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The top Democrats on the U.S. Senate and House of Representatives intelligence committees accused Russia on Thursday of trying to influence the Nov. 8 U.S. election via computer hacking, and called on President Vladimir Putin to order a halt. "Based on briefings we have received, we have concluded that the Russian intelligence agencies are making a serious and concerted effort to influence the U.S. election," Senator Dianne Feinstein and Representative Adam Schiff said in an unusually strongly worded joint statement. Читать дальше...

WARSAW, Poland (AP) — Poland's lawmakers on Thursday opened a divisive debate on changing the restrictive anti-abortion law, among Europe's toughest, in this predominantly Catholic nation. The house is dominated by the ruling Law and Justice party whose members declare attachment to the Catholic Church and to its insistence that human life has to be protected from conception until natural death. The anti-abortion group, some with small children in pushchairs, prayed aloud, while pro-abortion rights... Читать дальше...

CINCINNATI (AP) — Tight end Tyler Eifert can't help but think the Bengals would be scoring more if he were on the field. The way it's going, that could be in a couple of weeks.

CINCINNATI (AP) — Tight end Tyler Eifert can't help but think the Bengals would be scoring more if he were on the field. The way it's going, that could be in a couple of weeks.

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SAN FRANCISCO, Sept. 22 (UPI) -- Mice with spinal cord injuries had increased bladder control and reduced neuropathic pain after receiving injections of human stem cells, researchers report.

Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Clinton would impose a 65% tax on the largest estates and make it harder for wealthy households to pass appreciated assets to their heirs without paying taxes, according to an updated version of her tax plan released Thursday.

MADISON, Wis. (AP) — Gov. Scott Walker says federal officials have granted his request to provide low-interest disaster loans to individuals and businesses impacted by flash flooding in western Wisconsin in August.

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Some people brush off airplane codes as one of life's little mysteries. Boston's airport code is BOS, which is simple enough, but EWR for Newark is just "one of those things." Right?

Turns out, there's a rhyme and reason for just about every airport code out there. An article originally published in December 1994 in Air Line Pilots journal by Dave English explains nearly every mysterious airport code you've ever come across.

In the early 20th century, there were... Читать дальше...

Lack of imaginative characters or action keeps this retread from hitting the bull's-eye.

SARAJEVO, Bosnia-Herzegovina — Bosnia’s Serb ministate is holding a referendum this weekend that has turned into a proxy political battle between the West and Russia, stoking ethnic tensions and spurring fears of new clashes more than 20 years after the end of the Balkans War. On January 9, 1992 — a Serb Christian Orthodox religious holiday — the Bosnian Serbs declared the creation of their own state within Bosnia, fueling a war that resulted in at least 100,000 people dead and millions homeless. Читать дальше...

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Car ownership is dying.

The number of 19-year-olds who possess driver's licenses has declined 69% since 1983, according to a report by the University of Michigan. A similar decline has also been witnessed for other age groups as well. 

It's a trend that has led industry leaders like Lyft's president John Zimmer to state that car ownership will more or less disappear in the next 10 years.

A Netherlands-based start-up is looking to grab hold of this trend with a new ride-sharing service. Читать дальше...

PORTLAND, Maine (AP) — Court documents say a girls' track team coach told investigators he had a sexual relationship with a 17-year-old high school student he was coaching. A police affidavit says the Westbrook High School coach acknowledged he had sexual relations with the student after he was shown copies of text messages the two had exchanged.

No more than 1 time in 20 should chance variations in the sample cause the results to vary by more than plus or minus 2.5 percentage points from the answers that would be obtained if all adults in the U.S. were polled. The margin of sampling error is plus or minus 2.7 percentage points for registered voters and plus or minus 2.9 percentage points for likely voters.

Tory Lanez earns his second chart-topper on the Mainstream R&B/Hip-Hop airplay chart as “Luv” skips 3-1 in its 10th week on the...

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It took a while for Swans to settle on Francesco Guidolin after the boss engineered a run to PL safety, and barely longer for it to sour.

She really didn't like spiders.

By Yoo Jee-ho PYEONGCHANG, South Korea, Sept. 22 (Yonhap) -- South Korean Sports Minister Cho Yoon-sun said Thursday the inaugural regional sports ministerial meeting being held here represents "a key first step" toward further cooperation. Cho is

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I got crushed in Week 2, but the Giants are 2-0 so we'll call it a wash.

This week we're going straight to the picks! 

LAST WEEK: 6-10

SEASON: 15-17

Houston Texans (PK) at New England Patriots (Thursday, 8:25 p.m. ET)

Jacoby Brissett vs. JJ Watt: the Week 3 match-up we all expected. I'm anticipating at least one Julian Edelman pass, trick play or under center. Doesn't matter.

The pick: New England

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Brad Pitt got in a verbal argument with his son Maddox — but allegations he turned physically abusive are "fabricated."

Federal Reserve Chairwoman Janet Yellen will testify Wednesday to the House Financial Services Committee about bank supervision and regulation

Federal Reserve Chairwoman Janet Yellen will testify Wednesday to the House Financial Services Committee about bank supervision and regulation

Need a weight loss kickstarter? Just join the cast of Dancing With the Stars!  At least according to Amber Rose, who recently revealed she's down double digits after...

BIIHear from Airbnb's Co-Founder and CTO, Nathan Blecharczyk, at Business Insider's IGNITION: Future Of Digital this December in New York City.  Tickets On Sale Now »