Capitol spotlight shifts to Senate with plenty in play
MADISON — Republicans in the Wisconsin Assembly say they finished their work for the two-year legislative session on Thursday, but things aren't going to quiet down at the state Capitol.
MADISON — Republicans in the Wisconsin Assembly say they finished their work for the two-year legislative session on Thursday, but things aren't going to quiet down at the state Capitol.
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Rumor has it there's a "hidden job market" with tons of unadvertised jobs. And as it turns out, there are some easy ways to crack it."This is good news for job seekers who are a little adventurous but also strategic," explains Lynn Taylor, a national workplace expert and author of "Tame Your Terrible Office Tyrant: How to Manage Childish Boss Behavior and Thrive in Your Job." "A hidden market affords you endless opportunities to pursue your dream job. Whether a job is unadvertised or hasn't even been created yet... Читать дальше...
Lending start-ups face a number of conditions that are shrinking margins and cutting into available capital.
WASHINGTON - An election watchdog organization filed a complaint Friday with the Federal Election Commission over a $500,000 donation to a super political action committee aiding Marco Rubio from a mystery firm headed by a New York investor. Efforts by good government groups to stem the use of shadowy corporate entities to channel large political donations have been long stymied by the FEC's internal political paralysis.
WASHINGTON (AP) — An election watchdog organization filed a complaint Friday with the Federal Election Commission over a $500,000 donation to a super political action committee aiding Marco Ru…
WASHINGTON (AP) — An election watchdog organization filed a complaint Friday with the Federal Election Commission over a $500,000 donation to a super political action committee aiding Marco Ru…
WASHINGTON (AP) — An election watchdog organization filed a complaint Friday with the Federal Election Commission over a $500,000 donation to a super political action committee aiding Marco Rubio from a mystery firm headed by a New York investor. Efforts by good government groups to stem the use of shadowy corporate entities to channel large political donations have been long stymied by the FEC's internal political paralysis. The complaint from the Citizens for Responsibility and Ethics in Washington... Читать дальше...
American novelist Harper Lee, author of Pulitzer Prize-winning To Kill a Mockingbird, dies aged 89.
Kanye West’s 30 Hours feels immediately beloved, while the strange sounds of Heimat’s Pompei force you to pay attention
Three people died and two others were critically injured when two cars collided on the N14 between Randfontein and Ventersdorp.
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Losing money from a trash-talking chess (or backgammon!) hustler in Washington Square Park or Union Square is a quintessential New York experience, up there with throwing yourself into an overcrowded subway car or failing to meet the credit card minimum at your local bodega.
Here's a fun little video of a chess match in Washington Square park, only except for an amateur chess player destined to lose money and fall for cheap tricks, the hustler's opponent is Grandmaster Maurice Ashley. Читать дальше...
The body of U.S. Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia arrived at the U.S. Supreme Court on Friday morning (February 19) to lie in repose, a day before his funeral service. Scalia's casket was carried up the white marble courthouse's grand staircase by Supreme Court police officers. It was placed on a historic raised bier built in 1865 to support the body of assassinated President Abraham Lincoln.
Een moeder heeft vrijdagmiddag met hulp van een automobilist haar baby uit het IJ in Amsterdam gered. De vrouw stond samen met haar kinderen te wachten bij een bushalte aan de Buiksloterweg toen de kinderwagen met de ongeveer drie maanden oude baby het water in rolde.
In a stormy segment of “Morning Joe” Friday, MSNBC co-hosts Joe Scarborough and Mika Brzezinski railed against media critics for scrutinizing their ties to Republican front-runner and friend of the show Donald Trump. “People have the audacity to ask, are we too close to Donald Trump,” Scarborough thundered. “The answer is no, we're not.”
Amy R. Connolly
AUSTIN, Texas, Feb. 19 (UPI) -- A Texas Health and Human Services Commission official stepped down after he co-authored a study critical of limits to Planned Parenthood access.
A long decline in participation may finally be slowing, benefiting equipment retailers
Former Mayor David Dinkins was hospitalized with a serious bout of pneumonia, but is now doing better.
Griffin bought 'Interchange' by Willem da Kooning for $300 million and 'Number 17A' for $200 million by Jackson Pollock from David Geffen.
The shutdown that briefly silenced 'Viz' exposes a cloth ear for tone. Satire, even scatological satire, has its own norms that deserve respect
Here's where small tech companies can challenge the big guys in the world of virtual and augmented reality.
Elizabeth Shim
BEIJING, Feb. 19 (UPI) -- A North Korean diplomat returning from a dinner celebrating the launch of Pyongyang's satellite was involved in a car accident that killed three people.
Low oil prices are biting: Five big oil producing countries were hit with downgrades from the rating agency Standard and Poor's.
This morning, word came that Harper Lee, the author of “To Kill a Mockingbird,” had died, at the age of eighty-nine. Lee was one of the most important and one of the most mysterious figures in American literary history. “To Kill a Mockingbird,” which won the Pulitzer Prize in 1960, became, for many readers, one of the key novels about race in America. (The film version, starring Gregory Peck as Atticus Finch, is an equally immovable cultural touchstone.) And yet, despite her success, Lee lived in relative seclusion... Читать дальше...