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The 18th Eurovision Young Musicians competition is set to take place in Cologne, Germany on Saturday 3rd September. The contest, which has taken place every two years since 1982, will see San Marino make its debut this year. Like the Eurovision Song Contest, the event is a competition between members of the European Broadcasting Union. The 2014 contest, also hosted in Cologne, was won by Austria which is the reigning champion of the competition with five victories to date.

The pre-Columbian mound had long been characterized as a testament to male power and warfare.

Two robbers stole a man's laptop at gunpoint just around the corner from the Guggenheim Museum early Tuesday, officials said.

Get ready to Strut. Oxygen's new reality series about Slay Model Management, the first exclusively transgender modeling agency, from Whoopi Goldberg is coming Tuesday, Sept. 20 at 9 p.m. and...

As well as the dreaded stuffy nose and itchy eyes, researchers find hay fever may alter the brain, reducing immune activity and increasing neurogenesis.

Courtesy of Flipped Lifestyle

A few years ago, Shane and Jocelyn Sams were teachers who earned a combined $5,000 a month.

Today, they're the owners of Flipped Lifestyle, which earns $45,000 to $100,000 a month.

How did they make the leap?

Jeff Rose of Good Financial Cents interviewed the couple, who explained everything from what it's like to go from making ends meet to having money to spare to how other people can echo their success.

When he asked about their biggest mistake... Читать дальше...

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The bottled Starbucks Frappuccino competitor is finally here.

Soylent announced August 9 that it's launching a coffee-flavored version of its popular meal-replacement milkshake. The bottled beverage, which will be called Coffiest, is made with real coffee and contain all the nutritional goodness of its predecessor, plus 150 milligrams of caffeine.

A Soylent Bar is also coming down the pipeline — the newest form of the meal-replacement since the company released ready-to-drink bottles last August. Читать дальше...

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The fact that you already have a full-time job may not be a good enough reason to delay working on your Big Thing. You really need to stop and determine whether you are pulling one over on yourself with that well-worn excuse.

Consider the following examples of people who managed to thrive creatively while holding down day jobs. Some needed the jobs for the money, and some didn’t. Some of the jobs were in similar fields as their creative work, some in completely different ones. Читать дальше...

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More than half of Americans are single, according to a 2014 report from the Bureau of Labor Statistics, a figure that's risen 13% since 1976. 

And being single might have some surprising benefits. Dr. Bella DePaulo, a social scientist at the University of California, Santa Barbara, went through more than 800 studies of single and married people and found that singles tended to be more self-reliant and self-motivated than those in a relationship.

The single... Читать дальше...

When you're out traveling the world, odds are you'll run into one of these retailers.

The data are fresh signs that the nation can reach the goal of permanently housing every veteran in need. But it would be a mistake to attribute these results to happy accidents or to a rising economic tide lifting all boats. In fact, these outcomes are due to a concerted effort by HUD and the VA to focus community implementation of strategies proven to reduce homelessness among veterans nationwide, community by community.

Six-time Olympic champion Usain Bolt tells BBC sports editor Dan Roan "sport definitely needs me".

NORRISTOWN, Pa. — A blind desire for revenge led Pennsylvania’s attorney general to leak secret criminal files to the press to embarrass a rival and then lie about it to a grand jury, prosecutors said as Kathleen Kane’s perjury and obstruction trial opened Tuesday. Kane, 50, was once a rising star in the state’s Democratic

When news broke yesterday that a Nigerian blogger, Abu Sidiq was arrested by the EFCC for the crime of ‘cyberstalking’,  it showed that posting online, either in personal blogs or other social media, has its risks. This becomes especially clear, when you post information or make statements that affect sensitive matters, or people in positions […]

Jeremy Corbyn's campaign accuses Tom Watson of "peddling baseless conspiracy theories" after he claimed Labour was being infiltrated by "Trotsky entryists".

OLDENZAAL - Horeca-ondernemer Jan Hoveling draagt op 1 september de sleutels van café Jantje over aan twee nieuwe exploitanten: Bart Dijkhuis en Arend Teunissen. Onder de naam NJOY gaan zij de kroeg op de hoek van de Steenstraat en Berkstraat voortzetten.  

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It's a smart idea to head for the hills before the season opener.

It’s sheep-season eve here in Alaska, and although I won’t be heading out for a couple more weeks, it’s always a good idea to start preparing ahead of time.

It seems like every year, I have to re-learn how to pack my gear. There are little details I always forget between seasons, like how I pack each piece of gear for maximum efficiency. When I start out, I usually have my gear arranged pretty well... Читать дальше...

Saudi-led coalition air strikes on a food factory in Yemen`s rebel-held capital Sanaa killed 14 workers on Tuesday, medics said.

E Isadora Cerullo disse SIM!

Pouco depois de a Austrália ganhar sua primeira medalha de ouro olímpica no rugby feminino, na segunda-feira à noite (8), algo ainda mais especial aconteceu.

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Após o término da cerimônia de premiação, a voluntária Marjorie Enya entrou em campo à procura de sua namorada, a jogadora brasileira Isadora Cerullo.

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A man has been arrested after climbing over a security fence at Buckingham Palace, Queen Elizabeth II's residence in London, early on Tuesday, police said.

*NYSNC, and yes, Justin Timberlake, reunited for the 40th birthday of JC Chasez and it was absolutely amazing.

Flying cars may not just be a figment of "Back to the Future."

Peter Diamandis, a board member of Hyperloop One, told Business Insider that personal forms of flying transportation — whether that be flying cars or personal drones — will be a reality in select places in just five years.

"I think we'll see a lot of demos happening in the next two or three years," he said. "And I think we'll see, within five years, we’ll start to see them in specific places. We’ll start to hear a lot... Читать дальше...