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Margao saw 83 nominations filed by 81 candidates on Thursday, the last day for filing of nominations for the October 25-civic polls.

Khloe Kardashian‘s best friend Malika Haqq, who has frequently been featured on Keeping Up with the Kardashians, was arrested early Thursday morning for a DUI. The 32-year-old reality star crashed her car on the 101 highway in Los Angeles and was showing “objective symptoms of intoxication,” TMZ reports. She was given a sobriety test and [...]

MoneyBeat dug into some of the highlights from Bill Gross's lawsuit against the firm he co-founder, Pacific Investment Management Co.

Steel company SSI missed some payments into its employees' pension scheme, a worker at the Redcar steelworks says.

Scotland's hopes of reaching Euro 2016 are over after Robert Lewandowski scores a stoppage-time leveller for Poland.

45 candidates filed 54 nominations before the returning officer for the Mapusa municipal elections on the last day of the filing of nominations on Thursday.

Former US National Security Adviser General James Jones claims that the conflicting objectives between the United States and Russia in the Syrian conflict could lead to a US-Russia proxy war.

Had it with the ringtones on your iPhone or Android phone? Let these cute notification gadgets alert you in muted, amusing ways.

DETROIT (AP) — Former U.S. Rep. John Dingell, the longest-serving member of Congress in U.S. history, is having a pacemaker placed in his heart. Dingell's wife, U.S. Rep. Debbie Dingell, gave an update Thursday on Facebook. She says the procedure was being performed a day ahead of schedule. Debbie Dingell says her 89-year-old husband is in "very good spirits" at Henry Ford Hospital in Detroit. A pacemaker can help control abnormal heart rhythms. John Dingell, a Democrat, served 59 years in Congress. Читать дальше...

Rapper, homeless dad reconnect “In My Father’s House” Rapper and hip-hop artist Che “Rhymefest” Smith made it big, rising out of a fatherless household in a challenging neighborhood on Chicago’s South Side to become a Grammy-winning writer and performer, collaborating with Kanye West and John Legend. Smith finds his father living a homeless, alcoholic life. [...] it’s really about Smith’s quest to find a kind of meaning in his life he could not realize through material success, and that creates... Читать дальше...

Chef Paul Prudhomme died Thursday in the wake of a “brief illness,” according to K-Paul’s Louisiana Kitchen, the New Orleans restaurant he had owned. One of the nation’s first celebrity chefs, Prudhomme, 75, was best known for popularizing Cajun and Creole cuisine, CNN reported.

Now that Kevin McCarthy has withdrawn his bid for speaker, who are the next most likely candidates?

Ruby Tuesday Inc. said Thursday it lost $4.19 million, or 7 cents a share, in the fiscal first quarter, reversing earnings of $2.56 million, or 4 cents a share, a year ago. Adjusted for one-time items, the restaurant chain reported a loss of 3 cents a share, compared with EPS of 1 cent a year ago. Revenue for the quarter reached $279.5 million, down from $281,182 million a year ago. First-quarter same-restaurant sales were lower than a year ago, in part because, due to a late Labor Day holiday this year... Читать дальше...

Wednesday, Oct. 7’s concert by András Schiff and the San Francisco Symphony came as yet another reminder of the underappreciated glories of Haydn’s Mass settings. [...] in the concert hall, Haydn is almost exclusively Mr. Symphony (unless you’re a string quartet), which tends to squeeze out his accomplishments in other fields. [...] on the podium, Schiff — whose day gig is as a pianist — got right to the heart of this potent score. Using the composer’s original orchestral version, which calls for an organ in place of woodwinds... Читать дальше...

World’s biggest elections with 8.85 lakh seats and over 45 lakh candidates, set to begin with the first phase of voting on Friday, will see the oldest voting mechanism.

When Flint left the Detroit water system last year, it was after years of frustration over the cost and with the anticipation that the city had a cheaper, independent solution. On Thursday, Mi…

A journey to the architect’s famed shrine in Ronchamp, France, whose idiosyncratic bravado is still shaping the design of décor.

Detwiler Fenton sent a note to clients stating iPhone sales are down year over year in North America, according to its channel checks.

Residents in Georgetown, other low-lying areas urged to evacuate as floodwaters rumble toward ocean

The popular daily fantasy sports sites FanDuel and DraftKings have come under scrutiny over whether the fast-growing startups do enough to police sensitive internal data. Here’s a Q&A covering the basics to the nitty-gritty.

LOS ANGELES (AP) — F. Gary Gray, who made waves this summer with his profitable and critically acclaimed N.W.A biopic "Straight Outta Compton," has been set to direct the eighth film in the "F…

LOS ANGELES - F. Gary Gray, who made waves this summer with his profitable and critically acclaimed N.W.A biopic "Straight Outta Compton," has been set to direct the eighth film in the "Fast & Furious" franchise.

LOS ANGELES (AP) — F. Gary Gray, who made waves this summer with his profitable and critically acclaimed N.W.A biopic "Straight Outta Compton," has been set to direct the eighth film in the "Fast & Furious" franchise. Star and producer Vin Diesel posted a photo of himself and Gray with some "Fast & Furious" images on Facebook earlier this week, hinting that the "Compton" director was indeed the front runner to take over the extremely successful series.