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Creditors of the Network Ten will be eager for answers when they meet administrators today. It will be their first opportunity to ask about money they | ’re owed after the network was placed in voluntary administration almost two weeks ago.
Today’s creditor-only meeting is expected to be tense, with the future of Australia’s third ranking TV Network under a cloud.
Ten’s financial troubles came to a head when its largest shareholders – Lachlan Murdoch, Bruce Gordon and ... |
HORRY COUNTY, SC (WMBF) - Medical services for inmates at the J. Reuben Long Detention Center cost Horry County | $2.5 million in 2018.
The county contracted with Mediko, a private health care company, to provide everything from doctors’ visits to medications to coordinating outside specialty services and clinics.
The company provides 18 medical staff members as well as a 24-hour nurse at the center.
Johnson explained the center ... |
AN ELDERLY woman is in hospital with serious injuries after being mauled by three vicious dogs while trying to save her own pet. |
The Sydney woman, 78, was attacked at her Greendale home, police said.
Officers were told the woman was trying to save her pet pug who had been attacked by the other three animals, believed to be pet dingoes. The pug did not survive the attack.
The woman was treated at the scene and taken to Liverpool Hospital in a se... |
PORT ANGELES — The Juan de Fuca Foundation will hold its annual Winter Fundraiser at 6:30 p.m. Saturday featuring a | performance by singer-songwriter Laura Love.
She will perform in a duo with guitarist Terry Hunt.
Tickets are $50 and are available for purchase online at jffa.org.
Doors will open at 5:30 p.m. at the Port Angeles Red Lion ballroom, 221 N. Lincoln St.
The evening will include a salmon dinner buffet and open bar, accor... |
Since March 22, 2010, the SPDR S&P 500 (NYSE:SPY) has returned 42 percent, including dividends paid. An | impressive performance to be sure, but it is often said, and it is true, that sectors lead the broader market not the other way around.
On a related note, a frequently discussed topic in recent months has been what sectors are displaying leadership qualities. With consumer staples ranking high on that list, some inves... |
It didn’t happen at the same ground in Nagpur, but we believe that hosts Vidarbha Cricket Association should have organised a token | remembrance last Thursday for the victims of the wall collapse that took place exactly 20 years ago during the India vs New Zealand one-day international at the old VCA Stadium in the Orange City.
Indian and South African teams lining up to remember the nine dead and several injured would have been viewed as a nice to... |
People tend to eat more calories and fat on the days they also have alcoholic drinks, a new study suggests.
Researchers from the National Institute on | Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism found that on average men took in about 400 more calories a day when they drank while women consumed an extra 300.
Possible explanations for the trend were that social events often involve less-healthy foods and people are more impulsive when they are under the influence.
She said the new ... |
TSMC is ramping into 3nm as soon as possible, with the Taiwanese semiconductor giant spending $20 billion on a next-gen 3 | nm manufacturing plant, so that it can keep customers like Apple happy in the future.
Samsung and Intel have been in the fab game for a while now, but TSMC has been spending around $10 billion per year in order to keep up to, or exceed what their two main competitors are doing. TSMC has announced its building a next-ge... |
But Springfield's utility company said it would keep looking at renewable power opportunities.
Correction: This article has been updated to reflect that Strata Solar | LLC does not have a parent company.
City Utilities said Thursday that it will not move forward on a proposed second solar power farm near the Springfield-Branson National Airport.
A new solar farm would have been too expensive for customers, CU said in a recap of its Thursday board meeting. But CU said it will keep lo... |
South Korea’s first President Syngman Rhee, left, General Douglas MacArthur, center, and Lieutenant General John Hodge attend a | ceremony for the establishment of the Republic of Korea in Seoul on Aug. 15, 1948.
On Sept. 8, 1945, a fine autumn day, a lean-faced, fair-haired figure in starched fatigues stepped onto Korean soil at the port of Incheon. He was Lieutenant General John Hodge, United States Army, the man tasked with carrying out “Bake... |
"That's not how we do things around here." How often have you heard that? And what does it really mean? It is said to | stop someone from doing something new. It is no way to promote innovation, is it?
Organizations lock in on the things that helped them succeed early on. They perpetuate what worked last year. The Status Quo police make sure that happens.
Hierarchies make sure nobody runs off the reservation spending money on crazy, ne... |
In close partnership with the Palestinian Authority and Food Security Sector partners, WFP’s Disaster Risk Reduction (DRR) strategy focuses on building | the resilience and capacity of the most vulnerable people and communities. WFP works on ensuring food security during disasters and increasing the government’s ability to respond to them while reducing risk and protecting and enhancing lives and livelihoods.
Disaster risk reduction and emergency preparedness and respo... |
GoPro CEO Nick Woodman discusses how the U.S.-China trade dispute is affecting his business and what makes the Hero 7 so unique. |
GoPro is part a wave of tech companies that are having to shapeshift their manufacturing to deal with the trade dispute between the U.S and China.
