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Outdoor pop and rock gigs beneath Stirling Castle are set to become an annual fixture as it emerged that Runrig’s two farewell shows will generate an estimated £8 million for the local economy.

Netflix hidden categories are the secret to better binging, friends. 

The vast amount of content on Netflix can get pretty unwieldy. Luckily, there's a secret, better way to browse the swaths of mediocre titles on the streaming service to get to what you're really looking for.

Netflix has a master list of hidden categories that go far beyond the usual Action, Drama, Sci-Fi, and the like. First discovered by the blog What's On Netflix, anyone can access them by simply typing specific URLs into a browser. Читать дальше...

HONG KONG — Hong Kong's de facto central bank on Thursday said it had bought up more than $2 billion worth of local currency to maintain a long-held peg to the US dollar.

La Société québécoise du cannabis (SQDC) a dévoilé jeudi le concept de ses boutiques qui ouvriront le 17 octobre, moment où la consommation de marijuana à des fins récréatives deviendra légale.

The deportees of Diego Garcia island, who were dumped into poverty 1,200 miles away in Mauritius or in the equally distant Seychelles, have spent the last five decades battling the British and U.S. governments for the right to return.

MUNCIE, Ind. (AP) — Ball State University’s trustees have voted to remove the name of alumnus and Papa John’s founder John Schnatter from a business institute because of his use of a racial slur. The board voted 8-1 Thursday to remove the name from the Institute for Entrepreneurship and Free Enterprise and return money donated […]

MUNCIE, Ind. (AP) — Ball State University's trustees have voted to remove the name of alumnus and Papa John's founder John Schnatter from a business institute because of his use of a racial slur. The board voted 8-1 Thursday to remove the name from the Institute for Entrepreneurship and Free Enterprise and return money donated by the Schnatter Family Foundation. The vote came nearly two weeks after the trustees issued a statement Aug. 3 supporting Schnatter . The Star Press reports... Читать дальше...

HUMAN Ken Doll Rodrigo Alves has already threatened to quit Celebrity Big Brother if his special demands are not met. In an exclusive chat with The Sun Online, the cosmetic surgery addict has revealed his contract states he’ll drink nothing but champagne, prosecco or cava. Before entering the house tonight, Rodrigo confessed to the The Sun Online: “I […]

Gary Cotter routinely ordered Romano’s Pizza to his home in Salem, New Hampshire. But on Wednesday, the pizza delivery man started to get suspicious about what was going on in … Click to Continue »

About 350 newspapers across the country have come together in an effort to show President Trump that journalists are not the enemy. The papers have published op-eds supporting a free press and denounced Mr. Trump's attacks against the media. CBSN political contributor Michael Graham joined CBSN to discuss whether the protest was productive.

The synthetic marijuana alternative could be far more dangerous when mixed with opioids like fentanyl

Seeing the thread about Lakin made me think of some of our most memorable debuts. Most aren't particularly special, but occasionally you get one that lives longer in the memory. Those that spring immediately to mind are:

Tony Coton v Sunderland - saved a first minute penalty with his first ever touch of the ball for Blues
Paul Hart v Plymouth - broke his leg after half an hour. Never played for us again
Kenny Lowe v Charlton - 30 yard screamer
Ricky Otto v Cambridge - scored... Читать дальше...

CA Sacramento CA Zone Forecast for Thursday, August 16, 2018 _____ 688 FPUS56 KSTO 162034 ZFPSTO Interior Northern California Zone Forecasts for California National Weather Service Sacramento CA 134 PM PDT Thu Aug 16 2018 Spot temperatures and probabilities of measurable precipitation are for tonight, Friday, Friday night, and Saturday. CAZ013-171115- Shasta Lake Area / Northern Shasta County- Including the city of Shasta Dam 134 PM PDT Thu Aug 16 2018 .TONIGHT...Clear. Haze and areas of smoke. Lows... Читать дальше...

The number of people who overdosed on what cops believe was a powerful batch of synthetic marijuana neared 90 on Thursday, as people continued collapsing on the historic New Haven Green. Authorities said 19 more people overdosed Thursday, and that the number could climb. “I think this is a lot more than we have normally...

Investors casting a dim eye on the significant dollar borrowing by Turkish firms might want to give Asia a look to see the biggest malefactors of so-called original sin.

KIRSTIE Alley has been accused of being drunk by Celebrity Big Brother fans as she entered the house. The Cheers actress entered the house excited about being on the Channel 5 reality show but her erratic behaviour saw her ask if she was going to be assassinated when she was made the secret President of […]

I’ve posted before about how much taller girls are getting coming into college. Well we have our first 7’0” player in D1 Volleyball this year....

New video by playak: Susquehanna River Condition Report - 8/16/18

In its first statement on the Pennsylvania sexual abuse report, the Vatican said it must "learn hard lessons from its past."

VATICAN CITY (Reuters) - The Vatican, in its first response to a damning report by a U.S. grand jury on sexual abuse of children by priests in Pennsylvania, on Thursday expressed "shame and sorrow".

By Timothy Gardner WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The Trump administration's proposed replacement for the Obama-era's central regulation on climate change, the Clean Power Plan, is expected to be released by the Environmental Protection Agency late next week, an agency source said on Thursday. The replacement for former President Barack Obama's plan to slash carbon emissions from coal-fired power plants will grant states the ability to write their own weaker regulations for the plants, a Politico report... Читать дальше...