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Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump holds a campaign rally in Rome, New York.

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In a crushing blow to families of 94 schoolchildren who died in the 2004 Kumbakonam fire and who have been waging a civil compensation battle for years, a one-man judicial commission that the Madras high court set up recommended that the state pay compensation of only 5 lakh to each of the families.

May the odds be ever in your favor.

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U2 front man Bono is testifying before a Senate appropriations subcommittee on the refugee crisis and violent extremism.

Before sitting at the witness table on Tuesday, Bono posed for photos with three members of Code Pink, who wore pink tiaras and held cardboard torches and signs reading "Refugees Welcome."

Cameras whirred furiously as subcommittee chairman Sen. Lindsey Graham quipped, "So this is what it's like to be chopped liver."

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Sometimes you gotta make the news to get on the news. At least that's the thinking behind a couple of radio journalists who stumble into the story of a lifetime...when they make one up. "Special Correspondents" is the latest from writer/director Ricky Gervais, who with "Life On The Road" also coming this year, is going to spend 2016 trying very hard to make you laugh. Co-starring Eric Bana, Vera Farmiga, Kelly Macdonald, Kevin Pollak, America Ferrera, Raúl Castillo and Benjamin Bratt, this Netflix... Читать дальше...

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PITTSBURGH -- The Pittsburgh Steelers are never big spenders in free agency, but they did invest $20 million in former San Diego tight end Ladarius Green this year, their one big move during the NFL free-agency frenzy. Green will take the place of Heath Miller, who retired after 11 seasons.

Research firm SuperData Research predicts in a new report that global sales of virtual reality hardware and software will reach $2.86 billion this year, down 22% from its forecast in early March.

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BRASILIA, Brazil, April 12 (UPI) -- Brazilian leader Dilma Rousseff on Tuesday suggested that her vice president may be colluding with others to have her removed from office.

Clinton is simultaneously campaigning against the two candidates.

JERSEY CITY, N.J. (AP) — Steve Stricker and Nick Price, with reputations for being "nice guys" on the PGA Tour, now get to square off as Presidents Cup captains.

JERSEY CITY, N.J. (AP) — Steve Stricker and Nick Price, with reputations for being "nice guys" on the PGA Tour, now get to square off as Presidents Cup captains.

JERSEY CITY, New Jersey - Steve Stricker and Nick Price, with reputations for being "nice guys" on the PGA Tour, now get to square off as Presidents Cup captains.

JERSEY CITY, N.J. (AP) — Steve Stricker and Nick Price, with reputations for being "nice guys" on the PGA Tour, now get to square off as Presidents Cup captains.

JERSEY CITY, N.J. (AP) — Steve Stricker and Nick Price, with reputations for being "nice guys" on the PGA Tour, now get to square off as Presidents Cup captains.

Forget Yale and Harvard as the training grounds for future judges. It turns out that Michigan Law has the most concentrated impact on national jurisprudence. Surprised? So were we.

Competitors F5 Networks, Cisco, Nokia and Ericsson all traded lower in sympathy with Juniper's weak outlook.

Don Bosco Matriculation Higher Secondary School, Egmore inaugurated the Don Bosco Math Lab and Father Rosario Auditorium at the Don Bosco Science Centre on Tuesday.

Don't mess with a dangerous woman. A fan learned his lesson after he wrote on Facebook that Ariana Grande looked like a "w---e."

Prime Minister Justin Trudeau and three of his Liberal MPs asked a court for more time to file post-campaign financial reports after failing to meet deadlines under Canada’s election laws, CBC News has learned.

The main trunk sewer line of cis-Hindon areas, which covers nearly two-thirds of the city, is set for a revamp to solve the drainage problem before the onset of monsoon, and to ensure that the common sights of waterlogged streets are not repeated this year as well.

In April 2015, the National Green Tribunal had imposed a complete ban on burning of waste in the open in Delhi-NCR. A year later, the order is being flouted with impunity, with waste being burnt in the open across the city.

Oh, its tinker time again! While fixing the city's real issues on the ground - from creaking infrastructure to ugly reservation conflicts - may pose some uncomfortable challenges for Mr Khattar and team, changing its name is obviously a whole lot easier.

In a relief to Unitech, the Noida Authority has asked Life Insurance Corporation to stop an e-auction of a 348-acre plot allotted to the company in 2006, which the realty major mortgaged to the public sector insurer without permission.

Hand-held devices created by a group of 150 government school teachers may soon change the face of education in the state.