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In recent years, the writer George Saunders has made the championing of so-called soft virtues—tenderness, forgiveness, patience—something of a personal crusade. “What I regret most in my life are failures of kindness,” Saunders said, in a graduation speech to the class of 2013 at Syracuse University. Implicit in that: some unimpeachable advice.

Justin Theroux‘s The Leftovers has been renewed for a third and final season by HBO, THR reports! The series debuted in 2014 and quickly became a fan favorite, but the status of the show was unknown after the season two finale aired last week. The show also stars Amy Brenneman, Liv Tyler, Ann Dowd, Margaret [...]

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DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — A prominent Iowa evangelical leader has endorsed Ted Cruz for president, a coup for the Texas senator, who has heavily courted churches and pastors in an effort to win the state's leadoff Republican caucuses. Cruz said in a statement that the endorsement is "more evidence that our campaign has momentum and is gaining ground heading into the final weeks of the caucus." Christian conservative voters traditionally wield significant influence in the Iowa caucuses because they... Читать дальше...

Netflix lead all TV networks in Golden Globe nominations—beating out HBO.

A Nativity scene will once again appear in the state Capitol — but this year it won't be up for Christmas.

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This article is by Dave Girouard, CEO of personal finance startup Upstart, and former President of Google Enterprise Apps. He’s well known for building Google’s enterprise division into a $1B+ global business.

On a recent Monday morning, I was preparing for my weekly staff meeting. Item #1 on the agenda was a discussion about an upcoming review cycle, where everybody at Upstart would receive a performance score based on feedback from their peers and manager.

Though I... Читать дальше...

'The Leftovers' Renewed for Third and Final Season

LAS VEGAS (AP) — Nevada Gov. Brian Sandoval announced a tentative agreement Thursday that would bring Chinese-backed electric carmaker Faraday Future's $1 billion plant to a Las Vegas suburb i…

"It's akin to someone jumping into a cage with tigers or lions," medical examiner says of woman who left behind young daughter

Detroit protesters shut down a public forum meant to celebrate the city’s progress since it emerged from bankruptcy protection exactly one year ago, showing that many residents are still raw over the deep cuts made to their to health-care benefits and monthly pension checks.

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SALT LAKE CITY, Dec. 10 (UPI) -- Seventeen Utah Republicans formed Fiorina's Utah leadership team, pledging their support for the candidate who is polling near the bottom of the GOP field.

Ralph Stanton and 15 other nuclear workers were exposed to airborne plutonium oxide in an accident at the Idaho National Laboratory in 2011. He is one of more than 186,000 nuclear workers who have been exposed to recordable levels of radiation on the job since 2001. … Click to Continue »

Een metro met forensen is donderdag in de Amerikaanse stad Boston vertrokken zonder machinist. De trein passeerde vier stations voor het personeel van de ondergrondse erin slaagde de stroom uit te schakelen waardoor de trein eindelijk tot stilstand kwam.

The Council on American-Islamic Relations evacuated its DC office.

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ANDERSON AIR FORCE BASE, Guam, Dec. 10 (UPI) -- Aircrews from the U.S. Air Force, the Japan Air Self-Defense Force, and the Royal Australian Air Force began Operation Christmas Drop on Tuesday.

The Cape Town City Council on Thursday approved level two water restrictions during its final council meeting for 2015.

Several cadets at The Citadel military college in South Carolina were suspended Thursday after photos surfaced on social media of them wearing white pillowcases on their heads that resembled Ku Klux Klan hoods, the president of the school announced in a post on his Facebook page.

The Supreme Court on Thursday threw its weight behind efforts to clean up Delhi's air, agreeing to explore various options including banning diesel cars from the Capital's roads and stopping trucks from passing through the city to tackle the growing menace of pollution.

The Supreme Court on Thursday threw its weight behind efforts to clean up Delhi's air, agreeing to explore various options including banning diesel cars from the Capital's roads and stopping trucks from passing through the city to tackle the growing menace of pollution.

The Supreme Court on Thursday threw its weight behind efforts to clean up Delhi's air, agreeing to explore various options including banning diesel cars from the Capital's roads and stopping trucks from passing through the city to tackle the growing menace of pollution.

RIJSSEN - Het aantal woninginbraken is in de gemeenten Rijssen-Holten en Hellendoorn is fors gedaald. „Het totale aantal inbraken dit jaar in Twente-West, waartoe ook Wierden behoort, daalde ten opzichte van dezelfde periode vorig jaar met 44 procent”, zegt teamchef Bert Visser van de politie in Twente-West.

TNT has given the greenlight to two new drama series: “Good Behavior” and “Animal Kingdom,” Variety has learned.