Новости за 12.01.2017

[...] he also pushed ahead with a national carbon price and he rejected Enbridge's Northern Gateway project to northwest British Columbia, which would pass through the Great Bear Rainforest as his Liberal Party government tries to balance the oil industry's desire to tap new markets in Asia against the concerns of environmentalists. Fonda, a 79-year-old political activist and two-time Oscar winner for best actress, is the latest celebrity to visit and express concerns about the Alberta oil sands. Читать дальше...

TORONTO (AP) — Actress Jane Fonda said Wednesday that people should not be fooled by "good-looking liberals" like Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau who "disappointed" her by approving pipelines from the Alberta oil sands.

When you need that something on the side.

“This isn’t a phase! This is who I really am!”

"I can't wait to stop getting zits one day."

While your skin probably improved over time, zits never completely went away.

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"$1,000 is a lot of money."

Now all that money immediately disappears to go to rent, bills, and other responsibilities. And $1,000 doesn't come close to covering it all.

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Peter Thiel has all but given up on his dream of a libertarian utopia in the middle of the ocean.

In 2008, the billionaire venture capitalist and Trump transition team member launched a group on a mission to develop a floating city, called a seastead, that would serve as a permanent, politically autonomous settlement. He invested some $1.7 million in The Seasteading Institute, and resigned from its board in 2011.

In a new interview with Maureen Dowd of The New York Times... Читать дальше...

(AP) — Lake Superior State University officials say the school has received a half-million dollar gift to launch a campaign to expand and improve freshwater research. Officials say the center that's expected to be completed in 2021 is expected to include an improved hatchery facility and expanded research and classroom space.

It's a common scenario: You've had a few drinks and now you can't stop yourself from polishing off that plate of nachos, or chowing down on that juicy kebab.

Sen. Al Franken signaled Wednesday that he is likely to vote against Donald Trump’s nominee for attorney general, saying after the second day of hearings on Capitol Hill that Jeff Sessions had yet to allay his concerns. Franken, one of the Democrats on the Judiciary Committee that is overseeing Sessions’ nomination, said he could not […]

The Afghan Taliban released a new video Wednesday purportedly showing two teachers from the American University of Afghanistan in Kabul begging US President-elect Donald Trump to make a deal for their release. What appears to be the first “proof of life” of kidnapped US citizen Kevin King, 60, and of Australian citizen Timothy Weeks, 48, […]

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You don’t have to wait for a new episode of “Are You the One?” to catch up with MTV’s stars. Before Season 5 of the experimental dating series premieres Wednesday, get familiar with the 22 new singles joining the reality series. Find out where to follow this year’s stars on Instagram, Snapchat, Twitter and more and check out their complete bios HERE. “Are You the One?” Season 5 kick off Wednesday at 9 p.m. EST on MTV.

This morning there was such pearl clutching on Morning Joe over the CNN story on Russians alleged compromising info on Donald Trump.

Traveling to Cuba is easier than ever—but that doesn't mean it's easy.

Thirty years ago today Kent was covered in half a metre of snow - and more of the white stuff is forecast for this afternoon .

Darent Valley Hospital is seeing rising numbers of patients turning up for emergency treatment, and is feeling the pressure

Beneath the muddy salt marsh in Lancaster County lurks a vicious predator.

School closures for Thursday:

The area's third snowstorm of the winter knocked out power to nearly 2,000 Cowlitz County utility customers, snapped trees across the region and shut down local schools Wednesday, but the region's long spell of cold weather may end next week,…

DESERT PALM, Calif./TOMAH — Helen S. Von Haden, 86, of Palm Desert and formerly of Tomah, died Tuesday, Aug. 30, 2016. A Celebration of her life will be held at a date to be later announced. Sonnenburg Family Funeral Home…

Catherine “Cathy” Dippen (Engle), 88, of Tomah passed away Monday, Jan. 9, 2017, at home with family encircling her bedside.

MILLSTON — Bradley L. Conant, 61, Millston passed away Monday, Jan. 9, 2017, at Black River Memorial Hospital, Black River Falls.

PRESTON, Minn./TOMAH — Alice A. Swallum, 96, of Preston and formerly of Tomah died, Sunday, Jan. 8, 2017, at the Park Lane Estates in Preston. She was born Dec. 20, 1920, to Alfred and Maria (Quintal) Drews at New Bedford,…