SWEET HOME — The Oregon Watershed Enhancement Board has chosen the South Santiam Watershed Council to receive a Salmon License Plate grant of $148,834, according to Eric Hartstein, senior policy coordinator at OWEB.
Federal Reserve Gov. Daniel Tarullo discusses how policy trends will shape business in the coming year and Sen. Elizabeth Warren discusses what's next for the Democratic party, at WSJ's CEO Council.
Project Blue
The first telescope to photograph a "pale blue dot" of another Earth in a distant solar system may not be funded by NASA, the European Space Agency, or some other government agency.
It might come from Kickstarter.
Dubbed Project Blue, the effort isn't run by hucksters out to peddle unrealistic technologies. A consortium of professional scientists and engineers, some of whom work at NASA, is running the show as a nonprofit called Mission Centaur.
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Microsoft has announced a new partnership with OpenAI, the $1 billion artificial intelligence research nonprofit cofounded by Tesla CEO Elon Musk and Y Combinator President Sam Altman.
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Twitter is making it easier to report and block trolls and to enforce its policies.
And wages at gig economy jobs have also declined in the last two years, the JP Morgan Chase Institute study finds.
The collision occurred before dawn on a two-lane highway north of Hayfield.
The Federal Reserve Bank of New York says its Empire State index rose to a reading of 1.5 this month, up from minus 6.8 in October. New orders and shipments turned positive this month, but manufacturers still appear to have shed workers and cut back on hours. The Institute for Supply Management says its manufacturing index came in at 51.9 in October.
Haven status and policies will determine prospects for the economy and currency
House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi received back-handed praise Monday from House Majority Leader Kevin McCarthy. “I kind of like having Pelosi around. As long as she’s there, I think we … Click to Continue »
A truly transformational agenda on climate action and sustainable development with a historic gender equality compact was achieved in 2015. Parties to the Paris Agreement committed to take decisive action to arrest global warming and reduce greenhouse gas emissions and to respect, promote and consider their obligations on gender equality and the empowerment of women and girls when addressing climate change. This could and must be a departure point for ensuring that the fight against climate change... Читать дальше...
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SEOUL, Nov. 15 (UPI) -- South Korea's Ministry of National Defense said it is close to acquiring a golf course where it hopes to deploy the THAAD U.S. missile defense system.
Trump names top aides as he begins laying out a White House strategy Nov. 15, 2016, 6:48 a.m. This is our look at President-elect Donald Trump's transition and the outgoing Obama administration. Here's what's happening in Washington right now:Trump's elevation of Stephen K. Bannon to top White...
The organisers said the contributions will keep coming till November 30.
Exports continued to grow for the second month in a row, expanding by 9.59 percent to USD 23.51 billion in October on healthy growth in shipments of jewellery and engineering products.
Senior Morgan Stanley execs collectively earned about $10.5 million over the past week by exercising options and selling shares.
Judge accuses elected politicians of ‘wilful and deliberate attempt to insult China’
Coach Darren Lehmann declared only four players were sure to keep their places in the Australian team after their crushing loss to the Proteas.
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Julian Assange, WikiLeaks founder, has been living in London's Ecuadorian Embassy since 2012 for fear of being extradited to Sweden where he has been accused of rape. On Monday, November 14, Swedish prosecutors arrived at the embassy to begin the process of questioning the whistleblower over the possible sex crime.
DUBUQUE, Iowa (AP) — More than a dozen people complained to the Dubuque school board about a book used in class and asked officials to consider a policy for material some consider obscene.
Jodi Lockwood says she was surprised at what she called the book's "graphic sex scenes" and depictions of drugs and alcohol use. Others also criticized the book and asked that school staff notify parents if they believe a book's literary value overrides content concerns.
Alimentation Couche-Tard Inc. is the focus
The night sky is about to put on an amazing show for you come November 17 and 18, the Leonid meteor shower is all set to brighten up the skies.
Easing food and fuel prices helped pull down retail inflation to 14-month low of 4.20 percent in October this year, strengthening the case for RBI rate cut next month.