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The Tomah High School girls soccer team tied Holmen 0-0 Tuesday and dropped a 2-0 decision against Onalaska Thursday in a pair of recent Mississippi Valley Conference matches.

The PBWA named James the winner of the 2016-17 J. Walter Kennedy Citizenship Award.

The PBWA named James the winner of the 2016-17 J. Walter Kennedy Citizenship Award.

On the outskirts of Amsterdam, life starts early at the Clara Maria Farm, where every day since he was a boy, Kees-Jan van Wees has milked the cows in a 160-year-old building. Just hours later, he'll turn that milk into a Dutch product beloved around the world: Gouda cheese. Jane Pauley reports on a farm where centuries-old Dutch traditions (like making wooden shoes) have continued, and been embraced by Kees-Jan's American-born wife, Katrina.

Alexander Zverev has won the biggest match of his life, dismissing World No. 2 Novak Djokovic 6-4, 6-3 during the Internazionali BNL d'Italia final in Rome. The #NextGenATP star wins his maiden ATP World Tour Masters 1000 title during his first try, and the 20-year-old simply outplayed Djokovic, a 30-time Masters 1000 titlist, controlling play from the back of the court with his fluid two-handed backhand and heavy forehand.

Conor Sheary will also be a healthy scratch for the Pittsburgh Penguins for Game 5 on Sunday afternoon.

The sea lion appears to have been drawn to the dock by adults who were reportedly throwing bread crumbs into the water

The 2017 Atlantic hurricane season officially begins next week, and hurricane hunters will again be on call this year to fly into meteorological monsters.

Roland Yearwood passed away in the mountain's so-called 'death zone'

Is Ben Higgins already cozying up someone else? The newly-single Bachelor, who recently called off his engagement to Lauren Bushnell, was spotted attending a Bryan Adams concert on Saturday night (May 20) at the Greek Theater in Los Angeles, according to TMZ. PHOTOS: Check out the latest pics of Ben Higgins Ben went with fellow [...]

No group has so far claimed responsibility for the attack which took place late last night on the guest house run by Swedish charity Operation Mercy in the heart of the Afghan capital.

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At the beginning of April, the Mexican army took US military officials, UN personnel, and officials from the US embassy on a tour of a half-dozen sites in the Golden Triangle — the heart of Mexico's heroin country — to witness the destruction of opium poppies.

The trip marked the first time in at least 10 years that the Mexican army had allowed US and UN officials to observe poppy eradication, and, according to Reuters, more trips were being arranged.

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Voor de kust van de Engelse regio East Anglia zijn dit weekend drie dode walvissen aangetroffen. Dierenbeschermers zeiden zondag tegen de krant

David Peterson, the man behind Dothraki, is teaching a language invention class.

SOUTHERN PINES, N.C. — Authorities are investigating after pulling a body from a car submerged at a North Carolina golf course. Southern Pines police tell local media outlets they received a call at around 10:45 a.m. Sunday at Longleaf Golf Course and Family Club. Officials say they pulled a body out of the water and

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The key for OPEC in balancing the oil market is to flip the futures curve.

Goldman Sachs warned that until the oil futures market moves decidedly into a state of backwardation, OPEC could struggle to significantly drain inventories. As it stands, the market contango – a situation in which near-term oil futures trade at a discount to deliveries six or twelve months out – allow shale drillers to hedge their future production and lock in higher prices for delivery at a later date. Читать дальше...

The death toll in the attack of a rebel airbase in south Libya rose to 140, a spokesman for military strongman Khalifa Haftar said.

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Martin Casado is a legend in his own corner of the tech world for inventing a technology that radically alters the way computer networks are built.

He invented the tech while he was a PhD student at Stanford. He took that invention, and two of the professors advising him (legends in their own right) Nick McKeown from Stanford and Scott Shenker from University of California, Berkeley, and founded a startup back in 2012. It was called Nicira and it was backed by VCs like Andreessen Horowitz ("a16z"). Читать дальше...

COLLEGE STATION, Texas (AP) — An area of the College Station police department parking lot set up to provide a safe location for people selling and trading online items has become not safe for two would-be entrepreneurs accused of dealing stolen merchandise. Bryan-College Station TV station KBTX reports (http://bit.ly/2qLD2Qg ) the original owner spotted online and for sale the device he recently lost in a vehicle burglary.

Slow down there, Wyatt Earp.

We leave you this Sunday Morning tip-toeing through the tulips at the Keukenhof Garden outside Amsterdam. Videographer: Joan Martelli

The billionaire said technology can help make the world a better place, and graduates should aim for these 3 fields.