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Wall Street and the nation’s business community have historically been dependable backers of the Republican Party, whose core values of reducing taxes and government regulation are most closely aligned with their pro-business growth priorities. Yet with the exception of a relatively small number of corporate leaders, such as oil tycoon T. Boone Pickens and casino mogul Sheldon Adelson, the business world by and large has been lying low, unwilling to associate publicly with a man whose highly contentious... Читать дальше...

Since the first expanded postseason with wild cards in 1995, only four times has the team with baseball’s best record (or one of the teams that tied for the best record) won the World Series. The 2001 Mariners (with 116 wins) and 1998 Braves lost in the League Championship Series. Right now, Fangraphs.com projects the Cubs to finish with 102 wins but gives them only a 19 percent chance to win the World Series and a 32 percent shot to win the pennant. The Kansas City Royals have had to deal with injuries to Alex Gordon... Читать дальше...

Evan Cole was supposed to be dead after a bomb shattered him in Iraq. This month, he strode across a stage to receive his master's in architecture.

European Round Table of Industrialists says ‘unravelling’ of EU would reduce prosperity

RENO, Nev. (AP) — A Los Angeles-based entrepreneur is turning part of a jumbo jet into an art installation and plans to haul it to Burning Man, a feat he failed to accomplish last year.

RENO, Nev. (AP) — A Los Angeles-based entrepreneur is turning part of a jumbo jet into an art installation and plans to haul it to Burning Man, a feat he failed to accomplish last year.

RENO, Nev. (AP) — A Los Angeles-based entrepreneur is turning part of a jumbo jet into an art installation and plans to haul it to Burning Man, a feat he failed to accomplish last year.

RENO, Nev. (AP) — A Los Angeles-based entrepreneur is turning part of a jumbo jet into an art installation and plans to haul it to Burning Man, a feat he failed to accomplish last year.

Art group plans to haul part of jumbo jet to Burning Man (AP) — A Los Angeles-based entrepreneur is turning part of a jumbo jet into an art installation and plans to haul it to Burning Man, a feat he failed to accomplish last year. The group initially intended the jet to be a "mobile art car" but decided to make it an installation after funding and time limitations kept it from using the whole aircraft. Campers dressed as flight attendants and asked people to go through an "insecurity checkpoint," where they received hugs.

Art group plans to haul part of jumbo jet to Burning Man (AP) — A Los Angeles-based entrepreneur is turning part of a jumbo jet into an art installation and plans to haul it to Burning Man, a feat he failed to accomplish last year. The group initially intended the jet to be a "mobile art car" but decided to make it an installation after funding and time limitations kept it from using the whole aircraft. Campers dressed as flight attendants and asked people to go through an "insecurity checkpoint," where they received hugs.

RENO, Nev. (AP) — A Los Angeles-based entrepreneur is turning part of a jumbo jet into an art installation and plans to haul it to Burning Man, a feat he failed to accomplish last year.

The centenary of the biggest naval engagement of World War One is to be marked by services in Scotland and at sea.

MILWAUKEE (AP) — A tough third inning on defense made for a miserable afternoon for the Milwaukee Brewers.

MILWAUKEE (AP) — A tough third inning on defense made for a miserable afternoon for the Milwaukee Brewers.

Brazilian football legend Pele is auctioning off more than 1,500 football-related items accumulated over more than six decades.

SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — Police say a man was stabbed in the back at a Utah elementary school playground after attempting to intervene in a couple's argument. Unified Police are searching for a suspect who they say had been playing basketball with the victim at West Kearns Elementary School Monday morning.

BBC Sport uncovers the multi-billion pound world where luck counts as much as breeding in the race for Derby success.

Shares set for cautious start after quiet night of trade.

LONDON (AP) — Renowned physicist Stephen Hawking may have a good grasp of the workings of the universe, but he says he can't understand Donald Trump's popularity.

LONDON (AP) — Renowned physicist Stephen Hawking may have a good grasp of the workings of the universe, but he says he can't understand Donald Trump's popularity. The wheelchair-bound Hawking also made a plea for British voters to choose to remain in the European Union in the June 23 referendum.

Giants’ Chris Stratton impresses with scoreless inning in debut ATLANTA — Toward the end of Monday’s 5-3 Braves victory, a large contingent of Giants fans riled the home crowd with a very loud “Let’s go, Giants” chant. Only a handful were related to Southerner Chris Stratton, who struck out two of his three hitters in his big-league debut. Stratton’s arrival took longer than he or the Giants hoped when they selected him from Mississippi State. “He was impressive,” manager Bruce Bochy said. Читать дальше...

Drive to heal scarred landscapes to try to win back public support for industry

(AP) — Authorities say a New York man riding a motorcycle in Vermont lost control of the bike and died after crashing into a tree. Authorities say it appears Couch was driving east when he lost control of the motorcycle he was riding and went off the edge of the road, striking a tree.