Stocks inch to new records; S&P; 500 up 4 straight weeks

The Roanoke Times | 2017-02-17

NEW YORK (AP) — Stock indexes inched ahead to record highs Friday, barely, after a late-afternoon push erased losses from earlier in the day. It caps the fourth straight week of gains for the Standard & Poor's 500 index, its longest such streak since July. Reports through the week showed that...

Unilever Rejects $143 Billion Offer From Kraft Heinz

Advertising Age | 2017-02-17

Kraft Heinz Co.'s latest takeover aspirations have been thwarted, for now, as Unilever rejected a $143 billion proposal to combine the two consumer goods giants,...

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Why UK Abortion Clinics Are Rejecting Irish Women

Huffington Post | 2017-02-17

In Ireland, a country grown on the grounds of Catholicism, it should come as no surprise that abortion is heavily restricted. With the Eighth Amendment, a law stating that a pregnant woman cannot have an abortion unless it is to save her life or she has medical complications, many women flock to...

Parents still lose sleep worrying about grown children

CBS News | 2017-02-17

New research finds that what keeps parents up at night may be different for men and women ......

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NBA joins NFL in warning Texas over proposed 'bathroom bill'

The Associated Press | 2017-02-17

AUSTIN, Texas (AP) -- The NBA is warning Texas over a proposed "bathroom bill" targeting transgender people that is similar to a...

Curmudgeon-in-chief Charles Barkley frustrated with poor NBA product

NEW ORLEANS — It was something of a surprise two springs ago, when Charles Barkley, after insisting for years he would run out his TNT contract and then retire from the airwaves, instead changed his mind and re-signed to stay on with the league’s popular studio show, "Inside the NBA." On Thursday...

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WorldNews.com | 2017-02-17

Ecuador's Paraplegic Presidential Candidate Offers Hope To The Disabled

Ecuador’s presidential candidate Lenin Moreno, who lost the use of his legs two decades ago, is a leading spokesman for the rights of the disabled, Reuters...

The Charlotte Observer | 2017-02-17

Ecuador election could decide Assange's continued asylum

Whether WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange can stay at the Ecuadorean embassy in London could depend on the winner of Sunday's presidential election in the South...

The Associated Press | 2017-02-17

Food is harder to find in west Mosul, say fleeing Iraqis

KHAZER CAMP, Iraq (AP) -- Umm Mohammed decided to flee western Mosul after her husband told her the alternative was that they starve. Their family - six boys...

WorldNews.com | 2017-02-17

VIDEO: Spanish Princess Cristina Acquitted But Husband Sentenced Over Fraud

While Spain's Princess Cristina was acquitted on Friday, her husband was sentenced to prison for six years on charges including fraud and tax evasion, according...

WorldNews.com | 2017-02-17

Newly Appointed Pakistani Envoy To US: Pakistan Under Threat From Islamic State

Asian Age reported Islamic State militants may head to Pakistan as the Syrian civil war nears an end and Pakistan faces a severe threat to the country’s...

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Alternet | 2017-02-17

Trump Will Hold a Reelection Rally, Four Years Early

He is a lazy liar who never works, ever. Donald Trump has been in office almost one month and every...