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The city’s former top cop lambasted de Blasio's administration for a report criticizing the NYPD's counter-terrorism investigations.

TRENTON, N.J. — Drugmaker Pfizer Inc. is continuing its shopping spree with its fourth acquisition since the April collapse of its planned $160 billion megadeal to buy rival Allergan PLC and move its headquarters, on paper, to Allergan’s base in lower-tax Ireland. In its second deal this week, New York-based Pfizer said it’s buying rights

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You can do a lot with Android. Google’s mobile OS is famously open to customization, and plenty of apps take advantage of that fact. 

But you might not know that Google itself keeps a few settings tucked away in a hidden menu called the System UI Tuner.

It’s not available on every device — you’ll have less luck if yours has a heavy UI skin — but it's worth checking out to see which features might be coming to future Android versions. Some... Читать дальше...

INDIANAPOLIS — Purdue athletic director Morgan Burke plans to spend his final months on campus doing the same old things. He’ll continue rooting for his alma mater, promises to lend a helping hand if asked and seems content taking a backseat to everything and everyone else around campus. Yes, after spending almost 25 years as

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BOSTON, Aug. 24 (UPI) -- In a recent study, taste testers preferred meat they thought was humanely cared for and processed over samples they believed to be sourced from inhumane farms.

Britney Spears performing in February in Las Vegas, where she has a residency at Planet Hollywood Resort & Casino.

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Security, Iran, United States

By hiding details, the administration has provided its critics with ammunition.

On August 5, I wrote in these pages that the Obama administration's $1.7 billion settlement with the Iranian government—coinciding with the transfer of five Americans from Iranian custody in exchange for seven Iranians in U.S. custody—was being politicized by congressional Republicans and used as a way to further bludgeon President Barack Obama's... Читать дальше...

RENO, Nev. (AP) — Police are investigating an alleged extortion plot against a Reno Republican running for the state legislature who says he's ending his campaign after someone hacked his email and sent nude photos of him to GOP leaders.

Donald Trump may have broken federal campaign finance laws, which prohibit a campaign using funds to enrich the candidate.

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A new contest is raging in northern Syria. This time, however, it's not a battle but a race.

On August 24, Turkish tanks and soldiers, backed by U.S. coalition air strikes, crossed the Syrian border to attack positions held by the militant group Islamic State (IS) near Jarablus.

This town lies near the frontier with Turkey and is approximately 95 kilometers northeast of the city of Aleppo. 

On the same day, the BBC reported the following: 

Military... Читать дальше...

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One friend of mine met her now-fiancé on the New York City subway.

But most every other friend of mine has a story about seeing someone on the subway, or the bus, or the line at the drugstore, and wanting to talk to them but not knowing how — and letting the moment pass them by.

How do you strike up a conversation with someone you don't know without coming off as creepy, while still making it clear that you're interested?

The short answer: It's hard. Читать дальше...

(AP) — Vermont Sen. Bernie Sanders said Wednesday he'll campaign actively this fall to send Democrat Hillary Clinton to the White House and bolster the party's congressional candidates, with swings already planned in New Hampshire, New York and Washington state. [...] while he has policy disagreements with Clinton, Sanders urged those who backed his defeated bid for the Democratic presidential nomination to not defect to the Green Party's Jill Stein or Libertarian Gary Johnson. "Politics is tough stuff... Читать дальше...

The Eagles didn’t wait long to put wide receiver Dorial Green-Beckham into game action, throwing him into the lineup for last week’s game against the Steelers two days after he was acquired in a trade with the Titans. Green-Beckham will be in the lineup again for this week’s game against the Colts and he’ll be getting…

MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — Trust overseeing Prince's estate says studio complex Paisley Park to open to public for tours in October.

MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — Trust overseeing Prince's estate says studio complex Paisley Park to open to public for tours in October.

MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — Trust overseeing Prince's estate says studio complex Paisley Park to open to public for tours in October.

MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — Trust overseeing Prince's estate says studio complex Paisley Park to open to public for tours in October.

ATLANTA (AP) — A judge sentenced a Georgia man to 40 years in prison Wednesday for throwing boiled water on a gay couple sleeping in an apartment, leaving them with severe burns that required surgery.

The proposal has proved controversial in a country only seven decades removed from totalitarian rule that's grappling with guilt from the Nazi era.

Democratic Gov. Tom Wolf on Wednesday said the Division of Charter Schools will help set goals for students, boost parental involvement and increase public accountability. Education Secretary Pedro Rivera says the change is part of a series of efforts related to charter schools, aiming to ensure they're held to the same standards as other public schools.

WOODSTOCK, Vt. — The founder of a radical conservation group made famous by the television show “Whale Wars” says a settlement over anti-whaling activities only prevents the group’s U.S. organization from interfering with Japanese whalers in the Southern Ocean. This week, Japan’s Institute of Cetacean Research and a whale ship operator announced they’d reached an

After a six-month search, school administrators announced Aug. 9 that they had hired Bobinski, who plans to finish his own AD duties next week at Georgia Tech. Burke, meanwhile, will complete his quarter-century of service at Purdue in a yet-to-be-defined role that will run through June. Since taking the job in January 1993, Burke has seen just about everything — three straight Big Ten titles in men's basketball, national championships in women's basketball and women's golf, even a Rose Bowl trip following the 2000 season. Читать дальше...

WASHINGTON — After the Baltimore Orioles put pitcher Chris Tillman on the 15-day disabled list as expected, manager Buck Showalter defended his decision to give his next start to Ubaldo Jimenez. The Orioles put Tillman on the DL on Wednesday with bursitis in his right shoulder and recalled right-hander Mike Wright. But Jimenez, who is