(AP) — Officials in northern Indiana say Elkhart County could bring in about $2 million a year in revenue for housing more inmates from the overcrowded Marion County Jail in Indianapolis. Elkhart County Sheriff Brad Rogers says the jail in Indianapolis is under a federal mandate to reduce its inmate population and will be transferring as many as 50 detainees to Elkhart County as soon as Tuesday.
Real Madrid boss Zinedine Zidane concedes Barcelona are deserved La Liga champions after his side lost out to their rivals by one point.
More than 3 million people are now registered to vote in South Carolina with the deadline to get on the books looming.
This week Chief Olusegun Obasanjo spoke about Buhari, Jonathan and Yar’Adua at the third international conference on African development issues. The event titled “Driving inclusive and sustainable development in Africa: Models, methods, and policies” was organised by Covenant University, Ota, Ogun state. NAIJ.com brings you top quotes that describe the attitude of the former Nigerian president to […]
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(AP) — A Kansas City, Kansas, police detective who was shot and killed while on duty earlier this week was remembered Saturday as a hero and loving father who devoted his life to serving others. Toward the end of the service, the Rev. Mark Holland spoke of Lancaster's love for his family, joking around and for fireworks. "Because Brad's not here to blow anything up, we know, nevertheless, he would want to go out with a bang," Holland said.
NEW YORK — Scottish-born baritone saxophonist Joe Temperley, a former member of the Duke Ellington Orchestra and a founding member of Wynton Marsalis’ Jazz at Lincoln Center Orchestra, has died at age 86. “For someone from another country and culture to exhibit the depth of belief that animated his sound was, and still is, truly miraculous,” Marsalis said in a JALC statement announcing Mr. Temperley’s death. Born in 1929 in the Scottish mining town of Lochgelly, in Fife, Mr. Temperley moved to... Читать дальше...
- Beaufort area leaders want more state money earmarked for rebuilding eroding beaches - particularly for Hunting Island State Park where erosion chews away as much as 30 feet of beach a year.
Some people just don’t get along.
Shanaka was 91 not out in an overnight total of 318 for eight and the first 7.1 overs of Saturday`s play saw the tourists add 49 runs.
(AP) — The leader of the Menominee Indian Tribe of Wisconsin says it won't plant a new crop of industrial hemp until a federal judge resolves the tribe's lawsuit against the federal Drug Enforcement Administration. Chairwoman Joan Delabreau says the DEA raid last fall that destroyed the tribe's first crop has cost the Menominee millions of dollars and unfairly suggested that "we were growing high-grade marijuana." Industrial hemp usually has very low levels of THC, the active chemical in marijuana... Читать дальше...
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An AT&T worker was declared dead after he was found unconscious on high-tension lines in the San Fernando Valley on Friday afternoon, the Los Angeles Fire Department said.
Читать дальше...Barbossa the python apparently got a bit bored and slithered away after being displayed during show-and-tell.
Ms. Jones, who was affectionately known by family and neighbors as Miss Susie, died Thursday night at a public housing center for seniors in Brooklyn where she had lived for more than three decades, according to Robert Young, a senior consultant for the Gerontology Research Group. When she graduated from high school in 1922, Ms. Jones worked full time helping family members pick crops. Judge said at the time that she believed it helped that her aunt grew up on a rural farm, where she ate fresh fruits and vegetables that she picked herself. Читать дальше...
GREEN BAY, Wis. (AP) — The leader of the Menominee Indian Tribe of Wisconsin says it won't plant a new crop of industrial hemp until a federal judge resolves the tribe's lawsuit against the federal Drug Enforcement Administration.
Jonathan Martin still doesn’t want anything to do with Richie Incognito.
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The NOLA.com ' The Times-Picayune reports (http://bit.ly/1YrU53x ) Morel has opted to surrender his law license in lieu of facing disciplinary action by the disciplinary council, the high court announced in a news release Friday. Morel's guilty plea followed a three-year federal investigation into whether the veteran prosecutor solicited sexual favors from women in exchange for leniency as district attorney.
Heritage Auctions in Dallas said Saturday's sale involved 14 strands that were snipped by Jefferson's personal physician at the time of the statesman's July 4, 1826, death. Company spokesman Eric Bradley says the buyer wished to remain anonymous.
(AP) — Eight lawsuits have been filed by people seeking damages from a Texas industrial services company that spilled about 12,500 gallons of crude oil in March along and into the Bayou Teche. The U.S. Coast Guard has said about 12,500 gallons of crude oil flowed through an open valve and spilled onto the surrounding land and some of it into the nearby bayou. The plaintiffs seek damages for contamination to property, groundwater and aquifers; contamination to wildlife, ground and vegetation; property... Читать дальше...
DALLAS (AP) — Former Texas foster care children described conditions of neglect and sometimes physical and sexual abuse as part of a lawsuit against Texas, prompting a federal judge to declare the system unconstitutionally broken. Sharp entered the foster care system at 10, and testified he was molested beginning around age 12 by a residential treatment center employee. I came from a chaotic home environment, and I was thrown into a system where people beat on you, they call you names and they molest you. Читать дальше...
The Russian center for Syrian reconciliation at the Hmeimim air facility registered a total of six violations of the ceasefire regime in Syria in the last 24 hours, the Russian Defense Ministry said Saturday.
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Institutional Investor just released its annual hedge fund manager rich list, and there's a noteworthy new addition.
Joseph Edelman, whose Perceptive Life Sciences Fund was a top performer last year, joined the rich list after earning $300 million in 2015.
Edelman, 60, launched the biotech- and healthcare-focused firm Perceptive Advisors in 1999. Last year, its life sciences fund gained 51.8%.
Perceptive ranked as one of the five best-performing hedge funds as of December last year... Читать дальше...
