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Today, Moby is a sober, vegan-restaurant-owning, transcendental-meditation-practicing resident of Los Angeles, a 50-year-old DJ-producer-musician who’s known for his animal activism, paid handsomely to appear at festivals like Coachella, and often invited to exclusive Hollywood happenings like December’s premiere for Star Wars: The Force Awakens. In the decade before the turn of the millennium, however — prior to the release of his seminal, universally beloved 1999 album, Play — the New York-dwelling... Читать дальше...

The metal, along with palladium, will climb to about 20 per cent through the end of 2017

A Republican lawmaker and a conservative Christian organization are calling on Wisconsin's attorney general to intervene against clerks in Dane and Milwaukee counties who have made domestic partnership declarations available to opposite-sex couples.

Angelina Jolie hears Donald Trump loud and clear—and she is shaking her head. As a 15-year supporter and ambassador of international refugees, the Oscar winner is less than...

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Brands are scrambling to get targeted ads onto various digital platforms, but one crucial segment is rejecting those ads in droves.

Millennial and Gen Z shoppers ages 16 to 39 said in a new report from Lithium Technologies that the paid ads in their feeds are turning them off from using some social media platforms. In fact, 74% of this group said they dislike targeted ads on social media. Читать дальше...

Nethaneel Mitchell-Blake misses the British record by a fraction as he becomes the third Briton under 20 seconds for 200m.

G.Fast will provide internet speeds of 750 megabits per second this year -- for both upload and download.

​Warren Buffett's Berkshire Hathaway Inc on Monday revealed a new stake in Apple Inc, in a bet that the stock's price could rebound after iPhone sales fell for the first time.

NEW YORK (AP) — The Latest on global financial markets (all times local):

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CEO pay at big Wall Street banks is a big deal.

JPMorgan CEO Jamie Dimon took home $27 million for 2015. Goldman Sachs chief Lloyd Blankfein earned $23 million.

Those are big numbers, and there are sure to be lots of people out there who think that they are too big.

Another huge issue, though, is why the most well-paid bank CEOs earn what they earn.

Keefe, Bruyette & Woods shared its thoughts on the weighty topic of CEO compensation in a note on Friday... Читать дальше...

Ex-Wales captain Martyn Williams says a pairing between Alun Wyn Jones and Bradley Davies could be the best in Europe.

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Honey bees are nearly as essential to our food system as crops themselves.

Depending on how the research is conducted, pollinators are needed to produce approximately one-third of the food we eat (more, according to some estimates). Bees also contribute about $17 billion to the US agricultural industry each year. And it'd be extremely hard and expensive to get your hands on coffee without them, making them a key part of the global economy.

So it's unfortunate to note that... Читать дальше...

(AP) — An assistant tennis coach at Drury University in southwestern Missouri is suspended after being accused of sexually attacking a woman after a campus party earlier this month. Drury spokesman Mike Brothers says Boskovic is a graduate student at Drury and has been suspended with pay pending the outcome of a school investigation.

A Hitler-stached New Jersey man was busted with a stash of guns and ammo hidden in the woods.

A nationwide audit conducted in Tanzania discovered that fraudulent activities is costing the government over $2m.

Surveyed people preferred Sanders' healthcare plan, of three candidates

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ORLANDO, Fla., May 16 (UPI) -- After a delist the first time and phony bidders the second, George Zimmerman hopes the third time's the charm for selling the gun used to kill Trayvon Martin.

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NORWICH, England, May 16 (UPI) -- New research suggests an abundant group of tiny ocean organisms helps maintain Earth's atmospheric stability.

State Department spokesman Mark Toner said Kerry would fly to Cairo after talks on the Syrian crisis in Vienna and before heading to Brussels to meet the NATO allies.

Michael Hayden is the former director of the CIA and NSA as well as the author of "Playing to the Edge." He has been very vocal about Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump. We spoke to the retired Air Force general about why he's made the decision to not cast his vote for Trump.

A 57-year-old man was arrested after a hi-tech dagga manufacturing lab was discovered at his mansion on Brighton Beach’s so-called Millionaires’ Mile.

Grammy Award-winning producer Timbaland has appointed music industry veteran Gary Marella as executive VP of Mosley Music Group. Marella, working...