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MADISON, Wis. (AP) — House Speaker Paul Ryan is releasing a new campaign ad the morning after Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump praised his primary opponent.

Consumer spending increased steadily for the third straight month in June, suggesting Americans have capacity to remain the primary driver of economic growth this year.

The company said Tuesday its income from fees received from lenders for guaranteeing mortgages increased in the April-through-June period, but it sustained losses on investments because of the decline in interest rates. The government rescued Freddie and larger sibling Fannie Mae at the height of the financial crisis in September 2008, after they suffered huge losses from risky mortgages in the housing market bust. Record-low interest rates this year have helped spur home purchases and boost the housing market. Читать дальше...

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WASHINGTON, Aug. 2 (UPI) -- The National Nuclear Security Administration has authorized the production engineering phase for its B61-12 warhead life extension program.

They haven't missed since 2009-10.

Designed by architect Tom Carson, this newly built Venice home incorporates windows, opaque glass and artful Ipe wood screens for a light-filled yet private interior. Exterior courtyards span the length of the home for seamless indoor-outdoor living.

The country's poor infrastructure is the "biggest hurdle" to government's flagship Make in India programme, S&P Global Ratings said on Tuesday.

"Pokémon GO" might be taking over the world of smartphones, but the adorable pocket monsters can still be found in plenty of other places, too. 

GM’s U.S. sales fell 2 per cent; Ford’s sales were down 3 per cent

Russia's response to the B61-12 warhead life-extension program will be measured, but the country will be able to come up with "new efficient solutions" to counter the initiative that is part of Obama administration's larger effort to modernize the US nuclear force, lawmaker Dmitry Gorovtsov told RIA Novosti.

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SANIBEL, Fla., Aug. 2 (UPI) -- A trio of Florida fishermen shared photos and video of their "fish of a lifetime" -- a 13-foot hammerhead shark landed off Sanibel Island.

Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan plans to discuss the Russian-Turkish economic cooperation and crisis that engulfed bilateral relations after last year's downing of the Russian Su-24 jet, during the meeting with his Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin on August 9, Erdogan said Tuesday.

Mourners crammed a church to witness the 85-year-old's funeral.

Russia on Tuesday confirmed 21 cases of anthrax, including one fatality, after an unusual heatwave melted permafrost in its remote far north, releasing potentially lethal spores from the soil. "Unfortunately 20 people had their (anthrax) diagnosis confirmed," a spokeswoman for the Yamalo-Nenetsky regional authorities told RIA Novosti news agency. It is the first outbreak of anthrax since 1941 in the region, which lies some 2,000 kilometres (1,250 miles) northeast of Moscow.

More than 300 thousand bees help monitor the air quality at the Vaclav Havel Airport in Prague.

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SANTA CLARITA, Calif., Aug. 2 (UPI) -- Photos released from the set of the sixth season of "American Horror Story" suggest that the show will tackle the Lost Colony mystery.

SEOUL, Aug. 2 (Yonhap) -- State prosecutors on Tuesday raided the home and office of a former head of the Korea Development Bank (KDB), as part of their probe into a high-profile corruption case involving a local shipbuilder. During the raid, the p

Not usually a fan of the French capital, Lucy Kellaway wonders if OFF Paris Seine will change her mind

KENTON, Tenn. — A western Tennessee man has been accused of killing his girlfriend’s 5-month-old boy. Gibson County Sheriff Paul Thomas said in a news release that 20-year-old Braxton Edwards was arrested and charged Monday with first-degree murder in the death of Maxyn Killingsworth. Authorities say the infant died Saturday from injuries he suffered Wednesday

PHILADELPHIA (AP) — Philadelphia's district attorney is vowing to retry a former church official over his handling of abuse complaints, even though his conviction has been twice overturned.

PHILADELPHIA (AP) — Philadelphia's district attorney is vowing to retry a former church official over his handling of abuse complaints, even though his conviction has been twice overturned. Lynn was the first U.S. Roman Catholic Church official ever charged and convicted of helping to shield child molesters within its ranks.

AB's knock comprised 16 sixes and nine boundaries, which meant he scored 132 runs in just boundaries.