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LONDON — Parliamentary committees in Britain and Canada are urging Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg to testify before a joint hearing of international lawmakers examining fake news and the internet. Damian Collins, the head of the British Parliament’s media committee, is joining forces with his Canadian counterpart, Bob Zimmer, to pressure Zuckerberg to personally take part in hearings, as he did before Congress and the European Parliament. The “international grand committee” session would be held Nov. Читать дальше...

As he nears his debut with the Warriors, DeMarcus Cousins is making one thing clear to his teammates: Even though he won’t play Wednesday night against the New Orleans Pelicans, he would appreciate a win on his behalf. During shoot-around at the team’s practice facility, Cousins reminded players that he has some added motivation in the Warriors’ first matchup against his former team. Draymond Green, one of Cousins’ closest friends on Golden State, later told reporters, “Obviously, he feels a way.”... Читать дальше...

The Heidi Klum Halloween Costume Watch 2018 took a dramatic turn Wednesday afternoon, as the “America’s Got Talent” personality posted an update on this year’s get-up that had observers issuing a collective “Shrek, yes!” as they believed to have solved the mystery. In a social media post, Klum unveiled an image of herself, her face bloated with prosthetics and painted green, alongside a man whose face was also a shade of green. Read the full article on The Wrap

HOUSTON (AP) _ Carriage Services Inc. (CSV) on Wednesday reported third-quarter earnings of $2.2 million. The Houston-based company said it had net income of 11 cents per share. Earnings, adjusted for non-recurring costs, were 14 cents per share. The provider of funeral and cemetary services and products posted revenue of $64.2 million in the period. Carriage Services shares have declined 25 percent since the beginning of the year. In the final minutes of trading on Wednesday, shares hit $19.28, a decrease of 26 percent in the last 12 months. Читать дальше...

WHL Scoring Leaders GAPtsB. Leason, PA152035T. Fix-Wolansky, EDM112132B. Hagel, RD121628K. Dach, SAS101727J. Blichfeld, POR101626S. Mattheos, BDN141125N. Yaremko, TC101424C. Glass, POR51823M. Kastelic, CGY12921D. Cozens, LET81321K. Topping, KEL61521J. Almeida, MJ31821T. Smith, SPO21921T. Langan, MJ101020A. Alexeyev, RD71320N. Henry, REG61420S. Montgomery, PA61420D. Davidson, SAS41620R. Woods, SPO10919J. Hamblin, MH91019J. Bellerive, LET81119L. Mattson, KEL81119R. Sutter, EVT71219I. Johnson, TC61319P. Читать дальше...

As General Motors reported a healthy $2.5 billion third-quarter profit, the Detroit automaker boosted its cost-cutting efforts by offering buyouts to 18,000 white-collar workers. Shortly after reporting the better-than-expected earnings, CEO Mary Barra sent an email to all 50,000 salaried GM employees in North America Wednesday morning. “We sent a letter to employees saying any salaried employee in North America with 12 years or more experience will have the opportunity to take a voluntary severance program,” GM spokesman Pat Morrissey said.

COEUR D'ALENE, Idaho (AP) — An eastern Washington man found not guilty of three counts of involuntary manslaughter in a criminal trial following a boating crash on Lake Coeur d'Alene in northern Idaho has been ordered to pay $180,000 in a civil case. A jury on Monday determined Dennis Magner of Spokane, Washington, is 30 percent responsible for the crash. The July 2016 nighttime collision killed 34-year-old Justin Luhr of Medical Lake, Washington; 21-year-old Justin Honken of Post Falls, Idaho; and 21-year-old Caitlin Breeze of Spokane. Читать дальше...

(Warning: This post contains major spoilers for “The Haunting of Hill House” Season 1.) Among the complicated central characters on Netflix’s “The Haunting of Hill House,” the so-called Red Room is by far the shadiest. Read the full article on The Wrap

The Oakland A's, otherwise known for their love of youth, are bringing back 41-year-old reliever Fernando Rodney, known for the cap he wears askew and celebratory bow-and-arrow mime when he ends an inning. The A's exercised Rodney's $4.25 million contract option for 2019 on Monday rather than letting him go as a free agent. Despite his age - he turns 42 in March - Rodney still has a high-velocity fastball. The onetime closer with 325 career saves had mixed success in 2018, with a 3.36 ERA but a high... Читать дальше...

Stocks climbed for the second day in a row Wednesday at the end of a brutal month for the global market. Investors applauded strong quarterly results, but stocks had their worst monthly loss in seven years. Many of the biggest gains came from technology and internet companies and retailers, which plunged early in October as investors worried about rising interest rates and the U.S.-China trade dispute. The S&P 500 hadn’t risen for two consecutive days since late September. It finished October with a loss of 6.9 percent... Читать дальше...

JOHNSTOWN, Pa. — Nearly two decades ago, Pennsylvania regulators were confronted with evidence that a well-regarded pediatrician had fondled the genitals of two small children during office visits. Instead of holding him accountable, regulators let the doctor keep his medical license. He went on to molest at least a dozen more young patients, victimizing children right up until the time of his arrest in January, prosecutors say. Now, as Dr.

Schedule: Thursday through Sunday Post time: 12:45 p.m. Thursday, 12:09 p.m. Friday, 11:30 a.m. Saturday, 12:45 p.m. Sunday. Feature simulcast races: $27.5 million Breeders’ Cup on Friday and Saturday at Churchill Downs Update: General admission and clubhouse gates open at 9:30 a.m. and the Turf Club at 10:30 a.m. Friday, and all gates open at 8:30 a.m. Saturday. The first race at Churchill Downs is scheduled for 9:55 a.m. (PDT) Friday and 7:45 a.m. Saturday. The first Breeders’ Cup race is 12:21... Читать дальше...

