Jerry Neuheisel, the former UCLA backup quarterback who chose not to use his final year of eligibilty for the Bruins following his graduation, made his debut over the weekend playing football in Japan.
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Sen. Bernie Sanders will get a major voice in shaping the Democratic Party's platform at its summer convention.
The Democratic National Committee announced on Monday that it would allocate on a proportional basis the majority of its chairs to the party's platform drafting committee.
Monday's announcement, based on the current primary popular-vote totals, granted six committee members to Democratic presidential frontrunner Hillary Clinton. Sanders picked six committee members, while DNC Chair Rep. Читать дальше...
Two Israeli border police in plain clothes, viciously attacked a Palestinian worker outside a supermarket in central Tel Aviv worker on Sunday. The incident which was caught on security camera began when the man refused to show his ID to the off duty cops, because he didn’t know who they were Later the injured man, 19 year old Maysam Abu Alqian, who was lucky to survive, was accused of violence towards his attackers for biting an officer. Haaretz reports: The incident occurred on Sunday afternoon... Читать дальше...
More than 40 percent say they are very uncomfortable with the lack of military or elected public service on his resume.
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Here’s John Kay in the FT arguing that helicopter drops don’t work. He says:
“even if the lucky recipients of the helicopter drop went straight down to the pub to celebrate their good fortune, the publican would return the cash to the banking system by the end of the day, and the notes would end up back in the vaults of the central bank. The helicopter drop does not give households reason to hold additional notes in their wallets, shops to keep more cash in their tills, or banks... Читать дальше...
Helen Hunt documented a big Starbucks mixup on Twitter and fans are getting a real kick out of her sense of humor for sharing it! “Ordered my drink @Starbucks Asked the barista if she wanted my name. She winked and said. ‘We gotcha’,” Helen wrote, but also included a photo of the cup, which had [...]
Three days after the Orlando Magic announced Frank Vogel as the franchise's new coach, the team formally introduced him.
Videogaming as a spectator sport is drawing the attention of mainstream advertisers as they try to capitalize on the spending power of millions of gamers worldwide. Photo: Patrick T. Fallon for The Wall Street Journal
The launch of the small shuttle was a major milestone for the country.
Participants highlight the ins and outs of the herding game at the 79th annual Northwest Championship Sheep Dog Trails in Scio.
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The world is not prepared to cope with what appears to be a dramatic increase in new and reemerging infectious disease threats, the director general of the World Health Organization warned Monday.
Dr. Margaret Chan issued that blunt assessment in a speech opening the 2016 World Health Assembly, the annual general meeting of the WHO’s member states.
Characterizing her own remarks as a “stern warning,” Chan laid out various threats from West Africa’s Ebola outbreak... Читать дальше...
DuPont and The Dow Chemical Co. late Monday announced a slew of executive appointments for the newly minted DowDuPont Inc. following the companies' merger announcement in late December. Howard Ungerleider will become DowDuPont's chief financial officer; Stacy Fox will become general counsel; and Jim Fitterling will become the new company's chief operating officer, among other appointments. The companies had previously disclosed that Andrew Liveris is to become executive chairman of DowDuPont and Edward Breen chief executive officer. Читать дальше...
OMAHA, Neb. (AP) — ConAgra Foods is unloading another business by selling Spicetec Flavors & Seasonings to Givaudan for roughly $340 million.
OMAHA, Neb. (AP) — ConAgra Foods is unloading another business by selling Spicetec Flavors & Seasonings to Givaudan for roughly $340 million.
OMAHA, Neb. (AP) — ConAgra Foods is unloading another business by selling Spicetec Flavors & Seasonings to Givaudan for roughly $340 million.
Former U.S. solicitor general Ted Olson has called for the Second Circuit Court of Appeals to overturn Tom Brady’s ‘Deflategate’ suspension.
Sam Clovis, national co-chair of Donald Trump's campaign, tells MTP Daily he's "very encouraged" that "we have caught up" with Hillary Clinton "as quickly as we have" as indicated in a new NBC News/Wall Street Journal poll.
Global stock markets edged lower while short-dated U.S. Treasury yields held near two-month highs on Monday as investors weighed the possibility that U.S. interest rates could soon rise. Commodities were mostly lower. Oil prices fell for a fourth session in a row as investors worried about global supply, while gold declined to a 3 1/2-week low.
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Officer allegedly bitten arresting man charged with 19 burglaries.
Abuse survivor Jamie Heutmaker spoke in his home about the impact of the Child Victims Act.
FIFA, the governing body of global soccer, announce that the man who controlled its finances for the last eight months had been fired for violating his fiduciary duty to the organization.
WASHINGTON (AP) — Donald Trump has added eight delegates from the U.S. Virgin Islands, pulling him within 68 delegates of clinching the Republican nomination for president. There is a dispute over which Republican delegates from the Virgin Islands will be sent to the national convention.
Algonquin Power has solid growth prospects, as it has a strong pipeline of projects and recently made a big acquisition