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In the country he rules with absolute power, Pope Francis has chosen for himself one of the worst views. The pontiff's small suite of rooms in the Vatican's Santa Marta guest house looks out beyond the enclave's walls on to a small street and the rear of a petrol station. By contrast, a retired Italian cardinal living nearby enjoys a top-floor apartment in an old building with a view out over the Vatican itself. Documents leaked to reporters allege that a charitable foundation paid €200,000 (£140,000)... Читать дальше...

DOWNERS GROVE, Illinois - FTD Companies Inc. (FTD) on Wednesday reported a third-quarter loss of $16.5 million, after reporting a profit in the same period a year earlier.

Democrats lost more ground in legislatures and governor's mansions, raising questions about the party's strength when President Barack Obama's name isn't at the top of the ballot. Democrats still have important demographic advantages in the states that often determine presidential elections, but the party is struggling in power centers outside Washington that influence policy and steer congressional redistricting. The GOP is casting its victory in the Kentucky gubernatorial race as a blueprint... Читать дальше...

Notre Dame, Michigan State and Miami have lately scored crazy, fourth-quarter, come-from-behind wins in college football, and the Seahawks scored a not-that-scintillating win over the Dallas Cowboys with a late field goal. Unfortunately/fortunately, no such late surges are apparent in Election 2015.  As vote updates came in Wednesday from King County and 38 other counties around the state, election night margins held up.  A rundown: Shannon Braddock: Maintaining a lead in hard-fought District 1 Seattle City Council race. Читать дальше...

Rosemary Squire, CEO of the Ambassador Theatre Group, offers the business advice she wishes she'd had when she started out, as part of the BBC News series, CEO Secrets.

The docks at Fisherman’s Wharf were splashed by sun but cast in gloom Wednesday as word spread that a deadly natural toxin linked to this year’s record Pacific Ocean temperatures was likely to delay or even force cancellation of Dungeness crab season off the coast of San Francisco. “Guys have been out here for months getting these pots ready,” said Doug Gutterman of wholesaler ABS Seafood, motioning toward a pile of crab pots sitting on Pier 45. Poisonous domoic acid has been detected in the spindly crustaceans... Читать дальше...

Magicians who have big cats in their stage acts and private zoos and high rollers who keep wild animals as pets will face scrutiny by Clark County Commissioners in the next few weeks. Singer impressionist Stephen Sorrentino plans to attend a hearing before the Nov. 17 vote.

SEOUL, Nov. 5 (Yonhap) -- Embattled German automaker Volkswagen's sales in South Korea plunged in October, apparently affected by the deepening emissions scandal, industry data showed Thursday. According to the data compiled by the Korea Automobile

A jury decided Wednesday that a 29-year-old self-styled pimp should be sentenced to death for killing three people by opening fire into a moving vehicle after a dispute at ...

SAN DIEGO (AP) — A gunman in a rooftop apartment surrendered to police Wednesday after a more than five-hour standoff that interrupted air traffic at the San Diego airport.

SAN DIEGO (AP) — A gunman in a rooftop apartment surrendered to police Wednesday after a more than five-hour standoff that interrupted air traffic at the San Diego airport.

SAN DIEGO (AP) — A gunman in a rooftop apartment surrendered to police Wednesday after a more than five-hour standoff that interrupted air traffic at the San Diego airport.

Luke Schemm got the touchdown and the extra point Tuesday night for Wallace County High School in the Western Kansas town of Sharon Springs before he ran off the field and collapsed.

SCOTTSDALE, Arizona - Colin Montgomerie has only one big trophy to show for another strong season on the Champions Tour. The Scot has a chance to add two more this week at Desert Mountain.

Vote tallies indicated Salt Lake City was poised to narrowly elect its first openly gay mayor in what would mark another milestone for the LGBT movement in ...

A new study finds that exercise that is extreme in either volume or intensity may be associated with high levels of atherosclerosis in the coronary arteries.

SAN DIEGO - Qualcomm on Wednesday posted fiscal fourth-quarter that topped Wall Street expectations but its stock slipped in after-market trading on a soft outlook for profit in the current quarter.

Classified intelligence supports the theory that someone at Sharm el-Sheikh Airport put a bomb on an airliner that crashed in Egypt, a U.S. official said Wednesday. “This airport has lax security. It is known for that,” the official said. “But there is intelligence suggesting an assist from someone at the airport.” The U.S. does not […]

Founded in 2009, Hevisaurus is reportedly popular among the Scandinavian nation's edgiest kindergarteners.

Customs officials arrested a crew member of an international airlines for smuggling 1.17 kg gold worth Rs 31.24 lakh at Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel international airport.

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