Новости за 05.02.2016

Daniel Uria
TULSA, Okla., Feb. 5 (UPI) -- A squirrel caused a 40-minute power outage according to Public Service Company of Oklahoma.

Investors have swarmed to the cloud in recent years, but forecasts from LinkedIn and Tableau set off alarm bells.

His clever idea in forming Earth, Wind & Fire was to power forward with an ethical black music that could force us to keep our heads up to the sky when it matters most.

Plaintiffs’ lawyers and CEOs should never be too cosy

PHILADELPHIA - One of three men convicted of kidnapping and torturing a Philadelphia jewelry store worker before dumping her in a cemetery in an attempt to get the shop's security codes has been sentenced to more than 30 years in prison.

A proposed resolution working its way up the American Bar Association is stirring alarm among some local bar groups, which fear it would open the door to non-lawyer ownership of law firms.

Twitter Inc. said Friday that it has suspended more than 125,000 Twitter accounts for "threatening or promoting terrorist acts" since the middle of 2015. Most of the tweets were related to ISIS, the company said. Additionally, the company said it had created bigger teams to review reports, which cuts down on response time. "We have already seen results, including an increase in account suspensions and this type of activity shifting off of Twitter," the blog post said. Twitter added that it cooperates... Читать дальше...

With "Batman v Superman: Dawn Of Justice" looming ever closer, fans aren't letting Zack Snyder off the hook for his gritty, General Zod-killing Superman in "Man Of Steel." At every turn, Snyder has defended his choices, and does so again, but now ups the ante by essentially saying his superhero movie was done with all due respect to the source material.  “People are always like ‘You changed Superman.’ If you’re a comic book fan, you know that I didn’t change Superman. If you know the true canon, you know that I didn’t change Superman. Читать дальше...

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Since the middle of last year, Twitter has suspended over 125,000 accounts that the social messaging company believes promoted terrorist activity largely connected to ISIS.

Facing heightened pressure from consumers and U.S. lawmakers, Twitter published a statement on its official blog Friday highlighting its work to curb violent extremism on its network.

“Like most people around the world, we are horrified by the atrocities perpetrated by extremist groups,” the post begins. Читать дальше...

Annie Martin
ANDERSON, Ind., Feb. 5 (UPI) -- "Teen Mom OG" star Amber Portwood and fiancé Matt Baier are "focused" on their future after setting the record straight on his alleged secret children.

The drop in oil prices is obvious. The simultaneously falling costs of production aren't. CNBC's Morgan Brennan reports.

Twitter Inc. on Friday revealed it suspended 125,000 accounts associated with the Islamic State over the past six months.

Twitter gets defensive as it faces a flurry of criticism over the use of its platform as a recruiting tool for ISIS.

The singer showcases her refreshing voice in a performance with host Marian McPartland.

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Twitter said Friday it has shuttered 125,000 accounts threatening terrorist attacks since mid-2015.

A Planned Parenthood clinic in Pullman, serving Washington State University and the University of Idaho, reopened Friday almost exactly six months after it was largely destroyed in an arson attack.

Ben Hooper
VALEMOUNT, British Columbia, Feb. 5 (UPI) -- A snowmobile rider in British Columbia captured video of his "close call" when he was buried by the snow from an avalanche.

Noela Rukundo

Courtesy of the Australian Broadcasting Corporation

Balenga Kalala was saying goodbye to the last visitors at his partner’s funeral when he saw what he thought was a ghost. Noela Rukundo — the mother of his children, the woman people were there to mourn — was standing right outside their house in Melbourne, Australia.

“Surprise!” said Rukundo, according to an interview that aired Friday on the BBC. “I’m still alive!”

Kalala had told his friends and... Читать дальше...

WASHINGTON - The latest Democratic debate found Hillary Clinton in a defensive crouch about her Wall Street ties and making iffy claims about that longtime relationship. Rival Bernie Sanders offered a fumbling account of a campaign ad that boasted of endorsements that were bogus.

Lynn Tilton is stepping down as collateral manager of her debt fund used to support her PE firm's portfolio companies.

Richard Tomkins
ANKARA, Turkey, Feb. 5 (UPI) -- Turkish Aerospace Industries and Polska Grupa Zbrojeniowa have partnered in a bid to win the Polish military's KRUK Combat Helicopter Procurement Program.

LOS ANGELES - Shares of Hollywood studio Lions Gate plunged Friday after it missed earnings expectations due to the underperformance of the finale of "The Hunger Games" and investors fled as hopes diminished for the company to become an acquisition vehicle.

A famosa adolescência da vida adulta.

Quando alguma coisa aborrecer seu dia, responda: isso vai fazer diferença daqui um ano?

Geralmente a resposta é não. É uma boa forma de colocar as coisas em perspectivas.

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Curta mais a sua família (independente de quem você considera família).

Estas são as pessoas que vão fazer você entender melhor quem você é. E você nunca vai pensar "nossa... Читать дальше...

UPDATE: 3:55 p.m. EST -- BlackBerry said approximately 200 people were affected by the layoffs confirmed on Friday affecting the company's operations in Waterloo, Canada, and Sunrise, Florida. That figure is drastically smaller than a report that said about 1,000 jobs had been impacted.  Original story: