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Ridley Scott teases a Gladiator sequel with Russell Crowe

Revealed: American Bandstand covered up the fact that teenage stars were gay despite many of the young dancers sleeping together The seven simple money-saving hacks that could save you THOUSANDS a year Trump’s revised travel ban already facing legal trouble as Democratic attorneys general team up to block the new order Twin 16-year-old sisters and their father, 48, are found shot dead with their mother critically injured inside their suburban Chicago home Police blast protesters with water cannons in Rotterdam after Turkish ministers are refused entry to Holland, prompting Erdogan to label the Dutch ‘Nazi fascists’ Illusionist Criss Angel returns to Las Vegas show just one night after he’s rushed to hospital over upside-down straitjacket trick going horribly wrong ‘Are you Harry’s father?’: Princess Diana’s former lover James Hewitt addresses rumors that have persisted for decades in … (more)

Mother and son both transition to transgender man and girl

Revealed: American Bandstand covered up the fact that teenage stars were gay despite many of the young dancers sleeping together The seven simple money-saving hacks that could save you THOUSANDS a year Trump’s revised travel ban already facing legal trouble as Democratic attorneys general team up to block the new order Twin 16-year-old sisters and their father, 48, are found shot dead with their mother critically injured inside their suburban Chicago home Police blast protesters with water cannons in Rotterdam after Turkish ministers are refused entry to Holland, prompting Erdogan to label the Dutch ‘Nazi fascists’ Illusionist Criss Angel returns to Las Vegas show just one night after he’s rushed to hospital over upside-down straitjacket trick going horribly wrong ‘Are you Harry’s father?’ Princess Diana’s former lover James Hewitt addresses rumours that have persisted for decades in … (more)

Lifestyle hacks that will save you thousands

‘For the woman who could stop all of this but won’t’: Scarlett Johansson puts the knife into Ivanka Trump with wicked SNL perfume commercial spoof for ‘Complicit’ Never-before-seen Michael Brown footage sheds new light on case and suggests he did NOT rob the store before being shot dead by Ferguson police but was involved in a drug deal with the clerks How incendiary new Michael Brown film threatens to reignite fury around his death – as police ADMIT they knew about unseen footage but DIDN’T release it because it was ‘irrelevant’ North East braces for up to 18-inches of snow as freezing Nor-easter looks set to hit New York City and bring blizzard white-out conditions Inventor of the World Wide Web Tim Berners-Lee issues dire warning on its 28th anniversary and says fake news and government surveillance threatens to destroy it EXCLUSIVE: Heartwarming moment Good Samaritan steps in and … (more)

Melania Trump begins to embrace new role as first lady

‘For the woman who could stop all of this but won’t’: Scarlett Johansson puts the knife into Ivanka Trump with wicked SNL ‘perfume commercial’ for ‘Complicit’ Never-before-seen Michael Brown footage sheds new light on case and suggests he did NOT rob the store before being shot dead by Ferguson police but was involved in a drug deal with the clerks Inventor of the World Wide Web Tim Berners-Lee issues dire warning on its 28th anniversary and says fake news and government surveillance threatens to destroy it ‘You know he has killed people in Ukraine?’ Ukrainian lawyer calls for probe after ‘hacked texts from Paul Manafort’s DAUGHTERS claim Trump’s former advisor played a role in country’s mass killings Feel ten years younger with no gyms, no diets and no fuss: The any time anywhere age-busting exercise plan EXCLUSIVE: Heartwarming moment Good Samaritan steps in and buys $749 plane ticket … (more)

Vanessa Hudgens wears peach bra top in California

The Oligarch Files: Did billionaire fertilizer baron bail out Trump by paying millions over the odds for Florida mansion? And is THIS the Russian connection that could return to haunt the presidency? ‘There was some type of exchange’: Never-before-seen Michael Brown footage sheds new light on case and suggests he did NOT rob store – but had done a drug deal with the clerks Inventor of the World Wide Web Tim Berners-Lee issues dire warning on its 28th anniversary and says fake news and government surveillance threatens to destroy it EXCLUSIVE: Heartwarming moment Good Samaritan steps in and buys $749 plane ticket for desperate father whose daughter, two, is told she’s too old to fly for free Mother of three who accused Jeffrey Epstein of using her as a teenage sex slave wants to question the registered sex offender billionaire in court over ‘introducing her to Prince Andrew’ White House … (more)

Vanessa Hudgens wears peach bra top in California

The Oligarch Files: Did billionaire fertilizer baron bail out Trump by paying millions over the odds for Florida mansion? And is THIS the Russian connection that could return to haunt the presidency? ‘There was some type of exchange’: Never-before-seen Michael Brown footage sheds new light on case and suggests he did NOT rob store – but had done a drug deal with the clerks Inventor of the World Wide Web Tim Berners-Lee issues dire warning on its 28th anniversary and says fake news and government surveillance threatens to destroy it EXCLUSIVE: Heartwarming moment Good Samaritan steps in and buys $749 plane ticket for desperate father whose daughter, two, is told she’s too old to fly for free Mother of three who accused Jeffrey Epstein of using her as a teenage sex slave wants to question the registered sex offender billionaire in court over ‘introducing her to Prince Andrew’ White House … (more)

Bharara, Wall Street’s Cop, Among Prosecutors Asked to Quit

Wall Street enforcer Preet Bharara may be forced out as the U.S. attorney in Manhattan despite assurances he said he had received from the incoming Trump administration that he would remain in the job. Attorney General Jeff Sessions on Friday abruptly asked for the resignations of 46 U.S. attorneys, all those remaining who had served under former President Barack Obama.

