Новости за 12.11.2016

By Steve Habel, The Sports Xchange
SAN ANTONIO -- San Antonio Spurs coach Gregg Popovich has never been one to mince words when it comes to his opinion.

Browns quarterback Cody Kessler was benched on Thursday night, but he’s not down about it. Kessler said on Friday that he’s fired up and eager to prove he can be the man to lead the Browns, even if coach Hue Jackson had a quick hook with him during Thursday night’s loss to the Ravens. “Yeah,…

Pressure has been mounting for weeks on President Park Geun-hye, whose approval rating is at five percent amid a mushrooming cronyism scandal.

Look at what rapper Young Dolph wore at a recent photo shoot. WHAT ARE THOOOOSE???

PORT CLINTON, Ohio (AP) — A national birding organization opposed to a commercial-scale wind turbine planned along western Lake Erie says it will sue to block the project if the Ohio Air National Guard doesn't drop its plans.

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BOSTON - New York Knicks forward Carmelo Anthony was ejected from Friday night's game against the Boston Celtics.

Thursday night, Bill O’Reilly “just asked” in his Talking Points commentary, “Is there a civil war brewing in the U.S.A.?” However, his immediate goal was not to enlighten anyone but to demonize anti-Trump protesters as dangerous traitors. I think there was another, darker agenda, too.

An 11-year-old child was injured when an X-ray machine collapsed on top of her at Prince Mshiyeni Memorial Hospital in Durban.

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Sarah Jane Smith of Australia recorded a 4-under-par 68 Friday.

Washington's new power trio consists of a bombastic billionaire, a telegenic policy wonk, and a taciturn political tactician. How well they can get along will help determine what gets done over the next four years, and whether ...

“In a direct election system, the South would have lost every time.”

Every four years, we elect a president in this country, and we do it in a strange way: via the Electoral College. The reasons for the Electoral College are unclear to most people. On the surface, it appears anti-democratic, and needlessly complicated.

Why not rely on a popular vote, as almost every other democracy does? If a popular vote makes sense for gubernatorial elections, why doesn’t it make sense for presidential elections? Читать дальше...

A Calgary man felt he had been punched in the gut when his old recreational hockey team asked him not to play in the playoffs after he came out as gay. Instead of hanging up his skates, Mike Bell decided to create a gay hockey team — the first in the city and the province.

As a recurring feature, our team combs the Web and shares some amazing Amazon deals we’ve turned up. Here’s what caught our eye today, November 12.

The state volleyball finals are Saturday at the Devaney Sports Center. Join the live chat for updates from all six state championship matches, starting at 9 a.m.

If you've ever read anything about sleep, you'll know that it's recommended that we get 8 hours of sleep each night in one big chunk. But did you know our ancestors never slept like that? James E. Gangwisch, an assistant professor at Columbia University and sleep expert, reveals how modern society has altered our sleeping patterns. 

Pep Guardiola's side are reportedly keen on landing the highly-rated Milan goalkeeper, but face competition from Chelsea, Real Madrid and Barcelona for his signature

President-elect Donald Trump has performed an apparent U-turn on one of his main campaign promises to repeal the Affordable Care Act, better known as Obamacare. Trump’s promise to repeal Obamacare helped him clinch the White House. After meeting with President Obama this week Trump said he wants to keep some if good parts of Obamacare. The president-elect told Washington Post that “either Obamacare will be amended, or repealed and replaced.” There are reports that Trump is surrounding himself... Читать дальше...

Amnesty International says as many as 30,000 people in Nigeria's commercial capital of Lagos are homeless after their community was set ablaze and ...

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Arizona Cardinals safety Tyrann Mathieu has been ruled out of Sunday's game against the visiting San Francisco 49ers as he recovers from a shoulder subluxation.

VRIEZENVEEN - De wethouder Financiën beloofde de gemeenteraad eerder deze week tijdens de behandeling van de Programmabegroting 2017 een dekkingsvoorstel, zonder op details in te gaan. De raad zou achter gesloten deuren worden geïnformeerd, maar inmiddels kreeg de raad een brief met daarin een voorstel voor hoe de boetes worden betaald.

President-elect Donald Trump just won the rights to live in one of the most exclusive addresses in the United States, but one of the richest men in the nation isn't actually keen about leaving his home at Trump Tower for 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue. Trump, who often slept at home even during his demanding campaign schedule, is expected to continue living in New York after he becomes president in January.

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