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Mid-valley bands LMNO and Space Neighbors will perform at an all-ages benefit concert from 7 to 11 p.m. Friday, Dec. 9.

Welcome to our ProFootballWeekly.com NFL Power Rankings. These rankings are based on each team’s performance in the first 13 weeks of the season. The Falcons dropped after their loss to the Chiefs while the Ravens and Lions are on the…

JERUSALEM — Israel Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has rejected an invitation for an international conference in Paris aimed at reviving the peace process, but expressed willingness to meet privately with Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas.

The goal is to cut down on complaints that Colorado's liberal allowances for growing pot without a license has created a thriving network of illegal growers. Colorado allows medical pot patients to grow up to 99 plants, far beyond other marijuana states, and it also allows recreational users to group their allotted six plants into massive co-ops, entire greenhouses of pot that aren't tracked or taxed. With uncertainty looming about how the next president will approach marijuana, Colorado regulators... Читать дальше...

The rally will feature Republican state Treasurer John Kennedy, who is in a runoff for an open U.S. Senate seat against Democrat Foster Campbell, a state utility regulator. Louisiana's runoff will settle the final three remaining congressional races ahead of the new term, filling the Senate seat and two House seats.

CONCORD, N.H. (AP) — Republican U.S. Sen. Kelly Ayotte of New Hampshire delivered her farewell remarks on the Senate floor, thanking the people of her state for giving her the "extraordinary opportunity" to serve them. Ayotte, a member of the Senate Armed Services Committee, spoke about issues of importance to her, including improving services for veterans, restoring defense cuts, opposing plans to empty and close the Guantanamo Bay detention facility, and dealing with the "devastating epidemic" of heroin and prescription opioid abuse. Читать дальше...

The Republican appeared at Riverdale High School in Port Byron on Wednesday to sign legislation he said will save thousands of jobs by rewarding Exelon for producing carbon-free energy. In addition to $235 million a year for Exelon to prop up nuclear plants in the Quad Cities and Clinton, the plan provides hundreds of millions of dollars in energy-efficiency programs and assistance to low-income energy users.

An Irish court on Wednesday released 100 million euros ($107 million) in frozen assets for exiled former Russian oil tycoon and Kremlin foe Mikhail Khodorkovsky, the Irish Times reported. Dublin District Court judge Timothy Lucey said there were no reasonable grounds for maintaining a freeze on the funds which was imposed in 2011 following an embezzlement ruling against him in Russia. The 53-year-old former oligarch, who spent a decade in prison on controversial charges and now lives mainly... Читать дальше...

Bill King is Hall of Fame announcer, finally Late A’s broadcaster Bill King, known as the best three-sport announcer in history, was named the winner of the 2017 Frick award Wednesday after finishing as a finalist for the honors seven times. King, beloved in the Bay Area for his superb work on the Raiders and Warriors, as well as the A’s, was championed for the Baseball Hall of Fame’s broadcasting award by current A’s play by play man Ken Korach. “It’s just incredible,” Korach said by phone. A lot of tears, to be honest with you. Читать дальше...

De Duitse ambassadeur is door Turkije op het matje geroepen vanwege een incident rond een parlementslid op het vliegveld van Keulen. De politie op de luchthaven hield parlementariër Aysenur Bahcekapili even vast omdat er problemen waren met haar paspoort.

JERUSALEM (AP) — Israel Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has rejected an invitation for an international conference in Paris aimed at reviving the peace process, but expressed willingness to meet privately with Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas.

JERUSALEM (AP) — Israel Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has rejected an invitation for an international conference in Paris aimed at reviving the peace process, but expressed willingness to meet privately with Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas. A French diplomat, speaking anonymously according to protocol, confirmed invitations were sent, but gave no further details.

CHARLESTON, S.C. (AP) — Dylann Roof had a "cold and hateful heart" when he pulled a pistol from his fanny pack during a Bible study last year and killed nine black church members as they closed their eyes for a final prayer, a prosecutor said Wednesday. Prosecutors said Roof sat in the church basement for about a half-hour with 12 parishioners of the Emmanuel African Methodist Episcopal Church before opening fire in an attempt to start a race war. The defense has said repeatedly in both federal court and state court ... Читать дальше...

GUANTANAMO BAY NAVAL BASE, Cuba — Defense lawyers in the Sept. 11 war crimes case at Guantanamo Bay say they may be running out of time to get access to a U.S. Senate report on the CIA’s harsh interrogation tactics.

BATON ROUGE, La. — LSU and defensive coordinator Dave Aranda have wrapped up details of a new contract worth nearly $6 million over the next three seasons.

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LeBron James said he wasn't trying to make a statement by not staying at a Donald Trump-branded hotel.

Renzi tried to resign on Monday, but President Sergio Mattarella told him to stay on until Parliament gave final approval to the 2017 national budget legislation. Italian Premier Matteo Renzi, on the verge of resigning, says his Democratic Party doesn't fear elections if they're called soon, as some opposition parties demand. Renzi had offered his resignation two days earlier to President Sergio Mattarella following his humiliating defeat in a government-backed voter referendum on reforms. The... Читать дальше...

(AP) — A Saginaw doctor who pleaded guilty to charges that he filed fraudulent claims with the Medicaid program has been sentenced to five years of probation. The attorney general's Health Care Fraud Division first received a complaint that the doctor of osteopathic medicine was filing fraudulent claims with the Medicaid program from 2010-2015.

YAKIMA, Wash. (AP) — The Yakima City Council is considering establishing a homeless encampment on city-owned property. The Yakima Herald-Republic reports (http://bit.ly/2gCP34J ) that the council on Tuesday unanimously voted to explore the idea at a later date after member Dulce Gutierrez raised the issue. Gutierrez says the city needs an encampment because there are only about 45 beds available at winter shelters and there had been about 80 people living at an encampment that closed in November. Читать дальше...

DETROIT (AP) — A Republican member of the Electoral College from Michigan has created a website urging Donald Trump supporters to rally electors around the president-elect amid a flurry of anti-Trump lobbying. The Trump supporter said he and fellow electors have been deluged with missives from people urging votes for Democratic candidate Hillary Clinton or another Republican. [...] he changed his mind, citing the president-elect's postelection attacks on the First Amendment and the country's electoral process... Читать дальше...

BOULDER, Colo. — Home-cooked meals at her house, featuring all the lasagna the players could eat and a game of hide-and-seek with her kids. A more lighthearted atmosphere at practice, complete with friendly football contests.

Bengals coach Marvin Lewis said he’s not worried about anything anyone says about his job security. Because he speaks with the guy who decides it on a daily basis — Bengals owner Mike Brown. “I have one stop shopping,” Lewis said, via Katherine Terrell of ESPN.com. “I talk to Mike every day. And I don’t…

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