Daughters' pleas, model jail behavior don't earn a corrupt governor a reduced term, judge decides - Washington Post
Washington Post | Daughters' pleas, model jail behavior don't earn a corrupt governor a reduced term, judge decides |
Washington Post | Daughters' pleas, model jail behavior don't earn a corrupt governor a reduced term, judge decides |
NEW YORK (ANP) - De aandelenbeurzen in New York stonden dinsdag in de middaghandel op een kleine winst. Daarmee bewogen de graadmeters rond nieuwe recordniveaus, na de toppen die in de afgelopen weken al werden bereikt.
Robert Blagojevich spoke to reporters Tuesday afternoon outside Chicago federal court after a judge denied Rod Blagojevich's request for a lighter sentence in his corruption case. A federal judge who was ordered to resentence Rod Blagojevich has decided to keep the former Illinois governor's original 14-year term on corruption counts. Blagojevich's attorneys had asked for a 5-year reduced term after a federal appeals court. A federal judge has upheld former Illinois Gov. Rod Blagojevich's 14-year prison sentence on corruption charges. Читать дальше...
NEW YORK (AP) — Qatar's Al Jazeera English and Brazil's TV Globo have received two nominations apiece for International Emmys in the news and current affairs categories.
NEW YORK (AP) — Qatar's Al Jazeera English and Brazil's TV Globo have received two nominations apiece for International Emmys in the news and current affairs categories.
NEW YORK (AP) — Qatar's Al Jazeera English and Brazil's TV Globo have received two nominations apiece for International Emmys in the news and current affairs categories.
NEW YORK (AP) — Qatar's Al Jazeera English and Brazil's TV Globo have received two nominations apiece for International Emmys in the news and current affairs categories.
In the desolate Texas of "Hell or High Water," a bank clerk (Dale Dickie) gently sasses the ski-masked robbers with the condescending assessment, "y'all are new at this." That's the world created by director David Mackenzie and writer Taylor Sheridan in this post-recession Western, which plays like a Johnny Cash song come to life. All the adventures and angst of the good bad guys that Cash sang about are on screen, in this tale of men fighting for prosperity in a world that's no longer made for them.
Donald Trump's new tax plan includes three big windfalls for the wealthy, the least noticed of which may be the most important.
RHINELANDER, Wis. (AP) — Oneida County sheriff's officials have identified the young child struck and killed by a car driven by his mother.
DNR said Tuesday that fishing can continue as the population recovers.
HANOI, Aug. 9 (Yonhap) -- South Korean tech firms are rushing to expand their investment in Vietnam in line with their effort to build a new production base in the Southeast Asian country. South Korea's Seoul Semiconductor Co. has won a license to
Russia is willing to discuss a lower price for natural gas deliveries to Turkey, the Russian energy minister said Tuesday after President Vladimir Putin met with his Turkish counterpart in St. Petersburg.
– Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC) has dismissed reports that it plans to increase fuel price – Maikanti Baru, the managing director NNPC revealed this after meeting with President Muhammadu Buhari – The NNPC boss said he has not been directed to increase it from N145 The Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC) has assured Nigerians that it has […]
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Steven Reinberg, HealthDay News
Millions of Americans are exposed to unsafe levels of dangerous chemicals in their drinking water that may trigger a host of health problems, researchers report.
The United Nations called on Tuesday for an urgent ceasefire in the divided Syrian city of Aleppo, where it said two million people lack access to clean water, putting people, especially children, at risk of disease.
RIO DE JANEIRO (AP) — If you strapped weights to Usain Bolt's chest, replaced his six-pack stomach with abs stretched out of shape, de-tuned his muscular frame and explosive power by jellifying his joints, and forced him to take the…
His famous hair has now turned white.
A judge on Tuesday upheld Rod Blagojevich's 2011 sentencing for extortion and bribery, although the ex-Illinois governor acknowledged making mistakes.
INDIANAPOLIS (AP) _ The winning numbers in Tuesday afternoon's drawing of the Indiana Lottery's "Quick Draw Midday" game were: 01-13-18-24-26-27-29-37-38-40-42-57-60-62-64-69-70-73-76-80 (one, thirteen, eighteen, twenty-four, twenty-six, twenty-seven, twenty-nine, thirty-seven, thirty-eight, forty, forty-two, fifty-seven, sixty, sixty-two, sixty-four, sixty-nine, seventy, seventy-three, seventy-six, eighty)
Wade Sheridan
LOS ANGELES, Aug. 9 (UPI) -- Dwayne Johnson has taken to social media to slam his male "Fast 8" co-stars whom he deems as unprofessional when compared to his female castmates.
The hush-hush theme of American Horror Story‘s forthcoming season may have already been revealed. Discussing the unprecedented veil of secrecy surrounding Season 6 at the Television Critics Association summer press tour on Tuesday, FX Networks’ CEO John Landgraf told reporters that his marketing team “went out and created many more trailers than you’ve actually seen for hypothetical seasons of American Horror Story, in different genres, different places.
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