Новости за 22.04.2016

Stephen Feller
WASHINGTON, April 22 (UPI) -- Although hepatitis B has been linked to liver cancer since the early 1980s, a study by the CDC found clearing the virus does not lower risk for cancer.

French utility group to consult with hostile unions

By Dane Brugler, The Sports Xchange
Ohio State, Alabama and Clemson will likely be the three most represented college programs in the 2016 NFL Draft with the Buckeyes possibly setting a few records.

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On Thursday, Uber agreed to settle a court case brought by drivers in California and Massachusetts for $84 million. If the company goes public at a higher valuation, then it will cough up an extra $16 million, to bring it to $100 million total.

But Uber drivers in the two states shouldn't expect to see much of it. 

Those who have driven at least 25,000 miles and fall under the class action suit should expect around $2,000, which could double to $4,000 if they opted out of the arbitration clause. Читать дальше...

Republican White House hopeful Donald Trump will give a foreign policy speech in Washington in an effort to project a more serious image.

A day after the death of pop icon Prince cast a purple shadow across the world, authorities started work on the pressing question of why the 57-year-old singer/songwriter died so suddenly.

BURLINGTON, Vermont - Vermont workplace safety officials say state police lacked the medical supplies needed to treat a trooper who died of heat-related injuries at a firing range.

BURLINGTON, Vt. (AP) — Vermont workplace safety officials say state police lacked the medical supplies needed to treat a trooper who died of heat-related injuries at a firing range.

BURLINGTON, Vt. (AP) — Vermont workplace safety officials say state police lacked the medical supplies needed to treat a trooper who died of heat-related injuries at a firing range.

Watch a trailer for "Mike and Dave Need Wedding Dates," starring Anna Kendrick, Zac Efron, Aubrey Plaza and Adam DeVine.

Yes, the late Prince wrote some of the most enduring music of the past century, but he spent nearly as much time exploring other people’s songs. Here are a few great moments of Prince paying musical service to others. Prince threw a bone to the Coachella faithful with this Purple Rain-esque remake of Radiohead’s classic.

By assembling a team of internationally renowned indigenous women artists, she’s put together an interdisciplinary show called Re-Quickening, which opens at Toronto’s Fleck Dance Theatre next week.

Google's People Operations department confronted a paradox. Like most HR organizations, it hired individuals. It developed individuals. It evaluated the performance of individuals.

Chamath Palihapitiya has established himself as one of the most prominent venture capitalists in Silicon Valley—and surely the most abrasive—partly by shaming his own industry for its acknowledged lack of diversity.

LA restaurant Broken Spanish came up with a dessert that's both fun and beautiful.

Richard Tomkins
BRISBANE, Australia, April 22 (UPI) -- Harris Corp.'s Australian operation is the preferred bidder for modernizing army communications.

I’ve been called Conan O’Brien since I was 12 years old.

My name is Ryan Schneider and I'm a junior at Miami University.

The first time someone called me Conan was in 5th grade. It was my science teacher. Since then, many more people have said the same thing. Seeing the resemblance, I decided to roll with it.

I sent the previous photo to him and he actually sent this back to me! It sits in my bedroom back in Cleveland. Читать дальше...

YouTube has been the most successful Web video platform to siphon away some of marketers’ TV advertising budgets. But even YouTube has been limited by concerns over pricing and quality, offering lessons for emerging video platforms like Facebook and Snapchat.

The newest fitness tracker isn't wearable. Instead, the Naked 3D Fitness Tracker is a full-length mirror that takes a scan of your body to record exact measurements, fat percentages and weight. The data is sent to a smartphone or tablet app, where people can see their progress through heat maps and a time-lapse model.

Ben Hooper
STEFAN VODA, Russia, April 22 (UPI) -- An ice fisherman in Russia captured footage of a crafty mink stealing one of his fish and running off to make a meal of the catch.

Guess who's coming to dinner! Prince William, Kate Middleton and Prince Harry are hosting President Barack Obama and Michelle Obama for dinner at Kensington Palace Friday...

Commerce Department releases durable goods for March, 8:30 a.m.; Standard & Poor's releases S&P/Case-Shiller index of home prices for February, 9 a.m.; The Conference Board releases the Consumer Confidence Index for April, 10 a.m.; Federal Reserve policymakers meet to set interest rates. Chipotle Mexican Grill Inc. reports quarterly financial results after the market closes. National Association of Realtors releases pending home sales index for March, 10 a.m.; Federal Reserve policymakers meet to set interest rates... Читать дальше...