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MOSCOW (Sputnik) - Up to 20 UK ministers may resign if the Conservative Party whips demand that they vote against the amendment giving parliament more control over Brexit procedure, a Conservative lawmaker Boles said Thursday.

Sarpanch of Chani Badi panchayat Pushpa Bansal has lodged a complaint at Bhirani police station in the matter, stating it to be a conspiracy.

In 2019, Ben Roethlisberger will the final year of his current contract. The Steelers would like to keep that from happening. In an interview with Steelers.com, Steelers owner (and owner and operator of Steelers.com) Art Rooney II acknowledges the obvious. “[W]e’d like to extend Ben’s contract,” Rooney said. “I always hate to predict the timing [more]

Sears said on Thursday its chairman Eddie Lampert won a bankruptcy auction for the U.S. department store chain with an improved takeover bid of $5.2 billion, allowing the 126-year-old retailer to keep its doors open.

Lebanon Valley's women's game at Wilkes, originally scheduled for this Saturday, Jan. 19, has been postponed due to this weekend's impending snowstorm.

For military personnel and first responders, missions deep into the wilderness can be fraught with fear, peril and even death. Once their dangerous work is finished, they sometimes struggle with stress, anxiety and depression. Warrior Adventures Canada designs very different missions for former military personnel, firefighters and others combating post-traumatic stress disorder. The nonprofit organization...

Ivory Washington told authorities that he built the bomb to prove that threats aren't taken seriously.

Described by one critic as “Brecht meets vaudeville meets melodrama,” Paula Vogel’s “Indecent” is a play about a controversial play. But it’s about much more. “At its most elemental this … Click to Continue »

How corporate contributions turn nonprofit groups into lobbyists for big business.

The upcoming week around the Big Ten Conference

British online fashion retailer Boohoo has been accused of using pillows to plump up the stomachs of models advertising their maternity clothes range by angry Twitter users.

On a windy mountaintop citadel in Berat, Albania, in a church lit only by incense lamps and their dim reflections off the peeling gold-painted icons, I met Simon Vrusho, the creator and director of the Muzei Solomoni, Albania’s first and only Jewish museum, which opened earlier this year.

New report concludes we need a major diet change to do what's best for our health and the planet

The best time to stop reusing old passwords was 10 years ago. The second best time is now.

The Gautam Buddh Nagar administration on Thursday booked five land mafias, who illegally sold land plots to gullible buyers along the flood-prone banks of Yamuna river, under the stringent Uttar Pradesh Gangsters Act. Those booked have been identified as Vijay Pal, Satya Kumar Singh and Sushil Dubey, all three of Delhi, besides Harveer Singh of Gautam Buddh Nagar and Pratosh Kumar Bhati of Dibai, Bulandshahr, the administration said. District Magistrate Brajesh Narain Singh, based on a report by Senior Superintendent of Police Vaibhav Krishna... Читать дальше...

I need help. I am staying in Marco Island, Florida this February / March and would like to know about road cycling. I ride 40 - 80 miles per day. Like quite paved roads if possible. I always bring my bike with me. Like to ride from where I am staying. I cannot find much about the Marco Island...

BJP national general secretary Ram Madhav Thursday termed the proposed 'Grand Alliance' of the opposition parties as a "non-starter". "The maha gat bandhan (grand alliance) has fallen flat. It is a non-starter. Delhi and Odisha chief Ministers said they have nothing to do with Congress. The two big political parties in Uttar Pradesh said Congress no entry," he told a press conference here. "There is utter chaos and confusion in the name of grand alliance, Yet efforts are on by them to create... Читать дальше...

Over the weekend in St, Petersburg, Kentucky, Cody Lutz, his fiancee, and her sister built a beautiful 9-foot snowman in their yard. When Lutz returned home from work this week though, he noticed tire tracks on his lawn. From WLWT:

David John wants some seniors to play in another country and get exposure

A man who 'hurled racist and homophobic abuse' at revellers heading to Brighton Pride has been jailed for more than four years, British Transport Police (BTP) said.

Beijing hopes to boost domestic consumption amid trade war Asia Times Beijing has pinned hopes on creative measures from provincial governments to boost regional economies amidst the ongoing trade wa

Thirty-five tourist sites in Punjab will be developed as world-class facilities, Tourism and Cultural Affairs Minister Navjot Singh Sidhu said on Thursday. 'Sarais' (inns) would be turned into wedding destinations and old palaces into five-star hotels to generate revenue, he told reporters here. He said the Punjab Heritage and Tourism Promotion Board of the Tourism and Cultural Affairs Department has spent Rs 7.90 crore for the development and expansion of Chhatbir zoo in Mohali district. Sidhu also... Читать дальше...