Farmers could be facing problems from money leaders, who charge exorbitant from them for the funds extended to them, pushing them to commit suicide, the bankers told the district administration on Wednesday even as the police warned of action against money lenders in case of harassment.
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AUBURN, Calif., July 1 (UPI) -- A 70-year-old woman made a last-minute finish in the 100-mile Western States Endurance Run by crossing the line six seconds before the cut-off time.
WASHINGTON - The Food and Drug Administration says it plans to crack down on unapproved prescription ear drops often given to young children suffering from ear infections.
Group has raised $250,000 through crowdfunding after original donor said gift could not be used for transgender girls
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LOS ANGELES, July 1 (UPI) -- Kendrick Lamar releases the video for his latest single "Alright" off of his sophomore album "To Pimp a Butterfly."
The Ancestral Puebloans -- also known as the Anasazi -- had no written language, leaving anthropologists and archaeologists to pore over ruins and relics and make educated guesses about their lives. The lack of solid answers adds to the mystery of these lost communities, encouraging visitors to explore and ponder the possibilities.
Two separate collisions have taken place on the M20 this afternoon.
WASHINGTON (AP) — The Food and Drug Administration says it plans to crack down on unapproved prescription ear drops often given to young children suffering from ear infections.
The drops at issue contain ingredients like benzocaine, antipyrine and zinc acetate. Because the products are not overseen by FDA regulators they could be contaminated or manufactured incorrectly.
This was expected. But what happens with Dwyane Wade?
Football can be dangerous, but so can building football stadiums. According to Tyler Estep of the Atlanta Journal-Constitution, a construction worker suffered a “severe head injury” after metal scaffolding fell on him at the construction site for the Falcons’ new stadium. Police and fire officials responded to the scene, on the east side of the project near the…
Shares of Bayer AG [s:bayn:de] climbed 3% Wednesday after the medical-products giant announced the U.S. Food and Drug Administration approved the use of transvaginal ultrasound to confirm the company's Essure birth-control method is properly placed. Previously, women using Essure had to get an X-ray of the reproductive areas after they were filled with contrasting dye. Essure involves the placement of soft, flexible barriers into the fallopian tubes to prevent pregnancy. Shares were up $3.70 to... Читать дальше...
Oil prices extended their decline after the U.S. Energy Information Administration on Wednesday reported an unexpected increase of 2.4 million barrels in crude supplies for the week ended June 26. Analysts polled by Platts forecast a crude-stock fall of 1.3 million barrels, while the American Petroleum Institute late Tuesday reported a rise of 1.9 million barrels. Gasoline supplies fell by 1.8 million barrels and distillate stockpiles rose by 400,000 barrels last week, according to the EIA. August crude was at $58.07 a barrel... Читать дальше...
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SEOUL, July 1 (UPI) -- North Korea executed 1,382 people between 2000 and 2014 for crimes ranging from anti-state activities to viewing South Korean pornographic material.
In a major initiative, the state government has delegated the financial powers to the controlling officers, district, circle level officers, head of the offices and any other officers to whom the budgetary provisions or allocations are made by the administrative heads to incur expenditure within the budget allocations made to them under various standard object of expenditure (SOE).
More than half of public school districts are expected to receive less state aid next school year, while 44 percent will receive more.
With affirmative action in the wind, colleges expressed concerns about the potential costs of replacing diversity programs.
“I call myself a born-again feminist,” she tells BuzzFeed News.
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Holly Madison decided to write a book when she was excelling in her career — starring in the long-running Peepshow in Las Vegas at Planet Hollywood, as well as her own E! reality show Holly's World — and yet fans would not stop asking her about Hugh Hefner and her time as his girlfriend in the Playboy Mansion.
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Encouraged by the financial model followed by CA and ECB, BCCI is planning to introduce a performance-based incentive for the Indian team.
Encouraged by the financial model followed by CA and ECB, BCCI is planning to introduce a performance-based incentive for the Indian team.
While France appears outraged by the recent NSA espionage scandal, the country's intelligence agencies may not be so innocent themselves.
Janus Capital acquired a majority interest in Kapstream Capital and said Kapstream's Palghat will support Bill Gross as co-portfolio manager of the Janus Global Unconstrained Bond strategy.