There is an old episode of Curb Your Enthusiasm in which Larry David is sitting in traffic when the lights change to green and the car in front does not move. The only issue is that it happens to be a police car and, in those circumstances, what is the etiquette? […]
Daily Archives: December 9, 2017
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In a rare show of unity with other international leaders, Kim has joined the likes of Turkish president Recep Tayyip Erdogan, German Chancellor Angela Merkel and Britain’s Theresa May in vowing not to follow the US’s decision on Jerusalem, which has sparked a series of conflicts in Gaza and the […]
Norman Reedus stars in the Death Stranding game trailer. Screenshot by Sean Buckley/CNET Award shows are usually all the same. Someone comes onstage, talks about a category of games, movies or shows, reads out the nominees, then opens the envelope. What’s different about the annual Game Awards show: It’s known […]
A fleet of self-driving Uber cars in San Francisco last December. The company has settled a lawsuit stemming from a rape in India in 2014. James Martin/CNET Uber has settled a lawsuit involving a woman raped by one of its drivers in India and allegations that the company had […]
President Donald Trump’s 40-minute visit to the Museum of Mississippi History and Mississippi Civil Rights Museum concluded a days-long controversy over his presence at an event that commemorated a milestone in the state’s difficult racial history. Civil rights icon John Lewis, Jackson Mayor Chokwe Lumumba, and Rep. Bennie Thompson, as […]
If you look at Joe Lawrence’s resume you’ll see an eclectic mix of automotive jobs. Car salesman? Yep. Product Training Specialist at Nissan? Yeah, that’s on there too. You’ll even find 6 Series Communications Manager as well as Director of Marketing at BMW. At the top of the page is […]
While there have been ongoing issues today with Xbox Live connections going down, it appears something else maybe affecting Fornite servers. A recent message from Epic Games confirms server problems but does not mention the recent Xbox Live outages. “Looks like we are seeing problems with players being able to […]
The infants were stuffed in trash bags More A North Carolina woman pleaded guilty on Thursday to hiding trash bags containing the remains of her two dead infants under a Smithfield home rented by her mother. Bridgette Morgan Smith, 41, pled guilty to two counts of failing to report a […]
This small stretch of Indian Ocean beach boasts fine white sand, great surfing and snorkeling amidst a coral reef and large sea turtles that don’t hesitate to shell-bump slow-swimming humans. Yet social media posts about Dalawella beach along Sri Lanka’s southern coast focus instead on a humble, man-made attraction: an […]
Tremors Detected Near North Korean Nuclear Test Site Likely Aftershocks More Tremors were detected near North Korea’s nuclear test site Saturday, but they are likely aftershocks from the large nuclear test conducted in September, officials said. The test, which took place Sept. 3, was the country’s sixth and largest underground […]
BIRMINGHAM, Ala. — Sylvester Dawson will vote Tuesday in Alabama’s Senate election, but he’s hardly thrilled about the choices. “Honestly speaking, I’m not that excited about either one of them,” Dawson said of Democrat Doug Jones and Republican Roy Moore as he shaved a client at the barber shop he’s […]
The Chelsea boss has thrown in the towel after just 16 games after another defeat – this time to West Ham at the London Stadium. They are 11 points behind Manchester City who have a game in hand – against Manchester United tomorrow. And the Italian insists four defeats is […]
Long before he became a senator, Al Franken was a liberal hero for the way he stuck it to Republicans. And so it was perhaps inevitable that, even as he resigned from the Senate in disgrace this week, he couldn’t resist a parting shot. “I of all people,” Franken said […]
Chord Electronics Dave Ultimate Reference DAC, with the Ensemble Stand Chord I love high-end audio gear, but I have to admit it doesn’t always look as good as it sounds. Too much of high-end design is tired and bland, but no audiophile would say that about Chord Electronics, witness its […]
For sky watchers, 2017 goes out with a bang and bright lights, even if most of them fade fast as they sizzle above us. I’m referring to the arrival of the annual Geminid meteor shower, which is a big deal this year for a number of reasons. First, they won’t […]
Newcastle got off to a flyer as Joselu put the home side in front inside the first five minutes. The Spanish striker latched onto a cross fed in from the byline by Dwight Gayle before sliding his shot past Kasper Schmeichel unmarked to make it 1-0. However, the lead did […]
The 2.9 and 2.4-magnitude aftershocks were detected at 06.13 and 06.40 GMT and a tweet from Lassina Zerbo, executive secretary of the Vienna-based Comprehensive Nuclear-Test-Ban Treaty Organisation, revealed analysis’s had confirmed the activity was “tectonic” in origin. The tremors were recorded close to North Korea’s Punggye-Ri nuclear test site in […]
If I had to describe this headphone’s sound with one word, I’d start with “right.” Voices are so natural, so full of life, so engaging. I had a hard time taking notes for the review — I just wanted to keep listening. Each Eikon is built to order; price runs […]
Nintendo Switch has performed better than anybody could have expected, as Nintendo increases its annual sales forecasts to a whopping 14 million. To put that into context, that’s more than the Wii U sold in its entire lifetime. And it’s no surprise when you look at some of the incredible games […]
Pathetic. Cheat. Joke. These are some of the more “PG” things I’ve been called over the past month while refereeing football. I give up my Saturday afternoons and Sunday mornings along with hordes of other qualified referees to ensure that the thousands of football games taking place across the country […]