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The campus bookstore, a seeming anachronism in the digital age, will soon become history at the University of Massachusetts.
Starting next fall, students at the flagship Amherst campus will buy almost all textbooks from Amazon.com. The online retail giant has struck a deal with UMass to replace an on-campus “textbook ... | The ubiquitous online retailer has struck a deal with UMass to replace an on-campus “textbook annex” run by Illinois-based Follett Corp. with a smaller Amazon distribution center. UMass officials hope the arrangement will save students money. |
07/07/2015 AT 11:55 AM EDT
When his 18-month-old granddaughter's stroller rolled from the platform onto the train tracks at Wentworthville Station in Sydney, Australia, on Sunday morning, this grandfather knew he had to act fast.
, the grandfather jumped after the baby girl onto the tracks to save her, very narrowly ... | Soon after the man saved his 18-month-old granddaughter from the track, a freight train whizzed by |
A Lebanese official says Beirut airport authorities have foiled one of the country’s largest drug smuggling attempts, seizing two tonnes of the amphetamine fenethylline before they were loaded on to the private plane of a Saudi prince.
The official said the prince and four others had been detained on Monday. He spoke ... | Prince and four others detained after fenethylline pills were confiscated before they were loaded on to private jet in Beirut |
MADRID—Support is collapsing for Europe’s mainstream leftist parties, long a pillar of the establishment in countries across the continent.
A voter revolt against Italy’s leader marks the latest setback in a downward slide that began before recession hit Europe in 2008 and has accelerated since. Voters are chafing at ... | Support is collapsing across the continent for Europe’s mainstream leftist parties, with Italian voters’ rebuke of Prime Minister Matteo Renzi on Sunday just the latest instance. |
Israeli police arrested a man Wednesday who they suspect hacked into Madonna’s computer late last year and leaked demo versions of songs from her upcoming Rebel Heart album.
A month-long investigation from the cybercrime wing of Israel’s Lahav 433, an FBI-like organization, led authorities to arrest a 39-year-old, acc... | The singer called the theft "a form of terrorism" |
Paz de la Huerta is attempting a comeback after recovering from a near-death accident — but she’s still up to her old antics.
The “Boardwalk Empire” star, no stranger to odd behavior, vented her frustrations with Hollywood to a crowd at club No. 8 on Wednesday, saying, “Some people f— Harvey Weinstein and they get a G... | Paz de la Huerta is attempting a comeback after recovering from a near-death accident — but she’s still up to her old antics. |
By Douglas Robson, Special for USA TODAY
, who sat supine on a sofa for the
final in 2009, picked up where he left off two years ago by collecting his second title Sunday.
Top-ranked Nadal dominated big-hitting Tomas Berdych of the Czech Republic 6-4, 7-5, 6-4 in just 2 hours, 13 minutes to reinforce his current sta... | Rafael Nadal continued his climb up the Grand Slam ladder Sunday with another Wimbledon title, his second. The top-ranked Spaniard cruised past first-time finalist Tomas Berdych of the Czech Republic 6-3, 7-5, 6-4. |
Two 1957 films by Peter Sellers, long thought to be lost, have been found by the building manager of the now-defunct Park Lane Films in London. The master prints of “Dearth of a Salesman” and “Insomnia is Good,” were in 21 film cans that the manager, Robert Farrow, salvaged from a trash can outside the building when th... | Two 30-minute films by Peter Sellers, from 1957, are found in London. |
A group of 19 immigrant children became American citizens Friday during a unique swearing in ceremony at the Museum of Food and Drink in Brooklyn.
“America is lucky to have you. Not only are you becoming American, you are shaping what this country is,” said museum director Peter Kim.
The children, who ranged in age f... | A group of 19 immigrant children became American citizens during a unique swearing in ceremony at the Museum of Food and Drink. |
CARNEGIE HALL is the principal New York home for visiting orchestras, and has heard most of the best. This season, there is a slightly smaller proportion of premier national and international ensembles, and a larger proportion of orchestras from more exotic spots. An example is the Zagreb Philharmonic Orchestra, which ... | CARNEGIE HALL is the principal New York home for visiting orchestras, and has heard most of the best. This season, there is a slightly smaller proportion of premier national and international ensembles, and a larger proportion of orchestras from more exotic spots. An example is the Zagreb Philharmonic Orchestra, which ... |
BIRMINGHAM, Ala.--(BUSINESS WIRE)-- Regions Bank on Thursday announced that Kate Randall Danella has joined the company and will serve as Wealth Strategy and Effectiveness Executive for Regions Wealth Management.
This Smart News Release features multimedia. View the full release here: http://www.businesswire.com/news/... | BIRMINGHAM, Ala.---- Regions Bank on Thursday announced that Kate Randall Danella has joined the company and will serve as Wealth Strategy and Effectiveness Executive for Regions Wealth Management. In this role, Danella will oversee the development and implementation of business strategies across Regions’ Wealth Manage... |
Market confidence worldwide took a hit this week. And in Europe, while fears over sovereign debt were temporarily eased by the European Central Bank's decision to buy Italian and Spanish bonds, there is growing concern not only of more bailouts but also of possible bank failures. Who will pay for all of this?
