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The Odisha State Pollution Control Board (OSPCB) has written to the Khurda district administration to seal 175 illegal stone crusher units operating without its consent.

According to a Fort Bragg investigator, the victim was coerced into wiring money from one Wal-Mart near the base to another Wal-Mart nearby.

MELBOURNE, Australia — Chief executive Brian Thorburn will leave the PGA of Australia in February after six years in charge of the country’s major professional golf organization.

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New York City FC standout David Villa was named Major League Soccer Most Valuable Player on Tuesday after scoring 23 goals this season.

While most employers offer a 401K plan, few spend time educating their employees on the value of participating in it. If you’re not saving for retirement through your company’s plan, you’re missing out on an easy way to save money, and if you’re employer matches your contribution, then you’re also missing [...]

Get ready “EVERSPACE” fans! Two major content updates are arriving this week. One is the first major content update that is finally arriving on Xbox One and the Windows 10 Store. The other is the second major content update that is slated for release on Steam and GOG.

James Mitchell, one of two psychologists behind the CIA’s enhanced interrogation program used under President George W. Bush, defended torture by saying the word has lost its meaning.
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Some wear their hearts on their sleeves, while others wear it around their necks. Earlier this week, everything was coming up roses for Meghan Markle when she was spotted carrying...

ROCK HILL, S.C. — Keon Johnson scored 20 points, Tevin Prescott had 13 points, eight rebounds and three steals, and Winthrop beat Division III Greensboro College 106-63 on Tuesday night.

LOS ANGELES (AP) — An alleged Jamaican gang member charged over a shootout that killed four men at a Los Angeles party has been ordered jailed without bail.

The US Supreme Court on Tuesday overturned a $399 million patent infringement penalty imposed on Samsung for copying Apple's iPhone design, in a case watched for its implications for technology innovation. The shorthanded justices ruled 8-0 that Samsung should not be required to forfeit the entire profits from its smartphones for infringement on design components, sending the case back to a lower court.

Protesters opposing construction of the Dakota Access Pipeline should return home now that the battle over the controversial project has shifted to the courts and the US government, the chairman of the Standing Rock Sioux tribe of Native Americans said in a release.

Irina Shayk is one fab mama-to-be.  The supermodel and Bradley Cooper are expecting their first child together, and ever since her baby bump made its debut at the 2016...

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USS Triton had two S4G nuclear reactors to drive her twin screws, the only U.S. Navy sub to ever have such a powerplant.

In 1960, the Eisenhower era was ending and Ike sought valedictory measures to cap his substantial presidency. To a summit in Geneva with Nikita Khrushchev, a definitive arms-control agreement and progress in responding to Sputnik, the White House added a naval adventure worthy of Captain Cook.

The submerged circumnavigation... Читать дальше...

In relationships, and in music, it’s all about the timing. So Damien Chazelle’s “La La Land” is the perfect marriage of style and story - a good old fashioned musical about the ups and downs of one love story that struggles to stay in tempo. It’s also a sealed-with-a-kiss love letter to the city where it’s set, and the unabashed dreamers who inhabit the environs of Los Angeles.

Intel's down but not out in the market for mobile processors, according to Intel executive Murthy Renduchintala.

While the current rate of 6.5 percent is above the national average, unemployment among post-9/11 veterans is trending down overall.

No decisions have been made about how or where to replace the 66-year-old Port Authority Bus Terminal in Manhattan, which is overrun by over 115,000 daily commuters from New Jersey and beyond.

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It is the quality of training and the soundness of its procedures that make a carrier work--and Moscow is very much behind. 

The Russian Navy has lost two carrier-based fighters onboard its sole remaining carrier Admiral Kuznetsov in the span of only a few weeks. On both occasions, technical problems with Kuznetsov’s arresting gear played a central role in the accidents—which have cost the Kremlin a Mikoyan MiG-29KUBR Fulcrum-D and a Sukhoi Su-33 Flanker-D. Читать дальше...

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Fake news headlines fool American adults about 75% of the time, according to a large-scale new survey conducted by Ipsos Public Affairs for BuzzFeed News.

The survey also found that people who cite Facebook as a major source of news are more likely to view fake news headlines as accurate than those who rely less on the platform for news.

This survey is the first large-scale public opinion research study into the fake news phenomenon that has had a sweeping effect on global politics... Читать дальше...

While he was hospitalized, the good news is that he was alert and responsive on the ice.

WHISTLER, British Columbia — World Cup luge races scheduled for Friday at the Whistler Sliding Center have been delayed until Saturday because heavy snow has delayed the delivery of sleds.

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USC, with three losses, was never in the discussion for the College Football Playoff. In fact, the Trojans wouldn't have made the playoff even if it featured eight teams and not just four.

A look at Tuesday's action on the prep hardwood.