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The amount of money Facebook makes per user is set to grow significantly within the next two years, analysts predict

"The Speaker believes putting members through prolonged leadership turmoil would do irreparable damage to the institution," an aide said.

The kidnappers who last week abducted two Reverend fathers along Kalabari-Emohua road in Rivers State have requested for ransom. The clergymen, Rev. J B Lawson and Rev. Dokubo of the African Church were said to be returning from a church programme at Degema Local government area when they were attacked by armed men who fixed […]

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Chelsea manager Jose Mourinho is confident Loic Remy and Radamel Falcao can fill the void left by Diego Costa while he serves out the rest of his ban.

NEW YORK - U.S. stocks climbed on Friday after three days of losses. Investors were encouraged by a report that showed U.S. economic growth was faster in the spring than previously estimated.

Financial companies got a boost after Federal Reserve Chair Janet Yellen said that the central bank was still likely to raise interest rates this year. Nike soared after the company's earnings surpassed analysts' expectations. The U.S. economy expanded at an annual rate of 3.9 percent in the April-June quarter, up from a previous estimate of 3.7 percent, the Commerce Department reported Friday. The strength came from gains in consumer spending, business investment and residential construction. Читать дальше...

BUFFALO, New York - The prosecutor overseeing the sexual assault investigation of Chicago Blackhawks star Patrick Kane says the accuser's mother lied about finding an evidence bag in her doorway.

MINNEAPOLIS - When the Minnesota Timberwolves signed Ricky Rubio to a four-year, $56 million contract extension before last season, it was a giant show of faith that the young point guard was going to be an integral part of pulling the long-suffering franchise out of the NBA basement.

MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — When the Minnesota Timberwolves signed Ricky Rubio to a four-year, $56 million contract extension before last season, it was a giant show of faith that the young point guard…

MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — When the Minnesota Timberwolves signed Ricky Rubio to a four-year, $56 million contract extension before last season, it was a giant show of faith that the young point guard…

Official sources said the officer was kidnapped along with another person in South Garo hills when militants intercepted a Tata Sumo vehicle on Thursday.

Official sources said the officer was kidnapped along with another person in South Garo hills when militants intercepted a Tata Sumo vehicle on Thursday.

The Volkswagen scandal and Apple’s move to take control from wireless carriers led the week’s business news.

Erie County District Attorney Frank Sedita said during a news conference Friday that the mother was given the bag at a hospital when her daughter was examined, but it never contained a rape kit

Prime Minister Narendra Modi will walk into the Bihar elections as soon as he is back from the US.

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SWINDON, England, Sept. 25 (UPI) -- British police apologized to neighbors of a school after officers set off sirens to settle a student debate about whether they went "woo-woo" or "nee-nah."

The outgoing Speaker of the House may now be able to cut a budget deal without support from conservative Republicans.

The Hawks will take over investigations into alleged fraudulent acts committed by staff of the Road Accident Fund.

In this week's instalment of My Spanish Career, The Local talks to Robert Shultz, an American English teacher and now head of the quirky Lactic Acid Junkies running group in Madrid.

European stocks erase much of the week’s losses as comments by U.S. Federal Reserve Chairwoman Janet Yellen somewhat eased concerns about lackluster global economic growth.

Gaganjeet Bhullar, making a comeback from an injury, and Rashid Khan were the only Indians to make the cut at the Asia-Pacific Open Mitsubishi Diamond Cup golf tournament here on Friday.

Thomas Jefferson, who thought public education was a safeguard for democracy, founded a university and proposed tax-funded education for "all the free children, male and female" in 1779.

NEW YORK - As world leaders descend on the United Nations this weekend, former President Bill Clinton will be taking them to East Africa through virtual reality.

In a seven-minute movie, viewers with special goggles will be able to follow Clinton's travels. Heads of states, corporate executives and civil-society leaders in attendance will be able to watch using special goggles — Samsung's Gear VR headset — that will be set up in the main lounge. "The ability of technology like this to bring people together from around the world has the potential to encourage everyone, no matter where they are, to be more engaged in global issues and how to solve them,"... Читать дальше...