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Former Ticketmaster CEO Nathan Hubbard, who joined Twitter as Head of Music in August 2013 and recently assumed the title of Interim Head of Media,...

Justice Clarence Thomas called one of the opinions "a remarkably aggressive" use of the court's power to review the decisions of the states' highest courts.

Corey Fischer’s solo show marks return to the stage Veteran Bay Area theater artist Corey Fischer seems to have simultaneously acted in Hollywood bit parts, Yiddish theater in New York, political street theater and, last but not least, a skin flick. “I like the paradox that faced with the fragility of memory, we celebrate what is there,” he says.

Belgium "is pleading for dialogue" with Russia in order to resolve disputes that have led to the anti-Russia sanctions imposed by the European Union, the Belgian Foreign Ministry deputy spokesman Michael Mareel told Sputnik on Tuesday.

A 31-year-old habitual traffic offender is accused of running over a man and woman on a motorcycle during an apparent road-rage incident that another motorist captured ...

What could be more fun than golf with a gator? Golf with a giant, 15-foot gator.

Joe Mauer’s high school exploits at Cretin-Derham Hall are the stuff of legend, and for good reason. Mauer was, of course, a tremendous baseball player — striking out just once in his entire prep career before being chosen by the hometown Twins with the No. 1 overall pick in the 2001 draft. He was a great high school quarterback and had a full ride waiting for him at Florida State had he not decided to play baseball. And Mauer was also an excellent basketball player on a Cretin team that reached the state tournament his senior season. Читать дальше...

Donald Trump held a presser to detail his donations to vets. However, the Republican nominee for president ended up throwing tons of insults at the press, even referring to one report as a sleaze.

WASHINGTON (AP) — The former chief military prosecutor at Guantanamo Bay has settled a lawsuit against the Library of Congress, which fired him after he wrote opinion columns criticizing the Obama administration's decision to try some suspected terrorists before military tribunals. The American Civil Liberties Union announced Tuesday that retired Air Force Col. Morris Davis will receive $100,000 and a correction of his employment record to show that he was not terminated for cause.

Getting a divorce requires a lot of adulting. (And yes, "adulting" is now a verb.) The timing on that couldn't be worse, because when you're getting a divorce, adulting is extremely challenging.

To make it easier, I've developed some divorce attorney-approved guidelines for adulting during your divorce:

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There have been any number of surfing documentaries, but not that many about female surfers and probably just one about the women who surf the cold, gray waters off Ocean Beach in San Francisco. The 70-minute film by Dayla Soul focuses on a half-dozen big wave surfers who paddle out to the Red Triangle. Great white sharks patrol these waters, and the only bikinis are in footage that takes down the “Gidget” stereotype. There is a Mavericks board cam, a guitar-heavy soundtrack and a cool setting at the Great Star Theatre in Chinatown.

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PANKRUSHIKHA, Russia, May 31 (UPI) -- A rural road in Russia filled with thousands of butterflies during the weekend and the spectacle was caught on video.

Last week, two new lava flows broke out on Kilauea volcano on Hawaii's Big Island, oozing red hot molten rock down the volcano's Pu’u O’o cone.

Former Obama advisor Cass Sunstein has written a new book called "The World According to Star Wars," which examines the classic movie as a case study for politics.

Slain football star Will Smith’s blood alcohol content was three times the legal limit when he was shot to death in April.

Texas police arrested 45-year-old Kenneth Alan Amyx after he allegedly posted photos on the Internet showing himself and the bloodied, lifeless body of his live-in girlfriend, 43-year-old Jennifer Streit-Spears.

Spor Toto Basketbol Ligi play-off yarı final serisinin dördüncü maçında Galatasaray Odeabank, Fenerbahçe'yi ağırladı. Karşılaşmadan 82-75'lik galibiyetle ayrılan Fenerbahçe, finalde Anadolu Efes'in rakibi...Devamı için tıklayınız

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A former U.S. Army sergeant nicknamed "Rambo" who prosecutors say supervised an international band of hit men and mercenaries was sentenced to 20 years in prison on Tuesday for conspiring to kill a federal drug agent and an informant.

U.S. District Judge Laura Taylor Swain in Manhattan said Joseph Hunter, 51, deserved a lengthy sentence given the "grave and serious" crimes he committed and his guilty plea to charges including that he conspired to murder a law enforcement officer. Читать дальше...

He didn't register a goal or point in five of the six games in the Western Conference Final.

*Shudder*

Drugmaker’s shares fell nearly 90% during Michael Pearson’s watch

Does Donald Trump lave a legitimate gripe with the media in regards to how he has been covered?

A woman was sexually assaulted on Princeton University’s campus while attending a weekend reunion.

By Kim Kwang-tae NAIROBI, May 31 (Yonhap) -- South Korea's President Park Geun-hye met with her Kenyan counterpart Uhuru Kenyatta on Tuesday and agreed to boost two-way trade and business with East Africa’s largest economy. The summit -- the first

ENSCHEDE - Diverse ploegen in het Twentse en Achterhoekse amateurvoetbal strijden nog om promotie of tegen degradatie. Op deze plek stromen dinsdagavond de uitslagen en doelpuntenmakers binnen na de deze dag gespeelde wedstrijden.