Amazon wants President Donald Trump to submit to questioning over the tech company’s losing bid for a $10 billion military contract By MATT O’BRIEN AP Technology Writer February 10, 2020, 10:05 PM 4 min read WASHINGTON — Amazon wants President Donald Trump to submit to questioning over the tech company’s losing bid for a $10 […]
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LONDON — A middle-aged businessman from England who vacationed in the Alps has illustrated how the ease of international travel is complicating global efforts to track and contain the new coronavirus that emerged in China. From the Singapore hotel where he is believed to have picked up the virus during a conference, to a ski
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A winter carnival in Steamboat Springs, Colorado, blasted a 2,800-pound firework into the sky and into a place in the Guinness World Records on Saturday, CNN reported. The shell launched from a 26-foot steel tube off a mountain, climbing 300 miles an hour and detonating a mile high into a spectacular burst of red, the
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Slot machines long ago lost their nicknames as “one-armed bandits” when manufacturers did away with the lever that gamblers had to pull, replacing it with buttons By WAYNE PARRY Associated Press February 10, 2020, 9:25 PM 3 min read ATLANTIC CITY, N.J. — Slot machines, the bread and butter of the casino industry, long ago
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A rock star as usual, Bono is heading back Madison Square Garden February 10, 2020, 9:24 PM 4 min read NEW YORK — The Latest on the Westminster Kennel Club dog show (all times local): 3:45 p.m. A rock star as usual, Bono is heading back Madison Square Garden. The Havanese named after U2’s frontman
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MANCHESTER, N.H. – As President Donald Trump takes the stage at his reelection rally here Monday and boasts of his economic record, there is one statistic he is likely to omit: He created 1.5 million fewer jobs in his first three years in office than predecessor Barack Obama did in his final three. Newly revised
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Image copyright Family photo Image caption Lewys Crawford died a day after he was taken to A&E A baby who died of sepsis a day after being taken to hospital was not given antibiotics for many hours, an inquest has heard. Three-month-old Lewys Crawford died of meningococcal septicaemia at the University Hospital of Wales (UHW)
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Media playback is unsupported on your device Media captionBong Joon-ho: “I will drink until the next morning” The US live TV audience for the Oscars fell to an all-time low on Sunday. Roughly 23.6 million viewers tuned into the awards ceremony, according to the US broadcaster ABC, citing Neilsen. The ratings fell sharply from last
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Image copyright Sinot Billionaire Bill Gates has not commissioned a hydrogen-powered superyacht from designer Sinot, the firm has told the BBC. It has been widely reported that Mr Gates ordered a £500m ($644m) luxury vessel, based on the concept which was displayed in Monaco in 2019. Sinot said it had “no business relationship” with Bill
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The Minnesota Twins will be working with a new piece of smart technology at spring training this year By PAT EATON-ROBB AP Sports Writer February 10, 2020, 8:09 PM 4 min read FARMINGTON, Conn. — Central Connecticut pitcher Michael Delease was throwing fastballs inside the Center for Motion Analysis and wasn’t getting much movement on
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