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Ben Watson

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Saints’ Watson to retire after postseason

NEW ORLEANS (UPI) -- New Orleans Saints tight end Ben Watson plans to retire after the team's postseason run. The 14-year veteran made the announcement on NFL Network. "It's time," Watson said. "It's time to be done. I'm gonna finish strong." Watson, 38, has 371 yards and two scores on 33 receptions in 15 games this season. The veteran target won a Super Bowl in 2005 with the New England Patriots. Watson has 528 catches for 5,856 yards and 44 […]

todayDecember 27, 2018 27

Dow Jones

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Dow survives early losses to close up 260 points

NEW YORK (UPI) -- The Dow Jones ended with a second consecutive day of gains after a roller coaster session that saw it drop more than 600 points Thursday. At its lowest point of the day, the Dow Jones was down 611 points, before rallying back to close up 260.37, or 1.14 percent, to 23,138.82 at the end of trading. The S&P 500 fell as much as 2.8 percent, while the Nasdaq dropped 3.3 percent, but each closed the day […]

todayDecember 27, 2018 33

Business & Lifestyle

Dow Jones soars more than 1,000 points in largest single-day increase

NEW YORK (UPI) -- The Dow Jones Industrial Average soared more than 1,000 points Wednesday for its largest-ever single-day point increase, as stocks rebounded from a historically poor Christmas Eve. The Dow Jones was up 1,086.25 points, or 4.98 percent, at the end of trading, while the S&P 500 rose 4.96 percent and the Nasdaq Composite increased 0.40 percent. Retailers helped lead the charge Wednesday, as shares of Wayfair, Kohl's and Dollar General all rose at more than 7 percent, […]

todayDecember 26, 2018 37

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N.Y. high school basketball player collapses during practice, dies

FLUSHING, N.Y. (UPI) -- A 16-year-old high school basketball player collapsed during practice and died Wednesday in Queens, New York, police said. Lenny Pierre, a 6-foot-6 junior, was working out with his team in John Bowne High School in Flushing when he collapsed just after noon, police told the New York Post. He was pronounced dead at New York Presbyterian Hospital-Queens. "He said while he was playing, they saw him a little shaky," his mother, Edna Georges, told WNBC-TV. "They […]

todayDecember 26, 2018 35

Arizona

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Missing 14-year-old’s body found 700 feet below Arizona overlook

PAGE, Ariz. (UPI) -- Authorities in Arizona found the body of a missing 14-year-old girl hundreds of feet below Horseshoe Bend overlook. The Coconino County Sheriff's Office said the unidentified teen was found dead near the bottom of the rock formation near Page, Ariz., on Monday night after she was last seen at about 2 p.m. while visiting from San Jose, Calif., with her family. Her parents reported her missing at about 4 p.m. Monday and CCSO Search and Rescue […]

todayDecember 26, 2018 40

Seattle Seahawks Pete Carroll

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Seattle Seahawks head coach Pete Carroll gets contract extension

SEATTLE (UPI) -- Pete Carroll and the Seattle Seahawks were considered by many to be in a rebuild year after losing key personnel and beginning the season with back-to-back losses to the Denver Broncos and Chicago Bears. Carroll and the Seahawks turned their fortunes around quickly, and it earned the longtime Seattle head coach a contract extension. Sources told ESPN that the Seahawks signed Carroll to a multi-year extension through 2021 on Monday. League sources told the NFL Network that […]

todayDecember 24, 2018 32

Amazon blockchain

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Amazon hops on board the blockchain wagon

Blockchain technology is not a new thing, but when corporations announce their usage of the technology, the Internet goes wild. Retail giant Amazon made an announcement last month during their ReInvent conference that they were going to join the blockchain trend by starting two blockchain-oriented ledgers. The announcement was made by Amazon Web Services (AWS) CEO Andrew Jazzy regarding their newest endeavors under the blockchain -- Quantum Ledger Database (QLD) and Amazon Managed Blockchain (AMB). Jazzy admitted that their clients […]

todayDecember 17, 2018 51

Donald Trump Arlington National Cemetery

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Donald Trump lays wreath at Arlington National Cemetery

ARLINGTON, Va. (UPI) -- President Donald Trump made an unscheduled appearance at Arlington National Cemetery Saturday to observe wreaths laid to honor fallen military veterans. For about 15 minutes, Trump walked around grave sites as volunteers placed holiday wreaths on headstones except for ones bearing the Star of David. The tradition reportedly began in 1992. "They're doing a great job," Trump said in reference to the volunteers, according to a pool report. The president was accompanied by two military men in camouflage […]

todayDecember 15, 2018 49

romaine lettuce

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FDA traces romaine E. coli outbreak to California farm; some lettuce safe to eat

WASHINGTON (UPI) -- The U.S. Food and Drug Administration said Thursday it was able to trace an E. coli outbreak to a California farm. The FDA's investigation identified a positive sample result for the outbreak strain in the sediment of a local irrigation reservoir used by Adam Bros. Farms in Santa Barbara County. The agency said the farm has been cooperating with the outbreak investigation and hasn't shipped any romaine lettuce since Nov. 20. So far 59 people in 15 […]

todayDecember 13, 2018 29

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