The trailer for Rebel Wilson’s upcoming rom-com “Isn’t It Romantic” goes full meta, sending up every romantic-comedy cliché you can imagine — but still featuring a shirtless Liam Hemsworth in a towel. Wilson stars as New York City architect Natalie, who works hard to get noticed at her job but is more likely to be asked to deliver coffee and bagels than to design the city’s next skyscraper. Read the full article on The Wrap

Netflix has renewed “The Ranch” for a fourth season, which will again consist of 20 episodes. The multi-camera comedy debuted the first half of its third season in June, which featured the departure of series co-star Danny Masterson. Read the full article on The Wrap

Mind Your Biscuits has been a top sprinter for three years, winning the $2 million Dubai Golden Shaheen in 2017 and 2018. But instead of running his normal distance of 6 furlongs in the $1.5 Breeders’ Cup Sprint on Saturday at Churchill Downs — he finished second and third the past two years — the 5-year-old is going 1¼ miles in the $6 million Classic. Mind Your Biscuits never ran past 1 mile until finishing second in the Whitney Stakes and winning the Lukas Classic going 11/8 miles in his most recent starts. Читать дальше...

Harvey Weinstein is accused of sexually assaulting a 16-year-old girl, who was also a virgin at the time, at a 2002 event in New York City. An amended complaint filed Wednesday, obtained by TheWrap, says Weinstein “lured” a woman identified as Jane Doe “to his apartment and sexually assaulted her, and he continued to emotionally abuse and sexually harass her for nearly a decade thereafter.” Read the full article on The Wrap

ANACONDA, Mont. (AP) — The Anaconda school district closed its football stadium due to possible contamination from mine waste. Superintendent Justin Barnes said Wednesday that workers discovered an old rail line buried less than 18 inches (48 centimeters) below the field's surface last Friday when they were investigating the cause of a low spot. The Montana Standard reports rail lines were built using smelting waste while train cars carried arsenic-laden copper ore. The Environmental Protection Agency declared Anaconda a Superfund site in 1983.

HOUSTON (AP) _ MRC Global Inc. (MRC) on Wednesday reported third-quarter net income of $24 million, after reporting a loss in the same period a year earlier. On a per-share basis, the Houston-based company said it had profit of 20 cents. The results missed Wall Street expectations. The average estimate of 10 analysts surveyed by Zacks Investment Research was for earnings of 23 cents per share. The energy products distributor posted revenue of $1.07 billion in the period, also falling short of Street forecasts. Читать дальше...

VOORHEES, N.J. (AP) — Patients at a second New Jersey pediatric facility have been found to have a respiratory virus, but authorities say it's a different strain from the one linked to nine deaths. The state health department says there are four confirmed adenovirus cases among pediatric patients at Voorhees Pediatric Facility. But preliminary tests have ruled out Type 7, the strain linked to nine deaths at the Wanaque Center for Nursing and Rehabilitation. New Jersey health officials are sending... Читать дальше...

NEW YORK (AP) — Federal prosecutors have beefed up charges against a former CIA employee, saying he has leaked classified national defense materials while incarcerated. The new charges against Joshua Adam Schulte were contained in a rewritten indictment filed Wednesday. Prosecutors say he is now charged with the unlawful transmission and attempted unlawful transmission of national defense secrets from prison. A lawyer for Schulte did not immediately return a message seeking comment. Schulte has told... Читать дальше...

JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (AP) — The Latest on the death of a 4-year-old Missouri boy who was missing for nearly a week (all times local): 5 p.m. A 26-year-old woman who reported a 4-year-old Missouri boy missing about a week before his body was found is now charged in his death. Quatavia Givens was charged Wednesday with neglect or abuse of a child resulting in death. Police say Givens was caring for Darnell Gray on Oct. 24 at a Jefferson City housing complex while his father was at work. She reported him missing the next morning... Читать дальше...

MADISON, Miss. (AP) — A former Mississippi Court of Appeals judge has died after falling, hitting some rocks, and tumbling into a lake. Local news outlets report 80-year-old James P. Brantley of Madison died Wednesday morning at his house at the Ross Barnett Reservoir. Pearl River Valley Water Supply District Police Chief Perry Waggoner says Brantley was power washing his house when a railing broke and he fell. It wasn't immediately clear if Waggoner died from head trauma, drowning, or something else. Читать дальше...

___ US stocks rally again, but finish October with steep losses NEW YORK (AP) — Stocks climbed for the second day in a row Wednesday at the end of a brutal month for the global market. Investors applauded strong quarterly results from companies including Facebook and General Motors, but U.S. stocks still finished with their worst monthly loss in seven years. Bond prices fell, sending yields lower. ___ GM offers buyouts to 18K workers after posting strong profit DETROIT (AP) — As General Motors reported... Читать дальше...

LARAMIE, Wyo. (AP) — A 27-year-old man charged with setting fire to a Wyoming Republican Party office in Laramie is in the custody of U.S. marshals. A preliminary hearing in federal court was scheduled Thursday for Kellen Sorber, who is charged with using fire to commit a felony. It couldn't be immediately determined whether Sorber had an attorney representing him. Sorber is accused of vandalizing and setting fire to the Albany County GOP headquarters in downtown Laramie on Sept. 6. No one was hurt in the fire. Читать дальше...

MILPITAS, Calif. (AP) _ Aerohive Networks Inc. (HIVE) on Wednesday reported a loss of $2.4 million in its third quarter. The Milpitas, California-based company said it had a loss of 4 cents per share. Earnings, adjusted for stock option expense and non-recurring costs, came to 3 cents per share. The results surpassed Wall Street expectations. The average estimate of three analysts surveyed by Zacks Investment Research was for earnings of 1 cent per share. The developer of a cloud-managed mobile networking... Читать дальше...