Sonoma Raceway constructing new scoring pylon, video board
The new video board will be located near Turn 1 of the road course.
The new video board will be located near Turn 1 of the road course.
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A unique type of insurance company has raised some serious funds.
Friendsurance, a peer-to-peer insurance company, has raised $15.3 million in a funding round led by Horizon Ventures, led by Li Ka-shing, currently the richest man in Asia.
Through the Berlin-based company, customers can link up through various social media channels and create individual insurance networks, which have the added benefit of lowering their annual insurance premiums. In fact, more... Читать дальше...
The Transportation Safety Board of Canada (TSB) found that not using all available weather information and inadequate awareness of aircraft limitations in icing conditions led to the severe icing encounter and forced landing of an Air Tindi Cessna 208B Caravan west of Yellowknife. There were no injuries to the pilot and 5 passengers, but the aircraft was substantially damaged.
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GameStop shares fell as much as 7% in after-hours trading Thursday after the company announced results that showed it expects a decline in sales in Q1.
The games and electronics retailer reported fourth-quarter adjusted earnings-per-share (EPS) of $2.40, higher than its preliminary estimate of $2.19 to $2.25, but lower than Wall Street expected. Net sales totaled $3.53 billion, somewhere in the middle of its preliminary range.
During the quarter, strong... Читать дальше...
Comedian, actor, writer and producer Garry Shandling, known for “It’s Garry Shandling’s Show” and “The Larry Sanders Show,” has died, the Los Angeles Police Department confirmed. He was 66.
Vice President Joe Biden on Thursday tried to clear his name and tout his record on Supreme Court nominations, calling Republican branding of his past remarks on the subject "ridiculous" and casting himself as a longtime advocate of bipartisan compromise in ...
In engineering the cell, researchers paired away nearly all genes that weren't essential to life. It might eventually serve as a basic framework for different sorts of cellular factories, they say.
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Warning: There are spoilers ahead for "Game of Thrones."
HBO's television adaptation of author George R.R. Martin's "A Song of Ice and Fire" series operates on a grandiose scale when it comes to props, sets, and visual effects. In a new "Making Game of Thrones" video feature, prosthetic designer Barrie Gower explains how the magic happens.
The focus of the clip is on the mysterious White Walkers: otherwordly beings who are currently the greatest threat to humanity in Westeros. Читать дальше...
Apple has lined up its next original TV project and this time the iPhone maker is exploring a topic that hits close to home. The company has teamed...
Making menstrual products tax-exempt has become an activist priority in the last year.
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BUENOS AIRES, Argentina (AP) — The Latest on President Barack Obama's visit to Argentina (all times local):
For a long time in American politics, we've been trapped in a cycle of ever-escalating political polarization. As measured by voting patterns in the US Congress, the two parties have pulled apart to distances we've never seen before. As measured by consistent partisan positioning among voters, the split in the electorate has reached a historic level of divisiveness.
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FAA said that US air carriers reached record earnings last year because of continued decrease in oil prices and stable demand for airplane tickets.
Ted Cruz unleashed a stream of criticism on GOP frontrunner Donald Trump in Wisconsin on Thursday, calling the real estate mogul a “sniveling coward” and warning him to cease attacks on his wife, Heidi.
Reeling under a financial crisis, a 50-year-old man allegedly murdered his wife, attacked his 24-year-old unemployed son with a cutter and then tried to commit suicide by consuming mosquito repellent liquid at his Vartak Nagar home in Thane on Wednesday
As one might expect, everything was just a little vintage at the legendary Minton's jazz club in Harlem on Wednesday night, where Solange and a...
House Speaker Paul Ryan, the 2012 vice presidential nominee, has repeatedly said he doesn't want to be chosen at the Republican convention in Cleveland this July if delegates can't coalesce around any of the current candidates. But some senior House Republicans aren't ruling it out as a possibility.
The Greek coast guard reported a sharp drop in the number of migrants crossing between Turkey and Greek Islands on Thursday. Officials believe that bad weather and new restrictions both played a part.
Planned database will list businesses operating in settlements in occupied Palestinian territories