In a First on FOX Business interview with Liz Claman, GoPro CEO Nick Woodman said President Trump’s tariff concerns were the catalyst for moving its production out of China... |
President Donald Trump announces his decision on the Paris Climate Accord in the Rose Garden of the White House on Thursday.
Under the 2015 deal, the | U.S. pledged to reduce its greenhouse gas emissions by 26% to 28% below its 2005 levels in 2025.
Trump’s announcement may not simply be an in-or-out decision.
The president could actually decide to stay in the accord but adjust the U.S. targets. As the Associated Press notes, countries are permitted to change their go... |
Gmail recently added the “undo” feature for its mobile users. Here’s how you can recall an email before it is | sent.
Have you ever sent an email in a rush, only to regret the silly errors and typos a moment later? Gmail has had an “undo” feature for desktop users for a few years now, but they made it available for mobile users only earlier this month. The catch, however, is that you have just about 10 seconds to tap the undo b... |
Beach resorts on the Yucatan Peninsula are removed from the violence, author says.
Editor's Note: Robert Reid is Lonely Planet's | New York-based U.S. travel editor and host of the 76-Second Travel Show.
New York (CNN) -- Mexico tourism is having a bit of a PR problem lately.
Reports of mass grave sites, daylight shootings and carjackings from the escalating drug war don't exactly build confidence for a family planning a week's holiday. And on Ap... |
DUBAI, United Arab Emirates – When Iran welcomes leaders to a world gathering next week, few will get a grander reception than India | 's prime minister. As Tehran tries to offset the squeeze from Western oil sanctions, there is no greater priority than courting energy-hungry Asian markets.
The planned visit by Manmohan Singh, the first by an Indian prime minister in more than a decade, puts into sharp relief the sanctions-easing strategies by Ir... |
Lawyers for Planned Parenthood and the American Civil Liberties Union filed suit on Tuesday asking a federal judge to block enforcement of a new Alabama law that critics | say will force the closure of three of the state’s five abortion clinics on July 1.
The new measure, signed into law in April, requires all physicians in the state who perform abortions to have staff privileges at a local hospital.
Abortion clinic officials in Montgomery, Birmingham, and Mobile say they cannot comply ... |
Host T&T will go into its final match against Suriname in the Caribbean Womens Under-17 First Round Group B Qual | ification at the Marvin Lee Stadium, Macoya from 7 pm tonight, needing only a draw to advance to the Concacaf Womens Under-17 Championship later this year.
This after, T&T led by four goals (4-0) to overcome a stubborn Grenada team on Saturday night, at the same venue in its second match to lead the four-team table wi... |
Korea Southern Power has built an independent power plant in Chile, the first by a Korean company, the company said Tuesday.
“The | construction of the Kelar plant is meaningful in that it has provided the stepping stone to enter South America’s energy market,” said Yoon Jong-geun, president and CEO of Kospo.
According to Kospo, the construction on the Kelar plant in Chile is notable, as Chile’s energy market had previously been dominated by US-ba... |
Boardman-Ellis Veterans of Foreign Wars Post 6977 would like to thank all who participated in this year's Memorial Day parade and ceremonies at | the First Parish Cemetery.
Special thanks to the York Trolley Co. for its generous donation of a trolley for the parade, allowing our veterans to ride in comfort; York Police Department and its color guard; American Legion Color Guard; the 157th Air Refueling Wing; and all the men and women who performed the laying of... |
National Journal magazine has a storied history, and if you live and breathe policy and politics, then you know why. Scrupulously nonpartisan, | intellectually honest, genuinely serious about government and about ideas, National Journal has always been a publication that everyone in D.C. could trust.
Those are the essential values that we wanted to take forward into the new National Journal. But we also knew that a lot about the magazine had to change. So many... |
Twitter has announced a significant increase in its data security as it moves to protect users from attacks by the "apex predators" of the internet. |
An internal team of security engineers have spent several months implementing "perfect forward secrecy", which adds an extra layer of security to widely used HTTPS encryption deployed by online banking, retailers and, increasingly, consumer web services.
Google, Facebook, Dropbox and Tumblr have all implemented forwar... |
RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) Upsets and wild finishes have altered the NCAA Tournament landscape for No. 1 seeds | Virginia and North Carolina in their bids for the Final Four.
Ten of the top 16 seeds have reached the Sweet 16, and seven of those are with fellow top seeds Oregon in the West Region or Kansas in the South. But the Midwest and East have lost several expected roadblocks for the Cavaliers and Tar Heels, respectively.
N... |
Sunderland are reportedly among a host of clubs set to miss out on a deal for Aberdeen midfielder Graeme Shinnie.
The Scottish international | sees his current contract at Pittodire expire in the summer and, with the 27-year-old yet to sign a new deal, a host of clubs were alerted to his potential availability.
