Wolfsburg part ways with Allofs
The Bundesliga side have had a poor start to the season and the sporting director has paid the price by being shown the door
The Bundesliga side have had a poor start to the season and the sporting director has paid the price by being shown the door
From left, Darron Smith, Julie Han Broderick and Thomas Schreck, who filed a whistle-blower lawsuit claiming that Prudential had found evidence that Wells Fargo employees took out MyTerm policies for customers without telling them.
Oil rose to an 18-month high on Monday after OPEC and some of its rivals reached their first deal since 2001 to jointly reduce output to tackle global oversupply, though prices slipped late in the day.
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The US uses an astounding amount of energy: about 97 quadrillion BTUs, or about 18% of world's total energy consumption. And demand is only going to increase over time.
The vast majority of the energy the country consumes comes from fossil fuels, and isn't renewable or sustainable. But wind farms offer a promising alternative.
GE and Deepwater Wind, a developer of offshore turbines, have partnered to build five massive wind turbines and install them in the Atlantic Ocean. Читать дальше...
J. Cole, "4 Your Eyez Only" (Dreamville)
J. Cole, "4 Your Eyez Only" (Dreamville)
J. Cole, "4 Your Eyez Only" (Dreamville)
J. Cole, "4 Your Eyez Only" (Dreamville)
CHICAGO (AP) — Grain futures were mostly higher Monday on the Chicago Board of Trade.
Karl-Anthony Towns was the consensus No. 1 pick last year, and he has emerged as the best player from the 2015 NBA draft. The second-best player from that draft, Kristaps Porzingis, went No. 4 to the Knicks. Why did Porzingis fall past the second-picking Lakers (who saw their mistake firsthand last night) and third-picking 76ers? […]
Cholesterol lowering drugs taken by millions of Australians might protect against Alzheimer's Disease, a large study suggests.
McDonald's
McDonald's holiday cups are getting some less-than-positive attention.
On Saturday, Twitter user Sam Sykes pointed out that with some slight modifications, McDonald's holiday cups appear to show hands exposing a person's backside.
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Now how the hell are Starbucks cups in the news again and no one's talking about a guy spreading his cheeks open on McDonald's cups pic.twitter.com/QmIuZiDJst
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Harvey M. Sapolsky
Security, Americas
There's no way the Department of Defense can be run like a business.
The Balkan teenagers are at it again, this time in the guise of members of the Defense Business Board and consultants from McKinsey, with the claim that their report offering $125 billion in savings was being suppressed by the Department of Defense. What a devilishly clever way to gain new attention for the tired assertion that billions can be saved if DOD would just act like IBM or FedEx and become a great... Читать дальше...
WASHINGTON (AP) — President Barack Obama is turning down a request from some senators to declassify, before he leaves office, a Senate report documenting the CIA's harsh treatment of detainees after 9/11. White House counsel Neil Eggleston says Obama has directed that his copy of the report be preserved in his archives.
Real Madrid forward Cristiano Ronaldo beats Lionel Messi to win the prestigious Ballon d'Or award for a fourth time.
Doug G. Ware
CHARLESTON, S.C., Dec. 12 (UPI) -- Jurors in the capital murder trial of Dylann Roof saw additional evidence collected by Charleston police, including a list of other potential targets.
ANKENY, Iowa (AP) — The Latest on a special Iowa Board of Regents meeting to discuss Iowa State University President Steven Leath's use of university airplanes (all times local):
ANKENY, Iowa (AP) — The Latest on a special Iowa Board of Regents meeting to discuss Iowa State University President Steven Leath's use of university airplanes (all times local): Iowa State University President Steven Leath has apologized and is paying back the school for several flights in which he used university airplanes for personal business. The board ordered the audit in October after The Associated Press revealed that Leath had been in an accident in a university plane he was piloting in 2015.
“I feel like I just put lip gloss all over my face.”
We do a lot of wacky stuff to our faces in the name of beauty, and the women of Ladylike were wondering: would we have a better beauty experience if we just went back to basics? So we decided to try out some skin care tips from the 1950s:
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Then we tried Marilyn Monroe's technique of plunging our faces in hot water, which was intense but effective. Читать дальше...
Samsung has terminated a contract with one of its Malaysian labor supply companies following an investigation into the working conditions of migrant...
The Rams have named special teams coach John Fassel as their interim head coach. The team fired Jeff Fisher on Monday. The Rams play at Seattle on Thursday night, so it’s going to be an interesting week for Fassel and the rest of the Rams coaches. Fassel, the son of former Giants head coach Jim…
Amy Wallace
PROVIDENCE, R.I., Dec. 12 (UPI) -- A study looked at prenatal exposure to famine in China and found increases in hyperglycemia and type 2 diabetes in subsequent generations.