text stringlengths 13 81.7k |
|---|
Bonita Harter said one of the reasons for their agreement was Stankey's acknowledgment of and punishment for drunken driving. Her sister said, "We feel sorry for his family as well as ours. We pray for them, too." |
Attention Investors! Great mixed use retail business with living quarters upstairs in a great location with a tenant that intends to stay and has established business for under $100K. Located 2.5 miles E of US-131 and directly N of Western Michigan University on W Main St between Westwood & West Douglas in Kalamazoo To... |
Palm Pixi Goes On Sale In US On 20th, In UK By December? |
Palm is set to debut the small sister of the Pre, the Pixi on the 20th of October with the budget smartphone expected to arrive in the UK by the end of the year. |
According to Boy Genius Report, the webOS-based device will be available in Best Buy and Sprint corporate stores. The Pixi first caught our eyes earlier in September and should prove to be a winner. |
The phone comes in a candy bar format with a section of the screen being touch sensitive and a Facebook application as standard. Furthermore, the device comes with a full QWERTY keyboard and is a mere 11mm thick, weighing only 100g. |
The 67mm screen can show 320x400 pixel and the Pixi also packs a 8GB onboard storage, GPS, Bluetooth, a 2-megapixel camera plus a 3.5mm headphone socket. |
But it could face competition from the Pre itself whose price has been reduced by Amazon and Walmart. In the latter's case, Palm's flagship smartphone has been flogged for as little as $80. |
In contrast, the Pixi will be available for a subsidised price of $149. The Pre is set to be launched in the UK on the 16th of October, so it makes sense for the Pixi to be launched before Christmas. |
BGR asks a pertinent question. With the Pre and so many other great mobile phones out, who will care about the Pixi. Well, it depends on the standalone price, something that Palm has yet divulge. If it is priced around £200, it will have more chance of selling more units. Otherwise, it might compete with the Pre itself... |
Palm Pixi launching on October 20th? |
Call it déjà vu, as this series takes place one year after the Flyers staged one of the great comebacks in playoff history by beating the Bruins after losing the first three games and falling behind 3-0 in Game 7. The one change is that the Flyers have the home-ice advantage – though Philadelphia split its four home ga... |
Right here, right now: It wasn't nearly enough to atone for last spring's failures, but the Bruins did dominate the season series, winning three games and losing once in overtime. Boston won both of its visits to the Wells Fargo Center, including a 2-1 victory in the teams' last meeting on March 27. |
Coulda Woulda: Both teams had to go seven games in the opening round, though the Flyers had an easier time in their deciding game – they beat Buffalo 5-2 in a game that was largely over by the end of the second period. Philadelphia also finished its series on Tuesday, giving the Flyers an extra day of rest before start... |
How important to win first game: Considering that both teams lost the opener in the previous round, maybe not as much as you'd think. The Flyers will have the advantage of an extra day off, as well as getting to start the series in their own building. The Bruins will be eager to get the jump on the Flyers, if only to e... |
The Great Unknown: Each team had a "first" in the opening round. Boston became the first team to win a seven-game series without scoring a power-play goal – but don't expect the Bruins to win this series unless the power play starts contributing. The Flyers became the first team since 1988 to win a playoff series in wh... |
Finish line: Both the Bruins and Flyers had a size advantage on their first-round opponent; that won't happen in this round. Philadelphia got a boost from the return of All-Star defenseman Chris Pronger, who played in Games 6 and 7 after coming back from a broken right hand. The Bruins ended one hex by rallying from a ... |
The Washington Redskins have locked up veteran offensive tackle Trent Williams and made him the highest paid offensive tackle in terms of guaranteed money in NFL history with a five-year, $66 million contract extension for a deal with a total value of $78.25 million over six years, according to agent Vince Taylor of El... |
Williams, one of the top blockers in the game, got an $8.5 million signing bonus, $32 million guaranteed at signing and $43.25 million in total guarantees. |
It’s a reward for one of the best players in the NFL and one of the Redskins’ most talented players in years. |
Williams is a tenacious, athletic blocker. |
This sets a high standard at the offensive tackle position with future deals for Seattle Seahawks offensive tackle Russell Okung and Indianapolis Colts offensive tackle Russell Okung coming down the pike. |
The PC version of Call of Duty: Black Ops will support user-generated content and gameplay tweaks. Eventually. |
"We plan to open up the game for modding sometime post-launch," a Treyarch developer nicknamed pcdev told readers of the Call of Duty forums last Thursday. |
Treyarch is the Activision studio behind Call of Duty 3 and Call of Duty: World at War. Infinity Ward and Activision took heat from PC gamers last year when they revealed that the PC version of Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2 wouldn't include PC gaming mandatories like dedicated servers. |
In his appeal to the PC faithful, pcdev called support for such features "non-trivial." The developer said Treyarch's primary concern is shipping the game by its Nov. 9 release date. Afterward, the company will start making sure that PC gamers get the options they desire. |
ROME (Reuters) - Italy’s interbank deposit protection fund (FITD) is ready to inject between 220-370 million euros in Banca Carige (CRGI.MI), to support the bank’s capital, an Italian paper reported on Sunday. |
FITD, which operates under the Bank of Italy’s supervision, has a mandate to safeguard bank deposits under 100,000 euros in the event of a bank failure. |