Reports north of the border linked the Black Cats with a swoop for Shinnie during the January transfer window - but they were just one of a host of c... |
ERIE, Penn., Dec. 9 /Christian Newswire/ -- Liberty Counsel has now settled a lawsuit on behalf of Lighthouse Christian Center | (Lighthouse) against the city of Titusville, Pennsylvania. The settlement allows Lighthouse to move to a downtown facility where it can operate its outreach program, which is expected to include a Christian bookstore, television ministry, outreach to teens, and church services. Liberty Counsel sued the city on behalf ... |
Current Malaysian citizenship laws were set by the Malaysian Constitution in 1964 in response to Malaysian independence from Britain in 1957. Because some of the requirements regarding the | Malay language are inconsistently applied, expats looking to become naturalized citizens are often met with disappointment and delays when pursuing the citizenship process. If you wish to become a Malaysian citizen, study the requirements carefully and prepare to devote yourself to Malaysian allegiance in pursuit of t... |
Wakefield Trinity's Bill Tupou was named the Betfred Super League's top metre maker at the 2018 Man of Steel Awards on Monday evening | .
The 28-year-old New Zealander racked up 4114 metres in 30 appearances during a stellar season as he helped Wakefield to a second-consecutive fifth-placed finish.
His total of 4114 metres was 265 more than Wigan's Tom Davies who has made the second most metres in Super League this year with 3849.
Wakefield's Reece Lyn... |
Who is playing well heading into the final weeks of the regular season?
Now that we’re about 10 games removed from the NHL trade | deadline, we are getting a feel for how teams are playing heading into the final weeks of the regular season.
We will run through all of the numbers in this space in the annual playoff preview on a rolling 25-game basis, but consider this a checkpoint of sorts for that type of analysis. The general caveats apply: in s... |
Three men found guilty of being accessories to crimes against copyright law for their part in running The Pirate Bay have lost their appeal, while a fourth man | still awaits trial.The three, Fredrik Neij, Peter Sunde, and Carl Lundström, were originally each sentenced to a year in prison, but the Svea Court of Appeals reduced their sentences on Friday: Neij must now serve 10 months, Sunde eight months and Lundström four.
However, the court raised the damages they must collect... |
Most of the top scorers in the TEC graduated a year ago -- but that doesn't mean there's not plenty of talent to watch around | the area.
RICHMOND, Ind. – Thirteen of last year’s top 15 scorers in the Tri-Eastern Conference have graduated, and just one returning player averaged double-figures.
Suddenly, Richmond has talent, and experience that makes them an interesting story line, but the unknowns from around the area make the TEC an interesti... |
NEW PHILADELPHIA As close as the battle between the Dover and New Philadelphia boys’ basketball teams was Friday night, it just | had to come down to a final shot – with a sprinkle of controversy thrown in to spice things up even more, too.
New Phila senior Brandon Weekley scooped up a loose-ball rebound and fired up and nailed a shot from the 3-point area on the right side that just beat the buzzer, but was ruled a two-point basket, allowing th... |
A charity discovered one of their Doncaster volunteers' secret art talent - and now he is spearheading a campaign to improve children's teeth.
| Ben Bonser signed up as a volunteer at the Hill Top Centre in Edlngton three years ago, as he recovered from some health problems.
But officials who run the centre discovered he had been a keen amateur artist as a child, and have now used his skills to create a comic which will be used to encourage youngsters to visit ... |
Synchronized, city-wide flushing will keep waste from accumulating and creating blocked sewers when the towns go without water.
A city | in Zimbabwe has ordered citywide toilet flushing once every three days as they face a drought, complete with water shortages and dams that have been drying up. They're currently on strict water rations, but when the water's turned on, residents' first order of business is to flush their toilets. In unison.
The first s... |
AYMERIC LAPORTE has signed a new deal with Athletic Bilbao.
Laporte has been heavily linked with a | move to Manchester City.
The Premier League club were reportedly ready to offer the defender a huge wage hike to lure him to the Etihad.
And he was told to make his mind up over his future by the end of the month.
But it seems the 22-year-old has decided to remain in Spain, putting pen-to-paper on a fresh contract tha... |
Homeland will soon come to an end, according to star Claire Danes.
Danes has portrayed CIA officer Carrie Mathison in the US | spy thriller since 2011. The show is currently in its seventh season, with an eighth season already confirmed.
Appearing on Howard Stern’s Sirius XM show on Wednesday (April 18), Danes claimed “that’s it” when asked about rumours that season 8 would be the final outing of the series.
Despite Danes’ comments, a Showtim... |
The topics covered ranged from the economic status of china to the militarization of outer space — which, according to Zhou, is something China will | never take part in. The topic that generated the most questions and concerns, however, was the issue of Taiwanese independence.
Despite this firm stance, some students believed that he handled the question gently.
“I thought he handled [the Taiwan question] well, he didn’t seem too aggressive about it, he just said ‘t... |
With the Celtics' loss to the Nets, the Pacers could've made up lost ground but had no answers for Aaron Gordon or Terrence Ross. |
INDIANAPOLIS – An off day can't come soon enough. Five games are left in the Indiana Pacers' regular season, and they can't continue to kick the can down the road.
