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WASHINGTON/DETROIT — The fuel economy of new U.S. cars and trucks hit a record 24.7 miles per gallon in the 2016 model year, a government report said, even as some automakers had to buy credits to meet federal requirements. Fuel economy rose by just 0.1 mile per gallon in 2016 and was projected in the […]
PORTAGE LA PRAIRIE, Man. — Brad Gushue and Val Sweeting are one win away from going to the Olympics as the first-ever mixed doubles team for Canada. The two skips started the trials with two losses and seemed lost at times. But they’ve won eight of their last nine games to punch a ticket to Sunday’s final. “This is what we play […]
AP Photo/Jeffrey T. Barnes Snow has taken over the Bills-Colts game in Buffalo, making for a surreal, wintry scene. The Bills had put out a call for volunteer shovelers earlier in the weekend, but the ongoing snow has proved their efforts fruitless. A “Snow Bowl” game so dramatic hasn’t been seen since 2013. Snow has […]
Mark Wilson/Getty Images The GOP tax bill is headed to a conference committee to hash out differences between the Senate and House plans. There are already issues forming, as Senate and House members have begun requesting various pet projects be included in the final bill. Republicans are closer than ever to turning their massive tax […]
Enlarge / Matthias Müller, CEO of Volkswagen, at the Volkswagen Preview Night prior to the 2017 Frankfurt Auto Show. (credit: Sean Gallup | Getty Images) Well, this one will certainly set the cat among the pigeons. Via the Daily Kanban, we came across this video of Volkswagen CEO Matthias Müller ripping Tesla during a panel discussion on […]
Flickr/B Rosen The $ 37 billion supplement industry is largely unregulated Some supplements (a category that includes vitamins and herbs) can be dangerous and have been linked with ER visits and death The FDA is currently recalling supplements found to be contaminated with banned drugs and bacteria New supplement companies like Gwyneth Paltrow’s Goop continue to advertise their products as […]
Enlarge / “With breath like that, I kinda wish your name was the gumslinger…” (credit: Columbia Pictures) Stephen King’s seven-book series The Dark Tower has finally received a screen adaptation, and fans should brace themselves: it slaps a giant reset button on the series’ lore. (Which, a longtime series fan may explain to you, is somewhat […]
Theresa May’s Tories are flooding Facebook users living in marginal constituencies with “dark ads” designed to draw away the Labour faithful using an election loophole that allows parties to target voters online with very little regulatory oversight. Read more Online advertising is not covered by election campaign rules stipulating how much money parties can spend […]
Yale University students are upset after insensitive Yelp reviews from a college dean emerged, mocking service people as “morons” and referring to restaurant patrons as “white trash,” the Yale Daily News reported. The reviews were discovered after Pierson College Dean June Chu sent a letter to students in the residential college announcing she had become […]
Wikimedia Commons On Sunday, millions of people around the world will celebrate Easter. Easter is the celebration of Jesus’ resurrection, and one of the most famous images from that story is Leonardo da Vinci’s “The Last Supper.” It’s an iconic Renaissance masterpiece that’s been praised, studied, and copied for over 500 years. Against all odds, the painting still […]
