Новости за 12.02.2016

(AP) — A suburban St. Louis high school principal who is fighting brain cancer has marked his 100th win as a basketball coach. Former players, coaches, faculty, students and the team united Thursday to give Webster Groves High School principal Jon Clark his 100th win, something he was one victory shy of when he left his coaching position at Rolla High School in 1996. The basketball team's current head coach, Jay Blossom, organized the game with the help of faculty and students. The St. Louis Post-Dispatch... Читать дальше...

A man sitting outside State Library Victoria was stabbed in the neck and ear when he refused to handover his mobile and the attacker is now on the run.

FORT STEWART, Ga. (AP) — Military bases in three U.S. states will share $17.5 million in conservation funding to protect longleaf pine forests used for training troops while assisting the reco…

FORT STEWART, Georgia - Military bases in three U.S. states will share $17.5 million in conservation funding to protect longleaf pine forests used for training troops while assisting the recovery of threatened species, Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack announced Friday.

FORT STEWART, Ga. (AP) — Military bases in three U.S. states will share $17.5 million in conservation funding to protect longleaf pine forests used for training troops while assisting the reco…

Coldplay crowns Billboard's Alternative Songs chart (dated Feb. 20), as the band notches its third leader on the chart with "Adventure of a...

Pope Francis and Russian Orthodox Patriarch Kirill are meeting in Havana, Cuba. It's the first time leaders of the two churches have met since a schism 1,000 years ago divided Christianity.

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Dialogues with college seniors in the midst of trying to figure out "what comes next" often reveal a disconnect between student life and launching a successful career.

It's easy to empathize with the cry, "I can get an A in my senior seminar but I don't have a clue about how to get a job."

Ideally, colleges and universities would fund career services departments with a full complement of savvy professionals. However, more often than not, budgets are cramped... Читать дальше...

‘There’s a large percentage of ... consumers that didn’t even give the technology inside their vehicles a try’

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If you've ever made fried chicken, you know how hard it can be to replicate the satisfying, crunchy crust perfected by KFC or Popeyes Chicken.

But, according to a food scientist, one surprising ingredient could do the trick — vodka.

That's what J. Kenji Lopez-Alt, managing culinary director of seriouseats.com, found after hundreds of experiments in the kitchen.

The reason vodka is the ideal ingredient for a fried chicken marinade mixture is rooted in science, Lopez-Alt said. Читать дальше...

Binge Guide: 5 Great Rockumentaries to Stream Before 'Vinyl'

Energy MLPs burned yield-hungry investors. Now, the sector looks attractive, but investors have to tread carefully.

Libya's air force chief of staff says a fighter jet was shot down while carrying out airstrikes against Islamic militants, the third jet to be downed in nearly 40 days.

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The next decade will be lousy for investors.

Jonathan Wilmot, head of macroeconomic research at Credit Suisse Asset Management, compared today's environment to the aftermath of the Latin America debt crisis, the 1930s Great Depression, and the 2008 Great Recession.

Here's the upshot: After an initial multiyear recovery in stock and bond prices after a crisis (the rally we saw through last year) comes a long stretch of lousy returns.

Wilmot said that would be "disastrous"... Читать дальше...

The Montreal Canadiens goalie has been out since suffering a lower-body injury Nov. 25 against the New York Rangers

A West Virginia lawmaker argued that defending LGBT rights would open the door to protections for pedophiles.

Legally, no medical decision should be made without the patient’s consent

An Arkansas sheriff’s department used a drone to track down a suspect, but it was spotted and shot down.

After reporting a bigger-than-expected fourth-quarter profit, auto supplier American Axle said it planned on reducing its reliance on General Motors. Shares soared more than 20% on Friday.

DEN HAAG - De vrouwen van FC Twente zijn vrijdagavond in de eredivisie vrouwen voor de tweede keer op rij tegen een nederlaag aan gelopen. Na het verlies bij PSV eind vorige maand (2-0), was dit keer ADO Den Haag te sterk voor de regerend landskampioen: 1-0.

This week photographer Adam Voorhes discovers the best Instagram has to offer.

A Facebook Inc. executive in India said Friday that she would step down, just days after a government regulator banned a key Facebook initiative in the country.