Ben Hooper
NARRABEEN, Australia, April 20 (UPI) -- An Australian man investigating the mysterious scratches that kept appearing on the side of his car captured video of the perpetrator -- a magpie.
Initial jobless claims fell to a 42-year low in the latest week, the Labor Department, said. signaling continued labor market improvement.
Evidence of continued vehicle and equipment activity at a North Korean nuclear site are raising expectations the secretive Communist nation is preparing for a fifth nuclear test, according to the website 38 North and reported by Newsweek. Based on satellite imagery of North Korea’s Punggye-ri nuclear site, the photos that were taken between April 14 and 19 reveal the increased activity at the site and possibility for a fifth nuclear test prior to the country’s seventh party congress next month, the report said. Читать дальше...
Damascus is fulfilling all it's obligations regarding the implementation of the UN Security Resolution, which sets out a road map for a peace process in Syria, the country's Prime Minister Wael Nader Halqi told Sputnik.
In January, much of the commentary around earnings was filled with terms like "cautious." Now companies are using words like "stable."
Trading in carmaker’s shares suspended, and some analysts say the affair could cost $950m
It would be “unfair” for a fugitive rabbi, who is wanted for sex crimes in Israel, to be denied the right to practice his religion during the Passover period, a court has heard.
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MOSCOW - The Russian Anti-Doping Agency says six track and field athletes have been banned for various doping offenses.
Stanford lecturer and designer John Edmark created a gorgeous set of "bloom" sculptures that literally come to life when spun under a strobe light. They're based on the Fibonacci sequence found in nature.
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Three years' worth of results for the Greater Manchester Marathon are declared invalid because the course was too short.
Japanese regulators have raided the research and development centre of Mitsubishi Motors after the carmaker admitted to falsifying fuel economy data on more than 600,000 vehicles. The transport ministry said its officials raided Mitsubishi’ s laboratories in Okazaki, central Japan, where the alleged misconduct is believed to have taken place.
The North West education department has promised to relocate all 363 pupils from Duikersbos Primary School near Delareyville who were learning under appalling health conditions to a new R18 million state-of-the-art facility next week.
BRUSSELS - Paris attacks suspect Salah Abdeslam has been charged with attempted murder over a shootout with police that took place last month in Brussels.
Andrew V. Pestano
COATZACOALCOS, Mexico, April 21 (UPI) -- The number of casualties from the Pemex gas plant explosion in Mexico has risen to 13, with more than 100 injured.
Chyna, who was found dead Wednesday in her California apartment, recorded her final video message on Sunday.
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Todd McShay is ESPN's NFL Draft guru, regularly publishing mock drafts in the months and weeks leading up to the big day.
But with less than a week until the draft, McShay's latest mock looks completely different — all thanks to two blockbuster trades that have reshuffled the order at the top of the first round.
Not long ago, Ole Miss offensive tackle Laremy Tunsil looked like a lock for the Titans at no. 1 overall, an athletic lineman perfect to protect Marcus Mariota. Читать дальше...
Hello excessive sweat and mild discomfort, goodbye visible back fat!
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A decade ago I lost around 75 pounds, and ever since I've struggled to maintain a constant weight. It seems like I'm always either gaining or losing weight.
So I resigned, and got a few larger shirts and pants to hide the extra jelly.
These days, this is my standard work outfit:
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Kelly Ripa steps out in New York City with her husband Mark Consuelos on Thursday (April 21). The Live! with Kelly and Michael co-host has not been seen since news broke that Michael Strahan would be leaving the show to work full time at Good Morning America. While stepping out, Kelly was holding a copy [...]
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The sharks are going after bigger prey.
Hedge funds big and small are taking on larger targets in their activist campaigns, according to data from FactSet.
The number of campaigns to shake up organizational structures of large- or mega-cap companies has taken off in recent years wrote Andrew Birstingl.
"Macy’s, Qualcomm, and AIG. What do these companies have in common? Each of them is a large and well-established firm that has been the target of... Читать дальше...
FRAMINGHAM, Mass. (AP) — Some neighborly hospitality has earned one of Mark Wahlberg's biggest fans a chance to meet the actor and an invite to the premiere of his new movie.
FRAMINGHAM, Massachusetts - Some neighborly hospitality has earned one of Mark Wahlberg's biggest fans a chance to meet the actor and an invite to the premiere of his new movie.
(AP) — Some neighborly hospitality has earned one of Mark Wahlberg's biggest fans a chance to meet the actor and an invite to the premiere of his new movie. WFXT-TV (http://fox25.com/1Nmi2bw ) reports that when Jackie Becker and her mother, Jean, found out Wahlberg was shooting scenes for the upcoming film "Patriots Day" in their suburban Boston hometown of Framingham, they delivered pizza and cookies to the set.
Greater Noida, April 21 (IANS) The pace of digitisation is impressive but still a lot needs to be done, Telecommunications Secretary J.S. Deepak said here on Thursday.
Federal Election Commission guidelines forbid using campaign funds for personal expenses. A Republican congressman running for Senate in Indiana billed his campaign more than $2,000 in airfare for his family's trip to the Ronald Reagan library in California, an apparent violation of federal election laws. The expense is part of hundreds of thousands of dollars in travel expenses, meals and vehicle payments U.S. Rep. Marlin Stutzman has charged to his campaign fund since 2010.