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2016 Team Preview: Team Penske

Team Penske is celebrating its 50th season in racing in 2016, and its 33rd in NASCAR Sprint Cup competition.

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20 Patriots on injury report

As the Patriots prepare to face the Broncos, 20 New England players are dealing with injuries. Special teams captain Matthew Slater missed practice with a shin injury. (The Patriots inadvertently declared him to be out in the report submitted to the league. He’s not out. Yet.) No other Patriots player missed practice on Wednesday, but…

BuzzFeed 

18 Signs You Might Have An Unhealthy Relationship With Food

Thanks for the “suggestion” but I’ll decide how big a serving is.

You understand that serving suggestions are just that – suggestions.

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And you're not a strong believer in the food pyramid or portion control either.

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Local grocery stores and take-out places sometimes express concern for your well-being.

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NAIJ.COM (Nigeria News) 

PHOTOS: What’s Wrong With This Fearsome Mountain Lion?

A mountain lion with a bizarre deformity on his head has left animal biologists and wildlife experts around the world baffled. The wild cat was reportedly shot dead after it attacked the hunter’s pet dog last month in Weston, Idaho state, USA. Since then a photograph of a mountain was circulated on various websites sparking heated discussion among […]

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RIA Novosti  

Surgeon Claims First Monkey Head Transplant in China

A transplant involving the head of a monkey has been successfully carried out in China, “with the goal of testing cross-circulation and hypothermia as an effective neuroprotective strategy,” according to Italian neurosurgeon Sergio Canavero.

«Albany Democrat Herald» (democratherald.com) 

Ernest Wilbur Ross

Nov. 12, 1924 — Jan. 18, 2016

BusinessInsider.com 

Idris Elba nailed Hollywood's diversity problem

"Beasts of No Nation" star Idris Elba recently addressed British Parliament about diversity issues in the TV and movie industry. He called out the way black and white actors are treated differently in the casting process, and hopes that industry leaders will start to "think outside the box."

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NBCSports.com 

Chris Ivory is headed to Hawaii

The changes to the Pro Bowl roster keep on coming. The latest addition to the roster is Jets running back Chris Ivory. He’ll be taking the spot of Bills running back LeSean McCoy, who did not play the final two weeks of the regular season while dealing with a knee injury. It’s the first time…

International Business Times 

What Is Dark Money? Obama Mulls Campaign Cash Limits Amid 2016 Presidential Contest

The 2016 presidential election is set to blow out records for political spending in a season, with totals projected to rise as high as $10 billion. But one crucial slice of that spending — so-called dark money from corporations, unions and wealthy individuals — has received outsized attention as candidates on both the Democratic and Republican sides gear up their campaigns.

«Star Tribune» (startribune.com) 

Wild's power play woes in 2016: Can't even make milk

Jacques Lemaire was the master of the low-key one-liners, and one of his best all-time quips came early in the 2003-04 season. The Wild was struggling so bad on the power play that Lemaire memorably said, “When we started last year, our power play was really good. It was 23 percent. Now I don’t know if we got enough to make milk. It’s about 1 percent, half of one percent. It’s very skim milk.” Mike Yeo’s Wild squad is in a similar power play funk, and it’s become so bad that there’s this: Minnesota... Читать дальше...

«The Times of India» (indiatimes.com) 

Govt begins settling dues of textile cos

In a relief to the textiles sector, government on Wednesday said it has initiated the process of settlement of Rs 3,000 crore dues related to some ‘blackout and left-out’ cases which found no mention in the Amended Technology Upgradation Fund Scheme (ATUFS).

«The Times of India» (indiatimes.com) 

‘Govt’s fuel policy main culprit behind pollution’

With ‘polluting’ diesel cars becoming a concern leading to a ban on registration of big diesel cars and SUVs in the National Capital Region (NCR) till March 31, the Society of Indian Automobile Manufacturers (Siam) on Wednesday told the Supreme Court that the government’s fuel policy was the major culprit behind pollution.