George Soros is a billionaire philanthropist, a former currency trader, a liberal champion and — in certain circles — a boogeyman. That last label seems to be a badge of honor. “I’m very proud of the enemies I have,” he said in an interview in his apartment on New York’s Upper East Side. “It’s a perfect way […]
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Halloween is still nearly a week off, but it’s already looking a lot like Christmas on the Hallmark Channel. The network’s annual “Countdown to Christmas” ― near round-the-clock programming of schmaltzy holiday romance flicks ― starts Friday with a Christmas-themed episode of its “Home and Family” show followed by 2014′s “A Royal Christmas,” starring Lacey
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Challenges remain Not everyone is as confident as Dr. Muscolino. Antonio Irlando, an architect and the director of the Osservatorio Patrimonio Culturale, a cultural heritage watchdog group, says that revenue from ticket sales must be supported by additional funds from the government. The conservation of Pompeii is “a duty that the government of Italy has
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SAN FRANCISCO — Facebook and the publishing industry have long been frenemies: Occasionally they teamed up, but mostly they competed. Now the two sides have formed an uneasy truce. Facebook on Friday unveiled Facebook News, its latest foray into digital publishing. The product is a new section of the social network’s mobile app that is
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AJ Hinch clicked open his email and could hardly believe the words that filled his screen. “I know this may sound a little farfetched to you,” the note read, “but baseball saved a young man’s life tonight.” Hinch had been involved with the Houston-based PTSD Foundation of America and its treatment center for combat veterans
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From child star to ‘resistance’ leader Ms. Milano, 46, made a name for herself as the quick-witted Samantha Micelli, daughter to Tony Danza’s character on the 1980s sitcom “Who’s the Boss?” “She was just this force, even at 10 years old,” said Mr. Danza, who still views his former co-star’s accomplishments with a kind of
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Japanese technology giant SoftBank has committed billions of dollars to bailing out office-space sharing startup WeWork in a daring vote of confidence from its intrepid founder Masayoshi Son. WeWork’s woes are substantial enough that some analysts say they could derail the investment ambitions of SoftBank’s mammoth Vision Fund. But, as one of the most innovative
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Image copyright Samantha Dalton Image caption Samantha Dalton says her dad Barry is the hero of her story Two days after her wedding, BBC journalist Samantha Dalton found out her kidneys were failing. Within a year, she needed a transplant. In stepped her dad, Barry. Samantha Six months ago, my dad gave me a second
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Image caption Lottie Lion is in “no doubt” about the BBC’s views on her comments The BBC has told Apprentice candidate Lottie Lion that comments she made to a fellow candidate on a WhatsApp group were “unacceptable”. It follows reports that Lion said “shut up Gandhi” to Lubna Farhan. The production company reported back to
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JAKARTA, Indonesia (AP) — An Indonesian investigation found a Lion Air flight that crashed and killed 189 people a year ago was doomed by a combination of aircraft design flaws, inadequate training and maintenance problems. A final accident report released Friday said Lion Air flight 610, from Indonesia’s capital Jakarta to the island of Sumatra,
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