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Recommendations from Copperfield’s Books Recommendations of recent books from the staffs of a rotating list of Bay Area independent bookstores. Fiction In this rich, daring and haunting novel, Miranda joins a handful of dedicated scientists on the isolated Farallon Islands off the coast of San Francisco as a nature photographer. Set in Iraq and Syria, with ISIL as a menacing backdrop, this novel beguiles us with charm as we enter a world rent with danger, heartbreak and confusion we Westerners can hardly imagine. Читать дальше...

The Packers aren’t ruling any of their injured wide receivers out for Sunday’s game against the Falcons, but they know that they may need to go without one or all of Jordy Nelson, Davante Adams and Geronimo Allison. All three players were listed as out of practice on Friday — it was an estimation as…

On June 6, 2013, Britain’s Guardian newspaper published an explosive story revealing it had obtained official documents showing that the super-secret National Security Agency had been engaging in the “bulk collection” of phone bill records of millions of Americans. Three days later, in a video posted on the Guardian’s website, a 29-year-old employee of Booz Allen Hamilton, a firm contracted to provide tech support to the NSA, declared that he was the source of the documents. From a Hong Kong hotel room... Читать дальше...

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Ellen DeGeneres compiled a video of many celebrities thanking Barack Obama for his contributions to LGBT rights. Celebrities including Laverne Cox, Neil Patrick Harris (with guest appearances by his twins), Jim Parsons, Evan Rachel Wood, Colton Haynes, Sia, Ellen‘s wife Portia de Rossi, Jesse Tyler Ferguson and Drew Barrymore made a special video for the [...]

As the sun was rising on Inauguration Day in America, nearly 650 people halfway around the world in Tokyo participated in a show of solidarity with the millions expected for the Women’s March on Washington.

[...] each one of those cigarettes meant something ... a signal, medication, a stimulant or a sedative, they were a plaything, an accessory, a fetish object, something to help pass the time, a memory aid, a communication tool or an object of meditation. Hens’ memories — spun as stories, for he is a piquant, enchanting storyteller — follow one after another, though not before they have been surgically dissected for elements of self-discovery lurking in that memory’s cigarette. [...] Will Self’s introduction is a gloriously mad prelude... Читать дальше...

Johnson, who was born and raised in Marin County and has taught writing to teens, follows a group of kids as they struggle their way toward adulthood, but these are no ordinary kids. [...] under the constant tourniquet pressure from parents and teachers to succeed, and the even more relentless demands from peers to fall in line or risk social banishment, life becomes a tsunami waiting to unfurl. The novel begins with a tragedy in eighth grade, starring Calista, 13 years old, a bright girl who has a crush on Ryan... Читать дальше...

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Eight people who worked at several rat-breeding facilities in Illinois and Wisconsin have been infected with a virus not commonly found in the United States.

The UN Security Council agrees that Astana talks should become a step toward the success of the UN-led talks on Syria in the beginning of February, Swedish Ambassador to the UN Olof Skoog told reporters on Friday.

Andrew V. Pestano and Doug G. Ware
Jan. 20 (UPI) -- Mexican cartel leader Joaquin "El Chapo" Guzmán pleaded not guilty in New York Friday to drug-related criminal charges from decades of narcotics trafficking

You’re zipping along with the vacuum, making short work of your weekend chores, when all of a sudden you feel the brushroll stop spinning and the motor revs into high gear. You’ve got a broken va...

D66-leider Alexander Pechtold roept collega-lijsttrekkers op om elkaar niet langer uit te sluiten, geen breekpunten meer op te werpen en elkaar niet te schreeuwerig te bevechten in de verkiezingscampagne.

SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico — Puerto Rico’s new governor on Friday rejected orders from a federal control board in the first clash over how best to tackle the government’s deep financial crisis after a decade-long economic slump in the U.S. territory. Gov. Ricardo Rossello called the board’s demands unacceptable and said they differ greatly from

This Next Avenue Influencer in Aging hopes the U.S. government will adapt policies to reflect the aging society.

Far fewer people attended President Donald Trump's inauguration Friday than his predecessor's swearing-in eight years ago. Photos of the National Mall from President Barack Obama's inauguration in January 2009 show a teeming crowd ...

Barron's senior editor Jack Hough and WSJ's Tanya Rivero discuss the latest issue of Barron's. Topics include experts' thoughts on the strength of earnings and the broader market in 2017. Plus, should investors review Disney's bottom line? Also, a look at a one-of-a-kind Vacheron $1 million watch.

Anastasia Aukeman “Bruce Connor & the Rat Bastard Protective Association.” Blane Bachelor & friends “Lonely Planet Travel Anthology.” 2 p.m. Bird & Beckett Books & Records, 653 Cheneryt St., S.F. (415) 586-3733. www.birdbeckett.com. Laura Anne Gilman “The Cold Eye.” 3 p.m. Borderlands Books, 866 Valencia St., S.F. www.borderlands-books.com. Julie King “How to Talk So Little Kids Will Listen.” Jonathan Moore “The Dark Room.” 3 p.m. Diesel, 5433 College Ave., Oakland. Will Schwalbe “Books for Living.” 4 p.m. Book Passage... Читать дальше...

Cheer up: Nia Long, left, and Idina Menzel star in Lifetime’s remake of “Beaches.”