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Here are companies that graduated from the Techstars accelerator program now making their mark.

The night of Saturday, June 11, 15-year-old Landon Evans of Benson, N.C. caught a 117.5-pound blue catfish from his family’s dock on Lake Gaston. His fish will likely be certified for three different blue catfish records: the North Carolina record, the International Game Fish Association (IGFA) world record for a junior angler, and the IGFA world record for the 30-pound line class. 

Three records for one fish may sound like quite the bargain, but when you consider Landon’s precarious fight with the blue cat... Читать дальше...

The agreement calls for 364 days in the county workhouse, registration with the state as a sex offender.

Newly installed signs warn of alligators and snakes on a section of beach near a Walt Disney World hotel in Orlando, Fla.

Composition of multi-cap funds takes a noticeable shift

It's a girl! American Idol season eight winner Kris Allen and his wife, Katy, celebrated Father's Day weekend with the birth of their...

A Spanish start-up has come up with an ingenious, or some would say ‘blasphemous’, modern twist on traditional vino.

America's upper middle class has grown in size and income over past 35 years.

– Governor Okezie Ikpeazu says his state is broke and cannot spend a huge N800 million on local government election in the state – While speaking at a town hall meeting in the state, the governor also lamented that he has not been able to fix a major road in Abia because of paucity of […]

Researchers say the time doctors spend with drug company representatives when they are dropping off meals is probably more important than the food in influencing prescription choices.

Just over four months to the election, and facing pressure from their Democratic opponents, most Republican Senate incumbents opted for consistency despite the political frenzy days after the worst mass shooting in modern American history. A lone gunman, Omar Mateen, killed 49 people and injured 53 at a nightclub in Orlando, Florida, prompting fresh calls for tighter restrictions on weapons. [...] four amendments — two Democratic and two Republican — failed in a deeply divided Senate. In turn, Chris W. Читать дальше...

Strategists say the first casualty of war is the plan. In a few cases, the plan never reached the war stage. And if these 10 invasions had happened, the world would be a dramatically different place.

An Egyptian judge quashed President Abdel Fattah Al Sisi’s agreement to cede two Red Sea islands to Saudi Arabia, a deal that sparked some of the country’s largest protests in years over what was viewed as the sale of sovereign Egyptian territory.

Capitalization of the UK's most profitable industry, financial services, is facing risks of a significant decline in a Brexit scenario, stirring debate whether the economic consequences of an "Out" vote would be too dire to handle.

A remarkable 1‚069 kilometre flight by a small female flamingo over the Indian Ocean has been hailed as a breakthrough for flamingo science in Africa.

Youth might be worshipped nowadays, but here at Huff/Post50, we think it's confidence that truly makes a person sexy ... no matter what their age. And there's no better proof of that than 73-year-old Nora.

After a mother endured a hateful comment, a stranger came to her rescue in the most perfect way. 

Grammy-winning singer Frank Ocean called out homophobic rhetoric against gay marriage and transgender bathroom rights in an emotional social media post Tuesday that also offered a glimpse into his childhood and his anti-gay father. Ocean, known for hits like "Thinkin Bout You" and "Novacane," said the recent slaughter at a gay nightclub in Orlando, Florida, reminded him of his own challenges in dealing with people critical of his sexuality.

ELKHART, Ind. — An Elkhart company that specializes in environmentally friendly building practices has created a Certified Green label for the recreational vehicle industry. The Elkhart Truth (http://bit.ly/28Lul36 ) reports that TRA Certification Inc. developed the new certification in response to a California company that makes the motorhomes. Hollywood Trucks’ RVs have an energy system

More than 80% of app’s users live outside US

Game 7 had everything: giant television ratings, record ticket prices and, in Las Vegas, historic ...