Amari Cooper Hit Shows The NFL Still Isn't Serious About Head Injuries
This hit on Oakland's Amari Cooper that resulted in Cooper leaving the game with a concussion didn't even draw a penalty much less an ejection from the game. In contrast, video replays make sort this out very clearly and quickly as in the case of Amari Cooper. If the NFL is serious about limiting these kinds of hits, it needs to adopt this kind of approach. It also falls on the NFL Player's Association and players. In effect, outlawing "launching" into another player which is often the case in the head hits like the one on Sunday.
Source:Forbes
October 15, 2018 18:22 UTC
U.S. deficit jumps 17% in 2018
The deficit rose to $779 billion in fiscal year 2018, up 17% from last year, according to final figures released Monday by the Treasury Department. That's the largest number since 2012, when the country was still spending massively to stimulate an economy struggling to recover. Social Security and interest on the federal debt also contributed to the increase. The Committee for a Responsible Federal Budget, a think tank that warns of the dangers of rising debt levels, said the deficit could reach $1 trillion as soon as next year. That would still be below a high of $1.4 trillion reached in 2009, but in a vastly different economy.
Source:CNN
October 15, 2018 18:20 UTC
Mnuchin to Decide by Friday Whether to Cancel on Saudi Conference
Several top Wall Street executives have pulled out of the meeting, but as of Monday, Mr. Mnuchin still planned to attend. President Trump, speaking at an event in Georgia, said Mr. Mnuchin would make a final decision on whether to participate by Friday. But Mr. Mnuchin is now wrestling with the ramifications of remaining in the Saudi government’s good stead amid questions about the fate of the journalist, Jamal Khashoggi. Mr. Khashoggi has not been seen since he entered the Saudi Consulate in Istanbul on Oct. 2. The Turkish authorities have alleged that Mr. Khashoggi was killed and dismembered by Saudi operatives.
Source:New York Times
October 15, 2018 18:20 UTC
U.S. Credit Card Giants Flout India’s New Law on Personal Data
Amazon, which operates an India-only payments service that uses elements of its global technology platform, said in a statement: “Compliance with local laws and regulation is a top priority for us in all the countries we operate in. We continue to work closely with the regulator towards this.”The R.B.I., an agency akin to the Federal Reserve in the United States, has said little about why it decided that Indian financial data must be stored only in India. India’s prime minister, Narendra Modi, has portrayed himself abroad as a pro-business leader who welcomes foreign investment. At the same time, the right wing of his party has pushed him to adopt more protectionist, India-first policies to appeal to voters, and law enforcement officials have urged him to make sure they can easily get data on residents when they need it. The Trump administration and the bipartisan India caucus of the United States Senate have both urged India to reconsider its data localization campaign, in part because India’s own outsourcing companies depend on moving data across borders to offer their services.
Source:New York Times
October 15, 2018 18:11 UTC
GM Offers Extended Warranties As Reliability Ratings Improve And Scammers Surge
Now, dealers routinely offer customers an extended service contract offered by many different providers, which serves as a kind of insurance policy against major repairs. Though, GM has reliability ratings that would justify perhaps lengthening the standard warranty as a point of difference between its cars and the competition. How is the new GM offer different from extended service contracts? Many automakers are reluctant to extend basic warranties because it eats into profits when those warranty coverages are exercised. Longer basic warranties are also associated with brands and models that have a history of quality issues.
Source:Forbes
October 15, 2018 18:11 UTC
Ariana Grande, Pete Davidson split was ‘imminent’ after Mac Miller death: source
Ariana Grande and Pete Davidson may have shocked fans when they reportedly broke off their engagement over the weekend, but those close to the couple knew a split was imminent. “There were a lot of factors that affected their breakup,” a source close to Grande told Fox News. “Pete did everything he could to be there for Ariana, but it was never going to be enough. “I feel like I won a contest, it’s so sick,” Davidson told Jimmy Fallon on “The Tonight Show” in June. Reps for Davidson and Grande did not respond to Fox News' requests for comment.
Source:Fox News
October 15, 2018 18:10 UTC
Invisible Irish Frontier Carries the Scars of a Fractured Past
Some fear that any change to the free movement between Ireland and Northern Ireland could reignite the sectarian tensions that took decades to ease. The border would be the only land frontier between Britain and the European Union when they part ways. Abandoned customs houses in the town of Pettigo, which spans the border, were once important to regulate trade. Now, they sit vacant, the paint peeling from their walls. The current border “doesn’t impinge on people’s lives,” said Prof. Margaret O’Callaghan, a historian and political analyst at Queen’s University Belfast.
Source:New York Times
October 15, 2018 18:04 UTC
U.S. Government Deficit Grew 17% in Fiscal 2018
The government ran a $779 billion deficit in the fiscal year that ended Sept. 30, the Treasury Department said Monday. That is the largest annual deficit in six years and 17% higher than the $666 billion deficit in fiscal 2017. The deficit would have been even higher if not for shifts in the timing of certain payments, Treasury said. Red Ink The budget deficit has tended to shrink during past periods of low unemployment. Write to Kate Davidson at kate.davidson@wsj.comCorrections & AmplificationsThe U.S. government deficit grew 17% in fiscal 2018.
