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PHOENIX (AP) — An Arizona man has been sentenced to nearly three years in federal prison for driving under the influence of alcohol and causing a car accident that seriously injured two children. Prosecutors say 30-year-old Daniel Sherman Lejero received a 33-month sentence Tuesday in U.S. District Court in Phoenix. Lejero had previously pleaded guilty to two accounts of assault resulting in serious bodily injury. Prosecutors say an intoxicated Lejero crashed a speeding vehicle on the Gila River Indian Community south of Phoenix in March 2015. Читать дальше...

Whether it's Tupac, Michael Jackson or some other revered artist, dead celebrities reincarnated as holograms are big business – and, for two startups looking for fame and fortune, a source of untapped millions. The two companies, Pulse Evolution and Hologram USA, have also been locked in bitter legal wrangles due to a patent dispute, despite the fact the underlying technology is based on Pepper's Ghost, a technique from the 19th century. Read more here: http://wired.uk/mIPKnm

THE main source of water for households in Metro Manila has recorded critical levels, which could result in water shortage, according to the state weather bureau on Thursday. Hydrologist Gine Nievares of the Philippine Atmospheric Geophysical Astronomical Services Administration (Pagasa) said in a radio interview that the water level in La Mesa Dam dropped to [...]

SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — South Korea said Thursday that it has reached an agreement with General Motors to inject $4.35 billion in funding and other measures to turn around the loss-making Korean unit. Finance Minister Kim Dong-yeon told reporters that the American automaker agreed to other measures meant to ensure the company stays in South Korea for at least 10 years. GM will be restricted from selling any shares for the next five years and obligated to retain at least a 35-percent stake in its Korean unit for the following five years. Читать дальше...

PAHOA, Hawaii (AP) — Hawaii's Kilauea volcano could soon send boulders and ash shooting out of its summit crater in the kind of explosive eruption last displayed nearly a century ago. Scientists said Wednesday the risks of an explosive summit eruption will rise in coming weeks as magma drains down the flank of the volcano toward the area where began erupting lava in a residential neighborhood last week. A summit explosion could also release ash, steam and sulfur dioxide emissions. Kilauea has destroyed 36 structures ... Читать дальше...

The former US financial regulator appointed by the Malta Financial Services Authority (MFSA) to take charge of all Pilatus Bank assets, has declined to comment on reports that the controversial bank is winding up. The MFSA tasked the regulator, Lawrence Connell, with assuming control of Pilatus’s banking and investment business in March after chairman Ali Sadr Hasheminejad was arrested on charges of money laundering and violating US sanctions. Last month, Mr Hasheminejad’s lawyers told the Times... Читать дальше...

Arsenal are rapidly approaching the end of a disappointing campaign, where the Gunners have missed two golden opportunities to wave goodbye to Arsene Wenger with trophies he’s never lifted before. The north London side were swept aside by Manchester City in the Carabao Cup final back in February and then lost over two legs to Spanish giants Atletico Madrid in the Europa League semi-finals, which also ensured they’d be without Champions League football for another season. Amidst all this... Читать дальше...

Ein 82-jähriger Fahrradfahrer ist am Mittwoch nach einem Unfall auf der L203 zwischen Lustenau und Hohenems im Krankenhaus Feldkirch seinen schweren Verletzungen erlegen. Der Mann wurde frontal vom Auto einer 72-Jährigen erfasst, teilte die Polizei mit. Wie es zu dem Unfall kam, war vorerst unklar.

The transfer fees in modern football rise from year to year, and we are now in an age where players are being bought for more than £100m. Arsenal manager Arsene Wenger has seen the bloated costs first-hand during his 22-year spell in charge of the Gunners. The Frenchman will step down at the end of the season and hand the reins to a successor at the Emirates. According to the Metro, the 68-year-old told reporters that the current Arsenal squad does not need much improvement. However, he did warn... Читать дальше...

CA San Joaquin Valley - Hanford CA Zone Forecast for Wednesday, May 9, 2018 _____ 329 FPUS56 KHNX 100600 ZFPHNX Zone Forecast Product for Interior Central California National Weather Service San Joaquin Valley - Hanford CA 1100 PM PDT Wed May 9 2018 Point temperatures and probabilities of measurable precipitation are for tonightThursdayThursday nightand Frid This is an automatically generated product that provides average values for large geographic areas. For a site-specific forecast...please visit... Читать дальше...

Waratahs Super rugby head Coach Daryl Gibson has made two changes to his starting line-up ahead of Saturday’s round 13 clash against the Crusaders at AMI Stadium, Christchurch. While the forwards remain untouched after their three-try haul last weekend, the backs will welcome 112 caps of Super Rugby experience in scrumhalf Nick Phipps, whose return […]

“It’s important that Villa try to tie him down” – Shay Given on Sam Johnstone Shay Given, speaking exclusively to 888Sport (with questions posed by MOMS), discusses Aston Villa’s current number one Sam Johnstone, Villa’s play-off chances and Steve Bruce. MOMS: What are you up at the moment and what’s your plans? Shay Given: I’m just […]

Astronomers using European Southern Observatory (ESO) telescopes have discovered an ancient asteroid, one that formed billions of years ago and was ejected into the farther, icy reaches of our solar system. Dubbed 2004 EW95, the carbon-rich object came to be during the chaotic formation of our stellar neighborhood. It originally existed in the asteroid belt between Mars and Jupiter, but now sits beyond Neptune in a disc-shaped region called the Kuiper belt, about four billion kilometers away from Earth.

The Sunday Times Rich List calculates the wealth of the 1,000 richest people in Britain.

MOGADISHU, Somalia — The Somalia-based extremist group al-Shabab says it has stoned to death a woman accused of marrying 11 men. The al-Qaida-linked group’s radio arm, Andalus, reports that the stoning was carried out on Wednesday after an ad hoc al-Shabab court convicted the woman in Sablale town in Lower Shabelle region. The report says...

In what it describes as a coincidence, Columbus Nova, the Russian-linked New York investment firm that paid $500,000 to President Trump's personal lawyer Michael Cohen last year for unspecified investment consulting, also hired Trump lawyer Marc Kasowitz to represent it in a commercial lawsuit, ProPublica reports. A Kasowitz spokesman told ProPublica that Kasowitz and his partners represented Columbus Nova in a lawsuit from 2010 until early 2017, and said Cohen's brief time working in Kasowitz's... Читать дальше...

Daily MailMay 9, 2018 Experiments to reanimate dead brains could lead to humans being locked in an eternal ‘living hell’ and enduring a ‘fate worse than death.’ That’s according to Nottingham Trent ethics and philosophy lecturer Benjamin Curtis who made the comments in light of controversial experiments on pig brains. Last month, Yale University announced it had successfully […]