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WASHINGTON -- In most presidential elections, Supreme Court nominations are a major issue for elites and a substantial concern for significant parts of the conservative movement. Other voters …

Is Kanye West having money problems? The rapper and husband of Kim Kardashian unleashed his stream of consciousness upon Twitter yet again, late on Saturday, as...

Authorities have shut down a rental car facility at the Albuquerque International Sunport after a suspicious device was found under a returned car

ALBUQUERQUE, New Mexico - Federal and local authorities declared a suspicious device found on a rental car at Albuquerque's airport to be safe Sunday and are now launching investigations into how it got there.

Stewart-Haas Racing is not expected to announce who will drive the No. 14 car at Atlanta until the Wednesday after the Daytona 500.

John Boyega poses with his trophy backstage in the winners room at the 2016 EE British Academy Film Awards held at the Royal Opera House on Sunday (February 14) in London, England. The 23-year-old Star Wars: The Force Awakens actor won the EE Rising Star Award, beating out Dakota Johnson, Brie Larson, Bel Powley, and [...]

De kunstbeurs Art Rotterdam in de Van Nellefabriek is de afgelopen vier dagen door 26.500 bezoekers bezocht. Een record. Vorig waren er 25.000 kunstliefhebbers.

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The NBA may still be behind the NFL and Major League Baseball in terms of generating money, but thanks to rising TV revenue and smaller rosters, an NBA career can be lucrative.

This is especially true for the athletes who played a large chunk of their careers between the late 1990s and the 2011 lockout.

While many of the all-time greats of the past 20 years are among the highest paid of all time, these years also led to some large contracts for some otherwise mediocre players. Читать дальше...

ECATEPEC, Mexico (AP) — Pope Francis urged Mexicans to shun the devil and resist the temptations of wealth and corruption Sunday as he celebrated a huge open-air Mass for more than 300,000 peo…

ECATEPEC, Mexico (AP) — Pope Francis urged Mexicans to shun the devil and resist the temptations of wealth and corruption Sunday as he celebrated a huge open-air Mass for more than 300,000 peo…

When an Egyptian security officer shot an activist to death during a peaceful march in central Cairo last year, photos and video of the incident stirred international outrage.

If you are asking the musical question, “Where’s the 'Love' at Mirage?": The Cirque-Beatles production is dark for upgrades to the show, which eventually will coincide with its ...

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The 58th annual Grammy Awards take place Monday night, and even if the musicians don't win, they each still get to take home a gift bag filled with lavish items worth about $22,000.

Organized by Distinctive Assets, the same company that puts together the extravagant Oscar "swag bag," this year's bag includes a $199 box of chocolates and a $5,500 ultherapy treatment, which uses ultrasound energy to tighten skin.

The company has hosted the Grammy Gift... Читать дальше...

Five men, who Swedish media reported were the members and manager of the rock band Viola Beach, were killed when their car crashed in Sweden

He went with the moment, and we love him for that.

Poojan Kumar

The classic Valley success story goes something like this: a geeky kid falls in love with computers at a very early age, learns to code, invents something cool in college, and drops out to do a startup. 

That's about the exact opposite of how Poojan Kumar came to be CEO of a hot storage startup called PernixData, which has raised $62 million in VC funding, including backing from famous angels like Marc Benioff, the billionaire CEO of Salesforce.

In the three years since it's been out of stealth... Читать дальше...

(CNN) — There will be no autopsy performed on Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia, a source familiar with the case confirmed to CNN. The decision for no autopsy was made both by the family and the Texas Justice of the Peace, the source said.

The university set up private corporations to build the projects that shielded the contracts from public scrutiny. University officials said the public-private arrangements are legal and help make it easier to solicit donations. "Typically, that involves bidding things out," said Poliakoff, who is with the American Council of Trustees and Alumni, which promotes accountability at colleges and universities. The National Association of College and University Business Officers encourages schools to... Читать дальше...

MIDDLETOWN, Calif. (AP) — A real estate agent waits to rebuild her home on the same lot she fled in September, mourning the animals she couldn't save and the family heirlooms she left behind a…

MIDDLETOWN, Calif. (AP) — A real estate agent waits to rebuild her home on the same lot she fled in September, mourning the animals she couldn't save and the family heirlooms she left behind a…

(AP) — A real estate agent waits to rebuild her home on the same lot she fled in September, mourning the animals she couldn't save and the family heirlooms she left behind as one of the most devastating wildfires to hit California wiped out her rural subdivision. Five months after the Valley Fire killed four and wiped out 1,300 homes in Lake County, many residents face personal and logistical hurdles that put full recovery years away, if ever, for some. The county of 64,000 people is renowned for its remote beauty... Читать дальше...

Online marketplace Snapdeal has closed a $200-million financing round, a majority of which is in the form of a secondary transaction, valuing the e-commerce firm at $6.5 billion.

Online marketplace Snapdeal has closed a $200-million financing round, a majority of which is in the form of a secondary transaction, valuing the e-commerce firm at $6.5 billion.

Online marketplace Snapdeal has closed a $200-million financing round, a majority of which is in the form of a secondary transaction, valuing the e-commerce firm at $6.5 billion.

Online marketplace Snapdeal has closed a $200-million financing round, a majority of which is in the form of a secondary transaction, valuing the e-commerce firm at $6.5 billion.