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Stoughton Farm

If you find yourself in New York in the coming weeks, you may want to stop by Stoughton Farm in Newark Valley. That's because, for the fall season, you'll be able to enter a corn maze that's styled after the iconic characters from the "Super Mario Bros." franchise.

The corn maze is just one of the many things visitors can do at Stoughton Farm, including hay rides and raspberry picking, but the maze is the largest and showiest undertaking.

The eight-acre field... Читать дальше...

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LOS ANGELES, Aug. 16 (UPI) -- Amy Schumer delves into her personal life with a new book of essays titled "The Girl with the Lower Back Tattoo."

When she refused to go to the shop, he attacked

Liz Cheney, daughter of former Vice President Dick "Darth" Cheney, former Fox News personality and "the most important Deputy Assistant Secretary of State for Near Eastern Affairs in our nation's history, maybe ever" (h/t Tengrain) failed at her attempt to oust a sitting Republican Senator in 2014, is back running for the state's lone House seat. The primary is today.

Three men appeared in a Las Vegas courtroom Tuesday in a brutal torture, arson and murder case that police say stemmed from missing drug shipments mailed to ...

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Australia finished fourth, again, as its hold on the heartbreak in these Games continued with discus thrower Dani Samuels finishing just off the dais.

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The world’s oceans are awash in plastic pollution, and as these maps and charts show, the situation is poised to worsen unless drastic changes take place.

Over the coming decades global plastic production is slated to increase nearly sixfold, and collection and recycling systems in many parts of the world already are struggling to keep up with the proliferation of plastic products and associated waste.

Broadly speaking, plastic pollution comes from three main sources... Читать дальше...

Global growth expectations have rebounded

Irish boxer Michael Conlan did not mince words after he was knocked out of the Olympics Tuesday. He made it clear he thought the fix was in for his quarterfinal opponent, Russia's Vladimir Nikitin.

The sales of the Baikal clothes, presented by Russian arms maker Kalashnikov, will start in fall 2016.

Business Insider

Ivanka Trump's favorite career advice is simple, and it's something we've all heard before: "love what you do."

She also shares that the path to living your passion is trial and error.

Business Insider recently sat down with Trump, who advises young professional women with her #AskIT YouTube series, to talk about her strategies for success in the workplace.

The executive vice president of development and acquisitions at The Trump Organization and head... Читать дальше...

RIO DE JANEIRO (AP) — Even the resilient Germans couldn't work their way out of this mess.

RIO DE JANEIRO (AP) — Even the resilient Germans couldn't work their way out of this mess.

RIO DE JANEIRO (AP) — Even the resilient Germans couldn't work their way out of this mess.

RIO DE JANEIRO (AP) — Even the resilient Germans couldn't work their way out of this mess.

Linebacker Jadeveon Clowney can’t seem to shake the injury bug that’s hampered him throughout his career with knee soreness serving as the culprit this time. The knee issue forced him to miss a week of work and the team’s first preseason game against the 49ers last Sunday. Clowney’s absence from practice came to an end on Tuesday and…

George Soros cashes out most of his fund’s position in second quarter

Sony

The Seth Rogen animated comedy "Sausage Party" hit theaters over the weekend and was the brightest spot for Sony this summer, as the movie took in $34.2 million domestically, higher than projections for the raunchy R-rated tale about food rebelling against humans.

Throughout press for the movie, Rogen and the film's directors, Greg Tiernan and Conrad Vernon, boasted about how they made the movie for much cheaper than the usual animated movie. Sony has said the budget of the film was less than $20 million. Читать дальше...

Stephen Beatty from the school of Veterinary and Life Sciences at Perth's Murdoch University said on Tuesday that goldfish released into the waterways have grown to over 1 kg, with the largest weighing at 1.9 kg.

Much of the contention raised in the review plea are the ones flagged by former top court judge Justice Markandey Katju in the last few days after he was asked to assist the BCCI in the implementation of the Justice Lodha Committee recommendations.

TUSCALOOSA, Ala. — Calvin Ridley doesn’t want to brag on Alabama’s receiving corps too much. Sure, it’s a group full of talented, mostly experienced playmakers — especially counting tight end O.J. Howard — on an offense where the quarterbacks are still duking it out for the starting job and there’s no established tailback. The biggest