Новости за 11.03.2016

Ben Hooper
NEW YORK, March 11 (UPI) -- Customs agents in New York announced they seized about two pounds of cocaine concealed inside cakes brought to the country from Mexico.

The Justice Department criticized Apple for allegedly helping the Chinese government access customer phone data while refusing to assist U.S. agents. WSJ's Devlin Barrett reports. Photo: Getty

You just have this fear that you’ll be called that for the rest of your life.

The Playlist Podcast returns for an in-depth conversation with Ciro Guerra, the immensely talented director behind "The Wind Journeys" and "Embrace Of The Serpent," his new film that's been rolling out to theaters in limited release since February, courtesy of Oscilloscope Laboratories. (Read our effusive original review out of Cannes 2015 here). We certainly hope you've already had a chance to see the film, or will be able to do so soon. If it comes to your city, don't miss the opportunity to check it out at a theater... Читать дальше...

After a rough start to the year, some traders are banking on a turnaround for shares of Goldman Sachs.

Can you rock a man bun?

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Actor Aaron Paul has not made it a secret that he loves Stephen King’s epic book series “The Dark Tower” and that he really wants to be in the movie adaptation.

In 2012, he tweeted out to his fans that it would be a “HUGE dream” to be in the movie.

Then in 2014, he told Ain’t It Cool News that he’d had a “ton of meetings” about the movie, including with Ron Howard, who is a producer on the film.

The “Breaking Bad” star would love to play the drug-addicted... Читать дальше...

Brooks Hays
CAMBRIDGE, Mass., March 11 (UPI) -- A novel 3D material can fold and unfold, shrink and expand by itself -- within seconds. When folded flat, the material can withstand the weight of an elephant.

(AP) — The Minneapolis NAACP has demanded an apology from Joe's Crab Shack after diners at a restaurant in a St. Paul suburb complained that their table was embedded with a photo depicting the hanging of a black man in Texas in 1895. At a news conference outside the restaurant Thursday, the NAACP called the image "egregious," demanding an apology and the removal of racist imagery from all Joe's Crab Shack restaurants.

The 20-year-old represented Russia at the 2015 World Juniors.

LINCOLN, Neb. (AP) — A 61-year-old Lincoln man has been accused of fleecing an ailing aunt out of around $127,000.

Five robots produced by the Russian company "PromoBot" greeted visitors in one of the business centers in the Chinese city of Hangzhou.

Editorial Board Member Mary Kissel wraps up this week’s commentary and highlights her top picks.

– Rabiu Kwankwaso, a former governor of Kano state,  has reacted to APC’s threat to suspend him for organizing a “violent rally”  – The ex-governor said his possible suspension would trigger the split of the party The immediate-past governor of Kano State, Rabiu Kwankwaso, who was accused by the state chapter of the All Progressives Congress (APC) of staging […]

Rafael Arnez McCloud allegedly had killed once before. More than eight months later — and days after escaping a Mississippi jail — he appeared poised to kill again. Wielding a bloody knife, he held a man, a woman and their 5-year-old son hostage in a bathroom of their Vicksburg home.But this time, he was the one who ended up dead.Early Thursday, the 24-year-old wife and mother, who’d been allowed to ...

Grocery-delivery startup Instacart is cutting pay for couriers who shuttle groceries in San Francisco and Los Angeles, in an effort to cut costs in a more difficult funding environment.

Grocery-delivery startup Instacart is cutting pay for couriers who shuttle groceries in San Francisco and Los Angeles, in an effort to cut costs in a more difficult funding environment.

More than 100 sheep worth an estimated £17,000 died at a farm in West Sussex

Many of the items had already been stolen from their rightful owners and were in police custody

If I had to come up with a catchphrase for the average college student, what would it be?

"I'll have a large coffee, please."

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Brazilian authorities are coming after former President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva again — this time on money laundering charges, according to state news service Agencia Brasil.State prosecutors in Sao Paulo want the former President held in pretrial detention on charges he and his family members hid assets — specifically a beachfront condo that they say he and his family used, according to the agency. The condo was not in ...

In a left-handed compliment, Congress on Friday said Sri Sri Ravi Shankar's "blessings" have found the Prime Minister and Delhi Chief Minister on the same page backing the Art of Living event despite the "ecological disaster" on the floodplains of Yamuna.

As the Big East basketball tournament gets underway, conference commissioner Val Ackerman joins Tanya Rivero to discuss the outlook on the tournament, the challenges facing female athletes and more. Photo: AP

New UFC bantamweight champion Miesha Tate reflects on her win over Holly Holm and talks about her future plans.

Editor’s note: The hero appellation ascribed to ex-president Goodluck Jonathan for conceding defeat to President Muhammadu Buhari during the last presidential election. Mazi Sam Ohuabunwa OFR from Abia shares his views on why Nigerians are so desperate to win the elections.   Desperation to win elections in Nigeria is not in decline one bit. After the […]