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Driving while intoxicated is a crime. Your judgment, coordination and ability to drive a vehicle change when you consume any amount of alcohol. The level of impairment depends on five conditions
the amount of alcohol you drink
the amount of food you eat before or while you drink alcohol
the length of time y... |
McKayla Maroney, a two-time Olympic medalist, has alleged that she was abused as early as age 13 by former Michigan State and USA Gymnastics doctor Larry Nassar, who already faces 22 counts of first-degree criminal sexual conduct and could receive a sentence of life in prison.
Maroney, now 21, helped the "Fierce Fi... |
CLOSE Olympic gold medalist McKayla Maroney released a statement on Twitter claiming that was sexually abused by former USA Gymnastics team physician Larry Nassar. USA TODAY Sports
McKayla Maroney (Photo: Mark J. Rebilas, USA TODAY Sports)
Corrections & clarifications: A previous version of this story misstated... |
McKayla Maroney. (Katherine Frey/The Washington Post)
Inspired to speak out by the burgeoning #MeToo movement, 2012 Olympic gold medalist McKayla Maroney announced early Wednesday on Twitter that she had been molested by Larry Nassar, who pleaded guilty to federal child-pornography charges in June and has been ... |
The federal consumer watchdog began an unscheduled inspection of the plant, it was reported today. Picture: vk.com
As if frolicking in a giant cheese fondue, the workers posed in the milk used to make stringed cheese. The images, which went viral on the web, apparently date to a 2014 corporate New Year Party.
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The manager of a Swiss fondue restaurant has won a three-year legal battle over the smell of his cheese after a court decided he did not have to pay a £135 police fine.
The fine was imposed on Florian Kurz after two boutique clothes shops either side of his Zunfthaus zur Zimmerleuten restaurant in Zurich complained... |
Rescue officials are hopeful that a surfer who was plucked from the sea after more than 30 hours adrift off the western coast of Scotland will make a full recovery despite severe hypothermia.
Matthew Bryce was being treated at Belfast Hospital in Northern Ireland Tuesday after an intense search ended with him being... |
Matthew Bryce, 22, flown to hospital in Belfast after being found hypothermic but conscious 13 miles from land
A surfer who had been missing for more than 32 hours in the sea has been traced safe and well.
Matthew Bryce, 22, has been found by the Coastguard, 13 miles from the Argyll coast.
He had been m... |
Image copyright Geograph/Police Scotland Image caption Mathew Bryce was found 13 miles from the Scottish shore after setting off from Machrihanish beach
An "extremely lucky" surfer has been found by a coastguard helicopter after 32 hours in the sea.
Matthew Bryce, 22, from Glasgow, had not been seen since he se... |
In January, we reported on the story of a Japanese surfer who was devilishly yanked by a rip current off Australia’s east coast and pulled three-and-a-half miles offshore. He spent more than 16 hours at sea, with little more than his trunks and his yellow board, which luckily was bright enough to be spotted by crew mem... |
Communications Decency Act (CDA), also called Title V of the Telecommunications Act of 1996, legislation enacted by the U.S. Congress in 1996 primarily in response to concerns about minors’ access to pornography via the Internet. In 1997 federal judges found that the indecency provisions abridged the freedom of speech ... |
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2018—Pub. L. 115–141, div. V, § 103(a)(2), , 132 Stat. 1214, added item 2713.
2002—Pub. L. 107–273, div. B, title IV, § 4005(b), , 116 Stat. 1812, made technical correction to directory language of Pub. L. 107–56, title II, § 223(c)(2), , 115 Stat. 295, effective . See 2001 Amendment note below.
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Airbnb is taking its beef with the city of San Francisco to court.
The short-term rental company filed suit today over a new law that requires Airbnb to verify that its hosts have registered with the city before showing ads for their homes online. The suit aims to block the law from going into effect as scheduled o... |
SAN FRANCISCO — Airbnb has charmed and strong-armed lawmakers around the world to allow it to operate in their communities. But two cities, Airbnb’s hometown, San Francisco, and New York, the service’s largest United States market, have not been so compliant.
On Monday, Airbnb sued San Francisco over a unanimous de... |
"If a clerk at 7-Eleven can be fined for selling alcohol to someone who does not have a proper ID, certainly a multibillion-dollar corporation can be fined for facilitating and profiting from an illegal advertisement," Bonin said in a statement Tuesday. "Instead of fighting tooth and nail to avoid responsibility, Airbn... |
From the moment our founders launched Airbnb in 2008 during the middle of the Great Recession to help pay their rent, Airbnb has helped San Franciscans afford to stay in the City they love. Since then, thousands of City residents have avoided eviction or foreclosure and been able to stay in San Francisco because they s... |
Iowa Gov. Terry Branstad (R) said Tuesday that it could be time to retire the Ames Straw Poll.
