Yahoo Finance – by Pras Subramanian

Last weekend Marvel’s (DIS) Guardians of the Galaxy opened with a bang. The ensemble production, depicting a team of superhero misfits on the run from a band of extraterrestrial bounty hunters, blasted away at the box office to the tune of $94 million domestically, the largest ever U.S. weekend opening in August. While a smashing success thus far domestically, Hollywood will be looking even more closely at the numbers when the film opens in China sometime in September.   Continue reading “Why China, not the U.S., is the audience Hollywood wants”

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Don and Maxine Simpson were married for 62 years, and not even death could keep them apart for long.

According to the couple’s granddaughter, Melissa Sloan, the Simpsons, of Bakersfield, Calif., passed away approximately four hours apart on the morning of July 21. Maxine, 87, had suffered from bladder cancer, while 90-year-old Don had struggled with Alzheimer’s disease and suffered a broken hip and pneumonia in the week before his death.    Continue reading “California husband and wife die 4 hours apart after 62 years of marriage”

Strategic Culture Foundation – by Alexander DONETSKY

The third wave of mobilization is launched in Ukraine to compensate for losses suffered in Donbass. It hits big bumps on the way.  Nobody wants to be cannon fodder for the ruling regime to add to the death toll of thousands.  People run away from different regions of the country, even the ones situated far from the conflict zone, to find refuge in Russia. Many of them are male citizens of the right age to be called for military service.

The situation in the western part of Ukraine, especially the Transcarpathian region, has become explosive with people’s discontent getting ripe. The region has buried 70 countrymen losing their lives in the Donbass battles. The anger against the regime is growing…    Continue reading “Transcarpathian Gambut”

Investors Business Daily

First Amendment: Government’s assault on religious liberty has hit a new low as the IRS settles with atheists who sued the government over an alleged policy of not enforcing restrictions on churches’ political activities.

A lawsuit filed by the Wisconsin-based Freedom From Religion Foundation (FFRF) asserted that the Internal Revenue Service ignored complaints about churches’ violating their tax-exempt status by routinely promoting candidates from the pulpit.   Continue reading “The IRS’ Bullied Pulpit”

AOL – by John Seewer

TOLEDO, Ohio (AP) – A water ban that had hundreds of thousands of people in Ohio and Michigan scrambling for drinking water has been lifted, Toledo’s mayor announced Monday.

Mayor D. Michael Collins called the drinking water safe and lifted the ban at a Monday morning news conference.   Continue reading “Toledo mayor lifts water ban in northwest Ohio”

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A Bronx cop lauded on Medal Day for his heroics has been charged for breaking into a Bronx woman’s home and drunkenly assaulting her just hours after being honored, police said Monday.

The Daily News in June reported that Officer Eugene Donnelly was placed on modified duty — stripped of his gun and badge — after the startling June 11 incident.   Continue reading “NYPD cop charged for breaking into Bronx woman’s apartment and beating her”

The White House

Our nation has suffered too much at the hands of dangerous people who use guns to commit horrific acts of violence. As President Obama said following the Sandy Hook Elementary School tragedy, “We won’t be able to stop every violent act, but if there is even one thing that we can do to prevent any of these events, we have a deep obligation, all of us, to try.”

Most gun owners are responsible and law-abiding, and they use their guns safely. The President strongly believes that the Second Amendment guarantees an individual right to bear arms. But to better protect our children and our communities from tragic mass shootings like those in Newtown, Aurora, Oak Creek, and Tucson, there are common-sense steps we can take right now.

Continue reading “The White House: Now is the Time to do Something about Gun Violence”

Wall Street Journal – by Will Huntsberry

A man who recently returned from West Africa with symptoms consistent with the Ebola virus is being tested for the disease in New York City, where he was admitted to a hospital early this morning, officials said.

The man presented at Mt. Sinai Hospital in Manhattan with a high fever and gastrointestinal problems, officials said. Authorities wouldn’t identify the man or the country he had been to and the reasons for his visit. He is currently undergoing tests to determine the cause of his symptoms.   Continue reading “Mt. Sinai Hospital in New York City Tests Patient for Ebola”

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(AJ)The UN’s food agency is warning that fruit bats,€“ common in stews in West Africa, are likely to spread the disease.

As the death toll from the world’s deadliest-ever Ebola outbreak surged past 600 in West Africa, the United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) warned West Africans to stay away from certain popular wildlife species that are thought to carry the disease.   Continue reading “UN Warns Africans To Stop Eating Fruit Bats & Road Kill In Effort To Curb Ebola”

NBC News

Former White House Press Secretary James Brady, who was famously shot during the attempt on then-President Ronald Reagan’s life in 1981, has died. He was 73.

“Jim touched the lives of so many and has been a wonderful husband, father, friend and role model,” his family said in a statement. “We are enormously proud of Jim’s remarkable accomplishments – before he was shot on the fateful day in 1981 while serving at the side of President Ronald Reagan and in the days, months and years that followed. Jim Brady’s zest for life was apparent to all who knew him, and despite his injuries and the pain he endured every day, he used his humor, wit and charm to bring smiles to others and make the world a better place.”   Continue reading “Former White House Press Secretary James Brady Dead at 73”