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Exclusive Clip: Johnny Cash in 'The Winding Stream'

WSJ.com 

A documentary entitled "The Winding Stream" about country music icons The Carter Family is coming to video on-demand and DVD next week, after playing on the film festival circuit for the last two years. In this exclusive clip, Johnny Cash tells the story about meeting June Carter and how the Carter Family helped him learn the guitar. Photo/Video: Virgil Films

Kohl's Posts Surprise Sales Decline

WSJ.com 

Kohl’s posted a 87% drop in profit in the latest quarter and a surprise decline in sales, in the latest sign of distress by a department-store retailer.

Why the U.S. Army Needs To Say “No Mas” To WAS

The National Interest 

Dan Goure

Security,

A bad idea that needs to go. 

Wide Area Security (WAS), what used to be called stability operations, is supposed to be one of the U.S. Army’s core competencies. It involves much more than providing security for rear areas or occupying enemy territory during the course of hostilities. Nor is it limited to classic counterinsurgency operations. As described in Army documents, it includes a range of tasks well beyond those reasonably considered to be part of counterinsurgency... Читать дальше...

Review: Clooney gets a conscience in 'Money Monster’

Stars and Stripes 

George Clooney plays a Jim Cramer-like television personality who’s forced to grow a conscience when a disgruntled viewer holds him hostage on live TV in “Money Monster,” a serviceable, if slight, real time thriller from director Jodie Foster.

Wall Street opent met winst

Tubantia 

NEW YORK (ANP) - De aandelenbeurzen in New York zijn donderdag met winst geopend. Daarmee tonen de graadmeters enig herstel na de verliezen van woensdag. Zadenhandelaar Monsanto staat in de schijnwerpers na berichten over een mogelijke overname van het bedrijf.

Speaker agrees to snap debate on Vuwani crisis

Times LIVE 

Speaker of the National Assembly Baleka Mbete has agreed to a request by the Democratic Alliance for a snap debate in Parliament on the ongoing violence in Vuwani in Limpopo.



Clinton hits Trump over failure to release tax returns

United Press International (UPI.com) 

Eric DuVall
BLACKWOOD, N.J., May 12 (UPI) -- Democratic front-runner Hillary Clinton criticized presumptive Republican nominee Donald Trump for failing to release his tax returns.

See what is falling from the sky in Jos (photos)

NAIJ.COM (Nigeria News) 

According to a Facebook user, Farida Adamu, rain fell as hailstones from the sky in Jos, Plateau state According to Facebook user Farida Adamu, the city of Jos in Plateau state, experienced a heavy downpour from the sky, but it wasn’t the normal rainfall Nigerians are used to. Instead of rainfall, the residents experienced a […]

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The story of Wojtek: The 440-pound bear that drank, smoked, and carried weapons for the Polish army during World War II

BusinessInsider.com 

Imgur via coveredinksauce

During World War II, the 22nd Artillery Supply Company of the 2nd Polish Corps had an unusual soldier among its ranks, a 440-pound Syrian bear named Wojtek.

Wojtek first came to the company as a cub, but over the course of the war he matured and was given the rank of corporal in the Polish army.

Here's Wojtek's amazing story below.

After being released from a Siberian labor camp during the Nazi invasion of Russia in 1942, the 22nd Polish Supply Brigade began a long trek south toward Persia.

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In Varanasi, Nitish Kumar seeks PM Modi's opinion on liquor ban

«The Times of India» (indiatimes.com) 

Challenging Prime Minister Narendra Modi to clear his stand on liquor Bihar chief minister and Janata Dal United president Nitish Kumar announced to be ready with his slogan `Sangh Mukta Bharat, Sharab Mukta Samaj’ (Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh free India, liquor free society) to combat Bhartiya Janata Party outside Bihar.

Nitish seeks Modi's opinion on `liquor'

«The Times of India» (indiatimes.com) 

Challenging Prime Minister Narendra Modi to clear his stand on liquor Bihar chief minister and Janata Dal United president Nitish Kumar announced to be ready with his slogan `Sangh Mukta Bharat, Sharab Mukta Samaj’ (Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh free India, liquor free society) to combat Bhartiya Janata Party outside Bihar.

A Porsche race car from the '90s is expected to sell for $3 million this weekend

BusinessInsider.com 

Chris Wilson/RM Sotheby's

A Porsche race car from two decades ago is for sale at an RM Sotheby's auction to be held concurrent to the 2016 Historic Grand Prix of Monaco this weekend.

The 911 GT1 Evolution, which competed with the McLaren F1 and Mercedes CLK AMG GTR in a particularly speedy era of endurance racing, is estimated by the auction house to sell for about $3 million.

The car is not a 911 GT1 Straßenversion, the softened, road-car version of the GT1. It is an actual 13-race winner... Читать дальше...


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