Monthly Archives: April 2019

Paul Manafort will serve a total of seven and a half years in prison, faces more new fraud charges

President Donald Trump’s former campaign chairman Paul Manafort was sentenced on Wednesday to three and a half more years in prison for charges arising from Special Counsel Robert Mueller’s probe into Russia’s role in the 2016 US election. The sentence of 73 months in prison imposed by US District Judge Amy Berman Jackson in Washington came six […]

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Disneyland Ticket Prices Raised Ahead of Star Wars Land Opening

Ahead of the new addition of Star Wars Land, Disneyland has started raising ticket prices. According to the Los Angeles Times, Disneyland has raised the prices for daily tickets, annual passes and parking. The cheapest daily ticket will now cost $104, up from $97, for a low-demand day. For a regular-demand day, the price has […]

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From scaremongering to direct threats: US intel may be denied to countries that buy Chinese 5G

Germany can forget about getting as much intelligence from US spooks as it currently does if it allows Chinese telecoms to build 5G infrastructure, a letter from the American ambassador in Berlin has reportedly warned. Washington is continuing to twist the arms of its European allies to discourage economic cooperation with its biggest geopolitical rival, […]

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Oklahoma City’s McSpadden first four-year college softball coach to 1,500 wins

WICHITA, Kan. – Oklahoma City University softball coach and NFCA Hall of Famer Phil McSpadden became the first four-year college coach to reach 1,500 career victories after the Stars’ 7-4 eight-inning win over Baker (Kan.) and a 6-1 triumph over Kansas Wesleyan at Two Rivers Youth Club in the Friends Tournament on Friday. McSpadden, who […]

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Coming to America 2: Eddie Murphy Back, Empire Director to Helm

A sequel to the 1988 comedy classic Coming to America is officially in the works, with Eddie Murphy set to reprise his role as Akeem and Craig Brewer (Empire, Hustle & Flow) poised to direct. Reported by Deadline, Paramount Pictures, the studio responsible for the original film, is looking to feature much of the original cast […]

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Eurosceptic parties set to double seats in EU Parliament after May elections – poll

Anti-establishment parties across the EU are expected to receive a surge in popularity at the ballot box, as a poll released Saturday indicates voters tired of the Brussels status quo could lead to a doubling in Eurosceptic MEPs. Conducted by the German newspaper Bild between late February and early March, the poll surveyed over 9,500 […]

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‘Doomsday vault’ threatened by climate change

The site of the so-called ‘Doomsday vault’, designed to safeguard millions of the world’s most genetically important seed from nuclear war, asteroid strikes and other disasters, is at threat from climate change, a new report has warned.  Longyearbyen, the Arctic home of the Svalbard Global Seed Vault, faces potentially devastating avalanches, rockfalls, and floods over […]

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April 22-24 Featured Five

LOUISVILLE, Ky. – Throughout the 2016 softball season, the NFCA will feature some of the sport’s highest-profile contests in our “Featured Five” Games of the Week. Each weekly installment will be released on Thursday, providing live stat links, game notes, team info, social media accounts and any available broadcast links in hopes of becoming another reason […]

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Parisian taxi driver charged over Manchester United fan stabbing

A Paris taxi driver who allegedly stabbed a Manchester United fan in the chest after the club’s victory over Paris Saint-Germain last week has been charged with attempted murder, a judicial source said on Sunday.  Mike Jackson, 44, from Bolton, said in a Facebook post that he is slowly recovering after a “traumatic four days”.   […]

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Metro 2033 Movie Production Halted, Producers ‘Afraid of Setting It in Moscow’

Production on a film adaptation of the novel Metro 2033 has been halted after its screenwriters struggled to move its setting from a post-apocalyptic Moscow to Washington D.C. The rights to the film have reverted back to author Dmitry Glukhovsky, according to an interview he gave with VG247. MGM had previously acquired film rights back […]

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