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WASHINGTON (AP) — Democrats say top GOP lawmakers are proposing to partially fund President Barack Obama's request for money to fight the Zika virus. The $1.1 billion measure circulating Wednesday comes in advance of an Appropriations panel meeting on Thursday and was being worked on with Democrats in hopes of winning their support. Republicans controlling Congress have increasingly come under pressure to respond to Obama's $1.9 billion request to combat Zika, which can cause grave birth defects... Читать дальше...

The market is showing some signs that we may be in for a bit of a breather, meaning that it might be a good time to take a little bit off the table.

POPLAR, Mont. (AP) — The search for a 1-year-old girl who authorities believe was abducted from her home on a Montana Indian Reservation ended Wednesday with the discovery of her body and a suspect in custody, officials said.

POPLAR, Montana - The search for a 1-year-old girl who authorities believe was abducted from her home on a Montana Indian Reservation ended Wednesday with the discovery of her body and a suspect in custody, officials said.

POPLAR, Mont. (AP) — The search for a 1-year-old girl who authorities believe was abducted from her home on a Montana Indian Reservation ended Wednesday with the discovery of her body and a suspect in custody, officials said.

POPLAR, Mont. (AP) — The search for a 1-year-old girl who authorities believe was abducted from her home on a Montana Indian Reservation ended Wednesday with the discovery of her body and a suspect in custody, officials said.

Claire Danes holds her iPhone in hand while going for a jog along the Hudson River on Monday (April 18) in New York City. The Homeland actress, who just celebrated her 37th birthday last week, worked hard on her fitness on her day off from her Off-Broadway play Dry Powder. PHOTOS: Check out the latest [...]

ATHENS, Georgia - Georgia has signed forward Pape Diatta (pronounced Pop Dee-ah-tuh), a native of Dakar, Senegal who has played the last two years for the College of Southern Idaho.

New legislation calls for the Navy to accelerate construction of aircraft carriers at Newport News Shipbuilding and study how best to build more Virginia class submarines at the shipyard.

NEW YORK (AP) — From the start, the case of a rookie police officer who fatally shot an unarmed black man in a public housing stairwell never fit neatly into the national debate over police brutality and minorities.

NEW YORK - From the start, the case of a rookie police officer who fatally shot an unarmed black man in a public housing stairwell never fit neatly into the national debate over police brutality and minorities.

NEW YORK (AP) — From the start, the case of a rookie police officer who fatally shot an unarmed black man in a public housing stairwell never fit neatly into the national debate over police brutality and minorities.

NEW YORK (AP) — From the start, the case of a rookie police officer who fatally shot an unarmed black man in a public housing stairwell never fit neatly into the national debate over police brutality and minorities.

Uganda’s High Court this week overturned a 10-year prison sentence imposed on the former manager of the Ugandan national soccer team for sodomy and freed him from prison. But the ruling did not indicate any acceptance of homosexuality in a country where penalties for such acts are severe. Instead the man’s conviction was overturned on […]

It’s 4/20 -- the stoner national holiday -- which means many joints will be smoked and marijuana songs played throughout the day. We asked...

A woman who fell off a cliff while mowing the lawn in Canby was rescued by emergency crews on Tuesday. Firefighters said the woman was mowing the lawn on the 300 block of Northwest River Park Place when she fell at around 2 p.m. The woman is thought to have fallen 20 to 25 feet down an embankment along the Molalla River. Rescue crews said the victim was conscious and ...

A Black River Falls man was cited for driving drunk and injuring himself and two others.

Young, minimum-salary players like Quincy Acy don’t typically get player options. But Vlade Divac, y’all. So, Acy – who signed with the Kings last summer – is taking advantage. Sam Amick of USA Today: Free agency news: I'm told Kings forward Quincy Acy is declining his option for next season and will become an unrestricted […]

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Everyone's had a socially awkward experience or two.

You go to hug someone, but they're trying to shake your hand, so you end up backslapping them from a foot away.

Your date asks whether you prefer vanilla or chocolate ice cream, and for some reason you end up telling him about the time you vomited after eating vanilla. (Obviously, nothing like this has ever happened to me.)

Chances are good that you're not nearly as socially inept as you believe you are. Читать дальше...

Consumers typically pay cable companies extra fees for these boxes, and the cable industry is opposed to the effort. Stream has raised the hackles of net-neutrality advocates because using it doesn't count against the data caps that Comcast has in some areas — they think this could make customers prefer Comcast's own TV service over, say, streaming Netflix, which would count against a cap. Net neutrality is the concept that internet service providers should treat all traffic equally.

Consumers typically pay cable companies extra fees for these boxes, and the cable industry is opposed to the effort. Stream has raised the hackles of net-neutrality advocates because using it doesn't count against the data caps that Comcast has in some areas — they think this could make customers prefer Comcast's own TV service over, say, streaming Netflix, which would count against a cap. Net neutrality is the concept that internet service providers should treat all traffic equally.

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This is a sign that the worst is not over in Macau, the world's gambling Mecca.

Las Vegas Sands Corp. reported dismal earnings on Wednesday, and the stock fell as much as 8% in after-hours trading.

Here's a few numbers to give you a picture (you can see more in the table below):

• Analysts expected earnings per share to come in at $0.62. The number instead came in at $0.40, compared to $0.64 for the same period a year before.
• Revenue was expected to come in at $2.88 billion... Читать дальше...

HOUSTON (AP) — The Latest on flooding in the Houston area and other parts of Texas (all times local):

HOUSTON - The Latest on flooding in the Houston area and other parts of Texas (all times local):

HOUSTON (AP) — The Latest on flooding in the Houston area and other parts of Texas (all times local):