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Ed Adamczyk
ISTANBUL, Turkey, Aug. 16 (UPI) -- Turkish police raided 51 businesses Tuesday and are looking to arrest 120 business executives in a crackdown following the July coup attempt.

BERLIN (AP) — Prosecutors say a Swiss man who attacked passengers aboard a train with a knife and a burning liquid, killing one and wounding five, didn't know any of his victims, according to the investigation so far.

SANTA MONICA, Calif. (AP) — Dick Van Dyke has treated diners at a Denny's restaurant in California to a rendition of "Chitty Chitty Bang Bang."

SANTA MONICA, Calif. (AP) — Dick Van Dyke has treated diners at a Denny's restaurant in California to a rendition of "Chitty Chitty Bang Bang."

SANTA MONICA, Calif. (AP) — Dick Van Dyke has treated diners at a Denny's restaurant in California to a rendition of "Chitty Chitty Bang Bang."

SANTA MONICA, Calif. (AP) — Dick Van Dyke has treated diners at a Denny's restaurant in California to a rendition of "Chitty Chitty Bang Bang."

The process of returning migrants from Austria to Hungary is set to be on top of the agenda at the negotiations between Vienna and Budapest on the level of defense and interior ministers in the coming month, spokesman for the Austrian Interior Ministry Karl-Heinz Grundboeck told Sputnik on Tuesday.

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Cindy Lloyd, the mother of American indoor volleyball player Carli Lloyd (not to be confused with the American women's soccer player with the same name), arrived in Rio last week with little time to spare before her daughter's first Olympic match.

So when she arrived at the luxury cruise ship where she is staying during her time in Rio, she quickly dropped her bag off and set out for the volleyball arena.

When she got back some hours later, she was greeted... Читать дальше...

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Neither of the two Olympians with NFL ties medaled in Rio. But the Chiefs gave a shot to a man who eventually won gold. Via Blair Kerhoff of the Kansas City Star, the Chiefs worked out American long jump gold medalist Jeff Henderson at their May rookie minicamp. “We’re proud of him for bringing home the…

The renewed Tu-160M2 will be able to fly at an altitude of 60,000 feet

Law Blog rounds up the morning's legal news.

With their track 'Love Bites...(So Do I)' American hard rock band Halestorm became the first female-fronted band in Grammy history to win the award in the Rock/Metal Performance Category. While female rockers are still very much outnumbered in the rock genre, to Lzzy herself, and her female colleagues like Amy Lee (Evanescence) and Taylor Momsen (The Pretty Reckless), the fact that they happen to be female is simply not an issue. "You're judging yourself against yourself. You ask yourself, did I do a good job for me? Читать дальше...

STONY BROOK, N.Y. — A Long Island police officer whose nose was nearly severed when he was stabbed in the face has been released from a hospital. Newsday reports (http://nwsdy.li/2bBOevp ) the Suffolk County police officer underwent four hours of surgery at Stony Brook University Hospital following the attack. He was released Sunday. Police say

The Note 7 basically does everything well. The post Review: Samsung Galaxy Note 7 appeared first on WIRED.

Daniel J. Graeber
LONDON, Aug. 16 (UPI) -- London-listed Faroe Petroleum said it started an exploration program in the North Sea with its Norwegian partners as the region stages production gains.

SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — Google is pulling another lever on its influential search engine in an effort to boost voter turnout in November's U.S. presidential election.

SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — Google is pulling another lever on its influential search engine in an effort to boost voter turnout in November's U.S. presidential election.

This year parents are expected to spend nearly $76 billion dollars on school shopping according to the National Retail Federation. Of course, not all children are fortunate enough to be returning to school this September.

This year parents are expected to spend nearly $76 billion dollars on school shopping according to the National Retail Federation. Of course, not all children are fortunate enough to be returning to school this September.

Google just announced its own video chat app called Google Duo, and by the looks of it, this could be the app that could threaten the popularity of FaceTime, Skype, Messenger and other video chat apps on both iOS and Android platforms.

Priyanka Chopra looks gorgeous in a Loewe dress on the cover of Flare magazine’s September 2016 issue. Here’s what the 34-year-old Quantico star had to share with the mag: On needing better roles for women of color in film: “Storytelling cannot be based on what someone looks like. Everyone has stories: you have a story; [...]

STONY BROOK, N.Y. (AP) — A Long Island police officer whose nose was nearly severed when he was stabbed in the face has been released from a hospital.

A Twitterbot called @unchartedatlas has tweeted thousands of fictional black-and-white maps. The post This Bot Tweets a Totally Fantastical Map Every Hour appeared first on WIRED.