Hidden fees are costing Americans billions

A new report released by the National Economic Council , a board created in 1993 to advise the president on domestic and global economic policy, shows that declining competition in some markets has led to rising pricing in the form of hidden fees for American consumers. The NEC noted that competition not only keeps prices down, it also forces companies to innovate, and can push wages higher.

McCowan leads No. 4 Mississippi St over Florida 82-49

Mississippi State center Teaira McCowan shoots a hook shot around Florida center Tyshara Fleming during the first half of an NCAA college basketball game in Starkville, Miss., Thursday, Jan. 12, 2017. Mississippi State center Teaira McCowan shoots a hook shot around Florida center Tyshara Fleming during the first half of an NCAA college basketball game in Starkville, Miss., Thursday, Jan. 12, 2017.

Berggruen Gallery reopens with buoyant show in new space

John Berggruen and Gretchen Berggruen stand for a portrait at the site of where their new gallery will be moved after it is renovated on Thursday, March 10, 2016 in San Francisco, California. John Berggruen and Gretchen Berggruen stand for a portrait at the site of where their new gallery will be moved after it is renovated on Thursday, March 10, 2016 in San Francisco, California.

CMT star Cody Alan comes out as gay

For years, the seemingly happy-go-lucky CMT and iHeartRadio host suffered an identity crisis, holding onto a secret he’s finally ready to share – he’s gay CMT star Cody Alan comes out as gay For years, the seemingly happy-go-lucky CMT and iHeartRadio host suffered an identity crisis, holding onto a secret he’s finally ready to share – he’s gay Check out this story on USATODAY.com: http://usat.ly/2iqjXR3 For years, the seemingly happy-go-lucky CMT and iHeartRadio host suffered an identity crisis, holding onto a secret he’s finally ready to share – he’s gay

Winter storm to bring crippling ice, rainfall to central US

By TIM TALLEY Associated Press OKLAHOMA CITY – A winter storm that brought heavy snow and rainfall to northern California was bearing down on the southern Plains on Thursday, and forecasters said crippling ice accumulations and heavy rain could cause widespread power outages and flooding this weekend. The National Weather Service issued an ice storm warning for northwestern Oklahoma beginning Friday morning as well as a winter storm watch for much of the rest of Oklahoma, Kansas and Missouri along with parts of Illinois and Texas.

New York financier to land White House adviser role

A prominent New York financier is set to be named a top White House adviser to President-elect Donald Trump, tasked with coordinating the administration’s outreach to the nation’s financial world and key members of the political community. Anthony Scaramucci, a colorful surrogate for Trump and a top fundraiser during the campaign, will be appointed within the week, according to two people with knowledge of the decision who were not authorized to discuss that matter publicly.

James M. Perry, 1927 – “2016

He served as a Marine at the end of World War II, cadging a good job in Washington as a writer for Leatherneck magazine. He earned a degree from Trinity College, where he played baseball against George Herbert Walker Bush’s Yale team .

China overtakes US in screens but cinemas sit empty

In this Dec. 12, 2016 photo, a man walks out from a main screening hall of the Digital Cinema in Zhuolu county in north China’s Hebei province. The brightly-decorated 3-D cinema in this town outside Beijing is showing the latest Chinese and Hollywood films, to row after row of empty red seats.

Lamar Odom Wants Khloe Kardashian Back! Watch Here

On Tuesday, January 17, The Doctors will air its interview with Lamar Odom , where the troubled reality TV star will discuss his public struggle with drugs and alcohol. More than a year ago, the NBA player was found unconscious in a Nevada brothel and had to be hospitalized for several months.

Neil Patrick Harris, Barry Sonnenfeld Fete ‘A Series of Unfortunate Events’ at Premiere

“I Feel Like a Rescue Dog at Netflix,” Sonnenfeld gushed at the New York premiere which debuted their rendering of Daniel Handler’s best-selling series. Moments before Wednesday night’s premiere of the new Netflix original program A Series of Unfortunate Events at AMC Lincoln Square in New York City, director and executive producer Barry Sonnenfeld sounded near tears as he thanked fellow executive producer Daniel Handler, author of the 13 novels of source material, who responded with a hug.

Nate Parker receives DGA nomination for ‘Birth of A Nation’

Nate Parker receives DGA nomination for ‘Birth of A Nation’ Honor comes after a tumultuous release for the first-time filmmaker. Check out this story on USATODAY.com: http://usat.ly/2ipLRfU The debuting filmmaker of The Birth of A Nation received a nomination Thursday from the Directors Guild of America for outstanding directorial achievement of a first-time feature film.