"I think the straw poll has outlived its usefulness," Branstad said of the early Republican presidential poll, according to The Wall Street Journal. "It has been a great fundraiser for the party but I think its days a... |
Buy Photo Republican presidential candidates, from left, former Pennsylvania Sen. Rick Santorum; former Minnesota Governor Tim Pawlenty; Rep. Ron Paul, R-Texas; Rep. Thaddeus McCotter, R-Mich.; businessman Herman Cain; Rep. Michele Bachmann, R-Minn. pose for a group photo at the Republican Party's Straw Poll in Ames, I... |
DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — Republican leaders in Iowa have agreed to end the state's straw poll because of waning interest from presidential hopefuls and questions about its relevancy.
Iowa GOP Chairman Jeff Kauffman says state party officials voted during a Friday morning conference call to end the straw poll, which ... |
In this Aug. 13, 2011 file photo, Republicans enter the Hilton Coliseum before casting their ballots in the Iowa Republican Party's Straw Poll in Ames, Iowa. (AP Photo/Charlie Neibergall, File)
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The Iowa straw poll, a political jamboree that has been a fixture in the Republican pre... |
The United Kingdom is a highly developed nation that exerts considerable international economic, political, scientific and cultural influence. Located off the northwest corner of Europe, the country includes the island of Great Britain – which contains England, Scotland and Wales – and the northern portion of the islan... |
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The mood on the international conference call at the beginning of this month was somber as Ian Bremmer, president of the political risk consulting firm Eurasia Group, prepared to list off top global dangers in the coming year. Bremmer began with a show-stopping line... |
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In this frame grab taken from video provided by the Syrian anti-government activist group Aleppo Media Center (AMC), a child sits in an ambulance after being pulled out or a building hit by an airstirke,... (Associated Press)
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Theresa May has entered into the debate about "aggressive begging" in Windsor ahead of the wedding of Prince Harry and Meghan Markle.
The prime minister said she disagreed with council lea... |
FILE - This is a Monday, Dec. 25, 2017. file photo of Britain'sPrince Harry and his fiancee Meghan Markle as they arrive to attend the traditional Christmas Day service, at St. Mary Magdalene Church... (Associated Press)
FILE - This is a Monday, Dec. 25, 2017. file photo of Britain'sPrince Harry and his fiancee Meg... |
Speaker Paul Ryan said he will no longer "defend Trump" or campaign with him. | M. Scott Mahaskey/POLITICO Ryan abandons Trump The House speaker all but conceded that Clinton will win and said he plans to campaign only for a GOP Congress.
Speaker Paul Ryan told House Republicans on a conference call Monday morning ... |
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ST. LOUIS — House Speaker Paul Ryan has discussed withdrawing his endorsement of Donald Trump, according to multiple sources familiar with the discussions within his inner circle.
Ryan (R-Wis.) has publicly and privately grown dismayed by the tone and tenor of Trump's campaign, according to the sources. And Ryan ha... |
Kellyanne Conway throws down the gauntlet to Paul Ryan
Donald Trump’s campaign manager challenged House Speaker Paul Ryan on Monday not to dump her boss.
“I certainly hope Speaker Ryan keeps his word and his endorsement of Donald Trump,” Kellyanne Conway said on “CBS This Morning” -- an aspiration she delivered... |
Paul Ryan told a crowd at a fall festival in Wisconsin that there was a "troubling" "elephant in the room," after the Washington Post revealed a 2005 recording of Trump speaking in very lewd terms about women. (The Washington Post)
A decision Monday by House Speaker Paul D. Ryan to not campaign with or defend Repub... |
If the order comes, the B-52s will return to a ready-to-fly posture not seen since the Cold War.
BARKSDALE AIR FORCE BASE, La. — The U.S. Air Force is preparing to put nuclear-armed bombers back on 24-hour ready alert, a status not seen since the Cold War ended in 1991.
That means the long-dormant concrete pads... |
The U.S. is ruminating about putting nuclear bombers back on a 24-hour alert. Defense One reports the move is being considered by top Pentagon officials over national security concerns.