More performances such as Saturday's 121-116 loss to the Orlando Magic -- their third defeat in a row -- and that's where the Pacers will be opening the pl... |
pink for approximately 5-7 minutes. Make sure to turn shrimp repeatedly during the cooking process. Remove kabobs and keep them warm while | preparing the next step.
Place the bacon in a large frying pan over medium-high heat and cook, stirring occasionally, until browned and crisp. Using tongs, transfer to a large paper-towel-lined plate and set aside. Add the avocado oil to the fat in the pan and heat over medium-high heat until shimmering and just start... |
CBS Films, Lionsgate and eOne have opened the first door into Scary Stories To Tell in the Dark, the latest horror offering from Oscar | winner Guillermo del Toro (a producer here) that will hit theaters August 9. André Øvredal is directing the pic, which Dan Hageman & Kevin Hageman penned based on a screen story by del Toro and Patrick Melton & Marcus Dunstan.
Based on the book series by Alvin Schwartz, the pic is set in 1968 in America. Change is blo... |
A 16-year-old boy was attacked and robbed in North Riverdale at 7:20 p.m. on Sunday, according to police | . The victim was walking in front of 5550 Riverdale Ave. when two assailants approached him from behind and tackled him. The victim said both perpetrators had knives pointed at him and took his phone before fleeing the scene. The first suspect was described as a 15-year-old black male, and the second as a Hispanic male... |
Investors in Asia were scrambling back into technology shares after an overnight report from IBM that its profits were on target. Further inspiration came from Nasdaq | 's strong performance, which has raised hopes in Asian markets that the worst is over for high-tech stocks.
Foreign funds provided much of the drive as they went bargain-hunting among the region's chipmakers, sparking rises of up to 5% among the region's technology leaders. Tokyo enjoyed its fifth day of gains, powered... |
Accurate, efficient vibration testing is vital for effective helicopter maintenance operations.
EuroTec Canada, located outside Toronto, Ontario, provides sales and | service for trusted MicroVib II vibration analysis products from Dynamic Solutions Systems, Inc. (DSS) and is DSS’ appointed representative for Canada.
DSS and Eurotec Canada have been working together since 2014, and EuroTec staff will be available to discuss MicroVib II products during the upcoming Helicopter Associ... |
Cleveland, OH and Rochester, MN, May 1, 2013 – Bravo Wellness and Mayo Clinic announced today their collaborative effort to provide a | seamless, turnkey solution that will help mitigate employers’ health care costs while rewarding employees for healthier lifestyles.
Through this new relationship, Bravo Wellness clients will now have access to Mayo Clinic’s suite of population health solutions. In turn, Mayo Clinic will be able to offer clients robust... |
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Last August, McDonald's decided to create a group of bloggers, which now has 400 members, to give them access to information on food, nutrition | , and more.
Last August, McDonald's decided to create a group of bloggers, which now has 400 members, to give them access to information on food, nutrition, and more. It isn't the fast-food giant's first blogger campaign, but the company is receiving criticism for giving online writers free gifts and parties.
McDonald'... |
Some of those seeking to scrub their histories from the Web under Europe’s “right to be forgotten” rule are being economical with | the truth when making their requests, Google said Thursday.
Part of the problem is that Google must often rely on information submitted by the requester in granting or rejecting a request.
For example, it said, someone might want to remove an old article about crimes they committed when they were a teenager—without re... |
Saudis Impatient For King's Promised 'Reforms' Months ago, Saudi King Abdullah promised changes in what analysts say was a bid | to quiet growing frustrations in the desert kingdom. But now, much of the king's words are ringing hollow, with many Saudis saying they see little change.
: Saudi Arabia. A couple of months ago, Saudi Arabia's King Abdullah unveiled a multi-billion dollar package of economic reforms. The package focused attention on p... |
Kung-fu football: Patrick Wleh challenging Kedah goalkeeper Mohd Ifwat Akmal Chek Kassim during the Malaysia Cup | final at the Shah Alam Stadium on Oct 30.
GEORGE TOWN: Liberian striker Patrick Wleh has been warned not to put self interest ahead of the team when he rejoins PKNS FC.
The flamboyant 25-year-old had featured for the Red Ants from 2013-15 before engineering a loan move to Super League side Selangor last season.
He sco... |
Just guessing from some of the messages that have reached me overnight, that a few of the good folks out there are now rattled. A number of | readers are asking the unknowable, such as "Where is the bottom?" or "When will it end?" Gang, I've got some news for you. I don't know the answers to questions like this. I do however... know how to show up for a fight.
For those looking for actual guidance, I do know more than that. Environments like this hurt. We a... |
In case you need an excuse to drink wine, Feb. 18 is National Drink Wine Day.
In case you need another excuse, red wine | in moderation could be good for you, according to research and the Blue Zones Project.