Last week sources said that Italy’s top five banks are considering granting FITD a 2.7 billion euro ($3 bln) credit line to boost confidence in the country’s financial system. |
The 220-370 million euros would be used to underwrite a subordinate bond for Carige, daily Corriere della Sera reported. |
The investment would be carried out by the so-called Voluntary Scheme of the FITD - to which banks contribute on a voluntary basis to avoid breaching EU state aid rules - and a green light is expected on Monday, the report added. |
Carige is also due to approve its third quarter results on the same day. |
A spokesperson for Carige declined to comment on the report. The FTID was not immediately reachable for comment. |
Although Economy Minister Giovanni Tria has said the Genoa-based lender is not failing nor likely to fail, Carige was categorised as “fragile” in the latest European Central Bank test of lenders, according to a recent report by daily Il Sole 24 Ore. |
Speculation over the health of Italian banks has resurfaced in recent months as contested deficit spending plans by the populist ruling coalition has sent bond yields higher. |
The European Central Bank (ECB) has given Carige until the end of the year to close a capital shortfall, or start seeking a merger with a stronger peer. |
Love is in the air, and it smells like evil. Or vice versa. It's so hard to tell the difference anymore. |
Sugar, spice, and politics that ain't so nice. |
The author spouts views on food, wars, Going Zero and girls-on-girls. |
Former Leinster and Leicester Tigers forward Dominic Ryan has retired from rugby as a result of concussion. |
The flanker, who won one cap for Ireland, was stood down by Leicester after suffering repeated head injuries. |
Ryan, 28, played 113 times for Leinster and the Irish province confirmed his retirement on social media. |
He moved to Leicester in June 2017 and his fourth and final appearance was in the Tigers' Premiership win against Harlequins last September. |
The Dublin native had a head injury assessment during that victory against Quins at the Stoop after he had previously appeared to suffer a blow to the head while tackling George North in a defeat at Northampton two weeks earlier. |
Ready for a career change, Kit? |
Hide your scissors and bunnies everyone. |
Thanks for the nightmares, SNL. |
She is not withchild, people. |
Don made an important political message. |
She painted a 10 foot canvas - upside down - while singing Eastside. |
Pete Davidson had a lot to say about the disgraced comic. |
The 25-year-old posted a worrying message on social media. |
We're wincing just thinking about it. |
Travis did a pretty good job. |
ZACH WOLF, CNN POLITICS DIGITAL DIRECTOR: That, of course, came right after the two sides had delivered dueling speeches on national television to the country. |
So, they have spoken basically to the people indirectly. They have tweeted at each other. They have written letters. But they haven't actually gotten down to the negotiating table in more than two weeks. |
And I think the big question in Washington right now is whether these votes today will sort of break the fever and get them in the same room again. |
BROOKE BALDWIN, CNN ANCHOR: Zach, thank you so much. |
And if you are just -- thank you. If are just tuning in, live pictures there of the Senate floor. How did I say it at the top of the last hour? You're about to watch Washington dysfunction at its best, these two Senate votes that are expected to fail. |
The next question is, perhaps might that then lead to some sort of compromise? |
Lauren Fox is standing by for us up on Capitol Hill. |
And for people who are just now tuning in, Lauren, talk us through each of these proposals and why we think they're going nowhere. |
LAUREN FOX, CNN CONGRESSIONAL REPORTER: Well, that first vote is on the Republican proposal, a bill that largely reflects the president's proposal from over the weekend. It includes $5.7 billion for money for the border wall, in exchange for three years of an extension of DACA and those with temporary protected status. |
Now, that bill, of course, like you said, expected not to go anywhere. We do know one Democrat, Joe Manchin, has said he will support the Republican plan, but, again, falling far short of those seven votes they need to actually pass it. |
So, then you move to the Democratic bill. That bill simply reopens the government for a few weeks into the beginning of February. And then it also includes some disaster relief money. Again, it doesn't have enough votes. |
We do know there are a number of Senate Republicans who might cross the aisle and support it. We know Lisa Murkowski, Cory Gardner, Susan Collins, they're all expected to vote for it, but again falling short of the 13 that they would actually need to pass it. |
So, the hope is that, after this vote, they can actually find a way to come together. Sometimes, an action on Capitol Hill yields some kind of action. Everyone sees it fell apart. They show the president, look, you can't get enough money for the border wall. Maybe that gets something moving. That's the hope at least, B... |
BALDWIN: OK. We're hoping inaction leads to action. |
And, Lauren, since I still have you. I wanted to ask you about a potential -- let's talk about the action. House Democratic leaders and top committee chairs have been drafting a border security proposal over the last couple of days. From what I understand, could be released as soon as today. Might that pique the intere... |
FOX: Perhaps. We haven't seen that proposal. It's still up in the air exactly what it would entail. |
I do know that Republicans and Democrats in the Senate are hoping to take the floor and give some speeches about trying to encourage the president to reopen the government in the short-term and then try to negotiate a broader border security plan. |
Again, it's just not clear what the White House will support. And that's always the key question here. Republicans and Democrats who are moderate can get in a room, make a decision, come up with a plan, and if the president won't sign it, it's going nowhere. |
