KABUL, Afghanistan (AP) — An Afghan official says at least five civilians were killed when their vehicle hit a roadside bomb in southern Kandahar province. In neighboring Helmand province, police chief Noor Agha Kemtoz says the Taliban shadow governor, Abdul Manan, was killed by Afghan security forces in Marjah district late on Monday.
GOFFSTOWN, N.H. (AP) — A 52-year-old New Hampshire woman was sentenced to serve more than two years in prison for embezzling more than $1 million from a Manchester auto body shop. The Goffstown woman's duties included preparing checks drawn from the company's operating account for the owner to sign.
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Discover looks to grow in 2016
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Discover, the smallest of the four major US card networks, launched a website called Credit Scorecard that will allow any consumer — regardless of whether they are a Discover customer — to check their FICO credit score for free.
The service, which will provide scoring data from credit bureau Experian, will give consumers access to their credit score... Читать дальше...
Leadership elections in the correction officers union will be delayed until a judge can decide if the incumbent president will be opposed.
HONOLULU (AP) — Arthur Ishimoto believes dropping the atomic bombs on Japan saved a million American lives — including his own — as well as at least 5 million Japanese lives.
HONOLULU (AP) — Arthur Ishimoto believes dropping the atomic bombs on Japan saved a million American lives — including his own — as well as at least 5 million Japanese lives.
HONOLULU (AP) — Arthur Ishimoto believes dropping the atomic bombs on Japan saved a million American lives — including his own — as well as at least 5 million Japanese lives.
The 93-year-old served in the Military Intelligence Service, a U.S. Army unit made up of mostly Japanese-Americans who interrogated prisoners, translated intercepted messages and went behind enemy lines to gather intelligence. Part of a series of perspectives on the atomic bombs dropped on Japan, released this week as President Barack Obama prepares to visit Hiroshima. "A lot of these people telling us we shouldn't have dropped the bomb — hey, what they talking about?" said Ishimoto, who after... Читать дальше...
A sympathetic House Judiciary Committee is giving a high-profile forum to a top Republican who wants to impeach IRS Commissioner John Koskinen, a cause that excites conservatives but seems unlikely to go far in Congress this election year.
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Ten Network has announced details of several Fox and CBS shows it intends to screen on Australian television.
(AP) — Pennsylvania environmental regulators are not pursuing an $8.9 million fine against a Texas-based energy company previously accused of repeatedly failing to repair a natural-gas well that contaminated groundwater and a stream. State regulators had said stray gas caused elevated methane levels in several water wells in the north-central part of the state.
As per the report, a girder collapsed at the under-construction site for Rapid Metro.
PITTSBURGH (AP) — A Pittsburgh man's lawyer says his client has accepted a $125,000 settlement more than six years after the man — who is black — says three white police officers wrongfully arrested him and then beat him. Miles sued twice in federal court, claiming there was no reason to arrest him and that police used excessive force.
LOS ANGELES (AP) — Democratic presidential candidate Bernie Sanders says comedian Larry David shouldn't worry about his role on NBC's "Saturday Night Live."
LOS ANGELES (AP) — Democratic presidential candidate Bernie Sanders says comedian Larry David shouldn't worry about his role on NBC's "Saturday Night Live."
LOS ANGELES (AP) — Democratic presidential candidate Bernie Sanders says comedian Larry David shouldn't worry about his role on NBC's "Saturday Night Live."
LOS ANGELES (AP) — Democratic presidential candidate Bernie Sanders says comedian Larry David shouldn't worry about his role on NBC's "Saturday Night Live."
LOS ANGELES (AP) — Democratic presidential candidate Bernie Sanders says comedian Larry David shouldn't worry about his role on NBC's "Saturday Night Live." The senator trails rival Hillary Clinton in the Democratic primaries.
LOS ANGELES (AP) — Democratic presidential candidate Bernie Sanders says comedian Larry David shouldn't worry about his role on NBC's "Saturday Night Live."
