Jennifer Lawrence totally won the yearbook superlative you’d expect! The 26-year-old actress revealed she was voted “Most Talkative” in her middle school yearbook while making an appearance on The Graham Norton Show. “Two years in a row. Two consecutive years! It was hard to get,” Jennifer joked. Meanwhile, her Passengers co-star Chris Pratt explained that [...]
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NOVOSIBIRSK, Russia, Dec. 6 (UPI) -- A dashboard camera on a car in a Russian city captured a kitten's heart-stopping near miss with the tire of a car that nearly squashed the tiny feline's head.
Pinecrest police, who mostly deal with business and car break-ins in the idyllic village of lush gardens and expensive homes, went into public relations overdrive this week when two officers … Click to Continue »
Here’s the latest installment of the Play of the Day, which uses odds from the South Point. Our three sports writers started with ...
Meyers Leonard grew up in Illinois. He played at the University of Illinois. So, last night’s Trail Blazers-Bulls game in Chicago was a bit of a homecoming for him. That’s probably why he was particular perturbed the Bulls’ PA announcer kept calling him Myles. So, the Portland big man issued a stern correction: Illinois native […]
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During the first weekend of December, nine people died of apparent drug overdoses in and around Kensington, a neighborhood in northern Philadelphia.
Those deaths came just weeks after the city, which has become a "mecca" for addicts, saw 50 overdoses — five of them fatal — in one day on November 17.
Philadelphia's overdose deaths have put the city on pace to hit 900 fatal overdoses this year, a 30% increase over last year and a number that would triple the city's homicide rate... Читать дальше...
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The media buying arms of the world's largest advertising holding companies have released their ad spend forecasts for the coming year.
Variety reported on the estimates from WPP’s GroupM and Interpublic Group’s Magna Global, while Reuters outlined the forecast from Publicis-owned Zenith Optimedia.
Ad spend will increase in absolute terms... Читать дальше...
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LAKEWOOD, N.J., Dec. 6 (UPI) -- A New Jersey man who won a $1 million lottery jackpot only had the winning ticket because of a cashier's error, the store's owner said.
WASHINGTON — President-elect Donald Trump sold all of his stocks in June as he plunged into the costly general election campaign, his transition team abruptly announced Tuesday. His advisers provided no proof of the transactions and would not explain the apparent sell-off.
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An episode of “Dance Moms” isn’t compete without some drama, a fact stars Kendall Vertes and Brynn Rumfallo are well aware of. While arguments between the moms and outlandish behavior from coach Abby Lee Miller are the norm, Lifetime’s young dancers don’t let it affect them. With “Dance Moms” Season 7 now in full-swing, Kendall and Brynn sounded off to International Business Times about the truth behind filming the hit competition series and why the fighting is not as bad as it appears on TV.
One of the Obama administration’s core competencies is suspending pipeline projects with no cause.
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Business Insider released its annual list of the best colleges in America, emphasizing schools with high graduation rates and early-career earnings, rather than focusing solely on glamour statistics, like reputation and selectivity.
But that's not to say that the caliber of the students doesn't play an important role in what makes a school great. So we expanded our ranking to the top-100 schools in the country and filtered our data, the most recent available from the Department of Education... Читать дальше...
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Beijing (AFP) - Donald Trump is a "diplomatic rookie" who must learn not to cross Beijing on issues like trade and Taiwan, Chinese state media said Tuesday, warning America could pay dearly for his inexperience.
A protocol-shattering call with Taiwan's president followed by a Twitter tirade against Beijing's policies by the president-elect could risk upending the delicate balance between the world's two largest economies, Chinese editorials in major media outlets said. Читать дальше...
In response to the Alaska Airlines & Virgin America deal, the Justice Department filed a lawsuit & settlement agreement.
At least two homes have been gutted by veld fires raging across Nelson Mandela Bay.
The Republican's support of a ban on Muslims entering the U.S., his opposition to Syrian refugees and his consideration of the re-launch of a registry of Muslim immigrants have induced feelings of fear and worry in many, which community leaders and advocates are working to quell. "The Trump campaign engaged in hateful and bigoted rhetoric that targeted Muslim immigrants," said Robert McCaw, director of government affairs at the Council on American-Islamic Relations, a Washington-based Muslim civil rights organization. Читать дальше...
The United Arab Emirates' (UAE) oil minister, Suhail Al Mazrouei does not expect oil production to increase significantly in the first half of 2017, the minister said on Tuesday.
WASHINGTON (AP) — President-elect Donald Trump sold all of his stocks in June as he plunged into the costly general election campaign, his transition team abruptly announced Tuesday. His advisers provided no proof of the transactions and would not explain…
WASHINGTON (AP) — President-elect Donald Trump sold all of his stocks in June as he plunged into the costly general election campaign, his transition team abruptly announced Tuesday. Some details of Trump's finances are unknown given that he never released his tax returns during the presidential campaign, breaking decades of precedent. Miller, as well as other transition officials and lawyers from the Trump Organization, did not respond to requests from The Associated Press to provide evidence of the transactions. Читать дальше...
“I never let a statue tell me how nice I am,” the late Phife Dawg rapped in 1993 on A Tribe Called Quest’s “Award Tour....
World No. 2 tennis player Novak Djokovic has decided to part ways with coach Boris Becker. The Serbian, who has struggled in the second half of 2016, announced the news on his Facebook page.
The president-elect was expected to formally nominate Gen. James "Mad Dog" Mattis to be secretary of defense Tuesday night during his latest "thank you" tour stop.
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Donald Trump was expected to formally nominate his selection for secretary of defense during the latest stop on the president-elect's "thank you" tour in North Carolina Tuesday night, according to a new report. The choice of retired Marine Gen. James "Mad Dog" Mattis to lead the Pentagon has varied along party lines, which was to be expected following such a divisive campaign season and election.