All is quiet on the Vikings front after a hectic start to the 2016 league year. Tuesday and Wednesday were wild. Now, after officially inking guard Alex Boone and the two free-agent linebackers yesterday, general manager Rick Spielman and coach Mike Zimmer are presently in Spielman’s home state for Ohio State’s pro day. So no free agents are visiting Winter Park today. That makes this sunny Friday a great day to tackle some questions from Twitter in our first Access Vikings mailbag of 2016. Let’s get right to it. Читать дальше...
The guest list for former First Lady Nancy Reagan's funeral tells a story about their lives, which stretched from Hollywood's Golden Age to the California statehouse during Reagan's time as governor to Washington.
JACKSON, Mississippi - The Latest on a young Mississippi man who pleaded guilty to a terrorism-related charge after authorities said he and his fiancée tried to go to Syria to join the Islamic State (all times local):
JACKSON, Miss. (AP) — The Latest on a young Mississippi man who pleaded guilty to a terrorism-related charge after authorities said he and his fiancée tried to go to Syria to join the Islamic …
Bataclain called Jesse Hughes' claim the security was in on the attacks "defamatory"
Every good outdoorsperson knows to keep an eye on the horizon, to stay alert to changes in the weather. And when we see the storm clouds approaching, we can be fairly sure that our nice weather is about to take a turn for the worse. But can we predict the weather further out? Can we tell that it’s going to rain before we see the clouds rolling in? Or make plans for a harsh winter before the last autumn leaf has fallen? Our forebears tried to “read the signs,” but can we still do it today? Let’s find out. Читать дальше...
The Nord Stream 2 gas pipeline's operating company announced on Friday it had finalized its tender for steel pipe supplies, with construction due commence in 2018.
Republican front-runner unsure whether or not there are "two Donald Trumps" as he attempts to look more presidential
Republican front-runner unsure whether or not there are "two Donald Trumps" as he attempts to look more presidential
(AP) — Florida voters are increasingly voicing a similar take on Republican front-runner Donald Trump: "Dice lo que piensa" — Spanish for "he speaks his mind." Trump boasts that he can win the Hispanic vote in a general election and next week, he faces his first major test in the winner-take-all primary in Florida, a highly contentious swing state with a large and diverse population of Latino voters. Trump's comments about building a southern border wall and his accusations that many Mexicans in the U.S. are "criminals... Читать дальше...
PALM HARBOR, Florida - Will MacKenzie said his putter saved him Friday at the Valspar Championship, where he had a 4-under 67 to take the early lead in the second round.
Keith Emerson, the legendary keyboard player in Emerson, Lake and Palmer (ELP), died Thursday night at the age of 71.
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Renee Zellweger flashes a smile as she poses for a photograph at the 2016 Los Angeles Gala Dinner hosted by Conservation International on Thursday (March 10) in Culver City, Calif. The 46-year-old Bridget Jones’s Baby actress was joined by committee member and screenwriter Kristin Gore at the event celebrating the transformational impact CI has had [...]
Donald Trump officially added John Kasich to his list of “no-action, all-talk politicians” Friday afternoon, hitting the Ohio governor harder than usual in his first attack ad against him. The 30-second spot, first tweeted out by Trump, will air throughout the Buckeye State, according to the Trump campaign. The ad comes just days before Ohio’s […]
No wild animal in our midst has captivated us more than P-22, the young mountain lion who makes his home in Griffith Park and managed to strike a pose perfectly in front of the Hollywood sign for a now famous photo captured by motion-sensitive cameras. So far his interactions with us have been,...
Police say a man with a rifle who was shot and killed by police called 911 and acted erratically near businesses off a highway exit north of Reno. Police Lt. William Rulla told the Reno Gazette-Journal it took about an hour to find the man after ...
NEW LISBON - A New Lisbon Correctional Facility nurse is charged with having a sexual relationship with, and smuggling contraband to, prisoners at the facility.
I’m trying to understand Justin Trudeau’s idealistic thinking.
Most people know Kiefer Sutherland as the terrorist-fighting agent Jack Bauer from 24. But his new project might seem like a bit of a left turn: he’s going country. The actor just announced that this summer he’ll be releasing his debut country album, called Down In A Hole, and will be embarking on a 26-city tour starting April 14th. Sutherland has previously performed a version of the title song live, with his group the Kiefer Sutherland Band. Sutherland isn’t a newcomer to the music industry though... Читать дальше...
In a lengthy interview with The Atlantic, Obama faults Cameron and other European allies for shortcomings in dealing with Libya after the 2011 ouster of longtime dictator Col. Moammar Gadhafi. The Times newspaper said Obama's criticism was "extraordinary" and said Obama was blaming Cameron for the "Libya mess."
Nearly four years after grounding of the Vijay Mallya-owned Kingfisher Airlines (KFA), the Employees Provident Fund Organisation (EPFO) is still trying to find out whether the company has done any "significant" violation of provident fund rules by not depositing workers' dues.
Republican presidential candidates sought to outdo each other in Thursday’s debate when it came to reforming the H-1B visa, a controversial program through which Silicon Valley giants like Facebook, Apple and Hewlett-Packard import skilled help from India and other countries with vast pools of low-cost tech talent on tap. GOP frontrunner Donald Trump said the H-1B hurts American-born workers and said that he would end it outright. Marco Rubio said the program needs to be better policed, while Ted... Читать дальше...
On her new album Dig in Deep, the veteran singer-guitarist (who plays Sony Centre on March 15) goes sexy and slinky with a daring cover of INXS’s Need You Tonight
