Steve Nedved
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Dec 18
Old Dominion manages to “Make It Sweet” in 2018
ABC/Image Group LA Old Dominion finishes 2018 having played for more than one-and-a-half million fans during 136 shows over the past twelve months. In addition to sold-out European and Canadian dates on their Happy Endings World Tour, the band also opened Kenny Chesney’s Trip Around the Sun summer trek — the only country outing to make Pollstar’s ranking …
Dec 18
Growers asked if 2nd round of payments will make them whole
Will a second round of trade mitigation payments make U.S. growers whole? That question was posed at the University of Missouri Crop Conference by MU professor Scott Brown at the MU Crop Conference. None of the farmers attending this event answered. Brown says the second round of payments announced by the USDA will be $1.65 for …
Dec 18
NCGA: USDA trade aid comes up short, again
Most commodity groups are happy with the announcement of the second round of Market Facilitation Program (MFP) payments. The National Corn Growers Association (NCGA) is not. NCGA president and Nebraska farmer Lynn Chrisp says the USDA’s payment rate of one cent per bushel is “woefully inadequate” to begin covering the losses being felt by corn …
Dec 18
NCGA announces 2018 yield contest winners
The top yield in this year’s National Corn Yield Contest is 478 bushels per acre. That irrigated yield was produced by Don Stall of Charlotte, Michigan using Pioneer hybrid P0574AM. The next highest yield came from Kevin Kalb of Dubois, Indiana—388 bushels per acre, non-irrigated—with DEKALB hybrid DKC67-44RIB. The 18 winners in six production categories …
Dec 18
Garth, Trisha, Katy and Miley join next year’s MusiCares tribute to Dolly
ABC/Lou RoccoGarth Brooks and Trisha Yearwood are joining the lineup for the 2019 MusiCares tribute to Dolly Parton, along with pop stars Miley Cyrus and Katy Perry, who’ve both performed with the icon in the past. Dolly is also Miley Cyrus’ godmother. Dolly will be honored as the MusiCares Person of the Year during Grammy Week in Los Angeles on Friday, February …
Dec 18
Trump administration issues rule banning bump stocks, more than a year after Las Vegas rampage
Page Light Studios/iStock(WASHINGTON) — On Tuesday, 443 days since the deadliest mass shooting in U.S. history was carried out at a Las Vegas music festival with the use of rifles equipped with “bump stock” devices that allowed the weapons to essentially operate as an automatic weapon, the Trump administration made good on President Donald Trump’s …
Dec 18
Embattled Trump Foundation agrees to dissolve itself in agreement with New York AG
aluxum/iStock(NEW YORK) — President Trump’s embattled charitable foundation has agreed to dissolve itself under judicial supervision as part of a lawsuit brought by New York Attorney General Barbara Underwood. The Trump Foundation had previously sought to dissolve on its own terms but has now signed a stipulation that requires it to do so with monitoring …
Dec 18
Two Chicago police officers hit, killed by train while chasing suspected gunman: ‘No words to express our grief’
WLS-TV(CHICAGO) — The Chicago Police Department is mourning two of its officers who were hit and killed by a train while chasing a suspected gunman Monday night, officials said. Eduardo Marmolejo, 37, and Conrad Gary, 31, were chasing the suspect around 6 p.m. when they were hit by a train that may have been traveling …
Dec 18
Three dead in apparent double murder-suicide in Ohio home: Police
aijohn784/iStock(DOYLESTOWN, Ohio) — Three people were found dead in what investigators believe is a double murder-suicide in an Ohio home Monday afternoon, according to local police. An officer responding to a welfare check called in by the family found the bodies in the home in Doylestown, 40 miles south of Cleveland, the Doylestown Police Department …
Dec 18
Final day for pre-Christmas delivery nears for Amazon, Target and other retailers
ymgerman/iStock(NEW YORK) — If you’ve been putting off Christmas shopping until the last minute, now is the time to act, especially if you want your online orders to arrive on time. With Christmas officially a week away, Amazon has extended its last day for free shipping to Wednesday. Amazon Prime members, meanwhile, have until Dec. …
