The millions of US taxpayer dollars spent building ornate villas in Afghanistan under the Department of Defense’s Afghanistan business task force was a way to get investment started, US Deputy Under Secretary of Defense for Policy Brian McKeon told the Senate Armed Services Committee.
MATSUE, Japan - Photo taken Dec. 21, 2015 shows spray bottles of hot-spring water mist sold at the Tamatsukuri Onsen...
Before abandoning himself to various forms of musical mysticism and pushing the harmonic language of late Romanticism almost to the point of atonality, Scriabin began like many budding composers before him — writing little pieces based on existing models. [...] beguiling but limited new recital disc, the pianist Valentina Lisitsa has assembled more than a dozen Chopinesque exercises from Scriabin’s teenage years and given them performances that are far more eloquent and committed than they really warrant. Читать дальше...
PULLMAN, Washington - Planned Parenthood says it will reopen its clinic in Pullman, Washington, six months after the facility was damaged by arson.
If the name doesn’t exactly sound familiar, there’s no mistaking that furrowed brow — Eliot Sumner is the youngest daughter of Sting (ne Gordon Sumner) and his second wife, Trudie Styler. On her solo debut, “Information,” the 25-year-old singer-songwriter is quick to establish her own identity while staying true to her family’s unrestrained creative spirit. There are shades of her father’s work too, especially on the tracks “Species” and “Dead Arms and Dead Legs,” which sounds like an outtake from... Читать дальше...
ELOY, Ariz. (AP) — Colombian musician Juanes and singer John Legend met immigrants at a jail in Arizona on Wednesday before performing for a small crowd outside the facility to draw attention …
ELOY, Arizona - Colombian musician Juanes and singer John Legend met immigrants at a jail in Arizona on Wednesday before performing for a small crowd outside the facility to draw attention to immigration.
ELOY, Ariz. (AP) — Colombian musician Juanes and singer John Legend met immigrants at a jail in Arizona on Wednesday before performing for a small crowd outside the facility to draw attention …
This just in: Ronda Rousey is not afraid of anything. She's also not in the WWE and is not susceptible to noggin locks from guys in flag capes, as we discovered thanks to the...
The findings of an inquiry into the death of Alexander Litvinenko are to be published on Thursday. What do we know about the case?
New York Knicks regain top spot from the Los Angeles Lakers thanks to a 20-per-cent value increase from 2015
Dysfunctional Minneapolis school board is due for a downsizing.
Five people have been indicted on federal charges that they conspired to steal trade secrets from drugmaker GlaxoSmithKline PLC and to provide them to companies doing business in China.
Don’t expect this British spy thriller, winner of the Royal TV Society Award, to follow any of the standard cliches of the espionage genre. Based on a best-selling novel by William Boyd, who also did the telescript, “Restless” is broken into two time zones: In flashbacks to 1940-41 England and America, we see Sally (now played by Hayley Atwill, often provocatively dressed to lure men and learn secrets) as she is drawn into convoluted assignments handed to her by undercover agent Lucas Romer (Rufus Sewell), who also becomes her lover. Читать дальше...
Disturbingly, our faculty union at Metro State is losing its soul.
SEOUL, Jan. 21 (Yonhap) -- Trade volume between South and North Korea reached an all-time high in 2015 despite strained inter-Korean ties over the North's pursuit of nuclear weapons, a trade association here said Wednesday. Trade between the two Ko
Robaire Arakel Bozeman, 69, of Corvallis died Sunday, Jan. 17, at his home. McHenry Funeral Home is handling arrangements.
Why we need a faculty union at the University of Minnesota.
Critical consensus for movies, week of Jan. 24 Spotlight Star Wars: Room Bridge of Spies The Hateful Eight The Peanuts Movie The Good Dinosaur PG Spectre The Hunger Games: Sisters Concussion In the Heart of the Sea The Secret Soldiers of Benghazi Mojin — The Lost Legend Daddy’s Home Point Break The Masked Saint Ride Along 2 The Road Chip PG *not rated by the Motion Picture Association of America A critical consensus An assessment of current motion pictures by major American film critics. Читать дальше...
The Eagles made official the hirings of defensive coordinator Jim Schwartz and offensive coordinator Frank Reich Wednesday. Thirteen other additions to new coach Doug Pederson’s staff were also announced. Duce Staley, who interviewed for the head coaching job after Chip Kelly was fired, was retained as running backs coach. Also retained were special teams coach…
Viacom announced Wednesday that compensation for Executive Chairman Sumner Redstone declined 85 percent to $2 million for fiscal 2015, Reuters reported. That is in sharp contrast to Redstone’s total compensation for 2014, which was $13 million.
MADISON, Wis. (AP) — The Wisconsin Senate has signed off on a package of bills that would crack down on tracking prescription drugs as way to combat heroin abuse.
*Covers entire wall in Kerrang posters*
Loads of mini badges.
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Unfolding mess in Flint, Mich., shows the value of key protections.
