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Digital ads may be more cost-effective, and they're cutting into TV political ad budgets.

Given the current state of the NBA, Timberwolves big man Gorgui Dieng surely, barring an injury, could have gotten more money had he waited until next summer to sign a new contract.

Justin Timberlake playfully raises up in his chair on the cover of Variety‘s latest issue. Here’s what the 35-year-old Trolls actor had to share with the mag: On releasing new music: “I think everyone I’m working with right now knows that I’m notorious for being like, ‘Yeah let’s work. I have no idea when I’ll [...]

A Chatsworth mother accused of killing her 3-year-old daughter and abusing her two older children, has undergone tests in support of her defence of mental incapacity.

Mike Zimmer underwent a “minor medical procedure” on Tuesday morning and will not be available at his scheduled press conference this afternoon, the team announced. Zimmer, 60, is already back at the team’s Winter Park headquarters as of Tuesday afternoon and plans to speak at 11 a.m. tomorrow, his regularly scheduled time on a Wednesday. The Vikings head coach addressed the media after Monday night’s 20-10 loss to the Bears and left without any apparent issue. The team flew back from Chicago and landed in Minneapolis early Tuesday morning. Читать дальше...

In Fox Searchlight’s forthcoming drama “Gifted,” Chris Evans plays Frank, a single man thrust into raising his elementary school-aged niece, Mary (Mckenna Grace). Soon it becomes clear the young girl is a math genius, prompting the adults in her life to posit different ideas about how to raise her. “I promised my sister I’d give Mary a normal life,” says Frank, when presented with the idea of sending his niece to a school for exceptional children. A custody battle ensues between Frank and his mother over the young prodigy’s upbringing ... Читать дальше...

This is the time of year when everyone is faced with choices about healthcare coverage for the coming year. People who are not covered by Medicare or employer health plans have to make choices about plans offered under the Affordable Care Act, known as ACA or Obamacare.

They face much higher monthly premiums this year, far fewer plans available in many states, and much more restricted choices of physicians and hospitals. Here are some key features of the landscape:

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ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. — Biologists who spent weeks in three New Mexico national forests searching for signs of an elusive, endangered mouse that looks somewhat like a tiny kangaroo have found what they call irrefutable evidence that it still lives in the state for which it is named. The biologists trapped New Mexico meadow jumping mice

The document dump doesn’t include the investigators’ conclusion that the Clintons hadn’t broken any laws.

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The INSIDER Summary:

• There are actions you can take to make a canceled flight less problematic
• Stay calm, ask your airline to rebook you, ask about accommodations, and request an amenity kit if you checked baggage

All travelers dread it — the announcement that their flight has been canceled.

Fortunately, there are some actions you can take to ensure that the cancellation doesn't completely ruin your travel plans.

We took a look at one Quora thread... Читать дальше...

Normally, this would be a good time to enter the stock market. Maybe not this year, though.

Hershey falls short of its competitors in political influence. (AP Photo/Mark Lennihan)

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A full bench of the high court in Pretoria on Tuesday afternoon granted the applications of four opposition political parties and former African National Congress MP Vytjie Mentor to intervene in the application by President Jacob Zuma to prevent the release of the state capture report.

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BURLINGTON, Vt., Nov. 1 (UPI) -- A new study suggests it makes economic sense for most African countries to invest in conservation and anti-poaching efforts to protect their tourism industries.

Both companies are confident of protecting their dividends after big cost cuts

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Yesterday was Halloween in the United States where children dress up and try to scare people as they “trick-or-treat” for candy. Yet the only horror I experienced was watching Peter Thiel stand in front of a national media audience and re-endorse Donald Trump for President.

In his defense he made it clear that he didn’t agree with the all of the things Trump had said (or done?) but that, “The big things he’s right about” and Thiel continued to publicly support the unsupportable. Читать дальше...

For the first time, women taking medication to end pregnancies is almost equal to those having abortion surgery. Although the pill to end pregnancies was invented in 1988, it has … Click to Continue »

UFO fans are convinced this is proof aliens are already here

Tiger Woods said Tuesday he is playing his Hero World Challenge in the Bahamas the first week of December, which would be his first competition in more than 15 months if he follows through with it. Woods left himself open to doubt by entering the Safeway Open last month, only to pull out three days

It would be interesting to see whether the selectors repose faith in Gautam Gambhir.

Although Peabody Energy, the world’s largest coal producer, filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection in April, it has still paid its lobbyists $1.2 million this year, according to federal disclosures. … Click to Continue »

ISTANBUL — Turkey denied allegations by a human rights group Tuesday that police have tortured or abused detainees following a failed coup in July. A joint Justice and Interior Ministry statement criticized a Human Rights Watch report detailing 13 alleged abuse cases since the July 15 coup attempt as “one-sided and baseless,” saying the country

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