Vikings quarterback Teddy Bridgewater released a statement Thursday afternoon through the team. Bridgewater suffered a season-ending knee injury in practice on Tuesday. His first public comments since the injury came via this statement, in which he thanked fans and vowed to make a successful return. “I want to thank the Wilf Family and the entire…
WESTERLY, R.I. (AP) — A 50-year-old Westerly man is charged with shooting corncobs at his neighbor's home.
Police say he answered his door shirtless and had corn kernels stuck to his chest. Police say Osella used a potato gun to shoot corncobs at his neighbor's house, which is up for sale. Osella is charged with disorderly conduct and firing in a compact area.
Tropical Storm Hermine has forced NASCAR to postpone Friday's schedule a day in advance.
WASHINGTON (ANP) - De groeivooruitzichten voor de wereldeconomie zijn er de laatste tijd niet beter op geworden. Het Internationaal Monetair Fonds (IMF) zal zijn ramingen voor dit jaar waarschijnlijk verder neerwaarts moeten bijstellen, aldus directeur Christine Lagarde donderdag in een vraaggesprek met persbureau Reuters.
August is notorious for disappointing the market when it comes to job creation, and this one may be no exception.
"Grand Theft Auto" is the ultimate parody series. Each game in the wildly popular franchise has gone deeper into satire of American culture. But sometimes that satire butts up against reality.
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Op YouTube zijn nieuwe beelden geplaatst van de ontploffing van de onbemande raket van het commerciële ruimtevaartbedrijf SpaceX in Florida. De Falcon 9 had zaterdag op de Amerikaanse ruimtebasis Cape Canaveral een satelliet voor Facebook moeten lanceren, maar ontplofte vanmiddag plotseling.
Donald Trump paid a $2,500 IRS fine this year for making a $25,000 gift from his charity to support the re-election of Florida Attorney General Pam Bondi three years ago, David Fahrenthold of The Washington Post reports.
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Gold futures rebound from their lowest levels in two months, with data showing a fall in U.S. manufacturing activity pressuring the dollar and likely to give the Federal Reserve a little less reason to boost interest rates at a meeting this month.
NEW YORK (AP) — Wal-Mart is cutting about 7,000 back-office store jobs over the next few months as it centralizes its invoice and accounting departments, expanding a test it announced in June.
NEW YORK (AP) — Wal-Mart is cutting about 7,000 back-office store jobs over the next few months as it centralizes its invoice and accounting departments, expanding a test it announced in June.
[...] Making Change at Wal-Mart, a campaign backed by the United Food & Commercial Workers International Union, said displaced employees who do get store jobs will likely take pay cuts, calling the back-office jobs "some of the better positions at Wal-Mart." Wal-Mart is trying to improve customer service as a way to boost sales in the face of increased competition from traditional and online competitors. The company just reported its eight straight quarterly increases in revenue at stores opened... Читать дальше...
For a lot of companies, a strong logo is what customers associate with your brand. Successful logo designs act as a recognizable symbol for your brand, and helps your valued customers identify your products and services. When it comes to branding, the right logo design is a quintessential component.
Brands like Nike, Starbucks, and Apple all have logos that many marketers would consider the "best of the best" because of how successful they have proven to be. These logos can stand alone with... Читать дальше...
A 27-year-old man is accused of attacking his ex-boyfriend in a Midtown train station — and then laying down on the train tracks.
"Shield" is a slang term for a law enforcement officer's badge, but it took on a literal meaning last week for Nevada Highway Patrol trooper Shawn Peckham. In a news …
That radio signal that might have been from extra-terrestrials? Sorry, it was actually from Earth, Russian scientists confirm.
LORDSTOWN, Ohio (AP) — Vice President Joe Biden said Thursday that Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump can't be trusted to control the nation's nuclear arsenal. "Just imagine giving this guy access to the nuclear codes, a guy who says how he'd consider using nuclear weapons," Biden told a group of about 250 people at a United Auto Workers union hall outside of Youngstown. Biden said the three presidents are "scared to death" about the prospects of a Trump presidency and whether he would... Читать дальше...
By Song Sang-ho SEOUL, Sept. 1 (Yonhap) -- President Park Geun-hye is poised to capitalize on her upcoming overseas trip to create fresh momentum in tackling a series of security and economic challenges, including Pyongyang's continued saber-rattling,
Drake is going to have to write a new song. Summer 2016 is just about over.
Mother Teresa, one of the most famous modern-day figures in Catholicism, will be made a saint on Sunday in Rome. Pope Francis will canonize the nun, who was revered worldwide … Click to Continue »
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Hurricane Hermine — upgraded from a tropical storm on Thursday afternoon — has taken aim at Florida's western Big Bend area, and should strike late Thursday night or early Friday morning.
It will be the first full-fledged hurricane to hit Florida since 2005. That's an astonishingly long run for the southeasternmost US state. Expected to make landfall as a category one storm, Hermine doesn't carry quite the same risks as a larger storm, which the Washington Post... Читать дальше...