Новости за 14.11.2016

Ben Hooper
FREMANTLE, Australia, Nov. 14 (UPI) -- A cow that escaped from a livestock ship in West Australia was filmed swimming for freedom before spending 24 hours on the run.

Gear

Here’s the upshot: don’t buy a pair of mountain boots thinking they’ll turn you into Superman on a flatland hunt. They’re designed carefully for steep angles, long…

HOUSTON (AP) — A woman faces a child endangerment charge after tigers, a cougar and other exotic animals were found in the Houston-area home she shared with her 14-year-old daughter.

Playing in his final match, the Master Blaster missed out on a 101st hundred but contributed 74 crucial runs as India beat West Indies by innings and 126 runs in the second Test of the series.

President discusses meeting last week with Trump, concerns about Trump's temperament and more

To encourage developers to build better chatbots, Seattle-based start-up, KITT.AI, has launched ChatFlow in private beta. ChatFlow framework makes it easier for developers to build better chatbots that can hold multi-turn conversations and work on multiple platforms. In 2015, Xuchen Yao was inspired to build KITT.AI when he realized there where “no good dialogue systems, and no good tools to create good dialogue systems,” he said.

Alex Butler
SEATTLE, Nov. 14 (UPI) -- It looks like Christine Michael's days as the Seattle Seahawks' lead back are over.

From hitting the road with her boyfriend Mac Miller -- who is touring in support of his latest album, The Divine Feminine -- to starring in...

Raven Klaasen and Rajeev Ram caused an upset at the O2 Arena in London when they defeated the top seeds Pierre-Hugues Herbert and Nicolas Mahut.

Prosecutors were questioning WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange at the Ecuadoran embassy in London on Monday, the latest twist in the long-running legal battle over a rape allegation against him. Swedish prosecutor Ingrid Isgren, due to be present while Assange faced a grilling by an Ecuadoran prosecutor, entered the embassy behind the famous Harrods department store shortly before 1000 GMT, an AFP photographer said. Assange's lawyer Per Samuelsson said the questioning is expected to last several... Читать дальше...

Story by Kendall Jones, via Washington Beer Blog. Story by Kendall Jones, via Washington Beer Blog. Dystopian State Brewing recently opened in downtown Tacoma. The brewery and taproom The post Dystopian State Brewing now open in Tacoma appeared first on Washington Beer Blog.

Chemicals companies such as LyondellBasell and Westlake should benefit from a lower corporate tax rate under President-elect Donald Trump.

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From arid deserts to lush forests, mountain peaks to gorgeous valleys, America's landscape is as varied as it is stunning. No wonder it's called "America the Beautiful."

Picking 50 wasn't easy, but here are the most beautiful natural attractions in each state.

Melissa Stanger contributed to an earlier version of this post.

ALABAMA: The Cathedral Caverns

The Heart of Dixie is home to the Cathedral Caverns, which features Big Rock Canyon... Читать дальше...

BRUSSELS (AP) — European Union foreign ministers expressed fresh concern Monday about Turkey's crackdown on political opponents and the media, while President Recep Tayyip Erdogan suggested he might call a referendum next year on whether his country should join the…

JERUSALEM — Israel is embarking on a major archaeological expedition to find yet undiscovered Dead Sea Scrolls, an Israeli antiquities official said Monday.

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Ryan Reynolds' superhero movie "Deadpool" was a huge box-office success when it debuted in February, but the years worth of work that went into it reportedly took a toll on its lead actor. 

In an interview with GQ, Reynolds revealed that the 11-year process of getting "Deadpool" in theaters brought him to the brink of a "nervous breakdown" once the production came to a close.

"I felt like I was on some schooner in the middle of a white squall the whole time," he said. Читать дальше...

Jharkhand Chief Minister Raghubar Das on Monday said his government's aim is to free the state from extremism and crime.

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– The Senate committee on state and local government administration have been ordered to investigate how some governors spent the bailout disbursed to them by the federal government – The committee has sent a letter to Governor Aregbesola of Osun state that they will be coming for investigation on December 7 – Recall that last […]

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With the uncertainty of President-elect Donald Trump's vague policies leaving economists wondering what the US economy will look like under a Trump administration, history may give us some clues.

According to Jeremy Hale, Graham Bishop, Maximilian Moldaschl, and Amir Amin — the asset allocation strategy team at Citi — a Trump presidency will probably go something like the Reagan years in the 1980s.

"Regardless, markets have started to price this in... Читать дальше...

De supermaan wordt stevig gehinderd door de bewolking die in vrijwel heel Nederland overheerst. De maan is om 17.30 uur opgekomen, maar nauwelijks zichtbaar. AD vroeg lezers om mooie foto's van de maan te bundelen en op te sturen.

Networking giant Juniper has observed a slowdown in product sales over the last few years, with the services division driving much of the top line growth for the company. This trend is consistent across IT hardware vendors, with falling prices and lower demand weighing on its top line and margins. [...]

Russian singer Polina Gagarina took part in a global diabetes awareness campaign, starring in a video dedicated to World Diabetes Day.

Chinese food has long been seen as cheap takeout. Now a new generation of deep-pocketed immigrant restaurateurs aims to offer an updated spin on the Chinese restaurant, with prices to match the decor.

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Women over 50 who follow a high-protein diet could have a higher risk for heart failure, especially if most of their protein comes from meat, researchers report.