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At 55, Clowes is one of the most influential artists in the independent comics world. His latest book, Patience, uses time travel to look at the ways random events can set a life on a new path.

Olivia de Havilland festival: The Stanford Theatre has launched a festival in honor of the Academy Award-winning actress, who turns 100 in July. “Captain Blood” (1935), her breakthrough film, screens at 7:30 p.m. Friday, May 13. Stanford Theatre, Palo Alto. www.stanfordtheatre.com Jewel: The singer-songwriter, right, kicks off the concert season at this scenic Saratoga venue. 7:30 p.m. Friday, May 13. Mountain Winery, Saratoga. www.axs.com... Читать дальше...

The tree stirred and the sound of the needles was sshh, sshh, sshh. “A Country Road, a Tree,” a novel by Jo Baker When I insisted on keeping the baby, Ned threw his hands into the air palms-forward. “Sweet Lamb of Heaven,” a novel by Lydia Millet A guy walks into Kentucky Fried Chicken and says... Читать дальше...

Marilyn Malara
NEW YORK, May 12 (UPI) -- Leslie Jones appeared opposite the show's upcoming host and musical guest Drake in a series of short promos.

A North Seattle man now accused of stabbing two neighbors had harassed one of them for years, prosecutors say.

Media group considers adding ‘two or three strategic investors’

Warning: This post contains nudity a hundred times over. You've been warned. 

Another day, another controversy for Facebook.

A new report published by the Guardian Thursday states in no uncertain terms that the social network relies on "human intervention at almost every stage of its news operation." The paper published a 21-page internal Facebook document showing guidelines for the social network's news editors that include information about how they can "inject" stories into the site's Trending Topics module under certain circumstances. Gizmodo made the... Читать дальше...

Artist Spencer Tunick is asking 100 women to pose naked and hold mirrors at sunrise in downtown Cleveland

French utility sticks to nuclear cost estimate but allows for ‘extreme scenarios’

The DA in KZN has lashed out at education MEC Peggy Nkonyeni for refusing to acknowledge the existence of overcrowded schools in the province.

The ruling is a win for House Republicans who brought the politically charged legal challenge.

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Wow, talk about breaking Mom's heart.. Pamela Anderson's youngest child, son Dylan Jagger Lee, 18, says he has never seen an episode of Baywatch. You know, that TV show...

Allen Cone
NEW YORK, May 12 (UPI) -- Dean Skelos became the second powerful state politician in New York to be sentenced to prison for public corruption.

The impression has been created that, as with the NHS, a Conservative government is hell-bent on destroying a prized national institution

Supporters of the Workers’ Party demonstrating last month in Brasília. The fall of the party, which was once devoted to transparency and clean government, has deepened public mistrust of Brazilian politics.

Bhubaneswar, May 12 () A group of SC/ST MLAs, staging a demonstration outside the Chief Minister's chamber in Odisha Assembly premises, shifted its protest to the well of the House after they were allegedly evicted forcefully by security personnel.

RAF

British Typhoon fighter jets have intercepted three Russian military transport aircraft approaching the Baltic States, the defense ministry said on Thursday.

The British fighters, scrambled from Amari Air Base in Estonia, intercepted the Russian aircraft, which were not transmitting a recognized identification code and were unresponsive, the ministry said.

"We were able to instantly respond to this act of Russian aggression — demonstration of our commitment to NATO's collective... Читать дальше...

On Tuesday, officials from the International Monetary Fund arrived in Kiev for a nine-day visit to review the country's loan arrangement; Kiev hopes the visit will end in the resumption of IMF lending. Ukrainian economists Alexander Dudchak and Denis Denisov explain why the injection of IMF funds will not help their country's battered economy.

A federal judge sided with House Republicans' lawsuit against Obamacare on Thursday — a significant victory for one of the last remaining legal challenges to the President Barack Obama's health law.

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Tech layoffs have doubled in the Bay Area last year, according to a new report from the San Jose Mercury News.

And those are just the ones that can be counted.

By analyzing WARN Act filings, the four-county area of Santa Clara, San Mateo, Alameda, and San Francisco had a total of 3,135 tech jobs lost in the first quarter of 2016, the Mercury News calculated. That's up from 1,330 in the first quarter of 2015.

Among the tech companies to lose employees are SurveyMonkey (57)... Читать дальше...