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Two Romanian nationals tried to hack into 123 computers used to run surveillance cameras at the Metropolitan Police Department in Washington, DC.

Millions of college students enroll in online courses every year. If you're considering an online degree program, ask yourself these five questions.

U.S. stocks closed higher on Thursday, as a broad rally helped power the Dow to a record-breaking number of all-time closing peaks in a single year. The Dow Jones Industrial Average closed up 60 points, or 0.2%, to 24,834. The blue-chip average logged its 71st record close of the year. That extends the Dow's record-setting streak; prior to 2017, the most closing records it had ever posted in a year was 69. The S&P 500 rose 5 points to 2,687, a gain of 0.2%. The Nasdaq Composite Index was up 11 points... Читать дальше...

Germanys long stretch without a government is set to continue.

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Iowa State coach Matt Campbell will move on to the final, to face, well, Paul Chryst, who won the previous two semifinals.

25.) “Spiderman 2” — The bottom of this list consists of Lee’s “blink and you’ll miss it cameos. During the first fight between Spidey and Doc Ock, Stan pulls a women out of harm’s way. 24.) “Spiderman” — Same here. Lee gets a freeze frame shot during one of the big fight scenes. This was before Stan Lee cameos became a major part of the Marvel moviegoing experience, so not that much thought was put into them. 23.) Iron Man 3 — You can catch Lee for a split second as a beauty pageant judge in this film. Читать дальше...

25.) “Spiderman 2” — The bottom of this list consists of Lee’s “blink and you’ll miss it cameos. During the first fight between Spidey and Doc Ock, Stan pulls a women out of harm’s way. 24.) “Spiderman” — Same here. Lee gets a freeze frame shot during one of the big fight scenes. This was before Stan Lee cameos became a major part of the Marvel moviegoing experience, so not that much thought was put into them. 23.) Iron Man 3 — You can catch Lee for a split second as a beauty pageant judge in this film. Читать дальше...

A Jon Camp story in the Wall Street Journal that ran on Christmas Day carried the thesis “that low unemployment has its downsides” because now “Maine can’t find enough snowplow drivers.”

Former Strikeforce champion Nate Marquardt is done with professional fighting.

Chinas newest island-building artifact furthers the expansion of the islands and reefs in the South China Sea.

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The major equity indexes closed higher on Thursday, with one last trading session to go for the year. 

Unless something catastrophic happens on Friday, the S&P 500 will make history by ending up in the green in each of the 12 months of a calendar year for the first time.

Here's the scoreboard: 

• Dow: 24,837.51, +63.21, (0.26%)
• S&P 500: 2,687.54, +4.92, (0.18%)
• Nasdaq: 6,950.16, +10.82, (0.16%)

1. Bitcoin plunged... Читать дальше...

LONDON – Scotland prop Simon Berghan dealt a blow to his country's hopes of beating Wales in their Six Nations opener on February 3 in Cardiff when he received a six-week suspension on Thursday.