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Texas Rangers slugger Prince Fielder is facing the prospect of season-ending neck surgery after an MRI revealed a herniated disk just above an area that was repaired two years ago.

Texas Rangers slugger Prince Fielder is facing the prospect of season-ending neck surgery after an MRI revealed a herniated disk just above an area that was repaired two years ago.

MADISON, Wis. (AP) _ The winning numbers in Wednesday evening's drawing of the Wisconsin Lottery's "Daily Pick 3" game were: 9-0-9 (nine, zero, nine) ¶ Maximum prize: $500

In the tech industry, Silicon Valley leader's upcoming appearance at Republican convention is being greeted with more apprehension than excitement.

The 2015 runner-up transferred to the main event with Caleb Holman, Jake Griffin, Brady Boswell and John Hunter Nemechek.

Although much smaller in size than Intel, ARM is one of Intel's biggest competitors because of its near monopoly in smartphone chip technology.

RIO DE JANEIRO (AP) — A dog that was shot five times during a firefight in a Rio slum is recovering from surgery and will soon be put up for adoption, an animal shelter says. The shelter group, known as SUIPA by its Portuguese acronym, said it rescued the black-coated mutt after getting a call from residents. According to a crowd-sourcing app recently launched by Amnesty International, in the week that Netinho was shot there were 265 shootouts reported, with at least 24 people killed. The 73-year-old animal shelter... Читать дальше...

Area youth baseball teams open regional, state action

MIAMI — The Latest on the Zika virus in Florida (all times local): 7 p.m. Florida could be getting another $5.6 million in federal funding to assist in the fight against the Zika virus. The White House reported in a news release Wednesday that President Barack Obama spoke by phone with Florida Gov. Rick Scott

Never mind the feud with Kanye West, the pop star has waged more important fights defending the value of intellectual property.

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I’ve called the 30 year bull market in bonds the greatest risk adjusted bull market ever because the figures are truly amazing. For instance, anyone who bought a 30 year T-Bond in 1985 generated about a 9% annualized return with just a 12% standard deviation. That’s 90% of the stock market’s return over the same period with just 68% of the risk. The investor who bought nothing but short-term Treasury Bills generated an average annual return of 5.25% with a standard deviation of just 4. Читать дальше...

Solange Knowles is so proud of her niece Blue Ivy Carter! The 30-year-old singer took to Instagram to share cute new photos of the four-year-old daughter of her sister Beyonce and hubby Jay Z. PHOTOS: Check out the latest pics of Blue Ivy Carter “Gucci campaigns can’t even touch her w a pinky toe….???? #proudauntie,” [...]

A wacky Indian sex comedy about four college-going quiz geeks and their unbridled fantasies has made audiences sit up and have a good laugh, writes Sudha G Tilak.

SANTA FE, N.M. (AP) — New Mexico's distinctive commuter rail line cuts a breathtaking path through Native American tribal lands, past silhouetted mountain ranges and swaths of cottonwood trees along the Rio Grande, ferrying workers between the state's major metropolis of Albuquerque to the seat of state government in Santa Fe. On a weekday afternoon at Santa Fe's South Capital railroad platform, set within a cluster of state office buildings and near the New Mexico School for the Deaf, commuters... Читать дальше...

Kanter has long been a critic of the current Turkish government.

Donald Trump’s presidential campaign has caused huge ratings spikes for the past year. But his Republican National Convention is not setting new ratings records — at least not yet. Tuesday’s second night of the RNC averaged 19.8 million viewers, according to Nielsen, which added up the 10 p.m. viewership across seven broadcast and cable channels. […]

A well-known Belarusian journalist working in Ukraine was killed Wednesday after an explosive device placed under the car he was driving detonated in central Kiev. Pavel Sheremet, 44, who reported for the news website Ukrainska Pravda and previously for Russian state television before moving to Ukraine, was on his way to the independent radio station […]

On the third night of the Republican National Convention, vice presidential nominee Mike Pence will be preceded by the man he reportedly beat out for the post: former House Speaker Newt Gingrich, who will speak alongside his wife, Callista.

South32 has met production guidance at most of its major assets, and has revealed an interest in a Canadian copper play

In most people, the virus causes only mild illness, but infection during pregnancy can lead to severe brain-related birth defects for the fetus. The CDC is working with Florida health officials to investigate what could be the first Zika infection from a mosquito in the continental United States. Spokeswoman Gayle Love said they've been going door-to-door since health authorities alerted them late last week, spraying to kill mosquitoes and emptying any containers holding water.

Regardless of the IOC’s decision, a spokesman from the nation’s Olympic committee says a boycott would be out of the question

DENVER (AP) — A federal judge on Wednesday urged the State Department to give a gender neutral passport to a Colorado Navy veteran who does not identify being male or female in a case that's the first of its kind…