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 ....
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....
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....
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....
(Source. Russian Ice Hockey Federation) ... Alexei Lipanov caught the goaltender cold from distance, Mikhail Bitsadze finished off a flowing move, and shorthanded Mark Rubinchik beat newly installed netminder Gustavs Grigals on the doorstep. Latvia were down and out, and we weren't in the mood for being sympathetic ... Both teams got into penalty trouble after that, and Gustavs Grigals was making some superb stops in Latvia's net ... Goals. ... A ... M....
Cities is supported by. Rockefeller Foundation. In five words. An unspoiled west coast pearl. Sound of the city ... “Här ska staden ligga!” (“Here! The city should be placed here!”), KingGustav II Adolf hollered in 1621, and so Gothenburg was built on a mud pile ... In the central square stands a bronze statue commemorating the moment King Gustav founded the city – his hand points down to the ground, but he gazes dreamily into the horizon ... ....
Six artists from across Europe including UK’sMatthew Herbert to record short films marking 400th anniversary of bard’s death. @johnplunkett149 ... The annual jamboree which once gave us Lulu’s “Boom bang-a-bang, boom bang-a-bang” is not typically known for the quality of its lyrics ... French rapper Oxmo Puccino, Norwegian singer-songwriter Ane Brun and Austria’s Eva Jantschitsch – AKAGustav – will be taking part ... ....
(Source. USA HockeyInc). GRAND FORKS, N.D. - Sixteen different players recorded at least one point with 10 skaters recording multi-point efforts as the U.S. Men's National Under-18 Team downed Latvia, 12-1, here today at Ralph Engelstad Arena. With the win, Team USA improves to 3-0-0-0 (W-OTW-OTL-L) ... After a goalie change for Latvia, Fox faked and moved around a defender and went top corner on Gustavs Grigals for Team USA's sixth goal ... ET....
(Source. International Ice Hockey Federation). Russia scored four first-period goals and never looked back in a 7-0 shellacking of Latvia on Monday. Mikhail Bitsadze and Maxim Marushev both scored twice. Alexei Lipanov added a goal and an assist, and Andrei Svechnikov and Mark Rubinchik also scored for Russia ...Latvian coach Eriks Miluns made the futile gesture of pulling Mitens in favor of Gustavs Grigals ... OriginalDocument ... (noodl....
DETROIT — EarlySunday morning, as they prepped the sound equipment in the media workroom at Joe Louis Arena, a recording welcoming everyone to the 2008 Stanley Cup playoffs mistakenly played over the sound system. If this were indeed true, it would be good news for the Detroit Red Wings... 🌟. Glendening. ⭐️⭐️. @AndreasA86 ... The guys who are supposed to be scoring for Detroit — Gustav Nyquist and Tomas Tatar — aren’t....
(Source. International Ice Hockey Federation). If Neil Young rewrote one of his hits for the U.S., it'd be 'Scorin' in the Free World.' The hosts pounded Latvia 12-1 for their third straight win on Sunday. Trent Frederic scored a hat trick and added an assist ... moved closer to wrapping up top seed in Group A ... All in all, 16 different U.S. players recorded a point or more ... Latvian coach Eriks Miluns pulled Rauza in favor of Gustavs Grigals....
Detroit — The change of scenery certainly helped. But a few lineup changes did even more as the Red Wings marked a milestone and then marked their territory to give themselves a fighting chance in this first-round playoff series with the Tampa Bay Lightning... “Tonight, I thought we were real complete,” coach Jeff Blashill said ... Series setter ... DETROIT NEWS ... Gustav Nyquist had a prime chance blocked by Victor Hedman’s stick in the slot ... ....