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PHOENIX (AP) — A former VA health system director has been sentenced to two years' probation for failing to disclose gifts received while supervising the Phoenix hospital where whistleblowers revealed veterans on secret waiting lists faced scheduling delays of up to a year. U.S. District Court Judge Steven Logan sentenced Sharon Helman on Monday for making a false statement to a government agency by not including more than $19,000 in gifts — including a car, concert tickets and round-trip airfare — on a financial disclosure report. Читать дальше...

PHOENIX (AP) — A former VA health system director has been sentenced to two years' probation for failing to disclose gifts received while supervising the Phoenix hospital where whistleblowers revealed veterans on secret waiting lists faced scheduling delays of up to a year. U.S. District Court Judge Steven Logan sentenced Sharon Helman on Monday for making a false statement to a government agency by not including more than $19,000 in gifts — including a car, concert tickets and round-trip airfare — on a financial disclosure report. Читать дальше...

Miranda Lambert wants to keep her private life private. Even though you can see clips of her performing on social media—thanks to attendees who so generously tweet and upload...

Vineyard Vines is working with Goldman Sachs to sell a minority stake, according to people familiar with the matter.

Police in a Chicago suburb have located singer Sinead O’Connor when she failed to return from a bike ride on Sunday, after writing an emotional message about losing custody of her 12-year-old son.

One of the most impressive long-term stock market statistics has to be the historical 30 year returns on the S&P 500:

A bad day just got worse for the Buffalo Bills. Hours after announcing that first-round pick Shaq Lawson needed surgery to repair an old shoulder problem, the Bills have an even bigger medical issue. According to Tyler Dunne of the Buffalo News, Bills wide receiver Sammy Watkins has a broken foot. There’s no timetable for…

Jane Sanders was once president of Burlington College, which announced Monday it will be shutting down

Cook arrived in China after the iPhone maker's investment in Didi Chuxing.

Core samples at a U center can reveal the natural history of an area and help protect our future environment.

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As many as half of all heart attacks may be "silent" -- without the typical chest pain, shortness of breath and cold sweats, new study findings suggest.

People are often concerned about how radiation exposure may be affecting their health. It's true that extreme exposure can do terrible things to your body, but most of the radiation we absorb is in trace amounts from unexpected sources. 

WASHINGTON (AP) — President Barack Obama said Monday he believes the Senate has a constitutional obligation to vote on a president's nomination to the Supreme Court, staking out a position at odds with Republicans and some legal scholars. In the interview, Obama also tried to use Donald Trump's ascent as the presumptive GOP presidential nominee as another reason why a Scalia replacement shouldn't wait.

Facebook is now selling video ads on behalf of other companies, a move that could prove lucrative and intensify its competition with Google and other online-ad specialists.

The financial prospects of big law firms have been tepid at best lately, but a key industry benchmark shows things may be on the upswing.

This is your initiation into adulthood.

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Just a few short years ago, actress Emilia Clarke had just two filming credits on her résumé: walk-on roles in a soap opera and a made-for-TV movie.

Now the Mother of Dragons earns a reported $300,000 per episode in "Game of Thrones," the most-watched show in HBO history.

As Daenerys Targaryen finds herself leading the entire Dothraki clan, we're taking a look back at how Clarke rose to fame.

Born in the fall of 1986, Emilia Clarke grew up in the picturesque county of Buckinghamshire, in the south of England. Читать дальше...

Several years ago, while researching a book about trying to become a serious senior tennis player in my sixties, I happened upon a photograph on the Tumblr feed of The Millions, the online literary site. In the foreground, there stands an elderly fellow wielding a wooden racquet in his right hand. He has a white, Eastern Church patriarch beard. He is dressed for, I don’t know—a folk wedding? This, the caption explained, was Tolstoy. Across the net is a woman in an ankle-length caftan; is that his daughter and confidante, Alexandra? Читать дальше...

Twitter Inc. added Debra Lee, the chief executive of entertainment network BET, to its board, Omid Kordestani, Twitter's executive chairman, tweeted Monday. Twitter announced Hugh Johnston, chief financial officer and vice chairman at Pespi Co. and Martha Lane Fox, co-founder of a travel website and founder of a private karaoke company, as additions to the board last month. The stock was unchanged after hours Monday.

Will Forte and Kristen Schaal attend The Paley Center For Media’s PaleyLive for their show The Last Man On Earth on Sunday (May 15) in New York City. The season finale of the show aired that evening, and (SPOILER ALERT!), Jason Sudeikis‘ character Mike contracted the deadly virus that killed everyone else on Earth. “There [...]

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When money hangups block financial success.

In 2015, there were half a million centenarians in the world.

WINONA, Minn. — Bail of $1 million was set Monday for the suspect in the murder of Tasha Lynn Hanson.

The La Crosse Public Works Department will host an open house from 8 a.m. to 2 p.m. Friday at the Street Department Municipal Service Center, 2000 Marco Drive.