There are parallels between America’s current political situation and the conditions leading to the collapse of the Roman Republic more than 2,000 years ago, according to an International Business Times commentary published on RawStory.com.Ned Resnikoff, political capital reporter for IBT, writes that the Roman Republic was decaying long before Julius Caesar marched on the city in 49 B.C. and toppled it for good ... WN.com, Jim Berrie ....
A report in the Belfast Telegraph Monday says dinosaurs were already on the path to extinction millions of years before the meteor impact that is widely believed to have wiped them out, scientists said.Experts have always believed dinosaurs were flourishing on Earth just before the disaster struck when a huge asteroid or comet hit the planet just off the coast of Mexico, the report said....
More than a foot of rain in some places flooded low-lying areas across the Houston region on Monday, forcing officials to suspend bus and rail service, close schools and government offices and urge residents to stay home amid what authorities said were extremely dangerous conditions, CNN reported."This is a life-threatening emergency....
Article by WN.com Correspondent Dallas DarlingNot only is New York State the future face of the two main political parties, but with 400 delegates at stake in Tuesday’s primary race starring presidential hopefuls Donald Trump and Bernie Sanders, everything can change in a “New York minute.” Indeed, the Empire State is where millions of immigrants suddenly got a new start in life and fortunes made overnight on Wall Street....
Relief efforts continue in southern Japan following back-to-back strong earthquakes that killed at least 42 people last week and left the country in shambles, the Belfast Telegraph reported Monday.The U.S. military will join rescuers as they redouble efforts for 10 missing people on the southern island of Kyushu, where many area were cut off by landslides and road and bridge damage ... The U.S....
The Wild scored five goals or more in a playoff game for the fifth time in franchise history; notably, the Wild did it back-to-back the other four times ... ....
We’ve seen the Wild fall behind a series 2-0 only to come back and win it. We’ve seen the Wild look completely hopeless. And most importantly, we’ve seen the Wild wait until things looked their absolutely bleakest before they played their best ... But like a friend you’ve known for way too long, at a certain point maybe you just have to shake your head and roll with it? Wild players have shown that this is what they do....
The MinnesotaWild rallied past the Dallas Stars to get back into their first round playoff series. A late first period goal turned into a 5-3 victory for the Wild Monday at the Xcel Energy Center. The Wild (1-2) dominated the game for the better part of the final 50 minutes ... The turnaround really began in that latter stages of Game 2, in which the Wild started to mount pressure in the Stars’ zone and create chances....
— Jason Pominville had two goals and an assist and the MinnesotaWild roared back from an early two-goal deficit to beat Dallas 5-3 on Monday night and slice the Stars' lead in the Western Conference quarterfinals to 2-1. Chris Porter put the Wild on the board in the final minute of the first period, their first even-strength goal of the series ... The Wild obliged....
Consistency was the name of the game Monday afternoon for Oakland Mills, scoring at least once in every inning to eventually pull away for a 17-7 victory over visiting WildeLake. Zoe Smith and Lizzie Yu reached base a combined 10 times and scored four runs apiece, spearheading a Scorpions’ offensive... ....