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CABIN crew have the key job of looking after passengers travelling on a plane. Fliers can often have very high expectations of flight attendants - so what does it mean if you spot them doing this?

MEGHAN Markle and Kate, the Duchess of Cambridge, are entwined in a “power-play” fuelled by their starkly different backgrounds, a family consultant said.

• The government shutdown entered day 22 at midnight Eastern Time, setting the record for the longest shutdown of the modern budgeting era.
• The shutdown surpassed the 21-day shutdown of 1995 and 1996 as the longest ever.
• The shutdown does not appear to be close to ending as President Donald Trump and Democrats remain dug in to their positions on the president's request for $5 billion to build a US-Mexico border wall.
• The shutdown has also left 800,000 federal workers with no paychecks. Читать дальше...

THE well-backed KLOUD GATE can reward his supporters in today’s Unibet Lanzarote Hurdle at Kempton.

PICKENS, S.C. (AP) — Dressed in a blue carpenter's apron, former state Sen. Larry Martin glanced at the flat-screen television hanging on the wall of his spacious workshop. For 38 years, being a lawmaker was a major part of his life. The 61-year-old Republican from Pickens started in the House in 1979 and was elected to the Senate in 1992. But he's been out of the legislative game for two years now. "I do keep up a little bit, but I don't watch the Legislature in session," said Martin, smiling. "That... Читать дальше...

ALEXANDRIA, La. (AP) — The Christmas tree is simple, clean, orderly— much the way Brittney Metrejean aspires to live her life these days. It's full but not overcrowded. It's colorful but not clashing. "It's the most beautiful thing," Brittney said. The tree might seem unremarkable, distinguishable from millions of others people have in their homes during the holiday season only by the way they're decorated. But to Brittney, it represents so much more. It's the promise that she won't let drugs take control of her life again. Читать дальше...

ST. GABRIEL, La. (AP) — Wetland ecologist Scott Nesbit drove down a gravel oil field road in an all-terrain utility vehicle, zipping under a heavy forest canopy toward what he says is the source of it all. Nesbit's target was a shuttered and overgrown former Shell Oil production facility near a T-intersection where the forest has given way to the sky, scrub and open marsh in the heart of the Spanish Lake basin. Backed with scientific measurements of land in Spanish Lake and the underlying aquifer... Читать дальше...

DURHAM, N.C. (AP) — Have you wondered how Captain America survived being in a state of suspended animation, if apes could grow as large as King Kong and why so many of the aliens in "Star Trek" look humanoid? It's those kinds of questions that Mohamed Noor, a biology professor at Duke University, is asking by using science fiction to motivate people to learn more about science. Noor has taken his message wider with his recently published book, "Live Long and Evolve: What Star Trek Can Teach Us About Evolution, Genetics And Life On Other Worlds.

The partial shutdown enters its 22nd day leaving hundreds of thousands of federal workers unpaid.

  “We are being treated like pawns” As payless payday looms, federal unions stage protests in US cities By our reporter 11 January 2019 Friday will be the first payless payday for hundreds of thousands of federal workers forced to work without pay during the US government shutdown. Hundreds of thousands more are on furlough […]

Mark Lawrenson is backing Arsenal to ease to a comfortable win against West Ham United at the London Stadium on Saturday afternoon. The Gunners will make the short trip across the English capital looking to keep pressure on fourth-placed Chelsea FC in the race to secure a Champions League spot. Arsenal have only managed to […]

South Carolina and Missouri have tentatively rescheduled Saturday's postponed basketball game to Sunday, as long as the Tigers can safely travel for their road game due to winter weather. The … Click to Continue »

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Donald Trump frequently claims to make history. Saturday, he really did.

We've had government shutdowns since the '70s. Early on they were low on drama and usually quickly resolved. Then came 1995, when the GOP used budget negotiations to push a broad philosophical fight.

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Occupying a corner at the top of South America, Colombia is a country that, geographically speaking, has it all. To venture there is to hit the jackpot for a curious traveler keen on exploring everything from tangled jungles to misty mountain towns, scorching sugary beaches and everything in between. In planning a trip to this South American nation, certain destinations regularly score a place on the tops of “must-do” checklists. Medellín, Cartagena, Guatapé, Bogotá, and Tayrona Park are... Читать дальше...

Moon Alert We have the “all clear” today to shop and do business. The moon is in Aries. Aries (March 21-April 19) This is a very different day! Now, you’re ready for action! Go after what you want. In fact, ask the universe for a favor. It’s a good day to make travel plans and […]

Indian rider CS Santosh crashed out in the fifth stage of the 41st edition of the Dakar Rally even as his Hero MotorSports teammates Oriol Mena and Joaquim Rodrigues dished out gritty performances to reach the finishing line on an incident-filled day, here. The stage 5 of Dakar 2019 turned out to be an extremely tough and dangerous day for the competitors, claiming its fair share of casualties on Friday. Santosh suffered a nasty crash between the waypoint 4 and 5, scuttling his chances to pursue the stage further. Читать дальше...

A marketing executive explains how to turn purpose into a team sport.

As companies increasingly talk about their values and place in society, many managers have started to talk about leading with “purpose.” Ideo designer and doctoral student Nina Montgomery invited several senior executives to share their own experiences navigating the intersection of business and social responsibility; she compiled their essays in a book, Perspectives on Purpose:Leading Voices on Building Brands and Businesses for the Twenty-First Century... Читать дальше...

If you don't like the Tragically Hip, are you really Canadian? Shazlin Rahman struggled to fit in with Canadian culture, until her grandmother showed her how to embrace her Malaysian identity.

Delhiites woke up to a chilly Saturday morning with the minimum temperature settling at 7.1 degrees Celsius and the city being enveloped in a cover of moderate fog. Visibility dropped to 300 metres at Safadarjung and 400 metres at Palam due to fog, around 7.30 AM, said a MeT department official. Relative humidity was 100 per cent at 8.30 AM. According to forecast of the department, the day will turn from partly cloudy to generally cloudy by the evening and there is possibility of "very light" rain by the night. Читать дальше...

Witnesses in the trial of the alleged kingpin of the Sinaloa cartel have offered a glimpse of how a real-life drug lord manages a complex network of employees.

ATHENS (Sputnik) - The Greek police fired tear gas, used stun grenades against teachers protesting a planned law on new recruitment regulations, and a parliamentarian from the country's Communist Party as well as a teacher union leader were injured during clashes, the country's public order minister, Olga Gerovasili, said in a statement on Friday.