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SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — Investigators planned to comb through the mangled Greyhound bus that went off the road in Utah's desert on New Year's Eve, killing a 13-year-old girl and injuring 12 others. Utah's Highway patrol said in a statement the wreckage would be searched Tuesday but did not immediately respond messages Tuesday morning seeking comment about the investigation and the conditions of the injured. Utah Highway Patrol Lt. Steve Salas told the Desert News on Monday that it appears the bus drifted... Читать дальше...

PROVIDENCE, R.I. (AP) — Retired boxing champion Vinny Paz, whose comeback story after a car crash was dramatized in the 2016 film "Bleed for This," has been accused of attacking a Rhode Island man and sending him to the hospital. Providence police say they were called to a home early Tuesday morning. They say when officers arrived, witnesses told them Paz had accused a friend of stealing $16,000 and then assaulted him. The man was taken to the hospital with injuries including several broken teeth, a black eye and bite marks that drew blood. Читать дальше...

Tech shares rallied on the first day of trading in 2018 Tuesday with shares of chipmakers and software publishers leading the charge. The tech-heavy Nasdaq Composite Index rose 1.3%, outpacing the 0.6% gain on the S&P 500 Index and the 0.2% rise in the Dow Jones Industrial Average . The PHLX Semiconductor Index rallied 2.1%, led by a 6.4% jump in shares of Advanced Micro Devices Inc. and a 4.8% surge in Micron Technology Inc. shares. Other chipmakers with notable gains were Nvidia Corp. Читать дальше...

You may have noticed that the Trump administration has been agitating against the Iranian government this past weekend. There are some anti-government protests taking place, though not nearly as intense as the ones in 2009, and the right-wing has ached for the day that the theocratic government in Iran is overthrown. Because oil, almost surely.

NEW YORK (AP) — McDonald's is testing the use of fresh beef in another burger, the latest move by the fast food chain to swap out frozen beef as it seeks to improve its image. The company said Tuesday that the new burger, called Archburger, is being tested in seven McDonald's restaurants in Tulsa, Oklahoma. McDonald's held similar tests for fresh beef Quarter Pounders for about a year before announcing in March that it would roll it out to most of its 14,000 restaurants by the middle of this year. Читать дальше...

A source told us that the "Flip or Flop" star has been "dating" British TV presenter Ant Anstead for "less than two months."

Among the names on the list are Josh Allen of Wyoming and Derwin James of Florida State.

Just who is behind Iran's largest antiestablishment protests in years? The answer is difficult to pin down.

With under a month until the new season starts & England internationals returning to training today. Bear in mind Galloway & Ferres will miss the start of the season through injury. What would your first choice 17 be?

Mine which I found very tough

Walker
Briscoe
Watkins (c)
L. Sutcliffe
Hall
Moon
Myler
Garbutt
Parcell
Singleton
Ablett
Ward (vc)
Cuthbertson

Dwyer
Mullally
JJB
Peteru

There is a lot of depth this year with Golding... Читать дальше...

NEW YORK (AP) — Donald Trump has lost money for a third year in a row at his golf club in Ireland, but business appears to be improving. Financial statements filed with the Irish government show the golf resort owned by the U.S. president lost $2.6 million in 2016, the latest year available. The losses come amid signs of trouble at some of his other golf resorts. The Irish losses were 17 percent higher a year earlier. Revenue rose, too, in 2016. The Trump International Golf Links and Hotel was hurt... Читать дальше...

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• Getting a big bonus at work can really brighten your day and boost your paycheck.

• LinkedIn has analyzed what occupations take home the largest bonuses.

• Most of the professions on the list are in finance and medicine.

Who doesn't love bonuses? Receiving kudos for a job well-done is great and all, but it's always nice to get that praise in cash form, too.

Of course, how much extra dough you... Читать дальше...

