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New Orleans Saints Longsnapper was none-too-happy about being rated the lowest player in this years game. Continue reading…

Aug. 7 (BusinessDesk) - Dairy product prices declined at the Global Dairy Trade auction, sliding for the fifth time in the past six auctions amid an increase of volume on offer.

Fairfax County, Virginia, is taking another look at a decision that eliminated the jobs of nine local people with disabilities. News4's Drew Wilder explains.

Treat your customers as "all knowing", says beauty and fashion firm boss Michael Broukhim.

The post Can any actor play any role? appeared first on spiked.

It’s safe to say that the Boston Red Sox bullpen has been a bit of a wild carousel ride this... Read More »

Para Transpo riders have stepped up their campaign urging the transit service to accept online bookings or develop an Uber-like app to request rides. Kyle Humphrey relies on Para Transpo, especially in the winter when the sidewalks become impassable to his manual wheelchair, and says he’s sometimes waited on hold for two hours to try […]

One wheel of the scooter dropped into a hole in the sidewalk meant for a tree, flipping it over on a 75-year-old woman, writes Jack Lakey.

World Wildlife Fund, one of the world’s premiere conservation organizations dedicated to a future in which both humans and nature thrive in harmony, hosts its second annual stand up paddling event on October 26th, 2019 in San Diego, California.

Sometimes these days I am asked what bothers me about the present leadership (or lack of it) that occupies the Oval Office, appoints subordinates, decides if our country willgo to war, and proclaims the direction we are all going.  If hesitant, all I have to do is take a look at the columnists on the editorial page of the nearest newspaper. 

The Lantern Bearers by Maxfield Parrish

The year 1969 was a seminal twelve months in the life of the Norman Rockwell Museum, in Stockbridge, Massachusetts. The hometown of the celebrated American artist, who made the past come lovingly to life on his canvasses and magazine covers, opened the museum, mourned the closing of the Saturday Evening Post magazine, so often graced by Rockwell’s illustrations, and stood eyewitness to some of the most remembered events in American history, such as the Apollo 11 moon landing... Читать дальше...

Samantha Smith and her letter to Andropov, Samantha Smith Foundation

Growing up in Massachusetts, during the Carter and Reagan presidencies, I was one of many little kids worried about nuclear war. We knew about the horror of nuclear weapons from the atomic bombs dropped on Hiroshima and Nagasaki in August, 1945 ending World War 2. 

Both America and the Soviet Union were testing a lot of nukes to which I told my family "there was no need to test nuclear weapons because if you fire a nuclear missile at a coffee cup... Читать дальше...

The Secret Service flag

After the two latest mass shootings last  weekend (August 3-4, 2019) in El Paso, Texas and Dayton, Ohio, Americans once again mourned the lives lost and worried for the future. The weekend’s shootings were just two of 250 such massacres in 216 days in 2019. As many of these tragedies were connected to an explicit political philosophy, Americans must face the threat of assassination attempts against the Democratic Presidential contenders. 

In the not-so-distant past... Читать дальше...

Betsy Ross 1777, a ca. 1920 depiction by artist Jean Leon Gerome Ferris, Library of Congress

Steve Hochstadt is a professor of history emeritus at Illinois College, who blogs for HNN and LAProgressive, and writes about Jewish refugees in Shanghai.

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Successful Farming Staff

Each summer, the nation’s agricultural journalists meet for a couple of days of professional improvement at an event we call Ag Media Summit. The 2019 version of AMS, held in Bloomington, Minnesota, this week had a trade show called “Info Expo” where more than 250 ag journalists learned about several innovations, products, and ideas that companies will be sharing with farmers this year. We’ve curated seven of them for you. Читать дальше...

New details suggest Moscow’s interference in the U.S. election may have been more extensive than thought, experts say.

On Tuesday, CBS 46 News reported that the National Rifle Association is paying deputies in Cobb County, Georgia to protect the office of the organization’s president. This development comes as the NRA once again comes under sharp scrutiny for its role in mobilizing opposition to gun control laws in the wake of two devastating mass […]

Paul Joseph Watson | So much for the tolerant left.

NEW YORK (AP) — New York City plans to spend $9 million to enhance anti-violence efforts, crisis response, security and other programs in the Brooklyn neighborhood where gunfire killed one person and wounded 11 others at a community festival. Mayor Bill de Blasio and other officials announced the new funding Tuesday for the Brownsville neighborhood. […]

North Korea on Wednesday said it fired the two tactical guided missiles into the East Sea under the country's leader Kim Jong-un guidance and served as a "warning" to the US and South Korea over their joint military exercise."Two tactical guided missiles launched at the operational airfield in the western area of the country flew across the sky over the capital area and the central inland region of the country to precisely hit the targeted islet in the East Sea," the Korean Central News Agency (KCNA)... Читать дальше...

Globalisation has led to the rise of fast fashion but at what cost to the workers in developing nations?

Ottawa Fury FC general manager won title three times as player for Toronto FC.