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ASHBURN, Virginia (AP) — A military veteran gave his Purple Heart to Republican nominee Donald Trump on Tuesday, prompting the Republican nominee to declare that this was "much easier" than serving in combat. Trump, who is embroiled in a row over his criticism of the family of a slain soldier, said that a man approached him before his event in Ashburn, Virginia, and handed him his medal, which is awarded to soldiers wounded in combat. On Monday, The Veterans of Foreign Wars, a nonprofit service organization with 1.7 million members... Читать дальше...

There are fears tertiary education could be heading for a new crisis.

Durban - With most South African students thinking tertiary education is just too expensive, and delays with a commission of inquiry into the feasibility of free higher education, there are fears tertiary education could be heading for a new crisis.

A recent survey conducted among South African students revealed that 79% still thought that the rising cost of tertiary education prohibited people from furthering their education. Читать дальше...

Blake Shelton and Adam Levine have been taking jabs at one another on “The Voice” since Season 1 premiered in 2011. Co-stars have come and gone — we’re looking at you, Christina Aguilera, Gwen Stefani, Ceelo Green,  and Pharrell — but it seems these two are here to stay.

Global heat, greenhouse gases and sea levels all climbed to record highs last year, making 2015 the worst in modern times across a range of key environmental indicators, international scientists said Tuesday. The record heat that the planet experienced last year was driven partially by global warming, and was exacerbated by the ocean heating trend known as El Nino, it said. El Nino, which just ended in July, was one of the strongest the Earth has seen "since at least 1950," said the report,... Читать дальше...

KANSAS CITY, Mo. — Kemper Arena in Kansas City is set to be renamed Mosaic Arena. The Kansas City Star (http://bit.ly/2aNBj95 ) reports that the renaming is part of an agreement announced Tuesday between development company Foutch Brothers and Mosaic Life Care. Mosaic Life, a St. Joseph-based health care system, has an initial agreement to

“Jawbreakers!”

Liverpool plans to bid for the 2026 Commonwealth Games, city mayor Joe Anderson has said.

CHICAGO (AP) — Grain futures were mostly lower Tuesday on the Chicago Board of Trade.

CHICAGO (AP) — Grain futures were mostly lower Tuesday on the Chicago Board of Trade.

INDIANAPOLIS — Indiana has opted not to appeal a federal judge’s order blocking a state law that would ban abortions sought because of a fetus’ genetic abnormalities. The judge issued a preliminary injunction on June 30 blocking the law from taking effect. Planned Parenthood of Indiana and Kentucky sought that order in its lawsuit arguing

Red Hot Chili Peppers' "Dark Necessities" -- the lead single from the band's 10th studio album, I'm With You -- is the group...

The talk on Wall Street is Donald Trump's position to repatriate over a trillion dollars in corporate cash held overseas.

France paid its last respects Tuesday to Father Jacques Hamel, the 85-year-old priest murdered by jihadists last week, at an emotional funeral held under tight security at the cathedral of northern Rouen. A section of pews in the 11th-century cathedral was filled by residents of Saint-Etienne-du-Rouvray, the nearby industrial town where the two jihadists, both 19, slit Hamel's throat as he celebrated mass in an attack that shocked the country as well as the Catholic Church.

Intel

It's no secret that the PC market is shrinking.

And for a company like Intel, who's historically made most of its money off PC chips, that's bad news.

In order to survive the PCs' decline, Intel has been desperately trying to shift away from it, reshaping the company to focus on chips for data centers and connected devices instead.

That renewed focus is perhaps most noticeable in a chart that Intel included in its latest 10-Q filing to explain the company's future strategy roadmap. Читать дальше...

Are elected Republicans approaching a "point of no return" should Donald Trump lose in November? Ron Nehring, former Cruz campaign spokesman, joins to discuss.

Tin foil and orange peels are your best friends.

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Wrap some crescent dough with some cinnamon sugar around a skewer to make a cinnamon roll-up.

Recipe here.

Jordyn Coffin / Via almostsupermom.com

Make an omelet by boiling eggs in a ziplock bag.

Step-by-step here.

Outdoria / Via youtube.com

Make a long-lasting candle out of an orange. Читать дальше...

Sophisticated ways of tracking reading habits give publishers hard data that reveals the kinds of books people want to read. But a veteran editor says numbers only go so far in telling the story.

Backers of Donald Trump have reserved less than $1 million in ads so far.

Instagram has announced a brand new feature – Instagram Stories! The feature works a lot like Snapchat and allows you to share moments to your profile and have them disappear after 24 hours. There will be a bar at the top of your news feed showing you all the stories from people you follow. You [...]

Young inventors can build a Burglar Buzzer, Domain Defender, a Top Secret Safe, and more.

Summer on California's glorious coast -- Steve Lopez's road trip discovers what's been saved and what the bulldozers are still aiming for Aug. 2, 2016, 12:30 p.m. California's 1,100 miles of coastline is a glorious global destination because generations have fought to protect it. But property owners...

Disney’s taking its Disney Style brand global with a five-part YouTube video series launching today. It ups the ante for Disney Style, an editorial brand launched in 2013 as a blog and YouTube channel aimed at Millennials who are also fans of Disney when it comes to fashion and beauty.

A 2015 audit of the state Department of Economic Development released Tuesday shows problems with documentation, lack of adequate monitoring and a need for formal written policies and procedures.