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COLUMBUS— The fight over the Republican nomination for Ohio governor has grown increasingly nasty in the weeks before the May 8 primary election with Mike DeWine spending nearly $4.9 million against opponent Mary Taylor.

By Chuck Mikolajczak NEW YORK (Reuters) - A gauge of global equities advanced on Thursday, lifted by a round of solid quarterly earnings in Europe and the United States, while the euro weakened after the head of the European Central Bank hailed "solid" economic growth but kept interest rates unchanged. On Wall Street, technology stocks jumped 2.35 percent, led by a 9.73 percent jump in Facebook Inc and 4.694.62 percent rise in Visa after their quarterly results

Football fans with Amazon Prime will be able to stream Thursday Night Football during the 2018-2019 season. The NFL and Amazon have renewed their partnership to deliver a live, digital stream of games on Thursday nights. Amazon Prime will stream 11 Thursday Night Football, presented by Bud Light, games broadcast by FOX. The streams will simultaneously cast on the NFL Network and FOX Deportes. “Amazon was a tremendous partner for ‘Thursday Night Football’ in 2017 and as we continue our mission of... Читать дальше...

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• Amazon reported first-quarter earnings that crushed expectations on Thursday.
• The stock spiked to an all-time high, up more than 7%, on the results. 
• Follow Amazon's stock price in real-time here.

Shares of Amazon are surging, up as much as 7%, after the e-commerce giant reported first-quarter earnings that crushed expectations.

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Here are the campaigns raising money, and how the funds will be used to help those affected by the Toronto van attack.

AMMAN — Royal Jordanian's (RJ) financial figures for 2017 showed that the national carrier has achieved positive results in the second half of the year, after a "very weak first half", the company's Board of Directors Chairman Said Darwazeh said on Thursday.

Shares of Callaway Golf Co. jumped late Thursday after the maker of golf clubs and other golf-related products reported first-quarter profit and sales well above Wall Street expectations. Callaway said it earned $63 million, or 65 cents a share, in the quarter, compared with $26 million, or 27 cents a share, in the year-ago period. Sales rose 31% to $403 million, compared with $309 million a year ago. Analysts polled by FactSet had expected earnings of 51 cents a share on sales of $372 million. Читать дальше...

Students, staff and parents of Lake Simcoe Public School in Innisfil shaved their heads to raise money for young adults affected by cancer Thursday morning.

The Crown called a legal psychiatrist to the stand in the Alexandre Bissonnette sentencing hearings to counter the defence's expert witnesses.

AMMAN — Simply called “The Amman Period”, Venezuelan artist Fausto Borge’s exhibition at Jordan National Gallery of Fine Arts is the result of his artistic creation while here and, one assumes, a tribute of sorts to the capital city where he has been serving as his country’s ambassador for the past eight years.

Bill Cosby was convicted Thursday of drugging and molesting a woman in 2004 at his home near Philadelphia. The 80-year-old comedian could spend the rest of his life in prison for assaulting former Temple University women's basketball official Andrea Constand. Key events in the case: ___ 2002 Cosby meets Constand at Temple University in Philadelphia, his alma mater, where she manages the women's basketball team and he serves as a celebrity booster and trustee. (The Associated Press does not usually... Читать дальше...

The Whiteout party will be open for home games of the NHL playoff series; organizers expect the crowds to grow, as they did with each game in Round 1.

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• If you're considering going off hormonal birth control, it's possible that you will experience new symptoms. 
• You could get pregnant as soon as one cycle after you go off birth control.
• From ovulation pain to an increase in sex drive, here are the symptoms you might encounter.

Whether you’re considering going off hormonal birth control to start trying to conceive or to rid yourself of the side effects some people experience when taking hormonal contraceptives... Читать дальше...

The world and the specialised media keep trying to impress us with hot but somewhat mysterious IT topics such as bitcoin, blockchain, driverless cars, unmanned taxi drones and the fancy biometrics used in personal identification. At the same time, and in a more pragmatic, down-to-earth manner, there are quiet, on-going improvements that are being introduced in the hardware we use to be on the network and do all our computing.

The Armenian parliament has called for an extraordinary session next week to vote for a new prime minister, paving the way to exit an acute political crisis.

Pfeifer's lawyer, Bernard Cummins, says it turned out as he expected and answered the ultimate question for police officers, "can you ask someone if they're OK?'

A man is facing a number of charges, including attempted murder, after a cab driver was stabbed in what police are calling a random, violent attack.

After a fairly lengthy discussion on the moderators forum and several PMs to me from concerned posters we outline the following as the way forward for the forum. Weasel has tendered his resignation as a moderator which I have accepted. After the recent issues I have also asked Leon if he wished to continue as a moderator, he has said that he wishes continue in this role.

We are all here for the shared love of a football team. Not a very good one at the moment but nevertheless we are all here because of Leeds United. Читать дальше...

After a fairly lengthy discussion on the moderators forum and several PMs to me from concerned posters we outline the following as the way forward for the forum. Weasel has tendered his resignation as a moderator which I have accepted. After the recent issues I have also asked Leon if he wished to continue as a moderator, he has said that he wishes continue in this role.

We are all here for the shared love of a football team. Not a very good one at the moment but nevertheless we are all here because of Leeds United. Читать дальше...

The forum hasn’t been its usual friendly place over the past few weeks. I take responsibility for that and discussions are ongoing amongst the moderation team about the future direction for the forum. I locked the forum for a brief period whilst we discussed things and I have moved a number of threads from the forum for the time being, nothing has been deleted at this stage.

I would like you all to reflect on what this place is supposed to be about, it’s supposed to be a friendly forum and everyone plays a part in that. Читать дальше...

The forum hasn’t been its usual friendly place over the past few weeks. I take responsibility for that and discussions are ongoing amongst the moderation team about the future direction for the forum. I locked the forum for a brief period whilst we discussed things and I have moved a number of threads from the forum for the time being, nothing has been deleted at this stage.

I would like you all to reflect on what this place is supposed to be about, it’s supposed to be a friendly forum and everyone plays a part in that. Читать дальше...

MUNICH, Germany — Holders Real Madrid came from a goal down to snatch a precious 2-1 victory at wasteful Bayern Munich on Wednesday and carry a considerable advantage into their Champions League semifinal second leg in Spain.