Last week, Vikings running back Adrian Peterson partnered with the Salvation Army to donate $100,000 to cleanup and recovery efforts after devastating flash flooding in Peterson’s hometown of Palestine, Texas. Initially, he committed to making up to another $100,000 in matching donations. In an interview that will be aired on Friday’s edition of PFT Live…
Big box retailers got hammered in the market on Wednesday, after Macy's reported dismal earnings.
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Apple is using technology to help level the playing field between rich and poor students. The company, which committed $100 million to the nationwide effort in 2014, assigns an employee to spend 17 days a year at each school, training teachers and helping prepare lessons.
“Reminds me of Kung-Fu Panda.”
Presented without a whole lot of comment, here's a thoughtful, track-by-track review of A Moon Shaped Pool by an 8-year-old. She's really inviting some controversy here by picking "Tinker Tailor" as the standout track, but she's not wrong about "True Love Waits"!
Here's an annotated tracklist in case you haven't memorized the song order yet.
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BAGHDAD (AP) — A wave of Islamic State bombings in Baghdad has killed nearly 100 people in two days, exposing lingering gaps in the capital's defenses, which are manned by an array of security agencies and militias that don't always…
– Commander Bibi Oduku says the Niger Delta Avengers hails from Gbaramatu Kingdom in Warri southwest local government area – Oduku tasks traditional rulers, community leaders and well-meaning Niger-Deltans to denounce the activities of group as devilish, advising youths in the region not to join this group and other militia groups – The Ijaw leader from Gbaramatu kingdom, […]
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Troye Sivan recognizes the "life-changing opportunity" that comes with being Kia's "One to Watch" at the Billboard Music...
The Muslim ban is just the latest issue on which he's changed his mind.
Nepal's earthquake reconstruction agency has increased by more than $1 billion its estimate of the money needed to rebuild nearly 1 million houses damaged by a powerful earthquake last year.
If you’re fleeing fast enough from the shattered hopes and dreams of politics, Trump’s flagrant, frequent departures from the truth appear to be standing still.
A wave of Islamic State bombings in Baghdad has killed nearly 100 people in two days, exposing lingering gaps in the capital's defenses, which are manned by an array of security agencies and militias that don't always cooperate.
After deliberating for more than two days, a jury said it was unable to reach a verdict on charges Patrick Combs stole thousands of dollars from an 88-year-old Lincoln widow.
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In fewer than four years, employers will seek employees with very different skill sets than they do today.
In fact, on average more than one third of the desired skill sets of most occupations will be comprised of skills that are not yet considered important to the job today, according to a recent report from the World Economic Forum.
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Songfestivalpresentator Måns Zelmerlöw is donderdagavond in Stockholm in een flits bijna naakt op het podium verschenen. Slechts een knuffelwolf, op strategische plek voor zijn lichaam gehouden, voorkwam dat de Zweedse winnaar van vorig jaar helemaal bloot te bewonderen was.
International pressure is mounting on the Prime Minister to intervene to prevent further damage to Australia's global reputations
Russia beat Denmark on Thursday in its fourth game of the 2016 IIHF Ice Hockey World Championship.
Although the U.S. is still perceived as the more natural ally, China’s patient drive for acceptance in Europe is beginning to pay off, especially in the needier, weaker parts of the continent.
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The US Transportation Safety Administration collected more than $760,000 in unclaimed cash last year.
According to Christopher Mele of the New York Times, most of the money collected by the TSA is in the form of spare change left behind by travelers going through security checkpoints.
That figure is up from $638,000 in 2014.
New York area airports accounted for a healthy chunk of the left-behind change, Mele reports.
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Apple's break beneath a key psychological level could signal more selling ahead for the stock — and for the broader market.
We are seriously confused. (And disturbed).
WASHINGTON (AP) — The Obama administration made clear Thursday it won't withhold money for North Carolina while a legal fight plays out over the state's law on bathroom use by transgender people. The law says transgender people must use public bathrooms, showers and changing rooms that correspond to the sex on their birth certificate.
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WASHINGTON, May 12 (UPI) -- Country music singer Keith Urban shared a video of him and his wife, actress Nicole Kidman, lip syncing to his song "The Fighter" in the front seat of his SUV.
"The Late Show with Stephen Colbert" has had its best ratings week since February for CBS.