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I have been thinking a lot about the incomparable Julian Bond the last couple of days, but as he would no doubt be saying, in spite of our sorrow, we have to keep our eyes on the prize. The contrast could not be greater between the violence in word and deed of so many modern day conservatives and the path Julian Bond forged to make a new way for us in this world.

When a book or author is hot, Hollywood moves fast (for example, Gillian Flynn who has already seen two of her three novels—"Gone Girl" and "Dark Places"—hit the big screen). Next on the industry's hot list is Paula Hawkins' "The Girl On The Train." The massive best seller is rolling toward cinemas and already has Emily Blunt attached to star. And now a rising actress is joining her in a key role. Deadline reports that "Mission: Impossible — Rogue Nation" standout Rebecca Ferguson has snagged the role of Anne in the movie. Читать дальше...

The 'Mats bassist returns home for a Turf Club gig Sept. 12 with a new all-star lineup and is readying another solo album.

A prisoner advocacy organization demanded Tuesday that the U.S. Department of Justice launch an extended investigation into the New York state prison system to uncover and fix what it said was the system's culture of violence. In a statement, the Correctional Association of New York responded to a New York Times article published Tuesday about the April death of 30-year-old Samuel Harrell.

Matthew Dellavedova had 14 points, Patty Mills added 9.

A resident from Mayem has complained with the anti-corruption bureau of illegalities and frauds carried out by the former sarpanch, Venna Chodankar, and former secretary Suresh Fadte of the Mayem-Vaiginim panchayat.

In a case of abandonment of a newly born girl child in Goa medical college and hospital (GMC), the children’s court has convicted and sentenced the parents, Minakshi Parab and Faruq Shaikh, to undergo imprisonment for five months on charges of child abuse and directed each of them to pay a fine of 1,00,000

A case alleging forgery of signature on a document submitted in the panchayat of Mandrem to transfer electricity and water pump meter connections has come to the fore. The offence was committed in 2006.

Decision On Bail Plea Likely To Be Turning Point In Probe

The construction of a canal to divert the Kalsa tributary of River Mhadei, a battle that Goa has been fighting before the Mhadei water dispute tribunal, is almost a reality as the project is nearing completion on the state border in Kankumbi

South Western Railways (SWR) loaded 37.5 million tonnes of freight and carried 190 million originating passengers with gross earnings of 5,072 crore in 2014-15. In the first four months of the current financial year 2015-16, SWR carried 13.09 million tonnes of freight as against 12.65 million tonnes carried during the corresponding period of the previous year, registering an increase of 3.4%

New Guidelines Treat NRIs At Par With Resident Indians

Mohammad Murtaza Rafik, 18, a student of an open school at Shiroda, Ponda, died in an accident at Dhavali, Ponda, on Tuesday morning, while pillion rider of another motorcycle Saish Naik, 18, a resident of Shiroda, was also injured. The rider of the second motorcycle, Rajesh Naik, also a resident of Shiroda, was booked by the Ponda police under Sections 279, 337, 338 and 304 A of IPC

Panaji police late Monday night busted a prostitution racket being run from a posh residential complex at Dona Paula, rescued two girls and arrested three persons in the case

Villagers from various parts of North Karnataka on Tuesday staged a rasta roko in Jamboti in support of their demand for early implementation of the Kalsa and other allied projects aimed at diverting waters from the tributaries of Mhadei river to the Malaprabha river

A look at Danica Patrick's future in NASCAR with new sponsor Nature's Bakery.

FRAMINGHAM, Massachusetts - The parent of off-price retailers T.J. Maxx and Marshalls says more shoppers are coming to its stores, and its shares climbed 7 percent after it raised its outlook.

The farmers’ agitation for immediate implementation of Kalsa-Bhandura nullah projects is being intensified and there is apprehension of the situation going out of hand.

Jared Leto arrives at the airport with all his luggage to jet out of town on Tuesday (August 18) in Toronto, Canada. Rumor has it that the 43-year-old actor and musician just wrapped up filming Suicide Squad! There’s a new fan theory that originated on Reddit that Suicide Squad’s Joker, played by Jared, could actually [...]

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