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Reserves not enough to cover budgets as fiscal deficits reach $270bn and oil prices stay low

Recently, a letter writer incorrectly stated that Gov. Pete Ricketts supports an increase in the state’s cigarette tax. Gov. Ricketts has made tax relief for hardworking Nebraskans a top priority of his administration, and he has publicly stated that he…

Lucknow Municipal Corporation (LMC) will add new features to the Smart City proposal to give it a facelift. The biggest relief to public would be provision of smart parking solutions in buildings which will display the number of vacant parking slots and fares on a digital board at parking entrance. People would operate smartcards to enter the parking. The barriers would automatically lift once they punch smart cards, said an LMC official.

INDIANAPOLIS - Former Lt. Gov. Sue Ellspermann will face competition from more than 30 applicants who are vying to become the next president of Ivy Tech Community College.

OKLAHOMA CITY - Dwight Howard doesn't like being branded a cheater.

The Federal Reserve’s softer approach on interest-rate hikes may have restored some bonhomie to the beaten-down stock market but a continuing profits recession could crash the party before it even gets started.

With only 25 days left to submit the revised Smart City plan to Centre, Lucknow Municipal Corporation (LMC) seems ill-prepared to do so. For starters, it needs to get formalities completed by various government departments.

The Mayor of London said he is "genuinely worried" that Donald Trump may become US President after he was mistaken for the American politician in New York

“He wears those shitty chancletas from Walgreens… that sound like farts when you walk.”

A previous version of this post first appeared on the MovingWorlds.org blog

The nation’s highest military appeals court has upheld the court-martial conviction of a Missouri man whose racist-sounding diatribe against President Barack Obama raised tough free speech questions.

On July 2, 2015, a video was uploaded to YouTube that began with a teen-age girl in a gym wrapping a weight-lifting belt around her waist. Her hair was nested atop her head in a messy bun, and headphones covered her ears. A straight bar with six plates on each side, totalling four hundred and twenty pounds, rested on the ground next to her. She huffed and puffed, paced from one end of the gym to the other, and clapped her hands. Small clouds of chalk wafted from her palms. Then she walked up to the bar... Читать дальше...

Ben Simmons is taking his talents to the NBA (with LeBron’s agent). The question is where will he land? And when will he get picked? Last week, Jonathan Givony — the well-connected man behind DraftExpress.com — moved Ben Simmons from the projected top spot in the draft down to No. 2 and replaced him with Duke’s […]

The iPhone SE is expected to arrive in India in April for a starting price of Rs 30,000.

During an event in Cupertino, California, Apple has unveiled new products, including the iPhone SE and a smaller iPad pro.

The six-time Sprint Cup champion has made a habit of relegating Harvick to the runner-up position.

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Stocks went nowhere on Monday after last week saw the major averages move back into the green for the year.

The biggest story, though, was the ongoing saga at pharmaceutical giant Valeant, which somehow took an even stranger turn to start the week.

First, the scoreboard:

• Dow: 17,618, +16, (+0.1%)
• S&P 500: 2,050, +1, (+0.1%)
• Nasdaq: 4,805, +10, (+0.2%)
• WTI crude oil: $41.70, +1.4%

Valeant

Yes, this story gets stranger. Читать дальше...

The France boss refused to discuss the future of the Real Madrid striker as he began preparations for their friendly with Netherlands

Sarah Paulson and Matt Bomer arrive for the 2016 PaleyFest panel of their hit show American Horror Story: Hotel held at the Dolby Theatre on Sunday (March 20) in Hollywood. Also in attendance for the panel were co-stars Angela Bassett, Wes Bentley, Finn Wittrock, Kathy Bates, Cheyenne Jackson, and Denis O’Hare. Creator Ryan Murphy spoke [...]

The realization that Donald Trump will (most likely) be the Republican candidate for President has sparked two distinct movements across the country. Trump has run on a platform of hate, divisiveness and fear. His rallies encourage hate speech, fear mongering and bullying of any and all who question him. He calls out protesters in the audience, ridicules them as they are being escorted out and has offered to pay legal bills of the supporters who assault protesters in the name of Trump. He has... Читать дальше...

For the second time in three days, the first U.S. military firebase in Iraq has come under attack from ISIS. The base, known as Firebase Bell, came under small arms fire from a group of about 10 ISIS fighters who also attacked a nearby U.S./Iraqi installation at Makhmur in northern Iraq. No U.S. personnel were […]

ENSCHEDE - FC Twente trekt voor het derde achtereenvolgende seizoen de jaarrekening in. Dat betekent opnieuw aftrek van drie punten door de KNVB en een boete. Het is de laatste misser die de club zich nog kan veroorloven.