DURHAM, N.C. — Lexie Brown was 10 of 16 from the field and scored 29 points to help No. 15 Duke beat No. 17 Virginia Tech 84-59 on Thursday night. It was the first time since Jan. 9, 2005 Duke and VT faced off as ranked teams. Duke, which led by six points at intermission,
Kristofer Bain, center, who is leading an anti-violence effort at the Queensbridge Houses, speaking with Tiffani Alston and Taylonn Murphy as residents celebrated a year without a shooting.
China is not fully convinced about intensive U.S. Federal Reserve rate rises in 2017 and beyond, the SMCP reports.
Ever since “The Sixth Sense,” Shyamalan has been known for spooky, dramatic movies with giant, mind-blowing twists in their plots. Shyamalan starts off strong, building a movie in which supernatural-seeming events are driving people to commit suicide. Everything in Mel’s life, including the tragic and really very horrific death of his wife, has been part of God’s extremely intricate and unnecessarily mean plan. A man suffers from a split personality: some of the personalities are evil, and some can actually manifest physical differences... Читать дальше...
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Last year, the markets were distinguished by a lack of persistence. In many respects, investor behavior in the second half of the year was the mirror image of the first six months. However, one element remained consistent, at least among U.S. investors: a preference for domestic over international equities.
With U.S. stocks having a strong start to 2017, many are likely to remain committed to a big home country bias. I think this is a mistake. As I discussed last fall... Читать дальше...
Caution was the name of the game in financial markets on Friday
BEIJING (AP) — China's economic growth rises to 6.8 percent in last quarter of 2016; full-year growth 6.7 percent, weakest since 1990.
BEIJING (AP) — China's economic growth rises to 6.8 percent in last quarter of 2016; full-year growth 6.7 percent, weakest since 1990.
The leader of the world’s largest smartphone maker is at the center of a bribery case in South Korea’s biggest presidential scandal.
Past and present and a father and son collide.
Will the Ghost crew's Mandalorian find her loyalties being put to the test?
WASHINGTON — Washington Post reporter Jenna Johnson never intended to write about politics.
Nintendo has confirmed that “Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild” will be the last first-party game to be made available for the Wii U. Nintendo of America president Reggie Fils-Aime confirmed the news sometime after the launch of the Switch console last Friday.
Shivpal Yadav, who has been removed as Samajwadi Party state chief, said he will contest elections from his traditional Jaswantnagar seat.
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On the evening of July 11, 2015, Joaquín "El Chapo" Guzmán got up from the bed in his prison cell, walked behind his cell's shower divider, and slipped through a hole in the floor, beginning his second jailbreak and entrenching his reputation as one of Mexico's most ambitious drug lords.
He was recaptured six months later, in January 2016, and on Thursday, just hours before the end of President Barack Obama's term, the Sinaloa kingpin was extradited to the US. Читать дальше...
About damn time.
As most redheads know, the year is 2017 and there is still no ginger emoji.
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But, HARK, what news is this?! Our pleading may have actually made a difference?!
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Yes, my fellow gingers, according to a report by Emojipedia, a redhead emoji is on the agenda for the next Unicode Technical Committee meeting. Читать дальше...
Nick Jonas is so talented, he makes music in his sleep. The 24-year-old singer took to Instagram on Wednesday (January 18) to share his story with his fans. PHOTOS: Check out the latest pics of Nick Jonas “Called some friends up last night,” he captioned the black-and-white photo below. “Told them I woke up inspired… [...]
Division number four police on Wednesday booked 61-year-old trader for sexually abusing an eight-year-old girl. The accused runs a cloth shop near the child’s house.
Melinda Taylor, who led the case of WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange before the UN Working Group on Arbitrary Detention hopes that the Donald Trump administration will bring more protection for Assange and other whistleblowers, she told Radio Sputnik.
Nottingham could be set to bid to be a European Capital of Culture in 2023, the BBC understands.