As the s... | Europe binged on debt. Now Germany is stuck with the tab. |
We get CEASE & DESIST letters from studios every other week, and generally comply with 99% of them within 24 hours (except for Kat Dennings' lawyer, who was a total asshole!!!). I wonder if they even gave her the chance to remove them? Typical FOX "let's go
Dennings stars in Daydream Nation, a film that will be playin... | Collection of all USATODAY.com coverage of Kat Dennings., including articles, videos, photos, and quotes. |
Dr. Carlo Rosen, a doctor originally from Manhattan, is an emergency room physician at Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center in Boston, which was inundated patients following the bombings at the Boston Marathon's finish line Monday. The hospital treated 24 patients in all, more than half of the number of beds in the ER.... | When the ambulances began arriving at Boston’s Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center on the worst Patriot’s Day the city had ever known, Dr. Carlo Rosen was on the front lines, ready to receive. He tells the Daily News about the pressure-packed hours of urgent care that followed. |
The uproar over President-elect Obama's controversial selections of religious leaders for his inaugural events is just one of the problems already besetting our next president. But I believe there is power in the problems and religious leaders have a role to play in unleashing that power.
To some, the invitation to ev... | A conversation on religion with Jon Meacham and Sally Quinn. Visit http://newsweek.washingtonpost.com/onfaith/guestvoices/ |
In an excellent show of gentle dog discipline, Twitter user Ben Taylor showed his roommates' dog that actions have consequences.
In this case, the action was peeing all over Taylor's bed.
The consequence was having to stay home while another dog enjoys a leisurely outdoor walk.
But if this video causes you extreme e... | Poor lil guy. |
People don’t take hurricanes as seriously if they have a feminine name and the consequences are deadly, finds a new groundbreaking study.
Female-named storms have historically killed more because people neither consider them as risky nor take the same precautions, the study published in the Proceedings of the National... | People don't take hurricanes as seriously if they have a feminine name and the consequences are deadly, finds a new groundbreaking study. |
Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker came to the nation’s capital Friday to attack Washington’s culture, dismiss its wisdom and call for removing its power, offering new clarity on his strategic approach for earning the chance to live downtown by winning the 2016 presidential election.
“Washington is kind of this top-down, gov... | A rising Republican star carves out a role as the beltway outsider |
John A. Williams, a writer whose exploration of black identity, notably in the 1967 novel “The Man Who Cried I Am,” established him as one of the bright lights in what he liked to call “the second Harlem Renaissance,” and who caused a furor with an unflattering biography of the Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., died on ... | Mr. Williams, who was often compared to Ralph Ellison and James Baldwin, was the author of “The Man Who Cried I Am” and an unflattering biography of the Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. |
That's the story of graduates today.
But $100,000? Or more. Any debt counselor will tell you that's insane.
It's a choke-hold on young people starting their lives -- It means putting off getting married, having children, and buying that first home.
The number is so staggering that it's hard to come to terms with it.... | Student loans are a choke-hold on young people starting their lives |
The absence of ground beef at lunch last week — at Brighton High and 43 other public schools here — could be explained by a peek into the freezer, where 21 boxes of ground beef products sat, cordoned off from the rest of the meat by a clinical-looking cover of white paper reading “Do not use.”
This is the frozen mass ... | News of the ammonia-treated additive, formally called lean finely textured beef, set off a reaction by schools and an announcement by the Agriculture Department. |
Density Isnt Destiny One of the most common answers in recent decades has been population density: There are simply too many people in places like India, or so goes the conventional wisdom. But Hong Kong is densely populated, too: nearly 6,000 people per square kilometer, compared with Indias 287 people per square ki... | What accounts for some nations inventiveness and prosperity? Many believe freedom is the critical factor. |
Tesla Motors Inc. ’s top-of-the-line electric car can be delivered in just 20 days, far shorter than the waiting time on the luxury auto maker’s less expensive designs, suggesting it has shifted production to the $105,000 and up sedan to boost revenue.
The Palo Alto, Calif., auto maker launched the dual-motor P85D lat... | Tesla Motors can deliver its top-of-the-line Model S in just 20 days, far shorter than less expensive models, aiming to quickly boost revenue after falling below sales and revenue targets in its last quarter. |
There's one particularly troubling tidbit to be found amid Canada's surprisingly strong third-quarter growth: residential investment hit the skids.
The annualized 5.5 percent decline in this category was its worst quarterly showing since 2010, notes Macquarie Capital Markets Analyst David Doyle, who views the details ... | Real estate commissions tanked in the third quarter. |
The emergence of digital native media outlets and continued growth in online video has not yet drastically changed the face of the U.S. news media.
Nearly one third of U.S. adults, including nearly half of people aged 18-49, watch online news video, according to the 2014 State of the News Media study from the Pew Rese... | The emergence of digital native media outlets and continued growth in online video has not yet drastically changed the face of the U.S. news media. |
As she rose from her chair at the Calvin Klein fashion show in Midtown Manhattan the other week, Jessica Chastain was all but engulfed by an onrush of journalists and celebrity groupies imploring the lanky, flame-haired actress for a word, a glance, a nanosecond of her time.
