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BALLET. BEAUTY. BADASS LADY.

Harper's Bazaar had Misty Copeland recreate beautiful paintings of ballet dancers by Dégas.

K, I wish I had 1/1000 of that grace and ability to dance without looking a fool.

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First of all, the clothes they used for this shoot are GORGEOUS.

The dresses and tutus and floaty fabrics were pulled from both traditional dance stores (like Mirella and Capezio) and haute couture houses (like Valentino... Читать дальше...

If only the rest of his team could play so well.

According to US Secretary of State John Kerry, leaders have reached a ceasefire agreement that could be implemented within days.

The medical marijuana business is growing so fast that the state is having trouble keeping up with applications from ...

NEW ORLEANS (AP) — Louisiana's attorney general ended a political feud with the state's new governor on Thursday over Common Core, saying he agrees it is time to drop a lawsuit claiming that federal authorities were trying to force states to adopt the math and English education standards. Jindal, a Republican who made an unsuccessful bid for the GOP presidential nomination, had already lost at the district court level. "Put simply, the Attorney General does not have procedural or constitutional authority to substitute himself into this case... Читать дальше...

Lashkar-e-Taiba (LeT) operative David Coleman Headley on Thursday asserted that Thane’s Ishrat Jahan, 19, gunned down in an encounter in Gujarat in 2004, was a member of the terror outfit.

U.S. State Department investigators last year issued a subpoena to the Bill, Hillary and Chelsea Clinton Foundation seeking documents about projects run by the charity that may have required U.S. government approval when Hillary Clinton was secretary of state, the Washington Post reported on Thursday. A U.S. official said the matter was being investigated by the Inspector General, the State Department's internal watchdog.

A 50-year-old man who operates "clean and sober living" homes in Snohomish County was arrested Tuesday for investigation of selling drugs, mostly from his business office.

Soldiers in Siachen are taught to "survive first and then fight". Lance Naik Hanumanthappa Koppad did miraculously survive, first for over five long days buried under 35 feet of crystallized ice and then for another three days after being rescued from the glacial heights.

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CAMBRIDGE, Mass., Feb. 11 (UPI) -- Experiments by Harvard researchers have shown electrons in a metal behaving like a liquid -- a first.

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(AP) — The Kansas Supreme Court threatened Thursday to shut down schools if lawmakers don't revamp the way the state funds public schools by July, ruling that a law enacted last year as a temporary fix underfunded poor school districts by at least $54 million. The high court unanimously decided that the Republican-backed law violates the Kansas Constitution's requirement that the state finance a suitable education for every student. Republican Gov. Sam Brownback called it a ruling from an "activist" court but added... Читать дальше...

Amid a rough stretch for tech stocks, "Fast Money" traders debated whether it was worth buying social media names on weakness.

The “British Rule” of loser pays shouldn’t apply in the copyright fight between Pharrell Williams, Robin Thicke and Marvin Gaye...

Company’s executives say layoffs at the pipeline and power company might not be over yet

More companies are offering employees training to deal with shooting threats at work. But it presents a dilemma: "How do you create awareness, without creating paranoia?" one expert says.

Now that the last four holdouts have left, specialized teams will look for "explosive-related hazards," according to the FBI

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IN TODAY'S RADIO REPORT: Bernie Sanders slams Republicans on climate change denial after landslide New Hampshire win; In unprecedented move, U.S. Supreme Court halts historic new emissions standards for power plants -- for now; U.N. moves ahead anyway on emissions standards for the airline industry; PLUS: Heat wave in the Arctic, as winter sea ice hits lowest extent ever recorded... All that and more in today's Green News Report!

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Spear-fishing expert Colin Chester explains the appeal of fishing off Ascension Island.

Deal could see American parent company join forces with Canadian owners to buy out the more than 30 per cent of 105 million outstanding shares

Christy O'Donnell, a former LAPD sergeant and lawyer whose difficult battle with lung cancer drove her to advocate for California's new right-to-die law, has died. She was 47.

The physics world is abuzz ahead of a hotly anticipated announcement Thursday concerning the quest to track down gravitational waves. But what are they, and why should you care?

Colts Coach Chuck Pagano is keeping two assistants from last season on in new roles for 2016. Veteran coach Jim Hostler will be the tight ends coach, and Tim Berbenich will stay as offensive assistant/assistant quarterbacks coach after being a defensive assistant in 2015. Hostler had been the team’s wide receivers coach. In 16 NFL…