Consumers pulled their wallets out of winter hibernation in April, increasing their spending at the fastest pace in nearly seven years in a sign that the economy is growing solidly again this spring.
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Brooks Hays
ULSAN, South Korea, May 31 (UPI) -- Researchers in South Korea have turned a bathroom into a laboratory for sustainable energy. They're turning human waste into biofuel.
"Game of Thrones" star Emilia Clarke is looking beyond riding her dragons on the HBO hit to...
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"Game of Thrones" star Emilia Clarke is looking beyond riding her dragons on the HBO hit to slaying spies as the first female version of James Bond.
"I have a lot of unrealized dreams," Clarke recently told UK newspaper Daily Star. "I would love to play Jane Bond."
And as for the British actress' main Bond guy?
"My ultimate leading man would be Leonardo DiCaprio. No doubt about it," she said.
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RCMP have laid terror charges against Ayanle Hassan Ali, who is already facing nine charges in connection with a stabbing at a Toronto military recruitment centre in March.
RCMP have laid a terror charge against Ayanle Hassan Ali, who is already facing nine charges in connection with a stabbing at a Toronto military recruitment centre in March.
WASHINGTON (AP) — Carolina Panthers quarterback Cam Newton has scored big for his new Nickelodeon series that launches Friday.
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CHICAGO, May 31 (UPI) -- Chicago police and Animal Control officers responded to a downtown Chicago parking garage to rescue a deer hiding behind cars.
Danish politicians are debating whether to cut off the Queen's grandchildren's yearly allowance once they come of age, according to a media report.
NATO's former Deputy Supreme Allied Commander, General Sir Richard Shirreff's new book, "2017: War With Russia," is a work of fiction. But its subject -- a clash between NATO and Russia as early as next year -- is not completely fanciful.
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Salma Hayek married billionaire Francois-Henri Pinault in 2009, and since then she has a learned a lot about marriage, motherhood and balancing the ever-tough act of family and...
LONDON (AP) — About 45.8 million people around the world are trapped in modern slavery, a charity said Tuesday — almost a third more than it estimated two years ago.
LONDON (AP) — About 45.8 million people around the world are trapped in modern slavery, a charity said Tuesday — almost a third more than it estimated two years ago.
LONDON (AP) — About 45.8 million people around the world are trapped in modern slavery, a charity said Tuesday — almost a third more than it estimated two years ago.
In an open letter tweeted Tuesday, Brown writes that Clinton has the best shot at stopping Republican Donald Trump, whose candidacy he calls "dangerous." The governor says that while he's impressed with how well Bernie Sanders has done, he believes a Clinton candidacy is the only path forward for Democrats to win the presidency.
It was obviously right to take firm, decisive action to save this four-year-old child's life
Brisk consumer spending propelled growth in India’s economy to 7.6% in the year that ended March 31, the fastest pace in at least four years despite indications that some areas of Asia’s third-largest economy are still struggling.
SHENZHEN, China (AP) — With its anonymous sprawl of skyscrapers and factories linked by busy highways, the southern Chinese manufacturing megacity of Shenzhen might not appear at first to be the best place to do some sightseeing during a business…
SHENZHEN, China (AP) — With its anonymous sprawl of skyscrapers and factories linked by busy highways, the southern Chinese manufacturing megacity of Shenzhen might not appear at first to be the best place to do some sightseeing during a business trip. [...] that makes any effort to discover local attractions more rewarding than prowling the cliched and overpriced nightspots of neighboring Hong Kong or jostling with the crowds at the shopping malls and historical sites of Beijing and Shanghai. ... Читать дальше...
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On the eve of June 1, Kevin Durant and the Oklahoma City Thunder could feasibly be in their final month together.
ALMELO - Twee auto's zijn op de kruising van de Sluitersveldsingel en de Van Rechteren Limpurgsingel op elkaar gebotst. Op het eerste oog zijn er geen gewonden. In één van de auto's zat een baby.
Iraqi forces battling their way into Fallujah repelled a four-hour counterattack by the Islamic State group on Tuesday, a day after entering the southern part of the militant-held city with the help of U.S.-led airstrikes.
The town council of Mojácar, on Spain's southern Almeria coast has introduced new bylaws that prohibit people from conducting “unseemly behaviour”, including shenanigans largely associated with stag and hen parties.
It's not just fake accounts on Twitter that are susceptible to being hacked and spammed, cybercriminals are now targeting real Twitter users to direct people to pornographic sites in the latest money-making social media scam.
PORTLAND, Maine (AP) — The trial of a Portland man charged with killing a man and fleeing to Minnesota has been pushed back.