“This is yet one more step in ensuring that we’re prepared,” Gen. David Goldfein, Air Force chief of staff, said in an interview d... |
This article is about the 2016 railway tunnel. For other, see Gotthard Tunnel (disambiguation)
The Gotthard Base Tunnel (GBT; German: Gotthard-Basistunnel, Italian: Galleria di base del San Gottardo, Romansh: Tunnel da basa dal Son Gottard) is a railway tunnel through the Alps in Switzerland. It opened on 1 June 20... |
If you stand in what will be the longest and deepest railway tunnel in the world – the new Gotthard Base Tunnel under the Swiss Alps – you feel a current of air on your cheek and a hum in your ears. Peer down the dimly lit hole into the distant future, and for a moment you think a train is coming. But the thought does ... |
Arnd Wiegmann/Reuters The Swiss Alps are an unforgiving landscape of rugged, rocky peaks and lush, green valleys. Connecting communities that would be otherwise isolated by the vast mountain range — including cultural and economic hubs such as Zurich, Milan, and Turin — is no easy task.
Tunneling and track-laying f... |
Workers in the Gotthard Base Tunnel install steel to stabilize the tunnel walls, in Sedrun, Switzerland, July 26, 2007. Crossing the Alps, the world's longest train tunnel should become operational at the end of 2016, consisting of two parallel single track tunnels, each of...
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Pfizer previously said the rollback would give Trump an opportunity to work on his administration's drug price plan. | Mario Tama/Getty Images Pfizer raises drug prices again, rebuking Trump
Drug giant Pfizer announced on Friday it will increase the list prices of 41 medicines in January, just months after it agree... |
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List prices are the advertised price of a drug, not necessarily the price insurers pay after discounts, known as rebates.
The news was first reported by the Wall Street Journal.
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Pfizer Inc, which is planning a merger of $160 billion with Allergen based in Ireland to cut its annual tax bill, raised the prices in the U.S. on January 1 of over 100 drugs, of which some were hiked by 20%, according to a global information company online that compiled the statistics.
Pfizer confirmed an increase... |
FILE - In this Wednesday, March 18, 2015 file photo, Kansas state Rep. Scott Schwab speaks at the Statehouse in Topeka, Kan. The young son of a Kansas state lawmaker died on a water slide that is billed... (Associated Press)
KANSAS CITY, Kan. (AP) — The 10-year-old boy killed during a ride on the world's tallest wa... |
Another family has come forward saying their raft went airborne on a Schlitterbahn water slide in the days before an Olathe boy died on the ride.
Dawn Gentry of Wichita said she and her daughter Olivia rode the Verrückt water slide in Kansas City, Kan., on July 28. As they approached the slide’s second drop, Gentry... |
Malik Taylor, the rapper known as Phife Dawg whose nimble, clever rhymes helped launch A Tribe Called Quest to both commercial and critical success, died Tuesday at the age of 45 from complications resulting from diabetes. Rolling Stone has confirmed the rapper's death.
Related PHOTOS: A Tribe Called Quest: 20 Esse... |
Bryn Mawr, Haverford, and Swarthmore CollegeArchive-It Partner Since: Sep, 2005Organization Type: Colleges & UniversitiesOrganization URL: http://www.haverford.edu Three of the finest liberal arts schools in the country, Swarthmore College, Bryn Mawr College, and Haverford College offer their students a passionate lear... |
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He spoke of his service to his country, his remorse for breaking the law, and the humiliation he has suffered because of it. Then the former congressman, Michael G. Grimm, asked for mercy from the court.
Leniency, it turned out, did not come easily.
“Your moral compass, Mr. Grimm, needs some reorientation,” Jud... |
Former Rep. Michael Grimm (R-N.Y.) was sentenced Friday to 8 months in prison for federal tax fraud by a federal judge in New York.
Grimm apologized to the judge and said that his decision to pay workers off the books, avoiding tax payments, was "absolutely wrong," according to The New York Times.
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Earlier today in federal court in Brooklyn, former United States Congressman Michael Grimm was sentenced to a term of incarceration of eight months of incarceration in connection with his conviction for aiding and assisting the preparation of a false tax return. Grimm served as a member of the United States House of Re... |
Attention all gold diggers: grab your shovels! Minnesota matchmaker and author of “Real Love, Right Now,” Kailen Rosenberg has announced she’s kicking off her nationwide search next month in San Francisco to find a mate for a mystery millionaire. Ladies, do you have what it takes to land this allegedly “noble man in se... |
Kailen Rosenberg and her love design team are launching a nation-wide search to find an incredible woman for a loving, passionate and noble client. This gentleman is in his early 50’s, generously philanthropic, well educated, a wine lover, in great shape, outdoorsy, down to earth, sharp witted and passionate about sust... |
LOS ANGELES — FXX has got your holiday binge watching covered.
