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Annie Martin
NEW YORK, Aug. 3 (UPI) -- Simon Helberg, who plays Howard Wolowitz on "The Big Bang Theory," revealed he almost didn't take the role while appearing on "The Late Show."

With the France international's future still up in the air amid constant rumours of a return to Old Trafford, Lucescu believes the 27-year-old would be the perfect replacement

Geoff Ziezulewicz
FAIRFAX, Va., Aug. 3 (UPI) -- DARPA awarded a follow-on contract worth up to $149 million to General Dynamics Mission Systems for classified network services, the company announced Tuesday.

Police have yet to say what led to the gunfire.

Former House Speaker Newt Gingrich, a staunch Donald Trump ally, offered the Republican presidential candidate some tough love on Wednesday morning, calling his behavior "very self-destructive" and urging him to pull out of a "slump."

Apple is on course to enjoy a 5 percent bump in its iPhone sales for 2017, say UBS.

Why has Donald Trump's candidacy been successful so far? originally appeared on Quora - the knowledge sharing network where compelling questions are answered by people with unique insights.

Answer by Ian Bremmer, Political Scientist, President at Eurasia Group, on Quora:

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The conservative tea party challenger who was narrowly beaten in the Republican primary by U.S. Rep. Bill Shuster says he will run against the eight-term incumbent — as a Democrat.

Strong growth in Canada and Australia buoyed the engineered quartz surface manufacturer's second-quarter results.

Geoff Ziezulewicz
MONONA, Wis., Aug. 3 (UPI) -- Phoenix Nuclear Labs has been awarded $3.6 million in U.S. Army contracts to build systems to detect defective munitions and concealed bombs, the company said.

– Nollywood actress Tonto Dikeh seems to be born again – The nursing mother reveals mistakes she has made in the past – She also says she has hurt God in the past Top Nollywood actress Tonto Dikeh seems to have become a born again after her marriage to hubby Oladunni Churchill. The mother of […]

Gold futures retreat Wednesday as economic data comes out stronger than expected and as the dollar strengthens, weighing on the yellow metal.

Europe’s main stock benchmark ekes out a small gain on Wednesday, as a rally in bank shares offsets double-digit slides by power generator provider Aggreko and Swiss money manager GAM Holdings.

Rio's Christ the Redeemer will be watching over the Olympic Games this month. The massive 30m sculpture took nine years to create and was named one of the new Seven Wonders of the World

It’s hard to believe that it has been almost three years since the cutest couple on the television talent show circuit, Alex & Sierra, charmed their way into America’s hearts with their sultry X Factor USA audition of Britney Spears’s “Toxic.” The folk-pop duo went on to win the series’ third season. The EP will feature three originals plus five new covers of songs from the twosome’s X Factor days, including the tune that started it all for them — “Toxic,” of course. The album is a nice way... Читать дальше...

It’s hard to believe that it has been almost three years since the cutest couple on the television talent show circuit, Alex & Sierra, charmed their way into America’s hearts with their sultry X Factor USA audition of Britney Spears’s “Toxic.” The folk-pop duo went on to win the series’ third season. The EP will feature three originals plus five new covers of songs from the twosome’s X Factor days, including the tune that started it all for them — “Toxic,” of course. The album is a nice way to bring our fans with us as we move forward... Читать дальше...

11 archival photos from the early 1900s capture life at dachas

By: Leigh Steinberg ORIGINAL POST on Forbes.com

The original purpose of the Olympic Games was to celebrate amateur athletics and build fellowship between athletes of competing nations. In 1896 Pierre de Coubertin held the first of the modern Olympic Games in Athens, Greece. He saw the games as a way to promote peace and unity within the international community through the medium of sports--a way to bring political enemies together. Somewhere along the way, this ideal was lost.​

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Edward Downey faces two counts of first-degree murder

Ben Hooper
VERO BEACH, Fla., Aug. 3 (UPI) -- A Florida woman whose newly-adopted kitten vanished into the dashboard of her car ended up allowing mechanics to destroy the vehicle with a chainsaw.

Summer driving season: it's the season to be traveling, what with long weekends, annual leaves and short getaways from the banalities of everyday life at the office. The summer season in the Northern Hemisphere is when demand for crude oil invariably picks up, because fuel consumption increases. In Europe, there's greater hunger for diesel and in the U.S. there's a pickup in gasoline demand. Usually.

This year's driving season, however, is shaping up to be a very disappointing exception to the usual seasonal patterns in fuel demand. Читать дальше...

BEIRUT — The United Nations Children’s Fund said Wednesday it is “extremely” concerned for the safety and wellbeing of children caught up in the violence engulfing the northern Syrian city of Aleppo, including the rebel-held eastern neighborhoods under government siege. The UNICEF statement came as the city witnessed intense fighting as insurgents tried for the

By Song Sang-ho SEOUL, Aug. 3 (Yonhap) -- President Park Geun-hye will fly to Vladivostok, Russia, early next month to attend an annual economic forum on the development of the Russian Far East and hold a summit with her Russian counterpart Vladimir P