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SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — The Latest on vice presidential candidate Mike Pence's visit to Utah (all times local):

SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — The Latest on vice presidential candidate Mike Pence's visit to Utah (all times local):

The Pittsburgh area has a higher-than-average percentage of veteran-owned businesses, according to new Census Bureau figures.

Deal announced Thursday will see CPPIB take a 50 per cent stake in a bundle of seven properties in the two cities from OMERS’ real estate arm

"I had expected that all I needed to do was just get out, and then I can pick up where I started off."

Çok sayıda bombalama olayının planlayıcısı olarak aranırken girdiği çatışmada kendini patlatan DAEŞ’in sözde Türkiye Sorumlusu Yunus Durmaz’ın kızkardeşi, eniştesi ve örgütün bombacısı Gaziantep’te yakalandı....Devamı için tıklayınız

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The house designed for Chipotle founder and CEO Steve Ells is back on the market. 

The Denver four-bedroom, four-bathroom home is priced at $3.8 million, according to a listing in LIV Sotheby's. The most interesting aspects of the house are its striking architectural features.

"He paid premium prices for everything. No corner was cut," LIV Sotheby’s International Realty listing agent Ian Wolfe told the Denver Post. Читать дальше...

ST. MATTHEWS, S.C. — A South Carolina grandmother has been charged with ill treatment of animals in the dragging death of a dog. Multiple media outlets say 66-year-old Rita Mintz was arrested by Calhoun County sheriff’s deputies, who said she had dragged a dog behind a vehicle Aug. 26. . Mintz told WLTX-TV (http://bit.ly/2bMlQCX )

The National Green Tribunal issued notice to the Maharashtra government and the Centre over the proposed memorial to Chhatrapati Shivaji on the Arabian Sea, seeking clarifications on the environmental and coastal regulation zone clearances for the project, an activist said here on Thursday.

A charity watchdog with an ongoing relationship with the Clinton Foundation gave the former first family's nonprofit high marks Thursday, after an evaluation prompted by the heightened interest in the organization. The Clinton Foundation received four out of four stars ...

CARACAS, Venezuela — The Latest on protests in Venezuela (all times local): 11:40 a.m. Thousands of government opponents are flooding some of the principal streets in Venezuela’s capital to pressure the government to hold a referendum vote this year on Nicolas Maduro’s presidency. The protesters are chanting, “It’s going to fall, it’s going to fall,

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In the wake of Donald Trump's meeting with Mexican president Enrique Peña Nieto, "Late Show" host Stephen Colbert has come to two conclusions.

While only Trump and Nieto can say what actually happened during their private meeting (thus the disagreement over discussing who would pay for the Mexican border wall), Colbert joked that he had exclusive footage of their summit. He then played a clip of two women fighting on a telenovela.

“That’s rough stuff,” the host said. Читать дальше...

COLOMBO, Sri Lanka (AP) — Sri Lankan ethnic Sinhalese nationalists on Thursday protested the United Nations chief's visit to the island nation, accusing him of interfering in its internal affairs.

COLOMBO, Sri Lanka (AP) — Sri Lankan ethnic Sinhalese nationalists on Thursday protested the United Nations chief's visit to the island nation, accusing him of interfering in its internal affairs.

COLOMBO, Sri Lanka (AP) — Sri Lankan ethnic Sinhalese nationalists on Thursday protested the United Nations chief's visit to the island nation, accusing him of interfering in its internal affairs.

A closely watched gauge of U.S. manufacturing showed activity contracted in August, highlighting the sector’s stumbles amid an array of economic crosscurrents.

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Millennials make up a crucial group of consumers.

Ad agency Moosylvania asked more than 1,500 millennials — defined as 16 to 36-year-olds — to select their favorite brands. 

Some are surprising.

"Ultimately, the functionality of how the brand serves the consumer seems to win out," Norty Cohen, CEO of Moosylvania, said in a statement. 

Here are the top brands according to the survey.

100. Dollar Tree

Headquarters... Читать дальше...

WASHINGTON (AP) — Long-term U.S. mortgage rates rose this week amid expectations in financial markets that an increase in interest rates by the Federal Reserve may be on the horizon. Fed Chair Janet Yellen said in a speech last Friday that the case for the Fed raising interest rates has been bolstered by a solid job market and an improved outlook for the U.S. economy and inflation. Following Yellen's speech, investors' expectations of a possible rate increase pushed the prices of U.S. Treasury bonds lower and drove up their yields.

The Nigerian Senate has announced recruitment of two video editors for its television station. It took to its Twitter page to announce the news about an hour ago. The tweet reads: “We are looking at recruiting 2 video editors for Senate TV station. Know anyone interested? We will start taking applications September 5th”. We are looking […]

An explosion has rocked the SpaceX launch site in Florida. NASA says SpaceX was conducting a test firing of its unmanned rocket when the blast occurred on Thursday morning. A cloud of dark smoke filled the overcast sky.

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. 

While certain divisions showed growth below expectations, the second quarter proceeded as expected.

The Golden Goose distressed sneakers covered with duct tape has attracted the attention 0f people who have accused the designers of mocking poor people. The expensive pair of sneakers which is being sold at $585 (N240,000) was put on sales at a luxury department store in New York. The high range store which is sometimes patronised by […]

Radio antennas at the Allen Telescope Array in California. Astronomers at the SETI Institute used the antennas to look for a mysterious radio signal reported by Russian scientists but could not find it.

CARACAS, Venezuela (AP) — The Latest on protests in Venezuela (all times local):