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BURBANK, Calif. (AP) _ The Walt Disney Co. (DIS) on Tuesday reported fiscal third-quarter net income of $2.6 billion.

BURBANK, Calif. (AP) _ The Walt Disney Co. (DIS) on Tuesday reported fiscal third-quarter net income of $2.6 billion.

Shares of The Container Store fell 2.5% after hours Tuesday after the company missed first-quarter revenue expectations. It reported a net loss of $2.06 million, or 4 cents per share, compared to a loss of $5.8 million, or 12 cents per share, in the year-earlier period. This quarter's net loss includes a 5 cent "benefit from new employment arrangements." The FactSet consensus was for a loss of 9 cents. It reported sales of $177.4 million, up from $169.9 million in the year-earlier period, but below the FactSet consensus of $185 million. Читать дальше...

“There is no shame in gaining weight during pregnancy (or ever).”

This is Anne Hathaway. She is really good at her job, 'cause, you know, she's won an Oscar.

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And in case you've been too busy watching all of her amazing films, please do me a favor and take a look at her Instagram, which is full of magic. For example:

"#tbt to that time I used all the makeup."

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The North Carolina man fatally shot by a neighborhood watchman while leaving a house party had moved from New York as a young child.

DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) _ The winning numbers in Tuesday afternoon's drawing of the Iowa Lottery's "Pick 4 Midday" game were:

DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) _ The winning numbers in Tuesday afternoon's drawing of the Iowa Lottery's "Pick 3 Midday" game were:

Facebook will use technology to circumvent ad-blocking software and force advertising to appear to users of its desktop website. Photo: Zuma Press

PHILADELPHIA — W. Carter Merbreier, who helmed the beloved local children’s TV show “Captain Noah and his Magical Ark,” died Tuesday after a short illness. He was 90. He died at his home in Audubon, in suburban Philadelphia, said his former station, WPVI-TV. The station has “lost a dear friend and TV legend,” WPVI general

(ATTN: COMBINES this article with one slugged Saenuri Party-leadership election; UPDATES with details throughout; CHANGES photo) SEOUL, Aug. 9 (Yonhap) -- The ruling Saenuri Party on Tuesday elected Rep. Lee Jung-hyun as its new leader, marking the fi

Shanon Biles said that her father was insensitive when he brought up her troubled past during an interview with NBC.

Since the Saudi-led coalition launched air strikes against the Houthis, the war has claimed 9,000 lives, displaced about 2.4 million people and pushed the Arab world’s already impoverished country to the verge of famine. The bombing of the factory — located in western Sanaa — is one of series of air strikes that rocked the capital and at least five other provinces, presumably on suspected rebel positions such as barracks housing Houthis and their allies, ousted President Ali Abdullah Saleh’s forces. Читать дальше...

Shares of Fossil Group Inc. climbed more than 9% in after-hours trade Tuesday following the company's stronger-than-expected quarterly earnings report. The watch designer reported net income of $6 million, or 12 cents a share, in the second quarter, compared with $54.6 million, or $1.12 a share, in the year-earlier period. Analysts polled by FactSet on average expected EPS of 9 cents. Revenue for the three-month period fell to $685.4 million from $740 million a year ago, but beat the consensus estimate of $672 million. Читать дальше...

MEXICO CITY — Three employees of a polling company were rescued Tuesday from a mob in southern Mexico that beat them bloody after apparently mistaking them for thieves. Inhabitants of the town of Centla, in the Gulf coast state of Tabasco, attacked five employees of the SIMO Consulting firm, including two women and three men.

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Google is finishing what Steve Jobs started six years ago.

It will "de-emphasize" Adobe Flash in its Chrome browser, the company announced on Tuesday. By December, Adobe Flash will no longer be turned on by default in Chrome, which is used by 50% of people on desktop, according to estimates.

In fact, Google Chrome will block most instances of Adobe Flash by September.

Instead, Chrome will use by default HTML5, a more modern standard that can save battery life on laptops. Читать дальше...

Work on Nebraska 2 will shut down the 14th Street intersection for three nights beginning Tuesday (Aug. 9) at 7 p.m.

SPARTANBURG, S.C. — Ron Rivera can’t imagine the Carolina Panthers without fullback like Mike Tolbert on the roster. The 5-foot-9, 250-pound Tolbert does a little of everything for the NFC champions — blocks, catches passes, carries the ball and even contributes on special teams. So it’s hard for Rivera to fathom how nearly one-third of

Unless you’re a literalist of the most dogged kind, you can see the dramatic possibilities of “Fidelio” in a modern totalitarian state or the comic virtues of “The Mikado” set in Renaissance Italy. [...] the performance Monday, Aug. 8, at Oakland’s Holy Names University, a co-production by Festival Opera and the Oakland Symphony, had the necessary virtue of treating Mozart’s music with a full measure of respect and virtuosity under the leadership of conductor Michael Morgan. The piece is the handiwork of director Josh Shaw... Читать дальше...

She may be the royal granddaughter of Queen Elizabeth II and eighth in line to the throne, but Princess Eugenie of York still watches How To Get Away With Murder just like the rest...

Standard & Poor's has identified four states considered most susceptible to significant fiscal stress in a recession.

He's never been afraid to tap the current musical zeitgeist — and has reached new listeners each time. Ron Carter, Lionel Loueke, Flying Lotus and others share tracks by their friend.

Alexa Moreno is a gymnast who competed in the qualifying rounds for Mexico during the 2016 Rio Olympics, whose body is capable of seriously amazing things, yet Twitter trolls still managed to find reasons to shame her. 

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Superheroes are supposed to save us.

But they seem to tear into their cities more and more, especially in the movies. Whatever happened to that Spider-Man aphorism, "With great power comes great responsibility?"

Of course, epic battles mean there will be epic destruction. Marvel Comics went meta with its series "Damage Control," which focuses on a company that cleans up the property damage caused by super-fights.

The latest comic-book movie, "Suicide Squad,"... Читать дальше...

Imran Rabbani has pledged to a federal judge he intends to switch from espousing extremism to making pizzas.