A glass of wine or two each day with friends and food contributes to longevity, according to Dan Buettner, founder of the Blue Zones Project.
Peter Rizzo, the owner of Natural Wines in Naples, advises wine lovers to pursue healthy w... |
About 10 years ago, residents in the La Loma area began dreaming about what they could do to make their neighborhood safer. The vision included working | with law enforcement and city and county officials, but more importantly, they asked around to find out what assets their neighbors could offer.
These efforts are spreading throughout the city as similar neighborhood groups develop. As they grow, so do the feelings of connection and safety.
Today, a neighborhood busin... |
No one could imitate Patrice O'Neal, Gregg "Opie" Hughes of "The Opie & Anthony Show" said ahead of a | marathon satellite-radio weekend memorial for the late stand-up comic. Fortunately for fans, O'Neal himself was set to release new material, the sale of which will benefit the mother, sister, wife and child who survive him.
"Patrice was working on a CD, getting ready to release, everything was complete," the Sirius XM... |
Bangalore's performance space Ranga Shankara does not believe in restricting theater to the auditorium.
In the Ranga Shankara Theatre Fest | '11, Bangaloreans will not only get to watch plays by city theatre groups but also have students from various colleges in the city put up street performances on social and political issues that touch our lives in contemporary society.
One such is the Kananda play Kattepurana (Story of a donkey that will be presented b... |
Whatever it was, it didn't come from two area military bases.
A mystery that riled the Tri-State Monday night had been solved | – or so we thought.
When large, storm-like blips flashed across radar in Southern Illinois and Western Kentucky, the National Weather Service was stunned – because it wasn’t raining a drop.
ll kinds of bizarre guesses flared up on social media: a flock of birds; aliens; residue the government uses to control the weath... |
Flagstaff officers were deemed justified for fatally shooting a 29-year-old-man suffering from depression who fired at police Oct. 12, officials | said.
Flagstaff police officers were deemed justified this week for fatally shooting a 29-year-old-man reportedly suffering from depression who fired at officers Oct. 12 in a Walmart parking lot.
In a written announcement Wednesday, Navajo County Attorney Brad Carlyon provided new insight into what preceded the death ... |
Lehigh Acres Post office has once again experienced thievery. For some odd reason, a female Miskovy duck decided to nest and | lay eggs in the garden by the bicycle rack at the entrance to the post office. She laid 14 eggs. I was hoping that people would enjoy seeing them, but leave them alone. Well, 14 eggs went down to 12, which I am certain other animals got to. But, as it got closer to the time for the eggs to hatch, and overnight, it wen... |
Immigrants have created some of America’s most valuable privately held companies. Several of these companies are soon to become publicly traded and available to | any American who wants to invest in these billion-dollar startups.
The news of potential initial public offerings (IPOs) for many immigrant-founded companies comes at a time when a study from the National Foundation for American Policy finds that 55%, or 50 of 91, of the country’s $1 billion startup companies had at l... |
FORT COLLINS – Fort Collins police cited a Windsor teen Thursday in connection with a July crash that took the life of his younger brother. |
Michael Agnew, 17, was cited for careless driving and for not wearing a seat belt. Careless driving that results in a death is a Class 1 traffic misdemeanor, according to a Fort Collins police press release.
The crash happened about 12:30 p.m. July 2 when a 2005 Toyota Corolla driven by Agnew was westbound on Harmony ... |
LAPD APOLOGIZES TO BIGGIE'S FAMILY OVER AUTOPSY REPORT!
(AllHipHop News) Representatives | for the Los Angeles Police Department have issued an apology to the family of the Notorious B.I.G., over the unexpected release of the slain rapper's autopsy report.
Captain Billy Hayes issued a statement in regards to the autopsy, which revealed that B.I.G., born Christopher Wallace, was shot four times, with one of ... |
Max Melanson says he cannot wait to get started at his new club Stowmarket Town this summer, writes Alex Moss.
The 20- | year-old joined the Old Gold and Blacks on a two-year deal last week, making the switch from Stow’s Thurlow Nunn League Premier Division rivals Thetford Town.
The central midfielder scored an impressive 28 goals in 50 appearances across all competitions last season, and the former Yeovil Town trainee is hoping he can t... |
BEST supplements for weight loss: Shedding the pounds is no easy feat, and while diet and exercise are two things you should prioritise to | achieve your goal, some experts have shown taking an amino acid based supplement can offer some assistance.
Weight loss is best achieved by making long-term changes to diet and exercise. A healthy balanced diet consists of at least five portions of a variety of fruit and vegetables every day, fibre, some dairy, some p... |
The El Paso County and Denver bar associations have three free events coming up open to people affected by the wildfire, says EPCBA executive director Claire | Anderson.
“We are saddened to see our community again face a devastating wildfire," she says in a press release, "but we hope to offer clarity and guidance for those who have been impacted by the Black Forest Fire."
