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  Football dominates television viewing as holiday nears

  December 19, 2018 4:00 IST

  Football dominates television viewing this time of year, with four NFL games landing among Nielsen's top 20 shows last week

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  League Cup holder PSG scrapes through to quarterfinals

  December 19, 2018 4:00 IST

  League Cup holder Paris Saint-Germain scraped through to the quarterfinals of the competition with a late goal in a 2-1 win at second division Orleans on Tuesday

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  Why stories matter for children’s learning

  December 19, 2018 4:00 IST

  (The Conversation is an independent and nonprofit source of news, analysis and commentary from academic experts.) Peggy Albers, Georgia State University(THE CONVERSATION) Ever wondered why boys and girls choose particular toys, particular colors and particular stories? Why is it that girls want to dress in pink and to be princesses, or boys want to be Darth Vader, warriors and space adventurers? Stories told to children can make a difference. Scholars have found that stories have a strong

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  Uber approved to resume autonomous car tests in Pittsburgh

  December 19, 2018 4:00 IST

  Pennsylvania's Department of Transportation has approved Uber's request to resume testing autonomous vehicles on public roads in the Pittsburgh area

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  The top iPhone and iPad apps on App Store

  December 19, 2018 4:00 IST

  This week's top 10 paid and free apps for iPhone and iPad on the App Store

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  Identifying with others who control themselves could strengthen your own self-control

  December 19, 2018 4:00 IST

  (The Conversation is an independent and nonprofit source of news, analysis and commentary from academic experts.) Sabine Doebel, University of Colorado(THE CONVERSATION) Is self-control something you can acquire, like a new language or a taste for opera? Or is it one of those things you either have or don’t, like fashion sense or a knack for telling a good joke?Psychologist Walter Mischel’s famous results from the “marshmallow test” seem to suggest self-control is relatively stable and not

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  Duesseldorf stuns Dortmund 2-1 as leaders fall to 1st defeat

  December 19, 2018 4:00 IST

  Promoted Fortuna Duesseldorf shocked Borussia Dortmund with a 2-1 win on Tuesday, dealing the leader its first Bundesliga loss of the season

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  Nielsen's top programs for Dec. 10-16

  December 19, 2018 4:00 IST

  A list of the top 20 prime-time programs in the Nielsen ratings for Dec. 10-16

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  This new year -- rethinking gratitude

  December 19, 2018 4:00 IST

  (The Conversation is an independent and nonprofit source of news, analysis and commentary from academic experts.) Jeremy David Engels, Pennsylvania State University(THE CONVERSATION) It’s a new year, which means that it’s also time to imagine new beginnings and better futures. It’s time, in short, for New Year’s resolutions. Gratitude, in particular, has become a popular resolution. For many of us, living gratefully seems to promise more happiness in our lives.But what if we’ve got gratitude

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  Can't keep your New Year's resolutions? Try being kind to yourself

  December 19, 2018 4:00 IST

  (The Conversation is an independent and nonprofit source of news, analysis and commentary from academic experts.) Kristin Neff, University of Texas at Austin(THE CONVERSATION) Many of us will start out the New Year by making a list of resolutions – changes we want to make to be happier such as eating better, volunteering more often, being a more attentive spouse and so on. But, as we know, we will often fail. After a few failures we will typically give up and go back to our old habits. Why is

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  Tolerating distraction

  December 19, 2018 4:00 IST

  (The Conversation is an independent and nonprofit source of news, analysis and commentary from academic experts.) David Marno, University of California, Berkeley(THE CONVERSATION) A constant complaint in our unpredictable world is that we live in an age of distraction. I am quick to label students who stare at their phones in my class distracted; politicians dismiss inconvenient questions by calling them a distraction; and when we find distraction in ourselves, we blame it on technology. In

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  State Medical Board confirms complaint records on OSU doctor

  December 19, 2018 3:45 IST

  Ohio's medical board has confirmed it has confidential records about a complaint investigation involving the Ohio State University team doctor accused of widespread sexual misconduct against students decades ago

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  Blaze destroys at least 600 houses in Brazil neighborhood.

