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Domain Name Wire: GoDaddy Gobbles Up More Domain Name Portfolios Since Marchex
A report on Domain Name Wire recalls the April 2015 acquisition of Marchex’s domain name portfolio by GoDaddy for $28 million. This, the report says, laid the groundwork for the registrar, which helps domain investors buy and sell domain names, become a domain investor itself. And, it was about to...
Namebio Records 232 Sales For Wednesday, Dec. 27
Namebio reports NameJet had the top seven sales for Wednesday, Dec. 27. Led by QQ2.com – which sold for $12,100 – NameBio recorded 232 sales for a total of $128,388, the report said. The average sale price of domains for Wednesday was $553. One day earlier, there was an increase of 33 percent in the...
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Report: South Korea Is Not Banning Bitcoin, But Rumors Drive Price Down
An unconfirmed and later-proven-false Reuters report claimed the South Korean government will ban bitcoin and cryptocurrency exchanges, which led to a drop in bitcoin prices, Cryptocoinsnews reported. Several hours later, the Reuters report was corrected when the news agency reported the South...
India’s Tax Department Looking Into Bitcoin Profiteers’ Wealth
The overall wealth of people making substantial gains in bitcoin trading through exchanges is getting a closer look by India’s income tax (IT) department, Cryptocoinsnews reported Thursday. India’s official tax authority will focus on certain individuals’ overall wealth when investigating their...
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Here's what we can expect to be eating in 2018
Chef and owner of Prawn Coastal Mark Peel reviews years past. "Every year people predict we're going to be eating healthier but we don't," said Peel. Sadly, he is right. Roughly two out of three American adults are overweight or obese. Peel is part of a current trend with his chef-driven hyperlocal...
Sugary drinks could be banned from hospitals
Sugary drinks will be banned from hospital canteens, shops and vending machines if trusts fail to take action to reduce sales (Picture: PA) Sugary drinks could be banned from hospitals if sales are not reduced. NHS England has threatened to remove beverages from hospital canteens, shops and vending...
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Scholars call for release of detained Maoist in China
Hundreds of Chinese scholars, students and journalists have signed a petition calling for a leftist intellectual to be released from police custody in a case that shows how Beijing's crackdown on civil society extends across the political spectrum. Zhang Yunfan, a recent graduate...
High school students prepare gifts for children's hospital
Instead of sleeping in or watching television during the first Friday of their Christmas break, more than 60 students from the greater Toledo region opted to wrap Christmas presents from their regional toy drive donated to ProMedica Toledo Children’s Hospital. ......
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Victoria Azarenka to miss ASB Classic in Auckland due to ongoing custody dispute
A continuing custody dispute has prevented two-time Australian Open champion Victoria Azarenka from resuming her tennis career at the ASB Classic in...
Legendary sportscaster Dick Enberg dies at 82
Dick Enberg, whose 60-plus year Emmy Award winning career as a sports broadcaster included a long run with the Angels and Rams in the 1960s and ’70s, died of an apparent heart attack at his home Thursday morning in La Jolla. He was 82. The San Diego Union Tribune confirmed Enberg’s death...
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Liverpool signs Virgil van Dijk in a record-breaking $100M transfer
Liverpool is breaking the world transfer record for a defender by signing Virgil van Dijk from Southampton in a $100 million move. Following Liverpool’s long-running pursuit of the 26-year-old Netherlands center back, Southampton announced on Wednesday that it accepted the record fee ahead of the...
2018 World Cup chief Mutko quits; still involved in planning
MOSCOW Vitaly Mutko bowed to mounting pressure and stepped down as chairman of the 2018 World Cup organizing committee on Wednesday after being dogged by investigations that highlighted his role in a state-backed doping program. Alexei Sorokin, the chief executive of the committee, will also assume...
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North Korean Scientist Commits Suicide After Forced Return From China After Defecting
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Venezuela Protests Break Out Over Pork Shortage While Maduro Blames Portugal
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UN Condemns Mounting Casualties As 68 Killed By Saudi-led Airstrikes in Yemen
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$105 Million In Bitcoin…In A Landfill: Council Denies Owner To Recover Missing Hard Drive
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Police search for man after officer punched in the head
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Premier League: Harry Kane sets new record, Jesse Lingard rescues Manchester United
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North Korean Scientist Commits Suicide After Forced Return From China After Defecting
North Korean Scientist Commits Suicide After Forced Return From China After Defecting
Radio Free Europe reported that a North Korean nuclear scientist who previously defected to China killed himself after being forced home by consuming poison in a state security cell while waiting to be interrogated. The...
photo: AP / Lee Jin-man
Woman, Friends Celebrating Birthday Die In Mumbai Rooftop Pub Fire
Woman, Friends Celebrating Birthday Die In Mumbai Rooftop Pub Fire
A group celebrating a birthday party suffered the most deaths in the fire that started from a rooftop restaurant in Mumbai's Kamala Mills complex late last night. The 28-year-old woman celebrating her... ......
