CLEARFIELD – A Morrisdale woman will be spending time in jail for taking over $19,000 from a school band booster group. Kori Sue Plotner, 39, pleaded guilty during sentencing court Tuesday to a misdemeanor count of theft by unlawful taking. President Judge Fredric J. Ammerman sentenced her to serve 60 days to one year in […]
Politicians and experts are debating how much money to spend on universities but the hard science shows if South Africa really wants to improve education‚ it’s cheaper and more effective to start at conception.
A police officer was fatally shot and another was wounded Wednesday at an apartment complex in western Georgia, prompting a hunt for a suspect and causing nearby Georgia Southwestern State University to tell students to take shelter. The shooting took place in the small city of Americus. The slain cop served on the Americus police […]
Outgoing US Defense Secretary Ash Carter touched down in India Wednesday, in a last bid to boost relations with an ally that could prove crucial as China asserts itself. Carter has devoted more personal attention to his Indian counterpart than any other, and that groundwork could prove crucial as the Obama administration prepares to hand over the […]
Nearly 90 years ago, a peddler and part-time preacher arrived at a makeshift recording studio in Dallas carrying a strange instrument and a fierce aversion to spiritual hypocrisy. The producer Columbia Records had sent down from New York was baffled by the man’s contraption, cataloging it simply as a “novelty.” But Columbia liked Washington Phillips’ […]
Moscow greatly appreciates the desire of the Council of Europe to continue the full-fledged dialogue with the Russian authorities, Russian parliament speaker Valentina Matvienko said on Wednesday.
It’s been more than a year since Paris ended its relationship with love locks. The popular tradition of attaching padlocks to the city’s bridges – as a symbol of true love – ended after the city council deemed it unsafe. The idea was charming, but bridges were close to crumbling from the weight. But the […]
President-elect Donald Trump’s pick to lead the sprawling Transportation Department made $1.2 million while overseeing Wells Fargo as a director during the period the bank has admitted to creating millions of fake accounts. As a member of Wells Fargo’s board since 2011, Elaine Chao was responsible for monitoring the bank’s actions as well as hiring […]
There will be loads of unpredictability and chaos. And lobbyists make big bucks from unpredictability and chaos
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The Italian president accepted Prime Minister Matteo Renzi's resignation, the presidential office said in a statement..
The Pentagon’s four-month bombing campaign against Islamic State militants in a coastal city in northern Libya could be over.
The M20 has been partially blocked due to a broken down vehicle.
A Northeast High School associate principal will become the next principal of Culler Middle School.
Despite redistricting putting Francis Formanek and Martin Gaul both in District 11, the two La Crosse Common Council members won’t go head-to-head in the April local election.
This year, the trickiest thing about Windows laptops is... choosing just one. WSJ Personal Tech columnist Geoffrey A. Fowler shares his picks after testing 18 top-rated models.
Cumhurbaşkanı Recep Tayyip Erdoğan'ın "Yastığının altında döviz olanlar gelsin parasını altına dönüştürsün, gelsin parasını TL'ye dönüştürsün. Türk lirası, altın değer kazansın" çağrısına MÜSİAD’dan da...Devamı için tıklayınız
Christmas music arrived early, and this Jewish Minnesotan wasn't pleased.
ZURICH — FIFA says referees will be using video replays at this month’s Club World Cup in Japan to help them make “match-changing” decisions in its first ever use of TV feeds during a game.
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Trump made his promise in an interview for Time's Person of the Year issue.
