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The American rugby squad was mostly made up of football players and was a big underdog against the French. But the Americans took gold in 1924, and have been the reigning Olympic champions ever since.

The Humane Society of the United States is asking the Federal Trade Commission to bring action against 17 retailers who they allege sold real fur merchandise but advertised it as faux fur. The retailers include Amazon.com Inc. , Kohl's Corp. , Nordstrom Inc. , Ross Stores and Neiman Marcus.The items included 37 styles of apparel and accessories that the Humane Society said included fur from racoon dogs, a member of the dog family, rabbits and coyotes. The violations occurred between December 2011 and December 2015. Читать дальше...

There are contract negotiations that turn ugly. Arizona’s with Carson Palmer didn’t last long enough to be anything but pleasant. The Cardinals quarterback said he was eager to sign last week’s extension offer, which added a year to his current deal and carries him through 2018. “I didn’t hesitate,” Palmer said, via Kyle Odegard of…

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GRAND RAPIDS, Mich., Aug. 9 (UPI) -- A visitor to a Michigan zoo captured video of curious otters "mimicking" her young son as he moved around next to the glass.

The latest Republicans to endorse Hillary Clinton are former U.S. Environmental Protection Agency bosses Bill Ruckelshaus and William Reilly, directors of the EPA under GOP Presidents Richard Nixon, Ronald Reagan and George H.W. Bush.

LANSING, Mich. (AP) -- Carl Wise hit a walk-off single with two outs in the 13th inning, as the Lansing Lugnuts defeated the Fort Wayne TinCaps 4-3 on Tuesday. The Lugnuts swept the four-game series with the win.

LANSING, Mich. (AP) -- Carl Wise hit a walk-off single with two outs in the 13th inning, as the Lansing Lugnuts defeated the Fort Wayne TinCaps 4-3 on Tuesday. The Lugnuts swept the four-game series with the win.

ANDERSON, Ind. — Rob Chudzinski is keeping the Indianapolis Colts’ new-look offense top secret. Andrew Luck is helping out. As the final week of training camp began at Anderson University on Tuesday, both are revealing little about what to expect. The cancellation of Sunday’s preseason opener against Green Bay delayed the fans’ first chance to

Lazy people often get a bad rap in our modern world. They sit around too much and never get anything done. They don’t like work. You know the type. But a new study from Florida Gulf Coast University may challenge everything you think you know about lazy people. According to their study, lazy people have the highest intelligence.

President Recep Tayyip Erdogan has pressed the United States to extradite the man he says was behind the failed insurrection and has sought more funds and visa-free travel from the European Union, but it’s unclear what leverage improved ties with Russia could give him. After their talks in St. Petersburg’s ornate Konstantin Palace, both leaders emphasized their shared desire to rebuild ties, but it remained unclear if they could reach common ground on the Syrian crisis. While Moscow has backed... Читать дальше...

Donald Trump says '2nd Amendment people' can prevent Hillary Clinton from choosing judges Aug. 9, 2016, 2:17 p.m. Donald Trump's 2nd Amendment comments have critics saying he was suggesting Hillary Clinton could get shot.Donald Trump: maybe "2nd Amendment people" can stop Hillary Clinton from picking...

An Uttarakhand-based businessman was duped of Rs 12 lakh on the pretext of buying a plot in Gurgaon. A man and woman have been booked for allegedly selling him the plot, which was not theirs.

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In Carlos Slim's perfect world, Wednesday would be the new Friday.

The Mexican billionaire said in a recent interview with Bloomberg that three-day work weeks could — and should — be the future of labor.

Slim's vision for the ideal employee career path involves shorter hours but longer tenure. Instead of asking people to work 40-50 hours a week until they're 65, they could work fewer than 30 hours a week until they're 75.

"I think the companies that can... Читать дальше...

An unarmed man fatally shot by a Los Angeles County sheriff’s deputy was mistakenly thought to be a suspect in an armed carjacking.

ANDERSON, Ind. (AP) — Rob Chudzinski is keeping the Indianapolis Colts' new-look offense top secret.

ANDERSON, Ind. (AP) — Rob Chudzinski is keeping the Indianapolis Colts' new-look offense top secret.

WASHINGTON (AP) — Bryce Harper is out of the Washington Nationals' lineup for the second consecutive game because of a stiff neck.

WASHINGTON (AP) — Bryce Harper is out of the Washington Nationals' lineup for the second consecutive game because of a stiff neck.

MOSCOW — About 1,000 Russian opposition supporters rallied in Moscow Tuesday to protest a controversial new legislation that offers new sweeping powers to security agencies. The set of counter-terrorism amendments initiated by the hawkish lawmaker Irina Yarovaya has sparked outrage among rights activists. Among other things, it introduces prison sentences for failure to report a

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The cry for gun control is loud, but little progress has been made to change current policy.

In 2016 alone, there have already been nearly 8,500 gun-related deaths.

Daniel Radcliffe's suggestion for how to change people's views on gun crimes? Call it a "form of terrorism."

The actor spoke with Business Insider in an exclusive interview before the TimesTalks event to promote his latest film "Imperium," which is based on a true story of an FBI agent's undercover... Читать дальше...

Facebook is going to start forcing ads to appear for all users of its desktop website, even if they use ad-blocking software.

Facebook is going to start forcing ads to appear for all users of its desktop website, even if they use ad-blocking software.

Featured player Jon Rudnitsky will also bow out before next year, so today, let’s say “Thanks for all the laughs” with a supercut of our favorite impersonations from six seasons of Killam and Pharoah, plus one season of Rudnitsky.