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As many as 125,000 people die each year in the U.S. from forgetting to take or skipping their prescription medication. HealthPrize CEO and co-founder Tom Kottler visits Lunch Break and unveils a new incentive program designed to motivate patients to adhere to their medication regimen. Photo: iStock

TRENTON, N.J. — Gov. Chris Christie has signed legislation that would bar the state’s public pension fund from investing with companies that boycott Israel or Israeli businesses. The Republican governor, pointing a finger at Democratic President Barack Obama for criticizing Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, signed the legislation on Tuesday during a statehouse ceremony. “Israel

Rouhani’s efforts to attract investment frustrated by conservative backlash

Pound hovers around $1.30 mark

Warren Buffett's Berkshire Hathaway increased its investment in Apple by 55% as of June 30, according SEC filings. WSJ Ahead of the Tape columnist Steven Russolillo joins Lunch Break and explains what the Berkshire investment means for the tech giant and for investors. Photo: Getty

MEXICO CITY (AP) — The son of imprisoned drug lord Joaquin "El Chapo" Guzman may be among the half-dozen men abducted by gunmen at a restaurant in the Mexican beach resort of Puerto Vallarta, authorities said Tuesday.

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The Rocky Horror Picture Show is returning. The classic 1975 musical-comedy-sci-fi flick is being revived for a two-hour TV special this October on...

ALLEN PARK, Mich. (AP) — The Detroit Lions have removed linebacker DeAndre Levy from active/non-football injury list.

ALLEN PARK, Mich. (AP) — The Detroit Lions have removed linebacker DeAndre Levy from active/non-football injury list.

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MONTREAL, Aug. 16 (UPI) -- A zoo in Canada shared a message seeking the return of a parakeet which was stolen for the second time in five years.

The national convention of the Peoples’ Democratic Party (PDP) is slated to hold on Wednesday, August 17 in Port Harcourt, Rivers state and so many things are hanging onto that day, including fate of ruling All Progressives Congress (APC). Barring unforeseen circumstances, party members from across the country will gather in the south-south city to […]

Jogendra Behera, a senior minister in Naveen Patnaik’s cabinet, has courted controversy by allowing his personal security officer to tie his sandal strap during an Independence Day function at Keonjhar and later justifying it.

Noticed missing As, Bs and Os lately?

UPDATED:  1:34 p.m. EDT – The Morning Call correspondent, Steve Esack, announced on Twitter Pennsylvania Attorney General Kathleen Kane will resign following her guilty conviction on nine criminal charges.  The former prosecutor is expected to step down from her post on Wednesday.

Een grafstenenfabrikant in Japan heeft een nieuwe app bedacht waarbij mensen de kans krijgen om videoboodschappen van hun overleden dierbaren te 'vangen' op een begraafplaats. De maker vergelijkt de app met Pokémon Go.

PARIS — The exposure of malicious software purportedly linked to the National Security Agency is likely a message from Moscow, former intelligence worker Edward Snowden said Tuesday, adding a layer of intrigue to a leak that has set the information security world abuzz. Technical experts have spent the past day or so picking apart a

The other kind of butt stuff.

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This is especially true in the context of romantic relationships, when you probably want the other person to think — at least to some degree, and at least for some period of time — that you’re cool, sexy, and in control. Pooping and farting are loud, messy, smelly activities...so often they are the polar opposite of what you’re going for around someone you like and want to impress. Читать дальше...

BUCHAREST, Romania (AP) — Romania's culture minister says less than one-tenth of the public funds needed to buy a nationally treasured work by sculptor Constantin Brancusi have been raised.

BUCHAREST, Romania (AP) — Romania's culture minister says less than one-tenth of the public funds needed to buy a nationally treasured work by sculptor Constantin Brancusi have been raised.

BUCHAREST, Romania (AP) — Romania's culture minister says less than one-tenth of the public funds needed to buy a nationally treasured work by sculptor Constantin Brancusi have been raised.