Steve Nedved
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Jan 21
Morgan Evans braves the sharks for a surfing expedition Down Under, while he lures Kelsea Ballerini outside with wine
ABC/Image Group LAThis weekend, Morgan Evans spent his first weekend of 2019 on the road with Old Dominion for the Make It Sweet Tour. The Aussie native is just back from a holiday trip Down Under with his wife, Kelsea Ballerini. “I had a great trip home,” Morgan says. “It was my first Christmas with my family in a few …
Jan 21
PepsiCo in legal battle with moonshine distillery over ‘Mountain Dew’ trademark
NoDerog/iStock(NEW YORK) — PepsiCo, one of the world’s largest food companies, is in a legal battle with a Tennessee distillery, Ole Smoky Moonshine, over the distillery’s trademark application for the term “Mountain Dew.” PepsiCo filed a Notice of Opposition with the Trademark Trial and Appeal Board in 2016 opposing Ole Smoky’s trademark for “Ole Smoky …
Jan 21
Smith: “Timing is everything” when spraying for soybean white mold
University of Wisconsin plant pathologist Dr. Damon Smith answers questions from agronomists during the Wisconsin Agribusiness Association’s 2019 Agribusiness Classic in Madison, WI. A crop disease expert says timing is everything when it comes to spraying for white mold in soybeans. Plant pathologist Dr. Damon Smith from the University of Wisconsin-Madison says, “Going between R-1 …
Jan 21
Alabama police officer fatally shot; suspect in custody
Mobile Police Department(MOBILE, Ala.) — A police officer was shot dead Sunday in Mobile, Alabama, authorities said. Officer Sean Tuder of the Mobile Police Department was killed in the line of duty while executing an arrest warrant late Sunday afternoon, according to Alabama Attorney General Steve Marshall. A suspect is in custody, officials said. Mobile …
Jan 21
Students honor Martin Luther King Jr. in speech competition
ABC News(DALLAS) — A group of Texas elementary school students honored Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. by carrying on the work he began, giving speeches inspired by his life and mission. The theme of this year’s Foley Gardere Martin Luther King Jr. Oratory competition for fourth- and fifth-graders from Dallas and Houston was “What would …
Jan 21
Local Sports for Monday January 21st
It went down to the wire on Saturday between Mitchell and Chamberlain to win the River City Rumble. The Kernels edged the Cubs for the title as Mitchell scored 173 points with Chamberlain a close second with 168 team points. Mitchell had four in the finals and two Champions, led by Carter Max who won …
Jan 21
Remembering the women who helped MLK propel the civil rights movement
Dr. Martin Luther King with his wife Correta Scott. (© Hulton-Deutsch Collection/CORBIS/Corbis via Getty Images)(NEW YORK) — As the nation celebrates Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. on Monday, what would have been his 90th birthday, it is also a time to remember the women who helped King propel the civil rights movement forward. “There …
Jan 21
Brutal Arctic blast overtakes eastern US
ABC News(NEW YORK) — A major winter storm over the weekend delivered widespread snowfall, in many places 1 to 2 feet, from the Midwest to the Northeast. And it’s already even colder. In some areas, temperatures Monday morning are 30 to 40 degrees colder than just a day earlier — in Philadelphia, for example, it …
Jan 21
Oxfam: Billionaire fortunes grew 12% in 2018 as world’s poorest got 11% poorer
SARINYAPINNGAM/iStock(NEW YORK) — In 2018, billionaire fortunes grew by 12 percent — about $2.5 billion every day — as the world’s 3.8 billion poorest people lost about 11 percent of their wealth, according to a report by Oxfam launched to coincide with this year’s World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland. The number of billionaires has …
Jan 21
United Airlines passengers stranded for hours after plane diversion to Canada
Eitan Magid(NEW YORK) — Passengers on a United Airlines flight were stranded for more than 16 hours, and many had to sleep on the plane, after the jet made an emergency landing to aid a sick passenger. Flight 179 was traveling from Newark to Hong Kong on Saturday when it was diverted in Canada due …
