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Most Americans thought little of President Harry Truman when he ascended to the White House in April 1945. Six months later, they thought even less, as the nation’s economy slowed at the end of World War II and the nation woke up to the dangers of the Cold War. To encourage the new president, and remind him of the awesome responsibility for the nation that rested atop his shoulders, an old friend sent Truman a sign made by federal prisoners in Oklahoma, emblazoned on the back with “I’m from MISSOURI,”... Читать дальше...

U.S. President Donald Trump’s family attends the opening ceremonies as protesters take to the streets outside

The CEO of Hootsuite — a Canadian social media management startup — responded to a Bloomberg reporter’s request for comment on Tuesday by directing him to a paid sex phone hotline.

UK Permanent Representative to the United Nations in New York Matthew Rycroft has drag attention to the atrocities of Daesh in Iraq, stressing that evidence of the group's crimes should be preserved.

The small business with inter galactic plans.

After finalising a drawn out saga with Channel Nine over her starting date at Fox Sports, Yvonne Sampson is once again caught in the crossfire of a media war with Triple M and Fox Sports over her services.

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At a show or party, you may find your phone sealed in one of Yondr’s pouches. Enjoy the freedom.

I try not to deal in rumours and I certainly hate reacting to unfounded media reports. However, one headline caught my eye this week with regards to Kieran Foran's management team allegedly approaching the Brisbane Broncos about a potential contract for the 2018 playing season. Please say it isn't so.

The former Reds striker has questioned Jurgen Klopp's transfer dealings and has urged the German to sign a "top striker" in the summer window

The appeal of its current leader, the peroxide blond Geert Wilders, seems a paradox even in the age of US President Donald Trump.

Srinivas Kuchibhotla, who immigrated to the U.S. from India in 2005, was killed.

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In a Dr. Phil interview that airs Wednesday, The Partridge Family alum, 66, says he was diagnosed with the disease more than two years ago, but it was foreshadowed years earlier when his mother, actress Evelyn Ward, died of Alzheimer's-related dementia in 2012 at age 89.

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If you were searching for a Hollywood star who was fit, strong and healthy, Bob Harper was your guy. Whether training contestants on The Biggest Loser, breaking a sweat to his fitness...

U.S. President Donald Trump signed an executive order on Tuesday aimed at boosting government support for the nation's historically black colleges. Trump, a Republican, has pledged to improve the lives of black Americans, who voted overwhelmingly in favor of his Democratic opponent, Hillary Clinton, in the 2016 presidential election. Trump's order will move the federal government's program for promoting historically black colleges and universities, known as HBCUs, back under direct oversight of the White House. Читать дальше...

Jamil McCraven in “Nocturama.”

For a company whose CEO, Prem Watsa, has built his reputation on contrarian bets, there’s a certain irony that the contrarian play today is to stay away from Fairfax shares

ROME — The Italian president granted partial clemency late Tuesday to an American ex-CIA agent on the eve of her expected extradition from Portugal to serve a prison sentence for her alleged role in the kidnapping of a Muslim cleric. The presidential palace said President Sergio Mattarella had shaved one year off Sabrina de Sousa’s

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Underlying much of what we do is an uncertainty, an anxiety, a fear, doubts, dissatisfaction …

And we react to these anxieties, dissatisfaction and uncertainty in so many unhelpful ways: We seek distraction, we eat unhealthy food, we procrastinate, we get caught in a cycle of anxiety and unhappiness, we lash out at others, we dwell in our loneliness, and then we get in denial about it all.

If we could learn to deal with the basic anxiety of life... Читать дальше...

McLaren-Honda will be sweating on Fernando Alonso’s future if he spends more of Wednesday's testing programme outside, rather than inside, their faulty car.

President Donald Trump’s pick to lead the U.S. intelligence community cited Russia as a top threat, telling lawmakers Tuesday it is accepted fact that Moscow tried to influence November’s presidential election. Former Indiana Senator Dan Coats told the Senate Intelligence Committee that Russia “seems to have stepped up their game” in its campaign to influence the American elections. He promised to support a thorough investigation of the Kremlin's role in the U.S. vote. “It is something that needs... Читать дальше...

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Salesforce had a full-on beat for its fiscal Q4 2017 quarter and raised its guidance for its full-year FY 2018, though shares fell on disappointment on that 2018 guidance anyway.

Salesforce reported: 

• Q4 Adj. EPS of $0.28, versus expectations of $0.25 — that's a beat
• Sales of $2.29 billion versus estimates of $2.28 billion — another beat.

It also reported deferred revenue (revenue that has been paid but not yet earned) of $5.54 billion... Читать дальше...

Hershey said Tuesday that it'll cut its global workforce by about 15%, which likely amounts to about 2,700 people.