Over the next several weeks, billions of cicadas will rise up from underground in the Eastern United States, sprout wings, and then have sex. If you live in an area where the cicadas are expected, you will not mistake their arrival. In their frenzied quest for mates, cicadas make a ton of noise.
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Convenience is more important that improving quality at Pizza Hut, Taco Bell, and KFC.
"Easy trumps better," Yum Brands CEO Greg Creed said an earnings call for the fast-food parent company on Wednesday.
The belief that customers care about convenience more than food quality is guiding Taco Bell’s future, as well as Pizza Hut’s comeback efforts.
Taco Bell’s sales have skyrocketed in recent years. However, in the most recent quarter, business slowed... Читать дальше...
The rival faction to the Nigerian Football Federation tries to appoint deceased Wale Akinsanya to referee a league match on Sunday.
BEREA, Ohio - Browns vice president of football operations Sashi Brown says the team knows it may have passed up a chance to draft a franchise quarterback in making its blockbuster trade with Philadelphia.
The Drouhins have been making wine in Burgundy since 1880, but their celebrated domaine is anything but fusty. Blending the old and new, the family continues to make a mark with its well-regarded grand crus as well as a new range of wines from its Oregon estate.
Directors and managers of companies who engage in collusive behaviour could soon find themselves behind bars, Economic Development Minister Ebrahim Patel has warned.
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The ball, hosted by the San Francisco Opera Guild, was a celebration of the Opera’s General Director Designate, Matthew Shilvock, who assumes leadership of the 93 year -ld company on August 1 from outgoing General Director David Gockley. “When you think of the mod era the first thing you think of is the British invasion,” Ball co-chair CJ Van Pelt (with Maryam Muduroglu) said of how the Guild arrived at the motif. From the unflappable beefeater guards that stood at attention at City Hall’s entrance... Читать дальше...
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OSLO (Reuters) - Edward Snowden will take the Norwegian state to court in a bid to secure free passage there, a Norwegian law firm representing the former U.S. spy contractor said on Thursday.
Snowden has been invited to Norway to receive a freedom of speech award from the local branch of writers' group PEN International, but is worried that he would be handed over to the United States, his lawyers say.
"The purpose is to get legally established that Norway has... Читать дальше...
India generates nearly 1.85 million tons of computers, TVs, fridges and other electronic waste every year, researchers said. By 2018, India will be buried under a pile of e-waste weighing 3 million tons.
Highlights of Queen Elizabeth II career as Britain's oldest and longest-serving monarch on her 90th birthday Thursday.
Curt Schilling crossed over from star pitcher to Boston folk hero on the night of October 19, 2004, when he started Game Six of the American League Championship Series against the Yankees with splotches of what looked like blood on the sock that covered his right ankle. Schilling had injured that ankle in the previous series, and he’d pitched poorly in the first game against the Yankees. But there he was again, after some medical assistance, giving it another go. Joe Buck, the game’s announcer... Читать дальше...
JUBA, South Sudan - Ethiopian troops were operating in South Sudan on Thursday after crossing the border to rescue about 125 Ethiopian children who were kidnapped during a bloody cattle raid, and top officials from both countries sought to coordinate their efforts.
One police officer’s experience inspired him to start his own program to train service dogs
While the March 5 death of Paradigm Agency head of music Donald "Chip" Hooper "left a huge hole in our hearts," says founder/CEO...
Quarterly profits rise 5% to $804m as group contains costs
The NFL didn’t deserve Beyoncé, nor Michael Jackson, nor Whitney Houston. It didn’t deserve Prince. This league profits off men destroying themselves, sees a marketing opportunity in breast cancer awareness, and readily threw Janet Jackson under the bus. Prince represented something bigger than the National Football League. A black dude who’d rock thigh-high boots on…
Giants co-owner John Mara said last week that this year’s draft is more important than usual because the team is lacking “impact players.” Those comments followed ones Mara made after the end of the 2015 season that focused on the team’s need to do a better job of player acquisition after missing the playoffs for…
COLUMBIA, Missouri - Missouri fans will get a chance to screen a documentary on former men's basketball coach Norm Stewart before it debuts on the SEC Network.
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The world of beauty is undergoing a revolution. Change has been in the air for some time, but unlike in previous years when the cosmetics industry has undergone radical transformations, this change is not being felt in the physical world. This time it's digital.
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