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Ground Zero staffers offer up their entertainment best bets for Feb. 12-18.

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Kristina Ellis received over $500,000 in scholarships and grants to attend college.

In her book, "Confessions of a Scholarship Winner," she says the key to a successful scholarship application is telling a story — the story of who you are, where you've come from, and where you're going. 

Ellis grew up facing many obstacles: She lost her father to cancer when she was seven years old, which led to her fighting depression and self-harm throughout middle school. Читать дальше...

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I have a new habit that I truly love: every Sunday night, I post a photo on my Facebook page of all the books I’ve read that week. Doing this gives me enormous satisfaction.

Because of my also-fairly-new habit of quitting any book I don’t enjoy, if you see a book in the photo, it means that I enjoyed it enough to finish it.  No matter when I started a book, I post its picture for the week that I finished it.

Some weeks I read very little; some weeks, I read a lot. Читать дальше...

The biggest hazard for U.S. banks in 2016 might not be China or energy. It could be Janet Yellen.

ATLANTA - A former transgender inmate who had complained that she didn't get adequate treatment for her gender identity condition has settled a lawsuit against Georgia prison officials.

NEW YORK - The coolest place to be on Broadway last year was inside the Studio 54 theater. To be more specific, it was in Alan Cumming's dressing room there.

Missing Canada man assumed dead recovers memories, to reunite with family after 30 years

NIAGARA, Ontario - An Ontario man who disappeared three decades ago and was believed dead is about to be reunited with his family after recovering some of his memory, police said Friday.

The World Health Organization said possible Zika vaccines are at least 18 months away from large-scale trials.

Authorities in England have arrested a 16-year-old teenager for allegedly hacking into the personal email account of the director of the CIA, Internet news site, Daily Dot reports.

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"Deadpool" is now in theaters.

If you head you to see the film starring Ryan Reynolds as the kooky, foul-mouthed antihero, don't leave the theater once the film's done. The film will have not one, but two end-credits scenes. 

The first one, which played in front of early screenings, doesn't contain any important information, but it's that second coda which you'll want to catch.

Missed both of them? 

Here's what happened.

Turn back now! Spoilers ahead! Читать дальше...

Three Holocaust survivors testified Friday about the horrors they experienced at the Auschwitz the death camp, on the second day of the trial of a former SS sergeant on 170,000 counts of accessory to murder.

Congress leader B Janardhan Poojary has fired another salvo at Chief Minister Siddaramaiah. ``The CM claims to be a socialist. If so, why would he wear such expensive watches costing in lakhs,’’ questioned Poojary on Friday.

Read full story for latest details.

Before Perera, Brett Lee, Jacob Oram and Tim Southee have taken T20I hat-tricks.

PARIS - France's new foreign minister is going to join talks on Syria at a conference in southern Germany on Saturday.

Eastern Illinois University laid off 198 staff members this week, and the college president is blaming the state legislature.

Syria`s President Bashar al-Assad has vowed to retake the entire country but warned it could take a "long time," in an exclusive interview with AFP that comes as international pressure grows for a ceasefire.

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We're seeing a rebound in US stocks at the end of a brutal week of selling.

Just after the market open, the Dow jumped by as many as 171 points, the S&P 500 by 17 points, and the Nasdaq by 25 points — all by roughly 1%.

A global market sell-off Thursday pushed the MSCI world index to close in a bear market, 20% below its May 2015 peak. Near the end of yesterday's session, however, US stocks and oil prices recovered a bit after headlines crossed that OPEC was ready to cooperate on an output cut. Читать дальше...

A focus group sponsored by The Riley Institute at Furman University and moderated by pollster Peter Hart offered insight into the Palmetto State race.

Kiersten Rich quit her finance job in California to travel the world. She now runs a highly successful blog, The Blonde Abroad, where she posts travel tips and video highlights from her trips. 

De Portugese profvoetballer Cristiano Ronaldo heeft zich voor de reclamecampagne van zijn verse collectie herenonderbroekjes in een fotostudio laten onderspuiten met pigmentpoeder in alle kleuren van de regenboog. De opmerkelijke foto's zijn vrijdag vrijgegeven en tonen de 31-jarige sterspeler in strakke boxers en een van boven tot onderen besmeurde torso.

SEOUL, South Korea - North Korea reacted angrily Friday to new sanctions announced by Japan over its recent rocket launch and said in response it will halt an investigation into the fate of Japanese citizens it kidnapped decades ago.

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McDonald’s just sold its first ever bottle of Big Mac Special Sauce in the UK.

The fast-food chain auctioned off a single bottle of the secret sauce on eBay for £65,900, or about $96,000, reports New York Magazine’s Grub Street. McDonald’s is donating the cash to charity.

Bidding started two weeks ago at less than $5, but quickly escalated to the several thousand dollar range.

In addition to the bottle of sauce, the top bidder receives a classy... Читать дальше...