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Shares of PayPal Holding Inc. soared to a record high Friday, as analysts see a stable outlook for the company maintaining and possibly surpassing its position as a leader in e-commerce payments.

Shares of PayPal Holding Inc. soared to a record high Friday, as analysts see a stable outlook for the company maintaining and possibly surpassing its position as a leader in e-commerce payments.

Shares of PayPal Holding Inc. soared to a record high Friday, as analysts see a stable outlook for the company maintaining and possibly surpassing its position as a leader in e-commerce payments.

Lady Gaga is the latest in a long line of incredible performers selected to perform during the Super Bowl halftime show. The performance is still months away, but the “Joanne” singer has big plans for her time slot.

The United Nations has come under fire for appointing comic book character Wonder Woman as its new Honorary Ambassador for the Empowerment of Women and Girls.

One afternoon last week, I went to the supermarket near my flat in Cape Town. The shop was almost empty, and as I stood and dithered over different kinds of spaghetti I could hear a woman and her friend in the next aisle discussing the protests. For nearly a year, students at many of South Africa’s public universities had been rallying against proposed national tuition hikes. The demonstrations had recently intensified, and the focus had shifted. Fee increases were no longer the issue; the protesters... Читать дальше...

"Of course we will accept a clear election result,” the GOP vice presidential nominee said

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Microsoft's former CEO Steve Ballmer told CNBC’s 'Squawk Box' that he was never in favor of Microsoft buying Salesforce.

When asked if he thought the Salesforce deal was the "one that got away," Ballmer held up his hands and said, "Look, I am a guy who actually believes in revenue and profit. I really do. And you can dilute something and get nothing back. I’ll just tell you, I could never make the math work on Salesforce. Never, ever, ever, ever. Ever. Never."

CHICAGO (AP) — A Chicago-area judicial candidate who was once on the fast track to a high-salary, high-status job as a judge now faces charges of impersonating a judge when she was a court staff attorney early this year, prosecutors…

CHICAGO (AP) — A Chicago-area judicial candidate who was once on the fast track to a high-salary, high-status job as a judge now faces charges of impersonating a judge when she was a court staff attorney early this year, prosecutors…

CHICAGO (AP) — A Chicago-area judicial candidate who was once on the fast track to a high-salary, high-status job as a judge now faces charges of impersonating a judge when she was a court staff attorney early this year, prosecutors…

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The "Six-Word War" project is the first crowdsourced war memoir collecting experiences from veterans of the Iraq and Afghanistan wars.

In six-word poems, veterans describe the complexities of modern warfare in their own words.

The results are at times humorous, agonizing, reflective, and profound.

Submissions for "Six-Word War" are accepted on Tumblr, Facebook, and #SixWordWar.

Here's a selection of 21 powerful poems from the "Six-Word War" memoir.

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The American people deserve answers.

From how much Donald Trump has been in the media and out on the campaign trail, most of America has wondered why, exactly, the Republican nominee for president looks like he ate entirely too many carrots?

In fact, Trump has seemingly always given off such an orange hue, though it might be more apparent now given how omnipresent his visage is.

Though no one knows for sure what the source is, many makeup artists and tanning experts have a pretty good guess... Читать дальше...

Coming off back-to-back wins to return to .500, the Titans can keep making a run at the up-for-grabs AFC South if they beat the Colts and Andrew Luck on Sunday.

Coming off back-to-back wins to return to .500, the Titans can keep making a run at the up-for-grabs AFC South if they beat the Colts and Andrew Luck on Sunday.

Coming off back-to-back wins to return to .500, the Titans can keep making a run at the up-for-grabs AFC South if they beat the Colts and Andrew Luck on Sunday.

Coming off back-to-back wins to return to .500, the Titans can keep making a run at the up-for-grabs AFC South if they beat the Colts and Andrew Luck on Sunday.

Jason and Julie Buckley

Jason and Julie Buckley have diligently tracked their pennies for years.

At first, it was part of their strategy to minimize everyday costs, pay off their mortgage, and invest in passive index funds. But eventually, the pair discovered they could afford to take up to two years off work to travel.

In 2011, the Buckleys set off to tour Europe and North Africa in their motor home, earning passive income from renting out their residential properties at home in Nottingham, England. Читать дальше...

New York governor approved legislation that would place new regulations on Airbnb.

The 21-year-old will miss most - if not all - of the season.

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The Bills have activated rookie pass rusher Shaq Lawson from their physically unable to perform list. Lawson suffered a shoulder injury during rookie minicamp last spring that required surgery and forced him to miss all of training camp and the preseason. Lawson, the Bills’ first-round pick last spring, told reporters he’s “completely healthy” and Bills…