James Corden Joins Ocean’s Eight

… is set for release in Summer 2018 and will be distributed worldwide by Warner Bros. Pictures , a Warner Bros. Entertainment Company, and in select territories by Village Roadshow Pictures. What do you think of the addition of James Corden to the …

Raw Red Band and Green Band Trailers are Here

From Focus World and first-time director Julia Ducournau, dig into the official Raw Red Band and Green Band trailers below! This dark coming-of-age tale has been devouring the festival circuit, drawing raves at the Toronto International Film Festival, Fantastic Fest, and Cannes. Get a taste now, and enjoy the main course when it hits theaters on March 10th! Everyone in Justine’s family is a vet.

Nintendo Switch Reveal Live Stream

Today, at 8 p.m. Pacific Time / 11 p.m. Eastern Time, Nintendo will fully reveal the Nintendo Switch! You can watch the Nintendo Switch reveal live stream below. At home, Nintendo Switch rests in the Nintendo Switch Dock that connects the system to the TV and lets you play with family and friends in the comfort of your living room.

Trump says buy LL Bean _ but many products are made in China

In this June 2012 photo, Linda Bean speaks to reporters outside the Cabinet Room after a meeting with Maine Gov. Paul LePage at the State House in Augusta, Maine. President-elect Donald Trump urged Thursday, Jan. 12, 2017, for people to buy L.L. Bean products as the company faces calls for a boycott because of Linda Bean’s donations to his candidacy.

John Henson

With more than 20 years on television, John Henson has established himself as one of entertainment’s most sought-after players. Henson is best known as co-host of ABC’s Wipeout , as well as host of E!’s Emmy Award-winning series Talk Soup .

Michelle Obama makes emotional final TV appearance as First Lady on Jimmy Fallon

There were cheers, there were almost tears and there were countless digs at Barack’s “mum jeans”, as Michelle Obama made her final TV appearance as First Lady on Jimmy Fallon’s late night talk show. Singer Stevie Wonder and comedians Jerry Seinfeld and Dave Chappelle were among the guests helping to pay tribute to Obama, whose eight-year reign as First Lady ends next week when she hands the duties over to, uh, Melania Trump.

Watch The Weeknda s new video for a Party Monstera

The Canadian R&B artist’s latest album ‘Starboy’ has been promoted by a string of cinematic visuals including the graphic short film ‘Mania’ and videos for previous singles ‘False Alarm’ and the Daft Punk-featuring title track. Following its release last year, The Weeknd has enjoyed considerable commercial success with ‘Starboy’ in the US, reaching the top of the Billboard 200 album chart in its first week with 348,000 in equivalent album units.

VIDEO: Andrew Garfield Had Fun Preparing for New Film SILENCE with a Jesuit Priest

On last night’s LATE NIGHT, guest AndreW Garfield revealed that the Jesuit priest he worked with to prepare for his role in the new film SILENCE was a bit of a comedian and taught him a lesson about self-reflection. Watch the appearance below! About LATE NIGHT WITH SETH MEYERS: Beloved “Saturday Night Live” personality – and the longest serving “anchor” on the show’s wildly popular “Weekend Update” – Seth Meyers takes over as host of NBC’s “Late Night,” home to A-list celebrity guests, memorable comedy and the best in musical talent.

Monster Energy Supercross at Petco Park

Watch some of the best in off-road motorcycle racing at the Monster Energy Supercross at Petco Park. The current supercross champion, Ryan Dungey, and the motorcross champion, Ken Roczen, will be joined by other top riders and up-and-coming competitors.

Carlsbad: Marathon runners go the distance

First place women’A A s finisher in the Tri-City Medical Center Carlsbad Half Marathon, Simegan Abnet, breaks the finish tape ahead of second place finisher Serkalem Abrha at last year’s marathon. First place women’A A s finisher in the Tri-City Medical Center Carlsbad Half Marathon, Simegan Abnet, breaks the finish tape ahead of second place finisher Serkalem Abrha at last year’s marathon.

‘Cowboys and Vaqueros: Legends of the American…

This journey through the Old West honors the culture of Native American, Mexican and cowboy traditions. On display through Feb. 26, the paintings in this exhibit depict landscapes of the American West, alongside spurs, bridles and other decorated equestrian pieces while revealing the history of each group and their contributions to the culture of cowboys and vaqueros.

DMX – “Bain Iz Back”

DMX has had, to put it gently, more than his share of problems over the past decade-plus. But DMX is an all-time rap great, a galvanizing force who was enormously important to the genre’s evolution.

Six children whose ages range from 8 months to 11 years old are…

Six children whose ages range from 8 months to 11 years old are missing and four people are injured – three critically – after house fire in Baltimore A woman and three children are injured and six more children in the family are unaccounted for after an early morning house fire in northeast Baltimore, a fire official said Thursday. Responding firefighters found heavy fire coming from all three floors of the home and they attacked the blaze from outside, fire department spokesman Chief Roman Clark.

