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NEW YORK — Connor McDavid hit the ice, chin first, and a concussion spotter at least played a part in pulling him from the game.

AMSTERDAM (ANP) - Nederland sluit nog altijd veel geheime belastingdeals met multinationals. Daarmee blijft ons land een van de belangrijkste landen in Europa als het gaat om internationale belastingontwijking, ook al zegt het kabinet steeds belastingontwijking te willen aanpakken. Dat staat in een nieuw Europees rapport, waaraan de Nederlandse onderzoeksstichting SOMO heeft meegewerkt.

CHARLESTON, W.Va. (AP) — The West Virginia Department of Agriculture is accepting proposals for specialty block grants. Specialty crops include fruits, vegetables, tree nuts, maple syrup and Christmas trees, among others. Excluded are livestock, eggs and field crops such as soybeans and corn. To be considered for funding, projects must focus on industry-related research, education, improved production or marketing of specialty crops. The program is available to groups and organizations and cannot be used to fund individual farms or enterprises.

A strong undersea earthquake rocked Indonesia's Aceh province early on Wednesday, killing at least 54 people and causing dozens of buildings to collapse....

Ukraine cannot buy gas from Gazprom without an additional agreement or without a EU-Russia trilateral agreement.

Central banks of Turkey and Russia have begun work on technical aspects of using national currencies in bilateral trade, Turkish Prime Minister Binali Yildirim told Sputnik.

The Spirit Catholic Radio Network will celebrate Christmas with an open house at its Lincoln studio on Dec. 28.

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Remember that time you decided to go off-registry and get your friend something unique for her birthday? Or the time you had that clever idea of getting your sibling a surprise for Christmas — even though he not-so-subtly sent you a link to his Amazon wish list? Though your heart was in the right place, odds are your approach was totally off the mark, according to new research Current Directions in Psychological Science, a journal of the Association for Psychological Science.

Cheerleading has just been recognised as an Olympic sport. Yes really.

De zaak Menten, de serie over de ontmaskering in de jaren zeventig van de Blaricumse zakenman Pieter Menten als oorlogsmisdadiger, houdt al twee weken bijna een miljoen kijkers aan de buis gekluisterd. Ook vanuit het buitenland is er nieuwe interesse.

Een nieuwe claimstichting biedt vertraagde luchtreizigers 180 euro cash in ruil voor de claim op hun airline. Volgens Claimingo is sprake van een win-win situatie omdat de meeste vertraagde luchtreizigers verzuimen te claimen.

The Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB) has declared Operation David Dance to counter the Nigerian Army’s Operation Python Dance.