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We wrap up the regular season with a look back at the biggest coaching gaffes.

As progressives gear up to contest the 2018 midterm Congressional elections, we will hear strategic, tactical, and political arguments for focusing on taking back the House or the Senate as the highest and best use of limited resources: money, volunteers, advertising, etc.. Progressives and other Democrats will want to recapture both chambers, especially after encouraging election wins in Alabama and elsewhere (mostly in state legislatures so far, as in Virginia, Oklahoma, Kansas, and Georgia). Читать дальше...

The Leafs host the best team in the NHL in their first game of 2018, and they’ve made some roster moves in advance of the game.

CAPE TOWN – There is something different about this Indian team. Gone are the great batsmen who despite all their individual elegance and class still collectively wear the scars from heavy overseas series defeats.

Sea turtles have been survived for millions of years, but now face extinction.  as poachers. How do you protect sea turtles eggs on remote, miles-long beaches in developing countries from poachers working in the dark?

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AT&T Inc (NYSE:T) ranks in the top 10% of its industry group, Diversified Telecommunication Services, and in the top decile of sector group, Telecommunication Services, with a market value of $238.7 billion. From an investment attractiveness prospective, T is ranked squarely in the bottom quartile of the sector with a ranking of 53 among the 64 companies in the sector; the stock's current Portfolio Grader ranking places... Читать дальше...

CAPE TOWN – There is something different about this Indian team. Gone are the great batsmen who despite all their individual elegance and class still collectively wear the scars from heavy overseas series defeats.

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When some brands' ads ended up next to troubling videos on YouTube last March, JPMorgan Chase responded by pulling its ads from the platform.

Dissatisfied with YouTube's slow response, the bank decided to take matters into its own hands. It created an internal tool to make sure that its ads don't end up next to unsavory content on YouTube, only going back to YouTube after testing the tool.

To read more about JPMorgan Chase's internal algorithm, click here. 

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Young people are idealistic: That’s as true today as it was 40 or 50 years ago.

But there’s one sentiment that sets millennials apart from earlier generations of young people — from the silent generation, the baby boomers, and Generation X. They are also eminently practical. Call them “realistic idealists,” if you will, or “idealistic realists.” Either term applies.

Take their attitudes toward work. Many young baby boomers were skeptical that businesses had the... Читать дальше...

Toyota Kirloskar Motor (TKM) today reported a 15.32 per cent decline in domestic sales at 10,793 units in December 2017. The company had sold a total of 12,747 units in the same month previous year in the domestic market, TKM said in a statement. TKM exported 812 units of the Etios series in December 2017 compared to 1,346 units in December 2016, a decline of 39.67 per cent. In 2017, the company sold a record 97,000 units in the domestic market, a growth of 5 per cent over 2016. "With maximum... Читать дальше...

• 2018 kicks off with a busy month for Congress, which has until January 19 to pass a bill to fund the government.
• Democrats and Republicans want to address in the package issues like Obamacare stabilization, immigration, and government surveillance.
• Republicans and President Donald Trump are also eyeing other legislative plans for the year.

President Donald Trump and his congressional counterparts are about to face a slew of deadlines that could result in a shutdown to begin the new year.

No human or animal is above the law...not even if its a food-stealing rodent. 

NEW YORK (AP) — New York Fire Commissioner Daniel Nigro (NY'-groh) says all of the seven adults and nine children hurt in a Bronx fire are expected to be OK. Investigators believe the fire started in a first-floor furniture store around 5:30 a.m. Tuesday. Residents from the apartments above fled, including a man who ran outside with no shirt and no shoes. Nearby, icicles hung from power lines. Resident Erica Ortiz told WCBS that a window guard blocked a fire escape. She says she tried to kick it open, to no avail. Читать дальше...

LONDON — Officials say 13 monkeys have died in a fire at a safari park in England, marking the second major fire at an animal attraction in the last two weeks. The fire started early Tuesday morning in the Patas monkey house at Woburn Safari Park, located 50 miles north of London. The enclosure is...

There will be a lot of rare and classic cars going under the hammer at Barrett-Jackson's Scottsdale auction that runs between January 13 and 21 in the US state of Arizona, but cars don't get any rarer than the 1954 Plymouth Belmont concept that could be yours if you were to win the bidding. Motor show concepts are often futuristic and exciting, but until quite recently, most never went anywhere near a production line, even in a very watered-down form. At one point in its life, after its appearance at the New York Auto Show... Читать дальше...

January 2 – Barcelona kit manufacturers Nike appear to have jumped the gun somewhat with an advert on their official online store urging fans to purchase Coutinho jerseys for the remainder of this campaign even though the Liverpool playmaker has not yet signed.

In Afghanistan sind 2017 knapp 450.000 Menschen vor Kampfhandlungen aus ihren Dörfern und Städten geflohen. Das geht aus einem am Dienstag veröffentlichten Bericht der UNO-Agentur zur Koordinierung humanitärer Hilfe (OCHA) hervor.

Die Meinungsfreiheit wird zum "Luxusprodukt": Diese bittere Bilanz zieht der Chefredakteur der französischen Satirezeitung "Charlie Hebdo", Riss, drei Jahre nach dem islamistischen Anschlag mit zwölf Toten. Er beklagt in einem Leitartikel die enormen Kosten für die Sicherheit der Zeichner und Autoren des Blattes.

Die Meinungsfreiheit wird zum "Luxusprodukt": Diese bittere Bilanz zieht der Chefredakteur der französischen Satirezeitung "Charlie Hebdo", Riss, drei Jahre nach dem islamistischen Anschlag mit zwölf Toten. Er beklagt in einem Leitartikel die enormen Kosten für die Sicherheit der Zeichner und Autoren des Blattes.

It’s not just Sears and Kmart stores that are going dark: The struggling chains have also stopped running commercials on national TV. Sears Holdings, which has been steadily shuttering stores at both brands, hasn’t run a single TV ad since Black Friday — despite the fact that the holiday selling stretch was the year’s most...

It’s not just Sears and Kmart stores that are going dark: The struggling chains have also stopped running commercials on national TV. Sears Holdings, which has been steadily shuttering stores at both brands, hasn’t run a single TV ad since Black Friday — despite the fact that the holiday selling stretch was the year’s most...

She also touched on her lengthy relationship with Holland Taylor stating she refusing to be defined by who’s in her bed.

Pablo Carreno Busta finished 2017 on a high, playing two matches in the Nitto ATP Finals as an alternate. And the Spaniard appeared he would begin the new ATP World Tour campaign strongly as well Tuesday. He twice served for his season-opening match against Borna Coric at the Qatar ExxonMobil Open in the third set, before holding three match points in the eventual tie-break.