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Associated Press US and Afghan officials are now estimating that the number of Taliban operating in Afghanistan is now a minimum of 60,000. The Taliban was estimated to be only 20,000 strong as little as four years ago. The increased number is a troubling development for the US and Afghanistan after over a decade of […]
The nominations for the 90th Academy Awards were announced earlier this week, and while Edgar Wright‘s music-driven heist film Baby Driver didn’t end up with any nods in the major categories, the film did end up with a few technical awards, including Best Editing, Best Sound Editing and Best Sound Design. That’s certainly a great […]
Though current oil prices are still far from their peak of four years ago, Russian drillers are having best start to the year since 2015. And the key reason for that is the relatively-weak national currency. Stocks in Russian energy companies have started the year with impressive growth thanks to increased prices for crude futures […]
Nintendo just gave Switch owners a preview of what they can expect in the followup to one of the company’s strongest years ever. The publisher held a “mini” version of one of its Direct video events today, and it revealed a startling number of ports for its hybrid handheld/home console along with some new surprises. […]
It is a priority for CBC to create a website that is accessible to all Canadians including people with visual, hearing, motor and cognitive challenges. Closed Captioning and Described Video is available for many CBC-TV shows offered on CBC Watch. For air times of CBC-TV shows with described video, visit Accessible Media Inc.’s Described Video […]
Imgur, a popular picture-sharing site, revealed today that it suffered a data breach in 2014, claiming it was just notified of it on November 23rd. In a blog post, Imgur said hackers stole email addresses and passwords of 1.7 million user accounts — a small fraction of its 150 million total users. No other personal […]
TAMPA, Fla. — Four years later the memory still stings like an open wound. It was on Dec. 22, 2013 that Bailey Bram was informed she would not be a member of the Canadian women’s hockey team at the 2014 Olympic Games in Sochi. Not unless somebody got hurt. “I was brought into a room and told, ‘Unfortunately at this point […]
Sports Illustrated In June 2014 the cover of Sports Illustrated boldly predicted that the lowly Houston Astros would be World Series champions in just three short years. The author of the story, Ben Reiter, has been carrying the prediction for three years, and is now closer than many would’ve imagined to being proven correct. Business Insider reached […]
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Sean Gallup / Getty Marijuana legalization in Colorado recently reached a milestone, raking in more than half a billion in revenue for the state since implementation in 2014. VS Strategies, a marijuana public relations firm in Denver, released the report Wednesday analyzing data from the Colorado Department of Revenue. T he report details steady increases in revenue over […]
