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[...] car makers are using an automotive version to help shave weight off their vehicles and improve fuel economy. Annealed glass forms a spider web pattern when it breaks, and the pieces are designed to stick to the plastic layer to prevent injury to passengers. The glass meets U.S. safety standards, Corning says, and it has endured automakers' tests on rough roads and in wind tunnels. Automakers tend to use tempered glass on side windows because it breaks into tiny pieces and doesn't have a... Читать дальше...

CHICAGO (AP) — Grain futures were mostly lower Tuesday on the Chicago Board of Trade.

CHICAGO (AP) — Grain futures were mostly lower Tuesday on the Chicago Board of Trade.

EU leaders have to hold a "serious debate with no taboos" on David Cameron's reform demands, European Council president Donald Tusk says.

On Monday, Poison drummer Rikki Rockett revealed on Eddie Trunk's SiriusXM radio show that he's battling cancer. Q&A: Bret...

Watch the grunge-inspired Toronto band perform "Desire" live in a Seattle studio.

While travelers face more fees, restrictive fares and bad customer service, home rentals give vacationers additional lodging options and gas prices are down. “Those programs were far too rich and unsustainable.

As a little girl, Mary Dague daydreamed that she'd grow up to wield superpowers.

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Sheryl Sandberg is the Chief Operating Officer for Facebook and founder of LeanIn.org, and is regarded as a successful both in and out of the tech world.

So whenever she starts dolling out career advice, people start paying attention.

On Tuesday, Sandberg was asked by Quora user Courtney Ross what advice she would give to her younger self.

Not only did Sandberg respond thoughtfully, but she gave Ross and other curious Quora users three things she would tell her younger self... Читать дальше...

Anthony Esteves, 25, is barred from owning an animal for three years and must register with the city’s animal abuse registry.

Actress Kelly Rutherford reportedly lost custody of her two children Tuesday after a bitter trans-Atlantic battle with her ex husband.

Def Jam Recordings 30th Anniversary ConcertNEW YORK, NY – OCTOBER 16: DMX performs during Def Jam Recordings 30th Anniversary Concert at Barclays Center of Brooklyn on October 16, 2014 in New York City. (Photo by Johnny Nunez/Getty Images) Rapper DMX is a wanted man after a judge in New York City issued a warrant for his arrest following a missed court date on Monday. The hip-hop star was due to appear in court in the Big Apple for a hearing involving his child support payments to ex-wife Tashera Simmons. Читать дальше...

Five sailors from the Philippines and four from Bangladesh who smuggled over 3,000 tones of crude oil were arraigned on Tuesday, December 15, before a Nigerian court. The suspects were arrested in March in Lagos Lagoon aboard the MT Asteris. The court gave them a choice between jail and paying a hefty fine. Each of them was […]

The Patriots have signed running back Montee Ball to their practice squad, ESPN’s Adam Schefter reported. The Patriots had a locker for Ball Tuesday. Adding him to the running back room makes sense because starting running back LeGarrette Blount suffered a hip injury during last week’s win in Houston. Blount’s injury left James White and…

Ashish Joshi is today known more as the complainant against IAS officer Rajendra Kumar than as a bureaucrat handpicked by the AAP government to be member secretary of the Delhi Dialogue Commission.

As the Islamic State group finds itself increasingly pushed out of Syria and Iraq amid U.S.-led airstrikes, the terror group’s presence in Afghanistan has grown stronger over the second half of this year, according to a Department of Defense report released Tuesday.

“Does Central Jersey even exist?”

Dealing with this eyesore:

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Understanding where people are by their exit:

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Learning to drive on these roads:

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And dealing with construction that lasts for decades:

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AP

One of the signature provisions of the Affordable Care Act is on the chopping block. And it's largely due to President Barack Obama's fellow Democrats.

Congressional negotiators are close to agreement on a sweeping budget deal that would keep the government funded through next September. One of the provisions included in the deal is "likely" to be a two-year delay in the implementation of the "Cadillac tax," according to a senior Democratic aide.

A delay of the tax, which... Читать дальше...

Advocacy group The Council on American-Islamic Relations Communications Director Ibrahim Hooper claims that the distaste of Muslim immigrants was already present in the United States before Islamic terrorists killed 130 individuals in Paris on November 13.

The victim was left in excruciating agony after the attack.

A Brooklyn rabbi got 10 years in prison for leading a gang of Jewish men who used violence to force husbands to give their wives divorces.

The Bank of Canada said its worst-case scenario, which is unlikely to occur, involves a major squeeze on homeowners’ ability to service their debt and 'cause serious and broad-based declines in house prices'

Musicians C.C. Deville, Bret Michaels, Rikki Rockett and Bobby Dall of Poison arrive at the Los Angeles Premiere “Rock of Ages” at Grauman’s Chinese Theatre on June 8, 2012 in Hollywood, California. (Photo by Barry King/FilmMagic) Ex-POISON drummer RIKKI ROCKETT is battling tongue cancer. The rocker has undergone treatment and is now awaiting an evaluation in the new year, which will determine if he’s beaten the disease. “I went last week for my follow-up,” Rockett told host Eddie Trunk on his radio show. Читать дальше...

Dave Majumdar

Security, Asia

"Washington and New Delhi have drawn closer together in the maritime security realm, due in part to China’s more expansive maneuvering in both the Pacific and Indian Oceans."

India hopes to build its own indigenous nuclear-powered aircraft carrier—complete with electromagnetic catapults—with the cooperation of the United States. In recent years, Washington and New Delhi have drawn closer together in the maritime security realm, due in part to... Читать дальше...