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Slade Heathcott, once a big outfield prospect for the Yankees, and Sheldon Neuse, an infielder acquired in a big trade last summer, highlight a list of 17 nonroster players whom the A's have invited to spring training. Also on the list is utilityman Steve Lombardozzi, Jr., who has played in 291 big-league games scattered over six seasons, and Logan Shore, the A's second-round pick in 2016, who will be in his first major-league camp. Heathcott, 27, was the Yankees'... Читать дальше...

Besikitas have switched targets from Arsenal striker Olivier Giroud to Danny Welbeck in recent days, according to Fotomac. The Turkish side are looking to replace Cenk Tosun, who was sold to Everton for £27m last week. Reports from Turkey had indicated that Gunners forward Giroud was the likeliest target to replace him at the club. Fotomac report that Arsenal are not willing to let the Frenchman leave, and it seems this has led to Besiktas president Fikret Orman considering Welbeck instead. Orman was on holiday with his family in London... Читать дальше...

PASADENA, Calif. (AP) — Less than a month after PBS dropped Tavis Smiley's talk show after reported inappropriate relationships with subordinates, Smiley announced a deal Monday to go back to work with a new series about inspirational stories. His series, "The Upside with Tavis Smiley," will be streamed online and shown on The Word Network, a religious-oriented cable and satellite channel directed at black viewers. He also announced a five-city "town hall" tour to talk about relationships in the workplace. Читать дальше...

RIVERSIDE, Calif. (AP) — The ex-wife of former NBA player Lorenzen Wright will not fight authorities' attempt to send her from California to Tennessee, where she's charged with killing him nearly eight years ago. Sherra Wright briefly appeared in Riverside County Superior Court on Monday and agreed to go back to Tennessee to face first-degree murder charges, the Desert Sun newspaper reported. Authorities now have 30 days to bring her to Memphis, where Lorenzen Wright's decomposing body was found in 2010. Читать дальше...

Jenna Fischer doesn’t know much more than you do about that coming revival of NBC’s “The Office.” Below is how she answered a question about the classic sitcom Monday at the Television Critics Association press tour. Reporter: With you working on [ABC’s “Splitting Up Together”] and you wanting to step away a bit from the Pam character — does that mean you won’t have a part on ‘The Office’ revival? Fischer: “I don’t know anything about ‘The Office’ revival,” she said. “I know as much as everyone else. Читать дальше...

In each incident, someone stole an unoccupied vehicle that was left running and unlocked, according to an alert from Chicago Police.

Oprah dedicated her rallying acceptance speech at the Golden Globes to the fighters of justice that history tried to forget. Specifically, she expressed gratitude for "the women who have endured years of abuse and assault... whose names we'll never know." 

• Facebook is putting an end to M, its hybrid human/artificial digital assistant that helped users make dinner reservations or get gift suggestions.
• M first launched in 2015 and never left beta mode. Only a few thousand people ever had access to it. 
• Facebook isn't scrapping all of its M technology. Companies can still launch chatbots for customer service, and M's key-word driven suggestion feature will stay in place.

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• John Williams, president of the Federal Reserve Bank of San Francisco, thinks the central bank needs new tools to fight chronically low inflation. 
• Williams, speaking at a Brookings Institution conference in Washington, made the case for a shift to a price-level target, which would have called for more aggressive interventions during the Great Recession.
• Williams is worried the Fed has a "credibility problem" because it has fallen short of its 2% inflation target for much of the economic recovery. Читать дальше...

BOISE, Idaho (AP) — The Latest on State of the State in Idaho (all times local): 1 p.m. Gov. C.L. "Butch" Otter's final "State of the State" address begins with announcing Idaho is in a better place than when he took over office 12 years ago. Otter said Monday that the governmental growth has remained limited during his three terms in the executive office, but the state has made important investments with its tax revenue. The Republican governor is not seeking a fourth term. Otter uses the annual... Читать дальше...

We've been writing about the world's largest biometric database, India's Aadhaar, since July 2015. Over 1.1 billion people have now been enrolled, and assigned an Aadhaar number and card, which represents 99.9% of India's adult population. There are currently around 40 million authentications every day, a number that will rise as Aadhaar becomes inescapable for every aspect of daily life in India, assuming it survives legal challenges. That scale necessarily entails a huge infrastructure to handle enrollment and authentication. Читать дальше...