Stefano Tonchi, the editor of W, embraced h... | Jessica Chastain takes the next step in her branding as an international star, becoming the so-called global ambassador for Manifesto, the new fragrance from Yves Saint Laurent. |
A member of the Iraqi military sits on a tank in Fallujah after forces retook the embattled city from Islamic State on Sunday. Haidar Mohammed Ali/Agence France-Presse/Getty Images …
People sort ballots on Sunday in Saint-Herblain, France, after a referendum was held regarding the Nantes Atlantique airport. Logic Vena... | WSJ Photos of the Day: Gay pride parades are held around the world, revelers enjoy the Glastonbury Festival, Olympic trials continue, and more. |
Most experts agree that it will take years, or even decades, to reform the criminal justice system in Indonesia, which is ranked as one of the world’s most corrupt countries by Transparency International, a Berlin-based anticorruption organization. The 32-year rule of President Suharto, which ended just a decade ago, l... | Indonesia’s network of corrupt law enforcement officials and middlemen has gained national attention, prompting calls for reform of the broken judicial system. |
Tuesday, November 4th 2008, 4:00 AM
Oprah is working O-vertime to get out the vote for her guy Barack.
Sen. Obama and the talk queen hooked up on a morning conference call Monday to strategize with prominent African-Americans, including Sean (Diddy) Combs, Donna Brazile, House Majority Whip Jim Clyburn and the Rev. J... | Barack Obama and Oprah Winfrey hooked up on a morning conference call Monday to strategize with prominent African-Americans, including Sean (Diddy) Combs, Donna azile, House Majority Whip Jim Clyburn and the Rev. Joseph Lowery. |
'Teen Mom' Star Pathetic Excuses For DUI
just admitted to drinking and driving before she was busted for DUI last week ... but she's convinced she's done NOTHING wrong.
The 21-year-old called in to TMZ Live moments ago with a litany of ridiculous excuses for getting behind the wheel under the influence last week ... ... | "Teen Mom" star Farrah Abraham just admitted to drinking and driving before she was busted for DUI last week ... but she's convinced she's done… |
IF you want to see how quickly you can ruin a great credit score, just skip a mortgage payment.
Lenders use credit scores to measure how you handle debt. The number you’ll see most often is your FICO score. It runs from 300 to 850. The major credit reporting bureaus developed a rival, VantageScore, with scores from 50... | Missed mortgage payments, serious loan delinquencies, loan modifications, short sales, foreclosures and bankruptcies all drag down scores. |
A decade ago, Canggu was just a black-sand beach with one food shack, rice paddies as far as the eye could see and a fantastic reef break for intermediate surfers wanting to take their skill to the next level. The wave is unchanged, though a little more crowded in peak season and there’s now a vibrant cafe scene and so... | From Mozambique to Mexico, via Cornwall, here are great places to ride waves, find a bed close to the beach and eat drink and party after a day on the water |
IN its 2,700-year history, the port city of Palermo has undergone three golden ages: the Carthaginians, Arabs and Normans all found glory along its rugged shores. And now, after decades of post-War neglect and mafia corruption, the often overlooked Sicilian capital is poised for a fourth or at least a well-deserved c... | After decades of postwar neglect, the Sicilian capital is poised for a comeback. Crumbling roads are being repaved, landmarks scrubbed clean and a newfound pride can be felt. |
Bobby Brown was in "great spirits" Friday as he prepared to make his first public appearance since the start of daughter Bobbi Kristina's coma crisis three months ago, his wife told the Daily News.
The New Edition singer, who's been keeping a vigil at Bobbi Kristina's bedside in Georgia, flew to Los Angeles to sing on... | The New Edition singer flew to Los Angeles to sing on stage Saturday night at the Kinfolks Soul Food Festival. |
Maybe Drew Faust ought to run for president. She’s the head of Harvard University and just delivered at West Point a speech praising the military that once would have been unthinkable from Ivy League leadership.
And just when we need it most — facing a gathering war while locked in a presidential campaign in which our... | Maybe Drew Faust ought to run for president. She’s the head of Harvard University and just delivered at West Point a speech praising the military that once would have been unthinkable from Ivy Leag… |
It's two legal cases down and three to go before Australia's biggest coal mine, slated for Queensland's Galilee Basin, can start says the Queensland Resources Council.
A Federal Court on Monday dismissed a challenge by conservationists to stop the project.
The Federal Court threw out an Australian Conservation Founda... | Conservationists say a Federal Court decision on a challenge to Adani's Carmichael coal mine could strengthen environmental considerations in Australian law. |
Just past noon on a Friday in June, a Union Pacific freight train carrying oil jumped the tracks in a small town in Oregon, not far from a school filled with children, and exploded in flames that burned for 14 hours.
