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He felt like an invisible force was drawing him into the parking lot, past the four new white crosses in the driveway, the balloons and the flowers, and the letters addressed to the dead. He felt it pulling him into his regular spot, the one where he had been sitting in his car when a stranger, three spaces over, stepped out of a truck carrying an AR-15. He surprised himself by walking into the restaurant and sitting down in his regular booth, which had always seemed like the most comfortable seat in the world ... Читать дальше...

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• A lot of things you have lying around could be worth a lot of money. 
• A special type of quarter from 1970 is selling for $35,000 on eBay right now. 
• It's worth checking if you have the special quarter with a teeny-tiny “1941” marking above the word “DOLLAR.”

It’s time to dig under those couch cushions and look for loose change. You may find a special type of quarter that’s commanding quite a premium price right now. According to Good Housekeeping, people are selling the coin for $35,000. Читать дальше...

Several Auburn University graduates and more than a dozen North Carolina residents have all developed a rare form of eye cancer in a case that has left doctors baffled. Ocular melanoma is diagnosed to about 2,500 people a year but statistics show two towns – Auburn, Ala. and Huntersville, NC – have a high number...

Richard Childress Racing at Dover International Speedway ... RCR has earned four Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series wins at Dover International Speedway, most recently in September 2006 when Jeff Burton drove the No. 31 Chevrolet to Victory Lane. Three additional victories came with Dale Earnhardt behind the wheel, including both events at the Monster Mile in 1989 as well as the spring race in 1993. RCR has also earned one pole award, 24 top-five and 56 top-10 finishes in 167 combined starts at the high-banked, one-mile oval. Читать дальше...

Wall Street Journal columnist Greg Ip, among others, has repeatedly warned that “this year’s tax cut may overheat an economy already near full employment.”   

SEATTLE (AP) — A federal judge says the government cannot revoke a Mexican man's enrollment in a program designed to protect those brought to the United States illegally as children before he has a chance to rule. U.S. District Judge Ricardo S. Martinez on Tuesday asked for additional arguments from lawyers before Daniel Ramirez Medina's status in the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals program expires May 15. The 25-year-old Ramirez drew international attention last year when the government revoked... Читать дальше...

Stocks ended mostly higher Tuesday, lifted by gains for the tech sector that offset weakness elsewhere. The tech-heavy Nasdaq Composite rose 0.9% to end near 7,130, according to preliminary figures. The S&P 500 gained 0.3%. Seven of the S&P's 11 sectors lost ground, while the tech sector booked a 1.5% gain. The Dow Jones Industrial Average pared its decline but extended its losing streak to a third day, ending around 65 points, or 0.3%, lower.

Only one team ranks ahead of the Eagles' duo of Carson Wentz and Nick Foles.

LANCASTER, Pa. (AP) — A prosecutor says law enforcement officers weren't responsible for the death of a handcuffed prisoner who broke away from them and was later found dead in a Pennsylvania creek. Lancaster County District Attorney Craig Stedman said Monday that 24-year-old Andrew Davis Good "made his choices not to comply" with orders to get in the car, to stop fleeing and to come out of the water before losing his footing. Authorities say Ephrata officers were sent to a hospital parking lot April... Читать дальше...

TX Corpus Christi TX Zone Forecast for Tuesday, May 1, 2018 _____ 824 FPUS54 KCRP 012003 ZFPCRP Zone Forecasts for The Coastal Bend and Rio Grande Plains National Weather Service Corpus Christi TX 303 PM CDT Tue May 1 2018 TXZ343-021000- Coastal Nueces- Including the cities of Corpus Christi and Flour Bluff 303 PM CDT Tue May 1 2018 .TONIGHT...Mostly cloudy. Windy. Lows in the upper 70s. Southeast winds 20 to 25 mph. .WEDNESDAY...Cloudy in the morning then becoming partly cloudy. Windy. Highs in... Читать дальше...

PITTSBURGH (AP) — Police say a Pennsylvania woman who tried to hit her ex-boyfriend with her car while a baby was onboard has turned herself in. The Tribune-Review reports Kearston Dixon missed her ex but hit two other pedestrians early Saturday morning outside a Pittsburgh bar. Her ex's 9-month-old son was in the vehicle. The 38-year-old Dixon faces numerous charges, including aggravated assault and child endangerment. Witnesses tell police the couple got into a fight and when he... Читать дальше...

