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CHICAGO (AP) — The Latest on the Chicago Police Department's plan to add nearly 1,000 new positions (all times local):

Test cricket will return to Green Park stadium after a gap of seven years when India takes on New Zealand from Thursday. The last Test was played here way back in 2009 against Sri Lanka.

With the Browns down to rookie quarterback Cody Kessler with newcomer Charlie Whitehurst as the backup, there’s another guy on the roster who has more career NFL starts at quarterback than Kessler and Whitehurst combined. Terrelle Pryor, who started 10 games at quarterback for the Raiders before changing positions, was asked on Wednesday whether he…

Curtis Hanson, the “L.A. Confidential” filmmaker who died Tuesday at age 71, suffered from a rare illness that “ultimately precipitated his death of natural causes,” Hanson’s partner, producer Rebecca Yeldham, said Wednesday. In a statement, Yeldham said that Hanson had been battling “a rare terminal condition known as Frontotemporal Degeneration (FTD)” for some time. “It is a distinctly different diagnosis than Alzheimer’s, with its own set of symptoms and challenges,” Yeldham added. “We will... Читать дальше...

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Microsoft Cortana — the virtual assistant predicting the outright winner of every NFL game on Bing — went 10-6 in Week 2, helping to right the ship after an uninspired 8-8 effort during the first week of the season.

Of its six misses, five came in games lost by the home team. The sixth miss was betting on the Seahawks, who fell once again to the Rams. 

Like last week, Cortana is heavily favoring the home teams. As always, the most interesting games are the ones in which Cortana disagrees with Las Vegas. Читать дальше...

The Venezuelan PDVSA oil company awarded $3.2 billion for implementation of drilling projects in the country's Orinoco oil belt.

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LINKOPING, Sweden, Sept. 21 (UPI) -- Swedish defense and security company Saab is to deliver the RBS 70 NG very short range air defense system to an unidentified country.

Celia Cruz, Emilio & Gloria Estefan and more Cubans are among the artists featured in the newly acquired portrait series by the...

CNBC's Fed panel reacts to the Federal Reserve's decision to not raise rates Wednesday.

U.S. Customs and Border Protection agency wants to add social media information boxes to the form travelers have to fill before arriving to the U.S.

TORONTO (AP) — The Washington Capitals re-signed restricted free agent defenseman Dmitry Orlov to a $2.57 million, one-year contract.

TORONTO (AP) — The Washington Capitals re-signed restricted free agent defenseman Dmitry Orlov to a $2.57 million, one-year contract.

TORONTO (AP) — The Washington Capitals re-signed restricted free agent defenseman Dmitry Orlov to a $2.57 million, one-year contract.

TORONTO (AP) — The Washington Capitals re-signed restricted free agent defenseman Dmitry Orlov to a $2.57 million, one-year contract.

KNOXVILLE, Tenn. — Florida cornerback Quincy Wilson’s unusual reference to predict the Gators will beat Tennessee for a 12th straight time hasn’t riled up the Vols. “Have you ever seen a duck pull a truck?” Wilson said while referring to Florida’s winning streak over Tennessee. “Ducks don’t pull trucks. Nobody has ever seen a duck

The Federal Reserve didn’t hike interest rates on Wednesday, but in a way, it was immaterial

One would think it’d be difficult to combine candy and racism, but Donald Trump Jr. found a way!

“We’ve averted disaster for some time, but it’s going to become a question of when and not if," according to a statement from two congressmen who have been investigating safety and security issues at U.S. laboratories. “This report sounds the alarm.”

Last Wednesday, several hundred people gathered on the third floor of Chicago’s Harold Washington Public Library for the opening of “Working in America,” a multimedia exhibition exploring how Americans find meaning in work and define themselves through their jobs. Twenty-four men and women were profiled for the exhibit, including a waitress, a police officer, a custodian, an escort, and a farmer. Large portraits of the subjects, taken by the photographer Lynsey Addario, were displayed in oversized wooden diptychs... Читать дальше...

Liverpool has Hull City and Swansea before a highly-anticipated clash with Manchester United at Anfield on Oct. 17.

Lupita Nyong’o makes an appearance on The Ellen Show, airing today on NBC. The 33-year-old Oscar winning actress spoke about her new Vogue cover, how modeling has helped her acting, and, she cleared up a major rumor about the upcoming Star Wars film! PHOTOS: Check out the latest pics of Lupita Nyong’o Lupita spoke to [...]

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BUNNELL, Fla., Sept. 21 (UPI) -- A team of rescuers from multiple agencies came together in Florida to rescue a 24-year-old horse that fell into its owner's septic tank.

TORONTO (AP) — Members of Team USA gathered for a few drinks after they were eliminated from the World Cup of Hockey.

TORONTO (AP) — Members of Team USA gathered for a few drinks after they were eliminated from the World Cup of Hockey.