Tanker’s U-Turn Shows How Shale Is Changing World Gas Trade

A cargo of chilled natural gas hauled from Louisiana in late December has become a symbol of how global trade is changing for a fuel increasingly seen as a cheap, cleaner-burning option for countries from Latin America to China and India. The tanker Maran Gas Achilles passed through the Panama Canal and was headed toward Asia at a speed of 20 knots when, suddenly, it made a sharp u-turn in the Pacific.

Tanker’s U-Turn Shows How Shale Is Changing World Gas Trade

A cargo of chilled natural gas hauled from Louisiana in late December has become a symbol of how global trade is changing for a fuel increasingly seen as a cheap, cleaner-burning option for countries from Latin America to China and India. The tanker Maran Gas Achilles passed through the Panama Canal and was headed toward Asia at a speed of 20 knots when, suddenly, it made a sharp u-turn in the Pacific.

Paul Kruse Retires From Blue Bell Creameries

PMMI, The Association for Packaging and Processing Technologies, Reston, Va., has formed an industry council focused on advancing High Pressure Processing as a critical technology in the food & beverage industry. Convened by PMMI, the HPP Council will address questions about the technology while developing and formalizing industry best practices.

Tom Hanks to publish book inspired by his love of typewriters

Oscar-winning actor Tom Hanks has struck a publishing deal for a book of short stories he wrote inspired by his collection of vintage typewriters. The Forrest Gump star owns more than 100 typewriters and had talked in the past about his intention to write an anthology of stories about them, which he has now agreed with William Heinemann, part of the Penguin Random House publishing company.

Low demand, disease shrivel orange crop

Things keep getting worse for citrus growers in Florida, where crop disease and slowing demand continue to threaten what used to be a signature industry in the sunshine state. The state’s orange crop is poised to shrink to what could be the smallest harvest in five decades, according to Judy Ganes-Chase, president of J. Ganes Consulting in Panama City, Panama.

Turning Protests Into Action With Technology

Tweet by tweet, post upon post, and petition after petition, Americans are voicing their views of government with the most powerful amplifier ever known: the Internet. Although we have lived with this tool for decades, the combined and continued acceleration of globalization and technology has opened the doors to government – while enabling fabricators of fake news – in ways that were inconceivable in the age of AOL dial-up.

Subway shutdown is chance to try new transportation strategies

New York has always been congested, but lately, worsening transit delays and gridlock on streets have left New Yorkers fed up. Transportation has gotten so unreliable that when the Metropolitan Transportation Authority recently installed Wi-Fi in subway stations, instead of being excited, riders took the opportunity to complain about the trains.

Judge Blocks Trump Order to Return Refugees and Visa-Holders

Demonstrators hold placards during a protest outside of John F. Kennedy International Airport against U.S. President Donald Trump’s executive order blocking visitors from seven predominantly Muslim nations in New York on Saturday, Jan. 28. A federal judge temporarily blocked the Trump administration from enforcing an executive order that would have led to the removal from U.S. airports of refugees, visa holders and legal U.S. residents from seven mostly Muslim countries. U.S. District Judge Ann Donnelly in Brooklyn issued the ruling following an emergency hearing Saturday night, hours after the American Civil Liberties Union and other groups sued to halt President Donald Trump’s Jan. 27 order.

New Work by Photographer Abelardo Morell Launches Concord…

Concord Museum is launching the 2017 celebration of the bicentennial of the birth of Henry David Thoreau, one of America’s most thought-provoking writers and thinkers, with a deeply personal exhibition by photographer Abelardo Morell. Walden: Four Views Abelardo Morell will be on exhibit in the Concord Museum’s Wallace Kane Gallery from February 10 through August 20, 2017.

Former MOSI employee contends for ‘Hidden Figures’ award

A 2010 Wharton High School graduate has been named as a top contender in The Search for Hidden Figures contest, a scholarship competition aimed at recognizing the nation’s most talented emerging female leaders in science, technology, engineering and math. From a field of more than 7,300 applicants Midori Maeda, 24, the daughter of Tampa residents Cesar and Zonia Maeda, is among the 50 semi-finalists selected in a competition that will honor two grand prize winners in each of two categories that include students ages 13-19, and professionals ages 20 and older.

New subway line, awaited since the 1920s, is set to roll

In this April 12, 2007 file photo, a Metropolitan Transit Authority employee climbs the stairs to the street from the partly finished track of the 2nd Avenue subway prior to the ground breaking ceremony in New York. Construction first started 45 years ago, but New Yorkers’ long wait to take a subway under Manhattan’s far Upper East Side ends at noon Sunday, Jan. 1, 2017, when a stretch of the new Second Avenue line is set to open to the public.

Carrie Fisher’s Ex Husband Paul Simon Responds to Her Passing; She’ll Appear in “Family Guy”

Dylann Roof, the 22-year-old convicted of killing nine black parishioners at a church in Charleston, South Carolina, told a judge Wednesday he has “no pl… — German authorities have detained a 40-year-old Tunisian man who “could have been involved in the attack” on a Christmas market in Berlin, Germany’s federal prosecu… Wheat buyers, millers and processors in South Asia have a better understanding of the quality of this year’s hard red winter wheat crop, thanks to U.S. Wheat Associates’ … UNDATED _ The Minnesota Golden Gophers have capped a tumultuous football season with a very satisfying victory.

The Humble Elevator and the Rise of Modern Civilization

Elevators, though they might not seem like it at first, are one of those inventions-like the telephone, the car, indoor plumbing, or vaccines-that are nearly miraculous in the degree to which they have changed the way we live and yet tend to fade unnoticed into the background of modern life. Nick Paumgarten wrote about the centrality of the elevator to the modern metropolis in his 2008 story ” Up and Then Down .”