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As disappointed as the Detroit Lions were to lose their final four games, Jim Caldwell said the program took a major step forward this year in his third season as coach.
LAGOS, Nigeria — Nigerian legislators on Thursday were debating whether to offer asylum to Gambia’s longtime leader, who is refusing to cede power after losing elections. Rep. Yisa Orker-Yev told The Associated Press that a motion to offer safe haven to President Yahya Jammeh was being debated in the House of Assembly. It was not
U.S. jobless claims rise in opening week of 2017
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LAGOS, Nigeria (AP) — Nigerian legislators are debating whether to offer asylum to Gambia's longtime leader, who is refusing to cede power after losing elections.
The US-led coalition air forces launched nine strikes in Syria and eight strikes in Iraq, including five in Mosul against the Daesh targets, according to Operation Inherent Resolve.
Billionaire hedge-fund manager George Soros lost nearly $1 billion as a result of the stock-market rally spurred by Donald Trump’s surprise presidential election. But Stanley Druckenmiller, Soros’s former deputy, anticipated the market’s recent climb and racked up sizable gains.
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LONDON, Jan. 12 (UPI) -- A survey of production data from OPEC shows evidence of a managed decline, but the durability of that trend is a critical question, a survey found.
China announced on Thursday a five-year plan to develop clean energy and open a research centre in the South China Sea - which could escalate tensions in the hotly-contested waters.
Colin-Maillard était un guerrier qui se battait avec les yeux crevés.
«Vinaigre» est formé à partir des mots «vin aigre», tout bêtement.
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Le jeu «Colin-maillard» tiendrait son nom de Jean Colin-Maillard, un guerrier de la principauté de Liège ayant vécu au Moyen Âge, réputé pour avoir continué à se battre avec un maillet alors qu'il avait eu les yeux crevés pendant une bataille.
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By Steve Beideck, The Sports Xchange
OMAHA, Neb. -- Another efficient performance from the field, paired with a better-than-usual showing at the defensive end, led No. 8 Creighton to a 75-64 Big East Conference basketball victory over No. 12 Butler on Wednesday.
The economy has started 2017 on a good foot and three rate hikes are likely to be appropriate, said Philadelphia Fed President Patrick Harker on Thursday.
Wenger sees three key first team players commit futures to Gunners.
Breaking down the stage after President-elect Donald J. Trump’s news conference on Wednesday. As new would-be scandals rapidly follow older ones, many fail to gain traction.
NEW YORK — The former head of the U.S. Copyright Office, whose ouster last fall angered many in the arts world, has been chosen to lead the book publishers’ trade group. Maria A. Pallante will become president and CEO of the Association of American Publishers, beginning next Wednesday. She will succeed Tom Allen, a former
Initial claims for state unemployment benefits increased 10,000 to a seasonally adjusted 247,000.
Abimbola Adelakun in this piece says that those expressing fear that if big pastors are taken out of the picture Christianity would not survive are wrong.
Arranging several dozen motley shaped stones across two floors of a museum may not sound like a particularly creative effort, but it actually makes for alluring viewing.
WASHINGTON — More Americans sought unemployment benefits last week, but the increase was modest and overall applications remain low, a sign of a steady job market. THE NUMBERS: Weekly applications for unemployment aid rose 10,000 to a seasonally adjusted 247,000, the Labor Department said Thursday. The four-week average, a less volatile measure, slipped 1,750 to
GAZA CITY, Gaza Strip — Hamas has arrested a Gaza comedian whose video lament on social media about power cuts and other hardships under the rule of the Islamic militant group got more than a quarter million views. The Palestinian Center for Human Rights said Thursday that Adel al-Mashwakhi, 32, was detained a day earlier,
The Curious Case of Christian Hackenberg has prompted six words to dance in our heads.
The Russian communications minister pointed out a positive fact in the torrent of US allegations against some Russian hackers.
Backed by growths in mining, manufacturing and electricity sectors, industrial outputs grew 5.7 percent in the month of November compared to the contraction of 3.4 percent in the same month in 2015.
Ice Cube and Allen Iverson are putting their star power behind a new 3-on-3 professional basketball league.