House of Representatives... In 1824, John QuincyAdams was elected president despite winning neither the popular vote nor the electoral vote. Andrew Jackson won the popular vote and had more electoral votes than Adams ... The decision went to the House of Representatives, and Adams was the next president.Reince Priebus, chairman of the Republican National Committee, says he is no fan of a third-party candidate or candidates ... ....
Article by WN.com Correspondent Dallas DarlingIt was Benjamin Franklin who wrote the sardonic proverb. “In this world nothing can be said to be certain, except death and taxes.” Though Benjamin Franklin referred to the permanence of the new Constitution, the same can be said of this year’s presidential primary race ... To be sure, Sen ... Consequently, Republican elites know this and are grudgingly getting behind him before being trampled....
"We’re studying an alien ocean using methods developed to understand the movement of energy and nutrients in Earth’s own systems," SteveVance, a planetary scientist at JPL and lead author of the new study, said in a press release. "The cycling of oxygen and hydrogen in Europa’s ocean will be a major driver for Europa’s ocean chemistry and any life there, just [as] it is on Earth." ... Read the original article on Tech Insider... ....
New geologic mapping in the Himalayan mountains of Kashmir suggests that the region is ripe for a major earthquake that could endanger the lives of as many as a million people, according to an Oregon State University statement ... The 2005 Kashmir earthquake killed about 80,000 people in Pakistan and India ... The fault hasn't slipped for a long time, which means the potential for a large earthquake is strong ... It's a matter of when." ... RELATED....
ACCMinisterNikkiKaye today confirmed the new ACC annual licence levies that owners of light vehicles (cars, vans, utes and SUVs) will pay from 1 July 2016, as well as refinements to the vehicle risk rating system used to calculate these levies ... ....
Wednesday, 8 p.m.The BassmentTickets $17 /$22 www.saskatoonjazzsociety.com Ottawasinger-songwriter Amanda Rheaume describes Holding Patterns, her third full-length album, as the most honest and personal of her career, thanks in large part to the input of another Ottawa singer-songwriter, Jim Bryson, who produced the record. “I can take myself way too seriously and worry way […] ... ....
A New York City lounge-singer turned Moroccan pop star who fled the country when he was indicted on rape charges in 2010 is now being sued by his accuser, after her attorney discovered the crooner had become an international sensation while hiding out in the Middle East... “He was a lounge singer, not a famous figure,” Harb said of the ......
The Old Red Bus Station in Leeds. Saturday 21st May 2016. 9.00pm til 4.00am. Minimum Age. 18. DROP presents a Unity Day benefit featuring 3 bands and lots of guest DJs. Event Info. Venue. Buy tickets securely ... Embed Ticket Box. Accepted ... Plus resident Drop DJs, Bass BC (ghetto funk), DeeKay (house heaven) and Mikk Stupp (drum 'n' bass/ jungle) ... ....
A symposium on the academic and cultural boycott of Israel will take place on Friday in the Lebanese capital of Beirut, the Jerusalem Post reported. The symposium, organized by the Campaign to Boycott Supporters of Israel in Lebanon, will be attended by Lebanese celebrities and artists, including movie star Tarek Tamim and actor/singer Jahida Wehbe ... ....
Jurors Wednesday watched dramatic footage of a hulking 6-foot-6 defendant hurling a wooden chair at the heads of a gay couple inside a Chelsea eatery as the victim described from the stand his vicious beating ...Ethan York-Adams and his boyfriend, Jonathan Snipes ... Patrons can be heard shrieking as Snipes is flung into a chair and his boyfriend Ethan Adams crumples unconscious onto the floor of DallasBBQ. “It was awful,” he said ... ....
CzechInterior MinisterMilan Chovanec is heading for Friday's talks in Brussels with a clear-cut mandate. the Czech Republic will actively support measures to tighten controls on Schengen's outer borders and improve the efficiency of registration hotspots, but remains adamantly against a permanent redistribution mechanism ... ....