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Even in Texas, open carry is banned on some college campuses — that is, if you’re holding a dildo in plain view.

A report commissioned by Unesco has revealed that nine percent of children around the world are not attending school.

UK group to present new strategy to compete with fast casual restaurants

Traders are rotating into beaten-up sectors, but the underlying fundamentals are still shaky.

City’s slight of Columbus Day ignores how the holiday is actually observed.

The court also asked the authorities to take action against noise pollution offenders during festivals.

Multimillionaire female entrepreneur Bethenny Frankel dishes advice to budding businesswomen.

This morning's Dealing With The Enemy section on Fox and Friends dealt with the usual imaginary enemies. Illinois Representative Adam Kinzinger stopped by to bash released Army. P.O.W. Sgt. Bowe Bergdahl and President Obama's Syria strategy. Ultimately, he spoke of his own Republican Party's Freedom Caucus for which he also had a few harsh words. In this three and a half minute interview, we managed to get thirty seconds of sanity, which is more than usual for a Brian Kilmeade segment.

The Iraqi Armed Forces launched a military operation to recapture Ramadi, a city in central Iraq occupied by the Islamic State militant group, one of the country’s high-ranking officials told Sputnik on Monday.

Muslim parents are terrified their young sons will become unwitting victims of radicalisation "paranoia", an Islamic chaplain has revealed just hours after the federal government announced plans to target children as young as 14-years-old with new counter-terrorism laws.

Sex and coming-of-age movies have gone hand in hand since cinema started making Bildungsromans. The discovery of our sexuality, and the early incidents that help to shape it, are some of the key things that help push us into adulthood, and even when cinema was restricted by censorship and Production Codes, sex remained a key part of cinematic adolescence. These days, you can get away with showing almost anything on screen, as Gaspar Noé reminded us earlier in the year with "Love." But as that film proved... Читать дальше...

Litigation ritual that accompanies mergers benefits lawyers rather than shareholders

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TERRA CEIA, Fla., Oct. 12 (UPI) -- A waterspout that roared across a Florida bridge ripped open a U.S. Postal Service semi truck and scattered mail across the road.

The Kurdish People's Protection Units (YPG) in Syria along with several opposition groups in the country decided to create an alliance, called "Syrian Democratic Forces," to fight terrorism, YPG said in a statement Monday.

The charges would be payable at the rates of Rs 700 for light duty vehicles and two-axle vehicles and Rs 1,300 for three-axle and above.

Syrian regime forces backed by Russian air strikes advanced in the centre of the country on Monday, sparking the fiercest clashes with rebels since Moscow's air campaign began, a monitor said.

A special Senate task force has been appointed to examine whether or not rules surrounding the filibuster should be modified, the Hill reported Monday. This new look at the procedural hurdle is the latest sign that Republicans are putting tough pressure on Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell, R-Ky., to get legislation through the body and make it look like the GOP is a party capable of governing.

"Thirteen Ways of Looking" (Random House), by Colum McCann

"Thirteen Ways of Looking" (Random House), by Colum McCann

Indonesia began trials Monday of seven men on charges of conspiring with terrorists and recruiting for militant groups in the Mideast, including the Islamic State, which has an estimated hundreds of Indonesians as members.

Huffington Post “honored” Fox News’ 19th birthday last week in the best way possible: by highlighting its most ridiculous moments, one for each year. I’m adding two of my own.

The NRL had 4.4 million people watching, almost half a million more than the AFL. But no matter which code you watched you would have been guaranteed to see one thing - indigenous athletes playing a starring role. So will these amazing performances now inspire more indigenous kids to strive for the top? To find out, we asked the stars themselves and some young athletes coming through the ranks. Here's Carl.

Now to a new geostationary satellite that could make a big difference to the lives of some regional kids. Many of these kids rely on the internet for their school work. But often their connection is so slow or their downloads so restrictive that it's a pretty frustrating experience. The launch of a new satellite called Sky Muster could change that though. Here's Eloise.

One of the big findings from our Kids' Happiness Survey was that 20% of you say you are worried all or most of the time. Now worrying is completely normal and we all do it. But how can you make sure your worries don't get out of control? Well to find out, we went along to a special 'worry workshop'. Here's Carl.