Steve Nedved
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Apr 04
Dan + Shay most nominated country act for 2019 “Billboard” Music Awards
dick clark productionsDan + Shay have scored the most nominations in the country categories at the 2019 Billboard Music Awards. The duo, who helped announce the nominees with Kelly Clarkson on NBC’s Today show Thursday morning, received a total of seven nominations in categories including Top Duo/Group, Top Country Artist and Top Country Song. In fact, they were nominated twice in that …
Apr 04
Barometer: Farmers less optimistic about financial future
AFinancial stress is taking its toll on farmers as seen in the latest Purdue University/CME Group Ag Economy Barometer. Jim Mintert, director of Purdue’s Center for Commercial Ag, says farmers are less optimistic about their financial future. “60 percent said the reason their operating debt was going up was an increase in input costs, which …
Apr 04
Keeping your crop protected
Uncertainties in farming like weather, yield, and grain prices has farmers looking for ways to reduce risk while improving the bottom line. In this Managing for Profit, Todd Landsman talks about ways growers can mitigate risk as they head into the new crop year. Continue reading Keeping your crop protected at Brownfield Ag News.
Apr 04
Maren Morris isn’t worried about awards, she’s just ready to party with “All [Her] Favorite People” at the ACMs
Columbia Nashville With all the awards shows ranging from the CMAs to the ACMs to the Grammys, plus the BBMAs, the AMAs and the CMT Awards, it can be hard to keep them all straight. But Maren Morris says this weekend’s Academy of Country Music Awards are unique. “I love the ACMs because they’re really …
Apr 04
Inside the nightmarish world of Alabama prisons and the DOJ’s attempt to fix them
iStock(MONTGOMERY, Ala.) — The Department of Justice blasted Alabama’s men’s prisons on Wednesday, saying in a report that the system fails to protect inmates from violence and sexual assault, and detailing a litany of nightmarish incidents. “Our investigation found reasonable cause to believe that Alabama fails to provide constitutionally adequate conditions and that prisoners experience …
Apr 04
Body found in New York City storage facility; police investigating connection to missing teacher
(NYPD) Jeanine Cammarata, 37, a substitute teacher and mother of three, has been missing on Staten Island since Saturday, March 30, 2019. (NEW YORK) — A body discovered Thursday morning at a New York City storage facility is being investigated in connection with a public school teacher who went missing on Saturday, police said. The …
Apr 04
Search expands for American tourist kidnapped in Uganda’s Queen Elizabeth National Park
benedek/iStock(KAMPALA, Uganda) — Ugandan authorities on Thursday continued a desperate search for American tourist Kimberly Sue Endicott and her safari guide who were allegedly abducted at the country’s most popular national park by gunmen demanding ransom. A public information officer for the Uganda Police Force told ABC News that police have “widened the search area” …
Apr 04
19-year-old arrested in killing of Philadelphia police chief inspector’s son: Officials
(Philadelphia Police Department) Tyquan Atkinson is seen here in an undated mug shot. (PHILADELPHIA) — A teenager was arrested Wednesday in the killing of the 20-year-old son of the Philadelphia police’s chief internal affairs inspector, according to authorities. Tyquan Atkinson, 19, faces charges including murder and conspiracy for the Saturday night shooting of Nicholas Flacco. …
Apr 04
Short story vending machines rolled out in London’s Canary Wharf
Alex Segre / Contributor/Getty Images(LONDON) — Commuters in one of London’s most important financial centers will now be treated to a dose of literature on their way to work, as three Short Story Dispensers were installed on Thursday, the first of their kind in the U.K. In their first day, the Short Story Dispensers are …
Apr 04
What you need to know about the assassination of Martin Luther King Jr.
Stephen F. Somerstein/Getty Images(NEW YORK) — Over a half-century ago, Martin Luther King Jr. traveled to Memphis to support and bring attention to a strike by more than 1,300 city sanitation workers, but the journey to Tennessee would cost him his life. Fifty-one years have passed since one of the nation’s most harrowing episodes unfolded, …