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ATLANTA (AP) — Television and film producer Tyler Perry is offering to pay for the funeral expenses for twin toddlers who died after being left in a hot car in west Georgia.

ATLANTA (AP) — Television and film producer Tyler Perry is offering to pay for the funeral expenses for twin toddlers who died after being left in a hot car in west Georgia.

ATLANTA (AP) — Television and film producer Tyler Perry is offering to pay for the funeral expenses for twin toddlers who died after being left in a hot car in west Georgia.

Figuring out how to make fire was no doubt an evolutionary boon to our ancestors. But it may have led to our smoking habit and the emergence of tuberculosis.

NEW YORK (ANP) - De aandelenbeurzen in New York zijn dinsdag met kleine winsten aan de handelsdag begonnen. Daarmee liggen de graadmeters op koers voor nieuwe records, na de toppen die in de afgelopen weken al werden bereikt. Beleggers verwerken nog enkele kwartaalrapportages van bedrijven en tegenvallende cijfers over de Amerikaanse arbeidsproductiviteit.

It's not a great idea to leave them on for years afterwards.

New hospital would bring "a 1960s relic" into the new century, says AMA chief

KEOKUK, Iowa (AP) — Authorities say a body has been found in a stolen vehicle pulled from the Des Moines River west of Keokuk in Lee County.

North Wales Police sources say the helicopter belonged to the Royal Air Force.

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The most heated fight at the Rio Olympics lasted just a minute and four seconds. It was a battle between good and evil, the fair and unfair, the clean and the cheaters, with a hint of a Cold War twist.

ORLANDO, Fla. — A woman trying to take a picture of a dolphin at SeaWorld in Florida with an iPad apparently got a bit too close because it snatched the device right out of her hands. Video shot by another parkgoer shows the dolphin reaching over the side of the viewing tank at SeaWorld Orlando,

Caleb Schwab died at a Kansas water park on Sunday and witness accounts say he looked to have been decapitated.

The Bank of England’s bigger-than-expected policy-easing move last week adds pressure to the ECB to take further stimulating action, economists say.

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WASHINGTON, Aug. 9 (UPI) -- The Department of Justice has ordered about 1,000 of its attorneys to undergo additional ethics training following a Texas judge's ruling that he was misled.

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The small but mighty aluminum bass boat

There was a day when aluminum boats were thought to be ideal only for the budget-conscious angler—the weekend warrior, the high school or college angler, or maybe the semi-serious regional competitor still working the 9 to 5. But there was no way a tin boat could compete with the big boys on a national level.

Well, thanks to John Cox, who won the Forrest Wood Cup (FLW’s championship event) in a Crestliner aluminum boat on Sunday... Читать дальше...

The “Iron Lady of Manipur” had been on a hunger strike since 2000 to protest against the Armed Forces Special Powers Act (AFSPA).

The Constitutional Court of Zambia has ordered President Edgar Lungu to instruct all ministers and their deputies to vacate their posts immediately.

Critics say the network outage is "unacceptable" and point to disruptions in other major airlines, caused by computers that are possibly decades old

Three bears may once have tolerated a blonde little girl rummaging through their home, temperature-tasting porridge and falling asleep, but there is nothing charming in discovering the reverse. A California mother is the target of death threats these days after she killed a bear for repeatedly breaking into her home. The animal was hanging out in her garage last month. It came through a bathroom window later that night. Armed with a permit to kill the animal issued by a game warden, a family friend... Читать дальше...

The Economic Freedom Fighters has called on all local companies and state departments to review salaries and make sure women have pay parity.

A professional rugby union player is cleared of raping a woman four times in the space of an hour