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Brexit talks stall as British cabinet feuds

Ed Adamczyk United Press International BRUSSELS (UPI) -- Talks regarding Britain's exit from the European Union resumed, and Britain's prime minister warned her feuding cabinet to stop its infighting. David Davis, the Britain's Brexit secretary, began four days of talks with EU chief negotiator Michel Barnier in Brussels on Monday, but flew home to London after only three hours of negotiation. Matters regarding Britain's departure from the economic bloc will be handled by subordinates until Davis returns on Thursday. Prior to his departure, […]

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Business & Lifestyle

Allegiant Air flight without air conditioning causes passengers to faint

CLEARWATER, Fla. (Heartland Newsfeed) -- Reports about a June 22 incident involving an air conditioning unit malfunction on an Allegiant Air flight surfaced Friday, following two weeks since the incident took place, where several people were treated after showing signs of overheating and dehydration. The plane leaving from St. Pete-Clearwater International Airport enroute to Indiana had to return to Clearwater following passenger complaints about the uncomfortable air cabin temperature, according to a report in the Tampa Bay Times. "I don’t sweat and […]

todayJuly 16, 2017 72

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Maryam Mirzakhani, first woman to win top mathematics prize, dies

Allen Cone United Press International STANFORD, Calif. (UPI) -- Stanford professor Maryam Mirzakhani, the first and only woman to win the prestigious Fields Medal prize for mathematics, died Saturday after four years with breast cancer, the university announced. She was 40. Mirzakhani, who was born in Iran, won the quadrennial Fields Medal in 2014, the most esteemed award in mathematics that some say is equivalent to the Nobel Prize and was first awarded in 1936. The prize was for "her outstanding contributions to the […]

todayJuly 16, 2017 42

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OP-ED: We Are The Economy They Want To Regulate

Critics of the libertarian philosophy think they can score points by calling libertarians “market fundamentalists.” It’s supposed to conjure images of dogmatic religious fundamentalists, just like the term global warming denier is supposed to conjure images of Holocaust deniers. It’s a smear, of course, and if you think the tactic discredits those who employ it, I agree. The fact is that libertarians cannot be market fundamentalists. Why not? Because in the libertarian worldview, the market is not fundamental. What’s fundamental is every person’s right […]

todayJuly 16, 2017 68

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Pence urges governors to support GOP healthcare overhaul

Eric DuVall United Press International WASHINGTON (UPI) -- Vice President Mike Pence, in a speech to the National Governors Association, implored the governors in attendance to support reforms to the nation's healthcare system. Pence told governors the Republican effort in Congress to overhaul the Affordable Care Act would "rescue the American people from the collapsing promises of Obamacare." Resistance to the effort has been particularly strong among Republican governors in states that expanded Medicaid under the ACA. Governors have pressed lawmakers from those […]

todayJuly 14, 2017 37

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Nokomis Community Blood Drive scheduled for July 27

NOKOMIS (Heartland Newsfeed) -- Nokomis will host a community blood drive on July 27 from 3:30 pm to 6:00 pm at the Nokomis Memorial Park House located at 118 Memorial Park Drive. Donors will receive a $10 gift card of their choice and be entered into a drawing for a $2,500 vacation package. Donors must be at least 17 years old (or 16 with parental permission form), weigh more than 110 pounds, gave blood on or before April 25 and […]

todayJuly 13, 2017 59

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Former Anheuser Busch CEO arrested for trying to fly helicopter while intoxicated

Ray Downs United Press International SWANSEA, Ill. (UPI) -- August Busch IV, the former CEO of beer giant Anheuser Busch, was arrested for attempting to fly a helicopter while intoxicated, according to police. The Busch family scion passed a breathalyzer test, but failed field sobriety tests, leading to his arrest. Police applied for urine and blood test warrants after placing Busch under arrest. The arrest occurred after Busch landed a helicopter in a strip mall parking lot in Swansea, Ill., located about […]

todayJuly 12, 2017 62

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Olde Tyme Tractor Show kicks off in Hillsboro this weekend

HILLSBORO (Heartland Newsfeed) -- The Olde Tyme Tractor Show will be held this weekend, July 15 and 16 at Lake Glenn Shoals Park.  The show, celebrating 22 years in operation, is sponsored by the Montgomery County Farm Bureau. Registration will begins each day at 9 AM, with no entry fee and exhibitors will receive a show button. Antique tractors and equipment manufactured in prior to and including 1982, restored or unrestored are welcome. Any farm-related items such as stationary engines, […]

todayJuly 11, 2017 83

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McSweeney files bill to repeal Illinois House’s permanent income tax hike

SPRINGFIELD (Heartland Newsfeed via Illinois Policy) -- One day after his chamber passed a 32% income tax hike on Illinoisans, state Rep. David McSweeney (R-Barrington Hills) filed a bill that would repeal that tax hike should it become law. The House passed Senate Bill 9 Sunday with fifteen Republicans voting in favor, which increases the personal income tax rate to 4.95% from 3.75% and hikes the corporate income tax to 7% from 5.25%, both considered an increase of 32%. McSweeney’s […]

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