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CHICAGO (AP) — It was quite a first impression. The Chicago Blackhawks began their season with a dominant 10-1 victory over two-time defending Stanley Cup champion Pittsburgh, looking very much like a contender to unseat the Penguins atop the NHL. It has been more mess than masterpiece since that impressive opening night in October. Chicago begins the second half of the season looking up at the rest of the loaded Central Division, where every team has at least 20 wins and 46 points. Goaltender Corey... Читать дальше...

div class=field field--name-field-hp-author field--type-text field--label-hiddendiv class=field__itemsdiv class=field__item evenJake Johnson, staff writer/div/div/divdiv class=field field--name-field-email-teaser field--type-text field--label-hiddendiv class=field__itemsdiv class=field__item evenpOpen internet defenders in the Senate reached a crucial milestone on Monday when Sen. Claire McCaskill (D-Mo.) a href=https://twitter.com/clairecmc/status/950420858107060224announced/a she will co-sponsor legislation that... Читать дальше...

div class=field field--name-field-hp-author field--type-text field--label-hiddendiv class=field__itemsdiv class=field__item evenJake Johnson, staff writer/div/div/divdiv class=field field--name-field-email-teaser field--type-text field--label-hiddendiv class=field__itemsdiv class=field__item evenpOpen internet defenders in the Senate reached a crucial milestone on Monday when Sen. Claire McCaskill (D-Mo.) a href=https://twitter.com/clairecmc/status/950420858107060224announced/a she will co-sponsor legislation that... Читать дальше...

The Golden Globes, one of the entertainment industry’s flagship award ceremonies, was dominated by the sexual harassment scandal that continues to rock Hollywood, with some of the world’s leading actresses and media figures speaking out about abuse and gender equality.

Gozitan university students are calling on the education authorities to invest in equipment which would enable students to follow lectures without the need to travel to Malta. The proposal was made by the Gozo University Group, which called for the provision of video conferencing services to accommodate Gozitan students and save them from excessive travel every each day. The group said that the Planning Authority had issued a permit for the enlargement and development of the Gozo university campus. Читать дальше...

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The “pivot to video” is digital media's megatrend of the moment. Globally, 47.4 minutes of online video will be watched daily in 2017, a 20% year-over-year (YoY) increase, driven primarily by mobile, where viewing times will reach 28.8 minutes per day, a 35% increase from 2016. 

And not surprisingly, ad dollars are following eyeballs online. Читать дальше...

“Marvel’s Runaways” is the show we need right now, according to stars Virginia Gardner and Ariela Barer, because of the message it sends about female empowerment and diversity. “I think to have a show that appeals to a young audience, that has a diverse cast, that has a great message, that has a lot of female empowerment, I think right now, it’s exactly what we needed,” Gardner told TheWrap. “It employs a lot of women behind the camera as well as in front of the camera so the entire environment... Читать дальше...

Last June, Amazon released the Echo Show, which added a touchscreen to the smart-speaker experience established by the original Echo—and therefore made the Alexa digital assistant more useful in new scenarios. Now Alexa’s archrival, the Google Assistant, is making its way onto screen-enabled devices. But instead of merely adding a display to its own Google …

In a survey of its membership, Britain’s National Union of Students (NUS) listed 11 options that respondents could check off to indicate their religious affiliation. Not among those options, for the second time in as many attempts, was Judaism.

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Washington - US space firm SpaceX on Sunday launched a top secret payload into space for the US government, known only by the codename Zuma.

The payload took off early this morning on a Falcon 9 rocket from the Cape Canaveral Air Force Station in Florida.

Experts say they see no problem in people taking ibuprofen for a short period to alleviate pain, but warned against taking the drug for a long period if not strictly necessary. Men who take high doses of ibuprofen for months at a time may be at greater risk of fertility issues and also other health problems, such as muscle wastage, erectile dysfunction and fatigue, scientists have found. Research on healthy young men who took the common painkiller for up to six weeks showed that the drug disrupted... Читать дальше...

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