Bad tracks were cited as the cause, but federal regulators said a better braking system on the train —... | After 19 derailments, debate is roiling over controlling tank cars filled with oil and ethanol. |
SANTIAGO, Chile â In broad terms, there are two strains of government in Latin America: the new populism, exemplified by Venezuela or Argentina, and the pro-market model long represented by Brazil, Chile, Colombia and Peru. Will Chile pull back from this paradigm if the Socialist former president, Michelle Bachelet, ... | In the presidential election, Chileans look set to pick trustworthiness and character over economic ideology. |
Toronto fans turned out for Jewish Heritage day featuring the Sacramento Kings' Israel-born Omri Casspi.
LOS ANGELES—Salih Eroglu prepared carefully for the Los Angeles Clippers' big day-after-Christmas basketball game.
The 33-year-old gathered Turkish baklava pastries, sparkling "evil eye" pendants and sunflower see... | NBA teams are drumming up Heritage events, meant to court even the smallest émigré enclaves to the courts, and provide just a tad of buzz—and a souvenir trinket or two—to pump up attendance. |
Ups and downs of Miley Cyrus' 'Bangerz' tour
Ups and downs of Miley Cyrus' 'Bangerz' tour
Ups and downs of Miley Cyrus' 'Bangerz' tour
Ups and downs of Miley Cyrus' 'Bangerz' tour
Ups and downs of Miley Cyrus' 'Bangerz' tour
Ups and downs of Miley Cyrus' 'Bangerz' tour
Ups and downs of Miley Cyrus' 'Bangerz' tour... | Ruben Navarrette says making rude use of Mexican flag on Mexican independence day in a concert in Mexico was tasteless, but not an international incident. |
VICE PRESIDENT Cheney is aggressively pursuing an initiative that may be unprecedented for an elected official of the executive branch: He is proposing that Congress legally authorize human rights abuses by Americans. "Cruel, inhuman and degrading" treatment of prisoners is banned by an international treaty negotiated ... | Vice President Cheney has become an open advocate of torture. Congress should reject his proposal and instead prohibit cruel, inhuman and degrading treatment of prisoners. |
An emotional and invigorating Hall of Fame weekend came to a grinding halt on Sunday night when the Packers-Colts game was canceled because of poor field conditions.
One day after Brett Favre led the eight-member class of 2016 into the hall, its president, David Baker, announced the cancellation after discussing probl... | Paint markings cause hardening of new field’s playing surface and NFL Hall of Fame promises full refunds to fans at cost of millions of dollars |
Yahoo Screen is no more. The troubled tech giant has killed its highly-hyped and high-spending video division less than four years after its launch.
The Yahoo division joins Xbox Entertainment Studios on the growing pile of ambitious video divisions trying to compete with television and failing.
Yahoo’s video concern... | Tech company’s video division fades to black after struggling to draw viewers away from the likes of YouTube and traditional TV networks |
WASHINGTON (CNN) -- For Lilly Ledbetter, it was a day of vindication over a decade in the making.
President Obama stands with Lilly Ledbetter shortly before he signed the bill bearing her name Thursday.
More than 10 years after first filing a gender discrimination claim with the Equal Employment Opportunity Commissio... | For Lilly Ledbetter, it was a day of vindication over a decade in the making. |
About two months ago, Sean covered here at Mashable the news that an organization named Merlin has become the fifth biggest record label, behind giants like EMI, Warner and Sony. Given that the age of giant labels is dying, it’s odd that 12,000 indie labels (those best poised to be nimble and adaptable to the ever-chan... | Merlin, the indie record label, is trying to get money out of Last.FM by extorting them via the press. |
In response to graffiti artist Banksy's
Gaza tourist video, the territory's parkour team show us what real life is like there and their dreams beyond the border. To the sounds of Palestine's biggest female hip-hop artist, Shadia Mansour, join Abdallah AlQassab and the rest of the free-running team as they flip, somers... | In response to graffiti artist Banksy's Make this the Year YOU Discover a New Destination Gaza tourist video, the territory's parkour team show us what real life is like in the ruined city |
Toronto’s mayor is believed to have a tumour in his abdomen, says the president of the Humber River Hospital, Rueben Devlin
Toronto’s mayor, Rob Ford, has been admitted to a hospital and is believed to have a tumour in his abdomen, health officials said Wednesday.
Rueben Devlin from Humber regional hospital said Ford... | Controversial Canadian politician who admitted smoking crack is believed to have a tumour on his abdomen |
Michael Bublé's son, who is currently undergoing treatment for liver cancer, will get to spend the holidays with his family in Los Angeles.
The Mirror and local newspapers in Argentina (where Bublé's wife is from) report that Noah is well enough to go home for Christmas, but that the family will stay in California ins... | Though still undergoing treatment, Noah is well enough to spend some time at home. |
What better way to celebrate #WorldAnimalDay than with an amazing animal rescue from the other side of the world.
SPCA Singapore shared a video to their Facebook page of a kitten in desperate need of help. The tiny tabby cat managed to sneak out the window of his owner’s 12th story apartment and get stuck on the ledge... | It has the tension of a heist movie |
Photo: Scott Strazzante, The Chronicle
Nathan Brougher and Andrea Bustard enjoy the late afternoon sun while seated on a park bench along Lake Merritt in Oakland, Calif. on Wednesday, September 10, 2014.
