Новости за 19.02.2016

Daniel Uria
FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla., Feb. 19 (UPI) -- A Florida man showed off his balancing skills by riding a unique unicycle that featured a set of wooden legs in place of a wheel.

VIROQUA — A 32-year-old rural Viroqua man was arrested Thursday morning for stealing a vehicle on North Washington Avenue.

With the smartphone market slowing, it is more important than ever for manufacturers to stand out from the crowd. At Mobile World Congress, the world’s biggest smartphone showcase, companies like Samsung, Huawei and Xiaomi all want to be showstoppers in Barcelona next week. Smartphone sales growth in 2015 slowed to its lowest rate since 2008, figures from Gartner show. Even Apple is feeling the pinch with sales of its iPhone dropping year-on-year for the first time in history in the fourth quarter.

Hollis Johnson

1. Uniqlo made a tiny change to the shirt that made it famous Uniqlo slightly loosened the fit of the Oxford Slim Fit Cloth button-down shirt. The reviews section for the shirt on Uniqlo's website is filled with comments from consumers who dislike the change.

2. The lingerie brand that refuses to airbrush models just took another step to be more relatable to women than Victoria's Secret

On Thursday American Eagle's teen lingerie brand, Aerie, launched a new... Читать дальше...

A mentally retarded man was recently caught on camera ‘praying to God’ like a Muslim will do. A passerby decided to get it taped with his phone’s camera and here’s it below as posted by a Facebook user, Lab Musah: Allahu Akbar …….masha Allah may the almighty Allah accept his prayers and heal him from […]

ENSCHEDE - De Enschedese Noëlle Vennemann heeft vrijdag de 14e plaats gehaald op het onderdeel Skeleton tijdens de Jeugd Olympische Spelen in Lillehammer.

Anna Newell Jones

In 2009, Anna Newell Jones had $23,605 in credit card and student loan debt that she just couldn't figure out how to pay off.

"Money came in and was gone before I knew it. There was nothing left to pay off the giant pile of debt that was haunting me at all times. I was hopeless and out of options," Newell Jones writes in her upcoming book, "The Spender's Guide to Debt-Free Living."

But she found the "trifecta" that got her get out of debt: crush autopilot spending habits... Читать дальше...

A brave team spent four hours wandering through the 'dangerous' cave before they stumbled across the rusty mound.

Emma Watson is ready to take a break from Hollywood to focus her attention on other passions in her life. The 25-year-old brilliant actress sat down with activist bell hooks—author...

Read full story for latest details.

British Prime Minister David Cameron said that he will stay in Brussels untill Sunfday in order to reach agreement on EU reforms demanded by the United Kingdom.

[...] even with so little going for me, and so little inspiration (see, it happens to all of us), I did know one thing: A container of homemade shredded pork in the refrigerator means that there will be dinner later in the week and that my future frazzled self will look back on my current frazzled self and be grateful. [...] I seared the pork, tossed in some garlic and chicken broth, and tossed the whole thing into the slow cooker for a while. If you want a bit more flavor, you can throw in some... Читать дальше...

The hottest fashions for this spring include everyone's favorite cult survivor wearing a magenta Members Only jacket.

The Executive Board of the International Monetary Fund (IMF) selected Christine Lagarde to serve as IMF Managing Director for a second five-year term starting on July 5, 2016, according to press release.

The construction of two more units of the Bushehr nuclear power plant are due to start in the nearest future, the head of Russia's Rosatom State Nuclear Energy Corporation said Friday.

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When you start a new job, it's normal to have your boss check up on you and double-check your work to make sure that you are doing things correctly. At the very least, she will touch base with you verbally or via email to ensure that everything is going smoothly.

But what if your boss is always double-checking your work, even when it's not appropriate because you are a high-level employee? Or if she is doing it after you have been at your job long enough ... Читать дальше...

The University of the Witwatersrand has confirmed that 14 people were arrested and taken to the Hillbrow Police Station on Friday afternoon for violating a court order which the university obtained earlier this year.

Harper Lee is vrijdagochtend in haar woning in Monroeville op 89-jarige leeftijd overleden. Ze was bekend geworden als schrijfster door haar boek To Kill a Mockingbird.

Dean Cheng

Security, Asia

Beijing is prepared to employ military forces to support its expansive claims to the South China Sea.

The U.S. government has reported that China has deployed several batteries of surface-to-air missiles (HQ-9) to Woody Island, Paracels, in the South China Sea. This is a significant military move, and it makes clear that China is prepared to employ military forces to support its expansive claims to the South China Sea.

The People’s Liberation... Читать дальше...

Even if the Daesh terrorist group is in possession of radioactive material, its members are highly unlikely to have the capability to make a dirty bomb, Major Chris Hunter, a former bomb disposal officer, told Sputnik.

Well, that's one show-stopping pair of "Pretty Girls." Pop royalty Britney Spears officially crossed paths with a queen of politics, Democratic presidential candidate...

With questions being raised over the promised price of Rs 251 for a 3G smartphone by new entrant Ringing Bells, the Telecom Ministry has found that a device with such specifications would cost about Rs 2,300.

After their boys have all grown up and lived independently, couple Bernie and Dianne knew that they still want to raise another child – and this time a daughter, by adoption. They eagerly attended an adoption event where they were surrounded with healthy and playful children who all wanted affection and a real family. But […]

It’s no secret that the Cowboys are looking for a quarterback who can, ideally, play in the event Tony Romo is injured and take over for him at some point down the road. “The Cowboys are really doing their due diligence,” Clarence E. Hill, Jr. of the Fort Worth Star-Telegram said on Thursday’s PFT Live.…

Carol Krucoff says living with a brain tumour is an exercise in courage, patience, gratitude and faith.