  December 19, 2018 3:45 IST

  Brazilian officials say a fire has engulfed a low-income neighborhood in the northern city of Manaus, destroying at least 600 wooden houses

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  With 'Bumblebee,' John Cena finds his stride in Hollywood

  December 19, 2018 3:30 IST

  With 'Bumblebee' John Cena finds his stride in Hollywood

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  Stock market woes raise a nagging fear: Is a recession near?

  December 19, 2018 3:30 IST

  Stock market woes raise a nagging fear: Is a recession near?

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  Chicago officers likely didn't see train that killed them

  December 19, 2018 2:45 IST

  Chicago police say two officers likely didn't see or hear a train that fatally struck them because they were focused on another train coming the opposite direction

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  Ibrahimovic re-signs with LA Galaxy as designated player

  December 19, 2018 2:45 IST

  Zlatan Ibrahimovic has signed a new contract with the LA Galaxy that will make him one of the club's three designated players

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  As a gov't shutdown looms, here's a look at the border wall

  December 19, 2018 2:45 IST

  President Donald Trump and Democratic lawmakers are in a standoff over funding the government and the main sticking point is Trump's demand for $5 billion to build a wall along the U.S.-Mexico border; here's a look the project's status

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  Michigan panel votes to bar disclosure of nonprofit donors

  December 19, 2018 2:30 IST

  Republicans who are keen to solidify their position by weakening Democrats must contend with a governor from their own party who has neither embraced nor rejected a Wisconsin-style power play

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  Yemeni mom wins travel ban waiver to see dying son in US

  December 19, 2018 2:30 IST

  Yemeni mother blocked by travel ban wins months-long fight for waiver allowing her to travel to California to see her dying 2-year-old son

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  Ethics complaints against Kavanaugh dismissed

  December 19, 2018 2:15 IST

  A panel of judges has dismissed ethics complaints against new Supreme Court Justice Brett Kavanaugh

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  Salt Lake City bids for 2nd Olympics in changed climate

  December 19, 2018 2:15 IST

  When Salt Lake City pursued the Winter Olympics more than two decades ago, competition was so fierce that lavishing International Olympic Committee members with gifts and favors seemed commonplace.

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  The holiday-suicide myth and the intractability of popular falsehoods

  December 19, 2018 2:00 IST

  (The Conversation is an independent and nonprofit source of news, analysis and commentary from academic experts.) Dan Romer, University of Pennsylvania(THE CONVERSATION) For years, the media have reported that more suicides occur during the holidays than at any other time. Many of these stories, no doubt, are meant to help people cope with the melancholy and nostalgia that some people experience at this time. Some of them include the voices of professionals, such as police or mental health

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  Rivera uncertain if he will shut down ailing QB Cam Newton

  December 19, 2018 1:15 IST

  It's come to the point in the season where the Panthers must make the difficult decision of whether or not to sit Cam Newton

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  Column: Sacking Mourinho will allow United to rebuild

  December 19, 2018 1:15 IST

  Column: Sacking Mourinho will allow United to rebuild

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  Trump's safety panel seeks to revoke school discipline rules

  December 19, 2018 1:00 IST

  President Donald Trump's school safety commission is proposing a rollback of Obama-era guidance that critics say discouraged schools from reporting violent students to police

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  Belgian premier resigns as coalition comes under pressure

  December 19, 2018 1:00 IST

  Belgian Prime Minister Charles Michel has resigned amid pressure on his government after the biggest party in his coalition quit over his support for the U.N. global compact on migration

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  Nevada officials say death row inmate trying to kill himself

  December 19, 2018 1:00 IST

  Nevada prison officials say death row inmate Scott Dozier has gone to great lengths to kill himself while awaiting execution, including attempting to obtain drops of a deadly drug on a piece of paper sent through prison mail