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Elon Musk, CEO of SpaceX, tweeted that the company's Falcon 9 explosion on Thursday occurred as the rocket was being filled with propellant.

Falcon 9 uses liquid oxygen and rocket-grade kerosene propellant to launch it into space. Once the propellant ignites, the rocket shoots off the launchpad with 1.7 million pounds of thrust.

The explosion occurred during a routine static test-fire ahead of Saturday's planned (and now scrubbed) launch of Facebook's first satellite. Читать дальше...

Femi Fani-Kayode has lashed back at the former aide to Goodluck Jonathan, Reno Omokri for defending Hausa people. Omokri had disagreed with Fani-Kayode over Mark Zuckerberg’s comment that Hausa is a unique language. Omokri had argued that Zuckerberg was right and he also described Hausa people as some of the most decent persons he had […]

A slick production of an abbreviated version of Shakespeare's comedy

Tyrannosaurus sex-y.

Sometimes when you're just feeling your ~lewk~, you want to add a statement piece.

Damn right, I want a classroom clock chained to my neck.

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Maybe you want to draw a little attention to your chest with a flattering neckline.

I think that's the deepest you can go, actually.

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Or perhaps you're experimenting... Читать дальше...

Faith won gold after pulling ahead of favorite and world record holder Genzebe Dibaba of Ethiopia in the final lap.

Let's begin the drive with a question bouncing around my head: What will happen the first time Nebraska has to punt on Saturday?

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Some people in the US make just $6 an hour, while others earn a whopping $106 during that same 60-minute period.

The federal minimum wage is $7.25 an hour. In some states, however, employees not covered under the Fair Labor Standards Act earn as little as $5.15.

According to the US Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS), the average American — including those in salaried jobs — earns $23.23 an hour, and that number reaches more than $100 for some professions. Читать дальше...

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Coca-Cola is investing in coffee.

On Thursday, Coca-Cola's iced tea brand Gold Peak announced it is entering the ready-to-drink coffee business. The brand, which is currently best known for its $1 billion bottled iced tea business, will launch bottled coffees and tea lattes in the first quarter of 2017.

It's a move that reveals Coca-Cola's plans to enter the $2 billion ready-to-drink coffee industry — a move that might be key to the company's future.

In July... Читать дальше...

The vice president has mischaracterized U.S. foreign policy under Obama.

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ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 1 (UPI) -- The Romanian hacker known as "Guccifer" who uncovered Hillary Clinton's private email server has been sentenced to 52 months in federal prison.

MADISON, Wis. (AP) — Two white Madison police officers acted reasonably and within department policies when they arrested an 18-year-old black woman outside of a mall, in an altercation that sparked protests after footage of it was posted online, according…

US firm Caterpillar is to cut more than 200 jobs in Northern Ireland, in a move that will lead to the closure of its Monkstown plant.

At least two drivers could have their Chase hopes in the hands of Chris Buescher in the last two races of the regular season.

Manchester City contest a violent conduct charge from the FA against striker Sergio Aguero for elbowing West Ham's Winston Reid.

Until today, immigration lawyer Jacob Monty was an advisor to the Trump campaign, working with him to craft an immigration message that was more palatable to more people.

NEW YORK (AP) — Univision news anchor Jorge Ramos says he'd like to moderate one of the presidential debates, and doesn't believe his recent call for people to "take a stand" against Republican Donald Trump should eliminate him from consideration.

NEW YORK (AP) — Univision news anchor Jorge Ramos says he'd like to moderate one of the presidential debates, and doesn't believe his recent call for people to "take a stand" against Republican Donald Trump should eliminate him from consideration.

NEW YORK (AP) — Univision news anchor Jorge Ramos says he'd like to moderate one of the presidential debates, and doesn't believe his recent call for people to "take a stand" against Republican Donald Trump should eliminate him from consideration.

NEW YORK (AP) — Univision news anchor Jorge Ramos says he'd like to moderate one of the presidential debates, and doesn't believe his recent call for people to "take a stand" against Republican Donald Trump should eliminate him from consideration.

The television industry shouldn’t make shows about itself, except when it should. On paper, as they say, almost everything about “Better Things” feels like just another bit of myopically unneeded showbiz show making: A former child star and single mom tries to balance raising three daughters and searching for actual parts while paying the bills by voicing cartoons and commercials. Allegiant is the precocious, eternally wise, eccentric and unflappable middle child, who seems to have little OCD-like... Читать дальше...

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In 2009, Jennifer Dombrowski moved to Italy.

She had been living and working in Arizona when her husband got transferred through his military job to a small town in Northern Italy. She asked her employer if she could continue her work as a social media strategist for a university for a six-month trial period from her new home near Venice.

"That six-month trial period turned into six years," she told Business Insider.

Today, Dombrowski... Читать дальше...

The Turkish army has hit 262 targets since its Euphrates Shield military operation began in northern Syria nine days ago, the Turkish General Staff said Thursday.

Georgetown University will give preference in admissions to the descendants of slaves owned by the Maryland Jesuits as part of its effort to atone for profiting from the sale of enslaved people, the president of the prominent Jesuit university in Washington announced Thursday.