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The White House is not exactly known for smooth communications these days.Consider its effort to reassure investors that Gary Cohn, head of the president's National Economic Council, would remain in his job. Early Thursday, a rumor was making the rounds on the Internet that Cohn was leaving. Adding to a raft of resignations from the president's two prominent business councils by high-profile CEOs, the rumor fueled fears about whether Trump's economic agenda will ever get off the ground. Читать дальше...

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In the 1970s, the Soviet Union designed the MiG-27 Flogger as a dedicated ground-attack plane based on the MiG-23 Flogger, an air-superiority fighter turned multi-role fighter. It was well-built for that mission, able to haul just over 8,800 pounds of ordinance, according to globalaircraft.org.

It also could bring two varieties of BRRRRRT! Airforce-Technology.com reports that the MiG-27 had a 30mm Gatling gun, the GSh-6-30, with 260 rounds that could kill tanks. Читать дальше...

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A new poll by PRRI reveals rising support for President Donald Trump's impeachment, with four in 10 Americans hoping to see the president removed from office.

The rise in support for Trump's impeachment comes from Democrats — 72% of Democrats now say they think Trump should be removed from office, compared to just 58% in the last poll six months ago. Support for impeachment also grew among independents, from 27% to 38%.

The number of Republicans who... Читать дальше...

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Canadian home sales fell the most in five years last month. That didn’t stop an increase in prices, which were up 18 percent nationwide from a year earlier. When you consider that most houses are leveraged assets, this represents huge gains for homeowners.

While leverage can help boost performance on the way up, it becomes very dangerous on the way down. Leverage can turn even the best investments into poor ones when things go wrong, as losses are amplified. Equity... Читать дальше...

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Anthony Bourdain has, in his own words, a "disgusting, shameful" secret.

The chef-turned-TV host revealed in an interview that he cannot resist the siren’s song of macaroni and cheese from Popeyes Louisiana Kitchen.

Those hanging out in a Popeyes (especially in New York City, where Bourdain lives) may spot a tall, incognito figure hovering at the counter, ordering a bowl of the stuff and attempting to slink out without recognition.

"Late at night... Читать дальше...

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An effort to pass a "bathroom bill" in Texas died on Tuesday, seemingly shutting the window for the foreseeable future on legislation that critics say discriminates against transgender people. 

However, the fight to regulate bathrooms is far from over in the Lone Star State, according to people on both sides of the debate.

The bill, which failed to pass before the end of a special legislative session, would have required transgender people in the state to... Читать дальше...

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The family of a man who died from dehydration in jail back in April 2016 has filed a lawsuit against Milwaukee county and Sheriff David Clarke.

Terrill Thomas, 38, was found dead on the floor of his cell at the Milwaukee County Jail eight days after he was admitted in April 2016.

Three months after an inquest jury recommended charges for seven prison officials, Thomas' family has filed a lawsuit against both Milwaukee County and Clarke, who runs the jail. Читать дальше...

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WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange reportedly "gave excuse after excuse" for refusing to publish a trove of documents related to corruption within the Russian government, according to chat logs obtained by Foreign Policy.

The source who sent the chat logs to Foreign Policy told the publication that the documents "would have exposed Russian activities and shown WikiLeaks was not controlled by Russian security services. Many Wikileaks staff and volunteers or their families... Читать дальше...

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(Reuters) - Clothing retailer Gap Inc reported better-than-expected second-quarter results and raised its full-year profit forecast, helped by strong demand for Old Navy products and fewer discounts, and its shares rose about 5 percent.

The company's overall same-store sales increased 1 percent in the three months ended July 29, while analysts were expecting sales to be flat year-over-year, according to research firm Consensus Metrix.

This is the third consecutive... Читать дальше...

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Pranking rookies is an NFL tradition as old as football itself, and on Wednesday night the Tampa Bay Buccaneers got a couple of their rookies good.

According to ESPN's Jenna Laine, the Buccaneers offensive line was dining out at a Ruth's Chris Steak House in Jacksonville and told the two undrafted rookies on the line — Korren Kirven and Cole Gardner — that they'd be buying the meal for the team, as per tradition.

The rookies quickly felt they... Читать дальше...

Which looks better right now, Amazon or Walmart?

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One is an obscenely valued albeit fast growing technology giant that specializes in retail. The other is a slow-growing albeit appropriately valued retailer attempting to specialize in technology, via the Jet.com acquisition and other initiatives.

