Новости за 12.07.2016

With home runs up to a level not seen since the height of the Steroids Era, baseball Commissioner Rob Manfred says he is not worried performance-enhancing drugs are a reason for the increase

NEW YORK — The stock market reached another milestone Tuesday as the Dow Jones industrial average closed at a record high. A day earlier, the broader Standard & Poor’s 500, a widely used benchmark for index funds, also reached a record-high close. Both indexes beat peaks set in May 2015. On Tuesday: The Dow Jones

The Pentagon have approved a scheme allowing U.N. peacekeeping troops to “police” US citizens.  The federal government have announced their support for a set of principles that allow U.N. troops to police and use force in order to “protect citizens” in the event of an armed conflict. Militarytimes.com reports: The United States has announced its support for a set of principles that give a green light for U.N. peacekeeping troops and police to use force to protect civilians in armed conflicts. U.S. Читать дальше...

It takes two. It's give and take. It's all about commitment. Those are a few of the slogans I've heard people use in regards to relationships and marriage.

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How the Dow Jones industrial average and other major stock indexes fared on Tuesday

Het beroep van kapper kan bijzonder lucratief zijn. Zeker als je de haren van de Franse president François Hollande mag knippen. De persoonlijke kapper van de president verdient sinds 2012 9.895 euro bruto per maand. Zo blijkt uit zijn contract, dat gepubliceerd werd door het Franse satirische weekblad Le Canard Enchaîné.

DENVER — A surgery technician pleaded guilty Tuesday to taking fentanyl — an opiate more powerful than morphine — from a suburban Denver hospital — a crime that raised concerns that hundreds of patients might have been exposed to HIV. Rocky Allen, a former Navy medic who authorities say is HIV positive and got hooked

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MariNaomi has been making memoir comics since 1997. She's the author and illustrator of the SPACE Prize–winning Kiss & Tell: A Romantic Resume, Ages 0 to 22 (Harper Perennial, 2011), the Eisner-nominated Dragon's Breath and Other True Stories (2dcloud/Uncivilized Books, 2014), the upcoming Turning Japanese (2dcloud, 2016) and I Thought You Hated Me (Retrofit Comics, 2016), and her self-published Estrus Comics (1998 to 2009). Mari's work on... Читать дальше...

Erin Andrews' stalker cannot avoid paying up.  After being awarded $55 million in a civil lawsuit in March, the broadcaster was granted a motion to prevent Michael David...

NEW YORK (AP) — The stock market reached another milestone Tuesday as the Dow Jones industrial average closed at a record high. A day earlier, the broader Standard & Poor's 500, a widely used benchmark for index funds, also reached a record-high close. The Nasdaq composite added 34.18 points, or 0.7 percent, to 5,022.82.

– Suspect was arrested by Vigilante officials before carrying out the robbery operation – Confesses that he is a graduate but took to crime to make a living – Police say efforts ongoing to arrest accomplice who is at large A man identified as Paul John has been arrested for reportedly trying to rob a female […]

Washington's police chief says one man will be charged after firing on police officers during a carjacking early Tuesday

A Holocaust museum in Washington DC has been forced to tell visitors to stop playing their Pokémon Go game when they visit.  The Holocaust Museum has three  “PokéStop” locations on the popular smartphone game – where players can get free in-game items. Washingtonpost.com reports: “Playing the game is not appropriate in the museum, which is a memorial to the victims of Nazism,” Andrew Hollinger, the museum’s communications director, told The Post. “We are trying to find out if we can get the museum... Читать дальше...

BAGHDAD (AP) — A Dutch woman has surrendered to Kurdish Peshmerga fighters near the Islamic State-held city of Mosul in northern Iraq, saying she had been trying to escape the "hell" she was living in "all the time."

San Antonio Spurs legend Tim Duncan will be remembered as one of the league’s best winners and perhaps the greatest power forward the game has seen. But his career apparently was impacted by ex-wife Amy Sherrill, who helped steer him away from the Orlando Magic and to stay with the Spurs.

The deaths had come in the company's "ROCKET" trial for patients with relapsed or refractory B cell acute lymphoblastic leukemia.

Fox News is suspending ties with Newt Gingrich since Gingrich is on Donald Trump's vice presidential short list.

The creation of Marvin Gaye’s seminal 1971 release, “What’s Going On,” will be traced in an upcoming documentary.

WASHINGTON (AP) — Figures on government spending and debt in millions of dollars. The government's fiscal year runs Oct. 1 through Sept. 30. Total public debt subject to limit July 11$19,332,094Statutory debt limitSuspendedTotal public debt outstanding July 11$19,366,975Operating balance July 11$322,485Interest fiscal year 2016 thru May$176,341Interest same period pvs fiscal year$159,485Deficit fiscal year 2016 thru May$407,099Deficit same period pvs fiscal year$366,848Receipts fiscal year 2016 thru... Читать дальше...

What a mess.

This Midwestern state, experiencing a technology job boom, boasts it's creating the "Silicon Prairie."

Idaho is experiencing a jobs, housing and population boom, and it's just getting started, says Gov. Butch Otter.