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BENTONVILLE, Arkansas - The Walton Family Foundation says it will donate $50 million over three years to Teach for America to support 4,000 new teachers nationwide.

BEIRUT - A bomb exploded in a Lebanese town near the Syria border on Thursday, killing and wounding several people including clerics who were holding a meeting at the time, security officials and state media said.

VILNIUS, Lithuania - Lithuanian police have arrested a 57-year-old man suspected of killing three elderly women and a social worker in a three-day stabbing spree in a rural village.

COLUMBUS, Indiana - Like many other 9-year-olds, Chris Owens assumed the Christmas gifts he received in 1986 came from the North Pole. His perceptions changed a few years later while still an adolescent as he learned more about Christmas giving and receiving.

NEW YORK - Ralph Lauren Corp. (RL) on Thursday reported fiscal second-quarter net income of $160 million.

NEW YORK - Police say a small plane was en route to New Hampshire from Philadelphia when it went down in the Atlantic Ocean off Breezy Point, Queens.

NEW ORLEANS - A federal judge has sentenced a businessman to three years of probation for orchestrating a kickback scheme involving government funds supposed to be used for cleaning up New Orleans in the wake of Hurricane Katrina.

INDIANAPOLIS - The first floor of the Indiana State Library is being transformed into a Statehouse visitor education center as part of a $2.5 million upgrade.

HARRISBURG, Pennsylvania - Facing criminal charges, relieved of her law license and threatened with removal by the Legislature, Pennsylvania's attorney general seems to have decided that if she has to go, she's going to take others down with her.

In this photo by Vincent Thian, a U.S. military honor guard prepares to place a U.S. flag over a container of human remains the military accepted in a ceremony attended by U.S. Defense Secretary Ash Carter in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. The remains were recovered from a 1945 crash of a U.S. military transport plane and were returned to U.S. custody by the Malaysian government on Thursday. The servicemen known to have been aboard the plane were Judson Baskett, William H. Myers and Donald E. Jones, who have been listed as missing since the crash. Читать дальше...

INDIANAPOLIS - Indiana University economists are projecting that Indiana's economy will grow at a slightly faster rate next year and into 2017.

NEW YORK - Kate Spade & Co. (KATE) on Thursday reported third-quarter net income of $2.3 million, after reporting a loss in the same period a year earlier.

LAGOS, Nigeria - Africa's biggest telecommunications company is locked in a nasty battle with one of the most powerful governments on the continent, with billions of dollars at stake.

DETROIT - The dirty cloud hanging over Volkswagen continues to grow.

NEW YORK - A forensic psychologist hired by the Manhattan District Attorney's office says a man accused of killing his hedge-fund founder father over a cut in his allowance is fit to stand trial.

JOHANNESBURG - South African media say a high school student stole a bus in a desperate effort to get to his final year mathematics exams.

INDIANAPOLIS - Authorities say a 14-year-old Indianapolis boy has died from his injuries after a fire earlier this week at his mobile home.

MADRID - A government-run opinion poll says Spain's ruling conservatives will win the most votes in Dec. 20 general elections but indicates they will likely need outside support to stay in power.

JERUSALEM - Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu came under fire Thursday for nominating a new spokesman who has in the past derided the country's much-admired president, made snarky remarks about U.S. leaders and voiced support for Jewish extremists.

ITHACA, New York - Cornell University is now home to the largest archive of Velvet Underground material held by an institution.

MOSCOW - The Russian athletics federation suspended five athletes Thursday, including a top marathon runner and an Olympic hammer throw finalist, just days before the publication of a major report into Russian doping.

MADRID - Four groups are urging Spanish political parties to repeal a public security law nicknamed the "gag law" after the country holds a general election on Dec. 20.

FRANKFURT, Germany - Thomas Mueller is cementing his position as one of Bayern Munich's key players with his versatility and an uncanny instinct for scoring.

NAIROBI, Kenya - The chairman of a parliamentary committee in Kenya charged with oversight on government spending says there is "horrendous" waste of public funds lost through corruption.

CHARLOTTE, North Carolina - Duke Energy Corp. (DUK) on Thursday reported third-quarter earnings of $932 million.