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Wind meets all Scotland's power needs on Aug 7

A total of 39,545 megawatt-hours of electricity produced by the turbines entered the country's National Grid on Sunday, but the nation's total consumption stood...

Wall Street opens lower on weak economic data

So for for 2016, the Dow and S&P 500 are each up almost 7 percent, and the tech-weighted Nasdaq almost 4.5 percent. While the S&P 500 inched up by 0.1 percent, ...

Britain's Rose edges into lead ahead of gold medal round

Henrik Stenson was playing a risky game poking an alligator during the third round of the Olympic golf tournament. They were partners in the Ryder Cup in 201...

Putin Dismisses Long-Time Ally Ivanov as Kremlin Chief-of-Staff

At four years and eight months, Ivanov was the longest-serving of the 11 Kremlin chief of staffs in the Russian Federation's 25 years. Mr. Putin said in telev...

After 36 holes, Marcus Fraser leads Olympic tournament by one shot

Louis Games. Rickie Fowler, who has been in Rio over a week and has been spotted all over the athletes' village celebrating his maiden Olympics , shot the lo...

Macy's will shut down 15 % of its department stores

This newest wave of closures is the biggest yet, wiping out about 15 percent of existing Macy's stores . The men's store is expected to be sold and its invento...

Australian census attacked by hackers

It sounded not unlike the captain of the Titanic declaring it unsinkable. The census website was shut down after being attacked by foreign hackers, the Aus...

Team Recovers El Faro's Black Box

Curtis said just looking at it, the device appears to be intact. He could not say how long it might take to release a transcript. It took 12 hours for the VDR t...

Kenny Baker, R2-D2 actor, dies at 81

Currently, there hasn't been announced the funeral details. He had a very long and fulfilled life. "We're all very proud of what he achieved in his lifetime". M...

Schooling stuns childhood idol Phelps for Olympic gold

In 2014, Schooling also became the first Singaporean to win a swimming medal at the Commonwealth Games, taking home silver in the 100m butterfly. "I'm r...

Five-day Southern rail strike enters second day

The strike will cause further disruption on a line that has already seen months of one-day strikes as well as delays and cancelations because of high levels of...

Hillary Clinton Criticizes Donald Trump's Economic Plan as Self-Serving

Clinton alleged that Trump may not follow through on tax cuts for lower-income individuals. Indiana Governor Mike Pence, Trump's running mate, has also not re...

Justin Marks wins NASCAR Xfinity race at rainy Mid

But that race ended in disappointment when an engine failure dropped him to 30th place . "Hopefully this race doesn't turn out the same way", Hornish Jr....

Hillary Clinton paid 34.2 percent federal tax rate in 2015

The new documents show that the Clintons would qualify for as much as $1.5 million in tax savings under the "Trump loophole" that Hillary Clinton derided this w...

Crude Oil Prices Seen Picking Up Heading Into 2017

U.S. West Texas Intermediate (WTI) crude rose 95 cents, or 2.4 percent, to 41.78 per barrel, gaining more than $1 at the session peak. Gasoline stockpiles fel...

Would you get free tuition under Hillary Clinton?

Sen. White Catholics who are registered to vote split 51-45 percent between Clinton and Donald Trump in the latest ABC News/Washington Post poll, reversing th...

Walmart Will Buy Jet For $3.3 Billion

The deal has been approved by the Boards of Directors for both companies but is still subject to regulatory approval. Our customers will win. Walmart Presid...

United States election: Clinton releases tax returns

The Clintons made most of their money in 2015 from business income, namely consulting, speaking and book royalties, for a total of $10.1m between the couple. "T...

Arianna Huffington leaves Huffington Post after 11-year run

The site has since grown into one of the largest news properties in North America. Huffington, 66, has long had an interest in health and wellness issues. But...

Hillary Clinton releases tax returns to pressure Donald Trump

There are many reasons why Donald Trump won't release his tax returns, but the common thread through them all is that his tax returns will reveal that Donald Tr...

Kohl's 2Q profit tops expectations as it lowers expenses

Shares of rival Macy's Inc , which also reports quarterly results on Thursday , were up 4.4 percent. That's above the $1.04 per share that analysts surveyed b...

Clintons made $10.6M in 2015, tax returns show

The Clintons have disclosed tax returns for every year since 1977. In releasing the return - along with 10 years of tax information for her running mate, Vir...

Macy's To Shut 100 Stores, Revamp Outlets

Especially those store with low profitability, stores with fewer sales and of course stores that has no return on investment and lastly stores that does not ref...

Michael Phelps Loses In The Best Possible Way

During this event, Phelps will look to add another medal to his impressive resume as one of the top Olympic athletes in the history of swimming, the United Sta...

Olympic men's golf Round 2

His biggest struggle was with fans taking photos with their mobile phones. If the Spieths and McIlroys of the world furthered the public perception of Tour pros...

The Clintons make most their money from paid speeches

That said, there was little to suggest real wrongdoing, until an International Business Times investigation from May of 2015, found that donors to the found...

Macy's to close 100 stores to refocus on best-performing locations

Macy's now has 728 stores and it already fired 4,800 people in January when it revealed it would shut down 40 stores. But the results were better than analysts...

Brent crude and WTI: Oil tumbles after USA oil stocks unexpectedly rise

Oil declined after a government report showed USA crude inventories increased on weakening demand from refineries. US crude oil for September delivery settl...

USA markets hit record highs amid rising oil prices

Reports from the retail industry were mostly positive on Thursday. Exxon Mobil (Swiss: XOM.SW - news ) rose 1.38 percent and gave the biggest boost to the...

RCMP release more details on terror suspect and arrest

Taking all relevant information into account, the national terrorism threat level for Canada remains at "medium" where it has stood since the fall of 2014, Good...

GST Bill in Lok Sabha on Monday; Narendra Modi to intervene

Sources said party leadership could also seek reports from chief ministers on the grievances of leaders, including MPs of respective states, on various issues. ...

Two terror attacks kill seven in SE Turkey

The attack took place near a hospital in the Kiziltepe area of Mardin province - near the border with Syria. It is feared another two people were killed in th...

Rangers' Prince Fielder to retire

I'm going to really miss behind around those guys, because, you know, they're a lot of fun", Fielder sniffed. He hit just.212/.292/.334, with eight home runs ov...

Hillary Clinton campaign releases 2015 tax return

Clinton's campaign also released a list of 41 speeches that she delivered in 2013 , with speaking fees ranging from 225,000 dollars to 400,000 dollars. Clint...

Seven injured in explosion at Texas oil plant

Further details about the incident weren't immediately known but there is no danger to the area near the plant, according to the Jefferson County Sheriff's Offi...