Nathan Brougher and Andrea Bustard enjoy the late afternoon sun while seated on a park bench along Lake Merritt in... | Joggers with white earbuds and spandex sprinted by while young women sipped wine from paper cups on a blanket near a pile of bicycles. "In the last 18 to 24 months we've seen an influx of 20- to 35-year-olds who are moving from San Francisco because they are getting pushed out because their rents are too high," said B... |
Tax expenditures come in many forms, and hardly anyone defends the practice broadly. Various interests avidly defend their particular benefits, though. A sampling:
Brian Wynne, president, Electric Drive Transportation Association, on the tax credit for electric cars:
Electric drive vehicles, which replace oil with el... | Keep the tax credit for electric cars, mortgage deduction, ethanol and charitable deductions. |
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Voters across the nation have begun to cast their ballots in the 2016 presidential election.
Students atBenjamin Franklin Elementary School already think they have a pretty good handle on who the winner will be.
That's because for the past 48 years, they have correctly p... | Students at Benjamin Franklin Elementary School already think they have a pretty good handle on who the winner of the 2016 presidential election will be. |
Highly touted acquisitions often disappoint investors. They just usually take more than a month and change to do so.
In late April, AbbVie announced it was paying $5.8 billion for Stemcentrx and its lead lung-cancer drug Rova-T. It was a big payout for a hard-to-evaluate private company. Underwhelming drug-trial data ... | New data suggest it paid too much for another drug. |
For Christine Quayle, finding child care for her son, Brian, was no easy task.
Diagnosed with hydrocephalus at birth, Brian had fluid around his brain. When he was 3 weeks old, a shunt was inserted to direct the fluid to his abdomen. Later, he was diagnosed with spastic quadriplegic cerebral palsy with dystonia, a bra... | For Christine Quayle, finding child care for son Brian was no easy task. But more and more agencies are easing the daily grind for families. |
Anderson, an analyst, and our guest from the j.p. stern's school of business. He specializes in corporate strategy. What does it take for mcdonald's to get its mojo back echo mcdonald's has been struggling with how to communicate with the new generation in a lot of ways -- it is a millennial problem? It is a millennial... | NYU Sterns School of Business Professor J.P. Eggers and Miller Tabak & Co. Analyst Stephen Anderson discuss their outlook for McDonald’s on “Market Makers.” (Source: Bloomberg) |
Dark Chocolate and Pomegranate Bark: Tom Faglon makes homemade gifts for the holidays. His gift to Melissa Clark: a dark chocolate and pomegranate bark with just a hint of ginger and sea salt.
Chocolate bark is the workhorse of homemade holiday gifts: easy, crowd-pleasing, expected.
But youâve never seen chocolate ... | Chocolate bark with pomegranate bite, spiced pralines and a cranberry cordial are among the offerings of sweet homemade holiday gifts from Dining section readers. |
Europe is finally showing interest in playing hardball with Vladimir Putin.
According to a report from Reuters, leaders from the European Union met Tuesday to discuss stepping up sanctions against Russia in retaliation for Putin’s support of rebel groups in eastern Ukraine and for his refusal to fully cooperate with a... | All-out economic war with Russia could destabilize the E.U. |
The ECB estimates that a 10 percent depreciation in the value of the euro gives annual gross domestic product (GDP) in the euro zone a roughly 0.4 percent boost and raises inflation by 0.6 percent.
Read MoreAnother week, another euro drubbing...
That's good news for a region that has suffered lackluster growth for ye... | There's little doubt a sharp fall in the single currency could lift the euro zone growth outlook, but the impact is far from clear cut, analysts say. |
After more than a year of review, the federal government has finally released its "meaningful use" guidelines for electronic medical records. For the health care field this is particularly meaningful because it's the first step taken toward adding the kinds of consistency and efficiency through IT that most corporation... | How the rules about electronic medical records will change our perceptions about all information technology. |
Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey sees its newest coverage plan as a potentially transformative product, just what the health-care system needs to reward successful medical treatment and keep costs down by moving away from the traditional fee-for-service model.
But the Omnia Health Plan, along with its paym... | Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey sees its newest coverage plan as a potentially transformative product, but the Omnia Health Plan, along with its payment model, has triggered a dozen bills proposed by legislators and a costly public-relations war. |
Donald Trump has made it clear by now that he wants to build a big, beautiful wall along our southern border-- and he wants Mexico to pay for it.
In Baja California, Mexico, Cerveza Cucapá figures generosity is a two-way street. The craft brewery set its sights on something much smaller and much more affordable — a be... | Trump supporters will be paying for an all-out fiesta south of the border. |
Forever 21 has pulled a controversial t-shirt after getting a huge backlash from consumers who called the gear "shameful" and "rapey."
The graphic tee featured a slogan that seemingly referred to sexual consent: "Don't Say Maybe If You Want To Say No." The Internet response was overwhelmingly negative, with Twitter us... | Forever 21 has pulled a controversial t-shirt after getting a huge backlash from consumers who called the gear "shameful" and "rapey." The graphic… |
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09/07/2016 AT 10:00 AM EDT
Nearly 40 years ago, Colleen Stan made a fateful decision.
