Новости за 11.03.2016

Waterboarding isn’t torture, Ted Cruz assures us, because the “generally recognized definition” of torture is “excruciating pain that is equivalent to losing organs and systems.” And when it comes to a president’s power to approve interrogation methods for suspected terrorists, Cruz said during a Feb. 6 Republican presidential debate, “the commander-in-chief has inherent constitutional authority to keep this country safe.” If that sounds familiar, it should. In August 2002, Justice Department attorney John Yoo... Читать дальше...

Once floating hundreds of miles above the world, 64-year-old former astronaut Muhammed Faris now finds himself grounded in one of its worst humanitarian crises. Faris, the first Syrian to go to space, is now a refugee in Turkey. 

Disgraced Bundamba MP Jo-Ann Miller has issued an ultimatum to the Palaszczuk government saying she will quit the Labor Party within 48 hours if she is not reinstated to the front bench, senior ALP sources say.

The Rich Kids of Instagram showcases the unapologetically self-indulgent lifestyles of the world's wealthiest millennials.

Joey Feek has been laid to rest in a private ceremony surrounded by her husband, Rory Feek, close family and friends in her hometown of Alexandra, Ind. The service for late country...

"Overall, surprisingly few germs lurked on these surfaces, with one major exception: the subway in New York City."

Image source: U.S. Steel.

Britain's Laura Robson loses 7-6 6-2 to Russian Magdalena Rybarikova in her first WTA Tour match since August.

The White House has released the menu and list of expected guests at the state dinner Thursday night for Canada's Prime Minister Justin Trudeau. Here is the dinner menu, followed by the list of guests, as provided by the White House.

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Mikhail Lesin's November 2015 death in a Washington, DC, hotel was already mysterious.

The former Russian press minister and founder of the English-language television network Russia Today (RT) had been one of the chief architects of the Kremlin's public messaging. That was before Lesin quit as head of state-owned Gazprom Media, amid an internal power struggle and a US money-laundering investigation probing the media mogul's American investments. Читать дальше...

Recently, the New Yorker ran a long, glowing piece on My Hollywood, When Both of Us Were Young. It is a little-known memoir by a largely forgotten film star, Patsy Ruth Miller (1904 - 1995). Today, she is best known as the actress who played Esmeralda in The Hunchback of Notre Dame (1923), opposite Lon Chaney.

The occasion for Richard Brody's New Yorker piece was "It Girls, Flappers, Jazz Babies & Vamps," a two week, three dozen plus film series at the Film Forum in New York City. (The... Читать дальше...

The Lions signed former Browns defensive back and special teams player Johnson Bademosi Thursday. Bademosi, a former undrafted free agent who cracked the NFL in 2012 as kick cover man, signed a two-year deal that ESPN’s Adam Schefter reported is worth at least $4.5 million and as much as $6 million with incentives. Bademosi, 25,…

California has voted for a nonsmoking youth: state lawmakers have approved the raise of the smoking age to 21 years, making the nation’s most populous state the second, after Hawaii, to increase the age at which youth can purchase tobacco goods.

Shares fall, led down by the big banks and energy stocks

If the Vikings’ newest lineman blocks as tough and straight-forward as he talks, Teddy Bridgewater, Adrian Peterson and Vikings fans will be a lot happier with an offensive line that has under-performed in  recent years. All 6-8, 300 pounds of Alex Boone said he was nervous talking to reporters on a conference call moments ago. But he sure seemed relaxed, even chiding a reporter who could be heard feverishly pounding the keyboard of his computer while Boone was speaking. Boone’s reputation as a player... Читать дальше...

The singer's mother has given an exclusive interview to Billboard, as Dr Luke denies he has been fired by Sony.

Russian diplomats are verifying the Russian origins of Denis Flynn, who has accused his adopted US parents of years of sexual abuse, a representative of the Consulate-General of Russia in San Francisco told RIA Novosti.

Fresh off his elimination from I'm A Celebrity Get Me Out Of Here, cricket legend Shane Warne copped a fairly innocuous grilling on The Project last night.

DETROIT - Michael Horn, Volkswagen's top U.S. executive, was ushered out of his job for clashing too often with the German headquarters as he tried to keep sales afloat before and during the company's diesel emissions-cheating scandal, a top dealer said.

DETROIT (AP) — Michael Horn, Volkswagen's top U.S. executive, was ushered out of his job for clashing too often with the German headquarters as he tried to keep sales afloat before and during …

DETROIT (AP) — Michael Horn, Volkswagen's top U.S. executive, was ushered out of his job for clashing too often with the German headquarters as he tried to keep sales afloat before and during the company's diesel emissions-cheating scandal, a top…

Horn, the U.S. president and CEO, was the automaker's public face when the scandal broke in September, calmly enduring a two-hour grilling from a congressional subcommittee. The clashes included German executives resisting Horn's plan to give diesel owners $1,000 worth of gift cards and vouchers to buy goods at dealerships as a gesture of goodwill, said Alan Brown, head of VW's National Dealer Advisory Council. Horn's sudden departure comes as the company faces a March 24 deadline from a federal... Читать дальше...

How many 32-year-old NFL rookies are there?

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