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The gruesome plan probably entailed sequencing the explosions inside the stadium in such a way that would have killed not only people seated nearby, but also thousands more in an ensuing panicked stampede. There is another reason why Islamist fanatics intent on a war between civilizations would target a major soccer match: the sport’s singular role in bridging western culture and Muslim youth. The impressive diversity of Europe’s soccer leagues and national teams has long been a potent force for disarming xenophobia and racism across Europe. Читать дальше...

Defense attorneys rested their case Monday without calling any witnesses in the high-profile trial of ex-Massey Energy CEO Don Blankenship. Blankenship could face up to 30 years in prison on charges of conspiring to break mine safety laws at Upper Big Branch Mine and lying to financial regulators and investors about company safety. Former assistant prosecutor Mike Hissam, who helped investigate the Upper Big Branch mine, said, “They obviously think they inflicted body blows on the government’s case during cross-examination... Читать дальше...

RAMALLAH, West Bank — Clashes between Israeli forces and Palestinian demonstrators erupted in a West Bank refugee camp overnight Monday after Israeli forces arrived to demolish the home of a Palestinian militant, leaving two Palestinians dead. In Monday’s violence, the Israeli military said troops entered the Qalandiya refugee camp on the outskirts of Jerusalem to demolish the home of Muhammad Abu Shaheen, a Palestinian who the army says fatally shot an Israeli motorist in the West Bank this summer. Читать дальше...

WASHINGTON — Scientists and top officials from the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration have agreed to start interviews akin to depositions this week with House investigators, who are demanding to know their internal deliberations on a groundbreaking climate change study. [...] the interviews may not be enough to placate the chairman of the House science committee, who last week stepped up the pressure on NOAA’s parent agency to comply with his subpoena for e-mails that NOAA has refused to turn over. Читать дальше...

ANTALYA, Turkey (AP) — President Barack Obama on Monday firmly rejected calls for a shift in U.S. strategy against the Islamic State following the Paris attacks, saying Republicans who want to send ground troops into the volatile region are "talking as if they're tough" but fail to understand the potentially grave consequences. In a stinging rebuke, the president condemned Republicans who have suggested U.S. assistance to refugees fleeing the Middle East should focus on Christians, not Muslims.... Читать дальше...

Which means the pie that became a viral sensation during the weekend — selling roughly one every second — after a customer sang its praise in a YouTube video may not be back in time to grace your Thanksgiving table. The suppliers have been working all weekend, Kerry Robinson, vice president for bakery and deli at Wal-Mart, said Monday. The sweet potato surge started Thursday, the day after James Wright posted a video of himself eating a slice of the pie, which Wal-Mart launched in September.

WASHINGTON (AP) — Lawmakers and their aides should use the tunnels between congressional buildings and take other precautions, but there are no specific threats against the Capitol following the Paris terrorist attacks, the police agency that provides security for Congress said in a memo to lawmakers' offices Monday. In an email to congressional offices obtained by The Associated Press, the Capitol Police wrote that "out of an abundance of caution" people should use tunnels connecting the Capitol... Читать дальше...

The Velvet Underground are kind of a huge deal to rock music, and as many may not be aware, the New York rock band's history hits very close to home.

A government task force that includes drone and aviation industry representatives is expected to release plans later this week on how people can register their drones.

sandiego0628Ballast Point has long been one of the heavyweights in San Diego’s famed craft beer scene (photo: Paul Brody) Another sign that this autumn has become the season of beer acquisitions: Constellation Brands announced today that it has purchased San Diego’s Ballast Point Brewing Company for a reported $1 billion. Related Links The 19-year-old brewery, founded by Jack White, Pete A’Hearn and Yuseff Cherney, has become renowned for big-hopped IPAs like Sculpin, as well as variants flavored with grapefruit or habanero. Читать дальше...

Rude Mechs, the innovative theater collective from Austin — one of the nation’s leading creators of “devised” work — is at it again. A week after making its Bay Area debut at Z Space with its classic “The Method Gun,” the troupe has crossed the bay to perform one of its newest works, “Stop Hitting Yourself,” for Cal Performances. Described as a playful meditation on modern decadence, “Hitting” combines elements of “Pygmalion,” Busby Berkeley, self-help works and kitsch to explore the contemporary... Читать дальше...

Among its many other splendors and perfections, Mozart’s “Marriage of Figaro” is an ideal vehicle for an ensemble company like Opera San Jose. In most of the standard repertory operas — your “Toscas,” your “Traviatas,” your “Manons” — there’s a trio of principal singers doing all the work while everyone else stands to the side. For the company’s new “Figaro,” Andrew Bisantz conducts a cast featuring Ben Wager and Amina Edris as the newlyweds Figaro and Susanna, Matthew Hanscom and Isabella Ivy as the long-married Count and Countess Almaviva... Читать дальше...

[...] he’s back — in the form of actor Steve Cuiffo’s “Steve Cuiffo Is Lenny Bruce,” although this time the audience will be onstage with him. Under Construction series, after all. Cuiffo, a well-known magician (he helped with the illusions in Geoff Sobelle’s “Object Lesson” at the Curran last month), has been receiving high praise for his resurrections of Bruce’s fierce routines from 1961. Under Construction, Curran Theatre, 445 Geary St., S.F. www.sfcurran.com.

