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WASHINGTON — A unanimous Supreme Court ruled Tuesday that Samsung may not have to give up $399 million in profits for copying parts of the distinctive look of Apple’s iPhone. A federal law says that companies found liable for infringing design patents on an “article of manufacture” are liable for their total profits. Writing for the court, Justice Sonia Sotomayor said an article of manufacture may sometimes be the entire product sold to consumers — here, Samsung’s phones — and sometimes be the... Читать дальше...

Virginia Attorney General Mark Herring on Tuesday said his office is notifying some 5,300 people who attended a chain of defunct for-profit colleges of their eligibility for federal student loan forgiveness.

Aberdeen get back to winning ways and move into third in the Premiership with an emphatic win over Kilmarnock at Pittodrie.

(AP) — Indiana University is on a trajectory to be operating at a net loss of about $70 million by 2021, the school's treasurer told the board of trustees. Lukes also included several ideas into his presentation to the board for how IU can avoid a budget shortfall, which included increasing retention rates. According to Lukes a 1 percent increase in the university-wide freshman retention rate would bring in $6 million.

Closing out two terms as a president at war, Barack Obama staunchly defended his counterterrorism strategy as one that rejected torture, held to American values and avoided large-scale troop deployments, in an implicit effort to shape the strategy his successor might employ.

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Chipotle shares slid 7% on Tuesday after the company said it was nervous about hitting its guidance for the year. 

The burrito chain was presenting at a Barclays retail conference in New York.

Its same-store sales have fallen for three straight quarters in the wake of two E. coli outbreaks last year that affected its restaurants in 14 states. 

Co-CEO Steve Ells said inadequate customer service may be lengthening the sales recovery. 

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WASHINGTON (ANP) - Het Amerikaanse Hooggerechtshof heeft dinsdag een streep gehaald door een boete van 399 miljoen dollar die Samsung moest betalen aan Apple vanwege de inbreuk op patenten. Daarmee krijgt de al jaren durende vete tussen beide smartphonemakers opnieuw een vervolg.

Brazil lurched toward a constitutional crisis as the head of the Senate refused to abide by a Supreme Court justice’s ruling stripping him of his powerful post.

Sturgill Simpson's "A Sailor’s Guide to Earth" — which dropped April 15 on Atlantic -- is the dark horse nominee for Album of the Year at the 2017 Grammy Awards. Here's our introduction to the rule-breaking country artist who could follow on the recent tradition of unexpected Grammy winners like Bon Iver, Arcade Fire and Beck.

Cyprus may have a realistic shot at unification in the coming months, with Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan reconsidering his position following the failed Turkish coup d'état in July, according to Cypriot Foreign Minister Ioannis Kasoulides.

Warriors: More to come from Thompson? If past is prologue, Klay Thompson should have a pretty good game Wednesday night against the Clippers. On Monday, Thompson became only the third Golden State Warrior to score at least 55 points in a game, joining Rick Barry (who did it three times) and Purvis Short (twice). In the next games after their respective outbursts, Barry and Short combined to average 26.4 points — a number held down by Barry’s 16 points in the 1974 season finale, which followed... Читать дальше...

Especially in recent years, the list of Grammy nominees have been filled with both “duh!”s and “huh?”s, the obvious and the...

The Polar Satellite Launch Vehicle-C36, in its 38th flight, will blast off at 10:24 am from the first launch pad at the Satish Dhawan Space Centre, Sriharikota, about 125 km from Chennai, ISRO said on its website.

On issues of national security and intelligence, no one is likely to have more influence in Donald Trump's White House than retired Gen. Michael T. Flynn. Yet Flynn, Trump's incoming national security adviser, has gained prominence in ...

After C.J. Spiller spent just four games with the Jets, the club has decided to end the experiment, announcing Wednedsay Spiller has been waived.

After C.J. Spiller spent just four games with the Jets, the club has decided to end the experiment, announcing Wednedsay Spiller has been waived.

After C.J. Spiller spent just four games with the Jets, the club has decided to end the experiment, announcing Wednedsay Spiller has been waived.

After C.J. Spiller spent just four games with the Jets, the club has decided to end the experiment, announcing Wednedsay Spiller has been waived.

As part of holiday traditions as office and family parties, the 2016 college football bowl schedule will kick-off Saturday, Dec. 17 and run until a national champion is crowned on Monday, Jan. 9. All told, 42 bowl games will play out over the course of 23 days as some of the biggest college programs in the country hope to close out their seasons with a victory.

SoftBank CEO Masayoshi Son pledged to invest $50 billion in the U.S. and create 50,000 new jobs after a meeting with President-elect Donald Trump. They addressed the media at Trump Tower in New York on Tuesday. Photo: AP

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Gretchen Carlson was the first woman at Fox News to publicly accuse former Chairman and CEO Roger Ailes of sexual harassment, but she definitely wasn't the last.

In her new memoir "Settle for More," Fox News host Megyn Kelly described how women at the network secretly banded together to share their stories with investigators, ultimately ousting Ailes in July.

Kelly also accused Ailes of trying to kiss her in 2006 when she had just started as a reporter in Fox's D.C. bureau in the book... Читать дальше...

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The Associated Press issued this statement today from Vice President for International News Ian Phillips regarding the deportation of Justin Lynch, a freelance journalist working for AP, from South Sudan:

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Please don’t be distracted by the drop in the unemployment rate on Friday to 4.6 percent—which, incidentally, fell largely because of a drop in labor force participation.

The most accurate measure of labor market slack (and thus, the most accurate indicator of when the Federal Reserve should raise interest rates) continues to be nominal wage growth, and all signs point to an economy continuing to recover.

Wage growth should be much faster in a full employment economy... Читать дальше...

President-elect asserts costs on the Boeing aircraft have run ‘out of control’