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Kourtney Kardashian just shared a photo of her brother Rob Kardashian taking a nap on her Instagram account. “Bob. ❤️” the 36-year-old reality star captioned the photo of her 28-year-old brother. PHOTOS: Check out the latest pics of Rob Kardashian Fans are pointing out that the photo seems old because Rob now has many more [...]

Hillary Clinton's campaign took a turn for the better in October after a poor summer. It's now riding a wave of momentum that her campaign hopes won't crash. Strong performances in the debate and during testimony on Capitol Hill have Democrats feeling good, even "giddy" about Clinton as a candidate.

The Hammer Museum at UCLA is expanding its footprint in Westwood, taking over five floors of the Occidental Petroleum office tower that will give the contemporary art institution more than 30% additional exhibition and administrative space.

Donald Trump claimed on Monday that he’s had it rough, but told town meeting in New Hampshire that the break he needed came in the form of “a small loan of a million dollars” from his father. Donald Trump:  “My father gave me a small loan of a million dollars.” (Matthew Cavanaugh/Getty Images) The 2016 Republican presidential candidate, real estate mogul and reality TV host received several boosts from his father, Fred Trump, who made millions developing real estate in Brooklyn and Queens.  Donald Trump joined the family firm... Читать дальше...

Sword & Plough makes bags and apparel, such as backpacks, totes, and caps, out of old military gear. The Denver-based operation has gained national attention since 2013, and is now a finalist to win a free Super Bowl Ad in the Small Business Big Game challenge.

Taylor Swift is a genius. We can all agree on that. Right? She was born in 1989, almost 10 years before Napster started a chain reaction that resulted in the implosion of the music industry, and yet she's already managed to build an entertainment conglomerate that brings in hundreds of millions of dollars a year. 

Hartford Financial Services Group Inc. shares dropped in the extended session Monday after the insurer's earnings fell short of Wall Street estimates.

WASHINGTON (AP) — Interest rates on short-term Treasury bills rose in Monday's auction to their highest levels in six weeks.

WASHINGTON (AP) — Interest rates on short-term Treasury bills rose in Monday's auction to their highest levels in six weeks.

WASHINGTON (AP) — Interest rates on short-term Treasury bills rose in Monday's auction to their highest levels in six weeks. Separately, the Federal Reserve said Monday that the average yield for one-year Treasury bills, a popular index for making changes in adjustable rate mortgages, was unchanged at 0.23 percent last week, the same as the previous week.

Cheesecake Factory Inc. shares slumped late Monday after the restaurant chain reported disappointing quarterly revenue. Cheesecake Factory said third-quarter earnings rose to $26.2 million, or 52 cents a share, from $24.2 million, or 48 cents a share, a year ago. On an adjusted basis, the casual dining company would have earned 59 cents a share, better than the 56 cents a share forecast by analysts in a FactSet survey. Revenue grew to $526.7 million from $499.1 million but fell short of $535 million projected. Читать дальше...

These will be very different teams come the playoffs.

ESPN has begun removing its videos from YouTube due to rights issues surrounding next week's launch of YouTube's ad-free subscription service, Red....

Nothing is more '90s than Kurt Cobain and Courtney Love. 

On Saturday, "Dancing with the Stars" pro Mark Ballas and his girlfriend Brittany Jean Carlson gave us a blast from the past as they dressed up as the late Nirvana frontman and the Hole rocker for Maxim magazine's Halloween party in Beverly Hills. 

(AP) — Hunters killed 298 black bears over the weekend during the first legal hunt in Florida in more than two decades, state wildlife officials said Monday. With animal lovers protesting the decision to open hunting season on bears, more than 3,500 people purchased bear hunting permits, even though the cap was just 320. Diane Eggeman, the FWC's director of hunting and game management division, conceded that the protests surrounding the hunt did motivate state officials to shut it down even though... Читать дальше...

Tomorrow, the European Parliament will vote on a proposal that will decide the future of the open Internet in Europe. The proposal is supposed to protect net neutrality, the principle that keeps the Internet an open and free platform, but it contains dangerous loopholes that threaten the future of free speech, innovation and democracy in Europe.

Wait, didn't we already win network neutrality?

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ODESSA, Ukraine, Oct. 26 (UPI) -- A man dressed as Star Wars character Chewbacca was arrested in Ukraine for allegedly violating campaign laws with his support of Darth Vader.

The Army Green Berets who requested the Oct. 3 air strike on the Doctors without Borders trauma center in Afghanistan were aware it was a functioning hospital but believed it was under Taliban control, the Associated Press has learned. A day before an American AC-130 gunship attacked the hospital, a senior officer in the Green Beret unit wrote in a report that U.S. forces had discussed the hospital with the country director of the medical charity group, according to two people who have seen the document. Читать дальше...

As hawks in the Pentagon announce the start of an aggressive naval mission in the South China Sea, the US Navy is also welcoming the visit of three Chinese warships in Florida – a decision Congressional Republicans are none too thrilled about.

As a chiseled Florida couple were pumping up for bodybuilding competitions, the animals on their ranch were nearly starved to death, authorities say. 

Deeper quakes dissipate their energy over larger areas, and tend to be less destructive than shallow quakes.

Deeper quakes dissipate their energy over larger areas, and tend to be less destructive than shallow quakes.

Nuclear weapons will not protect the United Kingdom from terror attacks, as they drive funds away from conventional weaponry and defense spending, a spokesperson with the Campaign for Nuclear Disarmament (CND) non-governmental organization told Sputnik Monday.