Новости за 21.01.2016

Oh come, all ye faithful, to — Snapchat? It sounds unlikely, but the messaging app once associated with sexting teenagers is increasingly becoming a place where religious communities connect. Faith leaders are using Snapchat in a variety of ways to reach millennial believers and help them become more invested in their faith.

CHARLOTTE, North Carolina - Tony Stewart is a man at peace as he heads into the final season of his NASCAR career.

The successful launch of Chicago Med, the third series in Dick Wolf’s Chicago procedural franchise for NBC, opened the door for the long-rumored fourth series, a legal drama. The project, which was discussed at the TCA panel for the three Chicago series, has now been put on fast-track development and

The World Economic Forum in Davos is a place of many meetings between the world's industrial and political elite, but it can often take a year or more before any business deals are announced.

Prime minster faces the sort of market-driven crisis that bedevilled his predecessors

Four days after dalit scholar Rohith Vemula committed suicide, triggering a firestorm of protests, the University of Hyderabad (UoH) on Thursday revoked the suspension of four dalit students who had faced the action along with Vemula last year.

Four days after dalit scholar Rohith Vemula committed suicide, triggering a firestorm of protests, the University of Hyderabad (UoH) on Thursday revoked the suspension of four dalit students who had faced the action along with Vemula last year.

Nevada regulators today approved Station Casinos’ plan for an initial public offering, allowing the locals gaming giant to move forward with its transition back into ...

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CAMDEN, Maine, Jan. 21 (UPI) -- Don McLean, known for the 1970s hit song "American Pie," says the "painful breakdown" of his marriage was the backdrop for his arrest for domestic violence.

LONDON (AP) — Almost a decade after former KGB officer Alexander Litvinenko lay dying in a London hospital bed, a British judge has concluded who poisoned him: two Russian men, acting at the b…

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WASHINGTON, Jan. 21 (UPI) -- A new image captured by the Hubble Space Telescope offers a shimmering view of star cluster Trumpler 14.

Banco Imobiliário teve um papel muito importante durante a guerra.

O presidente Roosevelt usou a limusine do Al Capone.

No dia do ataque a Pearl Harbor, o Serviço Secreto americano se deu conta de que eles não tinham um carro blindado para transportar o presidente Roosevelt em segurança até o Congresso para dar o seu Discurso da Infâmia. Um agente do Serviço Secreto lembrou que o Departamento do Tesouro dos Estados Unidos havia confiscado a limusine blindada de Al Capone em 1931. Читать дальше...

“There were certain aliens that we made then, even during the shooting process, [that] clearly transcended from being just a background alien to having an authority or likability,” Neal Scanlan told USA Today about his Oscar nominated VFX work on "Star Wars: The Force Awakens." “Should the human race of 'Star Wars' die tomorrow, any one of these characters could take the mantle and become the next species that dominated the universe.” READ MORE: What To Expect From The 'Star Wars' Spin-offs, And Why They Might Be A Mistake Well... Читать дальше...

Algumas mudaram mais do que outras.

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Conteúdo de gatinhos é o melhor conteúdo.

Este gatinho empolgado que na verdade é um pouco assustador.

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Estes dorminhocos moderninhos.

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Este carinha que com certeza já manda aqui.

O gatinho minúsculo e o homem barbudo.

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One team on a 12-game winning streak, the other has won six straight. (Also, a Stanley Cup Final rematch.)

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Hedge fund billionaire George Soros said that Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump is "doing the work of ISIS." 

Soros, 85, made the comments in a Bloomberg TV interview at the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland.

He accused Trump of fear-mongering, saying that his comments about Muslims might lead people to perpetrate harmful acts.

That then plays in the hands of ISIS, he said, as the terrorist organization wants people to turn against Muslims. Читать дальше...

South Florida homeowner finds surprise visitor taking a morning dip

ROME (AP) — An Italian ecumenical mission is in Lebanon this week to work out the final details of a pilot project to bring up to 1,000 refugees to Italy on humanitarian visas so they're not t…

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For months, developers have been complaining about a big problem with Microsoft's Windows 10 app store: their apps never show up in the search engine.

At least one of them says the situation is so bad, he thinks no one should write new Windows 10 apps.

That coder is Nikolaus Gebhardt, who has been writing apps since the early 2000s. He's best known for a an open-source project popular some years ago called "Irrlicht," which helped developers write 3D games. His current... Читать дальше...

NEW YORK (AP) — Are you ready for some (bespoke) football? With Super Bowl 50 on the horizon, the NFL and the Council of Fashion Designers of America teamed up to deck out a half-century's wor…