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Entertainer David Gest found dead

BBC 

Entertainer, producer and reality television star David Gest dies in London hotel aged 62, statement from friend says.

Hillary Clinton on playing the gender card: 'Deal me in'

BusinessInsider.com 

Glassdoor

In honor of Equal Pay Day, jobs site Glassdoor hosted a roundtable discussion on pay equality featuring Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Clinton in New York City on Tuesday.

In her opening remarks, the Democratic presidential candidate said: "Occasionally, when I give a speech like this — which I do practically every day — people will say, 'Oh, there she goes, she's playing the gender card.'"

Clinton continued: "What I say to that is, if talking about equal pay... Читать дальше...

Work on penguin enclosure at zoo to begin next week

«The Times of India» (indiatimes.com) 

Construction of a quarantine centre and an exhibit for bringing in the much-awaited Humboldt penguins at Veermata Jijabai Bhosale Udyan and zoo in Byculla will begin next week.

Mark Zuckerberg just had an Oprah moment (FB)

BusinessInsider.com 

REUTERS/Mario Anzuoni

Mark Zuckerberg had a big Oprah moment at today's Facebook F8 developer conference:

All of the 2000-ish attendees are getting a brand-new Samsung Gear VR virtual reality headset, and a Samsung phone to power it.

A Gear VR headset is $100 on its own; the current Samsung Galaxy S7 flagship phone starts at around $700. So figure it's about an $800 value in total.  

The asking price for an F8 ticket is $595. It may not be a brand new car, Oprah-style, but that's still a pretty good savings. Читать дальше...

Russia Ready to Send Experts to Palmyra to Evaluate City's Condition

RIA Novosti  

Russia has created a working group of experts to evaluate the condition of Syria's ancient city of Palmyra, following its liberation from the terrorists, and ready to send it to the Middle Eastern nation, Russian Minister of Culture Vladimir Medinsky said Tuesday.



Officials approve $42 million to implode old Riviera

Las Vegas Sun (lasvegassun.com) 

It’s official: Two hotel towers at the shuttered Riviera will be subject to separate implosions in June and August, more than a year after the historic resort closed its doors. The Las Vegas Convention and Visitors Authority today approved paying $42 million to ...

Syria talks to resume amid disputes, escalating violence

«TDN» (tdn.com) 

BEIRUT (AP) — Indirect peace talks between Syria's warring parties are scheduled to resume in Geneva on Wednesday, the third round this year. There are two main groups at the negotiations in Switzerland, in addition to others that were invited…

FG makes major annoucement on Calabar-Lagos rail project

NAIJ.COM (Nigeria News) 

 – The federal government has clarified its position on the Calabar-Lagos project  – A spokesman said the project was in fact captured in the 2016 budget  – The news comes amid growing calls for the resignation of transport minister Rotimi Amaechi In what appears to be a rebuttal to the National Assembly’s position that the […]

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What Children Learned From the Family Phone

WSJ.com 

More families have dropped their home landline and rely on cellphones. That means fewer opportunities to learn phone manners, sharing and other grown-up skills.

Updated Qbot virus attacks public sector organizations

United Press International (UPI.com) 

Richard Tomkins
LONDON, April 12 (UPI) -- BAE Systems says a new, modified strain of the Qbot malware virus is being used to attack public organizations such as hospitals and police forces.





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