Новости за 03.03.2016

"Assad must go."

President Barack Obama uttered those three words in August 2011, and they have since come to define the failure of US policy toward Syria. More than four years later, President Bashar al-Assad remains in power — indeed, it now appears likely that Obama will "go" first. And much of the US debate still revolves around the question of whether to accept Assad’s continued involvement in Syrian politics.

Assad’s fate has been the most divisive issue at every round of the Syrian peace talks... Читать дальше...

A Tennessee teenager had an extreme reaction to his family's request that he get up and get ready for school: He shot them.

Tiny Fey has confirmed that a long-desired musical version of the 2004 film "Mean Girls" is coming.

WHEELING, W.Va. (AP) — A West Virginia police chief is trying to determine if an officer issued a jaywalking ticket to a city parking enforcement officer in retaliation to a parking violation warning.

WHEELING, W.Va. (AP) — A West Virginia police chief is trying to determine if an officer issued a jaywalking ticket to a city parking enforcement officer in retaliation to a parking violation warning.

(AP) — A West Virginia police chief is trying to determine if an officer issued a jaywalking ticket to a city parking enforcement officer in retaliation to a parking violation warning. Deputy Police Chief Martin Kimball says the incident occurred just a few days after some officers received letters from the city's finance department, warning them that failure to pay for accumulated parking violations may result in warrants being issued for their arrest.

(AP) — A former southern Kansas City parochial school band instructor has been acquitted of inappropriately touching a student. The Kansas City Star (http://bit.ly/1TUKqlx ) reports that 55-year-old Tod A. Barnard had been charged with two counts of second-degree child molestation and two counts of third-degree assault.

Let the record show what the register does not, that for at least a month Martin Crowe was the best batsman in the world, and in the conversation for much longer than that, and always in his era was the best to watch.

SANTA MONICA, Calif. (AP) — You might not know the name Jack Fisk, but you definitely know his work. Whether it's the private bowling alley where Daniel Plainview torments Eli Sunday in Paul Thomas Anderson's "There Will Be Blood," the…

SANTA MONICA, California - You might not know the name Jack Fisk, but you definitely know his work. Whether it's the private bowling alley where Daniel Plainview torments Eli Sunday in Paul Thomas Anderson's "There Will Be Blood," the disarmingly simple Silencio theater in David Lynch's "Mulholland Dr.," or a single Victorian home perched on a hill of wheat in Terrence Malick's "Days of Heaven," Fisk has created some of the most iconic spaces seen on screen in the past 40 years.

Whether it's the private bowling alley where Daniel Plainview torments Eli Sunday in Paul Thomas Anderson's "There Will Be Blood," the disarmingly simple Silencio theater in David Lynch's "Mulholland Dr.," or a single Victorian home perched on a hill of wheat in Terrence Malick's "Days of Heaven," Fisk has created some of the most iconic spaces seen on screen in the past 40 years. Fisk, 69, is a production designer. He has been twice-nominated for an Academy Award, most recently for recreating the world of 1820s fur trappers in "The Revenant.

SANTA MONICA, Calif. (AP) — You might not know the name Jack Fisk, but you definitely know his work. Whether it's the private bowling alley where Daniel Plainview torments Eli Sunday in Paul Thomas Anderson's "There Will Be Blood," the…

BEIJING - Security officers gather near Beijing's Tiananmen Square on March 3, 2016, from where sounds like fi...

– The Senate are doing everything within their power to handle the farmers and Fulani herdsmen clash – The senate also expressed their disappointment and sadness over the increased violence – The senate urged the government to establish ranches and grazing reserves The Senate on Thursday, March 3 are working on a lasting solution to the farmers and herdsmen […]

MOGADISHU, Somalia - A former journalist accused of belonging to an Islamic extremist group has been sentenced to death for his alleged role in the killings of five Somali journalists.

MOGADISHU, Somalia (AP) — A former journalist accused of belonging to an Islamic extremist group has been sentenced to death for his alleged role in the killings of five Somali journalists.

MOGADISHU, Somalia (AP) — A former journalist accused of belonging to an Islamic extremist group has been sentenced to death for his alleged role in the killings of five Somali journalists.

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Bill Gross is at it again. 

In his latest investment outlook, Bill Gross writes about how the sun will eventually swallow the Earth whole instead of nurture life. 

Which, it seems, is sort like what has happened to capitalism, just at a faster rate. First helpful, then harmful. 

Here's Gross (emphasis ours):

Our Sun – a rather tiny star in the galaxial scheme of things – seems inexhaustible. But 5 billion years from now, it will swallow... Читать дальше...

Angie's List Inc. laid out a new profitable growth plan in a statement released ahead of its investor day that will cut its ratings and reviews membership fee and offer new tiered services. "Our new profitable growth plan removes the barrier that has limited our growth and enables Angie's List to engage with more consumers and more services providers than ever before," Angie's List Chief Executive Scott Durchslag said in a statement. The home services company plans to begin opening the paywall... Читать дальше...

There were no signs of forced entry into the Kandasamy home, said a policeman who visited the Kandasamy house.

Food is for people, not phones. 

But all too often, we're caught staring at our screens during what is supposed to be a mindful, healthy meal.