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Related Links A guide to upcoming Bay Area food festivals The San Francisco edition of annual porcine extravaganza, Cochon 555, is just three weeks away. As in previous years, the all-you-can-eat (and drink) event, which will be held on Sunday, May 1 at 5 p.m., at Terra Gallery (511 Harrison St., S.F.), will feature a ton of culinary star power. Here’s the lineup of the 2016 competing chefs, each of which will create six dishes from one whole hog, who will vying for the “Prince of Porc” title: Neil... Читать дальше...

HALIFAX, Nova Scotia - An 80-year-old woman dubbed Canada's "Black Widow" has been arrested after breaching the conditions of her release by using the internet at a library in Halifax, Nova Scotia.

Cops are questioning the pre-teens who were nearly victims of a creep who exposed himself to them Tuesday.

Customers are steamed and shares decline as one analyst speculates that it will hit the coffee chain's traffic

Today we are encouraged to live every part of our waking lives to the fullest and get by with as little time as possible devoted to sleep. People who claim to need only a few hours of sleep each night are envied, even admired. Sleep is often treated as wasted time, and those who get a full night of Zs are considered old-fashioned, or even lazy.

Two men were shot in home invasion in Brisbane's east.

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The US military has released a video that showcases the US-led anti-ISIS coalition obliterating an ISIS weapons storage facility near to Qayyarah, Iraq.

The airstrikes were conducted on April 1 as part of a larger operation by the anti-ISIS coalition on that day. Altogether, the coalition conducted 17 strikes throughout Iraq and Syria. 

US Central Command notes that the airstrikes near Qayyarah hit a range of targets beyond the weapons cache. Читать дальше...

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Wednesday will be Kobe Bryant's final game in the NBA, ending, after 20 seasons, one of the greatest careers the NBA has ever seen.

Bryant's work ethic and his competitiveness have practically become legends in the sports world, but what can get lost is how it can negatively affect a team.

ESPN's Baxter Holmes chronicled a seven-game stretch that led to Bryant's devastating torn Achilles in 2013. Torn Achilles are brutal for athletes in general, but Bryant, already 34... Читать дальше...

U.S. regulators are preparing to notify some of the largest U.S. banks, including J.P. Morgan Chase & Co., that they have submitted flawed plans detailing how they would handle a potential bankruptcy, according to people familiar with the matter.

U.S. regulators are preparing to notify some of the largest U.S. banks, including J.P. Morgan Chase & Co., that they have submitted flawed plans detailing how they would handle a potential bankruptcy, according to people familiar with the matter.

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Prepare for the invasion of the chatbots.

Facebook just released new tools that will let any business build "smart" chatbots that users can interact with and even buy things from while using the Messenger app.

But what about Facebook's own supersmart virtual assistant, M?

The bot, which Facebook first introduced to the world in the fall, got few on-stage mentions during the company's F8 developer conference on Tuesday.

And the third-party... Читать дальше...

Jharkhand Chief Minister Raghubar Das today ordered a probe into the alleged police baton charge on journalists in Jamshedpur on Sunday.

Wayne Newton’s jam session with The Roots on “The Tonight Show With Jimmy Fallon” will have to wait for another night. Curtailed by a high fever and bronchitis, Newton had to ...

PITTSBURGH (AP) — A man who bilked people out of more than $1 million by falsely claiming he could help book a Pharrell concert for a South Korean steel company and targeting women in online dating scams was sentenced Tuesday…

PITTSBURGH - A man who bilked people out of more than $1 million by falsely claiming he could help book a Pharrell concert for a South Korean steel company and targeting women in online dating scams was sentenced Tuesday to two years in prison.

Verizon Communications Inc. said it would expand its Fios fiber-optic network into the city of Boston, one of the big gaps in the carrier’s Northeastern footprint.

(AP) — UConn students, already facing a tuition hike, won't be seeing an increase next year in their room, board or other mandatory university fees. Susan Herbst, the school's president, says she has decided to recommend that the school's Board of Trustees keep the mandatory fees at current levels through the 2016-17 school year.

No team has ever started 0-7 and made the playoffs, but as Trevor Plouffe points out, the Twins' 1991 champs stumbled at the start, too.

Irrigation minister T Harish Rao said that the cabinet sub-committee of Union water resources ministry agreed to include 11 state irrigation projects in the Pradhan Mantri Krishi Sinchai Yojana (PMKSY).

Candidates vying to become the next UN secretary-general fielded questions Tuesday on global crises -- from climate change to achieving Middle East peace -- during the first-ever hearings to choose the world`s top diplomat.

Twice a week, The Chronicle features a home on the market that caught our eye for its architecture, history or character. Professional-grade Wolf appliances outfit a kitchen anchored by a butcher-block island, and a dining patio features a wood-burning pizza oven. Two homes occupy the gated, half-acre lot with a pool and landscaped gardens. The main home has plaster walls, arched entryways, sconces and wrought-iron accents. The formal dining room has impressive scale, and the family room shares an open floor plan with the kitchen. Читать дальше...

House Speaker Paul Ryan in a press conference Tuesday afternoon put to rest speculation about a 2016 run for president. "Count me out," he said.

– How often should a couple have sex to be happy? – Science has finally found an answer to this question While most people believe more sex means more happiness, scientists have a different opinion on this delicate matter. Researchers from the University of Toronto Mississauga have recently conducted a study that eventually revealed a magic number. READ ALSO: Ladies, […]