Focus on memorisation in PDVL test ‘unfair’, say older drivers
Private-hire car licence applicants said the test places great emphasis on memorisation, which is unfair for older drivers seeking a means to earn an income. Instead, they urged a larger focus on the practical aspects of driving, like customer service and how to avoid accidents — elements that would … Read …
Simple Suppers
Last week Richard celebrated 25 years of providing quality meats, meals and customer service at Richard's Country Meat Market in Fayetteville. Richard thinks his secret to success is simple. He doesn't pay anyone to do the work that he can himself, and it's his commitment to quality products and … Read …
Latest on BB&T outage that drove customers crazy. Many still angry.
BB&T says its systems “have substantially recovered” after an outage Thursday afternoon kept millions of customers from accessing their accounts online and getting their money from ATMs. ATMs are working again and the automated Phone24 customer service has been working since late Friday. Read More
Kylie Jenner’s single tweet that cost Snapchat more than Sh101 billion
(Web Desk) – Kylie Jenner's tweet, it turns out, has cost social media biggie Snapchat $1.3billion. Shares in Snap – the app's parent company – closed 6% down on the United States stock market after the new mother's post, which was in reference to a controversial recent redesign of the …
Kylie Jenner tweet sends Snapchat share price tumbling
With great power comes responsibility and all that, so when reality star Kylie Jenner tweeted to say she doesn't open Snapchat anymore, it's share prices were reported to have dropped an eye-watering $1.3billion (£1bn) shortly later. Jenner has 24.5 million Twitter followers. Shares in Snap – the app's … Read More
Teen who almost died after taking cocktail of drugs in Snapchat dare says he’s lucky to be alive
His mum, Stacylee McCarron, 39, said: “The kids are on social media through the night and use Snapchat to challenge, brag and prove to each other that they are taking the drugs. “As parents you try to monitor what your kids are doing as much as possible but you can't …
Sweden pickles Korea’s ‘Garlic Girls’ for curling gold
If the Korean women's curling team thought winning an Olympic silver medal was fun, wait until they get their mobile phones back. The "Garlic Girls" who sparked a national phenomenon in the quirky sport with the sweeping and the shouting lost to Sweden 8-3 in Sunday's Olympic final, a result …
Airline boardings jump in January
It also appears to be a record for a January, at least going back to 2001, according to Reporter-Telegram reports. It has been a strong fiscal year for boardings as the city is reporting an increase of 13.2 percent compared to the same period in 2016-17. The 180,238 people who …
Seeing gold again
Olympian Karyn Bye-Dietz poses in 1998 with her gold medal and memorabilia from Team USA. She watched the current womens hockey team win gold on Wednesday from her home in Hudson. Staff file photo. Bye-Karen-020418. <; >. Share · Tweet · Share · Email. Comments. More than 6,100 miles … Read …
The Short Film Version of Papers, Please Is Out Now on YouTube, Steam
Papers, Please is a dystopian document thriller from dev studio 3909 that has you take on the role of a border patrol officer during a six-year war. Your job is to control the flow of people entering your country, catching smugglers, spies, and terrorists along the way. All you have …