Scouts get go-ahead from village board
A pair of Bangor Boy Scouts got the village board’s blessing to begin work in their Eagle Scout projects this week.
A pair of Bangor Boy Scouts got the village board’s blessing to begin work in their Eagle Scout projects this week.
West Salem School District will receive 6.7 percent less in state aid for the upcoming school year than it did the year before, according to latest estimates shared at this week’s regular boar…
The West Salem and Bangor-Burns fire departments recently signed on to an informal agreement with other La Crosse County fire departments to allow equipment and personnel sharing.
Kindergartners who share, cooperate and are helpful are more likely to have a college degree and a job 20 years later than children who lack those social skills, according to a new study.Kids who get along well with others also are less likely to have substance-abuse problems and run-ins with the law.Read full article >>
CNBC's Jackie DeAngelis discusses the day's activity in the commodities markets.
The British drama, which is currently filming its sixth and final season, earned eight Emmy nominations this morning, including Outstanding Drama, Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Drama Series (Joanne Froggatt), and Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Drama Series (Jim Carter).
Most indie filmmakers tend to graduate into mainstream filmmaking, stick their toes in the water and decide whether they’d like to stay in this world or not. It’s hard to resist, the pay is better, and so are the actors and some creature comforts come along as well. Some filmmakers navigate their way in better than others, keeping their artistic credibility and integrity intact. One filmmaker who has melded his sensibilities nicely into more mainstream success is Joe Swanberg. After a decade of mumblecore micro-indies... Читать дальше...
The sister of a man who died in police custody claims that officers' use of "excess force" was to blame for his death.
CHICAGO - Grain futures were mixed Thursday on the Chicago Board of Trade.
Watch the first minute of the season two premiere of the hit Adult Swim series "Rick and Morty" in this exclusive clip. Photo: Adult Swim
A legally binding agreement has been struck to protect UK taxpayers' money from the impact of the Greek bailout, the Treasury says.
Driver's ed car collides with truck in New York intersection, killing 2 teens
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PASADENA, Calif., July 16 (UPI) -- A California police department shared video of an officer conducting a late-night rescue to save a kitten he spotted stranded on a highway overpass.
Woody Allen and actress Parker Posey join WSJ’s Christopher John Farley on the red carpet to discuss the writer/director’s new film, “Irrational Man.” Photo: Getty
The ruling Syriza party secretary and member of parliament told Sputnik that the extension of Russia’s proposed Turkish Stream gas pipeline through Greece might be signed within months.
On Friday, 28-year-old Sandra Bland, a police accountability activist, was was pulled over by a Texas police officer for failing to use her turn signal before changing lanes. Three days later, she was found dead, hanging in her jail cell.
CHATTANOOGA, Tenn. (AP) — At least one gunman unleashed a barrage of gunfire at two military facilities Thursday in Tennessee, sending troops scrambling for safety in an Army recruiting office…
One of the most important things in a culture is its folklore — tales that have been passed down over the centuries from family to family that shape the morals and fabric of a society. In Western society, these folktales have been watered down via Disney or the Internet, but in a secluded country like Greenland, which was isolated for so long from traditionally modern society, the tales are not only still told verbally, but also performed. At the National Theatre of Greenland, I met the principal... Читать дальше...
In a secluded country like Greenland, which was isolated for so long from traditionally modern society, the tales are not only still told verbally, but also performed.
NEW YORK - After weeks in limbo stemming from revelations of sexual misconduct by one of its stars, the TLC reality show "19 Kids and Counting" is officially dead.
WEST HOLLYWOOD, California - Here's the latest on the 67th annual Primetime Emmy nominations announced Thursday in West Hollywood, California, by the Academy of Television Arts and Sciences (all times local):
LONDON (AP) — A dramatic breach at an Italian surveillance company has laid bare the details of government cyberattacks worldwide, putting intelligence chiefs in the hot seat from Cyprus to South Korea. More than 1 million emails released online in the wake of the July 5 breach show that the Milan-based company Hacking Team sold its spy software to the FBI and to Russian intelligence. Be'ery said he, like others, had long suspected the world's security agencies of hacking but was struck by "the ubiquity of it ... Читать дальше...
Over the past decade, Bill Condon has been directing big, splashy movies, such as “Dreamgirls,” not to mention two entries in the “Twilight” series. Based on Mitch Cullin’s novel “A Slight Trick of the Mind,” “Mr. Holmes” imagines the old age of Sherlock Holmes, the fictional detective created by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle. Along this line, the movie’s success is immediate, and then it deepens and becomes yet more rich, as the film reveals an understanding of Holmes in all of his complexity — his loneliness and his emotional timidity... Читать дальше...