The network said Thursday it will run a marathon of The Simpsons — the "longest marathon in TV history" — beginning on Nov. 24 (Thanksgiving Day) and ending on Dec. 6.
That's 600 episodes, or 300 hours over 13 days.
In 2014, FXX had a similar ma... |
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For Simpsons fanatics,it sounds like a dream come true: From noon on Thanksgiving Day (Nov. 24) until Dec. 6, the FXX network will be airing all 600 episodes of The Simpsons in chronological order, spanning over 300 hours (13 days).
According to IGN, FXX currently holds the record for the... |
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More than two years after Tesla started taking $1,000 deposits for the Model 3, it’s increasingly unclear whether it can actually afford to sell the much-touted $35,000 version to fulfill CEO Elon Musk’s long-held ... |
- A driver of a Tesla Model S drove into a pond and his body ended up being recovered early Monday morning in a fatal accident that closed a portion of Crow Canyon Road in Castro Valley, according to the California Highway Patrol.
Alameda County Sheriff's Sgt. Ray Kelly identified the driver as Keith Leung, 34, of ... |
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FILE- In this April 15, 2018, file photo unsold 2018 Model 3 Long Range versions sit on a Tesla dealer's lot in the south Denver suburb of Littleton, Colo. Long emergency stopping distances, difficult-to-use... (Associated Press)
FILE- In this April 15, 2018, file photo unsold 2018 Model 3 Long Range versions sit o... |
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Elon Musk’s Model 3, once touted as Tesla’s $35,000 car for the masses, can now set a buyer back almost $80,000.
Musk unveiled specifications for a faster and more powerful version of the Model 3 in a series of tweets over the weekend. It... |
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Multiple police officers in Mesa, Arizona have been placed on administrative leave after a video surfaced of the officers beating an unarmed man. An investigation has been launched into the officers’ actions.
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(CNN) The police chief in Mesa, Arizona, says he was "disappointed" by a video that shows officers punching and kneeing an unarmed man.
A police sergeant and three officers have been placed on administrative leave after the May 23 incident at an apartment complex.
While an attorney for Robert Johnson, 33, said ... |
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Every once in a while, you meet someone who greatly affects your life. For those of us who were lucky enough to know her, that person was Miyah.
Miyah, born Damiyah Telemaque-Nelson, was a young D.C. resident battling Burkitt's Lymphoma. Unfortunately, Miyah succumbed to her battle with cancer on Monday, Decemb... |
John Wall is one of the best point guards in the NBA, but his impact on society stretches beyond the basketball court. The 25-year-old is extremely generous with both his time and money.
One might remember when Wall broke down after a Wizards win last season, upon hearing a 6-year old cancer patient whom he’d met a... |
We already knew that John Wall was motivated to help the less fortunate. After all, this is a man who pledged $1 million to local charities in 2013, just after signing a lucrative contract extension.
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But it’s always nice to get fresh news of generous acts, and Wall com... |
Blue Is the Warmest Color has been mired in controversy from the beginning. Even before winning the Palme d’Or, the three-hour French lesbian love story was Cannes’ most buzzed-about film, largely owing to its graphic, seven-minute-long sex scene. Still, critics were quick to praise the film as a masterpiece, which, de... |
Abdellatif Kechiche.
Four years ago, director Abdellatif Kechiche won the Palme d’Or at Cannes for his film Blue Is the Warmest Color. Now, he’s auctioning off that very coveted prize in order to complete work on his current film, Mektoub, My Love, according to The Hollywood Reporter. Mektoub was in postproduction ... |
NEW YORK (AP) — Shares of Tribune Media are surging before the opening bell on reports that 21st Century Fox and Blackstone may make a joint takeover bid for the Chicago TV station operator.
The bid would apparently be an attempt to keep Sinclair Broadcast Group Inc., which is also rumored to be pursuing Tribune, f... |
Tribune Media Co. , which is in the midst of a merger with Sinclair, said Thursday it had net income of $141.2 million, or $1.60 a share, in the first quarter, after a loss of $85.6 million, or 99 cents a share, in the year-earlier period. Adjusted per-share earnings came to 51 cents, ahead of the 11 cents FactSet cons... |
21st Century Fox Inc., the media conglomerate controlled by Rupert Murdoch, is teaming with Blackstone Group LP to make an offer to acquire TV-station owner Tribune Media Co., rivaling a planned bid by Sinclair Broadcast Group Inc., people familiar with the situation said.
