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Clean energy and environmental interests usually go hand in hand. But in western New York, they are battling over plans to build dozens of wind turbines that could be among the nation’s tallest, rising 600 feet above the scenic shores of Lake Ontario.

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LOS ANGELES, Nov. 27 (UPI) -- Sylvester Stallone dropped out of "Godforsaken" less than two weeks before shooting was to begin, causing STX Entertainment to stop pre-production on the movie.

To date or not to date the ex?

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Single platform aimed at addressing ‘advice gap’ is first of its kind, says UK lender

It will be released as a report into the abuse is published.

He tied LeBron in triple-doubles in nearly 400 fewer games.

Even Mario, the theater-loving waiter who’s seen the show multiple times, has to admit to himself that the plot — a love story arising from a court case to defend an unjustly accused chimpanzee — is “imbecilic.” [...] one of the book’s most appealing characters, dinosaur-loving kindergartner Edward, asks at an unfortunately quiet moment in the performance, “Grandpa, are you interested in this?” The author of more than two dozen works of fiction and nonfiction, including the novel “Lovers at the Chameleon Club... Читать дальше...

The judge also decided not to send her to prison because she has disabled children.

The J.K. Rowling prequel had a 'Phantom Menace'-worthy hold over the holiday as 'Doctor Strange' became the MCU's biggest single-hero origin story hit ever.

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The CIA declassified scores of articles from Studies in Intelligence, The Agency's internal journal on "historical, operational, doctrinal, and theoretical aspects of intelligence."

One undated article settles one of the most controversial incidents of the Cold War's often-panicked final decade: the 1983 "war scare" in which rhetoric of nearly unprecedented belligerence from Moscow may have been backed with a secret KGB protocol to remain on a state of alert nearly tantamount to a war-footing. Читать дальше...

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NEW YORK, Nov. 27 (UPI) -- A police station house in Brooklyn posted a Thanksgiving-themed "mannequin challenge."

Next stop, Paris! We are days away from the Victoria's Secret Fashion Show 2016 and the gorgeous group taking part in it jetted off to the French capital Sunday for...

US Senator Marco Rubio said that he does not believe in Russuan meddling the US presidential elections, but the American people need to be made aware if in fact there is evidence that a foreign government tried to interfere with or influence the direction of US politics.

'Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them' moves into second place.

Het hevige noodweer dat Italië de afgelopen dagen teisterde en voor veel overstromingen zorgde is voorbij. De zorgen blijven voorlopig. De waterstand in de Po is gevaarlijk hoog en zal naar verwachting pas dinsdag dalen.

Jennifer Garner is spending the holidays close to the ones she loves. The 44-year-old actress recently opened up about her plans for Christmas, which of course include her kids – Violet, 10, Seraphina, 7, and Samuel, 4. PHOTOS: Check out the latest pics of Jennifer Garner “Family all being together [makes me happiest],” Jen told [...]

In an interview with the New York Times last week, President-elect Donald Trump appeared open to accepting “some connectivity” between human activity and climate change.

Not so much the loss of a loved one or marriage, though Szalay’s characters at points encounter both, but rather all the other losses that color the anxieties of our times: losses of power and wealth, status and job security, not to mention the ability, when going out at night, to “pull.” Szalay’s interesting conceit, in a hybrid work short-listed for this year’s Man Booker Prize, is to string nine separate stories together about men at different ages, climbing up from 17 to 73, to form a composite portrait of white European manhood. Читать дальше...

WOODSTOCK, N.Y. (AP) — People with disabilities could drive up a mountain to one of the five remaining fire towers in the Catskills under a proposal by the New York Department of Environmental Conservation.

WOODSTOCK, N.Y. (AP) — People with disabilities could drive up a mountain to one of the five remaining fire towers in the Catskills under a proposal by the New York Department of Environmental Conservation. Under the state's updated access plan , people with disabilities could drive to the fire tower with a special permit.

Chabon’s latest work, a quasi-memoir couched in a novel’s clothing, is both a hotchpotch stroll down memory lane and an exercise in exploring the slippery nature of truth and memory. The Attention Merchants The Epic Scramble to Get Inside Our Heads Swing Time The Penguin Press; 455 pages; $27 Smith’s vibrant novel follows two biracial childhood friends over decades, tracking the rise and ebb of their friendship and fortunes as they shimmy on the fringes of the musical entertainment industry. Читать дальше...

Literary guide Mark Coleman “Make Peace With Your Mind.” 7 p.m. Book Passage, 51 Tamal Vista Blvd., Corte Madera. Elizabeth Rynecki “Chasing Portraits: A Great-Granddaughter’s Quest for Her Lost Art Legacy.” 7 p.m. Books Inc., 74 Town & Country Village, Palo Alto. Nourse Theater, 275 Hayes St., S.F. (415) 392-4400. www.cityarts.net. 6 p.m. Book Passage, One Ferry Building, S.F. (415) 835-1020. www.bookpassage.com. 7 p.m. City Lights Bookstore, 261 Columbus Ave., S.F. (415) 362-8193. www.citylights.com. Joel Coen... Читать дальше...

MILAN — More than 16 years after his father scuppered Juventus’ title hopes, Giovanni Simeone has halted the Bianconeri’s charge to a sixth successive Serie A title.

He has played 12 games at the AHL and NHL levels since the start of 2015-16