The U.S. 8th Circuit Court of Appeals Monday overturned a jury’s decision to award $1.8 million to former Minnesota Gov. Jesse Ventura in a 2014 defamation case involving the late Navy SEAL Chris Kyle.
Queen of Inspiration.
J.K. Rowling's rags to riches story is the stuff of legend.
We all know the story of how Rowling was a single mother, struggling to make ends meet when the idea for Harry Potter came to her while on a train ride.
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And although the story of The Boy Who Lived helped her skyrocket to fame and success, she wants everyone to know that there is no right way to follow your passion. Читать дальше...
"It's been an incredible year," said Eddy Cue, prepping the audience for the day's Apple Music revamp. The service now has...
ORLANDO, Fla. -- It's almost difficult to see the heartbreak under the surface here.
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Omar Mateen cheered the 9/11 terror attacks as a high school student, according to a published report.
Shareholders approved a proposal calling on Netflix to grant investors so-called "proxy access" rights.
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While there is a compelling case that Microsoft's massive $26.2 billion purchase of LinkedIn will be good for business, it may force Microsoft out of the ranks of the debt elite.
Credit-rating agency Moody's has placed Microsoft's perfect "AAA" rating under review after the tech giant announced that it would issue new debt in order to finance the takeover of LinkedIn.
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Bitcoin surged to a two-year high amid expectations supply of the digital currency will shrink next month.
Facebook celebrated Philippines Independence Day yesterday by greeting Filipinos with a banner suggesting that their country was in a state of war. The world’s leading social network site later apologized for the gaffe that appeared on users’ timelines showing the national flag with inverted colors. In the Philippines it is a message that the nation is at war. The Philippine Star reports: “This was unintentional, and we’re sorry,” said Facebook in a statement sent to The STAR. “We care deeply about the community in the Philippines and... Читать дальше...
Dá até para imaginar Bruno Mezenga em Westeros.
Este canal fez uma montagem bastante simples na qual sobrepôs a música tema da novela “O Rei do Gado” nas imagens da abertura de “Game Of Thrones”. O resultado ficou maravilhoso:
O vídeo, que é de março de 2016, voltou com tudo nesta semana.
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O que realmente faz todo sentido, se você lembrar dessas tomadas aéreas na abertura do seriado...
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Apple introduced WatchOS 3—a refreshed operating system for the wearable at its Worldwide Developers Conference.
[...] the hotel seems to have taken wing — and the new name of Monarch Beach Resort — in a style sure to attract social butterflies, if not its namesakes. The sprawling 400-room hotel overlooks the newly expanded, multilevel pool complex, which seems to cascade into the Robert Trent Jones-designed Monarch Beach Golf Links, which in turn tumbles down to the eponymous beach. If you tire of the bright Southern California sun shining on the infinity-edge pools and lounging deck, slip into the new Miraval Life in Balance Spa... Читать дальше...
The Brexit vote will create short-term volatility but is not key for U.S. market this year, two experts say.
– Ibe Kachikwu, the minister of state for petroleum, denied allegations that President Muhammadu Buhari has allocated oil blocs to some people – The minister said he believed that the people of the south south should benefit from the oil blocs – Speaking at a town hall meeting, he said when the time for the […]
Читать дальше...The word that set off LeBron James and prompted further belittling from the Warriors was "b----."
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Scientists at NASA’s Johnson Space Center found something very unexpected in a Martian crater.
Using the Curiosity Rover, the scientists detected a mineral called tridymite that, until now, they thought could only be created in extremely hot temperatures.
The discovery of this tridymite might rewrite the history of the planet, suggesting that it might once have been hotter than we previously thought, and home to monstrous volcanoes.
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Like last year, NFL offseason programs have unfolded without quarterback Mike Vick having a job. Like last year, Vick still wants a job. “I haven’t officially retired,” Vick said Monday at the Ron Jaworksi Celebrity Golf Challenge, via Jordan Ranaan of NJ.com. “As of right now, it’s pretty much at a stalemate type of thing. Just…
Sources close to the Obama administration have revealed that they will not be pursuing an executive order to close the controversial Guantanamo Bay military prison that the President had vowed to shutter by 2009.
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MARIJAMPOLE, Lithuania, June 13 (UPI) -- Lithuanian Police released dashboard camera footage of a harrowing high-speed chase where the driver attempted to use a smokescreen and spikes against police.
The immediate reactions on social media to the killings at Pulse, a popular gay dance club, etched a portrait of our national divisions, our mutual mistrust and our inclination to know what we think even when we lack all the facts. Even before President Obama spoke Sunday afternoon, there were declarations of great certainty that he would attribute the massacre to guns and not “Islamism” — and would therefore feed support for Donald Trump. At 12:43 p.m., he turned to his communications medium of choice and tweeted... Читать дальше...
Het is alweer zes jaar geleden dat de toen negenjarige Yassin uit Delft door toedoen van zijn moeder overleed, maar nog steeds staat er geen steen op zijn graf. Janne Keus (47) uit Scheveningen is een actie gestart om dat toch voor elkaar te krijgen. En met succes.
Microsoft Corp. has a dismal history of overpaying for huge acquisitions that don’t work out, and Chief Executive Satya Nadella’s first large purchase as chief executive doesn’t appear to break that trend.