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Near Hamilton, the property is 82 acres and currently hosts not only Mr. Witt’s four-bedroom log home, but also his horses and his pet wolf named Tecumseh.

He is also the oldest player ever to win the award.

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The Canadian dollar gains more than three-quarters of a cent, rising to its highest level since last summer in part because of higher oil prices.

Alex Karpovsky and Lena Dunham in the “Hello Kitty” episode of “Girls.”

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Even as Donald Trump expresses the pious wish “I hope it doesn’t involve violence,” this summer’s Republican convention in Cleveland is widely anticipated to be a tumultuous one. The Democratic convention in Philadelphia could also become rather fractious if Bernie Sanders’s followers decide to turn on Hillary Clinton. But this would hardly be the first time in American history that a political convention took an unusual turn. Читать дальше...

A team led by an Indian scientist created a thin flexible sheet camera that could be wrapped around things. Such camera could be placed around a lamp post and used for 360-degree video surveillance, or wrapped around the outside of a car to help drivers see blind spots, or even used as a regular camera that fits into a pocket.

The International Desert Marathon is due to be held in Iran in May where participants will race in an inhospitable climate where temperatures rise as high as + 71°C (159.8°F) over a distance of 250 kilometers.

Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Tuesday asked the youth of Jammu and Kashmir to carry forward India's growth story invoking Atal Bihari Vajpayee's refrain of "humanity", "democracy and "harmony" for peace and development of the troubled-state that is still limping to normalcy after days of violence last week left five people dead in alleged shootings by security forces.

If Premier League titles were decided by statistics alone then Tottenham Hotspur would already have one hand on the trophy rather than playing catch-up to Leicester City.

Republican House members met with Republican Party Chairman Reince Priebus Tuesday on Capitol Hill where the party leader tried to assuage concerns sparked by presidential front-runner Donald Trump’s accusations the nominating process is “rigged.” Lawmakers said that Priebus assured them the nominating rules could only be changed by a majority of the delegates in Cleveland […]

We get power from wind, sun and water. There’s another potential power source that’s so plentiful that it covers 71% of the Earth, but it’s been a struggle to tap. Startup Columbia Power is the latest company to dream of harnessing the ocean for electricity. It’s building a wave generator called StingRAY that will float […]

Afghan officials this week arrested a man suspected of killing two American officers inside the Interior Ministry building four years ago during a period of deadly anti-American demonstrations.

On Monday, the first U.S. C-130 flights out of Yokota Air Base delivered several Japanese military vehicles to Kumamoto, Japan, while two Ospreys, flying out of Marine Corps Air Station Iwakuni, ferried supplies, including blankets, toiletries, food and water, to a nearby stadium.

SOUTH BEND, Indiana - Federal officials say a pilot's "inadequate response" to mechanical problems and his decision to allow an unqualified passenger handle airplane controls caused a crash that killed two people and injured three more.

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Rio de Janeiro's Olympic chief Carlos Nuzman brushed aside complaints over power failures and other problems revealed during a gymnastics test event.

FIFA president Gianni Infantino on Tuesday expressed his satisfaction with Moscow's preparations for the 2018 World Cup during his first visit to Russia since being elected chief of world football's governing body.