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Former White House adviser Michael Flynn sent a text during U.S. President Donald Trump's inauguration speech saying that a planned nuclear power project with Russia that would require the lifting of U.S. sanctions was "good to go," a whistle-blower has told U.S. lawmakers.

Edmonton city councillors got some good news to kick off the process Wednesday afternoon when they began making amendments.

Erik Prince, the supporter of Donald Trump and founder of the private security contractor Blackwater testified earlier to the House Committee that former intelligence community members told him who was to blame for leaking information to the Washington Post about his business trip to the Seychelles.

Division 2

The ARFC Div. 2 team hosted Kamloops in the only senior ARFC game of the weekend.  Abbotsford knew they were in tough against a well-drilled Kamloops side that was in the div. 2 final the previous season. Both teams had intentions of moving the ball around the park, unfortunately the weather didn’t allow for much ball movement and the game turned in to a slug fest with a lot of hard running, hard scrumming, and some big tackles being put in by both teams.  Kamloops had an edge... Читать дальше...

From forced labour in Libya to a job as a founding member of an Italian fashion start-up, Bassirou has come a long way in two years, thanks to his skills with scissors.

Bitcoin hit a fresh record of $14,000 Thursday as investors piled in, triggering a warning the cryptocurrency was "like a charging train with no brakes" which would inevitably slip back.

SAN FRANCISCO — Giants general manager Bobby Evans confirmed on San Francisco’s flagship radio station KNBR that the club has reached the parameters of a potential trade for Miami slugger Giancarlo Stanton. A

The Ramblers (9-1) were much more efficient, shooting 52 percent from the field and making half their 12 shots from behind the arc.

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As the world around us digitizes, payments are no exception. The way we manage money and make payments has moved from physical channels, like cash and checks, to digital methods, like cards and online platforms. And though that’s been a long-term shift, it’s one that’s occurred rather seamlessly. 

This isn’t the case for businesses... Читать дальше...

Teresa Giudice wasted no time confronting Kim DePaola after Dolores Catania told her that the boutique owner has been telling people she cheated on her husband Joe Giudice while he’s in jail. On Wednesday’s Real Housewives of New Jersey, friendships were tested as the group took sides when Giudice, 45, and DePaola faced off at her charity fashion show.

Mainz (dpa) - Die stellvertretende CDU-Vorsitzende Julia Klöckner hat SPD-Chef Martin Schulz vor unrealistischen Forderungen für eine mögliche große Koalition gewarnt. «Herr Schulz hat sich in ein Dilemma manövriert: Er will seiner SPD die notwendige Kehrtwende mit Maximalforderungen schmackhaft machen», sagte Klöckner anlässlich des SPD-Bundesparteitags in Berlin, der am Donnerstag beginnt. «Er weiß aber auch, dass er die so nicht bekommen kann. Und Neuwahlen werden für die SPD nicht unbedingt besser... Читать дальше...

München (dpa) - Für eine zweistellige Millionenzahl von Autofahrern wird die Kfz-Versicherung teurer. Nach Angaben aus der Branche und großer Online-Vergleichsportale sind die Preise in der laufenden Wechselsaison im Vergleich zum Vorjahr deutlich gestiegen.Geschätzt zwei Drittel aller Kfz-Versicherungskunden in Deutschland seien in diesem Jahr Preiserhöhungen ins Haus geflattert, heißt es beim größten deutschen Kfz-Versicherer Huk Coburg. Nach Angaben der Online-Versicherungsmakler Check24 und Verivox... Читать дальше...

Berlin (dpa) - Große Koalitionen haben der SPD bisher nur einmal geholfen: 1969. Damals konnte die SPD mit Kanzlerkandidat Willy Brandt bei der Bundestagswahl auf 42,7 Prozent zulegen, ein Plus von 3,4 Punkten. Danach kam es zur Bildung der ersten sozialliberalen Koalition. Nach der zweiten großen Koalition (2005-2009) kam es mit Kanzlerkandidat Frank-Walter Steinmeier zum Absturz auf 23 Prozent (-11,2 Prozent). Nach vier Jahren Opposition (Koalition: Union/FDP) gab es mit Kanzlerkandidat Peer Steinbrück... Читать дальше...

Republican Senator Charles Grassley tells the Des Moines Register his party’s plan for deep tax cuts to the rich “recognizes the people that are investing, as opposed to those that are just spending every darn penny they have, whether it’s on booze or women or movies.”

In December 2014, the publisher Scientific Research issued a retraction notice for a paper that had appeared in its journal Health with the anodyne title “Basic Principles Underlying Human Physiology.” According to the notice, the action resulted from “the fact that the contents of this paper need further research and study.”1

For the past two years, Mandie Snyder, an accountant near Spokane, Washington, has been “monitoring” her daughter. With a handy tech tool known as mSpy, Snyder is able to review her 13-year-old’s text messages, photos, videos, app downloads, and browser history.

Most poker players didn’t go to graduate school for cognitive linguistics. Then again, most poker players aren’t Annie Duke.

After 28 years of putting on white gloves and climbing a 6-foot ladder to do his conducting, Dr. Robert Calonico is retiring as director of the University of California Marching Band, commonly known as the Cal Band. Calonico, 63, announced to his students Wednesday evening that this year will be his last as UC Berkeley Director of Bands, an umbrella that covers the smaller Straw Hat Band that plays basketball games and pep rallies, and the 60-piece University Wind Ensemble that tours internationally. Читать дальше...

The Republican National Committee has contributed more than $170,000 to the Alabama Republican Party to support Senate candidate Roy Moore, who has been accused of sexual misconduct or assault by at least eight women. The RNC had earlier withdrawn its support after the women came forward, including two who said Moore, 70, groped them when...

NEW YORK (AP) — The Latest on the auction of a memoir by Japanese Emperor Hirohito (all times local): 9:45 p.m. The buyer of a memoir by Japanese Emperor Hirohito (hee-roh-HEE'-toh) that sold in New York for $275,000 has been identified as a Japanese plastic surgeon who wants to give the document to the imperial family. Dr. Katsuya Takasu tells The Associated Press in Tokyo that "it feels like it's finally coming home." He says he's trying to figure out how to give it to the only grandson of current Emperor Akihito... Читать дальше...

One of Vine’s three co-founders is hinting that the looping-video app — or at least something like it — could be making a return.

Le ciel de Montréal s'est éclairé de 14 faisceaux lumineux projetés du mont Royal vers le ciel, mercredi soir, 28 ans après la tuerie de l'école Polytechnique.

CBS green-lights Jordan Peele’s The Twilight Zone reboot for their CBS All Access streaming service.

Americans continued to tune out the NFL last week. The decline in viewers compared with last season accelerated during Week 13 — falling to a 7.9 percent deficit from a 7.3 percent drop the prior week, statistics reveal. There was a particular weakness in the ratings for Thursday Night Football and for Sunday’s afternoon games...