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The NFL is expected to fine the New York Giants for head coach Ben McAdoo illegally using walkie-talkies during last Sunday night's win over the Dallas Cowboys, according to reports.

MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — A few dozen University of Minnesota faculty members have started receiving training through a pilot program that organizers say can help promote mental health. The new "mental health advocates" program teaches school faculty and staff how to look for signs of mental health issues primarily in students, the Minnesota Daily (http://bit.ly/2hFSvM7) reported. Disability Resource Center Director Donna Johnson said these advocates are not meant to serve as therapists, but rather people... Читать дальше...

It's the 12 Days of Charitable Giving for 2016! First up: TechnoServe.

In President Obama's final 2016 press conference, he took a measured tone about the Russian hacking, saying that in September, he had called Vladimir Putin to tell them to "cut it out," implying that it ended at that time.

LINCOLN, Neb. (AP) — The 2017 vehicle park entry permits for Nebraska state parks are now available on the Nebraska Game and Parks Commission's website.

As each Cabinet announcement draws fresh criticism of the wealth, connections or opinions of Donald Trump's latest appointees, many Americans who voted for him say the president-elect is doing what he promised to do: draining the swamp.

As each Cabinet announcement draws fresh criticism of the wealth, connections or opinions of Donald Trump's latest appointees, many Americans who voted for him say the president-elect is doing what he promised to do: draining the swamp. [...] while some Trump supporters balk at ExxonMobil CEO Rex Tillerson's close ties with Russia's Vladimir Putin, they say they will trust Trump's judgment about his secretary of state nominee. The Associated Press interviewed Trump voters about his Cabinet picks and other postelection revelations... Читать дальше...

ISIS is claiming responsibility for a suicide bombing in Yemen Sunday that left dozens dead. The attack in the southern Yemeni city of Aden killed at least 52 soldiers and injured 34 others, two Yemeni senior security officials told CNN. ISIS made its claim in a statement published on Twitter and tweeted by several ISIS […]

The rebels of “Rogue One” helped expand Disney’s “Star Wars” empire with a big worldwide opening at the box office this weekend. “Rogue One: A Star Wars Story” landed a most impressive $155 million opening in North America this weekend. The opening weekend for “Rogue One” exceeded Disney’s expectations. The studio projected that the film […]

It took all of zero seconds for the decision to be made, bet.

On this morning's AM Joy, Reverend William Barber, President of the North Carolina NAACP, announced that his group plans to sue (likely in Federal Court because that's how you deal with the well-known garage band Jim Crow and the Confederacy) over this week's Republican legislature coup.

Barber didn't mince words connecting this week's power grab with the segregationist impulse that has defined southern Republican politics since 1964. Читать дальше...

Zane Benefits openly defied the I.R.S. when it tried to market its health reimbursement arrangements to small business. WEX Health tried a different tack.

This week’s milestones in the history of technology include a number of firsts—the first radio broadcast, first transistor, first audio radio communications, first electronic quartz wristwatch—as well as the invention of the phonograph and Steve Jobs seeing the future of computing.

NIJVERDAL - Voorzitter Jan Scheppink van winkeliersvereniging Op naar Nijverdal noemt de Winterfair in het centrum van Nijverdal 'weer een groot succes'. 

Here's the math underlying the beams you might be sitting on right now.

President Barack Obama held his final end-of-year press conference Friday, accusing Russia and Vladimir Putin of hacking into Democratic Party servers in order to interfere in the US election. Speaking to Radio Sputnik, political analyst Aleksandar Pavic said that he felt kind of sorry for Obama, who has been trapped by his own absurd narrative.

Seeking something other than the traditional 70-degree, sunny Christmas that Southern Californians like me often take for granted, I persuaded my dad to spend the long holiday weekend last year somewhere more remote, and perhaps white.

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NASA's Juno probe just passed closer to Jupiter than any human-made craft ever. And no surprise, photos confirm that the fifth planet from the sun looks huge up close. Huge.

It's so huge, in fact, that it doesn't actually orbit the sun. Not exactly. With 2.5 times the mass of all the other planets in the solar system combined, it's big enough that the center of gravity between Jupiter and the sun doesn't actually reside inside the sun — rather, at a point in space just above the sun's surface. Читать дальше...

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With a net worth of over $70 billion, Warren Buffett is the second-richest person in the world, behind only his good friend Bill Gates.

But to those who knew him from the beginning, Buffett's success comes as no surprise: He was picking out stocks at 11 years old and had amassed the equivalent of $53,000 in today's dollars by the time he was 16. 

Inspired by a Quora thread asking "What are some mind-blowing facts about Warren Buffett," we rounded up 24... Читать дальше...

There is a valley called Mawrth Vallis on Mars. This video shows the spectacular views of the region.

American inventor Theophilus Van Kennel reportedly hated holding doors open for women, so he created energy-efficient revolving doors to cure his social phobia.

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Tijuana, pressed up against the US border, shares with San Diego one of the most heavily trafficked land borders in the world.

Tijuana's location and infrastructure have made it coveted territory for Mexico cartels vying to feed the US's voracious appetite for illegal narcotics.

The Sinaloa cartel, guided to dominance by Joaquín "El Chapo" Guzmán, has held control of the city since the end of last decade, and that control had helped keep homicides below their cartel-war peak. Читать дальше...

Within 15 minutes of opening for the first time, the MGM National Harbor was filled to capacity. Here's what's inside.

Lamar Odom's decision to seek help for himself was reportedly inspired by an old friend currently in prison for attempted murder.

NEW YORK (AP) — Wake up New York, there's a whole hidden city out there in the middle of the night, at your service.

NEW YORK (AP) — Wake up New York, there's a whole hidden city out there in the middle of the night, at your service.