Steve Nedved
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Dec 06
Dow ends flat, paring early losses after Chinese tech exec’s arrest
Caroline Purser/Getty Images(NEW YORK) — The Dow Jones Industrial Average ended flat Thursday, paring intraday losses of nearly 800 points that were stoked by fears of a sidelined trade deal after a Chinese telecom executive was arrested in Canada on behalf of the U.S., adding to concern about trade tensions with China. The Dow recovered …
Dec 06
That makes me a “Millionaire”: Chris Stapleton is “Billboard”‘s #1 country artist of 2018
ABC/Image Group LA Chris Stapleton is the Top Country Artist of 2018, according to Billboard. It’s a title the Kentucky native also claimed in 2016, though label mate Sam Hunt outranked him in 2017, on the strength of “Body Like a Back Road.” Stapleton wins the title based largely on the success of his albums, according to Billboard. All three …
Dec 06
Tyler Perry pays off layaway items at 2 Georgia Walmart stores
Milkos/iStock(ATLANTA) — Entertainment mogul Tyler Perry just shared some good news for some lucky shoppers in Georgia. The 49-year-old actor and filmmaker paid for layaway items at two Walmarts in the state — the store’s East Point and Douglasville locations. In a video posted to Twitter, Perry told his 5.6 million Twitter followers that if …
Dec 06
Navy veterans crew George H.W. Bush’s historic presidential funeral train
Courtesy Union Pacific(HOUSTON) — Thousands of mourners stood by railroad tracks in Texas Thursday to honor President George H.W. Bush as his funeral train carried his casket to his final resting place. Arrangements for his presidential funeral train took years of complicated planning, but one detail worked out just the way President George H.W. Bush …
Dec 06
US military observation plane flies over Ukraine in direct response to Russia’s actions in Kerch Strait
Charles J. Haymond/U.S. Air Force(WASHINGTON) — A U.S. military observation plane flew over Ukraine Thursday in direct response to Russia’s “unprovoked attack” on Ukrainian Navy ships and sailors near the Kerch Strait last month, which the Defense Department described in a statement on Thursday as a “dangerous escalation in a pattern of increasingly provocative and …
Dec 06
Mourners line tracks as funeral train carries President George H.W. Bush to burial next to wife, daughter
David J. Phillip-Pool/Getty Images(WASHINGTON) — The nation’s farewell to President George H.W. Bush is ending in his adopted home state of Texas, when, after a more intimate service for family and friends Thursday, he will be buried where he had long hoped to be: next to his wife, Barbara, and their daughter, Robin, who broke …
Dec 06
Willa Gray becomes the “Star of the Show” when she visits “Sesame Street” with dad Thomas Rhett
ABC/Image Group LA If you need a little pick-me-up, just check out the videos of Thomas Rhett’s daughter Willa Gray visiting the set of Sesame Street. In the social media clips shared by his wife Lauren, Willa cuddles with Abby Cadabby and shares a cookie with Cookie Monster, all with an expression of wide-eyed amazement. “‘Oh. My. Word. It’s the …
Dec 06
U.S. ethanol production climbs
U.S. ethanol production last week hit a multi-month high. The U.S. Energy Information Administration says production averaged 1.069 million barrels a day, up 21,000 on the week for the highest daily average since late August. The EPA last week maintained the conventional portion of the Renewable Fuel Standard, but some in the ethanol industry criticized …
Dec 06
Minnesota Pork CEO says Trump has leverage with USMCA
A pork industry leader says President Trump has the leverage to accomplish his goal of renegotiating the North American Free Trade Agreement. Minnesota Pork CEO David Preisler tells Brownfield now that the U.S. Mexico Canada Agreement (USMCA) has been signed by the leaders of all three countries, those governments must ratify the deal. “The President …
Dec 06
Reba McEntire and the Oak Ridge Boys sing for their friend, George H.W. Bush, at Thursday’s funeral in Texas
David J. Phillip-Pool/Getty ImagesPresident George H.W. Bush was a great fan of country music, so it was only fitting that two members of the Country Music Hall of Fame sang at his service Thursday in Texas. Reba McEntire did “The Lord’s Prayer,” while the Oak Ridge Boys performed an a cappella version of “Amazing Grace.” “What a lot of …