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Ian McKellen doesn’t need to belt out Taylor Swift’s “Bad Blood” (and drop the mic!) to grab the singer’s attention.

North Koreans cast ballots Sunday in state-controlled polls to elect new representatives put forward by the ruling party for assemblies at provincial, city and county levels, state media said.

Plans to introduce a cap on social care costs from next year have been delayed until 2020 amid fears over how councils would fund the move.

Houston became the highest-paid linebacker in National Football League history Wednesday when he agreed to a six-year, $101 million contract, over half of which is guaranteed, hours before the Wednesday deadline for players who had franchise tags to sign long-term deals.

Mike Trout is widely regarded as the best player in baseball.

Prices were pressured by upbeat USA economic data and comments from Federal Reserve Chairwoman Janet Yellen, which indicated a likely interest-rate increase later this year.

Bianchi, who was part of the Ferrari young driver programme, lost his battle early in the morning of Saturday, 18 July.

Mr Bush’s spokesman Jim McGrath said the former president is improving and his spirits are good.

Johnson, coming off a crushing loss at the U.S. Open, was at 10-under 134.

Before he made his mark at the college level, Arnsparger was the engineer of some of the NFL’s top defenses. His first three seasons, he was the assistant coach in charge of defense and linebackers. He returned to Don Shula’s Miami staff and remained with the Dolphins...

Argentina are building towards the World Cup and will play the All Blacks in their pool.

[Walker] said Tuesday that the Boy Scouts of America should keep its blanket ban on openly gay leaders because the policy “protected children and advanced Scout values.”

The Spaniard had already won the third stage finish on the Mur de Huy and also had a stage victory back in 2010, but he wants more.

Researchers say, this experiment should be advanced into an NIH phase I clinic study.

The J-Bay Open surf event in South Africa has been halted after Australian world number four Mick Fanning clashed with a shark.