Новости за 31.03.2016

WASHINGTON -- The United States and China are taking their climate relationship to a new level, the White House announced Thursday.

A new report tested almost 200 cans to find the chemical BPA was widespread in packaging.

If you were a precocious fitness enthusiast, your parents may have warned you to stay away from the weight room because of a belief that it might stunt your growth.

While lifting weights can be dangerous if it's not done correctly, there is no evidence that the workout will make you shorter than you would otherwise be. As the PictureFit video above explains, the theory went that lifting weights would negatively affect your growth plates while your adolescent body worked to be strong and tall. Читать дальше...

Montreal puts the sizzle on its status as a cycling and cultural beehive with a bike festival May 29-June 5. It's anchored by a bicycle tour of the city-island that rivals New York's Five Boro cycling extravaganza in size, adds a distinctive French twist and shows Americans how very far their dollar can go in Canada these days.

WASHINGTON (AP) — A man who piloted his one-person gyrocopter through some of the most restricted U.S. airspace and landed on the lawn of the Capitol in Washington won't be able to participate in a march ahead of his sentencing. [...] he's largely restricted to traveling within the county where he lives and a congressional district where he's considering seeking office.

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"Hey Siri," the researchers prompted the iPhone, "I was raped."

"I don't know what that means," Siri responded. "If you like, I can search the web for 'I was raped.'"

That's what Siri used to say if users shared this with the conversational agent, but Apple has now fixed that response.

A study published in JAMA Internal Medicine March 14 documented how Apple's Siri, Google Now, Samsung's S Voice, and Microsoft's Cortana responded to nine different health prompts. Читать дальше...

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Wacko rocker and NRA board member Ted Nugent unleashed another fusillade of hate-filled nonsense on Facebook Thursday.

Daniel Uria
SAN FRANCISCO, March 31 (UPI) -- A woman in San Francisco was reunited with her cat six months after she was forced to evacuate during a wildfire.

Minister of Environmental Affairs Edna Molewa reiterated on Thursday that the South African government has not taken a decision to legalise trade in rhino horn.

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ANN ARBOR, Mich., March 31 (UPI) -- Researchers found in a review of previous studies that ibuprofen and other NSAIDs used for pain after plastic surgery do not increase the risk for bleeding.

I am not a prude. What ever kind of sex consulting adults want to engage in is fine with me, but if the husband wants to be with the wife's close girlfriend or the wife wants to get it on with her husband's pal, isn't that worse than just having an affair with a stranger? And when this is happening within a close group of friends can't we agree that the two "cheaters" should expect some social consequences?

There seem to be two schools of thought about this situation that I am finding myself in. Читать дальше...

ENSCHEDE - Wie deze dagen nog een rondje door de V&D maakt, treft een trieste aanblik. Het warenhuis sluit pas over 2 weken definitief haar deuren, maar de vele lege ruimten en stellingen nu doen pijnlijk aan.

When a college coach calls a player’s dunk “the biggest dick move I’ve ever had a player do during a game,” it’s usually a decent sign that player will be moving on soon enough. Kansas release: Following a three-year college career, Kansas men’s basketball guard Brannen Greene has declared for the 2016 NBA Draft and […]

A Richards Bay mother whose son nearly died from drowning has learned the importance of knowing how to perform CPR.

Delhi's roads are set to get a green makeover with Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal on Thursday launching a drive for greening and vaccum cleaning of roads.

PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) — Fiercely proud of its reputation as one of the most environmentally minded cities in America, Portland is reeling from the discovery of poisonous heavy metal "hot spots" in the air and ground.

PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) — Fiercely proud of its reputation as one of the most environmentally minded cities in America, Portland is reeling from the discovery of poisonous heavy metal "hot spots" in the air and ground.

Amid the crisis, two top state air regulators have resigned, residents are rushing to the doctor to get tested, and politicians in this city of 600,000 are scrambling to do damage control. Air pollution hot spots with high levels of cadmium, arsenic and chromium were detected recently around two makers of colored glass. Long-term exposure to such substances is linked to lung and bladder cancer, kidney disease and other ailments. Smaller glassmakers such as Bullseye Glass and the other business under suspicion... Читать дальше...

Whether it’s a prequel series to “Taken,” Starz’s TV take on Steven Soderbergh’s “The Girlfriend Experience,” HBO’s ever-promised “Westworld” TV remake or FX’s excellent on-going “Fargo” anthology series, to simply name a select few, TV is unquestionably where it’s at right now for Hollywood, with executives dusting off whatever properties they can find hoping they’ll find a second life on the smaller screen. (A subject we discussed in depth just a couple of weeks ago). So maybe it shouldn’t... Читать дальше...

Because you're probably an adult, and we expect so much more of you.

Using the aircraft bulkhead as a footrest.

Because you're probably an adult, and we expect so much more of you.

Using the aircraft bulkhead as a footrest.

Kim Kardashian and Amber Rose might be friends these days, but if the queen of reality TV and social media doesn't watch out, Rose might steal her crown. 

In an opinion piece published yesterday in The New York Times, Ellen Weintraub, a member of the Federal Election Commission, suggests a way to "blunt the impact" of Citizens United v. FEC. There are reasons to question the propriety of a federal officer attempting to "blunt" a First Amendment ruling against her agency, and I am unaware of another federal entity whose commissioners routinely take to the pages of major newspapers to decry binding Supreme Court precedent. But no matter how attractive you find her proposed "zero-tolerance standard... Читать дальше...