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Lumber Liquidators Holdings’s stock plunged on Tuesday, after Whitney Tilson said he re-shorted the stock, citing increased risk of bankruptcy.

The Utah branch of Planned Parenthood asked a federal appeals court on Tuesday to stop the governor from cutting off funding to the organization, arguing the move was unconstitutional political retribution ...

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At first glance, the Mediterranean port of Latakia doesn't look like a city at war. Its streets are jammed with traffic, stylish women chat under palm trees, and idyllic orange groves stretch for miles.

But the signs become apparent on closer inspection: a man in camouflage shopping with a Kalashnikov slung on his shoulder, the occasional military checkpoint, and rows of unfinished cottages and apartment buildings whose construction was interrupted by Syria's 5-year-old civil war. Читать дальше...

China's “whack-a-mole” property market is making a comeback – but it seems the central government isn’t reaching for the hammer just yet.

At a press conference earlier today, prosecutors said that the actions of Oregon State Police in the shooting of Robert "LaVoy" Finicum were justified under the circumstances.

With plays like “Thom Pain (Based on Nothing),” “Tragedy: a Tragedy” and “Middletown,” Eno has become America’s leading practitioner of comedies that probe the surreal within what passes for normalcy. Loretta Greco directs Eno’s 2014 Broadway hit, now in previews at American Conservatory Theater’s Geary Theater, about very ordinary small-town neighbor couples with a shared surname and some highly unusual traits. Rebecca Watson and Allison Jean White are the women married to men who suffer a similar affliction... Читать дальше...

Friday dressing may have a new meaning for government employees - wearing khadi to work.

Friday dressing may have a new meaning for government employees - wearing khadi to work.

1,128 weapons and accessories were recorded as "losses" in public accounts last year, but the Canadian military doesn't track where they all went.

Blue Buffalo Pet Products Inc. shares rallied in the extended session Tuesday after the natural pet-food company topped Wall Street estimates for the quarter and provided a positive outlook. Blue Buffalo shares surged 9.1% to $20.25 after hours. The company reported adjusted fourth-quarter earnings of 16 cents a share on revenue of $265 million. Analysts surveyed by FactSet had forecast 14 cents a share on revenue of $259.8 million. Blue Buffalo said it expects adjusted earnings for 2016 of 72... Читать дальше...

The image of an iconic Canadian woman will appear on the next issue of bank notes, Prime Minister Trudeau announced today.

The National Weather Service will conduct a SKYWARN severe weather spotter training Monday, March 28 at Bible Evangelical Free Church, 625 W Veterans St, Tomah, starting at 6:30 p.m.

Drug spending increased by 12.6 percent in 2014, and will average a projected 7.3 percent annually through 2018.

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"We get what we deserve." Actor Kevin Spacey, better known these days as President Francis J. Underwood, giving his thoughts on the state of the 2016 presidential election.

Could Jodie Sweetin be the one to beat this season of Dancing With the Stars? The Fuller House star finally said yes to joining the ABC reality competition series after turning it down in the past...

Local concertgoers whose memory extends all the way back to the early 1990s are not likely to forget when a pint-size violin prodigy named Sarah Chang burst onto the local scene with a phenomenal appearance with the California Symphony. In the intervening decades, Chang has left behind the prodigy label while maintaining an active career as a recitalist and orchestral soloist. Together with pianist Julio Elizalde, she’ll perform music by Bartók, Brahms, Franck and Ravel.

War games, talk of ‘beheading mission’ fan Koreas tension [...] Pyongyang, already feeling the squeeze of new sanctions over its recent nuclear test and rocket launch, is taking a plethora of “beheading mission” reports from the South Korean media very seriously. With the leader out of the way, the thinking goes, it’s a lot easier to take the rest of the enemy’s forces down — or at least keep them from maintaining a coordinated and sustained offensive. The U.S. has used such strikes, often employing drones... Читать дальше...

HARTFORD, Conn. (AP) — 50 Cent says the stacks of cash that drew questions from a bankruptcy court judge aren't real.

HARTFORD, Connecticut - 50 Cent says the stacks of cash that drew questions from a bankruptcy court judge aren't real.

HARTFORD, Conn. (AP) — 50 Cent says the stacks of cash that drew questions from a bankruptcy court judge aren't real.

Amnesty International is asking Latin American and Caribbean governments to decriminalize abortion and stop forcibly sterilizing women with HIV.  

CNBC's John Harwood reports on a tweet Mitt Romney posted exposing Donald Trump's profanity.

'The exact way they will do it: you will discover it,' the minister said, adding that it’s 'not a coincidence' that the Environment Minister will be at the White House