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EU's Tusk urges debt relief as part of Greek deal

LUXEMBOURG/ATHENS (Reuters) – The European Union’s chairman joined growing international calls for Greece to be granted debt restructuring as part of any new loan deal if it delivers convincing reforms to avert imminent bankruptcy. The call was an implicit challenge to Germany, Athens’ biggest creditor, which has so far ruled out any write-offs as illegal and taken a restrictive view of reprofiling the debt to help Greece over a major

Jenny Horne delivers emotional speech stirring Confederate flag vote

The South Carolina House voted in the wee hours of Thursday morning to approve a bill removing the Confederate flag from the Statehouse grounds following a contentious debate that lasted more than 13 hours. But it was a fiery 4-minute speech by Rep. Jenny Horne, a Republican state representative and descendant of Confederate President Jefferson Davis, that is being credited with moving her fellow lawmakers to agree to take it

Louisiana man sentenced to life in murder of Bourbon St. dancer

A Louisiana man convicted of murdering a Bourbon Street dancer and dismembering her body in 2012 will spend the rest of his life in prison, a state court judge said on Thursday. Judge Stephen Grefer imposed the mandatory life sentence on Terry Speaks, 42, after denying Speaks’ motion for a new trial, the judge’s law clerk, Suzanne Ciaccio, said. Speaks, who claims he once tried to kill himself and was

The 7 Biggest Myths About Cellulite

SPECIAL FROM  Myth: Cellulite is just excess fatCellulite involves fat, because bulging fat cells are part of the equation, but it’s really the connective fibers between your skin and muscle that create the lumpy, dimpling effect. “Collagen fiber strands that attach skin to muscle are creating the pockets of skin,” says Jennifer…