PROVIDENCE, R.I. (AP) — A man has been charged with disorderly conduct for screaming about a gun in a Providence library. Police say 39-year-old Rahim Caldwell had an "outburst" Monday afternoon in Rhode Island College library and began yelling about a gun. The Providence Journal reports Caldwell refused to talk with campus security and was arrested with some resistance. He had a mental health evaluation at Rhode Island Hospital, and was released. Caldwell is scheduled in court on May 17. Rhode Island... Читать дальше...

Nobody wants to see the closing down sign on the front of any shop but unfortunately for one of Dundrum Town Centre's most well-loved shops, that time has come. The Times are reporting that the owners of the centre are in talks with leisure and food providers to see who will replace Hamleys Toy Store which will close its doors after a decade in Dundrum. May 7th is the final day of the stores' existence and it's leaving vacant "one of the centre's most prominent outlets, occupying 3,250 sq m over three floors. Читать дальше...

The Diamondbacks traded two well-regarded prospects to the Rays to complete the Steven Souza Jr. trade

ALBANY, N.Y. (AP) — A group home in upstate New York will pay $450,000 to the family of a developmentally disabled boy who used his PlayStation to record caretakers threatening his life. The boy, Ralph White, was 12 when he allegedly was physically and psychologically abused at the group home in 2014. State investigators determined that staff at the Northeast Parent and Child Society home in Schenectady mistreated the boy, but no one was prosecuted. His mother, America Lebron White, says her son... Читать дальше...

ALBANY, N.Y. (AP) — A group home in upstate New York will pay $450,000 to the family of a developmentally disabled boy who used his PlayStation to record caretakers threatening his life. The boy, Ralph White, was 12 when he allegedly was physically and psychologically abused at the group home in 2014. State investigators determined that staff at the Northeast Parent and Child Society home in Schenectady mistreated the boy, but no one was prosecuted. His mother, America Lebron White, says her son... Читать дальше...

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Just because most of your friends opted for a standard business or law degree doesn't mean you need to limit yourself academically — it turns out, there's a slew of interesting and obscure degrees waiting to be explored just off the beaten path. 

From haunting paranormal science degrees to an in-depth citrus studies track, here are 23 of the most obscure college degrees you can actually earn — and where to enroll to obtain them. Читать дальше...

There aren't a lot of unique strategies to attack Golden State's defense, but here's one technique the Pelicans have used with their franchise to great success over the past few months.

The ruling by Cook County Judge Carol Howard comes after a week-long bench trial that included testimony from the victim and a second woman.

Sharon Giovinazzo, president and chief executive of World Services for the Blind, was recently walking through an airport with her trained service dog Watson when a “pocket pooch” growled and then bit him, she said. The owner apologized and said the dog was her service animal. Giovinazzo, an Army veteran who lost her sight to multiple sclerosis in 2001, was not having it. “’Yeah, yeah. Sure, sure, lady,’” she recalled telling the owner. “’Then your animal should... Читать дальше...

Kawhi Leonard vs. Gregg Popovich and the Spurs has been one of the biggest NBA storylines this season. Their differences have to come to an end soon.

NEWARK, N.J. (AP) — Newark is planning to follow New York's lead and provide free legal services for low-income and vulnerable tenants facing eviction. Newark Mayor Ras Baraka and New York Mayor Bill de Blasio announced the proposed ordinance Tuesday. De Blasio signed a law last year making New York the first city in the country to guarantee low-income residents the right to representations in eviction cases. Baraka says he wants to begin Newark's program in September, and it will eventually cost the city between $750,000 and $1 million. Читать дальше...

By Valerie Volcovici WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Two high-level Environmental Protection Agency employees whose names have come up in investigations of Administrator Scott Pruitt's ethics and travel have resigned from the agency, the EPA confirmed on Tuesday. Pasquale "Nino" Perrotta, a former Secret Service agent who served as the head of Pruitt's security team, resigned on Monday but said he will continue to cooperate in a U.S. House of Representatives investigation of his role in costly decisions around Pruitt's security. Читать дальше...

Alhaji Aliko Dangote has said that Nigeria will soon become the largest exporter of fertiliser in Africa. Dangote spoke on Monday, April 30 shortly after President Muhammadu Buhari’s meeting with a group of US agro-businessmen.