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In 2004, the North Korean government launched one of the oddest television campaigns in recent history: “Let’s trim our hair in accordance with the socialist lifestyle.”

Accompanied by radio and print ads, the five-part TV series urged North Korean men to wear their hair short. State-approved haircuts, the campaign explained, ranged in length from one to five centimeters, with seven centimeters permitted for men over 50 who sought to hide a balding scalp.

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The death toll from the powerful 7.8-magnitude earthquake that hit Ecuador last Saturday has reached 570 people, the country’s President Rafael Correa announced.

Jacques S. Yeager, a former University of California regent who ran an influential construction business that dramatically expanded California's highways and left a mark on the state's political landscape, died Wednesday. Yeager was 94.

UNITED NATIONS (AP) — Jamaica defended its decriminalization of possession of small amounts of marijuana. Iran said it seized 620 tons of different types of drugs last year and is helping protect the world from "the evils of addiction." Cuba…

UNITED NATIONS (AP) — Jamaica defended its decriminalization of possession of small amounts of marijuana. Iran said it seized 620 tons of different types of drugs last year and is helping protect the world from "the evils of addiction." Cuba…

Once upon a time, sports memorabilia was a fun little incidental sideline for kids. Your favorite player signed a baseball. Cool!

These days, sports memorabilia sometimes feels like it's a bigger American industry than automobile production.

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[...] high school guidance counselors and admissions experts say the heightened competition has turned the process into a anxiety-ridden numbers game. Charter school students in New England submitted the most applications, at nearly seven per student, followed closely by private school students in New England and the Middle States (a category including Washington, D.C., Delaware, Maryland, New Jersey, New York, Pennsylvania, Puerto Rico and the Virgin Islands), with more than six applications each, Blankson said. Читать дальше...

Adele is voor de vijfde keer op rij de rijkste jonge Britse muzikant. Met een geschat vermogen van 85 miljoen pond (ruim 107 miljoen euro) laat de zangeres alle concurrenten ver achter zich op de jaarlijkse lijst van de Sunday Times, die de krant donderdag bekendmaakt.

China shares were choppy Thursday in a tug-of-war between rising spirits over fresh liquidity and disappointment over a signal that authorities could pull back from monetary stimulus.

China shares were choppy Thursday in a tug-of-war between rising spirits over fresh liquidity and disappointment over a signal that authorities could pull back from monetary stimulus.

Brent C. Wagner ranks the state's boys and girls high school soccer teams going into the weekend.

PHILADELPHIA - Peter Bourjos found a perfect spot in the lineup - ninth behind the pitcher.

The Sanders campaign poured itself into New York, throwing a hail mary pass to try to cut in to Clinton's lead. But in the end Sanders came up short.

The last episode of “Kocktails with Khloe” was krazy.

FRESNO — Millions of Californians live in places with dirty air, according to an annual report card issued Wednesday that ranks two major urban areas in the state as the nation’s most polluted. Bakersfield tops the list for having the most unhealthy days from airborne particles spewed by highway traffic, diesel trucks, farm equipment and fireplaces, the American Lung Association’s State of the Air 2016 report says. Air pollution can trigger asthma attacks, heart attacks, lead to lung cancer and cause premature death. Читать дальше...

A grade school principal in Far Rockaway who was fired in for repeatedly being late and absent has sued to get her $128,000 a year job back.

BALTIMORE - Josh Thole sat in front of his locker, his head lowered and cradled in his hands.

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The earthquake has slammed a country that lacks the funds needed to recovery as it faces a deep contraction due to the collapse in oil prices and sagging exports of bananas and flowers.

NATO and Russia met today at the negotiating table, for the first time in two years, but relations between the sides remain uncertain, and immediate moves must be taken to avert a “dangerous war scenario,” Paris-based political analyst Hall Gardner told Radio Sputnik.

He scored that just 1:03 after the Stars got on the board on a goal from Ales Hemsky.

As the Puget Sound booms, plenty worry that historic structures and places may be plowed over to make way for growth. The Washington Trust for Historic Preservation has long offered up its suggestions of places in the Evergreen State that should be protected.

The war to control office communications in China began in earnest Monday, writes Li Yuan, when Tencent launched its Qiye Weixin, or Enterprise WeChat, app. The new app aims to repel a threat from Alibaba.