On May 19, 1977, she got into a car with Cameron and Janice Hooker, a seemingly nice young couple with a baby, while hitchhiking to a friend's birthday party from her Eugene, Oregon home.
She never made it to that party.
About 30 ... | Colleen Stan opens up to PEOPLE about her ordeal and story of survival – and the new Lifetime movie about her life |
In Romania, politics and art go hand in hand. So much so that there has been a running joke among artists that you can't have a gallery opening without an appearance from Adrian Nastase - the country's former prime minister, unexpectedly removed from office in the elections a fortnight ago. His apparent devotion to the... | Tyrant Ceausescu's former palace is now home to a gallery - and Romanians are furious. James Paul reports. |
By Ben Leach Published: 8:08PM BST 18 Apr 2010
Rebecca and Magdalena Stenfors take advantage of the warm weather at Kew Gardens Photo: Frantzesco Kangaris
A man rests while visiting Kew Gardens Photo: Frantzesco Kangaris
Thousands of Britons enjoyed one of the hottest days of the year so far on Sunday as temperature... | Britain will experience a spring heatwave with temperatures forecast to rise
to 68F (20C) by the weekend. |
The man arrested in connection with the seemingly random killing of a woman who was out for a stroll with her father along the San Francisco waterfront is an illegal immigrant who previously had been deported five times, federal immigration officials say.
Further, Immigration and Customs Enforcement says San Francisco... | The man arrested in connection with the seemingly random killing of a woman who was out for a stroll with her father along the San Francisco waterfront is an illegal immigrant who previously had been deported five times, federal immigration officials say. |
Batus Inc., the American arm of B.A.T. Industries of London, said yesterday that it had reached an agreement with the staff of the Federal Trade Commission that settles the agency's investigation of Batus's continuing acquisition of Marshall Field & Company. The action was seen as clearing the way for Batus to acquire ... | Batus Inc., the American arm of B.A.T. Industries of London, said yesterday that it had reached an agreement with the staff of the Federal Trade Commission that settles the agency's investigation of Batus's continuing acquisition of Marshall Field & Company. The action was seen as clearing the way for Batus to acquire ... |
Creigh Deeds, with son Gus, was released from the hospital Friday. Police believe Gus, who shot himself dead after stabbing his father, had mental health issues.
Virginia state Sen. Creigh Deeds was released from the hospital Friday, four days after the politician was repeatedly stabbed on Tuesday by his 24-year-old s... | Virginia state Sen. Creigh Deeds was released from the hospital Friday, four days after the local politician was repeatedly stabbed on Tuesday by his 24-year-old son Gus, who then shot himself dead. |
Turkish police have fired teargas and water cannon at hundreds of stone-throwing May Day protesters in Istanbul, after they defied a ban and tried to march on Taksim Square.
Europe’s biggest city was under a security lockdown on Friday, as thousands of police manned barricades and closed streets to halt demonstrations... | Riot police use water cannon and teargas to push back activists from Taksim Square during first major protests since government passed security bill |
Numerically significant dates have become something of a phenomenon in the wedding world. Not only are they easy to remember for anniversaries, but many couples believe such patterns are lucky.
That's why fellow Vegas venues the Luxor and Excalibur are also peddling special "Lucky in Love" wedding packages this weeken... | Saturday is the last numerically sequential date in the calendar for nearly two decades, sending wedding demand soaring. |
A small-time Sydney drug dealer who tasked a kindergarten-aged relative with accepting cash payments for heroin has been sentenced to a minimum of just over two years behind bars.
Penrith District Court on Tuesday heard how the man, who cannot be named for legal reasons, was living with his mother and uncle in a publi... | A Sydney man caught selling heroin to feed his own addiction has been sentenced to up to three years and nine months behind bars. |
Mahoney did not directly address the alleged affair during a news conference but issued a statement taking "full responsibility for my actions and the pain I have caused my wife Terry and my daughter Bailey."
"No marriage is perfect," Mahoney said, "but our private life is our private life."
He said he never misused ... | Latest news on the US federal government. Information and analysis of federal legislation, government contracts and regulations. Search for government job openings, career information and federal employee benefits news. |
SKIERS in baggy pants and shimmering bibs were slingshotting up the near-vertical walls of the halfpipe at Copper Mountain during this winter’s U.S. Freeskiing Open. High above the lip of the pipe, their skis whirled like old-fashioned eggbeaters.
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Tim Herbert, of New Zealand, hits... | Woodward at Copper Mountain gives snow-sliders the chance to go airborne by training on artificial ski ramps, foam pits and skate bowls. |
A 100-metre sprint can last just 10 seconds. A javelin throw is also finished within a minute. And though the 50-kilometre race walk might seem long when compared to other long-distance events, these moments represent a sliver of what happens in the life of Canada's top track and field athletes competing in the IAAF Wo... | Twitter lets us in on the realities of a track and field athlete's life on days they're not competing. |
A victim of the Orlando gay nightclub massacre captured the moments the first gunshots rang out in a Snapchat video before she was shot dead.
Amanda Alvear, 25, was at the Pulse nightclub dancing to Latin music with friends when gunman Omar Mateen killed her and 49 others in the worst mass shooting in US history.
