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Let the race for financial aid begin. The Free Application for Federal Student Aid, or FAFSA, became available Monday. It's widely considered the most important document in securing money for higher education. Current and prospective students must fill it out annually to get loans, grants and other forms of federal student aid. There are a few minor updates and details to know about this year: HOW DO I FILL IT OUT? You can fill out the FAFSA online at fafsa.ed.gov. For the first time this year, you can also complete it on your phone. Читать дальше...

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BUSAN, SOUTH KOREA - Organizers of Asia's largest film festival have issued a rallying cry to its supporters as the event emerges from years of starring in its own political drama.

The Italian giants will be without Cristiano Ronaldo

Around 180 species of butterflies were recorded in Seijosa area of Arunachal Pradesh's East Kameng district during an annual event that encourages research and conservation of the colourful insects, officials said. Important species of butterflies, including the 'Creteus Cyrina', 'Arhopala Oenea' and 'Chersonesia Intermedia' were recorded at the three-day North East Butterfly Meet that concluded on Monday, they said. The fifth edition of the event, organised by the Butterflies of Northeast India Group... Читать дальше...

Matilda the echidna was born with an unfortunate allergy: she was allergic to ants, her primary food group. She was taken to the Australian Wildlife Health Centre at Victoria’s Healesville Sanctuary in 2010 as a three-month-old puggle after being accidentally dug up from her burrow on a property in Yarra Valley. When Matilda was around two years old, keepers noticed some red inflammation around her eyes. After specialist allergen testing, vets discovered the unfortunate little echidna was allergic to ants... Читать дальше...

In its first week on sale, Simon and Schuster announced that Bob Woodward’s Fear was their fastest selling book ever; 1.1 million units sold in all formats. Ten printings by the end of the first week!  At this writing, it’s still selling like mad. Additionally, Scholastic’s […]

I just don’t get it. I don’t understand how this whole business with Brett Kavanaugh should have descended to such depths. Here we have a man who was and is a top notch legal scholar. Unimpeachable judicial credentials. Yale Law School (where I also went). Not a blemish against him. Family man. Friends to all […]

Five officials of the BCCI will be present on day two of the three-day hearing involving the India and Pakistan cricket boards at the International Cricket Council headquarters in Dubai

A $100 million funding boost will help thousands of older Australians "age with dignity" with support for their meals and home maintenance.

Natane Eklund works by day as an artist in the video game industry, but over the past year she’s also been toiling away on a gaming project of a different kind: a full 1:1 replica of Sephiroth’s Final Fantasy VII costume, complete with Jenova prop.

Canadian Mike Woods' bronze medal in the elite men's road race at the UCI Road World Championships on Sunday confirmed the 31-year-old former runner as one of professional cycling's most exciting riders.

Council Bluffs IA - The Graceland men's golf team struggled on day one of competition at the Bent Tree Intercollegiate hosted by Iowa Western Community College. The Jackets sit tied for seventh after the first round that consisted of 36 holes of play culminating in near darkness on Monday evening.

The 1968 Olympic Games in Mexico City were the first to be held in South America and the first to be hosted by a Spanish-speaking country. Mexico’s Partido Revolucionario Institucional, in power since the 1920s, saw the games as a validation of its one-party rule. Mexican students saw it as an opportunity to protest the regime of PRI boss Diaz Ordaz.

News Update from CBC Toronto

Conor McGregor has a huge fight lined up on Saturday at UFC 229 against lightweight champ Khabib Nurmagomedov, but that doesn't mean he isn't thinking about his future.

“Sidhu’s statement on legalising cultivation of poppy is his personal view. The government is not endorsing his comments,” the minister said.

PHOENIX (AP) — A competitive U.S. Senate race between Democratic Congresswoman Kyrsten Sinema and Republican Rep. Martha McSally is headed to at least one debate. McSally announced Monday that she will take part in The Arizona Republic/Arizona PBS debate scheduled for Oct. 15 in Phoenix. Sinema agreed to appear at the debate on Sept. 14 and has been waiting for McSally's decision. The high-profile race could determine which party controls the Senate, where Republicans currently have a narrow two-vote majority. Читать дальше...

Bayern is expected to make it six points from six

The mood was exuberant at the Olympia nightclub Monday evening as Québec solidaire supporters celebrated what was shaping up to be a night of solid gains for a party that held only three seats in Quebec's last parliament.

Trump’s revised trade deal has Minnesota farmers, workers cautiously optimistic.

MANILA, Philippines – Twenty overseas Filipino workers (OFWs) in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia, got ejected from their company-provided accommodations after they refused to work due to two months' worth of unpaid salaries and food allowances.

Kaun Banega Crorepati winner Binita Jain's husband was abducted in 2003, never to be returned

The reigning cup winners look to make it six points from six