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NEW YORK — When we last saw Mark Hamill in the "Star Wars" saga, he was a mysterious hooded figure on a jagged, remote island off the coast of Ireland.

"For a cameo that brief, boy did they make me work," Hamill jokes.

But in "The Last Jedi," which Disney will release Dec. 15, Hamill plays a much larger role. "Star Wars" will buzz again — 34 years later — with its original hero. Luke Skywalker is back.

In a recent interview with The Associated Press... Читать дальше...

Gasoline futures keep rising as tropical storm Harvey hits supply

De Rode Duivels hebben Gibraltar platgewalst. Onze voetbalheren hadden absoluut geen kind aan het dwergland uit de Middellandse Zee, met een

De Rode Duivels hebben Gibraltar platgewalst. Onze voetbalheren hadden absoluut geen kind aan het dwergland uit de Middellandse Zee, met een

Port Arthur’s major roads were swamped by rising waters brought by Harvey, and there were few images showing the devastation that virtually cut off the East Texas city. So as the sun rose Thursday, that’s where Associated Press photographer Gerald Herbert took his plane first. “We heard Port Arthur got hit the worst,” Herbert said,

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Talk of a “Bondageddon” is back again.

Commentators have repeatedly invoked the fear that investors could suddenly flee the bond market, causing prices to collapse in their wake, ever since the Federal Reserve lowered short-term interest rates to near zero and began its bond buying programs back in 2008. Former Federal Reserve Chairman Alan Greenspan provided an example of the genre when he warned in a recent TV interview that bond yields are unsustainably low and that the market is in a bubble. Читать дальше...

THREE people are in hospital after their car rolled in a single-vehicle crash at Railton, in the state’s North overnight.

DETROIT — Lawyers who successfully sued to stop the deportation of 1,400 people to Iraq complained Thursday that federal agents are harassing some in U.S. custody by urging them to give up the fight or face more than a year in detention while their cases slowly move through the immigration system. The American Civil Liberties

Cavaliers owner Dan Gilbert vowed Thursday to "never" move his NBA team from Cleveland.

SportsPulse: USA TODAY's NFL reporters predict division winners, wild card, MVPs and who's going to be holding the Lombardi trophy in February.

WikiLeaks has dismissed claims its servers were hacked Thursday by the OurMine hacking group, following online suggestions that the whistleblowers’ homepage had been defaced with the words ‘Hacked by #OurMine.’
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“All I could see was like that commercial where this woman was running in a field.”

Tenet Healthcare Corp. said late Thursday Chairman and Chief Executive Trevor Fetter will step down from his roles on March 15, 2018, or when a successor is appointed. Independent lead director Ronald A. Rittenmeyer will become executive chairman, effective immediately, and the board has hired Russell Reynolds Associates to conduct a search for a new CEO. Tenet also said it has started to "refresh the composition of its board," with an eye for ensuring that the board "has the best mix of skills... Читать дальше...

After the investigation was completed, Manendo tendered his resignation ...

Don't assume that all is swell between DL Marcell Dareus and the Buffalo Bills. Although new head coach Sean McDermott said he and Dareus were on the same page following his latest incident, there's a feeling from some inside the…

Don't assume that all is swell between DL Marcell Dareus and the Buffalo Bills. Although new head coach Sean McDermott said he and Dareus were on the same page following his latest incident, there's a feeling from some inside the…

Don't assume that all is swell between DL Marcell Dareus and the Buffalo Bills. Although new head coach Sean McDermott said he and Dareus were on the same page following his latest incident, there's a feeling from some inside the…

Don't assume that all is swell between DL Marcell Dareus and the Buffalo Bills. Although new head coach Sean McDermott said he and Dareus were on the same page following his latest incident, there's a feeling from some inside the…