Boris Johnson urged to clarify ‘credibility’ of Donald Trump allegations

Boris Johnson has been urged to appear before MPs to explain the credibility of allegations made against Donald Trump in an explosive dossier. Senior Labour MP Mary Creagh said it is clear the UK Government has a “great deal of knowledge” about the issues, with a need for the Foreign Secretary to also explain how Britain is preventing cyber attacks from hostile states.

Breaking Bad Fans Lose Their Minds as Gus Fring Returns in Ad for Los Pollos Hermanos

From its inception, AMC’s Better Call Saul has indulged in fake ads starring characters from the Breaking Bad prequel – beginning with the Albuquerque billboard from the summer of 2014 showing Bob Odenkirk as “James M. McGill, attorney at law,” who eventually, of course, would become Saul Goodman. Now, with season 3 of Better Call Saul coming this spring, AMC has unleashed a wonderful fake TV commercial featuring one of Breaking Bad’s most notorious characters, Gus Fring, pitching his infamous chicken chain, Los Pollos Hermanos.

ProSieben, Mediaset and TF1 join forces in Internet push

European broadcasters TF1, ProSiebenSat.1 and Mediaset said they would join forces in the rapidly growing market for video content broadcast on Internet platforms such as YouTube. Italy’s Mediaset and France’s TF1 will take a stake in ProSieben’s Studio71 via a capital increase that values the unit at 400 million euros , the companies said on Thursday.

Canadian ‘SNL’ and ‘SCTV’ alum Tony Rosato dead at the age of 62

Canadian actor Tony Rosato, a veteran of sketch-comedy shows “Saturday Night Live” and “SCTV,” has died at the age of 62. The Italian-born comic actor joined Martin Short and Robin Duke as the only three performers to have been cast members of both “Saturday Night Live” and “SCTV,” the classic homegrown comedy show that was spun out of Second City shortly after “SNL” launched in the mid-1970s. One of his most memorable “SCTV” characters was Marcello, a clumsy TV chef whose “Cooking with Marcello” lessons always ended up in a kitchen disaster.

Don Draper and a Mad Mena archive land at University of Texas

The last America saw of Don Draper, he was meditating on a Pacific hillside, imagining one of the iconic ads in television history. Show creator Matthew Weiner and production company Lionsgate have donated the “Mad Men” archive – scripts, drafts, notes, props, costumes, digital video and reams of research materials that went into creating the show’s richly-detailed presentation of the American 1960s – to the University of Texas’ Harry Ransom Center humanities library.

Baltimore House Fire Leaves 3 Children Hospitalized

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Kellyanne Conway unplugged

The little girl from Atco, N.J., raised in a collaborative effort by her mother, a grandmother and two aunts, all living under the same roof, now has her mother living in her home, helping her and her husband with their four children. “Funny how that happened,” she says of her mother moving in after she became Donald Trump ‘s presidential campaign manager in August.

MoviesAnthology features New Mexico filmmakersAnthology features New…

Anthology features New Mexico filmmakers “Lady Belladonna’s Night Shades” is a feature-length anthology featuring actors and crews from Southern New Mexico. Check out this story on ElPasoTimes.com: “Lady Belladonna’s Night Shades,” a feature length anthology of works by Southern New Mexico filmmakers, will be available on DVD and video on demand on Tuesday, according to a release.

Sights & Sounds

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Norman Rockwell exhibit continues at McKinley Museum

During his 47-year affiliation with The Saturday Evening Post from 1916 to 1963, Norman Rockwell was celebrated for his delightful holiday cover illustrations, which were commissioned to mark a full spectrum of annual eventsfrom Thanksgiving, Christmas and The New Year to Valentine’s Day and April Fools’ Day. Current subscribers have full access to all online news content as part of their subscription.

Dear Abby

DEAR ABBY: My mom wants me to exercise more. Currently, I just walk a lot . I know exercise is a good idea, but I’m really self-conscious about it.

Fiber is focus at Ahh Gallery

Two of the featured artists are Yvonne Walter, whose quilts have toured in shows by The American Quilter Society from California to Maine; and Ruth Nichols, whose specialty is creating sewing-machine art. Current subscribers have full access to all online news content as part of their subscription.

Brandi Glanville takes the plunge in lingerie inspired LBD as goes…

She’s got some front! Brandi Glanville takes the plunge in lingerie inspired LBD as goes full bombshell at Fox party And Brandi Glanville certainly made sure to be the center of attention on Wednesday night at the FOX Winter TCA 2017 All-Star Party in Pasadena, California. Gorgeous! Brandi Glanville certainly made sure to be the center of attention on Wednesday night at the FOX Winter TCA 2017 All-Star Party in Pasadena, California Turning her full 5ft10in into bombshell mode, the reality star let her blonde locks cascade in sexy waves over her shoulders.