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COLUMBIA, Mo. (AP) — A University of Missouri official says the amount of greenhouse gas emissions produced by the school's power plant has decreased 43 percent since the 2008 fiscal year.

COLUMBIA, Mo. (AP) — A University of Missouri official says the amount of greenhouse gas emissions produced by the school's power plant has decreased 43 percent since the 2008 fiscal year.

Gold futures get a boost from a much weaker U.S. dollar as well as from declines in the U.S. stock market.

A week after a computer failure caused a worldwide service meltdown at Delta Air Lines, two senators have asked all domestic carriers to explain how resilient their information technology systems … Click to Continue »

As if the 2016 summer heat wave wasn’t unbearable enough, there may be a potential snowmageddon hitting the East Coast come winter 2017.

The Ravens stopped what they were doing last Thursday — in the middle of a preseason game — to watch Michael Phelps swim. Now, Ravens coach John Harbaugh wants the Baltimore native to do more than swing by for a visit. “I’m going to try to talk him into speaking with the team. Maybe now…

The Hill has until recently been regarded as an unbiased reporter of Capitol Hill news and information. But this year's election combined (obviously) with a strong desire for clickbait has led them to publish a "column" by well-known conspiracy theorist and Alex Jones BFF, as well as CNN contributor, Roger Stone. Stone uses the opportunity to spew his unfounded and dangerous nuttery, that the presidential election is “rigged” if Hillary Clinton wins. Oliver Willis at Media Matters:

Giuliani encounters Trump-supercharged media bias.

A man and a woman appeared in a Cape Town court in two separate cases, accused of defrauding the Road accident Fund of over R1.3 million in total.

A Bulgarian competitor has been charged with assaulting four maids in the Rio Olympic Village, police said on Tuesday.

Het merendeel van de Nederlandse showbizzvrouwen lijnt en sport zich een slag in de rondte om een slank figuurtje te krijgen, maar de transseksuele mediapersoonlijkheid Kelly van der Veer (36) wil juist het tegenovergestelde: aankomen. Volgens Kelly, die landelijk bekend werd door haar verschijning in de realityreeks Big Brother, werkt ze keihard om er vijf kilo bij te krijgen.

The Sports Xchange
SANTA CLARA, Calif. -- While fans and the media following the San Francisco 49ers' quarterback competition this summer have focused on who is winning, new coach Chip Kelly always has stressed another aspect of the duel.

Thousands of people cook using onions; as a matter of fact, some people cannot eat some meals if onions are not added to it because of the unique flavour it adds to food. In this part of the world, the onion skin is usually peeled off and discarded same way the chaff from the beans […]

Britney Spears is headed back to the start. The "Clumsy" singer is the first confirmed performer for the Aug. 28 2016 MTV Video Music...

Clinton's running mate cited the GOP nominee's feuds with John McCain and the Khan family while attacking his leadership.

Congress has received FBI documents related to the agency's recently closed investigation of Hillary Clinton's use of a private email server during her tenure as secretary of state, according to lawmakers.

Great Britain's Amy Tinkler wins Olympic bronze in the women's floor, as Simone Biles of the United States secures her fourth gold medal of Rio 2016.

Brooks Hays
COLLEGE PARK, Md., Aug. 16 (UPI) -- A new study highlights the potential benefits of wood windows in home construction -- specifically, its ability to keep a house cool.

A quarter century before he ran for the Presidency, Donald Trump lobbied to be the chief U.S. negotiator with the Soviet Union on a deal to mutually limit their nuclear arsenals. It was in the late eighties, shortly after his book “The Art of the Deal” was on the Times best-seller list for fifty-one weeks. The George H. W. Bush Administration instead tapped Richard Burt, who had spent much of his career in national security. Burt was the Ambassador to West Germany in the run-up to the fall of... Читать дальше...

22,000 people do.

Sumathi Shetty, mother of Rajeshwari Shetty, who has spoken out for the first time, two weeks after the incident.

Risk-sharing would force the banks to stash away some funds to safeguard against more mortgages in bad times