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NEW YORK (AP) — With the U.S. and global markets having their worst week in years, here is a breakdown on how bad the damage has been: The Nasdaq composite: down 8.2 percent this month, and 0.6 percent this year. Hong Kong's Hang Seng: down 9 percent this month, and down 5.1 percent this year.

We collected Seattle parking ticket data and can now see which offenses drivers are (allegedly) committing the most.

Two towns in southern British Columbia have been told to stand by for evacuation if the Stickpin fire, burning in the Colville National Forest of northeast Washington, moves north across the border. The warning was conveyed Thursday night at a town meeting in Grand Forks. The smaller community of Christina Lake has received a similar be-ready-to-leave notice. The Stickpin fire is burning less than 10 miles away, and is under attack from the north. British Columbia border communities have already been hit this month by the Rock Creek fire... Читать дальше...

LONDON (AP) — The spectacular breach at adultery site Ashley Madison gave rise to sordid tales of horrified spouses rushing to get tested for sexually transmitted diseases, frantic phone calls to lawyers and torrid confrontations with spouses. Ashley Madison claims to have had about 39 million members, but security experts who examined the internal records put the number of email addresses at 36 million. Several governments have announced investigations following revelations that bureaucrats signed... Читать дальше...

NEW YORK (AP) — Dow Jones industrial average ends day down more than 500 points on China fears.

The 42-year-old Green starred on the television series "Beverly Hills, 90210" and appeared on the FX series "Anger Management." Fox starred in 2014's "Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles" movie and its upcoming sequel.

WASHINGTON (AP) — A federal appeals court on Friday revived Obama administration regulations that guarantee overtime and minimum wage protection to nearly 2 million home health care workers. The ruling was a victory for worker advocacy groups and labor unions that have long sought higher wages for domestic workers who help the elderly and disabled with everyday tasks such as bathing or taking medicine. A federal judge had scrapped the Labor Department rules earlier this year after finding that the agency had overstepped its authority. Читать дальше...

NEW YORK (AP) — Dow Jones industrial average plunges 400 points, 2nd day of global sell-off continues.

A kayaker plies the water of Diablo Lake behind Diablo Dam near Newhalem. State Route 20, the North Cascades Highway is closed due to the Goodell fire, as is the Colonail Creek Campground and North Cascades Environmental Learning Center along Diablo Lake.  photo: Jeff Larsen, Seattle Post-Intelligencer The North Cascades highway, state Route 20, remains closed as fire crews defend the town of Newhalem and North Cascades National Park complex campgrounds and park visitor center against the 3,100-acre Goodell fire. Читать дальше...

PHOENIX (AP) — A federal government analysis that said Arizona's health insurance co-op had gotten just a fraction of its projected enrollment last year missed thousands of signups and incorrectly showed the state nonprofit set up under the Affordable Care Act signed up only 4 percent of the people it expected in 2014. Kahn also noted that the Centers for Medicaid and Medicare services did not point out any discrepancies in its review of the audit before it was released. The company's HMO, Meritus Health Partners... Читать дальше...

HOUSTON (AP) — Oilfield services company Baker Hughes Inc. says the number of rigs exploring for oil and natural gas in the U.S. this week increased by one to 885. Houston-based Baker Hughes said Friday 674 rigs were seeking oil and 211 explored for natural gas.

The festival also will feature the North American premiere of Noah Baumbach and Jake Paltrow's Brian De Palma career retrospective documentary "De Palma," a revival screening of De Palma's classic "Blow Out," and an anniversary screening of Joel and Ethan Coen's "O Brother, Where Art Thou?"

A line of children's nightlights that can pose an electrical shock hazard are among this week's recalled consumer products. The light has a dome-shaped plastic cover that gives the light its color and is attached to a white rectangular plastic base. The nightlight's plastic covering can detach and expose electrical components, posing an electrical shock hazard. Call IKEA at 888-966-4532 anytime or visit at www.ikea-usa.com and click on Press Room at the bottom of the page then Product Recalls at the top of the page for more information. Читать дальше...

