Economic Report: Housing starts tumble 9% as sturdy recovery remains elusive
Builders broke ground on fewer homes than expected in September but applied for more permits for future construction.
Builders broke ground on fewer homes than expected in September but applied for more permits for future construction.
Heading the Houston effort is Rear Adm. Thomas E. Ishee who is assigned to the United States Strategic Command at Offutt, Air Force Base in Nebraska.
Here's what investors should know ahead of Apple's rumored product event.
MGM now owns a larger stake of its local Chinese subsidiary. Here's why this could be an important bet.
The Test Match Special team travel through Chittagong ahead of England's first Test against Bangladesh.
De brand op een woonboot in Zwolle waarbij dit weekeinde een man (70) en een vrouw (64) omkwamen had een technische oorzaak. Dit blijkt uit technisch onderzoek, meldde de politie woensdag.
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Hi, I'm Krista and this is my trusty sidekick (AKA my son), Evan. Sometimes we lay in a pile of clean laundry, throw it in the air, and pretend it's money.
But don't let the chipper faces fool you. I hate laundry. The cleaning, the sorting, the folding, the hanging. ALL OF IT. And Evan complains when he has to help, so he hates it, too. Читать дальше...
MEXICO CITY — Authorities are trying to detain the embattled former governor of Veracruz state who is under investigation for alleged corruption and whose whereabouts are unknown, a senior Mexican official said Wednesday. Interior Secretary Miguel Angel Osorio Chong told Radio Formula that officials are not sure where Duarte is, but believe he is in
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In 1876, inventor Alexander Graham Bell patented the first phone: a bulky device with a curved mouthpiece and earpiece connected by wires. It looked much different than the iPhones of today.
In celebration of the phone's 140th birthday this year, we're taking a look back at the design evolution of the device.
The Cooper Hewitt museum recently digitized more than 200,000 items in its collections, including one that chronicles obsolete phones located in its storage facility. Читать дальше...
An Economic Freedom Fighters student activist‚ Naledi Chirwa‚ has become the latest student to be arrested by police following a wave of violent Fees Must Fall protests around the country.
Earlier this week, Steelers backup quarterback Landry Jones said he wasn’t ready to rule Ben Roethlisberger out this week, though coach Mike Tomlin quickly doused that the following day. But it might be much longer than a week before Roethlisberger returns. According to Chris Mortensen of ESPN, the timetable for Roethlisberger after knee surgery has…
"Walking into this dimly lit room with smoke settling half way creating a cloud, all I could hear were whispers and moans" says Nate. "As Madonna's "Frozen Art Mix" played, I just remember her taking my glasses and tie off then walking away." Nate, whose name has been changed to protect his identity, says as he describes his first time at an underground sex party where he first met Valentina, his mistress for the past 4 years. "I should have been afraid of the whip she struck on the floor as I walked towards her... Читать дальше...
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CLEARWATER, Fla., Oct. 19 (UPI) -- A Florida man taking his daily drive home from work was shocked when a 6-foot snake slithered from under his car's hood to the windshield.
Sleep in an original 13th-century Rupestrian church, now the ‘Hotel in Stone’, a boutique dwelling in the Sassi (old town) of Unesco-listed Matera. It’s a great base from which to get lost in the undulating, mesmerising streets of this Neolithic cave town.
ENSCHEDE - Het is nu nog een stip aan de horizon, maar de ambities van Enschede reiken ver. 2020 is het jaar dat de stad zich tot Fietsstad van Nederland wil laten kronen.
Polymer has been the material of choice for the new and improved British five pound note. But a breakthrough in the understanding of the molecules from which many use polymer-based products daily is set to bring a number of broader benefits.
EDINA, Minn. (AP) — Edina's mayor and city council have apologized for an incident involving a white police officer and a black man from Minneapolis.
By Adil Najam, Boston University
If it were not for Bob Dylan - the singer, songwriter and now Nobel laureate - 2016 would have become the first year since 1999 without a Nobel winner born in the United States.
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Jimmy Kimmel put the power of celebrity and persuasion to the test when he hit the streets of Los Angeles on his show Tuesday night with a pair of fake Kanye West Yeezy sneakers.
Over the weekend, West's new sneakers for Adidas, the Yeezy Boost 750 "Chocolate," were released. Retailing for $350, the new shoes were going for as much as $1,200 on eBay, according to Kimmel.
Capitalizing on that, "Jimmy Kimmel Live!" passed off a ridiculously styled... Читать дальше...
While efforts continued to broker a “ceasefire” on campus‚ a group of students and workers attacked a security guard‚ threatened staff and ordered the evacuation of buildings at the University of Cape Town on Wednesday.
BBC Sport profiles Alastair Cook as he prepares to break Alec Stewart's tally of 133 Test caps for England against Bangladesh in Chittagong on Thursday.
Canada is among the four countries of the world who consistently attract the top tier of highly skilled immigrants, new research out of the World Bank suggests.