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Two months after a public dispute and departure from MSNBC, Melissa Harris-Perry is joining Elle.com as an editor at large.Harris-Perry will write columns, host videos and conduct interviews for the web site, beginning later this week.Elle is the first of several new media homes for Harris-Perry.”This gives me a chance to talk politics, but also culture, race, gender, and literally shoes,” she said in a telephone interview. Harris-Perry won’t work ...

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Hundreds of Chinese parents who had lost their only child protested in Beijing on Monday, demanding more compensation from the government for a decades-long "one-child policy," which they said left them without family support.

Last year, the ruling Chinese Communist Party announced it would relax the controversial policy, introduced in the late 1970s to limit population growth, allowing all couples to have two children.

But critics say the change came too late to avert a dangerous population imbalance... Читать дальше...

The success of AT&T and Verizon since 2013 in shifting customers into plans that force them to pay the full price for devices—and separate that cost from monthly service fees—has consumers holding on to their smartphones longer.

The first weekend of Coachella 2016 managed to pull off an Internet-era miracle in that the majority of the weekend's surprise guests were...

Oh, these two. So much hip, talented, artfully disheveled hotness between them. We're of course talking about Rihanna and Leonardo DiCaprio, who with his winning awards season behind...

Touring a city ravaged by the earthquake that killed 366 people, Ecuadorean President Rafael Correa on Monday contemplated a rebuilding costing billions of dollars and a potentially "huge" impact on the fragile OPEC economy.

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If a genetic experiment turned your face into a pile of cancerous sludge, you'd want the perfect mask too. 

Tech Insider recently spoke with Dave Gougé, head of marketing and communications at Weta Digital, the studio responsible for animating Deadpool's signature red-and-black mask in the film. That's right, Deadpool's mask had its own effects team.

"It was very specific, we built a couple of custom tools to allows us to get in and do work [on the mask] very efficiently and... Читать дальше...

A mega McDonald's in Missouri will feature bottomless fries in honor of a 6,500-square-foot restaurant's grand opening in July.

Neel Kashkari, head of the Minneapolis Fed, continues to say what Bernie Sanders does: banks are still too big to fail.

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On Netflix's first quarter earnings call on Monday, content chief Ted Sarandos said that he was open to having Netflix's original movies appear on The Screening Room, Sean Parker's alleged new startup that would let people pay $50 dollars to rent movies while they were still in theaters.

"We wouldn't mind having our films available on that product," Sarandos said. "To me, it would be a great way to get content to consumers, if they want to pay for it."

Backed by "Lord of the Rings" director Peter Jackson... Читать дальше...

Swiss-based bank to handle equity research, investment banking and wealth management in city from other Canadian locations, source says

“I continue to think that the largest banks in the country are too big to fail.”That might sound like a Bernie Sanders sound bite, but it’s actually from a speech that the Federal Reserve Bank of Minneapolis president gave Monday.Nearly eight years after the financial crisis shocked the global economy and caused a massive recession, the consensus view is that big Wall Street banks are a lot safer now. But ...

Pearl Jam, one of the biggest bands in music, has canceled a concert in North Carolina due to the state’s anti-LGBT law.They were joined Monday by the rock band Boston as the list of musicians and companies pulling their performances and business from the state grows in protest of the law.Pearl Jam announced that it would cancel its upcoming show in Raleigh, North Carolina, on April 20.”This will be upsetting ...

Calling himself "a progressive through and through," Jimmy Anderson announced his candidacy Monday.

On Monday afternoon, Netflix reported that growth remained strong during the recently ended first quarter.

It takes a special kind of lady — or gent — to complete these lyrics.

The Naij.com team has gathered the most important news for April 18, Monday. Find all the important things you might have missed below. 1. Ibrahim Babangida reportedly seriously ill A source close to his hilltop mansion in Minna, the Niger state capital, revealed that the ex-president’s illness resulted in his inability to attend most public events. […]

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NBA MVP Stephen Curry and President Obama filmed a public service announcement for the My Brother's Keeper mentorship program. It aired before the first NBA playoff game on ABC on Saturday.

The whole thing is funny and worth watching, but even if you watch it closely you might miss a great moment at the 0:05-second mark.

In a segment where Obama critiques Curry's résumé, the camera flashes to his "résumé." There are a few gems hidden in it (more below):

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The best parts... Читать дальше...

Sony Corp. and the estate of pop star Michael Jackson have reached a definitive agreement for a previously announced deal that will give Sony complete ownership of Sony/ATV Music Publishing LLC.

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Bill Campbell, widely known in Silicon Valley as "The Coach," died on Tuesday after a long battle with cancer.

Before entering the tech industry, Campbell served as head football coach at Columbia University and maintained a pep-talk approach when dealing with executives. Campbell's illustrious career included a stint as an Apple executive and board member, and he served as CEO and chairman of Intuit.

He became not only an adviser to but also a close friend... Читать дальше...

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It was supposed to be the easiest deal ever reached among key oil market players, a mere formality.

Eighteen countries were gathering in the Qatari capital of Doha to rubber-stamp the first joint agreement between major OPEC and non-OPEC nations in 15 years, tackling a huge global glut after flooding the market for two years.

The text was agreed and the timeframe was clear. Oil prices were rising. Traders were calling the event boring.

Then, the first clouds began to appear. Читать дальше...

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They may be exes, but Scott Disick still has lots of love for Kourtney Kardashian! The father of three took to Instagram today to wish the Keeping Up With the Kardashians star a happy...

The U.S. government doesn’t attach a price to harmful greenhouse gas emissions when it evaluates long-term energy projects. An influential Washington policy group with close ties to the Obama administration argues that it should.

DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — Former Iowa State basketball star Nikki Moody has sued coach Bill Fennelly, the university and the state for racial discrimination and retaliation, saying she was repeatedly called a "thug" and labeled a selfish player despite…