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WASHINGTON (AP) — The maker of a prescription fish-oil drug says it has reached a legal settlement that will allow it to promote unapproved uses of its drug for lowering fat levels.

History shows that when it comes to the oil business in Canada, patriotism can easily take a back seat to economic drivers. That’s what makes the current protectionist argument a stretch

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SANTA FELICITA

If you have an hour, go to the church of Santa Felicita, just across the Arno (on the riverbank across from the cathedral). The church has a masterpiece—not only of Florentine art but of all Italian art—yet even the locals aren’t familiar with it. In a chapel on the left, the Barbadori-Capponi Chapel originally designed by Brunelleschi (yes, the same architect who built the dome of the cathedral), you can see the... Читать дальше...

How a 1967 Jeep CJ-5 handles the rugged Rubicon trail.

On the first page of Iowa author Jennifer Wilson’s new novel, Water, reporter Freja Folsom is assigned a story about a man who is illegally pumping his own water from a city aquifer. Freja is incredulous.

Consider this: In his 1982 book Critical Path, futurist and inventor R. Buckminster Fuller introduced the "Knowledge Doubling Curve." He noticed that until 1900 human knowledge doubled approximately every century and by the end of World War II knowledge was doubling every 25 years. When Fuller delivered his work there was no World Wide Web, iPhone or iWatch. In a 2006 report issued by IBM, they projected that by 2010, the world's information base would double in size every 11 hours.

As leaders we must ask ourselves... Читать дальше...

The number of SNAP (formerly food stamps) recipients has fallen by 2.6 million people since peaking in December 2012, new Agriculture Department data for December 2015 show.  The data confirm that SNAP is working as designed and caseloads are expected to continue falling, as our updated paper explains.

A COUNCIL in Melbourne’s southeast has got on with the job of resurfacing a road — laying asphalt around a parked car rather than waiting for it to be moved.

A new survey by Alamo reports that millennials are more likely than any other generation to feel ashamed about taking a vacation, NBC reports.

Donald Trump holds a narrow, three-point lead in the race for the Republican presidential nomination, a new Wall Street Journal/NBC News poll shows, but the data also reveal potential cracks in his support.

Melissa Click, in a statement Tuesday, insisted her Feb. 25 dismissal by the university system’s governing curators was unfair.

Race leader Michael Matthews has won the second stage of Paris-Nice after his rival Nacer Bouhanni was penalised for deviating from his line in the final sprint.

PHOENIX (AP) — Thousands of people have had their prepaid debit cards frozen when they try to direct their tax refund to their accounts, a result of financial industry efforts to combat an escalation in tax fraud. (AP) — Realizing that millennials are burdened with debt, a difficult job market, weak wage growth and a less affordable housing market than their parents, some states are looking to keep educated young professionals within their borders for years to come by helping out with their housing costs. Читать дальше...

RENTON, Washington - The Seattle Seahawks have waived defensive tackle Jesse Williams after he missed the 2015 regular season following surgery for kidney cancer.

(AP) — The Seattle Seahawks have waived defensive tackle Jesse Williams after he missed the 2015 regular season following surgery for kidney cancer. Williams returned to join the Seahawks during training camp and played in preseason games but determined at the end of camp to spend the season recovering.

John McCain said that the US Air Force is failing to serve the public by not disclosing the cost to taxpayers of the B-21 next-generation strategic bomber.

Katar'la Türkiye futbolda işbirliği anlaşması imzalayacak. İstanbul'daki tesis ve stadyumları gezen Katar Dünya Kupası Komite Başkanı Al Thawadi, "Tesisler ve insan kaynağı büyüleyici" dediDevamı için tıklayınız

Besides the white dress, nothing feels more quintessentially bridal than a veil. 

And even more funny when you DON’T have one.

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Los Blancos beat Roma 2-0 to advance to the quarter-finals, but they will need to find some dramatic improvement to have any hope of winning the trophy at San Siro in May

Will Cleveland fill its final roster spot?

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President Barack Obama, comedian Sarah Silverman, and many more champions of pay parity will tell you that women make 77 cents for every dollar men make, and, in turn, we need to fight for equal pay for equal work in this country.

Unfortunately, the gender pay gap isn't that simple.

As Claudia Goldin, a professor of economics at Harvard University who has spent years researching gender economics, argues, the aforementioned statistic citing annual earnings between male and female full-time... Читать дальше...

The two high-profile players whose retirement decisions weren’t known until recently are both officially on the reserve/retired list. The one who retired more than a month ago still isn’t. Through March 8, the Seahawks haven’t made a roster move with running back Marshawn Lynch, who’ll count for $11.5 million against the 2016 salary cap as of…