The all-cash bid would be funded by Blacks... |
New evidence emerged Friday that the oil spewing into the Gulf of Mexico was spreading more broadly than previously thought as BP continued its fitful efforts to stop the worst oil spill in U.S. history and President Obama returned to the Gulf Coast to assess the damage.
A day after a research team reported finding... |
HOUSTON — BP engineers struggled Friday to plug a gushing oil well a mile under the sea, but as of late in the day they had made little headway in stemming the flow.
Amid mixed messages about problems and progress, the effort — called a “top kill” — continued for a third day, with engineers describing a painstaking... |
ink-stained wretches Did the Times Take a Sympathetic Stance in Story About Texas Child Rapists?
In a disturbing story in yesterday's Times, writer James McKinley recounted the tale of the alleged rape (caught on film) of an 11-year-old girl in Cleveland, Texas, and the eighteen young men and teenagers implicated i... |
CLEVELAND, Texas — A meeting Thursday night that was billed as a way to discuss concerns some have about the investigation into a series of alleged sexual assaults on an 11-year-old girl turned into a forum that many used to blame the girl police contend is the victim of heinous attacks.
Many who attended the meeti... |
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he paper of record has come under fire for a story about the alleged gang rape of an 11-year-old girl by 18 young men in Cleveland, Texas. A feature on the gruesome tale notes the victim's clothes and makeup, and includes quotes from some local residents who seem to blame the victim while worrying about the well-... |
Story highlights Barbara Bush, a daughter of former President George W. Bush, appeared at a Hillary Clinton fundraiser
She's the latest in her famous family to tip her hand toward the Democratic nominee
White Plains, New York (CNN) Barbara Bush, a daughter of former President George W. Bush and first lady Laura... |
Barbara Pierce Bush appeared in a photo with Hillary Clinton aide Huma Abedin. | Getty Barbara Bush poses with Huma Abedin in #werewithher photo
Barbara Pierce Bush appeared alongside Hillary Clinton's longtime aide Huma Abedin in a photo posted Saturday evening by a prominent fashion-industry insider, branded with... |
In this undated product image provided by Starbucks, the company's new 40-year anniversary logo is seen on a cup at right. Other cups bearing the company's logo from over the years, from left, 1971,... (Associated Press)
The world's largest coffee company unveiled a new logo Wednesday that drops the words encirclin... |
SAN FRANCISCO (MarketWatch) — Starbucks unveiled a new corporate logo Wednesday, dropping the words “Starbucks” and “coffee” that had been wrapped around the twin-tailed mermaid seen on its coffee cups.
It’s the fourth modification of the Starbucks SBUX, +0.02% logo since it was created in 1971 and the first signif... |
* Starbucks unveils new, simplified logo
* Last change was in 1992, when company went public
* Brand experts mixed on logo change (Adds details from brand experts, details on logo history, byline; updates stock activity)
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LOS ANGELES, Jan 5 (Reuters) - Starbucks Corp (SBUX.O), the world... |
General McMaster forgot to say that the results of the 2016 election were not impacted or changed by the Russians and that the only Collusion was between Russia and Crooked H, the DNC and the Dems. Remember the Dirty Dossier, Uranium, Speeches, Emails and the Podesta Company! |
Very sad that the FBI missed all of the many signals sent out by the Florida school shooter. This is not acceptable. They are spending too much time trying to prove Russian collusion with the Trump campaign - there is no collusion. Get back to the basics and make us all proud! |
President Donald Trump, left, accompanied by Florida Gov. Rick Scott, right, speaks as they meet with law enforcement officers at Broward County Sheriff's Office in Pompano Beach, Fla., Friday, Feb. 16,... (Associated Press)
President Donald Trump, left, accompanied by Florida Gov. Rick Scott, right, speaks as they... |
Infamous for its stance against homosexuality and protests at military funerals, Westboro Baptist Church members will reportedly picket at a Federal Way area church on Sunday.
Westboro members will picket at Mars Hill megachurch, 3425 S. 360th St., Auburn. The first service starts at 9 a.m. Sunday, June 18.