Nearly a hundred escaped inmates remained at large from a state penitentiary in Brazil Tuesday after a deadly riot between rival gangs left nine prisoners dead, all of them burned and two decapitated, officials said.

American Bridge, a liberal super PAC founded by left-wing operative and longtime Clinton ally David Brock, spent $200,000 to bring forward accusations of sexual misconduct against then-presidential candidate Donald Trump before Election Day in 2016, but the group never disclosed the payment on its 2016 tax returns, according to a new report.

NEW YORK (AP) — Vice has suspended two top executives after a New York Times report on sexual misconduct at the digital media company. Vice Media put its president, Andrew Creighton, and chief digital officer Mike Germano on leave as it investigates allegations against them, according to a company memo sent to employees Tuesday. A Vice spokesman declined to comment. The Times had reported in late December that it found four settlements involving allegations of sexual harassment or defamation against Vice employees, including Creighton. Читать дальше...

You may have more work-from-home options than you think -- many of which can pay surprisingly well.

HARTFORD, Conn. (AP) — Waterbury Mayor Neil O'Leary will lead the Connecticut Conference of Municipalities, the state's largest association of cities and towns, in the new year. The Democrat has been elected president of the organization for 2018. He previously served as a vice president for the group. Joe DeLong, CCM's executive director, says the organization is "fortunate to have such an experienced mayor" to lead the 166 member communities. He predicts O'Leary will play a key role in the new... Читать дальше...

BIRMINGHAM, Ala. (AP) — Alabama record producer Rick Hall, who recorded some of the biggest musical acts of the 1960s and '70s and helped develop the fabled "Muscle Shoals sound," has died. Longtime friend Judy Hood says Hall died at his home Tuesday following a fight with cancer. He was 85. Hall founded FAME Recording Studios in northwestern Alabama in 1959 and went on to record major acts including R&B stars Aretha Franklin and Wilson Pickett. Hall also recorded country artists including George... Читать дальше...

A model suffered a fatal brain hemorrhage while singing karaoke with friends. Karen Stella Wong, 28, slipped into a coma after collapsing at a karaoke lounge in Singapore on December 12. Friends say her head started to ache and one side of her body went numb moments before she suffered a stroke. Local media reports...

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It hasn't been smooth sailing for telecoms in recent years. Native voice and messaging services, which once accounted for the vast majority of telecoms' subscriber revenue, are struggling to compete with over-the-top (OTT) apps, like Facebook Messenger, WhatsApp, and Viber — and they're losing.

A fierce and... Читать дальше...

2017 was a year of grim milestones, and its tail end offered one more to add to the painfully long list: the first confirmed death from a gamer-initiated swatting. Swatting, the practice of calling a SWAT team to the house of a target by fraudulently reporting a serious crime at their address, has finally done exactly what critics of toxic video game culture have long feared, and claimed a life.

NEW YORK (AP) — U.S. stocks started the new year higher thanks in part to gains in technology and health care companies, some of the market's biggest winners from 2017. Retailers are also up. Energy stocks rose as natural gas prices jumped due to the cold weather that continues to grip much of the U.S. KEEPING SCORE: The Standard & Poor's 500 index rose 17 points, or 0.7 percent, to 2,691 as of 1:50 p.m. Eastern. The S&P 500 is once again trading around record highs after its 19 percent climb in 2017. Читать дальше...

Madrid (dpa) - Der geplante Auftritt einer Dragqueen bei den traditionsreichen Dreikönigsparaden sorgt in Madrid für Ärger. Beim Umzug im Stadtviertel Vallecas im Südosten der spanischen Hauptstadt soll sich die Dragqueen «La Prohibida» (Die Verbotene) am Freitagabend auf einem Festwagen der Organisationen von Lesben, Schwulen, Bisexuellen, Transgender und Intersexuellen (LGBTI) präsentieren. Nach Organisatoren-Angaben soll es eine Demonstration für Diversität und Toleranz sein.Doch konservative... Читать дальше...