Steve Nedved
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Jan 07
Japanese billionaire pens most retweeted post of all time
RomanOkopny/iStock(LONDON) — A Japanese billionaire has entered the record books as the author of the most retweeted post ever — after getting a boost by offering cash to random Twitter users who retweeted him. Yusaku Maezawa, 43, posted his tweet on Jan. 5, and as of Monday morning, the tweet had been retweeted more than …
Jan 07
As major Pacific storm heads east, two more head for West Coast
ABC News(NEW YORK) — A massive Pacific storm over the weekend brought powerful wind, torrential rain and heavy snow to the western U.S., causing widespread power outages, major travel delays and a mudslide near Malibu, California, near where the Woolsey Fire recently burned through. In the Seattle metro area, winds topped 60 mph and resulted …
Jan 07
Supreme Court to decide if Fosamax users can sue Merck over bone fractures
NoDerog/iStock(WASHINGTON) — Like millions of Americans suffering from bone loss, Lorice Cortez embraced the prescription drug Fosamax with the hope of stopping osteoporosis in its tracks. But in August 2009 — a decade after she began regularly taking the medicine produced by pharmaceutical giant Merck — Cortez said she experienced a painful and debilitating side …
Jan 07
For Jordan Davis, the success of “Take It from Me” is even sweeter since he shares it with his brother
ABC/Image Group LAJordan Davis‘s breakthrough hit, “Singles You Up,” made him the most successful new artist of 2018, according to Billboard. Now that he has his second top ten hit with “Take It from Me,” the Louisiana native says it’s even sweeter, since he crafted the song with his brother, Jacob Davis, who’s also an artist. “Oh man, it’s …
Jan 06
638 Wisconsin dairy farmers left the business in 2018
The economic downturn caused many dairy farmers to get out of the business in 2018. In Wisconsin, Ag Department officials say the Dairy State lost 1.7 licensed dairy herds every day. Fifty-four more dairy operations closed in December bringing the year’s total to 638. February and March had the least number of closings with 41. …
Jan 06
CPTPP concerns Japanese meat buyers
Tamara Heim represented Iowa beef farmers on a recent meat trade mission in Japan and South Korea. An Iowa cattle producer who recently returned from a trade mission to Japan says Japanese meat buyers were very concerned about the impact of the CPTPP trade agreement, which does not include the U.S. “That was the number one …
Jan 06
PETA erects anti-meat billboard in Lincoln
Lincoln, Nebraska is the latest U.S. city to be targeted with an anti-meat, pro-vegan billboard sponsored by the group People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals (PETA). The billboard features a Holstein cow saying, “I’m Me, not Meat. See the Individual. Go Vegan”. PETA spokeswoman Amber Canavan says cows are “individuals”, with unique personalities. “They …
Jan 06
Massive lines at New York City airport amid worries about government shutdown, TSA callouts
Katie DenDaas/ABC News(NEW YORK) — Hundreds of frustrated travelers were stuck on snaking lines inside the Delta Airlines terminal at LaGuardia Airport in New York City Sunday afternoon, as a handful of airport employees tried to keep calm amid increased callouts by TSA agents during the government shutdown. The massive lines at the airport happened …
Jan 06
Family of 5, including 7-year-old girl, killed in wrong way crash on interstate
Chalabala/iStock(NEW YORK) — A family of five headed home to Michigan from a Florida vacation was killed in a head-on crash by a pickup truck driver going the wrong way on a Kentucky interstate, police said. The pickup driver, who also died, was believed to be under the influence when he struck the family’s SUV …
Jan 06
Kevin Spacey, media to descend on Nantucket for actor’s sexual assault arraignment
Chris Francescani/ABC New(NANTUCKET, Mass) — Oscar-winning actor Kevin Spacey is facing a high-visibility arraignment on Monday on a felony charge of indecent assault and battery on an 18-year-old busboy in Massachusetts stemming from an alleged incident in July 2016 at a Nantucket bar. Spacey, 59, and his attorneys sought last month to head off an …