BALDWIN: OK. Lauren, thank you so much. We will come back to you in just a second. |
I have got Manu Raju also up live on Capitol Hill. He follows all these members of Congress so closely each and every day for us. |
And so, Congresswoman Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, I hear, is one of those, what is it, 30 or so House Democrats who have taken a trip over to this Senate building to sort of, what, stand in solidarity, essentially saying to these Republicans, vote with us. |
And I just ran into her on the way in. I asked her if she was going on the floor. She is. This is all a theatrical move bill the House Democrats to try to express their frustration towards the Senate majority leader, Mitch McConnell, and his refusal to bring up House- passed legislation, although one House-passed bill ... |
The Trump proposal, after that fails to get the 60 votes needed to advance, then that other proposal to allow the government to be reopened until February 8 will come forward. That did already pass the House. |
But other House bills, 11 that have passed the House total, 10 of those have not seen any action in the Senate, so that's part of the pressure going forward. |
But you're seeing some different efforts on display. Soon after this -- these bills do go down, we do expect roughly a dozen, maybe 15 members of both parties in the Senate to take to the floor, express their frustration, impatience about what is happening, try to pressure the president to agree to a short-term spendin... |
It's the longest shutdown in U.S. history. Of course, there are a lot of questions about how they will be implemented, questions about whether the president himself would endorse that. |
And Lindsey Graham told me moments ago that if the speaker were to say that she would accept whatever border security bill could actually get approved by the Senate, then perhaps there could be a way forward to end the shutdown and reopen the government immediately. |
Of course, there's no reason to believe that Pelosi would just endorse any bill that would come out of the Senate, especially given her opposition to the president's border wall. But that is one area of discussion that we expect out of the Senate after these votes this afternoon to say, look, there may be a way forward... |
But I can tell you, Brooke, this is one of the first days I have seen this level of concern, frustration, impatience among Republicans in the Senate in particular, in talking to a bunch of them just now, particularly frustrated that there's no end in sight, no strategy to get out of this. |
So we will see if that changes the dynamics after these votes go down here in just a matter of moments, Brooke. |
BALDWIN: Yes, hoping the inaction leads to action. Manu, thank you so much. We will let you keep catching up with different members of Congress and bringing us this great color. |
David Chalian, what about compromise? Are you see any inklings of a possible compromise in the works? |
DAVID CHALIAN, CNN POLITICAL DIRECTOR: Compromise, I guess, is in the eye of the beholder. But is there a pathway out of the shutdown? |
I will say what we saw from President Trump last night when he caved to Speaker Pelosi on just the small side issue of the State of the Union address, and he did so in a way that acknowledged the reality of her power position in this new world order in Washington, that was the first shift we saw, Brooke, in the politic... |
This has been defined by both sides dug into their position with their lines. And then on this, again, side issue, I don't want to overinterpret it that it means there's a deal right now on the horizon to end the shutdown, but for the first time we saw a shift in those political stances and it came from the president. |
If you also take that and listen to what Bennie Thompson, the Democrat in charge of the Homeland security Committee in the House, or Jim Clyburn, the number three in leadership in the House, today was saying about this notion of $5 billion or plus in border security, not appropriations for the border wall that the pres... |
CHALIAN: Or at least a telegraphing what they're thinking. I do think there are some cracks here that indicate a possible pathway forward. |
BALDWIN: Yes. Yes. Maybe that is -- maybe that is a way forward potentially to compromise, and here's hoping that the president's tweet last evening, you know, quickly and politely acknowledging that he would not give this State of the Union until the government is reopened stays that way. |
David, don't go too far. |
Let me go to the White House. Let me go to Kaitlan Collins, who, of course, is keeping track of this administration and their perspective. |
How are they watching these votes on the Senate floor right now, Kaitlan? |
KAITLAN COLLINS, CNN WHITE HOUSE CORRESPONDENT: So, Brooke, they know, like everyone else in Washington, that these votes are not going to pass. |
But the thing that the White House is watching here is to see which proposal gets more votes, because they have got the president's proposal, but then they have also got this short-term bill. They're watching to see which turns out to be more popular here in the end, because they have said for some time now they know t... |
from this government shutdown, now the longest in history. And they are letting the White House hear those complaints, even some of them urging to end the government shutdown. |
Now, Brooke, this comes as the White House has not had a positive two days in their corner about how they have messaged the shutdown, because not only did last night you saw the president blink and essentially capitulate to Nancy Pelosi's demand that he not deliver the State of the Union address until after the governm... |
Even though today on Twitter he was saying that he will not cave on his demand for a border wall, Brooke, they're also dealing with the backlash from several of the president's inner circle members making remarks like what we saw the commerce secretary, Wilbur Ross, say today when he essentially was advising federal wo... |
Subsets and Splits
No community queries yet
The top public SQL queries from the community will appear here once available.