Source:Wall Street Journal
October 15, 2018 18:03 UTC
Kurt Eichenwald’s Memoir of a ‘Mind Unraveled’
There are children dying from cancer, and they’re a lot worse off than you. Never say epilepsy. Nicholson eventually adds another anticonvulsant called Depakene, never bothering to explain the possible side effects, which include impairment of blood cells. “This was the first of many times,” he notes, “I would marvel at the brain’s power, elasticity and secrets. “Both of your medications are at very toxic levels,” he is told by a doctor on staff he refers to only as “Dr.
Source:New York Times
October 15, 2018 18:01 UTC
Georgia Little Caesars pizza accused of severely burning 2-year-old with scalding hot sauce
A family stopped off in Lawrenceville, Ga., Friday evening on their way home to get a Little Caesar’s pizza for their two hungry sons, Jeremiah, 15, and Jaden, 9, 11 Alive reports. However, mother Koddi Dunn says when the boys started eating the pizza, some sauce and cheese dropped on their 2-year-old sister, Jordyn, immediately burning the girl. As soon as the sauce dropped, Dunn said Jordyn started screaming. LITTLE CAESARS SAYS VIRAL VIDEO SHOWING DIGIORNO PIZZAS AT INDIANA LOCATION WAS 'A FUNNY COINCIDENCE'"I have never heard such a sound come from a child," Dunn told 11Alive. In a statement to Fox News, Little Caesars said they have started putting warning labels on their pizza boxes.
Source:Fox News
October 15, 2018 18:00 UTC
GE Reveals Engine That Could Make Aerion's Ambitious Supersonic Business Jet Take Flight
An illustration of Aerion's planned supersonic business jet. Martin DejaGeneral Electric has completed initial design work on an engine for Aerion, the companies announced Monday, a significant step forward toward its goal of developing a supersonic business jet. The FAA will begin collecting data as early as the end of 2020 to study permitting supersonic flight over land, but Aerion says their business case isn’t predicated on any changes to existing regulations. The GE engine class, dubbed Affinity, is based on a core adapted from GE’s airliner engine portfolio. It’s the first supersonic engine developed in 55 years since the Concorde.
Source:Forbes
October 15, 2018 18:00 UTC
N.J. Ex-Attorney General Takes on Probe of Sex-Assault Case
NEWARK, N.J.—New Jersey Gov. Phil Murphy said Monday he has asked a former state attorney general to conduct an independent investigation into his administration’s hiring of a former campaign staffer who had been accused of sexual assault. Mr. Murphy, a Democrat, said he has also asked the current attorney general to investigate the way sexual-assault cases are handled by law enforcement. Possible changes could involve extending the civil statute of limitations in sexual-assault cases, which is two years in New Jersey, as...
Source:Wall Street Journal
October 15, 2018 17:57 UTC
Wisconsin girl, 13, 'missing and in danger' after parents found dead in home, sheriff says
Police are searching for a 13-year-old girl considered “missing and in danger” after her parents were found dead inside their home in northwestern Wisconsin on Monday, the sheriff’s office said. Jayme Closs was reported missing after deputies discovered her parents' bodies inside their home on Highway 8, located west of Barron, Sheriff Chris Fitzgerald told Fox 9. The Barron County sheriff's office did not respond to Fox News' request for information. A 13-year-old female is missing from the residence and is considered missing and endangered,” the sheriff’s office wrote in a Facebook post along with a photo of Jayme. That's our only goal right now," Fitzgerald later said at a news briefing, adding that the girl was not considered a suspect in her parents' deaths.
Source:Fox News
October 15, 2018 17:50 UTC
U.S.-Saudi Tensions Put Oil-Price Discounts Into Play
The Saudi Arabian Oil Co. raised crude prices for many of its global customers in early October, but kept them cheaper for its clients in the U.S. When a puzzled European buyer asked a senior Aramco executive why his American rivals were getting a better deal, he said he got an unequivocal response: “It’s a message to Trump.”Saudi Arabia,...
Source:Wall Street Journal
October 15, 2018 17:48 UTC
‘A Star Is Born’ Soundtrack Gives Lady Gaga and Bradley Cooper a No. 1 Album
Bradley Cooper, Willie Nelson’s son and a real pop star masquerading as a fake pop star are among the musicians celebrating a chart-topping album this week. The soundtrack to “A Star Is Born,” the remake in which Cooper plays the country-rock singer Jackson Maine and Lady Gaga co-stars as the Gaga-esque Ally, is No. 1 on the Billboard 200, selling a total of 231,000 album equivalent units, including streams, downloads and purchases. [Never miss a pop music story: Sign up for our weekly newsletter, Louder.] But the album, a digital-only release, was purchased just 6,000 times as a whole, an increasingly common divide with hip-hop projects.
Source:New York Times
October 15, 2018 17:39 UTC