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At Least 12 Killed In Massive New York City Apartment Fire
At Least 12 Killed In Massive New York City Apartment Fire
The New York Times reported that at least 12 people were killed after a fire broke out in an apartment building in the Bronx on a frigid Thursday night. A spokesman for Mayor Bill de Blasio said that it was the deadliest...
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Venezuela Protests Break Out Over Pork Shortage While Maduro Blames Portugal
Venezuela Protests Break Out Over Pork Shortage While Maduro Blames Portugal
Hundreds of Venezuelans protested in the poorest portions of Caracas overnight in order to voice their anger over a shortage of pork, a traditional Christmas meal in Venezuela, highlighting the ongoing struggle for...
photo: AP / Fernando Llano
UN Condemns Mounting Casualties As 68 Killed By Saudi-led Airstrikes in Yemen
UN Condemns Mounting Casualties As 68 Killed By Saudi-led Airstrikes in Yemen
The United Nations humanitarian coordinator said that sixty-eight Yemeni civilians were killed in two air raids that were carried out by the Saudi-led coalition in one day and condemned the "absurd and futile war,"...
photo: AP / Hani Mohammed
Who Will Face Trump In 2020? PredictIt May Have The Answer
Who Will Face Trump In 2020? PredictIt May Have The Answer
Political stock market site PredictIt’s share price shows Vermont Sen. Bernie Sanders with the best odds to secure the nomination more than two years before primary season begins over Sens. Kamala Harris and Elizabeth...
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Apple Apologizes For Battery Slowdown After Lawsuits Filed Over Aging iPhones
Apple Apologizes For Battery Slowdown After Lawsuits Filed Over Aging iPhones
Apple apologized to its customers on Thursday over slowing down phones with aging batteries and promised to “give users more visibility into the health of their iPhone’s battery” in a corporate statement, according to...
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Pakistan acting indiscriminately against all terrorists: Army
Pakistan acting indiscriminately against all terrorists: Army
RAWALPINDI: Director General Inter-Services Public Relations (ISPR) Major General Asif Ghafoor on Thursday said Pakistan has acted indiscriminately against all...
India successfully test-fires supersonic interceptor missile
India successfully test-fires supersonic interceptor missile
India on Thursday successfully test-fired its indigenously developed Advanced Air Defence (AAD) supersonic interceptor missile, capable of destroying any...
India chides Pakistan for treatment of officer's family
India chides Pakistan for treatment of officer's family
NEW DELHI (AP) — India has lashed out at Pakistan for its treatment of the wife and mother of an Indian naval officer on death row for spying during their first...
Turkey's Erdogan seeks to mend strained ties with Europe
Turkey's Erdogan seeks to mend strained ties with Europe
ANKARA, Turkey (AP) — Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan is signaling he wants to mend strained ties with several European nations, saying Turkey is forced...
After Islamic State's defeat, a massive bill to rebuild Iraq
After Islamic State's defeat, a massive bill to rebuild Iraq
MOSUL, Iraq (AP) — For nearly 2½ miles along the western bank of the Tigris River, hardly a single building is intact. The warren of narrow streets of Mosul's...
Protest lodged over safety, not to win the race: Comanche skipper
Protest lodged over safety, not to win the race: Comanche skipper
Comanche skipper Jim Cooney says he lodged the protest over the fact his crew had to take action to avoid a collision, and the jury's decision is fair. ......
Myanmar drops illegal drone charges against journalists
Myanmar drops illegal drone charges against journalists
BANGKOK (AP) — A Myanmar court on Thursday dropped additional charges against two foreign journalists and their local staff who were arrested in October for...
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No, the Vanity Fair staffers behind the Clinton video shouldn’t be fired
No, the Vanity Fair staffers behind the Clinton video shouldn’t be fired
The urge to drive people who have said or done offensive things out of their jobs isn’t about...
A storm is gathering
A storm is gathering
Churchill’s ominous warnings to future generations will be more relevant to 2018 than the post-World...
One nation, divided under Trump, with perilous consequences
One nation, divided under Trump, with perilous consequences
Could this divided country mobilize for war? ......
The decline of U.S. influence is the great global story of our age
The decline of U.S. influence is the great global story of our age
Trump’s administration is foolishly withdrawing the country into self-centered isolation. ......
Leave Robert Mueller alone
Leave Robert Mueller alone
Let’s hope for the best from Congress,but protect and continue the work of the special counsel. ......
Why do so many Republicans hate college?
Why do so many Republicans hate college?
Some Republican politicians clearly view beating up on colleges as a way to prove their conservative...
