Sports

Walk-on to Heisman: Oklahoma’s Mayfield wins in landslide

NEW YORK (AP) Oklahoma quarterback Baker Mayfield has won the Heisman Trophy, completing a climb from walk-on to one of the most accomplished players in the history of college football. The brash, flag-planting Sooners star won a lopsided vote to become the sixth Oklahoma player to the win

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Fmr Clinton Campaign Aide: Trump Campaigning for Roy Moore in FL, Visiting MS Is ‘Pandering’ to Racists

byTrent Baker9 Dec 20170 9 Dec, 20179 Dec, 2017 Saturday, former Clinton campaign aide Zerlina Maxwell said that President Donald Trump’s rally in Pensacola, FL, which some say was to campaign for Roy Moore, and a visit to Jackson, MS for a civil rights museum opening, was a message the country was headed back to a pre-equal rights era. “Make no mistake, [Trump] is in

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Daily Beast’s Alter: ‘Highly Doubt’ Dems Would’ve Called for Franken’s Resignation If Minnesota Governor Were Republican

byTrent Baker9 Dec 20170 9 Dec, 20179 Dec, 2017 Daily Beast columnist Jonathan Alter argued Saturday on MSNBC that if Minnesota had a Republican governor who would appoint a Republican senator, Democrats would likely not have called for Sen. Al Franken’s (D-MN) resignation and instead given Franken a chance before the Ethics Committee “[T]he way you know it’s political

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Watch: MSNBC Guest Calls Former Sheriff David Clarke’s an ‘Uncle Tom’

byTrent Baker9 Dec 20170 9 Dec, 20179 Dec, 2017 In a Saturday appearance on MSNBC’s “AM Joy,” SiriusXM satellite radio’s Mark Thompson reacted to former Milwaukee County, WI Sheriff David Clarke saying “John who?” in response to being asked about Representative John Lewis (D-GA) and calling him “irrelevant.” Thompson dismissed Clarke’s comments, calling him “crazy” and

Business

Fox Sports Solicits LA Rams “Fans” for ‘NFL On Fox’ Pre-Game Hoopla Sunday

Apparently Los Angeles lacks enough actual die-hard fans of the Rams. That’s because a casting call has gone out to play one on TV. A notice on projectcasting.com has been issued for warm bodies to appear outside the NFL on Fox pre-game show for Sunday’s game between the Rams and the Philadelphia Eagles. The contest pits two of the hottest teams in the league, but with

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Bitcoin: ‘I’m part of a crazy wave’

In its early days, Bitcoin might have been dismissed as a quirky tech sector fad. But it is rapidly evolving into the mainstream and has already made some people rich. If once Bitcoin was seen as a tool for money launderers and drug dealers, it has recently become as commonplace a topic at middle-class dinner parties as house prices. There are advertisements on the

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Is Trump the WTO’s biggest threat?

Is the World Trade Organization about to be derailed by Donald Trump? Ministers from its 164 member nations will meet in Buenos Aires this weekend as the guardian of global commerce seeks to oil the wheels of international trade. The WTO is at the heart of the system of rules for international trade. It's the forum for sorting disputes between countries about

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France endorses blockchain for trading unlisted securities

Published time: 9 Dec, 2017 21:31 France is to begin trading unlisted securities using blockchain technology, a revolutionary move that will see middlemen such as brokers and custodian banks removed from the trading process. The changes were announced by French Finance Minister Bruno Le Maire and will come into force in July next year. It will only apply to non-listed

Middle East

Morocco factory to be opened by Chinese electric carmaker BYD

King Mohammed VI of Morocco (right) greets Wang Chuanfu, founder of BYD Auto, ahead of signing ceremony between Morocco and Chinese automobile manufacturer on 9 December at the Royal Palace in Casablanca (AFP) Chinese electric-car manufacturer BYD on Saturday signed an agreement to open a factory near the Moroccan city of Tangiers to build battery-powered vehicles,

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OIC human rights commission condemns US recognition of Jerusalem

Author: MOHAMMED AL-SULAMI | ARAB NEWS STAFFSat, 2017-12-09 20:12ID: 1512828803429007200 JEDDAH: The Independent Permanent Human Rights Commission (IPHRC) of the Organization of Islamic Cooperation (OIC) on Saturday condemned and rejected US announcement recognizing Jerusalem as Israel’s capital and declaring that the US Embassy in Israel would be relocated there. The