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Hillary and Bill Clinton paid an effective federal tax rate of 34.2% in 2015, the Democratic presidential nominee’s campaign announced Friday, as it challenged rival Donald Trump to release his own returns.

No, it's not all in your head, the girls of Fifth Harmony are pretty much taking over. The pack of five is anything but performance shy and they're not hurting on the talent...

Hope Solo trashed the Swedish soccer team after the U.S. Women’s National Team was defeated in the quarter-finals at the 2016 Rio Summer Olympics. “I thought that we played a courageous game. I thought we had many opportunities on goal. I think we showed a lot of heart,” Hope said in a post-game interview (via [...]

The first street example of a Mercedes-Benz SL — the 300 “gullwing” — made its world debut in 1954, attracting a host of notable celebrities to ownership of what was and certainly still is one of the most spectacular and beautiful automotive art forms available in its day. More than sixty years later, the legend continues with four SL Coupe/Roadster combo versions for 2017 — the Mercedes-Benz SL 450 and SL 550, as well as two AMG variants for which there are no major modifications. The SL 450, formerly known as the SL 400... Читать дальше...

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Journalists and public relations professionals have a notorious love-hate relationship.

PR people have been known to "spin" reporters (giving information that may or may not be 100% truthful) or bombard journalists with irrelevant emails, press releases, and phone calls.

On the flip side, journalists are a difficult, surly, and cantankerous group of people to work with.

But there are PR people who do know their jobs. Who do understand news. Who do work... Читать дальше...

RIO DE JANEIRO — Rickie Fowler isn’t showing much of a game at the Olympics. He plans to give himself an additional chance to impress Ryder Cup captain Davis Love III by playing next week in the Wyndham Championship. Fowler let another good round get away Friday at Olympic Golf Course with three straight bogeys

RIO DE JANEIRO (AP) — When she was 11, Simone Manuel came home and asked her mother a question: Why weren't there more people who looked like her in swimming?

RIO DE JANEIRO (AP) — When she was 11, Simone Manuel came home and asked her mother a question: Why weren't there more people who looked like her in swimming?

NEWARK, N.J. — A New Jersey woman has settled a lawsuit that will allow her to display a vanity license plate that reads “8THEIST.” The settlement was filed in federal court on Friday. Shannon Morgan lives in Maurice River in Cumberland County. She sued the state Motor Vehicle Commission in 2014 after it denied her

New York regulators have declared Stewart Air National Guard base a state Superfund site to speed cleanup of contamination from a toxic chemical in fire-fighting foam.

Having dropped all 12 points in the first four games last season before mounting a title challenge, Spurs need to make a winning start this time around, according to their goalk...

Een federale rechter in Milwaukee heeft vandaag de veroordeling van Brendan Dassey vernietigd. De man was schuldig bevonden aan medeplichtigheid in een moordzaak die enorme bekendheid kreeg door de populaire Netflix-documentaire Making a Murderer.

Simone Biles — who just won all-around gymnastics gold both with the U.S. team and individually — shut down those “next [famous man] conversations before they could even start. According to Omnisport, Biles had some choice words for anyone who would paint her success within the frame of other Olympians. It’s not the first time that Biles has dropped a quote that could be inserted directly into her biopic without any punch-up.

A British mother is asking a U.S. judge to let her personally visit her son, who is jailed in Nevada after what authorities say was an attempt to shoot Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump at a Las Vegas campaign rally.

A very expensive typo in a popular book series is making its way to London later this year.

The shipments for traveling homes are at the highest level in nearly 40 years. Michael Happe, Winnebago CEO, discusses the RV business, and shows us two Winnebago models outside the NYSE.

Court instead imposes pollution charge for larger engines

We honestly can’t tell what’s more adorable: This chubby, googly-eyed sea creature or the reactions of researchers who are clearly overwhelmed by its sheer adorableness.

Donald Trump is looking increasingly non-competitive in traditional swing states, according to a series of new polls. Instead of a close race, the Republican nominee may be headed towards a rout.

People share advice for getting a majorly magnificent mane.

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Dry with cotton, not terrycloth.

"To tie my wet hair up after a shower, I use men's cotton tees. I stick my head the wrong way through the 'head hole,' twist up my hair with the rest of the shirt, then tuck excess fabric into the back of the hole. All my hair fits inside, and cotton eliminates the frizz caused... Читать дальше...

Editor’s note: President Muhammadu Buhari was elected on the mantle of change and many Nigerians expected a lot of developmental decisions from him. In this opinion by Emmanuel Uchenna Ugwu, he argues that Buhari has already started on a bad note and therefore is likely going to fail. To succeed or to fail? It may […]

If elected, Hillary Clinton would have paid the highest federal income tax rate of any president since Gerald Ford.

Youth and high school lacrosse throughout Minnesota have grown in popularity over the last several years, and the MLL believes this market could be a potential site for an expansion team.