her commitment to human rights and justice, a desire to be deeply present with women facing hard decisions and shaping their own futures with intention. Читать дальше...

In this sense, the new season of House of Cards, which begins streaming on Netflix Friday, plunges us back into a world that now seems far away and, in a sense, almost foreign. To be sure, we’re mostly still in Washington, DC, mostly in the White House with President Frank Underwood (Kevin Spacey) and First Lady Claire Underwood (Robin Wright). Because of this, and because the previous season of Cards led itself down blind alleys of narrative that now require some escape, the new episodes—six of... Читать дальше...

A prolonged fall in inflation expectations in Europe even after a rebound in the price of oil suggests markets are increasingly losing faith in European policy makers.

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Bill Cosby's criminal sex-assault case was temporarily halted days before a key hearing while a Pennsylvania appeals court considers his effort to have the case thrown out before trial.

The Pennsylvania Superior Court granted Cosby a postponement Tuesday while the court decides whether to hear Cosby's pretrial appeal. His preliminary hearing had been set for next week.

Cosby, 78, is accused of drugging and molesting a Temple University employee in his suburban Philadelphia home in 2004. Читать дальше...

Republicans should not be surprised by the rise of Donald Trump, Senate Minority Leader Harry Reid (D-Nev.) said Wednesday on the floor. The party has created a "Frankenstein monster" in Donald Trump, he declared.

A roundup of venture-capital news and analysis from VentureWire and around the Web.

Finance Minister Pravin Gordhan‚ through his legal team‚ on Wednesday sent a letter demanding answers from the Hawks over its investigation into the so-called rogue unit at the SA Revenue Service when he was national commissioner. The unit is alleged to have spied on people.

A Vietnamese filmmaker made a short video that might just be the cure for FOMO, as it hilariously exposes the truth behind trendy and curated photos on social media.

– Dokpesi’s trial adjourned due to error of service  – The defense counsel says proof of evidence attached to the charge dated December 8, 2015 is not eligible The trial of media mogul and owner of Daar Communications Limited, Raymod Dokpesi was today, March 2 adjourned by a Federal High Court in Abuja. On assumption of the […]

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OPEC, the intergovernmental organization made up of 13-oil producing members, is technically a cartel.

But given some of its recent actions, one economist argues that that label may no longer be applicable.

"I don't think they're really a cartel in the true sense of the word anymore," said Jason Schneker, president and chief economist at Prestige Economics.

"A more accurate description, and my vision of it now, is that OPEC is the central bank of oil."

Schneker... Читать дальше...