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Former UW business school teacher sentenced for fraud

Halifax-based residential landlord, the largest in Atlantic Canada, proves to be a solid buy thanks to its solid apartment portfolio and disciplined acquisition strategy

In 2008, Facebook was still a startup. Early investors were excited about its user growth — Microsoft had put $240 million into the company at a crazy-seeming $15 billion valuation the year before — but it was far from the powerhouse it is today.

Back in the late 1980s and early 1990s, New York was the epicenter of hip-hop, with groups like Main Source, 3rd Bass, De La Soul and the Jungle...

WAUWATOSA, Wis. (AP) — While Ted Cruz decried "gutter politics" against him, former Republican presidential contenders gave him a boost Wednesday, casting the Texas senator as the party's last best chance to stop Donald Trump. The long and bitter 2016…

Santos is to get a new Chinese cornerstone shareholder after ENN said it would buy Hony's 11.7 per cent stake for almost $1 billion.

The tunnel ran 415 yards from a restaurant to a house.

A driver caused several crashes early this morning after fleeing from police during a traffic stop and driving the wrong way on U.S. 95, according to Metro Police. Officers were called ...

She left behind her Gucci shoes as she ran.

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WASHINGTON (AP) — Americans have been killed by prisoners released from the detention center at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, a senior Defense Department official told lawmakers Wednesday, triggering sharp criticism from Republicans opposed to shuttering the facility in the wake of deadly attacks by the Islamic State group in Brussels and Paris.

Paul Lewis, the Pentagon's special envoy for Guantanamo detention closure, declined to provide the GOP-led House Foreign Affairs Committee with details. Читать дальше...

A federal judge threw out fashion model Alexia Palmer's case against Donald Trump's modeling agency on Wednesday. But Palmer's lawyer says the battle is just beginning.

After an unexceptional career on the field, he went on to host TV game shows, talk shows and even dog shows

A NEW record has been set for the number of homes sold in a single weekend in Melbourne, suggesting the city’s property market is far from slowing down.

Seeking to build trust between the United States and Latin America, President Obama reiterated his promise to release classified documents that could shed light on U.S. involvement in Argentina's "dirty war."

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LONDON (Reuters) - Britain's defense ministry has not yet established the overall cost of replacing and maintaining its aging nuclear weapons system, it told Reuters, prompting opposition charges of mismanagement of a mega-project expected to be given the go-ahead this year.

In response to a request by Reuters about an estimate of the total price tag for the new Trident submarine fleet - Britain's sole nuclear weapons system - the ministry said it was still working on "policy options" and gave no overall figure. Читать дальше...

The attacks in Brussels were carried out by two brothers who detonated suicide bombs, with at least one more participant believed to be at large. Belgian authorities said on Wednesday. All three are believed to have been part of the planning and execution of the November 13 attacks in Paris.

The attacks in Brussels were carried out by two brothers who detonated suicide bombs, with at least one more participant believed to be at large. Belgian authorities said on Wednesday. All three are believed to have been part of the planning and execution of the November 13 attacks in Paris.

A Seattle man accused of fatally strangling a University of Washington student he was dating has been charged with murder.

Crowds in the tens of thousands have been a hallmark of Bernie Sanders' presidential campaign, but the turnout hasn’t translated into the primary votes he needs to surge past Hillary Clinton in the race for the Democratic nomination.

Dr V Ramgopal Rao will be the new Director of IIT Delhi, sources said.

When David Suzuki sits down with his family and friends to watch The Nature of Things on March 24, he won't know what's waiting for him.

“Yeah this rush hour, comin’ with more hits than the Braves or the Yankees.”

Disconnect between seemingly objective measurements of well-being and way we feel about our lives ought to concern us