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VRIEZENVEEN - De Skeeler- en Wielerclub Twenterand heeft een gift van 5.000 euro ontvangen voor het vervangen van de bovenlaag van de skeelerbaan aan de Geesterenseweg in Vriezenveen.

The Swedish furniture giant is partnering with women's organizations in Jordan to provide refugees with work.

NBC’s longtime Olympics host Bob Costas is handing the torch to Mike Tirico for the 2018 Winter Games, the network announced Thursday.

The family of Ben Savage have thanked rescue teams as a body found in the river last week is formally identified as him.

Buddha statues were among a haul of items taken during a raid at a homeware store.

Researchers have found that a diet rich in whole grains may raise levels of healthy gut bacteria and boost immune responses, compared with refined grains.

THURSDAY, Feb. 9, 2017 (HealthDay News) -- Hospitals are noisy -- maybe too noisy for the tiniest patients, a new study suggests.

THURSDAY, Feb. 9, 2017 (HealthDay News) -- A healthy heart begins with what you eat, and one way to shop for groceries wisely is to start with a list, a cardiologist recommends.

THURSDAY, Feb. 9, 2017 (HealthDay News) -- Divorce can be plenty stressful for older women. But it doesn't translate into the weight gain that often accompanies getting married later in life, a new study suggests.

THURSDAY, Feb. 9, 2017 (HealthDay News) -- Hospitals are noisy -- maybe too noisy for the tiniest patients, a new study suggests.

THURSDAY, Feb. 9, 2017 (HealthDay News) -- A healthy heart begins with what you eat, and one way to shop for groceries wisely is to start with a list, a cardiologist recommends.

THURSDAY, Feb. 9, 2017 (HealthDay News) -- Divorce can be plenty stressful for older women. But it doesn't translate into the weight gain that often accompanies getting married later in life, a new study suggests.

SEOUL, Feb. 9 (Yonhap) -- Former North Korean diplomat Thae Yong-ho spoke at a forum in Seoul on Thursday to deliver his views on Pyongyang since he defected to South Korea last year, the event's host said. Thae, a former minister at the North's emb

Hollis Johnson

Americans adore pizza.

According to a 2014 study by the US Department of Agriculture, about 1 in 8 Americans ate pizza on any given day. That's a lot of pizza.

While local pizzerias are always a good choice, there are millions of die-hard chain pizza lovers out there. These acolytes of the Pizza Big Three are steadfast in their preferences: Domino's, Pizza Hut, and Papa John's.

But the question is, from which chain to order?

As today is National Pizza Pie Day... Читать дальше...

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Just about everyone knows that you should never text and drive, and that you should stop, drop, and roll if you catch on fire.

But life can also throw situations at us for which we don't have a quick, handy response.

Commenters in a recent Quora thread about life-saving facts offered their best tips, which are easy to remember and could have a huge impact if you ever find yourself in a dangerous situation.

You might want to save these for later.

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Like "many, many others," Microsoft Technical Fellow Eric Horvitz, a two-decade-plus company veteran, says he has a bad habit of making promises to his coworkers with every intention of keeping them — and then totally falling through. 

And so, a few years back, Horvitz and his team at Microsoft Research built a prototype artificial intelligence system with a simple goal: If he sent an e-mail promising to send a PowerPoint slide deck to a coworker by Friday, the system's... Читать дальше...

Zillow says more unmarried couples are diving into the real estate market. Here's how to protect your interest.

(AP) — Two Mississippi men have been sentenced to jail and ordered to work in an animal shelter for taking part in the videotaped scalding of a cat. News organizations report 24-year-old Laderrick Rostchild was found guilty of aggravated animal abuse, and a Moss Point city judge sentenced him to six months in jail and a $2,500 fine.

Walter Swinburn was found by his father in the courtyard of his house in Belgravia, London.

SEOUL, Feb. 9 (Yonhap) -- Hyundai Heavy Industries Co., a major South Korean shipbuilder, reported Thursday that it swung to the black last year from a year earlier, thanks in part to reduced costs and improvement in its non-shipbuilding business.

Harriet Tubman’s upcoming biopic has found its leading star.

Deadline reports the Tony Award-winning actress Cynthia Erivo has been cast to portray the late civil rights activist in the forthcoming film, “Harriet.”

Marty Stuart has always an affinity for all things West. There’s a pretty good chance that those feelings were in place before he was even born...

"He may be tiny, but he is certainly making a big impression on everyone at the zoo," said zookeepers, of Thamos the newborn dik-dik.

BRUSSEL (ANP) - Windturbines hebben kolencentrales ingehaald als tweede energiebron van Europa. Volgens de Europese brancheorganisatie WindEurope bedraagt de totale capaciteit van alle windparken in de Europese Unie voor het eerst meer dan dat alle kolencentrales gezamenlijk aan energie kunnen leveren.