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Roboter haben das Sonnensystem übernommen – und das ist toll.

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Monday, December 19, 2016

Mayor Edwin M. Lee introduced at the Board of Supervisors the City’s Five-Year Financial Plan (Financial Plan) for Fiscal Years (FY) 2017-18 through 2021-22. Over the next five years, the Financial Plan projects that the City will experience continued economic growth; however, the plan also notes that revenue growth is slowing.

The Financial Plan shows that the cost of City services is projected to outpace revenue growth during the five-year period. If the City does not take corrective action... Читать дальше...

Guest: Brian Milakovsky has been living in Ukraine and Russia since 2009. He has worked on both ecological and humanitarian issues. Today he lives in Luhansk Oblast in the Donbass region, where he works in an aid organization. He occasionally write about his impressions in the Donbas. His most recent article is “The Church: Caught...

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In this week's news, John McEnroe, Bjorn Borg, Andre Agassi, Rod Laver and Pete Sampras name the Greatest Player of All Time.

US ambassadors "represent the views of President-elect Trump, and not their own views when they get elected and appointed into these positions," Reince Priebus said.

Singer-actress Janelle Monáe and director Ted Melfi stop by the WSJ Cafe to talk about their new film "Hidden Figures," a fact-based historical drama about the black female mathematicians and engineers who helped NASA win the space race. Photo: 20th Century Fox

Richard de Grijs previews a new documentary about the people’s history of Chinese astronomy

For its part, Israel should be cognizant of the fact that a Trump administration will be capable of radical change in global affairs.

After a decade of thumbing its nose at San Francisco’s zoning laws, the Academy of Art University has agreed to a $60 million settlement with the city aimed at bringing the school’s many illegally converted buildings into compliance with local rules. The deal caps a highly charged battle with one of the nation’s largest for-profit art schools, an institution that is also one of the city’s biggest landlords — a fight that culminated in May when City Attorney Dennis Herrera sued the academy. The... Читать дальше...

From 'Dr Strangelove' to 'Bad Santa' via 'Withnail and I', these are the movies that some sections of the audience just didn't get

The morpho butterfly appears blue but it isn't actually. It looks blue not because of pigment but because of some very fancy scales on its wings.

"Rogue One: A Star Wars Story" star Alan Tudyk plays K-2SO, an Imperial droid who was reprogrammed and finds himself with the rebellion. Alan explains what it was like controlling K-2SO, and how they went about making the best movie they could.

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Campaigners say texting, checking emails, and making calls while driving should become as socially uacceptable as not wearing a seat belt or drink-driving

Keep warm on the slopes with our pick of the technical tops and bottoms

On Israel’s border with Lebanon, all seems quiet. Just minutes away, IDF soldiers are watching those scenes with different eyes, on the lookout for a Hezbollah attack – and what they find can be a matter of life and death.

Senator John Thune sent FAA a letter dated December 1, 2016.