One is buying a brick and mortar supermarket chain (Whole Foods) and spending prodigiously to beef up its logistics capabilities. The other is already a logistics... Читать дальше...

Australian shares closed the session lower but ended the week well ahead.

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Russian volunteer Andrei Kamayev arrived in war-torn eastern Ukraine in late September 2014, bursting with patriotic bravado and convinced that he was following in the footsteps of his grandfather -- a Soviet intelligence officer in World War II -- by fighting against "fascists and Nazis."

Using terms propagated by the Kremlin to describe Ukrainian government forces fighting Russia-backed separatists, the 49-year-old Kamayev admits to other motives for joining up... Читать дальше...

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Billionaire businessman Mark Cuban told Business Insider Thursday that it's "no surprise" CEOs began to abandon President Donald Trump's business councils following his response to the violence at white nationalist protests in Charlottesville, Virginia, this past weekend.

By Wednesday, with CEOs exiting the councils en masse, Trump tweeted that he was ending the Manufacturing Jobs Initiative and the Strategic and Policy Forum. Members of the latter council... Читать дальше...

Brad Stulberg, coauthor of "Peak Performance: Elevate your Game, Avoid Burnout and Thrive with the New Science of Success" shares how you can stop feeling exhausted after work every day. Following is a transcript of the video.

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Stocks sold off Thursday as false rumors swirled that Gary Cohn, President Donald Trump's top economic adviser, was resigning. The concern on Wall Street was that Cohn's departure could stifle some of the administration's business-friendly plans including tax reform. 

The major equity indexes lost more ground after a van plowed into a crowd in Barcelona, Spain, in what authorities said was a terrorist attack. 

By the market close, the S&P 500... Читать дальше...

A Georgia judge was suspended Tuesday, and later resigned, after comparing anti-Confederate protesters to ISIS, according to the Atlanta-Journal Constitution. 

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Warning: Spoilers ahead for "Game of Thrones" season seven.

Emilia Clarke stars as Daenerys Targaryen on "Game of Thrones," and while she's always been a queen on Instagram, this year her behind-the-scenes photos and videos are off the charts amazing. 

One of the highlights of "Game of Thrones" season seven so far was when Jon Snow finally met Drogon and even gave him a nice pat on the snout. In a new video Clarke shared on Instagram, we see Kit Harington (Jon... Читать дальше...

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Sen. Bob Corker, an influential Tennessee Republican, issued one of the GOP's strongest rebukes of President Donald Trump's leadership in the wake of the violent white supremacist rally in Charlottesville, Virginia over the weekend. 

Talking with local reporters after a town hall in Tennessee on Thursday, Corker, who had so far declined to criticize the president's controversial remarks about the protests, argued that anything short of "radical changes" in the White... Читать дальше...

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Uber Technologies on Thursday won a victory in its effort to keep unhappy customers from suing in court, persuading a federal appeals court to send a Connecticut passenger's price-fixing case against the ride-service company into arbitration. Overturning a lower court ruling, the 2nd U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals in Manhattan said Uber and former Chief Executive Officer Travis Kalanick properly notified customers in online user agreements that disputes should be arbitrated. Читать дальше...

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MADRID (Reuters) - A driver ran over two police officers at a checkpoint in Barcelona following a van attack in the city center, Catalan police said on Twitter.

Spanish media had earlier reported that at least one policeman was injured at the checkpoint.

It was not immediately clear whether the incident was linked to the van attack in the city center, which killed at least 13 people on Las Ramblas avenue.

Read the full story of the Las Ramblas terror attack here. Читать дальше...

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• Donald Trump held a controversial press conference Tuesday, in the aftermath of a deadly white nationalist rally in Charlottesville.

• He blasted the push to remove Confederate statues — sentiments he reiterated Thursday via Twitter.

• Most Confederate statues were erected decades after the war ended.

• Such monuments are potent symbols for the entrenched "Lost Cause" ideology, which serves to defend the Confederacy.

US President Donald Trump... Читать дальше...

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Army personnel recently traveled from Germany to the Aberdeen Proving Ground in Maryland for testing and training on new variants of the Stryker Infantry Carrier Vehicle.

The soldiers tested out Strykers armed with a 30 mm cannon as well as with a common remote-operated weapons station that allows soldiers inside the vehicle to fire Javelin antitank guided missiles.

Twelve of the Stryker variants — six with 30 mm cannons and six with Javelin missiles — will head... Читать дальше...

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