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LOS ANGELES (AP) — The most-adapted author alive introduces himself on the phone as "Steve King." More than 60 of Stephen King's novels and short stories have been made into movies or TV series over the past 40 years, with a bumper crop of recent and forthcoming releases hitting screens. A cinematic take on "The Dark Tower" and a TV adaptation of "Mr. Mercedes" launched in August. Netflix will premiere its adaptation of King's novel "Gerald's Game" later this month, and his novella "1922" in October. Читать дальше...

LOS ANGELES (AP) — The most-adapted author alive introduces himself on the phone as "Steve King."

The Labor Department on Wednesday said its preliminary benchmark revision anticipates a 95,000-job, or 0.1%, increase to March 2017 employment. The final benchmark revision will be issued in February. Each year, the employment estimates are benchmarked to comprehensive counts of employment for the month of March, drawing on state unemployment-insurance tax records.

UAE’s best medal hope primed for Omnium and Team Pursuit at Asian Indoor Games

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“What Happened,” the much hyped “warts and all” book penned by Hillary Clinton, is said to be a rigorous account of why the Democrat nominee lost the 2016 presidential election to Donald Trump. According to excerpts released early to the press, the book’s recurring theme is blaming others, instead of a serious attempt at self-reflection. […]

The consequences of climate change can be weird and apocalyptic.

You can find evidence of a changing climate everywhere on Earth. But nowhere are the changes more dramatic than in the Arctic.

Our world’s northern polar region is warming twice as fast as the global average. And the consequences are easy to spot. On average, Arctic sea ice extent is shrinking every summer. The Greenland ice sheet is becoming unstable.

But perhaps most disturbing are the changes occurring underground in the permafrost. Читать дальше...

New drugs, called PCSK9 inhibitors, are putting heart disease at center of battle over drug prices.

Jeffrey Robertson

Security, Asia

Before anything happens in Korea, we should be aware of speculative long-term strategic implications.

Articles discussing pre-emptive strikes on North Korea are now everywhere. Based on a small number of in-depth analytical studies, they detail military challenges, human costs and likely outcomes. While those articles prepare us for the short term, they ignore the potential long-term strategic change that would result from a conflict on the Korean peninsula. Читать дальше...

The Latest on Congress (all times local): 9:55 a.m. Capitol Hill's top Democrats say they're willing to pair a short-term increase in the government's borrowing cap with the Harvey aid … Click to Continue »

Two of the world's biggest luxury goods conglomerates announced a joint charter Wednesday which they said aims to protect the health of fashion models by making those who are unhealthily … Click to Continue »

Kim Kardashian knows how to break the internet. For the image, which will be featured in a new book from the pair known colloquially as simply Mert and Marcus, the 36-year-old is seen climbing a tree and wearing nothing but hiking boots (and, for the Instagram censors, black stars strategically covering her chest). “So honored to have been photographed by Mert and Marcus for their book new book! 20 years in the making! It’s out Sept 7th,” the reality star captioned the post.

Kim Kardashian knows how to break the internet. For the image, which will be featured in a new book from the pair known colloquially as simply Mert and Marcus, the 36-year-old is seen climbing a tree and wearing nothing but hiking boots (and, for the Instagram censors, black stars strategically covering her chest). “So honored to have been photographed by Mert and Marcus for their book new book! 20 years in the making! It’s out Sept 7th,” the reality star captioned the post.

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The reputation of global PR company Bell Pottinger has suffered a massive blow. The boss has resigned, clients have walked, the firm has been expelled from the Public Relations and Communications Association (PRCA) – and it has now put itself up for sale. All because of its work on a controversial contract in South Africa.

She claims the waitress refused to let her check the ingredients of the dessert herself.

A former straight As grammar school student is behind bars after admitting turning to a life as a drug dealer.

No pleas were entered but the judge has ruled any future trials should be held in Preston.

No pleas were entered but the judge has ruled any future trials should be held in Preston.

Oil refineries around Houston are starting to come back online as the epicenter of the U.S. energy industry begins to recover from Hurricane Harvey. But getting the fuel flowing again isn’t as easy as flipping a switch, and some key transport infrastructure remains down.

Guy Chazan investigates the populist AfD party

Firms must be incensed to sell pets, pet food, or offer pet day care

Fahey cuts short star’s holiday plans in favour of Prix Du Moulin

Most 2017 model-year mid-size pickup trucks perform adequately in one of the most challenging crash tests.

How many Grand Slam titles as the Spaniard won?