Ask-A-Lawyer—The El Paso County Bar Association will host Ask-A-Lawyer for victims of the Black Forest ... |
Shea Patterson is coming to Michigan.
The former five-star prospect and No. 1-ranked quarterback in the class of 2016 announced his | decision to transfer from Ole Miss to Michigan on Monday via Twitter.
Patterson, who was on campus for an official visit this weekend, threw for 2,259 yards (63.8 percent completion rate), 17 touchdowns and 9 interceptions at Ole Miss last season. His season was cut short after seven games.
Whether or not Patterson wi... |
US authorities must alleviate the harsh pre-trial detention conditions of Bradley Manning, the soldier accused of leaking information to Wikileaks.
The US army private | , 23, has been held for 23 hours a day in a sparsely furnished solitary cell and deprived of a pillow, sheets, and personal possessions since July 2010.
Amnesty International last week wrote to the US Defence secretary, Robert Gates, calling for the restrictions on Bradley Manning to be reviewed. In the same week, the ... |
Congress may not have declared outright that pizza is a vegetable, but the whole debate over pizza sauce in public schools was still quite foolish.
It | was about as foolish as saying pizza qualifies as a veggie in any way, shape or form.
How much pizza sauce does it take to equal a serving of vegetables? Essentially that was the question being asked.
According to Reuters, Congress was debating changes to a spending bill that would have eliminated pizza's status as a ... |
A country boy with a punk-rock heart, Cory Branan fires twin barrels of barroom boogie woogie and honky-tonk | twang on “You Make Me,” the kickoff track from his upcoming release, The No-Hit Wonder.
Like most of his music, “You Make Me” is a left-of-center tune regardless of where you’re standing. It’s too rockin’ for country and too drawling for rock & roll, shot through with a guitar riff stolen from Ron Wood’s mid-Seventies... |
The future of Britain’s nuclear submarine fleet is set to become a major election issue this week amid concern that billions of pounds is being spent | on a successor before parliament has approved an upgrade.
MPs will not vote on Trident’s replacement, the largest UK submarine project in a generation, until 2016. But a Ministry of Defence report, slipped out over Christmas, reveals that spending on the project’s “assessment phase” is to increase by a further £261m t... |
Microsoft has released Social Share, a free plug-in for PowerPoint that lets you share your slides to Facebook and Twitter as images or video.
| The tool lets you share individual slides as images and your entire presentation as a photo album.
If you like, you can package your entire deck as a video. This keeps your transitions and other animations intact.
The plug-in also adds a pane to PowerPoint, where you can see comments people leave on your shared present... |
HONOLULU, May 30 (Reuters) - Molten rock from several lava-spewing fissures opened by Kila | uea Volcano crept toward clusters of homes and vacation rentals on the eastern tip of Hawaii’s Big Island on Wednesday, as authorities ushered residents from the area as a precaution.
On Tuesday, a lava stream crossed a larger east-west route, Highway 132, as it advanced toward Kapoho. A separate flow of red-hot molten... |
EAST LANSING — East Lansing's growth spurt might not be over.
The East Lansing City Council approved an ordinance last week on | a 3-2 vote that allows for an additional 20 feet of height on some buildings along Grand River Avenue.
The decision bumped height limits in parts of downtown to 160 feet, about 14 stories. That means future developments could be two stories taller than the tallest building currently under construction downtown.
“I’m c... |
San Antonio, TX – Tim Duncan scored a game-high 15 points to go along with six rebounds as the San Antonio Spurs cooled down the Toronto | Raptors with a 100-80 decision at AT&T Center.
Manu Ginobili followed with 14 points, while Tony Parker added 13 and seven assists for San Antonio, which won its third straight game.
Alan Anderson and Amir Johnson each netted 12 points to pace the Raptors, who had their season-high five-game win streak snapped.
Terren... |
* Teen STEPS is now open to the public, no access code needed! Visit Teen STEPS @ www.TeenSTEPS.org. |
That’s the theory behind STEPS – Screening, Treatment, and Education to Promote Strength – a first-of-its-kind virtual mental health initiative for teens and their parents.
Created by New York University’s Christopher P. Lucas, an Associate Professor of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, STEPS aims to reduce risk of sui... |
Earth Day is April 22. To celebrate, Cornell Cooperative Extension- Yates County will partner with Two Can Dan’s Redemption Center to again host | a recycling and Earth Day educational event Tuesday, April 23.
Two Can Dan’s will once again accept household appliances, electronics (no box TV’s), and all metal, large appliances for recycling (anything with a coolant requires a $10 fee) at their location, 137 Benham St., Penn Yan.
Small boxes of personal papers for... |
That building has won over everything.
but what are they for?
wherever your suns take you.
between the horizon and the | lice.
We’re off to the sea, someone said.
minute, stone so simple the next.
Past the gaga experiments to ginger high school thriller days I wheel fragile issues: a fight on there, bulbous antennae, a herald carved alone in the archer position—sweet! We had a few people over to celebrate the monotony of the new place.
