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Crimes, rhymes in ’Cop Rock’: ABC’s heavily panned 1990 series gets new life on DVD

Edit Stars and Stripes 02 Jun 2016
Before the rise of Lucious and Cookie’s "Empire," the giddiness of "Glee" and the wackiness of "Crazy Ex-Girlfriend," there was "Cop Rock." ... But while critics and viewers have mostly sung the praises of "Empire" and "Crazy Ex-Girlfriend," "Cop Rock" struck a sour note and is remembered primarily as one of the most notorious misfires of the last three decades....

Uber Takes $3.5 Billion from Country Where Driving While Female Is Illegal

Edit Jezebel 02 Jun 2016
Uber, Silicon Valley’s moral compass, just accomplished perhaps the greatest-ever feat of brand synergy. The New York Times reports that the transit company just banked a $3.5 billion funding round from the Saudi Arabian government, which prohibits women from driving under penalty of lashing. Read more... ....

Uber raises $3.5 bln from Saudi Arabia’s sovereign wealth fund

Edit Arabnews 02 Jun 2016
The investment from the Saudi Arabian Public Investment Fund was part of Uber’s most recent financing round that valued the company at $62.5 billion, Uber said, making it the most ......

2016 Emmy contenders: Outstanding lead actor in a drama series

Edit Boston Herald 02 Jun 2016
After seven nominations for playing. Don Draper, the eighth time was the charm for. Jon Hamm, who finally took home the prize last year for "Mad Men" in its final season. With Hamm now out of the race, the path is cleared for an actor who has never won for his current role ... Bobby Cannavale ("Vinyl"), a "Boardwalk Empire" winner; ... Damian Lewis and ... Terrence Howard ("Empire"), ... Terrence Howard (EMPIRE)....

Uber Hails $3.5 Billion Investment From Saudi Arabia

Edit The Street 02 Jun 2016
The new investor isn't getting a piece of any current investor's stake in exchange for the injection ... "As the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia's sovereign investment arm, we're focused on achieving attractive long-term financial returns from our investments, while supporting Saudi Arabia's Vision 2030, the blueprint for diversifying our economy away from oil," said Yasir Al Rumayyan, a managing director with the Saudi Arabian invest ... ....

German MPs to Debate Armenia Genocide Bill Disputed by Turkey on Thursday

Edit Sputnik 02 Jun 2016
German lawmakers will vote on a resolution recognizing as genocide the mass killings of Armenians by the Ottoman Empire in World War I on Thursday ... ....

Ancient Wari Empire likely did not cause large shifts in population genetic diversity

Edit Science Daily 02 Jun 2016
The imperial dominance of the ancient Wari Empire at the Huaca Pucllana site in Lima, Peru, was likely not achieved through population replacement, according to a new study ... ....

R.I. art galleries, exhibits, June 2 weekend

Edit The Providence Journal 02 Jun 2016
EVENTSOpen Studio Saturday. Mad Dog Artists Studios & Gallery, 65 Blackstone Ave., Pawtucket. 722-7800, maddogartiststudios.com. 11 a.m.-4 p.m.EXHIBITSGreater ProvidenceAS220 Main Gallery. 115 Empire St., Providence, 831-9327, as220.org. New paintings by John Buron and Aaron North begin Sat with an opening reception from 5-7 p.m. Closes June 25. Wed-Fri 1-6 p.m., Sat noon-4 p. [...]> ... ....

Spike Lee Promotes Gun Safety During NY Ceremony

Edit USA Today 02 Jun 2016
Filmmaker Spike Lee threw a ceremonial light switch to turn the Empire State Building orange in support of gun violence prevention month. The iconic New York building was lit orange at sunset on Wednesday, visible from miles around. (June 1).        .   ... ....

Accused Inland terrorism plotter had ties to 4 men arrested in 2012, court filing says

Edit Press Telegram 02 Jun 2016
A Riverside man accused of conspiring with San Bernardino mass shooting gunman Syed Rizwan Farook to commit other terrorist acts had ties to four Inland Empire jihadists who were arrested in 2012, according to a document filed in federal court ... ....

Work done on giant outdoor stairs near NY capitol

Edit San Francisco Chronicle 02 Jun 2016
ALBANY, N.Y. (AP) — A two-year reconstruction project on a massive outdoor staircase near the New York state Capitol has been completed. The so-called Grand Staircase is on the opposite side of the Empire State Plaza from the Capitol. It leads to the building housing the State Museum and doubles as festival seating in the summer ... The steps now boast new railings and energy-efficient LED lights ... ....

First of series raises expectations for young adult genre

Edit The Examiner 02 Jun 2016
Young adult book series seem to always have the same story with only different characters and worlds to set them apart from one another ... An orphan living in poverty, seventeen-year-old Ciardis Vane lives in a small vale outside of the empire. Spending every day as a washer woman, she hears gossip about the goings on in her vale as well as in the empire itself. Her life changes in an instant when she meets a Companion ... ....

German MPs' Armenian genocide vote threatens EU-Turkey refugee deal

Edit The Guardian 02 Jun 2016
Turkish governments have always rejected the use of the term genocide to describe the massacre and expulsion of an estimated 1.5 million Armenians and members of Christian minorities in the Ottoman empire ... Related. Diana Markosian's best photograph ... Twitter ... Some historians argue that Germany, a close ally of the Ottoman empire during the first world war, was aware of the massacre at the time and supported it politically ... Related ... ....
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