Remembering Country Craftsman Guy Clark
Listen back to the late Grammy-winning Americana songwriter's interviews and performances on World Cafe.
Listen back to the late Grammy-winning Americana songwriter's interviews and performances on World Cafe.
ALMELO - De gemeenteraad van Almelo is zeer kritisch op voorstel PvdA om Jos Pierey uit Deventer te benoemen als wethouder. Dat werd dinsdagavond in de raadsvergadering duidelijk.
Department Of Pre University Education, Karnataka, is likely to announce the Karnataka PUC Result 2016 on May 18.
Oil is on the rise again, and it's getting more traders excited about energy stocks.
Seahawks defensive end Michael Bennett never minces words. On Tuesday, he used those words to turn Eagles quarterback Sam Bradford to mincemeat. “I just almost threw up,” Bennett told ESPN 710 regarding Bradford’s abandoned desire to be traded after the Eagles traded up to No. 2 in the draft, via Sheil Kapadia of ESPN.com. “I…
CNBC's Jackie DeAngelis looks at the gold and oil markets.
Occurred during Finland's 4-0 romp over Canada at the worlds.
The Steelers have been short at tight end since Heath Miller retired, so they decided to sign a bunch of Chargers to replace him. According to Ed Bouchette of the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, the Steelers have signed tight end David Johnson for his second stint with the team. Johnson, a fullback/tight end hybrid known for his blocking…
A 9-year-old Milwaukee girl who asked police officers in her neighborhood if they could keep her safe days before being shot has died.
A female Anglican priest, who claims she was bad-mouthed by a senior cleric in a letter to a potential employer - a claim which the Church denies, has suspended her hunger strike.
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Bhubaneswar, May 17 () With a statewide hue and cry over the safety of Sri Jagannath temple's Jagamohan, Odisha Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik today took up the matter with Prime Minister Narendra Modi and sought his immediate intervention to ensure quick repair work.
Caitlin L.Chandler, Syria Deeply
RAMTHA, Jordan -- To witness the effects of war is to witness what you cannot change; it is to observe mutilated bodies and sense the dislocation that comes with forced exile.
EINDHOVEN - Andrew Mendonca (15) maakt definitief de overstap van FC Twente naar PSV.
The late Command Sgt. Maj. Basil Plumley, a legend in the U.S. Army and famously depicted by the actor Sam Elliott in the Vietnam War movie "We Were Soldiers," is under review by Army officials for having worn unauthorized combat and valor awards, according to a report on Military.com.
It was an explosive entrance to signify that big change is on the way for the venerable Tropicana on the Las Vegas Strip. Food Network celebrity chef Robert Irvine braved danger to rappel 220 feet down the side of the Tropicana on Monday night.
The Nevada Gaming Control Board has filed a complaint against CG Technology, which runs seven Las Vegas-area sports books, for underpaying about $700,000 on more than ...
PISCATAWAY, N.J. (AP) — A Rutgers University student's grandmother who helped the university nab President Barack Obama as its commencement speaker said she hasn't stopped smiling about that special day.
PISCATAWAY, N.J. (AP) — A Rutgers University student's grandmother who helped the university nab President Barack Obama as its commencement speaker said she hasn't stopped smiling about that special day.
PISCATAWAY, N.J. (AP) — A Rutgers University student's grandmother who helped the university nab President Barack Obama as its commencement speaker said she hasn't stopped smiling about that special day.
De tuinkabouters van twee boeren in Lelystad zijn maandag vernield door vandalen. Naast het melkveebedrijf dat boer Aart de Kuiper samen met zijn zoon runt, lag een aangelegd kabouterpad met tientallen kabouters. De helft van het kaboutervolkje is kort en klein geslagen.
The Russian military is constructing a new army base in the central Syrian town of Palmyra, within the protected zone that holds the archaeological site listed by UNESCO as a world heritage site and without asking for permission from relevant authorities, an American heritage organisation and a top Syrian archaeologist said Tuesday.
A 57-year-old man drowned at Russian Gulch State Park after diving alone in a cove about 100 yards from shore, Mendocino Fire officials said Tuesday. A beachgoer who spoke to the man earlier in the day noticed he was floating face-down in the same spot for a prolonged amount of time about 11:30 a.m. on Saturday before going into the water to check on him, said Mendocino Fire Chief Ed O’Brien. Emergency personnel were called to the scene, but the diver was declared dead shortly after their arrival, O’Brien said. Читать дальше...
A committee that formed in January conducted the review after the Concerned Student 1950 group spent a week in tents on the university's Columbia campus in November, The Kansas City Star (http://bit.ly/1WBCxVc ) reported. There is a health and safety concern, said Bob Jerry, a law professor and chairman of the Ad Hoc Joint Committee on Protests, Public Spaces, Free Speech and the Press. The goal of the committee, made up of students, faculty and administrators, is to make all the campus and system... Читать дальше...
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Investment banks are having a tough time.
The rest of Wall Street: not so much.
That is the takeaway from a big report out from Boston Consulting Group on the capital markets and investment banking industry.
Investment banks are getting crushed. Their collective return on equity, an important mark of profitability, was 6% in 2015, according to BCG.
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Oil rises to seven-month high as supply losses tame surplus