CHARLOTTESVILLE, Va. — The highly touted defensive recruit that arrived at Virginia three years ago and the dispirited Andrew Brown that coach Bronco Mendenhall encountered last December had very little in common. Brown, a five-star recruit and Gatorade national player of the year, had lost his way. He had quickly found his way into then-defensive
The Cowboys aren’t the only team that has gotten a call from the Jets. Per a league source, the Jets are “actively shopping” Sheldon Richardson as the trade deadline approaches. The window closes at 4:00 p.m. ET on Tuesday. Richardson has become the odd man out, given the extension signed by Muhammad Wilkerson and the…
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Activists from across the world have flocked in recent weeks to Standing Rock, North Dakota, to literally join hands with groups of Native Americans protesting a $3.7 billion oil pipeline that would carry 470,000 barrels of crude across four states. Protesters say the proposed site of the project would not only endanger members of the nearby Standing Rock Sioux Tribe by tainting their water supply, but also rip apart acres of their sacred cultural land.
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Tear-jerkers such as Adele's Someone Like You frequently top the charts these days, while gloomy classical compositions like Mozart's Requiem have moved people for centuries. Both portray and bring about a strong sense of loss and sadness. But our enjoyment of sad music is paradoxical--we go out of our way to avoid sadness in our daily lives. So why is it that, in the arts, themes such as loss can be safely experienced, profoundly enjoyed, and even celebrated?
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Pumpmaker hit by oil downturn but brighter prospects in mining and shale
The most profitable Broadway musical of all time, which SHN brings to the Orpheum this week for a two-month run, begins with a jolt. [...] when Rafiki (Buyi Zama) belts them out, it’s as a clarion trumpeter heralding the simple yet bold and colorful theatricality that’s to come in “The Lion King.” The chief pleasures of the musical that catapulted Julie Taymor to fame (and made her the first woman to win a Tony Award for best direction of a musical, in 1998) aren’t the result of high-tech gadgetry.
SEATTLE (AP) — Wealthy powerbrokers. Special interest groups. Millions of dollars pouring in to elect conservatives or liberals.
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After being dark since 2015, the FBI account which tweets out record dumps they place online began tweeting this weekend after Comey's letter went public.
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Stocks were lower in trading on Tuesday, and the S&P 500 declined to its lowest level since July.
October was the worst month for the market since January, and the S&P 500 trimmed its year-to-date gain to 3% from about 6%. An uneven start to the third-quarter earnings season rocked the share prices of some big companies on the major indexes that reported last month.
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Politico | Clinton camp questions FBI release of Marc Rich pardon files |
Enthusiasm for Clinton has ebbed since the renewal of the FBI’s investigation.
Zac Efron shows off his super buff body in a tight wet suit while re-filming scenes for his upcoming film Baywatch on Saturday (October 29) in Los Angeles. The 29-year-old actor looked serious on the foggy set and wasn’t joined by any of his co-stars for the scene. PHOTOS: Check out the latest pics of [...]
As far as thefts go, the one that happened at Kansas State University barely qualifies as petty crime. But a theft of a Kit Kat is getting lots of attention.
NEW YORK — Thomas Reuters said Tuesday that it plans to cut 2,000 jobs and take a charge of up to $250 million as the news and financial information company seeks to streamline its business. The job cuts will affect its financial and risk unit, as well as its enterprise, technology and operations group, but
The bureau published heavily redacted records of former President Clinton's pardon of a fugitive financier.
With all clearances in place, the heliport project in Greater Noida is all set to take off. The development of the heliport will support tourism, medical, security and emergency services.
(ATTN: ADDS more info in last 4 paras) SEOUL, Nov. 1 (Yonhap) -- South Korea on Tuesday urged North Korea to desist from meddling in the South's domestic affairs in response to Pyongyang's continued criticism of the scandal involving President Park Ge
The Senate has rejected the consideration of a request by President Muhammadu Buhari for a $29.9bn external borrowing rolling plan over a period of three years for some reasons they gave. However, Abraham Nwankwo, the director general of the Debt Management Office (DMO), has said it was a wrong move by the senate. The Debt […]
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