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In Europe an estimated 60 million live trees are bought, decorated and dumped; it’s around 30 million in America. The majority of real | trees are grown specifically for Christmas so forests are not being depleted, but after the festivities most real trees are thrown away and as they decompose, methane (a greenhouse gas) is produced. Artificial trees leave their own carbon footprint due to their production and transportation. Most are made in China and... |
Onaga was the very embodiment of a politician and every negative connotation that goes with that word. He never put Okinawa or its people first; | it was always about him, his backers and getting reelected. Through the years he changed his stripes so many times he could have painted a whole heard of zebras. These changes were not about a maturing philosophy, he just flip-flopped to suit whatever got him in front of the media, money and elected to office. The man... |
When Iowa state Sen. Matt McCoy learned Donald Trump had appointed Matthew Whitaker to be acting attorney general of the United States, he was agh | ast -- he believes Whitaker was behind a politically motivated prosecution that was personally "devastating" to him.
It started in 2007, when McCoy was a rising Democrat in state politics, and the state's first openly gay lawmaker. Whitaker was the US attorney for Iowa's Southern District at the time.
A grand jury indi... |
When Donald Trump became the 45th president of the United States, it underlined the need for the wider world to understand exactly what was going on | politically in the major superpower.
The London School of Economics’ United States Centre responded by launching the State of the States, a free, apolitical online resource giving in-depth information about each of the 50 US states, along with up-to-date information about policies and political developments drawn from... |
About 50 children enjoy a hot lunch from the summer parks program in 2010. Burbank has cut the program this summer.
Local families dependent on | free and reduced-price school meals could find it harder to keep their children fed this summer.
The city of Burbank will not be offering its summer parks program and complimentary free meals due to budget cuts, officials said. In the past, the program has operated at four sites, including McKinley and Miller elementa... |
Businessman Eike Batista is a man whose rise and fall mirrors that of his country's economy.
Brazil's Eike Batista was | worth about $30bn over a year ago, and confidently declared that he was on his way to becoming the world's richest man, surpassing Carlos Slim and Bill Gates.
Backing this up was his belief that he was sitting on oil fields off the coast of Brazil valued at $1tn. But four of the five fields were shut down after provin... |
Regional courts in Africa should be allowed to prosecute international crimes as a way of strengthening complementarity on the Continent, Chief Justice Hassan Jallow of | The Gambia has suggested.
“I remain convinced that complementarity can and should be taken a notch higher by vesting African regional courts such as the ECOWAS Court and the East African Court of Justice with the mandate to prosecute international crimes,” Mr Jallow said at the recent West African Stakeholders’ Consul... |
There’s no better time to talk about how to get out of the rough than U.S. Open week. As the best players | in the world deal with the thick rough at Erin Hills, we figured you could use a few tips on how to handle the rough at your course. Bill Schmedes III, one of our Golf Digest Best Young Teachers out of Fiddler’s Elbow in N.J. says that he sees players make two major mistakes when they’re hitting out of thick rough.
Fi... |
The Asian Art Museum's opening gala for the latest exhibit, China's Terracotta Warriors: The First Emperor's Legacy, took place on | February 20, 2013. Guests enjoyed entertainment, cocktails and a first look at the ancient Terracotta Army.
Marissa Mayer at the opening gala for the Asian Art Museum's Terracotta Warrior exhibition. The Asian Art Museum's opening gala for the latest exhibit, China's Terracotta Warriors: The First Emperor's Legacy, to... |
Fluorescence micrograph of a human kidney stone from the Mayo Clinic.
Mayandi Sivaguru, Jessica Saw from Bruce Fouke | Lab, Carl R. Woese Institute for Genomic Biology, U. of I.
Recent research found that kidney stones have many more similarities with real stones than anyone previously thought. The team of both medical students and geologists were able to piece together how kidney stones form, their changes through time, and how they ... |
In-form Tranmere goalkeeper Owain fon Williams is ready to make his first start for Wales on Friday.
Williams is the only | one of the three goalkeepers in Wales manager Chris Coleman's squad currently playing regular first team football.
The 25-year-old has kept six clean sheets in the 11 game unbeaten run which has put Rovers four points clear at the top of League One.
"I'm going thinking I'm going to play," he told BBC Radio Merseyside.... |
Angela Wimmer was at red light, blocks from home, when a truck plowed into her car and killed her. The man accused in | the crash, Todd Grudznske, had six prior DUI convictions.
Editor’s Note: All this week on 9NEWS and 9news.com is an in-depth look at repeat drunken drivers, the tragedies they’ve been blamed for, and how a new state law intended to crack down on them is – or isn’t – working.
KUSA - Randy and Linda Wimmer had 200 miles... |
MADISON COUNTY Ala. -- Fewer and fewer young people are learning trades or going into the skilled labor workforce. Construction companies say they can | 't find new employees. Manufacturing firms say they can't find skilled workers.
