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Bender, Brooke-Marciniak, Snyder named to USOC board

The Seattle Times 

COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. (AP) — The U.S. Olympic Committee has appointed Paralympic gold-medal swimmer Brad Snyder, Ernst & Young executive Beth Brooke-Marciniak and USA Wrestling executive director Rich Bender to its board of directors. They take over for members whose terms expired — Dave Ogrean, Nina Kemppel and Jim Benson. The 16-person board’s main task […]

Wall Street edges up; economic concerns cap gains

Business Standard 

NEW YORK (Reuters) - Wall Street edged nominally higher on Wednesday after stumbling out of the starting gate on the first trading day of the new year as bargain-hunting was offset by fears of a global economic slowdown.



Trump rants about the government shutdown, stock market 'glitches,' Tom Cruise, and more during wild Cabinet meeting

ThisIsinsider.com 

  • President Donald Trump held a Cabinet meeting on Wednesday.
  • He spoke with the press for roughly an hour-and-a-half during the meeting.
  • Trump hit on topics including the government shutdown, border wall, Sen. Mitt Romney, the military withdrawal from Syria, former Defense Secretary James Mattis, the stock market, and more.

President Donald Trump kicked off 2019 with a wild, scattershot Cabinet meeting Wednesday that hit on topics ranging from funding the long-promised... Читать дальше...

'I won': Trump rebuffs criticism from incoming Senator Romney

Yahoo! News 

Romney, who starts work on Thursday when members of the 2019-2020 Congress take office, suggested in a newspaper essay published on Tuesday that Trump had "caused dismay around the world" and said his presidency had "made a deep descent in December." "On balance, his conduct over the past two years ... is evidence that the president has not risen to the mantle of the office," said Romney in the Washington Post essay, reprising a strong critique of Trump that he voiced during the 2016 presidential campaign. Читать дальше...

Australian dollar slides below US70c

Sydney Morning Herald 

The Australian dollar has fallen below US70¢ in overnight trade to its lowest in three years, extending its 2018 retreat.

A solar-powered private island in the Maldives with 15 overwater bungalows is the best new luxury hotel to visit in 2019

ThisIsinsider.com 

  • Kudadoo Maldives Private Island has been named the best new luxury hotel of 2019 by the team at Luxury Travel Intelligence.
  • The adults-only resort has 15 private residences and is situated in a lagoon.
  • Guests have access to a 24-hour butler, a spa, and a swimming pool overlooking the ocean.
  • The resort is part of the growing movement of eco-friendly tourism: It's entirely solar-powered.

A tiny resort in the Maldives has been dubbed the best new luxury resort of 2019.

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Toot! Toot! New riverboat to ply Mississippi in New Orleans

«SFGate» (sfgate.com) 

NEW ORLEANS — Few experiences capture old New Orleans and the Mississippi River quite like a paddle wheel riverboat coming round the muddy bend with its tooting whistle horn, towering smoke stacks and water-churning propeller. This month the first new riverboat in more than a decade is set to launch in this Louisiana port city. A plunge in tourism after Hurricane Katrina in 2005 forced the New Orleans Steamboat Company to sell off one of its two boats, but the arrival of the City of New Orleans is... Читать дальше...

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‘My dad fell asleep watching’ These Chelsea fans react to poor first half showing during Southampton clash

Caught Offside 

Chelsea struggled to make a mark in the first half of their clash against Southampton, the first half of action certainly wouldn’t win over any non-football fans. The Blues failed to make their advantage in possession count. The best chance of the half went to superstar Eden Hazard in the 35th minute, unfortunately for the […]

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Agent: 'Rugani never for sale'

Football-Italia.net 

Daniele Rugani “has never been placed on the market by Juventus and will without doubt stay in January,” assured his agent.

Incoming P5 Grad Transfer?

Bulldog Barks and Bytes : Diamond Dawgs Baseball 

Bleed Tech Blue has mentioned an incoming P5 Grad Transfer that will be able to start immediately. Any details on this? Is it confirmed? AND......is he a QB? ;)

Leigh Centurions • 81/2 season part 1

Rugby League Supporters Association Online 

With Geoff Clarkson and Tommy Martyn senior back for their second spells at the club, what about this team as the best in Leigh RLFC’s history? - 1. Mick Hogan, 2 Des Drummond, 3 Terry Bilsbury, 4 Steve Donlan, 5 Phil Fox, 6 John Woods, 7 Kenny Green, 8 Alf Wilkinson, 9 Ray Tabern 10 Tony Cooke, 11 Tommy Martyn, 12 Ian Potter, 13 Mick McTigue. Subs:-14 Steve Tomlinson, 15 Eric Chisnall, 16 Derek Pyke, 17 Geoff Clarkson.
As for the season it met the highest of my expectations. The Lancashire... Читать дальше...

Women Strive to End Genital Mutilation in Kurdish Iraq

Voice of America 

Dark skies were threatening rain over an Iraqi Kurdistan village, but one woman refused to budge from outside a house where two girls were at risk of female genital mutilation.    "I know you're home! I just want to talk," called out Kurdistan Rasul, 35, a pink headscarf forming a sort of halo around her plump features.    For many, she is an angel — an Iraqi Kurdish activist with the Germany-based nonprofit Association for Crisis Assistance and Development Cooperation (WADI), on a crusade to eradicate female genital mutilation (FGM). Читать дальше...


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