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The Latest: Slain Google worker ‘knew what she wanted to do’

TheRepublic.com 

PRINCETON, Mass. — The Latest on the investigation into the slaying of a runner from New York City whose body was found in woods near her mother’s home in Princeton, Massachusetts (all times local): 12:45 p.m. A Boston University professor says a Google account manager who was found slain in central Massachusetts during the weekend

Coach is starting to shut down a huge part of its business

BusinessInsider.com 

Mallory Schlossberg/Business Insider

Coach is ready to own its brand.

The company reported that even though comparable sales for its North American stores were up 2%, department store net sales were down in the "high single digits."

When department stores falter, it can erode a brand like Coach's reputation.

But the company has announced this morning that come fiscal 2017 —  which is next quarter for Coach — it would be shuttering 25% of its 1,000-plus wholesale locations... Читать дальше...

Boy 10 Decapitated On World’s Tallest Water Slide

yournewswire-com 

A 10-year-old boy was horrifically decapitated when riding the world’s tallest water slide at Schlitterbahn Waterpark in Kansas City on Sunday. Caleb Thomas Schwab, the son of Kansas state Congressman Scott Schwab, was killed when he became detached from the raft he was strapped in and was flung through the harness and into the safety net before plunging 50ft to his death. The gruesome details emerge as the accident on the 168-foot-tall Verruckt ride is investigated by the police. Metro reports: Winter Prosapio... Читать дальше...

Hattiesburg receives $3 million in contamination settlement

TheRepublic.com 

HATTIESBURG, Miss. — The city of Hattiesburg will receive approximately $3 million in a settlement resolving certain legal claims relating to groundwater contamination from the former Hercules/Ashland plant. The Hattiesburg American reports (http://hatne.ws/2aIDoR4) it’s the final resolution in a lawsuit filed three years ago by city officials in U.S. District Court, which claimed groundwater contamination

Campaign donation limits, tobacco taxes on Missouri ballot

TheRepublic.com 

JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. — Missouri voters will be able to weigh in on proposed cigarette tax hikes and campaign contribution limits during the November election, Secretary of State Jason Kander announced Tuesday. Kander’s office determined those measures and another to prohibit sales taxes on services that weren’t taxed as of 2015 received enough valid signatures



Chief of Audi Volkswagen Korea to be summoned this week

Yonhap News Agency (en) 

SEOUL, Aug. 9 (Yonhap) -- State prosecutors on Tuesday said the local chief of German carmaker Volkswagen will be summoned this week so he can be questioned on irregularities committed by the automaker in South Korea. The Seoul Central District Pro

Hamilton isn’t perfect. But it’s *perfect.* I couldn’t write for a month after I saw it.

Vox 

I didn’t leave the theater after seeing Hamilton. I resurfaced.

Walking out into the cool night air, pushing past the people crowded near the stage door to catch even a glimpse of the show’s cast as they exited, I felt as if I had been sitting on the floor of the ocean and needed to take my time breaking the water’s surface, lest my body depressurize.

It’s an experience I’ve had a few times in my life, always in the presence of great art. I remember staying up well past bedtime as a teenager reading The Great Gatsby... Читать дальше...

Doctors Urged to Prescribe Lower Doses of Opioids, No Refills

«TDN» (tdn.com) 

TUESDAY, Aug. 9, 2016 (HealthDay News) -- Patients who are first-time users of pain-killing opioids should be prescribed a small dose without refills to reduce the risk of long-term use and possible addiction, a new study suggests.





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