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Sharks, Blues coaches trade jabs over officiating ST. LOUIS — Head coaches Peter DeBoer of the Sharks and the Blues’ Ken Hitchcock engaged in an interesting back and forth about the officiating during Monday’s off-day media availability. St. Louis is one of the most penalized teams in the league, regular season and playoffs. (We) need to make them pay a price for being the most penalized team in the power play, which we didn’t last night. “We know we’re going to get chances on the power play against this team... Читать дальше...

Phone book publisher Dex Media Inc. filed for chapter 11 bankruptcy protection Monday evening after reaching a restructuring deal with creditors.

Twitter has been and continues to be a transformative service for the media landscape and the world.

Fifty years after Mao Zedong unleashed the Cultural Revolution, the Communist Party fired a tentative warning shot at anyone seeking to challenge its official condemnation of the mass upheaval.

Ice and heroin trade on Richmond's drug-ravaged Victoria Street has become so flagrant that the traders are now supporting a proposal for a needle van.

Ryan Gosling and Russell Crowe in The Nice Guys.

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At one point during The Nice Guys, Holland March (Ryan Gosling) says that he thinks he might be invincible. "It's the only thing that makes sense," he shouts.

March, a grieving widower with a teenage daughter, is certainly not invulnerable. By the time that scene comes around, the seedy private eye has already gashed open a wrist and almost bled out; had an arm broken by his future partner, a professional... Читать дальше...

Mainland media met the 50th anniversary of the start of the Cultural Revolution with silence in a reflection of Beijing’s eagerness to contain discussion and avoid embarrassment over one of the most tumultuous periods in Chinese history.

Chinese investment in the U.S. real estate market has surpassed $300B and is growing, the authors of a new report said.

WASHINGTON, May 16 (Yonhap) -- The U.S. State Department on Monday issued the latest warning against traveling to North Korea, saying foreign visitors to the communist nation could end up behind bars for actions not considered crimes elsewhere. "Th

Ariana Grande rocks several different looks in the brand new music video for her latest single “Let Me Love You”. Directed by Grant Singer, 22-year-old songstress appears alongside rapper Lil Wayne, who raps on the track. PHOTOS: Check out the latest pics of Ariana Grande “My new video for @ArianaGrande ft. @LilTunechi comes out tonight. [...]

A cyclist is recovering in hospital under police guard after he was hit by car on Sydney Road in Coburg.

It was an attack on a homeless man that gained extra media attention when authorities said the accused assailants were heard saying, “Donald Trump was right,” as they beat the man with a metal pipe and then urinated on him. The men were sentenced to state prison Monday after pleading guilty to beating the homeless […]

What a Monday it has been. An emergency bill put my back account at a negative balance and a family matter had me having to leave work early. Sure, minor things compared to the much larger things people face ever day, Still though, Ugh! Mondays.

Nate Silver must have read Driftglass' Saturday post calling for journalists to commit acts of journalism and taken it to heart.

Tuesday, May 17, 2016 — Although people complain when their schedule gets too busy, new research suggests that being overbooked might actually be good for the brain.

BNSF Railway Monday said their efforts to double-up coal dust control efforts over the past year been successful and will help prevent environmental problems at the proposed Millennium Bulk Terminals coal export dock in Longview.

A musical about Sam Phillips' legendary studio that gave Elvis Presley his start and John Kennedy's Elvis Costello-like songs are both on this week.

Philippine President-elect Rodrigo Duterte outlined plans on Monday to curb social freedoms and impose more order on this often unruly nation by cracking down on a range of social ills.

Two Boston brothers who claimed to be inspired in part by Donald Trump's views on immigrants were sentenced to state prison after admitting they beat a homeless Mexican man because they thought he was an illegal immigrant, authorities said. … Click to Continue »

A SNEAKY fox has been sprung after stealing shoes and ugg boots from a home in Rosebud. See the video here.

Most Asian markets advanced Tuesday as energy plays rallied after rising oil prices spurred a banner session on Wall Street.

Sunday`s incident put both out of the race, with the two drivers lining up on the front row of the grid and crashing into each other as they fought for the lead through the third corner of the opening lap.

DALLAS (AP) — Officials investigating a charter bus crash that killed eight people and injured 44 on a rain-slicked South Texas highway said Monday that the vehicle had seat belts only in the first row. NTSB investigators plan to analyze an electronic device aboard the bus that crashed to determine if it contains data that can provide details on what happened. The company was fined about $2,000 by regulators in 2011 for violations involving periodic inspections and pre-employment drug testing of drivers... Читать дальше...

Maine will lose approximately 120 positions over the next three years, although no soldiers will be laid off.