October 2019

Former vineyard owner gets 5 months in college bribery case

The former owner of a California wine business has been sentenced to five months in prison for his role in the college admissions scheme . Fifty-three-year-old Agustin Huneeus, of San Francisco, was sentenced in Boston’s federal court Friday after pleading guilty to a single count of fraud and conspiracy. Authorities say Huneeus paid $50,000 to

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Trump Claims Texts Prove No ‘Quid Pro Quos of Any Kind’ With Ukraine

WASHINGTON — President Trump insisted on Friday that there was nothing inappropriate about his administration’s dealings with Ukraine, playing down a series of texts between American diplomats and a Ukrainian official that were released Thursday night that outlined his attempt to tie a possible White House meeting and military aid to investigating former Vice President

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Jobs Numbers for the Optimists, the Pessimists, and Everybody in Between

The September jobs numbers have something for everybody. Say you’re a president about to run for re-election and you’re looking to boast about the fantastic economy. Good news! The unemployment rate fell to 3.5 percent, the lowest in nearly five decades. The drop, from 3.7 percent, occurred for good reasons — more people were working.

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10 Horror Stories That Prove MLM Companies Are Complete Trash

Multi-level marketing companies, or MLMs as they’re commonly known, have been around since the days of Avon and Tupperware. Today, there are hundreds of companies that recruit consultants to sell everything from health products to cosmetics to clothing. But despite how the industry has evolved, one thing’s remained the same: They’re a nightmare for almost

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‘Game Of Thrones’ Star Responds To Ser Pounce’s Off-Screen Death

However you felt about the final season of “Game of Thrones,” the off-screen death of King Tommen’s furry friend Ser Pounce was objectively a cat-astrophe.  Pounce originally appeared in Season 4, jumping on the bed while Margaery Tyrell (Natalie Dormer) was putting the moves on Tommen (Dean-Charles Chapman). But in light of both Tommen’s and

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Disney Bars Netflix TV Ads in Battle for Streaming Supremacy

LOS ANGELES — Dear Netflix: Keep your money. That is the message the Walt Disney Company sent by banning advertising from Netflix on its entertainment television networks — principally ABC and Freeform — as it prepares to introduce its own Netflix-style streaming service, Disney Plus. Disney will continue to accept Netflix ads on its ESPN

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Treasury Inspector General to Review Handling of Trump’s Taxes

WASHINGTON — The Treasury Department’s inspector general is investigating how Treasury handled a congressional request for President Trump’s tax returns, which Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin has refused to turn over. The investigation is in response to a request from Representative Richard E. Neal of Massachusetts, the Democratic chairman of the House Ways and Means Committee,

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