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She should be applauded for her off-the-cuff comments about Chinese diplomats, says Philip Stephens

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Likely failure of Forth estuary project undermines effort to meet carbon emissions targets

Just read, and be very slightly annoyed for the rest of the day. From r/mildlyinfuriating.

Oracle founder Larry Ellison has donated $200 million to USC to fund a cancer research center, the university announced Wednesday.

When Deni Szczurek’s son, Cooper Starkel, fell on his tailbone in a fifth-grade basketball game, all signs told her something wasn’t right.

A five-run first inning was what R.A. Long needed to propel itself to an 8-4 victory over Ridgefield in a loser-out game of the Southwest 2A District baseball playoffs in Chehalis on Wednesday.

It was a long time ago in a place far, far away.

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Linton-HMB thrower Garret Roemmich said it took him most of last season to finally hit his stride.

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U.S. alternative payments provider Dwolla submitted a proposal to the Fed’s Faster Payments Task Force, a group tasked with addressing and improving U.S. payment systems to meet the Electronic Payment Association’s (NACHA) September deadline for same-day settlement.

Dwolla’s plan proposes the expansion of the firm’s existing FiSync platform... Читать дальше...

China is mulling plans to tighten tax reporting requirements on multinationals operating in the country, the SCMP reports.

NEW YORK (AP) — For a reading jointly hosted by award-winning writers Sherman Alexie and Edwidge Danticat, the night began with three microphones and a guitar on stage.

NEW YORK - For a reading jointly hosted by award-winning writers Sherman Alexie and Edwidge Danticat, the night began with three microphones and a guitar on stage.

NEW YORK (AP) — For a reading jointly hosted by award-winning writers Sherman Alexie and Edwidge Danticat, the night began with three microphones and a guitar on stage.

CHICAGO - Drew Pomeranz can't explain his surprising start. He simply wants to keep it going.

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"I might as well make u suffer the rest of ur life," said the text message sent to a 17-year-old girl from Wisconsin. "When jobs and colleges google your name, they're gonna see this shit bitch."

The teenage girl, identified by the pseudonym "Molly" by local news, was threatening to call the police on her sextortionist.

Sextortion is a new kind of sexual exploitation that occurs when someone uses sexually explicit videos or photos ... Читать дальше...

Lucille "Venus" Love spent most of her life searching for her family and was finally reunited with her sister in Arizona.

Lightning - Penguins kicks off on Friday; Western Conference Final begins Sunday.

Students of Class XII accused of ragging and beating up two freshmen at DPS Noida's hostel were suspended by the school on Wednesday.

NEW YORK (AP) — For the second time in less than two weeks, a once-powerful New York politician is facing sentencing in a spate of corruption cases that have roiled Albany.

Ebru Umar wordt ondergebracht op een geheim adres. Ook meldt de columniste haar openbare optredens bij de instanties, zegt ze in een donderdag gepubliceerd interview met De Telegraaf.

Coolblue-topman Pieter Zwart moest van ver komen. In de allereerste Quote-top 100 van jonge miljonairs stond hij op nummer 100. Elf jaar later is hij de allerrijkste. Het is een jaloersmakend lijstje: met z'n allen bij elkaar zijn ze 1.627 miljard euro waard.