Starbucks Barista Signs With Deaf Woman at Drive-Thru
This Starbucks’ feature is helping more customers communicate with their baristas. In a viral video uploaded to Facebook, Rebecca King, who is deaf, waits to order at a drive-thru as…
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Luke Bryan wins entertainer of the year at CMAs
LAS VEGAS (AP) — Everything went to script Sunday night at the Academy of Country Music Awards until the end — when Luke Bryan pulled off an amazing upset and won entertainer of the year.
Does the SEC inflate its numbers?
If the SEC were one of the publicly traded companies it polices, the short sellers would be flocking, because its numbers are not what they’re cracked up to be.
Take a tattoo for the team _ An interview with Aaron Sanchez
NEW YORK (AP) — Are you just about over chefs and their tattoos? Food Network star Aaron Sanchez certainly is.
House passes highway bill that keeps a lid on spending
The House has voted to continue transportation programs for six years with no significant increase in spending. That’s despite warnings that the nation’s roads, bridges and transit systems are falling …
Valeant shares tumble 20 percent, retrace ground to 2013 levels
Valeant Pharmaceuticals International Inc (VRX.TO)(VRX.N) shares fell as much as 20 percent on Thursday, building on weeks of steep losses over concerns about its ties to specialty pharmacy Philidor Rx Services, which is accused of improperly boosting sales of Valeant drugs. Valeant’s U.S.-traded shares hit their lowest since May 2013, falling as low as $73.37. The Wall Street Journal published a story on Thursday detailing the thinking of one of
The Latest: Judge sets bond for Bobbi Kristina caregiver
CUMMING, Ga. (AP) — The latest on the woman accused of posing as a nurse at the hospice where Bobbi Kristina Brown died (all times local):
Ballerina Sarah Hay soars in 'Flesh and Bone' dance drama
NEW YORK (AP) — “Ballet is the ultimate optical illusion,” says Paul Grayson, artistic director of the American Ballet Company. “We make effort appear effortless. We make difficult divine.”
U.S. jobless claims post largest increase since February
New U.S. applications for unemployment benefits last week recorded their largest increase in eight months, but remained at levels consistent with a fairly healthy labor market. Initial claims for state unemployment benefits rose 16,000 to a seasonally adjusted 276,000 for the week ended Oct.31, the Labor Department said on Thursday. A Labor Department analyst said there were no special factors influencing the data.
The Elvis cake, a memory book among Oprah's Favorite Things
NEW YORK (AP) — A Kardashian-worthy phone case rimmed with tiny lights, a keepsake book of “Letters to My Love” and a banana, peanut butter and chocolate cake called the Elvis are among Oprah’s Favorite Things of 2015.