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This is the headline (yes, page one above the fold) in today's local paper -- Springfield, Illinois. #CornfieldResistance @ProLeftPodcast @Tengrain @CharlesPPierce @jayrosen_nyu pic.twitter.com/AXyBy7lcfQ

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The three largest cryptocurrencies in the world are falling Monday, with XRP leading the slump. Bitcoin and Ethereum are also dropping.  

Here are the current standings:

• Bitcoin (BTC): $14,684.09 (-6.55%)
• Ethereum (ETH): $1,086.33 (-2.53%)
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Mehr als 20 Jahre nach dem Mord an dem italienischen Modepapst Gianni Versace übt seine Familie Kritik an der zehnteiligen Serie von Regisseur Ryan Murphy "The Assassination of Gianni Versace: American Crime Story", die ab Mitte Jänner vom US-Sender Fox 21 gezeigt wird.

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• Rick Carlisle criticized ESPN for their coverage of LaVar Ball and his claims that Los Angeles Lakers head coach Luke Walton had lost the team.
• Carlisle, who serves as president of the NBA's Coaches Association, argued that ESPN should consider its sources and determine if they have any merit or are simply "blowhard loudmouths."
• Walton has taken the recent spat in stride, joking about Ball's comments after the Lakers' win on Sunday.
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They can be tight, flared, ripped at the knee. Jeans come in all styles and colours these days, but one hue will always be synonymous with the world's favourite garment: indigo blue.

The issue will be on shelves January 15.

The Jan. 15 cover issue of The New Yorker will feature a kneeling Martin Luther King Jr., with Colin Kaepernick and Michael Bennett beside him.

The cover’s artist, Mark Ulriksen, wrote about the inspiration for the cover for The New Yorker. “I asked myself, What would King be doing if he were around today?” he wrote.

Ulriksen added, “This is 49er country, and my mom and I have been going back and forth — she’s upset that players have brought politics into sports... Читать дальше...

As the new year roars into its full swing, innovators everywhere are beginning to ask themselves what technological advancements 2018 may have in store that could change the faces of our societies forever. Increasingly, tech analyst and investors eager to find and back the next big thing are looking to advancements in wireless capabilities, with many believing it to be the key to the future of our infrastructure.

GoPro is coming to terms with reality. Despite its best efforts, it's just a camera company.

A woman sits before her earthquake-destroyed house in Armenia, El Salvador.

LINCOLN, Neb. (AP) — A $2 million gift from the estate of a former art student and football player has allowed the University of Nebraska-Lincoln to create an endowment fund. The university said Monday that the fund will be named the Myers B. Cather Art Fund. Myers Cather was a distant relative of the Pulitzer Prize-winning author Willa Cather, who also attended the university. Myers "Bud" Cather died in 2013 and his second wife died in 2017. The fund will support scholarships, graduate fellowships and assistantships... Читать дальше...

To talk about the Internet of Things in China is to talk about manufacturing. 

WASHINGTON (AP) — The author of an explosive new book that questions President Donald Trump's fitness for office on Monday contradicted Steve Bannon's explanation of comments that had angered his former boss. The book publisher said any effort by Trump to suppress the book would be "flagrantly unconstitutional." Michael Wolff, author of "Fire and Fury: Inside the Trump White House," took issue with a Bannon mea culpa issued Sunday, in which Trump's former chief strategist sought to make amends for his comments. Читать дальше...

Das Türschild mit der Nummer 107 trägt bereits seinen Namen. Vergangene Woche hat der neue Teamchef Franco Foda sein Büro in der ÖFB-Zentrale in Wien übernommen. Ein Fußball ist darin zwar bereits zu finden, eingerichtet ist es aber noch eher spärlich. Dafür gibt es eine Verbindungstür direkt ins Zimmer seiner Assistenten Thomas Kristl und Imre Szabics. Darüber prangt ein Bild von Ernst Happel.

Der St. Pöltener Diözesanbischof Klaus Küng erwartet bald einen Nachfolger. Sein Rücktrittsgesuch im Vatikan hatte er 2015 zu seinem 75er eingereicht. "Das Verfahren ist, denke ich, im Gange. Wie lange es genau dauert, bis mein Nachfolger feststeht, liegt nicht in meiner Hand. Es ist aber anzunehmen, dass der Wechsel im Verlaufe des Jahres geschehen wird", sagte Küng im "NÖN"-Interview.

NBC has deleted a controversial Tweet launched during Sunday’s Golden Globe awards which seemingly called for Oprah Winfrey “our future president.”

Some actresses took a stand against harassment and workplace disparities with their Golden Globes. guests.

Chris Christie, the outgoing Republican governor of New Jersey, said in an interview published Monday that he would have won the Republican presidential nomination if Donald Trump had not run.

It seems like only yesterday Princess Charlotte was but a twinkle in the nation's eye (and heart).

The princes were reported to have organized a sit-down strike in a royal palace in Riyadh, following a government order preventing them from receiving public money to pay for their electricity and water bills.

Egypt will hold its presidential elections between March 26 and 28 this year, the election commission announced Monday. First round results will be announced on April 2, and a runoff election will take place April 24-26, if needed. A day earlier, former Egyptian Prime Minister Ahmed Shafiq announced that he would not be running for president in the country's 2018 elections, reversing a former promise to challenge the country's general-turned-president Abdel Fattah el-Sissi, who is widely expected to win. Читать дальше...

China's urban population is growing, and with it, rising levels of pollution have become a cause for concern.

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• SeaWorld ended its killer-whale-breeding program in 2016, after facing backlash regarding its treatment of animals. 
• The company's CEO said on Monday that its current pool of whales will stay in parks for 50 years. 
• "I get frustrated with the small-minded arguments from activists that really don't know what they're talking about," CEO Joel Manby said. 

ORLANDO, FLORIDA — In 2016, SeaWorld announced it was ending its killer-whale-breeding... Читать дальше...