Wes... |
This Sunday, the infamous Westboro “Baptist” “Church” (WBC) is scheduled to picket our Federal Way campus in Auburn. You can find more about WBC from their very loving and gracious website, affectionately titled, godhatesfags.com.
More of a dysfunctional family of religious lawyers than a church, WBC is led by Fred... |
Tiny as a sparrow, fierce as an eagle, Lisbeth Salander is one of the great Scandinavian avengers of our time, an angry bird catapulting into the fortresses of power and wiping smiles off the faces of smug, predatory pigs. The animating force in Stieg Larsson ’s “Millennium” trilogy — incarnated on screen first by Noom... |
You can’t take your eyes off Rooney Mara as the notorious Lisbeth Salander, in the American movie version of Stieg Larsson’s “The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo” (opening December 21st). Slender, sheathed in black leather, with short ebony hair standing up in a tuft, her fingers poking out of black woollen gloves as they ... |
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Stieg Larsson’s global best-seller The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo was, to this reader, an insurmountable ziggurat of featureless prose, a run-of-the-mill serial-killer whodunit spiked with generous doses of nasty sexual violence. But if the book’s... |
Television news now feasts on fame, the gaudier the better, with journalistic credentials a mere afterthought.
Thus it was that Sarah Palin wound up co-hosting the Today show last week, giving the disastrous VP nominee a chance to poke fun at her know-nothing image while sprinkling some celebrity stardust on Matt L... |
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To heck with Sarah Palin — Katie Couric may have earned her keep in the morning-show battle after all.
On Friday, ABC's "Good Morning America" — the longtime No. 2 show in the mornings — pulled even with NBC's usual No. 1 "Today" in a rating... |
The showdown this week between the “Today” show and “Good Morning America” tilted in ABC’s favor for the first time on Wednesday, when “Good Morning America” beat its NBC rival in the ratings by 87,000 viewers.
The news of that victory came on the same day that the final national ratings from last week arrived, sho... |
A September 2008 photo released by the Ocean Conservancy on March 10, 2009, shows a trash-covered beach in Manilla, Philippines. (Tamara Thoreson Pierce/Ocean Conservancy/AP)
There is a lot of plastic in the world’s oceans.
It coagulates into great floating “garbage patches” that cover large swaths of the P... |
One refuse truck’s-worth of plastic is dumped into the sea every minute, and the situation is getting worse
More plastic than fish in the sea by 2050, says Ellen MacArthur
As a record-breaking sailor, Dame Ellen MacArthur has seen more of the world’s oceans than almost anyone else. Now she is warning that there... |
The world is flooded with plastic garbage.
There will be more plastic than fish in terms of weight in the world's oceans by 2050, the World Economic Forum warned Tuesday.
Plastic has become one of the world's most popular materials, combining amazing functionality and very low production costs. Its use has incr... |
The circular economy provides multiple value creation mechanisms that are decoupled from the consumption of finite resources. In a true circular economy, consumption happens only in effective biocycles; elsewhere use replaces consumption. Resources are regenerated in the bio-cycle or recovered and restored in the techn... |
Patrice Braut. Among the hundreds of nameless who repose next to the National September 11 Memorial and Museum, there is now a name.
Remains of Mr. Braut, the only Belgian citizen to die at the World Trade Center on Sept. 11, 2001, have been positively identified by the office of the chief medical examiner of New Y... |
At a company Christmas party four years go, Patrice Braut danced with a girl named Lupe. She fled into the night before he could learn her last name. The next day, Lupe Mendez found a note on her desk in Midtown, saying, "You left without saying goodbye." She felt like Cinderella.
Mr. Braut, 31, loved to travel, to... |
The remains of a 31-year-old Belgian man who died in the Sept. 11 attack on the World Trade Center were identified through additional DNA testing, the city medical examiner announced Tuesday.
Patrice Braut, a native of Anderlecht, a community on the outskirts of the Belgian capital Brussels, was working on the 97th... |
NEW YORK (AP) — The New York City medical examiner's office says an ongoing retesting of remains recovered from the World Trade Center site has resulted in the identification of 31-year-old Belgian man killed in the Sept. 11 attacks.
Authorities on Tuesday identified the man as Patrice Braut. He had been working fo... |
“Kill him. Cut off his penis. That’s fine. Cut off his feet, then hit him over the head. Then give him life in prison.”
That’s what should be done to the pervert who viciously raped and pummeled an elderly birdwatcher in Central Park yesterday, the scrappy victim told The Post last night.
“This guy knew what he... |
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