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The planned statewide teacher strike planned for next month has now grown significantly, as thousands of state employees decided to officially join the cause. Oklahoma Public Employee Association board members believe there is strength in numbers.

LONDON – Willian inspired Chelsea’s 2-1 win over Crystal Palace on Saturday as the Blues got back to winning ways ahead of their Champions League showdown with Barcelona.

The homepage on the app Musical.ly.

Musical.ly

Musical.ly, the lip-synching app that is wildly popular with younger users, is struggling to catch up to other teen-friendly social apps like Instagram or Tumblr in how it moderates and filters certain types of dangerous content. After people criticized the app this week for allowing users to search for hashtags related to self-harm or eating disorders, like #cutting or #proana, Musical.ly blocked some of these search terms.

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Les funérailles de la jeune Athena Gervais décédée tragiquement le 1er mars à Laval se tenaient à Saint-Félicien, sa ville d'origine, samedi. Sa mort a relancé le débat sur les boissons sucrées très alcoolisées.

Les funérailles de la jeune Athena Gervais décédée tragiquement le 1er mars à Laval se tiennent à Saint-Félicien, sa ville d'origine. Sa mort a relancé le débat sur les boissons sucrées très alcoolisées.

GREAT FALLS, Mont. (AP) — A federal agency says Montana's mountain snowpack is above normal following heavy snowfall last month in several locations across the state. The Great Falls Tribune reports snowpack data released Wednesday by the Natural Resources Conservation Service indicates snowpack totals are above normal in all major river basins in the state for March. The agency says 15 snowpack measurement locations have set records for March. Agency water supply specialist Lucas Zukiewicz says... Читать дальше...

West Brom head coach Alan Pardew will seek clarification over his future after a sapping 4-1 loss at home to Leicester City pushed his seemingly doomed side closer to relegation. Albion drew first blood at The Hawthorns, but Jamie Vardy volleyed a superb equaliser to level matters midway though the first half. Leicester ran amok afterwards, with Riyad Mahrez, substitute Kelechi Iheanacho and Vicente Iborra on target as the Premier League's bottom club meekly subsided during the final half hour. Читать дальше...

Washington D.C. hosts the tournament for the first time ever.

The 2018 A-10 Tournament will take place from March 7-11 from Capital One Arena in Washington D.C. This year marks the first time in tournament history that it’s been played in D.C. — it has been played in Brooklyn, Pittsburgh, and New Jersey in recent years.

The Stakes

Last year’s champion Rhode Island finished the season a-top the A-10 with a 15-2 record in conference play. The Rams defeated VCU 70-63 last season for the championship. Читать дальше...

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• There are 7,000 languages currently spoken around the world but many have already gone extinct— and some are endangered.
• Several of the languages at risk for extinction are spoken by Native Americans, and indigenous populations in Australia. 
• Ainu, a language spoken by the Ainu people of Japan's Hokkaido island, only has an estimated two to 15 speakers left. 

There are more than 7,000 living languages in the world, but UNESCO predicts more than half will be extinct by the end of the century. Читать дальше...

Large-scale protests have taken place in Bratislava following the murder of a journalist and his fiance after an exhaustive report was published detailing links between top Slovakian lawmakers and organized crime.

Legendary NCAA basketball analyst Dick Vitale takes a timeout before March Madness kicks into gear for some Q&A with Post columnist Steve Serby. Q: How would you describe your broadcasting style? A: First of all, I’ve never considered myself a broadcaster. I’m a jock who came out of the locker room, didn’t know zilch when...

Police are warning residents about a string of vehicle thefts reported since last month in the South Side Bronzeville neighborhood.

POMONA, Calif. (AP) — A gunman who shot two police officers, killing one of them, held a SWAT team at bay on Saturday as he barricaded himself inside an apartment and showed no signs of giving up more than 15 hours after the standoff began, authorities said. Police in Southern California tried to stop the man around 9 p.m. Friday after receiving a call about reckless driving, but he refused to pull over and led officers on a pursuit, Los Angeles sheriff's Capt. Christopher Bergner said. The man crashed... Читать дальше...

POMONA, Calif. (AP) — A gunman who shot two police officers, killing one of them, held a SWAT team at bay on Saturday as he barricaded himself inside an apartment and showed no signs of giving up more than 15 hours after the standoff began, authorities said. Police in Southern California tried to stop the man around 9 p.m. Friday after receiving a call about reckless driving, but he refused to pull over and led officers on a pursuit, Los Angeles sheriff's Capt. Christopher Bergner said. The man crashed... Читать дальше...

President Trump is touting a GOP congressional candidate whose too-close-for-comfort special election race in a reliably Republican district is giving party bigwigs agita. “Heading to Moon Township, Pennsylvania, to be with a really good person, State Representative Rick Saccone, who is running for Congress,” Trump tweeted at 1:22 pm. “Big & happy crowd (why not,...

Explosions reverberated and clouds of smoke rose over the city of Douma in East Ghouta on March 10. Local activists said at least 20 people were killed as over 75 airstrikes and many more shells hit the city. Syrian government forces claimed they captured the city of Misraba, located south of Douma. The capture of Misraba indicates progress towards the Syrian government’s plan to encircle the city of Douma and cut it off from the rest of opposition forces in East Ghouta. Credit: Damascus Media Center... Читать дальше...

Saturday proved eventful during stage 4 at Tirreno-Adriatico, with the crash and abandonment of Team Sunweb's Tom Dumoulin setting the stage for the drama to come on the final climb to Sarnano Sassotetto.

Denver jams seem to be the best. Tons of fun, great vibes, and a huge squad. 

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Weighed down by a sluggish global economy, turbulent capital markets, and heavier regulation after the 2008 financial crisis, many big banks have scrimped on innovation.

In doing so, they've failed to keep up with customers' embrace of and demand for all things digital and mobile. That's opened the door to a new breed... Читать дальше...

Vice President Yemi Osinbajo, Senate President Bukola Saraki Yakubu Dogara, Speaker of the House of Representatives and Chief Justice of the Federation, Godwin Onnoghen will on Monday, 12th March, 2018 unveil a book on Banking reform in Nigeria: ‘The law, the prospects and the challenges’. The book was authored by ‘Bode Ayorinde, chairman, Ad-hoc Committee... View Article

At the seventh annual SABR Analytics Conference on March 10, 2018, in Phoenix, Arizona, the Player Development Panel covered issues related to developing baseball players at the major-league and minor-league level.

Maligned Giants receiver Odell Beckham Jr. appears to be involved in another off-field incident thanks to a surfaced Snapchat video.

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• There is increasing evidence that the Russian government is using the UK and possibly the US as a "killing ground" for the state-sanctioned elimination of its enemies. 
• The most recent targets are former Russian military intelligence officer turned defector Sergei Skripal and his daughter, Yulia. 
• "The Russian have been very good at covering their tracks," said one expert. "A lot of this stuff is really difficult to prove. And if you don’t have clear evidence... Читать дальше...

Arsenal will be looking to get back on track in the Premier League when we welcome Watford to the Emirates on Sunday afternoon. Here is the team I would like to see Arsene Wenger select…. Goalkeeper: Cech Cech had a nightmare at Brighton last weekend and it’s clear we need a new number one this summer. Ospina did OK in midweek but I think he’s still an accident waiting to happen so I’d stick with Cech in the league and Ospina in Europe. Defence: Chambers, Holding... Читать дальше...