Saturday, January 31, 2015
Former Basketball Player Scores As A Filmmaker
While Deon Taylor was playing professional basketball in Germany, he had an epiphany: he wanted to make movies. The self-taught director's latest film, Supremacy, was released this Friday.
Cars that get the most bang for the buck
These are the cars, trucks and SUVs, in 22 different categories, that hold their value best.
Nor'easter expected to bring heavy snow to Maritimes on Monday
A nor'easter set to hit Nova Scotia on Monday is expected to bring up to 50 centimetres of snow with blizzard-like conditions due to high winds, with New Brunswick and P.E.I. also expected to get hit hard.
Oil summit to hear pleas for action
A plan for a summit to look at the challenges facing the North Sea oil industry is announced by Aberdeen City Council.
ISIS: Japanese hostage beheaded
A new ISIS release appears to show the decapitated body of captive Kenji Goto. The Japanese journalist went to Syria, he said, to try to tell the stories of war in all its complexity.
Remove stigma of mental illness by treating it as an illness, Walsh and Ladha say
The importance of talking about mental health and removing the stigma by treating it as an illness, was emphasized during a passionate discussion on CBC Newfoundland and Labrador's CrossTalk this week.
Ward 21, 'Cyaa Duh Wi Nutten'
Veteran dancehall troupe and guaranteed bringers of good times Ward 21 dropped a new video on Friday.
Ward 21, 'Cyaa Duh Wi Nutten'
Veteran dancehall troupe and guaranteed bringers of good times Ward 21 dropped a new video on Friday.
After Alzheimer's Diagnosis, 'The Stripping Away Of My Identity'
Greg O'Brien talks about how his life has changed in the five years since he was diagnosed with early-onset Alzheimer's disease. "More and more I don't recognize people," he says.
Impressions From The Ice: A Poet Returns From Antarctica
Jynne Dilling Martin spent six weeks living on the bottom of the world and watching scientists work. The experience inspired many of the poems in her new collection, We Mammals in Hospitable Times.
President of China Minsheng Bank Steps Down
The China Minsheng Banking Corporation gave no explanation for the resignation of Mao Xiaofeng and no indication whether he had been questioned or was assisting investigators.
News Analysis: Why Judges Tilt to the Right
Politics shape the bench, even though most lawyers are liberal.
Memo From London: Public Survey Highlights Britons’ Global Ambitions
Despite an election season that has seen little mention of defense and foreign policy issues, more than 60 percent of Britons surveyed believed the nation should remain a “great power.”
City Room: Papers Fuel a 7-Alarm Fire at a Warehouse in Brooklyn
More than 200 firefighters worked to control a blaze at the CitiStorage building in Williamsburg on Saturday. Smoke was visible as far away as New Jersey.
Mindy Kaling's Super Bowl Ad: Are Indian Women Invisible?
In a commercial, the comedian pretends no one can see her. One Indian journalist says there's more to the ad than selling insurance. Being visible comes with a risk of violence for women in India.
Questions in the Church
Readers share their experiences of divorce, and discuss the Catholic Church’s stand against birth control.
Immigration Rules in Bahamas Sweep Up Haitians
A fiercely debated new immigration policy in the Bahamas requires everyone to hold a passport, a rule that human rights groups say unfairly targets people of Haitian descent.
Mindy Kaling's Super Bowl Ad: Are Indian Women Invisible?
In a commercial, the comedian pretends no one can see her. One Indian journalist says there's more to the ad than selling insurance. Being visible comes with a risk of violence for women in India.
Top Sundance Prizes Go to ‘Me and Earl and the Dying Girl’
The whimsical tearjerker that rode a crescendo of buzz after screening in Park City last week claimed top prizes at the 2015 Sundance Film Festival awards on Saturday night.
Sarah Marcus and Thomas Greulich: Shifting Gears, Incrementally
Going from schoolmates to roommates to life mates.
Theater Review | New Jersey: A Review of ‘Sizwe Banzi Is Dead’ in Princeton
“Sizwe Banzi Is Dead,” in Princeton, translates the repressive horror of apartheid into human terms through the use of easygoing humor in its early passages, then shifts into graver tones as the play progresses.
As Ebola Ebbs in Africa, Focus Turns From Death to Life
New cases in Liberia, where streets were littered with the Ebola dead just a few months ago, now number in the single digits, according to the World Health Organization.
The Carpetbagger: Top Sundance Prizes Go to ‘Me and Earl and the Dying Girl’
The whimsical tearjerker that rode a crescendo of buzz after screening in Park City last week claimed top prizes at the 2015 Sundance Film Festival awards on Saturday night.
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