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In just three years at the helm, Army coach Jeff Monken likely has exceeded his own expectations.

A Coon Valley man killed the family's dog with a hammer Tuesday in front of his children, according to court records.

The “Star Wars” star’s tell-all has no estimated ship date, but the online retailer is still accepting orders for the book and says it will deliver once it becomes available. Watch Carrie Fisher's Brilliant Last TV Appearance on British Panel Show (Video) “The Princess Diarist,” released Nov. 22, is Fisher’s memoir based on diaries she kept while filming Star Wars Episode IV:

No hay duda que Kim Kardashian es la reina de los selfies, hasta sacó un libro dedicado a ellos, y un recién listado de Google certificó que su 'nude selfie' frente al espejo con barras que protegieron sus partes íntimas fue el más buscados. Entérate quién más hizo el Top 10.  

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By Renita D. Young and Timothy Mclaughlin

CHICAGO (Reuters) - Chicago will complete the rollout of body-worn cameras for its police officers a year earlier than planned to increase transparency and rebuild trust in a department currently under a federal civil rights investigation, the mayor said on Wednesday.

The new timeline has all officers wearing the cameras by the end of 2017, Mayor Rahm Emanuel said.

Emanuel has worked to overhaul the police force... Читать дальше...

NEW YORK — Police have arrested a suspect in the random stabbing of a tourist in New York City earlier this month.

According to Shaqtin' A Fool producer Mike Goldfarb, a "consensus top-5 player" requested that he be kept off the Inside the NBA segment on TNT.

The cull has been branded 'unnecessarily cruel and useless'.

"These faults seem to synchronize. Once one goes, they all go."

A triple earthquake swarm along the California-Nevada border is far from over shaking the West, with dozens of strong aftershocks continuing, in a pattern unlike other regions of the world.

"You need to be able to withstand not only one earthquake and its aftershocks, but potentially multiple earthquakes and their aftershocks," said seismologist Graham Kent.

Brazil is on track to post a record trade surplus this year, but this time it will be because the country’s prolonged recession has slammed imports, instead of being based on burgeoning commodities exports as in the past, analysts say.

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Legalization of medical marijuana is not linked with increased traffic fatalities, a new study finds.

In some states, in fact, the number of people killed in traffic accidents dropped after medical marijuana laws were enacted.

“Instead of seeing an increase in fatalities, we saw a reduction, which was totally unexpected,” said Julian Santaella-Tenorio, the study’s lead author and a doctoral student at Columbia University’s Mailman School of Public Health in New York City. Читать дальше...

The New York Times' Nicholas Kristoff joins Craig Melvin to discuss Secretary Kerry's Israel speech, and how The U.S.-Israel relationship has changed over the past 20 years.

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu condemned a speech by US Secretary of State John Kerry on the Israeli-Palestinian conflict today as biased against Israel and more focused on settlements than Palestinian violence.

Daniel Goodman

Business Insider is looking for a tech intern for its New York office.

Our tech section covers everything from the hottest startups to big tech personalities to Apple earnings. We need someone who is as enthusiastic about social media as s/he is about staying on top of the latest product launches and what people in the tech scene are buzzing about.

We want someone who is curious about how certain companies dominate our lives while others crumble into dust.

John Stamos and his girlfriend Caitlin McHugh link arms while heading out of a restaurant following dinner on Tuesday night (December 28) in West Hollywood, Calif. The couple dined at celeb hotspot Madeo. John took to his Instagram account that day to share love for his Scream Queens co-star Billie Lourd following the death of [...]

Around this time of year, you see a lot of lists -- best albums of the year, best albums coming in the year ahead, etc. At Billboard, we’...

According to an official of the West African Examinations Council (WAEC), among bind candidates, one of the most common examination malpractice was collusion.

The Syrian capital Damascus has been without water for five days. Authorities have accused “terrorist groups” of deliberately poisoning water resources and the government cut off water to Damascus on Friday after concerns that rebel groups west of the city had poisoned wells and pipes. While media in the West has blamed the Syrian government for disrupting the water supply, there is evidence that rebels are behind the crisis, with renewed video threats. RT’s Lizzie Phelan reports. Damascus continues... Читать дальше...

Veteran wide receiver Steve Smith announced what amounts to his intention to retire after Sunday’s Ravens game. But his former team — or at least part of it — would like him to eventually come home. Via Bill Voth of Black and Blue Review, Panthers coach Ron Rivera said he thought Smith could keep playing…

The Lithuanian parliament, the Seimas, has registered the amendments to the Law on Provision of Information to the Public, which prescribe the reduction of Russian TV programs at the country's broadcasting network.

Renowned actress Carrie Fisher’s ex-husband Paul Simon -- one half of Simon & Garfunkel -- took to Twitter early Wednesday morning to offer his condolences, writing, “"Yesterday was a horrible day. Carrie was a special, wonderful girl. It's too soon."