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Indiana Fever re-sign trio of players

The Seattle Times 

NEW YORK (AP) — The Indiana Fever are keeping their core together. Natalie Achonwa, Shenise Johnson and Erica Wheeler re-signed with the Fever on Friday, the first day that WNBA teams could announce free agent signings. “We are thrilled to have three key veterans returning to the roster,” said third-year Fever coach and general manager […]

Northern Rockies' national parks take stock after shutdown

«SFGate» (sfgate.com) 

HELENA, Mont. (AP) — Glacier National Park staffers are trying to figure out just how much last month's government shutdown set them back in hiring hundreds of summer workers. In Yellowstone, they're catching up with a backlog of applications for filming, research and other special park uses. And in Grand Teton, they're jump-starting the vehicle fleet and trying to get their permit system running after the 35-day shutdown. Winter is a quiet season with relatively few visitors in the national parks of the Northern Rocky Mountains. Читать дальше...



Science Says: Internet craze behind a brain-tingling beer ad

Times Union 

A new Super Bowl commercial aims to calm frenzied football fans with oddly relaxing images of actress Zoe Kravitz whispering into a pair of microphones and softly tapping on a bottle. The beer ad already has drawn more than 10 million views and stands to expose a vast audience to an internet craze known as ASMR, or autonomous sensory meridian response. Some people spend hours watching videos of hair brushing, paper crinkling or "happy little clouds" artist Bob Ross painting because they say it makes their brains tingle. Читать дальше...

Winning numbers drawn in 'Daily Four-Midday' game

«SFGate» (sfgate.com) 

INDIANAPOLIS (AP) _ The winning numbers in Friday afternoon's drawing of the Indiana Lottery's "Daily Four-Midday" game were: 6-6-7-4, SB: 1 (six, six, seven, four; SB: one)

Winning numbers drawn in 'Daily Three-Midday' game

«SFGate» (sfgate.com) 

INDIANAPOLIS (AP) _ The winning numbers in Friday afternoon's drawing of the Indiana Lottery's "Daily Three-Midday" game were: 9-7-4, SB: 1 (nine, seven, four; SB: one)

Why Amazon's AWS Cloud Business Will Continue to Grow

eWeek 

NEWS ANALYSIS: AWS is now the single most profitable business unit within Amazon, and it's likely to only grow in the months ahead, thanks in part to a number of key factors that are working in the company's favor.

CFPB settles with NDG Financial Corp., other payday lenders for deceptive marketing

MarketWatch.com 

The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau settled on Friday with several payday lenders and corporate officials based in Canada and Malta for alleged violation of the Consumer Financial Protection Act of 2010. The CFPB alleges they misrepresented to consumers that they were obligated to repay loans in states where the loans violated state licensing or usury laws and state law voided the loan. The loans were also illegally conditioned on irrevocable wage assignment clauses, which the CFPB alleges violates the Credit Practices Act. Читать дальше...

Judge considering order on jailing offenders who can't pay

«SFGate» (sfgate.com) 

NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — A federal judge has heard arguments on whether to order a Tennessee county to stop jailing some people simply because they can't afford bail. The issue is part of a larger lawsuit accusing Giles County and for-profit probation companies of using the threat of jail and extended probation to squeeze money out of indigent misdemeanor offenders. The plaintiffs are five women who claim their probation was so onerous that they sold their possessions and diverted money needed for food... Читать дальше...

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January's jobs report just threw cold water on hopes for a dovish Fed

ThisIsinsider.com 

  • The Federal Reserve signaled this week that the end of rate hikes for this cycle could be near.
  • But after an unexpectedly robust jobs report Friday, some are reversing expectations.
  • The recently ended government shutdown — and potential for another one — has muddled the outlook at an already uncertain time for the economy. 

The latest snapshot of the US labor market could upend newfound expectations for the Federal Reserve to take a break on raising borrowing costs.

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Exxon Mobil Is the Most Challenging of the Energy Stocks - TheStreet.com

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  1. Exxon Mobil Is the Most Challenging of the Energy Stocks  TheStreet.com
  2. Exxon Mobil posts big quarterly profit beat as oil major hikes production  CNBC
  3. Big Oil Companies Finished 2018 Strong Despite Plunge in Oil Prices  The Wall Street Journal
  4. Exxon Finally Speaks Up as Chevron Catches Up  Bloomberg
  5. Exxon's oil and gas output finally stops shrinking  CNN
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The Rights and Wrongs of Federal Guidelines on Sexual Assault

The New Yorker 

Jeannie Suk Gersen writes about the good and bad within Secretary of Education Betsy DeVos’s proposed Title IX regulations, including as they pertain to sexual harassment and assault on college and university campuses.


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