Chinese PresidentXi Jinping addressed China's entire armed forces on Thursday in a speech that called on troops to display the "fighting spirit of fearing neither hardship nor death," according to CNBC. The impressive display was the first-of-its-kind for the whole People's Liberation Army, where Xi addressed more than 7,000 armed officers in the Hebei province in northern China, according to state news agency Xinhua... ... ... ....
Marijuana was already illegal under U.S ... ... The directive meant that U.S ... Now prosecutors may be willing to consider such cases, though they will have to deal with jurors that are sympathetic to defendants whose conduct would not be illegal under state law and a growing shift in the perception of marijuana with more people than ever behind legalizing the drug ...Republican Sen ... -WN.com, Maureen Foody....
Washington. US space agency NASA said on Thursday its industry partners, Boeing and SpaceX, are targeting the return of human spaceflight from Florida’s Space Coast in 2018 ... Boeing is expected to perform an uncrewed flight test in August, during which the unmanned Starliner will dock to the International Space Station for about two weeks ... IANS Read More ....
It took a comeback. It required an overtime win by one of the team’s key wrestlers. In the end though, the Dodge City Red Demons prevailed in the first ever “Battle for the Bell.”The Dodge City Red Demons wrestling team beat the rival Garden City Buffaloes Thursday night by a score of 33-27 ... ....
For the most part of the last year, Ether was the second most valued cryptocurrency in the world. It was recently replaced by Ripple which has seen about 50,000 percent rise in last 12 months. Moneycontrol News @moneycontrolcom. Ethereum or Ether created a new record on Thursday when it crossed USD 1,000 in exchange rates at many major cryptocurrency exchanges for the first time ever... Also Read ... related news ... ....
GRAND FORKS—Few homes in northeast North Dakota are built with the goal of achieving high energy efficiency and minimizing negative impact on the environment. Dexter and BetsyPerkins, of Grand Forks, would like to change that. For a couple of years, they've worked on plans for a home that meets those criteria ... "(We) are building the greenest home ever built in this region," Dexter Perkins said ... There are only a few in Minnesota ... ....
A Google-affiliated team of security analysts have announced that virtually all modern computers are vulnerable to hacking due to a set of security flaws in chips from three of the largest software makers ... ....
PANAMACITY — The PanhandleConference has earned a reputation over the years as the toughest and most competitive conference in all of JUCO basketball.As No. 1Gulf Coast begins league play Saturday at home against No. 4Tallahassee at 5.30 p.m., the two-time defending national champion LadyCommodores might face their toughest task in recent memory in trying to maintain their mastery of the Panhandle ... ....
Over the holidays The Washington Post interrupted the good cheer to bring us "a preview of a U.S. without pensions."Peter Whoriskey tells the story of 998 people who lost pension benefits when McDonnell Douglas closed a plant in Tulsa, Oklahoma, in 1994. It's a story that features bankruptcies, lost homes and long-deferred retirements. It's compelling, it's sad, and it's not a useful guide to the future of American retirement ... ....