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Authorities in Mississippi have asked the public to be on the lookout for a missing 16-year-old boy who they suspect is on the run with a 30-year-old woman who lost her teaching job last month amid allegations she had an inappropriate relationship with a student.

The US Air Force has conducted more than two dozen engineering, development and guided flight tests of the new B61-12 guided nuclear gravity bomb, a US Air Force general said May 1.

The EFCC says it has arrested one Felix Idowu for allegedly impersonating its acting chairman, Ibrahim Magu. Spokesman of the commission, Wilson Uwujaren, said the suspect was a real estate agent and graduate of political science.

Climbing Magazine is partnering with Alpinist and climbing organizations across the country to launch a survey on the occurrence of sexual harassment and sexual assault in the climbing world. The goal is to quantify the extent of this problem in our community. Your responses are important whether ...

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The Giants are not ready to provide a diagnosis on Johnny Cueto's elbow, but nobody needs Will Clark's 20-12 eyesight to read between the lines. Manager Bruce Bochy said Wednesday that Cueto will get two or three opinions on the elbow. It sounds like Dr. James Andrews will have a look this weekend when the Giants conveniently travel to Atlanta, between Andrews' offices in Birmingham, Ala., and Pensacola, Fla. Pitchers do not visit Dr. Andrews to talk about fishing. Читать дальше...

In Microsoft's newest Windows 10 update are features that get you more productive, from helping you quickly access old files to sharing documents.

WASHINGTON (Sputnik) - Israel’s battle-ready nuclear weapons arsenal, not Iran’s alleged development program are the biggest threat in the Middle East, Veteran UN human rights adviser, author and Middle East analyst James A. Paul told Sputnik.

Victoria's Secret has been criticized for its oversexualized ads.

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• Victoria's Secret has found itself caught up in the #MeToo moment and has been criticized for its oversexualized ads. New data from brand-insights firm YouGov showed that women's perception of the brand has declined since 2013. 
• Discontent has been brewing for the past few years, and some Victoria's Secret customers have complained on Facebook that its ads, which feature scantily dressed models, are targeted more towards men than women.
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Weighed down by a sluggish global economy, turbulent capital markets, and heavier regulation after the 2008 financial crisis, many big banks have scrimped on innovation.

In doing so, they've failed to keep up with customers' embrace of and demand for all things digital and mobile. That's opened... Читать дальше...

The Southwest plane whose engine exploded in mid-air on April 17, killing one passenger, was back in the air on Monday.

SAVANNAH, Ga. (AP) — An Air National Guard C-130 cargo plane on a training mission crashed Wednesday onto a busy highway near a Georgia airport, killing at least five National Guard members from Puerto Rico, authorities said. Black smoke rose into the sky from a section of the plane that appeared to have crashed into a median on the road. Firefighters later put out the blaze. Capt. Jeff Bezore, a spokesman for the Georgia Air National Guard's 165th Air Wing, said the crash killed at least five people. Читать дальше...

Anderson will start on Wednesday in Seattle.

The Oakland A’s officially called up pitcher Brett Anderson on Wednesday, the team announced. The left-hander will start tonight’s game against the Mariners. To clear a spot on the 25-man roster, reliever Emilio Pagan was optioned down to Triple-A Nashville. There was already a spot open on the 40-man roster, so Anderson was added there without the need for another corresponding move.

Oakland signed Anderson in late March on a minor league deal... Читать дальше...

Getting you ready for the MLB draft conference-by-conference

Keeping up with college baseball can be overwhelming, but pays major dividends during the draft when you get to become Extremely Outraged when a guy you have decided is your favorite player in the entire draft gets picked after some other chump. A while ago, John, Ben and I did a mock draft of our first-round favorites, which you can read here. That draft wound up being heavy on high school talent, which reflects how deep the talent pool is at the prep level this year... Читать дальше...

Today, nature’s resilience is being tested as insects and diseases spread around the globe.

Sen. John Rodgers engaged in ugly attacks during the S.55 debage in Vermont Senate.

TMZ executive producer Charles Latibeaudiere called out Kanye West as “an under-medicated, mentally unstable megalomaniac” after the rapper said slavery was “a choice” in an interview on Tuesday.

From Alexis Brudnicki at The Hardball Times on May 2, 2018:

More formally known as Major League Baseball’s Scout Development Program, scout school is “a one-week seminar with classroom instruction and on-field evaluation exercises. Our goal is to improve and better prepare qualified individuals for a career as a professional scout and/or front office administrator.”

That’s how it’s described in the first form the scouting bureau sends its candidates, anyway.

Scout school is run by MLB’s scouting bureau. Читать дальше...

Data analytics firm Cambridge Analytica is shutting down all operations Wednesday, reports The Wall Street Journal.

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• "Cream Soda" hair is the hair trend that looks great on anyone, blondes and brunettes alike. 
• The color is caramel with a mixture of beigey browns and warm golds.
• Stars like Gigi Hadid and Lauren Conrad are currently rocking the look. 

“Cream soda” hair has been making the Hollywood rounds on stars like Gigi Hadid and Lauren Conrad. But you don’t have to be an A-lister to pull it off. In fact, the best part of this hot hair trend is that it looks great on anyone. Читать дальше...

• Google Maps has launched a new platform designed to assist delivery, gaming and ride-sharing companies. 
• The company continues to build out its enterprise offerings. 
• Google says a streamlined service will make it easier to embed Google Maps into apps.  

For the past few months, Google Maps has quietly been offering special features designed to aid ride-sharing, delivery and gaming companies among others.See the rest of the story at Business Insider

A man who threw a pair of shoes at former U.S. President George W. Bush during a farewell visit to Iraq in 2008 is now running for a seat in the embattled country's Council of Representatives.