Ama... | A victim of the Orlando gay nightclub massacre captured the moments the first gunshots rang out in a Snapchat video before she was shot dead. |
It’s a safe bet that advisers to Hillary Clinton spend more time than they would like batting away the suggestion that their candidate must be hiding something. This is what Joel Benenson, Clinton’s chief campaign strategist, had to do on CNN one morning in late August, when the anchor Chris Cuomo confronted him with q... | And what exactly are we looking for? |
Lindsay Lohan Alleged Hit-and-Run Case No One is Cooperating
Law enforcement sources tell TMZ ... both
and the man who claims she struck him while she was driving her Porsche last week are refusing to cooperate with police.
We're told Lindsay and the alleged victim --
) -- have both refused to sit down with the det... | Law enforcement sources tell TMZ ... both Lindsay Lohan and the man who claims she struck him while she was driving her Porsche last week are refusing to… |
UNITED NATIONS (AP) — North Korea is warning that its military forces will respond if the U.N. Security Council questions or condemns the country over the sinking of a South Korean navy ship — an act it vehemently denies.
North Korea's U.N. Ambassador Sin Son Ho told a news conference Tuesday there is "a touch-and-go ... | UNITED NATIONS (AP) — The U.N. Security Council is expressing grave concern at the impact of the sinking of a South Korean ship on peace and stability on the Korean peninsula. ... |
Shock news from across the Channel: French women do get fat, they have brattish, fussy-eater children, chipped nails, they sometimes sleep on their own wearing big cotton knickers and they do mind if their husband is enjoying cinq-à-sept trysts with his mistress.
President François Hollande's affair – alleged – with a... | Anne Penketh and Kim Willsher: French women defy their chic stereotypes in face of Francois Hollande's alleged affair |
WASHINGTON -- Donald Trump's "Make America Great Again" hats tout they are "Made in USA." Not necessarily always the case, an Associated Press review found.
The iconic, baseball-style hats are indeed stitched together at a small factory in the Los Angeles area. But at least one of the hats in a small sample tested by ... | The ubiquitous red head gear is assembled in an LA-area factory but an analysis of the fabric tells a more complicated tale |
Greek yogurt maker Chobani is considering replacing Chief Executive Hamdi Ulukaya with its President and Chief Operating Officer Kevin Burns, the New York Post reported, citing people familiar with the matter.
One of the primary reasons for the removal of Ulukaya, founded the company, is a product recall in 2013 that ... | The Greek yogurt maker is considering replacing CEO with its president and COO, the New York Post reported, citing people familiar with the matter. |
Apple wants to push consumers further into a wireless world. Its tactics: Eliminate the standard headphone jack in its newest iPhones and market new "AirPods'' - tiny wireless earbuds that the company claims greatly improve on standard Bluetooth technology.
But that strategy has some risks.
Start with the AirPods the... | Apple is trying to push consumers into a wireless world, but the strategy has some risks. |
The presenting duo returning to the ITV show after the summer break
THEY were only back on air a few minutes before Holly Willoughby and Phillip Schofield got into a fit of giggles on This Morning.
The presenting duo have just returned to the small screen from their summer break and started laughing as they welcomed ... | THEY were only back on air a few minutes before Holly Willoughby and Phillip Schofield got into a fit of giggles on This Morning. The presenting duo have just returned to the small screen from thei… |
The State Department is conducting three separate investigations of the shooting, and on Monday the F.B.I. said it was sending a team to Baghdad to compile evidence for possible criminal prosecution.
Neither the State Department nor Blackwater would comment on Monday about the 15-page report, but both said their repre... | Employees of Blackwater USA have engaged in nearly 200 shootings in Iraq since 2005, according to a new report from Congress. |
Today's column: Larry David and 'Curb Your Enthusiasm,' kicking it up a notch for TV Guide run
Shales, The Washington Post's chief television critic for 30 years, is the author of several books, including "On the Air," "Legends" and "Live From New York." His column, "Shales on TV," appears in the paper every Tuesday.
... | Post Style columnist and Pulitzer Prize winner Tom Shales discusses television, its cultural impact and his columns. |
ATLANTA TIM MAZZETTI is a party-loving soccer player from Brazil and an inspiration to every bartender who ever filled a martini glass so it bulged. For two and a half seasons, he has been kicking footballs crosswise for the Atlanta Falcons, and twice in that span the team has been in the National Football League playo... | Red Smith Bartender's Comeback ATLANTA TIM MAZZETTI is a party-loving soccer player from Brazil and an inspiration to every bartender who ever filled a martini glass so it bulged. For two and a half seasons, he has been kicking footballs crosswise for the Atlanta Falcons, and twice in that span the team has been in t... |
NEW YORK (AP) Maybe men had it right all along: It doesn't take long to satisfy a woman in bed. A survey of sex therapists concluded the optimal amount of time for sexual intercourse was 3 to 13 minutes. The findings, to be published in the May issue of the Journal of Sexual Medicine, strike at the notion that endura... | Maybe men had it right all along: It doesn't take long to satisfy a woman in bed. A survey of sex therapists concluded the optimal amount of time for sexual intercourse was 3 to 13 minutes. The findings, to be published in the May issue of the... |
Deepening income inequality across the U.S. is dividing the housing market into winners and losers among renters and owners, the middle class and wealthy, and racial groups.
