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University takes new steps to comply with Iranian sanctions

«SFGate» (sfgate.com) 

The University of Massachusetts at Amherst said last winter it would ban Iranian citizens from certain graduate programs in science and engineering but reversed the decision days later and assembled a panel to study the issue. The university won't restrict regular coursework for international students but can review independent study projects.

$3 million restoration project improves Alcatraz Island

TheRepublic.com 

SAN FRANCISCO - More than a million people visit Alcatraz Island every year to see the shuttered prison sitting in the San Francisco Bay, made famous by Clint Eastwood in the movie about the great escape of three prisoners in the early 1960s.

Emmitt Smith withdraws as Miss USA judge after Trump controversy

NBCSports.com 

Emmitt Smith is the latest person to distance himself from Donald Trump. Smith, the NFL’s all-time leading rusher, was scheduled to be a judge in this year’s Miss USA pageant. But that pageant is owned by Donald Trump, who has stirred controversy since making negative comments about Mexicans while announcing that he is running for…



WikiLeaks: NSA Spied on Ally Germany Amid EU-Greece Crisis

Sputnik International 

Only days after it was revealed that the NSA conducted massive economic espionage against France, new WikiLeaks documents reveal that the US and British governments bugged German Chancellor Angela Merkel and other officials during discussions of the Greek financial crisis.

Shocking celebrity breakups

CBSNews.com 

As Brad Pitt and Angelina Jolie go their separate ways after more than a decade together, here's a look at other celebrity couples who shocked the entertainment world by taking the train to Splitsville

Overcoming hostilities, US and Cuba to open embassies

«TDN» (tdn.com) 

WASHINGTON (AP) — After more than a half-century of hostility, the United States and Cuba declared Wednesday they will reopen embassies in each other's capitals this month, marking a historic …

Former Sen. Leland Yee changes plea to guilty in corruption case

«SFGate» (sfgate.com) 

Former state Sen. Leland Yee pleaded guilty Wednesday to a charge of racketeering, admitting he accepted bribes from undercover FBI agents posing as campaign contributors. In return for the payments, which totaled $34,600, Yee said in his plea agreement that he promised to vote for legislation his donors favored, recommend a software company for a state contract, arrange a meeting with another state senator over legislation, and illegally import firearms, including automatic weapons, from the Philippines. Читать дальше...

Music helped Wauters adjust to life in U.S.

«SFGate» (sfgate.com) 

Music helped Wauters adjust to life in U.S. Juan Wauters, a native of Uruguay, embedded himself in the music scene after he moved to New York City, where he’s lived for the past decade. On his second solo CD, “Why Me?,” Wauters sings about his experiences in New York, including odes to neighborhoods like “Woodside, Queens.” There’s a playfulness to his music, as well as an under-layer of sadness at times.





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