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Perhaps old age has softened the Stones. After more than two decades, Rolling Stones frontmen Mick Jagger and Keith Richards have finally relinquished their rights over The Verve’s legacy, their singular hit “Bitter Sweet Symphony,” which has been part of a legendary copyright dispute since the song’s release in 1997. “This remarkable and life-affirming turnRead moreRead more

Welcome to the Twilight Zone of real estate, where everything and nothing is for sale all at once. When Manhattan’s ritziest new mansions in the sky hit the market at 220 Central Park South, there was no fanfare. There were no lavish broker parties or full-page ads in the New York Times. In fact, nobodyRead moreRead more

Mayor Bill de Blasio has been running for (giggle) president of the United States for awhile now, flitting about America, hoovering up humiliations that would crush a lesser ego. He’s been the regular butt of vicious late-night humor — and how many progressive Democrats have to suffer that? He managed to get himself shouted downRead moreRead more

Snapchat employees have been using internal tools — which offer them privileged access to user data — to spy on people’s pages, a report says. Two workers who are no longer with the app’s parent company, Snap, spoke to Motherboard about the alleged abuse of power– which included breaches of location info and and otherRead moreRead more

TAIPEI, Taiwan — Hundreds of same-sex couples in Taiwan rushed to get married Friday, the first day a landmark decision to legalize same-sex marriage took effect. Taiwan became the first place in Asia to allow same-sex marriage last week in a legislative vote on a cause that the island’s LGBT rights activists have championed forRead moreRead more

Cate Campbell has split the returns with her great rival Sarah Sjostrom after the pair went head to head in the FINA Champions Swim Series in China over the weekend. Campbell was among a select group of Australians competing in the invite-only event, which was created in response to the rival International Swimming League (ISL)Read moreRead more

The Australian Swimming Championships have wrapped up, producing some early-season surprises and reason for optimism as the Dolphins prepare for a crucial campaign heading towards the Tokyo Olympic Games. Head coach Jacco Verhaeren knows better than to put the cart before the horse given the prelude to Rio compared to the returns from those Games,Read moreRead more

It's unlikely Ariarne Titmus would have How Soon is Now, the 1984 track by The Smiths, on her Spotify playlist. But for the rising superstar of world swimming, that's a question worth posing as she continues to thunder her way towards next year's Olympic Games. After another superb swim, this time the 400m freestyle atRead moreRead more

Adelaide: What's a Belgian boffin got to do with Kyle Chalmers' quest for a rare Olympic golden double? Plenty, according to Australian swimming's head coach Jacco Verhaeren. A Belgian professor is part of Chalmers' plan to become the first man in two decades to win 100m and 200m freestyle gold medals at the same Olympics.Read moreRead more

Adelaide: Kyle Chalmers has captured another Australian swimming title, winning the 200m freestyle final in Adelaide. Chalmers produced a trademark strong second half of Wednesday night's race to hold off Elijah Winnington and win by six-tenths of a second. "Tonight was kind of all heart really," Chalmers said. "As the meet progresses, my body isRead moreRead more