An annual report from Harvard Universityâs Joint Center for Housing Studies, the State of the Nationâs Housing, reveals that even while th... | Deepening income inequality across the U.S. is dividing the housing market into winners and losers among renters and owners, the middle class and wealthy, and racial groups. An annual report from Harvard Universityâs Joint Center for Housing Studies reveals that even while the housing market begins to recover and reg... |
Farris Barakat, center, remains on his knees after prayer during a funeral service for his brother Deah Shaddy Barakat, Thursday, Feb. 12, 2015, in Raleigh, N.C. Deah Shaddy Barakat, his wife Yusor Mohammad Abu-Salha, and her sister Razan Mohammad Abu-Salha were killed Tuesday at a condominium in Chapel Hill, N.C. Crai... | Saudi Arabia on Sunday condemned the killing in North Carolina of three American Muslim college students as a heinous terrorist act, and called for an end to incitement against Muslims. ... |
We are driving down to Durham, NC on Sat. morning and heading to Emerald Isle, NC on Sunday afternoon for a week's vacation. It looks like we'll get to the beach after the storm has hit. What are the chances we'll have bad weather driving down on Saturday morning?
OK, I know this is silly at a time when people are wor... | Capital Weather Gang's Jason Samenow discusses the massive heat wave hitting the DC area. |
Several women who have accused Bill Cosby of sexual assault are outraged that a new national museum celebrating black history will recognize the actor’s work without mentioning the dozens of allegations against him.
The small exhibit at the National Museum of African American History and Culture will showcase only his... | Accusers angry at the National Museum of African American History and Culture |
It is not always so peaceful here in Israelâs only real resort town, located at a strategic juncture of Israel, Jordan, Saudi Arabia and Egypt.
Loud booms rocked the night sky above Eilat two weeks ago as the Israeli military used its Iron Dome missile-defense system to safeguard the city, intercepting a rocket that... | Vacationers continue to flock to Israelâs only real resort town on the Red Sea, even with regional tensions rising. |
NEW YORK (CNNMoney.com) -- Big banks are having trouble restarting the foreclosure process after this fall's "robo-signing" scandal, and the once booming market for foreclosed homes has been hit hard as a result.
According to ForeclosureRadar, the number of properties coming to auction in hard-hit western states -- Ar... | The robo-signing scandal has prevented some repossessed homes from coming back onto the market, but it also may have emboldened some homeowners toward default. |
His name is Oscar López Rivera, a 72-year-old Puerto Rican who on May 29 marked 34 years in U.S. federal prisons, 13 of them in solitary confinement. His crime? Fighting for independence for his homeland.
A growing number of people of every political persuasion and many different nationalities believe it is high time ... | A growing number of people of every political persuasion believe it is high time for the 72-year-old to be freed. |
Sara Moonves, Fashion Editor “The Balenciaga boots are my all time favorite. I got them so many years ago and still wear them every winter,” says Moonves. “They are incredibly warm and although they look impossible to walk in, they are actually quite comfortable. It’s freezing this week and I’m always cold, so I pile u... | Moonves incorporates pieces by Givenchy and J. Crew Park while Zalopany pairs Jonathan Simkhai with Balenciaga in their fashion week wardrobe. |
Canadian Pacific Railway Ltd. on Thursday said it would cut up to 1,000 jobs this year as sluggish economic conditions weigh on some of its key freight volumes.
CP Chief Executive Hunter Harrison announced the job cuts following the release of fourth-quarter results that missed analyst expectations on a slump in reven... | Canadian Pacific Railway Ltd. on Thursday reported a fourth-quarter profit that missed analyst expectations and said it would cut up to 1,000 jobs this year. |
The storm’s assault on North Carolina extended into Sunday, and the governor said at least seven people had been killed in the state.
“I wouldn’t assume that there aren’t people clinging for life right now in houses that are underwater that we have yet to reach, especially in lower-populated areas,” Gov. Pat McCrory t... | North Carolina’s governor said the death toll from the storm had reached eight in a state still saturated from heavy rains in September. |
Last summer at Normandy music festival Beauregard, Florence Welch, frontwoman of Florence + the Machine, took to the mic between songs and recognised two teenagers in the crowd. “She spoke to us between the lyrics, asking what we were doing in France,” said Leah Moloney, “[Then she] told the crowd we were special guest... | A teenager’s fantasy to read whatever Florence + the Machine recommended has become an online group with more than 25,000 Instagram followers – in collaboration with the star herself |
Former Formula One driver Mark Webber will return to Britain later this week after crashing in Sao Paulo during the final race of the World Endurance Championship season.
"Mark spent the night in a local hospital in Sao Paulo where he underwent further checks," a statement on his website said.
"He sustained bruising ... | Mark Webber says he has no recollection of the fiery accident which put him hospital overnight, leaving him with bruising and concussion. |
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