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Manchester United set to reduce transfer activity

TheRepublic.com 

MANCHESTER, England — Manchester United is set to reduce its activity in the transfer market following several overhauls of the squad since Alex Ferguson’s retirement in 2013. United has spent about 500 million pounds on new players under David Moyes, Louis van Gaal and current manager Jose Mourinho, although the club hasn’t finished in the

Trump is playing catch-up to fill 685 top government posts

BusinessInsider.com 

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WASHINGTON (AP) — With Senate confirmation of Attorney General Jeff Sessions, President Donald Trump filled another important post in his new government. Only 685 to go.

In his third week in office, Trump's young government remains a work in progress, with hundreds of empty desks in agency offices across Washington. While the president has criticized Democrats for the delays, he also shares at least part of the blame for moving more slowly than his... Читать дальше...

Travel agent who scammed customers gets almost 4 years

«Seattle Post-Intelligencer» (seattlepi.com) 

BOSTON (AP) — A Massachusetts travel agent has been sentenced to almost four years in prison for using millions of dollars in deposits from cruise customers to support his gambling habit. Prosecutors say Gordon had exclusive control of the finances at the Newton business, which sold overseas river cruise vacations.



Worker critically injured in chemical explosion at plant

TheRepublic.com 

SELBYVILLE, Del. — Fire officials say a worker suffered facial trauma and burns in a chemical explosion at a poultry processing plant in Selbyville. Selbyville Fire Chief Matthew Sliwa said by telephone that firefighters were called to the Mountaire Farms plant about 3 a.m. Thursday and the worker was transported to a hospital in critical

Aretha Franklin Announces Retirement: 'I Am Retiring This Year'

«Just Jared» 

Aretha Franklin has announced she will be retiring this year. The 74-year-old legendary singer told Detroit TV station Local 4 the news. “I must tell you, I am retiring this year….This will be my last year. I will be recording, but this will be my last year in concert. This is it,” Aretha said, adding [...]

Trump travel ban lawsuits pile up

Politico 

A federal appeals court could rule at any time on the order, but opponents are pressing their case in other jurisdictions.

Gannett Co. tops Street 4Q forecasts

TheRepublic.com 

MCLEAN, Va. — Gannett Co. (GCI) on Thursday reported fourth-quarter profit of $24.6 million. The McLean, Virginia-based company said it had profit of 21 cents per share. Earnings, adjusted for one-time gains and costs, were 50 cents per share. The results beat Wall Street expectations. The average estimate of three analysts surveyed by Zacks Investment

The 'real' Mr Darcy

BBC 

The first "historically accurate" portrait of Jane Austen's Mr Darcy is revealed by academics.

The Latest: Tribe files legal challenge to pipeline’s finish

TheRepublic.com 

CANNON BALL, N.D. — The Latest on the proposed four-state, $3.8 billion Dakota Access oil pipeline (all times local): 8:45 a.m. One of two American Indian tribes fighting the Dakota Access oil pipeline has filed a legal challenge to try to block its completion. The Cheyenne River Sioux worries a pipeline leak could contaminate its

Weak and short La Nina fades away; climate shifts to neutral

TheRepublic.com 

WASHINGTON — La Nina, we hardly knew ye. U.S. weather forecasters said Thursday the cool flip side to the climate phenomenon El Nino has faded away. The La Nina episode lasted only four months and was among the weakest and shortest on record, coming on the heels of one of the strongest El Ninos, said





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