"I've always had college in mind, that I wanted to go to college," said 17-year-old Matt Dailey, a Huntsville High School student.
"I think my parents kind of expect me to go to college, and get the kind of jobs that they have," said 19-yea... |
Two dozen migrant and anti-racist groups have penned a letter demanding that German Interior Minister Horst Seehofer change his stance on migration or leave | office following his comments in the wake of protests in Chemnitz.
“An interior minister for everyone should not divide the society any further but instead clearly take a stand for the core values of our country,” read an open letter titled “Not our interior minister.” It was signed by more than 20 groups, including s... |
If you want a great hangover cure, look no further than international breakfast foods. Down a French croque madame — a ham and gru | yere-stuffed sandwich topped with an egg — after throwing a few back, and you’re golden the next morning. Kill a full Irish breakfast, including black pudding (which is not really pudding, but blood sausage), and you’re also probably going to feel better. And so it goes.
On that note, one of my favorite international b... |
Animal welfare groups, industry officials and political leaders are renewing their calls for stricter federal oversight of thoroughbred horse racing, after a series of reports | by the News4 I-Team.
Supporters of two different pieces of legislation have cited the I-Team’s findings in championing their proposals for change.
The I-Team investigation in August revealed at least 160 horse deaths at the Charles Town Races track in West Virginia since 2014. Though the rate of horse deaths at Charle... |
Britain's Prince Harry has prompted romance speculation with his ex-girlfriend Chelsy Davy.
The couple dated on and off for seven years, | calling time on the relationship in 2010 with rumours circulating that Chelsy didn't want to lead the life of a princess. However they've remained friends and after reports that Chelsy has split with her boyfriend of a year Charles Goode, many think a reconciliation is on the cards.
"Harry and Chelsy are talking nearl... |
Louisiana voters on Tuesday decided that unanimous jury verdicts should be required in order to convict someone of a felony for crimes that take place after 2018 | .
By approving the state constitutional amendment, voters helped end a Jim-Crow era law that has long influenced Louisiana’s legal system, NOLA.com reported.
Louisiana and Oregon are the only two states in the country where a person can be sent to prison by juries that aren’t unanimous.
Democratic state Sen. J.P. Morre... |
His mother made him famous through her popular children's books. Now all grown up, Alex Viorst lives a less public life, making loans | that help build city neighborhoods and passing on the tales of his youth to his own children.
Alexander has come a long way from his terrible, horrible, no good, very bad day.
Alex Viorst, whose mother, Judith Viorst, immortalized him in a series of children's books, is now 38, married, a banker, and about to become a... |
Packed bookstores may be old hat for author Nick Hornby, but the bestselling "High Fidelity" scribe is the first to admit | that songwriting is not.
“I’m extremely happy that even though I’ve written a love song for my wife it has the word ‘urinal’ in it,” Hornby told a full house -- mostly standing, a few balcony-dangling -- last night at Housing Works Bookstore in Soho.
Hornby took the stage with beloved nerd-musician Ben Folds to promot... |
Includes item on money for fishermen, tribes pushing for casino, data breach and home sales.
The federal government dealt New England's fishing industry another | blow by rejecting economic disaster declaration requests from Gov. Deval Patrick and two other governors. Regulators at the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration ruled that the economic hardship that many commercial fishermen are facing isn't severe enough to be considered a disaster. Fortunately for them, S... |
WASHINGTON (AP) -- Jon Cooper walked into the locker room and didn't get the sense Lightning players were down in the dumps about losing the first | two games of the Eastern Conference final.
"It was more kind of like an anger of like we want to get back -- like let's get Game 3 going here," Tampa Bay's coach said.
Game 3 on Tuesday night in Washington can't come soon enough for the Lightning, who are in a historically difficult spot after losing twice at home to ... |
A reunion in the works, almost a century old in the making, continues on Guam for descendants of Hermann Woitschek from Germany. |
A glorious family reunion — one that solved mysteries, answered questions and made for many tearful embraces — continues Saturday at Ypao beach.
At the root of the reunion is the late Hermann Woitschek, who lived out his life in Germany before he died in 1968. But as a young man, Woitschek was once a medical assistant... |
Hereford cattle being judged at Otley Show. Pictures by Gary Longbottom.
After a long, hard winter farmers are now finally starting to | get their businesses back on track and so the opening fixture of the Yorkshire show season today came as a well-earned fillip.
The country’s oldest one-day agricultural show, falling so early in the annual running order, does not always enjoy scorching sunny weather but the thousands of visitors and exhibitors at Otle... |
University prepared to handle larger-than-predicted class.
Administrators across the University are prepared for issues that may arise from an increase in | student enrollment this year of about 800 to 1,000 students.
The entering class of 2016 is expected to be between 8,000 and 8,500 students. The University expected 46 to 47 percent of students offered admissions to accept for fall 2012, but 51 percent are currently planning to attend.
Kedra Ishop, vice provost and dir... |
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