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SeaWorld’s declining attendance leads latest earnings; stock drops

ORLANDO, Fla. — SeaWorld continues to face declining attendance numbers, with the company reporting Tuesday 353,000 fewer visitors in the first half of 2017 than during the same time last year. Some analysts called the company’s second-quarter earnings a disappointing surprise considering 2017 was expected to be a year of growth following several in which […]

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The World We Share, USA

The world mourns the passing of music icon Glen Campbell

Glen Campbell The country music industry is reacting with grief to the August 8 passing of icon Glen Campbell at age 81 after a long battle with Alzheimer’s disease. His impact on the music world has been massive since he scored his first hits in the late ’60s. We’ll never forget his masterful guitar work

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Music, Dance, and Visual Arts, Obituaries & memorials, USA

Trump threatens North Korea with ‘fire and fury’

WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump starkly warned North Korea over its nuclear threats Tuesday in the kind of bellicose rhetoric usually associated with the rulers in Pyongyang, twice declaring, “They will be met with the fire and fury like the world has never seen.” The president’s dramatic threat of annihilation raised fresh fears of a

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International, USA

Israeli filmmakers to team teach at SDSU

SAN DIEGO (Press Release)– Award-winning Israeli filmmakers Nir Bergman and David Ofek will serve as visiting lecturers at San Diego State University School this fall. Bergman and Ofek will be team-teaching at San Diego State from August 25 to December 18 through the Schusterman Visiting Israeli Artists Program, which is bringing 13 prominent Israeli artists

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Middle East, Theatre, Film & Broadcast, USA

Teens saluted for promoting U.S.- Israel friendship

Story by Donald H. Harrison; Photos by Shor M. Masori SAN DIEGO –Twelve teens and their adult leaders who wound up a 10-day adventure Tuesday at the San Diego Zoo were awarded congressional certificates of recognition by U.S. Rep. Susan Davis (D-San Diego) for promoting international goodwill. The students were participants in a joint program

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Middle East, The World We Share, USA

North Korea rules out negotiating nuclear weapons programme

Manila (dpa) – North Korea said Monday that “under no circumstances” would it negotiate its nuclear weapons programme as it accused the United States of pushing the situation to “the extreme.” “We will under no circumstances put the nukes and ballistic rockets on (the) negotiating table,” North Korean Foreign Minister Ri Yong Ho told Asia’s

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International, USA

One senator messed up so badly that the internet had to teach him the true meaning of “shot their wad”

Sen. Orrin Hatch (R-Utah) took many by surprise after he used a term that is much more suggestive than he might have realized. On Monday, POLITICO shared a quote from Hatch regarding Republicans’ approach to tax reform in Congress: “We’re not going back to health care. We’re in tax now. As far as I’m concerned,

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USA

Supreme Court: Netanyahu must reveal when he talked to mogul Adelson

Reversing lower court decision, judges rule that PM’s discussions with billionaire owner of Israel Hayom daily a matter of public interest By Raoul Wootliff Jewish-American billionaire Sheldon Adelson is seen with Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu at a ceremony at Ariel University in the West Bank on June 28, 2017. (Ben Dori/Flash90) The Supreme Court ruled

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Middle East, USA

Al Gore’s ‘Inconvenient Sequel’ meets with cool reception, placing 15th at box office

Al Gore’s “An Inconvenient Sequel” drew a lukewarm response from moviegoers, ranking 15th at the box office in its first weekend of wide release and earning tepid reviews from audiences. The sequel to Mr. Gore’s influential 2006 climate-change documentary “An Inconvenient Truth” has earned about $1 million since its limited release July 28, prompting one

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Theatre, Film & Broadcast, USA

Kellyanne Conway Admits Trump’s Ratings Are Tanking

Although Kellyanne Conway rarely says anything that could depict President Donald Trump in a negative light, the White House adviser during a recent appearance on ABC’s This Week did acknowledge that the president’s approval ratings were slipping among Republicans voters. A Quinnipac University poll released last week showed the president’s approval rating at just 33

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Miami-Dade complied with Trump to change its ‘sanctuary’ status. It worked

MIAMI — For the first time since it began extending the detentions of local inmates sought for deportation, Miami-Dade County received word from Washington that it won’t be treated as a community giving “sanctuary” to immigration violators. An Aug. 4 letter to Mayor Carlos Gimenez from the Justice Department said “there was no evidence” Miami-Dade

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International, USA