Новости за 02.12.2015

Harvard University and Princeton University have said they will do away with the title "master," the Yale Daily News reported.

VIENNA (AP) — The U.N. atomic agency says it believes that Iran worked in the past on nuclear weapons but its activities did not go past planning and basic component experiments

People often don't see results from fad diets because they consist of habits that are easily broken and are difficult to stick to. These healthy eating habits make it easier to understand your food to help make better choices for your future.

Le Bourget (France) (AFP) - Climate chiefs urged negotiators from 195 nations Wednesday to hurry towards an historic pact on global warming as frustration over the grinding pace of UN talks in Paris began to simmer.

SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — The married couple dubbed the "San Francisco witch killers" seemed locked away for good when each was sentenced to 75 years to life for three Northern California murders three decades ago.

CLEVELAND (AP) — A museum dedicated to "A Christmas Story" has acquired the holy grail of movie memorabilia: a Red Ryder BB gun wielded by Ralphie in the beloved holiday film.

Chicago Mayor Rahm Emanuel asked Politico's Mike Allen to apologize to Emanuel's wife for inadvertently revealing the mayor's family-vacation plans during a generally awkward and tense interview.

If snakes make you squeamish, you're going to want to stop reading right now. 

In the future, we'll have so much more space in our homes.

No televisions means no entertainment centers. No computers means no large desktop towers, no desks overtaken by iMacs. 

This future is closer than you think, thanks to products like Microsoft's HoloLens: a "mixed reality" headset that projects entertainment, as well as standard computer stuff like web browsing, into your field of vision.

No screen. No projector. Just a headset. This is HoloLens:

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NEW ORLEANS (AP) — Prosecutors dropped manslaughter charges against two BP supervisors responsible for safety aboard the oil rig where an explosion killed 11 workers in 2010. One of them then pleaded guilty Wednesday to the only remaining charge: a misdemeanor count of violating the federal Clean Water Act.

Restaurant ratings based on numbers or stars often don't tell the full story. 

Move over JDate, there's a new niche dating site in town: MouseMingle.com is made exclusively for single Disney fans looking for love.

Some kids just snap under the pressure of tests and homework. 

Just take the following 24 answers that range from sassy to the unintentionally inappropriate.

We browsed Reddit and Imgur for even more popular posts about children's homework and test answers gone awry. 

As always, we can't guarantee all of these are genuine, but they're totally entertaining nonetheless.

This kid speaks for all of us.

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"Red solo cup."

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With only a handful of dates left on her marathon world tour for "1989," Taylor Swift gave her crew a few days off.

At today's Microsoft shareholder meeting, Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella talked about how Windows 10 has the potential to become the hub of a connected home, in response to an investor question.

Why is it that we're often drawn to the biggest price tags, and tend to scoff at things with small ones?

NEW YORK (AP) — Todd Haynes' 1950s lesbian romance "Carol" dominated the New York Film Critics Circle Awards, taking best picture and a leading four awards overall.

BERLIN (AP) — The European Space Agency says it's preparing for the launch of a probe that will test technology for a future mission to measure gravitational waves.

Setting up a Christmas tree can be quite the chore, but one father and son duo found the perfect helpers to make the process more fun.

WASHINGTON (AP) — Senate Democratic Leader Harry Reid is heading into retirement next year. Before he goes he has some strong words for Republicans.

Good morning! Here are the plays everybody will be talking about Wednesday morning.

ISLAMABAD (AP) — Pakistan hanged four convicted militants on Wednesday who were sentenced to death over a Taliban attack on an army-run school last year that killed more than 150 people, mostly children, officials said.

LONDON (AP) — As if the European Central Bank needed any more incentive to inject another dose of stimulus into the 19-country eurozone economy, official figures on Wednesday showed inflation in the region remains worryingly low.

BAGHDAD (AP) — Millions of pilgrims have descended on the holy city of Karbala in central Iraq to mark Arbaeen, which commemorates the seventh century martyrdom of a central figure in Shiite Islam.

CHICAGO (AP) — The release of squad-car video showing a white Chicago police officer shooting a black teenager 16 times set off a dramatic chain of events, from days of demonstrations to Mayor Rahm Emanuel's firing of the city's police superintendent.