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Guys like University of Louisville women's basketball coach Jeff Walz are becoming increasingly rare specimens.

Raamaswamy was suffering from illness and breathed his last at Apollo Hospitals in Chennai today morning.

The Taub researchers noted that in three of the four countries with the highest male life expectancy in the world, there is compulsory military service.

Three suspects alleged to have kidnapped and killed a human resources manager of the Dangote LTD have disclosed why the victim was killed.

Tesla Motors issued a voluntary recall Tuesday for some models of charging adapters after it received two reports of them overheating. “This recall does not involve the Tesla Wall Connector, Universal Mobile Connector, NEMA 14-50 adapter, or NEMA 5-15 adapter that came standard with your Tesla and that most of our customers use for charging. It only involves NEMA 14-30, 10-30 and 6-50 adapters, which are sold separately as accessories and which are used by relatively few of our customers,” the company said on its website.

Liquid Robotics, the developer of the Wave Glider ocean surface vehicle, has been purchased for an undisclosed sum, the US aerospace company Boeing announced in a press release on Tuesday.

SHARONVILLE, Ohio (AP) — Dozens of World War II veterans in the Cincinnati region are taking part in a commemoration of the 75th anniversary of the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor. The Wednesday luncheon program at Sharonville Convention Center north of downtown Cincinnati scheduled speakers including University of Cincinnati professor and author Robert Miller and former Cincinnati Reds baseball star George Foster.

An Okinawa court has dealt a likely death blow to efforts to halt helipad construction related to the largest Okinawa land return from the U.S. military since 1972.

James Bond’s favorite automaker is introducing new models — and a powerboat.

Every year in advance of the Army-Navy game, players and head coaches from both service academies gather at the host stadium for a media event. An unavoidable line of questioning has been Navy's historic winning streak in the series.

This is the 120th season the University of Nebraska has fielded a men’s basketball team.

There was no LeBron James to stop Carmelo Anthony. No Dwyane Wade. No Chris Bosh. Not even Justise Winslow.

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ACEH, Indonesia, Dec. 6 (UPI) -- An earthquake in Indonesia's Aceh province killed nearly 100 people and perhaps trapped others in the rubble of damaged buildings, emergency officials said.

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ACEH, Indonesia, Dec. 6 (UPI) -- An earthquake in Indonesia's Aceh province killed at least 54 people and perhaps trapped others in the rubble of damaged buildings, emergency officials said.

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ACEH, Indonesia, Dec. 6 (UPI) -- At least 54 people died and an unknown number were hurt in a 6.5 magnitude earthquake in Aceh province in Indonesia, though no tsunami warning was issued.

TUCSON, Ariz. — Arizona’s towering European tandem had a big night Tuesday.

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Jack Dorsey, the CEO of both Twitter and Square, doesn't see himself stepping down from either role anytime soon.

Speaking at Code Commerce on Tuesday, Dorsey said he's focused on growing both companies and will continue to keep his dual CEO role for the foreseeable future.

"I don't have a specific time frame," Dorsey said. "My intention is to serve both companies in every way I know how and make sure that we are really focused on what’s most important for each."

PEARL HARBOR, Hawaii — Angel Delgado had 16 points and 14 rebounds for his fourth double-double this season, and 27th of his career, to help Seton Hall beat Hawaii 68-57 in the Pearl Harbor Invitational on Tuesday.

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Apple Inc officials have met Commerce Ministry top brass amid its plans to open stores in India without initially having to source components locally.

The Cassini spacecraft has begun the first phase of its mission “endgame” by making its first close dive past the outer edges of Saturn’s rings, NASA announced Monday. The spacecraft, which has been in orbit around the gas giant since 2004, crossed through the plane of the rings at 8:09 a.m. EST on Sunday at a distance of approximately 57,000 miles above Saturn’s cloud tops — just 6,800 miles from the F ring, which is roughly 500 miles wide.

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The sudden seizure of Singapore’s nine Terrex infantry carrier vehicles (ICVs) has sparked mixed reactions in the city state.

Some have asked for Singapore to apologise to China and accede to the superpower’s demands. Others have insisted that it escalate the row to recover the hardware.

Still others, including Singapore Foreign Affairs Minister Vivian Balakrishnan and Professor Wang Gungwu of the National University of Singapore, think the incident is... Читать дальше...