If you’re dealing with too much credit card debt because of holiday spending, personal finance experts recommend two methods of tackling the problem By KEN SWEET AP Business Writer December 31, 2019, 5:00 PM 4 min read NEW YORK — The children are playing with their gifts, the new TV is up on the wall, […]
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Image copyright Getty Images The number of people killed in crashes of large commercial planes fell by more than 50% in 2019, according to an aviation industry study. Last year 257 fatalities were recorded, compared to 534 in 2018, according to aviation consultancy To70. That’s despite the high-profile Boeing 737 Max crash in Ethiopia in
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D By RICH DUBROFF Associated Press January 2, 2020, 3:00 AM 4 min read WASHINGTON — Orlando forward Jonathan Isaac collided with the Washington Wizards’ Bradley Beal in the early minutes of Wednesday’s game. Isaac left the floor on a stretcher, and was quickly ruled out of the game with a hyperextended left knee. Yet,
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No By GREG BEACHAM AP Sports Writer January 2, 2020, 1:55 AM 4 min read PASADENA, Calif. — Justin Herbert scored his third rushing touchdown of the 106th Rose Bowl on a thrilling 30-yard run with 7:41 to play Wednesday night, and No. 7 Oregon held off No. 11 Wisconsin 28-27 to win its third
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North Dakota will again enlist the help of Hollywood actor Josh Duhamel to help promote tourism in his home state By JAMES MacPHERSON Associated Press December 31, 2019, 5:38 PM 2 min read BISMARCK, N.D. — North Dakota will again enlist the help of Hollywood actor Josh Duhamel to help promote tourism in his home
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Image copyright 20th Century Fox Image caption [L-R] Roman Griffin Davis, Taika Waititi and Scarlett Johansson star in the film which satirises Hitler Child actors can be a bit of an unknown quantity as interviewees, but Golden Globe-nominated Roman Griffin Davis is pretty relaxed about his new-found fame. Self-deprecating and confident, the 12-year-old stars in
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David Stern once predicted that the NBA would have a division in Europe within 10 years. A few years later, he said it again. And a few years after that, he said it yet again. It never happened. That was a rarity in Stern’s life and career. Usually, when he wanted something, he got it.
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“Mayor Pete” is, technically, no longer Mayor Pete. Pete Buttigieg’s eight years in office in South Bend, Ind., ended on New Year’s Day, when a new mayor was sworn in. Mr. Buttigieg, known colloquially as Mayor Pete almost since the start of his campaign last January, joined the ranks of former office holders seeking the
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Reaction from the basketball world and beyond to the death of former NBA Commissioner David January 1, 2020, 11:46 PM 3 min read Reaction from the basketball world and beyond to the death of former NBA Commissioner David Stern on Wednesday at age 77: “For 22 years, I had a courtside seat to watch David
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WASHINGTON — Secretary of State Mike Pompeo on Wednesday canceled a weeklong trip to Ukraine and four other nations to stay in Washington and monitor tensions in Iraq after protesters broke into the United States Embassy compound in Baghdad and wrecked parts of it, the State Department said. The department’s spokeswoman, Morgan Ortagus, said in
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