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Cardiff City chairman Mehmet Dalman insists the club have not taken the cheap option after promoting Paul Trollope to first team boss.

Martin Smith
MESA, Ariz., May 18 (UPI) -- A pilot and his passenger are dead after a small plane crashed onto a road near Phoenix on Tuesday evening.

Martin Smith
MESA, Ariz., May 18 (UPI) -- A pilot and his passenger are dead after a small plane crashed onto a road near Phoenix on Tuesday evening.

Trevor Daley and Justin Schultz have given Pittsburgh's back end more puck-moving ability.

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At some point toward the end of every job interview, the hiring manager will likely turn the tables and ask, "Do you have any questions for me?"

This is the time to ask smart, thoughtful questions — perhaps your final opportunity to assess whether the job would be a good fit, and your final chance to impress the hiring manager.

Business Insider recently spoke with Becca Brown, the cofounder of Solemates, a brand of women's shoe care products, who knows a thing or two about interviewing. Читать дальше...

I am a Bernie Sanders supporter. Why should I vote for Hillary Clinton if she wins the nomination? originally appeared on Quora - the knowledge sharing network where compelling questions are answered by people with unique insights.

Answer by Hillary Clinton, Senator, Secretary of State, 2016 presidential candidate, on Quora:

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The list includes six George W. Bush appointees to federal appeals courts, along with five state Supreme Court judges.

Update: Nevermind. Zagoria: It's 'pretty likely' @IsaiahW_15 will pull out of the NBA Draft and return to Seton Hall, league source tells @SNYtv — Adam Zagoria (@AdamZagoria) May 18, 2016   Isaiah Whitehead entered the 2016 NBA draft without an agent. But it doesn’t appear he’ll return to Seton Hall. Adam Zagoria of SNY.tv: Isaiah […]

Presumptive Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump has released a list of 11 potential Supreme Court justices he plans to vet to fill the seat of late Justice Antonin Scalia.

Google it. Those two words are recognized worldwide as a way for any internet user to find an answer to nearly any question. But until now, it’s mostly been about typing into a search bar. Now, Google wants you to speak up and chat with your mobile phone and other devices within your home, all powered by its own technology. The Mountain View, California, company revealed two projects, Google Assistant and Google Home, at its annual developer conference, Google I/O, in San Francisco Wednesday.

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PITTSBURGH, May 18 (UPI) -- New software designed by engineers at Carnegie Mellon University is helping the Home Exploring Robot Butler, HERB, cut through the clutter to accomplish tasks.

If you are a lady, then you must have seen scores of guys who have made a fool of themselves while trying to psyche you; some even flop midway into the act and end up embarrassing themselves. The issue of men asking ladies out has always been in practice since the very beginning; men often […]

U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry held brief talks with Egypt’s President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi in Cairo on Wednesday, a day after the Egyptian leader proposed new efforts to try to end the Israeli-Palestinian conflict. Kerry had already been scheduled to meet with Sisi to discuss a series of meetings on the Libya and Syria conflicts that took place earlier this week in Vienna.

Dow industrials slip into negative territory after Fed minutes

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Australian engineers have taken us closer than ever before to the theoretical limits of sunlight-to-electricity conversion by building photovoltaic cells that can harvest an unheard-of 34.5 percent of the sun's energy without concentrators — setting a new world record.

The previous record of 24 percent was held by a large, 800-square centimeter solar cell produced by a US company, but these new photovoltaic cells aren't only more efficient, they also cover far less surface area... Читать дальше...

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JERSEY CITY, N.J. (AP) — Presumptive Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump has released a list of 11 potential Supreme Court justices he plans to vet to fill the seat of late Justice Antonin Scalia.

Red Hot Chili Peppers are back in a familiar region on Billboard chart: the top 10. The Rock and Roll Hall of Famers rank in the top 10 on all four...

When Browns cornerback Joe Haden had ankle surgery earlier this offseason, executive vice president of football operations Sashi Brown said it was “too early to tell” if he’d be healthy enough to play in the first week of the regular season. Haden met with the media for a press conference after the Browns wrapped up Wednesday’s…

Short-term Treasury yields spiked to their highest level in over two months Wednesday after the minutes from the Federal Reserve's April meeting showed most Fed policy makers were ready to lift interest rates in June if the economy improved. Short-term yields are most sensitive to changes in the fed-funds rate and tend to spike when rate-hike expectations increase. Treasury yields rise when prices fall and vice versa. After the release, the two-year Treasury yield gained 5.3 basis points to 0.876%... Читать дальше...

It's a question congressional investigators have long been seeking to answer: Could the military have reached the besieged diplomatic outpost in Benghazi, Libya, in time to prevent the killings of four Americans, including U.S. Ambassador Chris Stevens, the night of Sept. 11, 2012?