Debbie Wasserman Schultz will not speak at next week’s Democratic National Convention following a massive email leak.
Tesla Motors Inc and SolarCity Corp have made progress in putting together a deal that will merge the electric car maker and the solar panel installer, people familiar with the matter said. The two companies, which count billionaire Elon Musk as a major shareholder, are in the final stages of carrying out due diligence on each other, and could agree on the terms of a deal in the coming days, though it is still possible that their negotiations end unsuccessfully, the people said on Saturday. ... Читать дальше...
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Uranus (the rules are made to be broken planet) does a quick trine to Mercury on Friday before doubling back to retrograde in Aries. Talk about conflict, talk about upheaval, talk about a game changer. This week you think about the changes you made this year and decide whether they're really working. If not, it's not too late to make adjustments. In other news: Mercury moves from Leo to a far more compatible Virgo. At last! Details matter, analysis pays off!
Western farmers and industries are hurting, but Russia’s are gaining, writes Elena Vanyna
In the battle for the hearts and minds of voters moral and ethical lights in politics have long been dimmed, writes Madala Thepa
The once lowly sweet potato is being reborn as a hip super food - and American farmers are so glad about it.
Volleyball it is for Kelsey Robinson in the Olympics.
NEW YORK — Up and down supermarket aisles, tranquil rows of perfectly placed products reflect calculated deliberations aimed at getting shoppers to spend more.
Swedish synth-pop duo Kite (Nicklas Stenemo and Christian Berg) do most things in a big way — big beats, in-your-face sonic landscapes and massive light shows. Their first North American tour also focuses on the big, with one big exception:…
Divorces granted in La Crosse County:
I got to thinking about baseball and suffering the other day.
Destanni Beckom bravely pedaled through a downpour on Saturday, knowing the payoff would be sweet. After taking a spin on the blender bike at the Kane Street Community Garden, her labor was rewarded in the form of a strawberry-blueberry smoothie.
Mike Hesse knows the roads of Farmington, La Crosse County’s largest town at 76 square miles, like he knows his farm, which has been in his family for a century. He has to know them. Hesse is in his sixth…
If your mission is to expand what people think of as contemporary classical tonality, sometimes you don’t know what you’re going to get.
There will be treasures to find and baubles to buy at the 58th Art Fair on the Green, which will run July 30 and 31 on the University of Wisconsin-La Crosse campus lawn. Professional artists from across the country, as…
On Episode 3 of HBO's The Night Of, it's unclear who has Naz's (Riz Ahmed) best interests at heart, both within Rikers Island and in the outside world. At Rikers, we see Naz adjust to the harsh realities of prison life, realizing that he's going to have to form alliances in order to survive. Enter the mysterious alpha dog Freddy (The Wire's Michael K. Williams), a former pro boxer-turned-prisoner who takes a shine to Naz and has most of the prisoners - and several of the guards - wrapped around his finger. Читать дальше...
From first looks at highly anticipated new shows, to surprising reveals for upcoming seasons, this is officially the year that television overtook film as the preeminent form showcased at pop culture's biggest event. [...] sit back, relax, and enjoy all the trailers from this year's Con -- which is basically like watching an entire episode of your favorite show, without all the annoying "commercial breaks" and "plot." MTV's Season 6 trailer is awesome (yay!), but was accompanied by the news that this would be the final season (boo!)... Читать дальше...
On one hand, there's the method popularized by HBO dramas where all the significant action occurs in the second-to-last episode of the season, leaving the finale to address the fallout from that big climax. Both techniques have their strengths and weaknesses, but Preacher just demonstrated that you can take the second track and still deliver a satisfying episode. Amid sending desperate teenagers to hell and being shot at by a meat man's personal army, Jesse also managed to lose everyone close to him. Читать дальше...
Producers announced during the show's San Diego Comic-Con panel on Sunday that musician Rick Springfield will be joining the cast as one of Lucifer's new vessels. Most rock stars can only sing and very few can act. The panel also included a teaser for Season 12 which previewed the return of the Winchester boys' mother, Mary Winchester (Samantha Smith). The teaser ends with a chilling, "Come home," message.
The third film in the rebooted franchise arrived in time for the series' 50th anniversary -- as well as news about a new (unrelated) TV series, announced during Comic-Con -- and introduced a new villain, Krall (Idris Elba). Though the drop in receipts isn't large by blockbuster movie standards, it is the most for a Paul Feig comedy -- not a great sign for the ghost bustin' franchise's future.
Prison Break offered up some details at a Comic-Con panel Sunday on how Michael Scofield (Wentworth Miller) will break out of the Middle Eastern prison where he's been held captive. The nine episode reboot of the series, set to begin in 2017, begins with Scofield's brother Lincoln Burrows (Dominic Purcell) joining forces with Michael's wife Sara (Sarah Wayne Callies) after they find evidence he's still alive.
FX's Legion trailer, unveiled at Comic-Con Saturday (July 23), reveals a series that could be the most heady and existential in the entire X-Men canon. FX's first foray into Marvel superhero territory -- and the first of three in development X-Men spin-offs being worked on by Marvel -- has a secret weapon:
