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• White House press secretary Sarah Huckabee Sanders is using promised bonuses to Comcast staffers — including MSNBC employees — as a talking point to celebrate the recently passed tax bill.
• Though some companies got bonuses in the wake of the bill's passage, others likely will pass the vast majority of the bill's savings onto company shareholders.

White House press secretary Sarah Huckabee Sanders on Thursday promoted the Republican tax overhaul passed... Читать дальше...

Chelsea manager Antonio Conte praises his team's perseverance after their last-gasp victory over Bournemouth. Immediately after Bournemouth's late equalizer, Alvaro Morata scored in stoppage time to send Chelsea through to the Carabao Cup semifinals. Carabao Cup: Willian (13') Chelsea 1-0 Bournemouth LONDON -- Chelsea are set for a two-legged battle with Arsenal in the semifinals of the Carabao Cup after a dramatic late win over Bournemouth. Antonio Conte called their progress... Читать дальше...

After receiving a tip from a criminal informant in February, detectives using false identities were able to successfully join several of the groups.

BENTONVILLE (KFSM) — A Bethel Heights man was sentenced Thursday (Dec. 21) to 25 years in prison for killing a 3-month-old boy last summer. Edward Alexis Martinez-Torres, 21, agreed to plead guilty to first-degree murder. Martinez-Torres was initially charged with capital murder. After he’s released from the state Department of Correction, Martinez-Torres must abide by a 15-year suspended sentence. The Benton County Sheriff’s Office responded June 9 to a 911 call for a baby that wasn’t breathing. Читать дальше...

Rebecca Cook/Reuters

• More than 200 cities are vying to land Amazon's second headquarters.
  
• Detroit's bid, which was made public this week, includes numerous incentives.
• Among those incentives are barring the company from having to pay many local taxes for 30 years and, for 20 years, allowing it to keep at least half of the state income tax its employees pay.
• Such incentives often don't pay off for cities in the long term, numerous studies have found. Читать дальше...

Несколько дней назад люди во всем мире отпраздновали премьеру « Звездных войн: последние джедаи»,у Марка Хэмилла - исполнителя роли Люка Скайуокера была еще одна причина поднять тост. Прошло уже 39 лет с тех пор, как он и Марило Йорк поженились, и с тех пор живут в любви и согласии. Что не так уж часто встречается в Голливудской среде.Марк встретил Йорк, когда она работала зубным врачом в Вествуде, Лос-Анджелес.Это была любовь с первого взгляда.Марк и Марило поженились 17 декабря 1978 года, когда ему было 26... Читать дальше...

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After a disappointing last season when he saw a demotion to Class AAA Iowa in June, Schwarber is looking forward to next season as his time to shine.

Retired NFL defensive end Stephen White and RVB are back this week to talk about the catch rule, touchbacks, the playoff picture, and DUUUUVVVAAAALLL!!

Finish Line Inc. was upgraded to market perform from underperform at Cowen & Company on fiscal fourth-quarter guidance that analysts call "conservative." Last year, fourth-quarter same-store sales fell 4.5%, largely due to delayed tax refunds and a gross margin decline. In the third-quarter earnings announcement early Thursday, Finish Line reported 0.8% same-store sales growth, exceeding the 4.5% decline FactSet forecast. Cowen thinks positive trends and an easy comparison make the guidance for 3%-to-5% same-store sales decline modest. Читать дальше...

Tesla

• Tesla topped Consumer Reports' Annual Owner Satisfaction Survey for the second year in a row.
• The survey measured how happy respondents were with their cars after owning them for at least three years.
• Acura, Nissan, and Mitsubishi received the lowest ratings.

While Tesla has had trouble making cars lately, those that do own their vehicles couldn't be happier.

Consumer Reports released its Annual Owner Satisfaction Survey, which measured... Читать дальше...

A federal appeals court in Virginia on Thursday rejected a bid by President Donald Trump's administration to prevent the U.S. military from accepting transgender recruits starting January 1. The administration had urged the appeals court to suspend an order by a federal judge in Baltimore for the armed forces to begin accepting transgender recruits on that date. The administration has said the January 1 start date was causing the armed forces to scramble to revise their policies at the risk of harming military readiness. Читать дальше...

The Triangle Square project at Elston and Webster is named for the shape of the property with a nod to creating a town-square environment.

A veterinarian in Louisiana was arrested Tuesday after allegedly shooting her neighbor’s dog in the back of the head, reports said. Kelly Folse, who worked at the Abadie Veterinary Hospital, was arrested by authorities in connection to the death of a 15-month-old American bulldog, News Channel 10 reported. She was reportedly charged with aggravated cruelty...

Chief Justice Emeritus Vincent De Gaetano has been elected a full member of the European Consortium for Church and State Research. The consortium, set up in 1989, meets formally once a year and unites academics from EU Member States who share an interest in relations between States and religious denominations in Europe from a historical, political and juridical point of view. For the last three years Dr De Gaetano, a judge in the European Court of Human Rights, served as rapporteur for Malta. This year’s meeting... Читать дальше...

The story of this wild party began as many (barely) memorable nights do — with tequila.

The World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA) has reinstated the French laboratory at Chatenay-Malabry which was suspended in September because of contaminated samples.

How do you break an electoral tie? Select film canisters from a bowl.

A recount for Virginia’s House of Delegates ended up in a tie, leaving the future balance of power in the body up to a random drawing next week that will involve slips of paper, film canisters, and a giant bowl.

The Virginian-Pilot reports that the drawing is scheduled for Wednesday, December 27, to break the tie between the incumbent delegate, Republican David Yancey, and Democratic challenger Shelly Simonds,... Читать дальше...

Failure by Congress to renew Section 702 of the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act (FISA) before the law’s December 31 expiration would threaten the ability of the United States to guard against future terrorist attacks, the heads of the major US intelligence agencies and the Attorney General warned in a joint statement on Thursday.

NA RUBU ŽIVACA - Ana Rita Puljić ima tri i pol godine. Nikad nije hodala, a najveća želja joj je plesati sa svojim prijateljicama.

We have some talented artists in the Capital Region, evident in all the submissions we saw for our Holiday Card Contest. The features staff at the Times Union pored over entries from all grades, from kindergarten through 12th grade. We laid each and every one we received on the table in our conference room and picked our favorites. Needless to say, we were in the room for a while. Those we picked were then handed to Rex Smith, our editor, who made the final choice for the drawing that will grace our front page on Christmas Day. Читать дальше...

If you think impressionism means luminous water lilies, quaint evenings in Paris and the welcoming French countryside, "The Impressionist Line" exhibition of artworks on paper is worthy confirmation. The Clark has pulled 39 works from its collection, mostly drawings and prints, to remind us that these artists, regardless of medium, were responding to the everyday rituals in cafés, along boulevards and overlooking rolling fields and placid shorelines. To be sure, it was precisely how ordinary life... Читать дальше...

"She was traumatized, she was scared, but she reacted, she fought back and she removed herself from a very dangerous situation."