CRESCENT, Iowa — Frogs, carp and bugs thrived all summer in murky floodwaters where Gene Walter should have planted corn and soybeans. Last year’s ruined crop spilled from metal storage bins that burst nine months ago when the Missouri River surged through two levees near his southwest Iowa farm. Like many in the water-weary Midwest, […]
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J.J. Culver of Wayland Baptist University found a way to steal the spotlight from his NBA-playing brother on Tuesday. Culver scored 100 points in a 124-60 victory over Southwestern Adventist University in Plainview, Texas. Here’s the play that got him to the magic century mark. Sitting at 98 points, here’s JJ scoring to make it
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WASHINGTON — Joseph R. Biden Jr. on Wednesday released an immigration plan that calls for undoing President Trump’s policies and acknowledges “pain” caused by deportations that occurred during his time as vice president, but does not endorse the decriminalization of unauthorized border crossings, a contrast with more progressive rivals such as Senators Bernie Sanders and
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The Fed’s decision to leave rates alone follows three rate cuts earlier this year By CHRISTOPHER RUGABER AP Economics Writer December 11, 2019, 7:25 PM 4 min read WASHINGTON — The Federal Reserve left its benchmark interest rate alone Wednesday and signaled that it expects to keep low rates unchanged through next year. The Fed’s
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So no one told you life was gonna be this way? If you just quickly clapped your hands four times, you will definitely be familiar with this recipe. If not, allow me to get you up to speed on “Friends.” It was Thanksgiving at Monica and Chandler’s apartment. Monica finally let go of the reins
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Image copyright Marvel/Trump War Room Image caption The tweet from Mr Trump’s campaign put his head on Thanos’s body Imitation, they say, is the most sincere form of flattery, but recycling pop culture for politics can backfire. On Tuesday, the creator of Thanos called US President Donald Trump a “pompous fool” after his team used
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Image copyright AFP/Getty Image caption Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) Administrator Stephen Dickson US safety regulators examining the first deadly Boeing 737 Max crash saw a high chance of future accidents if the company did not make changes. Analysts predicted more than a dozen crashes could occur – or roughly one every two or three years.
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We are living in an era of “hearables” — earphones embedded with special sensors that talk to our phones. And Apple’s AirPods, those tiny white earbuds that live in a case the size of a Tic Tac box, are leading the trend. For several years, I have found AirPods to be as convenient as they
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Remember the Titans? You’d better do so. The Tennessee Titans suddenly look like world beaters. Or, at least, a solid choice to win the AFC South. They have won four straight and six of seven to climb into a tie for the division lead with the Texans. Houston comes off a monumental crash after its
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To give just three examples: First, when agents initially sought permission for the wiretap, F.B.I. officials scoured information from confidential informants and selectively presented portions that supported their suspicions that Mr. Page might be a conduit between Russia and the Trump campaign’s onetime chairman, Paul Manafort. But officials did not disclose information that undercut that
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