‘Wonder Mama’ to kick off Chinese American Film Festival Ko, who spent several years as a theater director, made his mark in the Hong Kong film industry with so-called New Year’s Day comedies. [...] he’s back with “Wonder Mama,” a family comedy-drama that anchors the 11th annual Chinese American Film Festival this week (through Tuesday, Nov. 24) at the 4-Star theater. “Wonder Mama,” which screens three times at the festival, including 8:20 p.m. Thursday, Nov. 19, is about a widow (Fung Bo Bo)... Читать дальше...

Soprano Hope Briggs, whose splendid appearances with Festival Opera over the years have enlivened that company’s offerings, has not been heard locally for a number of seasons. [...] she’s returning to the Bay Area to make a solo appearance with Symphony Parnassus. Music Director Stephen Paulson (whose day gig is as the San Francisco Symphony’s longtime principal bassoonist) conducts the program, which also includes music by Rossini and Bartók.

BØRNS gets a boost from Taylor Swift With a huge endorsement from Taylor Swift — who declared his song “Electric Love” an “instant classic” — and appearances on “The Tonight Show” as well as at the Austin City Limits Music Festival, Garrett Borns (or just, you know, BØRNS) couldn’t ask for a better buildup to the release of his debut album, “Dopamine.” The 23-year-old Michigan native grew up on his parents’ disco and folk records but now plays glam-pop with a twist. “It was supposed to be a weekend retreat,” he says. Читать дальше...

The jar is gorgeously wintery and your recipient will have something stashed in the refrigerator that can be put to use serving guests or satisfying a sweet tooth (without derailing healthy eating habits). All you do is load up a half-pint jar with medjool dates (or dried apricots, prunes or other dried fruit) and pour in a boiling Madeira-spiked simple syrup flavored with orange zest, vanilla paste and warm cinnamon. Or spoon a date and some syrup into a rounded tumbler of sparkling water (or wine) for a light holiday cocktail... Читать дальше...

Jennifer Lawrence attend ‘The Hunger Games: Mockingjay Part 2′ premiere at Kinepolis cinema on November 10, 2015 in Madrid, Spain. (Photo by Europa Press/Europa Press via Getty Images) Jennifer Lawrence has been named the most valuable star in the world ahead of Robert Downey, Jr. and Leonardo DiCaprio. The “Hunger Games” actress topped the list, compiled by editors of Vulture.com, which takes into account criteria including box office revenues, social media mentions and likability. It is the second... Читать дальше...

Never Explain. Because something is going to go wrong. Which is to say, there's almost no kitchen mistake that can't be fixed so long as you stay calm and keep an open mind. [...] as far as I know there are only two things that are unfixable. Plan ahead and stash some bacon and wheat crackers, as well as apple cider, bourbon and oranges. Quickly wrap half a slice of bacon around each cracker, sprinkle with pepper, then arrange on a baking sheet and bake (whatever temperature the oven is already... Читать дальше...

WASHINGTON (AP) — Republican lawmakers said on Monday they will try to use must-pass government spending legislation to block President Barack Obama's plans to increase the flow of Syrian refugees into the U.S. Republican Sen. Jeff Sessions of Alabama was among those suggesting Monday that the legislation should include provisions requiring congressional approval of increasing the number of refugees and funding, which could otherwise happen without Congress' say-so.

Bono Vox attends the event ‘It begins with me. How the world can end hunger in our lifetime’, organized by Italy and Ireland to sustain the initiatives of the World Food Programme at Expo site on September 6, 2015 in Milan, Italy. (Vincenzo Lombardo/Getty)U2 frontman Bono has condemned the Paris terrorist attacks as a “direct hit on music” as the “majority of victims” were gig-goers. More than 127 are thought to have died in a wave of violence that hit the French capital on Friday. Suicide bombers... Читать дальше...

Lily Rose Depp attends the Chanel show as part of the Paris Fashion Week Womenswear Spring/Summer 2016. Held at Grand Palais on October 6, 2015 in Paris, France. (Rindoff/Le Segretain/Getty) Johnny Depp’s daughter Lily-Rose Depp escaped the terror attacks in Paris on Friday night after leaving a house party in the French capital early. The 16-year-old daughter of the Hollywood actor and French singer/actress Vanessa Paradis was in Paris when a number of bloody shootings erupted across the city. She... Читать дальше...

[...] the bloodshed unleashed by Islamic extremists is deepening fears of Muslims and threatening to create an atmosphere even less welcoming for those fleeing war in the Middle East. Poland, Hungary and other countries across the region — many of them multicultural lands in the past — have been largely mono-ethnic Christian societies since the mass killings and expulsions of World War II, and resistance there has been especially stiff toward Muslims, who are largely seen as threats to national identity. Читать дальше...

ANTALYA, Turkey (AP) — President Barack Obama on Monday conceded that the Paris terror attacks were a "terrible and sickening setback" in the fight against the Islamic State, but forcefully dismissed critics who have called for the U.S. to change or expand its military campaign against the extremists. While Obama did not single out his critics by name, some Republican presidential candidates, including former Florida Gov. Jeb Bush, have called for sending U.S. forces into Syria. Obama announced... Читать дальше...

CONCORD, N.H. (AP) — Advocates for sexual assault victims fear a recent ruling could end up allowing more than half the state's registered sex criminals to be removed from a list of offenders with no opportunity for their victims to be heard. The New Hampshire Coalition Against Domestic and Sexual Violence says about 1,500 of the state's 2,800 registered sex offenders could be affected.