As part of the ongoing effort to clean up Japan’s crippled Fukushima nuclear power plant, Toshiba Inc. has co-developed a scorpion-like robot that officials hope can help determine the condition of melted fuel in the plant’s Unit 2 reactor.
WASHINGTON (AP) — Two years after revelations about U.S. spying frayed ties between their countries, President Barack Obama and visiting Brazilian President Dilma Rousseff publicly closed that chapter Tuesday, declaring that the relationship between the U.S. and Brazil is on an upward swing. Rousseff canceled a 2013 visit to Washington in the wake of National Security Agency leaker Edward Snowden's disclosures that the U.S. had intercepted her emails and phone calls, and U.S. leaders have been working to repair the damage ever since. Читать дальше...
Veteran comedy writer from Wayzata sponsors contest to find undiscovered talent.
Berrios will take the roster spot vacated in Rochester when Ervin Santana is promoted to the Twins.
25 British victims now confirmed killed in the attack as it is revealed gunman trained with fellow terrorists in Libya
The airline celebrates its second anniversary with 33 aircraft, but analysts say there is a risk of brand confusion among customers
We've all pretended to be a fighter pilot while driving at least once.
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Kyle Hill had never seen his father cry before. That changed in 2011 when his grandmother's caregiver stole her jewelry and abandoned her for 16 hours -- Hill's father was forced to resign from his job and temporarily move to fix the situation.
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Rafique Tayari is wanted by Tunisian authorities but his family tell the Telegraph he is seeking a better life in Europe and is not a terrorist
Rafique Tayari is wanted by Tunisian authorities but his family tell the Telegraph he is seeking a better life in Europe and is not a terrorist
Ben Affleck and Jennifer Garner are getting a divorce after 10 years of marriage. “After much thought and careful consideration, we have made the difficult decision to divorce. We go forward with love and friendship for one another and a commitment to co-parenting our children whose privacy we ask to be respected during this difficult [...]
Iraqi crude production climbed to a record this month, helping send OPEC output to the highest level since August 2012.
MOSCOW - Talks on Russian gas supplies to Ukraine have failed to reach an agreement on future supplies.
When Upper East Side teenager and aspiring singer-songwriter Caroline Gorman released a four-song EP in the spring of her senior year of high school, it received rave reviews from one of the world's most powerful people: her dad.
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LOS ANGELES, June 30 (UPI) -- Julia Roberts, Nicole Kidman and Chiwetel Ejiofor pursue a killer 13 years after the murder in a first trailer for "The Secret in Their Eyes" remake.
It's easy to get overwhelmed by the English and their social tea traditions. What time are they each at, anyways? But don't fret. The Salt is here to offer guidance.
Hello Tomah. As I do each month, I will take a few moments to recap what has been going on around town. First though, I would like to talk on a subject that many of us really do not understand…
LIVINGSTON, N.J. — In the late 1970s, Chris Christie played catcher for the Lancers baseball team here at Livingston High School. He was also elected class president three times. On Tuesday, Christie returned to his alma mater’s gymnasium to announce his long-shot bid for the Republican presidential nomination with a speech that fused his trademark pugnacity with a pragmatic pitch.Read full article >>
The Girl Scouts of Western Washington returned $100,000 to a donor who asked that the gift "not be used to support transgender girls," the group said.
Republican senators met behind closed doors for five hours and emerged with proposals they said they'd run by their GOP colleagues in the Assembly on three outstanding issues that have held up movement on the budget for more than a month. [...] Republicans have not been able to agree on three large issues — road funding, the prevailing wage and the $500 million financing plan for a new Milwaukee Bucks stadium. Assembly Republicans unveiled a plan Monday to scale back the prevailing wage, which... Читать дальше...
NEW YORK - Miss USA has lost its all of its co-hosts.
A long-standing right bone bruise will keep the Houston Dynamo midfielder out of the upcoming Gold Cup.
LOUISVILLE, Kentucky - Trainer Steve Asmussen is being sued by the U.S. Labor Department, which alleges his stable didn't pay overtime since at least 2012 to grooms and hot walkers who worked more than 40 hours in a week.