ATLANTA (AP) — Former President Jimmy Carter is stepping back from most of his humanitarian work and surrounding himself with family as doctors target the skin cancer that showed up in his liver and brain. The former president was relentlessly upbeat Thursday, making jokes and flashing his wide smile during a detailed, 45-minute news conference about his melanoma diagnosis and treatment. The day before, he received his first dose of a recently approved drug to help his immune system seek out and... Читать дальше...

NEW YORK (AP) — Crude prices in US drop below $40 per barrel for the 1st time since the global economic crisis.

(AP) — A white whiskey named after a legendary Tennessee moonshiner is introducing a new bottle after a legal dispute over similarities to Jack Daniel's shape and design. The Popcorn Sutton brand, which began production after the death of its namesake, ran into the legal troubles in 2013 after starting to ship the product in square-shaped bottles instead of in Mason jars.

NEW YORK (AP) — U.S. stocks are dropping sharply for a second day following a sell-off in major indexes around the world on growing evidence that China's economy is slowing. All 10 sectors of the S&P 500 fell, led by a 1.9 drop in information technology shares. In China, a preliminary version of a gauge of business activity, the Caixin purchasing managers' index, fell to an unexpectedly low 47.1 points. THE QUOTE: "China has been on a mission to keep up the illusion of a gradual slowdown,... Читать дальше...

Overhaul of the waterfront seawall will be delayed and the total cost for the project is expected to increase $71 million over its current budget, Seattle Mayor Ed Murray announced Thursday evening.

The invasive tree has an extensive root system that sucks up nearby water and leaves that leak a salt-like substance, killing native plants. Salt cedar has the potential to grow as tall as a two-story building, with large, thick branches. The fire department in the Phoenix suburb of Avondale fights such fires with Type III Brush truck, which is larger and sturdier than a regular fire engine and has a more extensive hose system, Capt. Steve Mayhew said. Not only is salt cedar fueling many of the fires in the Southwest... Читать дальше...

The hackers, who stole the data about a month ago and then posted it online this week, claimed in a statement that part of the reason for the theft was Ashley Madison's fraudulent promise to fully delete users' information if they paid the company a $19 fee. Before you hit "submit," stop and think before giving up your personal information to any kind of website, said Michael Kaiser, executive director of the National Cyber Security Alliance, an industry-funded group that educates consumers about cybersecurity. Читать дальше...

WASHINGTON (AP) — Unemployment rates fell in 24 U.S. states last month, including some of those with early presidential nominating contests. The unemployment rate in New Hampshire, site of the second contest, slipped to 3.7 percent from 3.8 percent. Economic issues occupied a small portion of the GOP's first presidential primary debate last month, a stark contrast from the primary debates of 2012, which focused heavily on jobs and the economy. West Virginia, which has been hit by a steep decline in coal prices... Читать дальше...

WASHINGTON (AP) — U.S. government employees with sensitive jobs in national security or law enforcement were among hundreds of federal workers found to be using government networks to access and pay membership fees to the cheating website Ashley Madison, The Associated Press has learned. The list includes at least two assistant U.S. attorneys, an information technology administrator in the White House's support staff, a Justice Department investigator, a division chief, and a government hacker and... Читать дальше...

The agency says in documents posted Friday that it received 19 consumer complaints that the air bag control computer failed in the Accord, which then was Honda's top-selling model. The agency says the malfunction causes the air bag warning light to illuminate on the dashboard and disables the air bags until repairs are made.

DETROIT (AP) — U.S. safety regulators have rejected an electrical engineer's request to investigate low-speed unintended acceleration in Toyota and Lexus cars. The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration, in documents posted Friday, said that three crashes cited in the engineer's request are consistent with the driver mistakenly hitting the gas pedal instead of the brake. Raghavan also cited event data recorder information in two other crashes involving Toyota vehicles and asked NHTSA to... Читать дальше...