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20 March 2015 • 06:14 AMT
Google Doodle celebrates vernal equinox

The vernal equinox is when “earth’s axis is angled such that the world gets an equal amount of daylight and night.”

20 March 2015 • 06:06 AMT
“Avengers: Age of Ultron” trailer features Quicksilver, Scarlet Witch

“If you step out that door, you’re an Avenger,” Hawkeye (Jeremy Renner) is seen telling the Maximoff twins.

20 March 2015 • 05:58 AMT
Joseph Gordon-Levitt to produce, star in “Fraggle Rock” movie

“Fraggle Rock” is a big-screen adaptation of the musical puppet series created by the late Jim Henson which debuted on TV back in 1983.

19 March 2015 • 14:12 AMT
Spokesman: Putin likely to visit Armenia last week of April

“As soon as the precise date is determined and confirmed, we will inform you immediately,” Dmitry Peskov said.

19 March 2015 • 13:47 AMT
Azeri group destroyed in infiltration attempt, 3 Armenians killed

A group of Azerbaijani special forces attacked the Armenian positions in the northern direction of the line of contact (Gyulistan).

19 March 2015 • 13:45 AMT
EU leaders likely to keep Russia economic sanctions in place

Angela Merkel spoke by phone to U.S. President Barack Obama and they also agreed there would be no easing of sanctions.

19 March 2015 • 13:06 AMT
Dave Grohl teases Foo Fighters’ “Sonic Highways” doc follow-up

The original series followed the band as they recorded their new album in eight U.S. cities, interviewing key figures in music along the way.

19 March 2015 • 12:37 AMT
Microsoft to announce lowest-priced Lumia smartphone

The device has only 1GB of RAM, and 8GB of internal storage, but the phone has a slot for a microSD card, which can go up to 128GB.

19 March 2015 • 12:35 AMT
Airstrike hits only functioning airport in Libya’s capital: official

Libya’s political crisis has left the country with two parliaments and two governments, along with rival militaries and militias.

19 March 2015 • 12:34 AMT
Adele’s “21” named biggest selling artist album of the millennium

Amy Winehouse’s Back To Black is in second place with sales of over 3,560,000 copies since being released in 2006.

19 March 2015 • 12:29 AMT
Samsung starts producing 128-GB memory chip for mid-end smartphones

Samsung said the mobile memory chip is based on the embedded MultiMedia Card (eMMC) 5.0 and 3-bit NAND technology.

19 March 2015 • 11:29 AMT
Egyptian court acquits ex-Interior Minister of graft charges

An Egyptian court acquitted former Interior Minister Habib el-Adly of graft charges on March 19, judicial sources said.

19 March 2015 • 10:33 AMT
UK military instructors travel to Ukraine to train govt. troops

Oleksandr Motuzianik did not specify the number of instructors, but said training would be rolled out over a two-month period.

19 March 2015 • 10:18 AMT
Ancient evil unleashed in “The Vatican Tapes” trailer

The horror movie depicts a demonic reckoning, thousands of years in the making, manifesting itself in modern times.

19 March 2015 • 10:09 AMT
Josh Hutcherson, Zach Braff join James Franco’s “In Dubious Battle”

Franco is directing from Matt Rager’s script adapted from John Steinbeck’s 1936 novel of the same name.

19 March 2015 • 10:00 AMT
UN says ICC should prosecute IS for genocide against Yezidis in Iraq

The report said Iraqi govt. forces and affiliated militias “may have committed some war crimes” while battling the insurgency.

19 March 2015 • 09:45 AMT
“Little Women” Louisa May Alcott novel adaptation remake in the works

“Little Women” chronicles the trials and tribulations of four sisters growing up in the post-U.S. Civil War era.

19 March 2015 • 09:25 AMT
“The Hunger Games: Mockingjay, Part 2” releases teaser trailer

Directed by Francis Lawrence from the second and third installment of the franchise, this final film is due to arrive Stateside on December 20 this year.

19 March 2015 • 09:10 AMT
Microsoft confirms plans to scrap Internet Explorer brand

Internet Explorer will live on partially in some versions of Windows 10 for enterprise purposes, but Project Spartan will be the new default browser.

19 March 2015 • 08:20 AMT
Facebook adds money sending feature

The feature is rolling out to the U.S. initially over the next few months and aims to give people a more convenient and secure way to send and receive money.

19 March 2015 • 08:03 AMT
Edgar Ramirez joins Matthew McConaughey in mining drama “Gold”

He will play a geologist whom McConaughey’s prospector teams with to find gold in the uncharted Indonesian jungle.

19 March 2015 • 07:43 AMT
Steven Spielberg’s Cold War movie gets title, “Bridge of Spies”

“Bridge of Spies” tells the story of James Donovan (Tom Hanks), a Brooklyn lawyer who finds himself thrust into the center of the Cold War.

19 March 2015 • 07:33 AMT
“Goodfellas” cast reunite for Tribeca Fest 25th anniv. screening

Stars of the 1990 Oscar-nominated crime drama include Robert De Niro, Joe Pesci, Lorraine Bracco, Ray Liotta and Paul Sorvino.

19 March 2015 • 07:12 AMT
J.J. Abrams “to return to director’s seat for “Star Wars Episode IX””

Abrams himself has not commented on the report of him returning to the forthcoming film, which has been slated for a 2019 release.

19 March 2015 • 06:34 AMT
Armenian Truth and Justice Resolution enters U.S. Congress

“As Americans, we should embrace our history and not allow others to try to sweep our history under the rug,” Ardouny said.

19 March 2015 • 06:14 AMT
Thailand’s Supreme Court orders ex-PM to stand trial

In January, Yingluck was retroactively impeached for her role in the rice subsidy scheme by a military-appointed legislature.

19 March 2015 • 06:08 AMT
LA City Council approves ‘Armenian Genocide Memorial Square’

Councilmember O’Farrell spoke of the thousands of Armenian-Americans who live in the “Little Armenia” District of Hollywood.

19 March 2015 • 05:51 AMT
France wants telecom, tech firms to inform on potential terrorists

The government argues that the new law is necessary in part to give a legal framework to intelligence work in France.

19 March 2015 • 05:43 AMT
17 foreign tourists killed as gunmen storm Tunisia’s national museum

“All Tunisians should be united after this attack which was aimed at destroying the Tunisian economy,” Prime Minister said.

19 March 2015 • 05:35 AMT
Security measures taken after jihadists threaten Spain’s royal family

The note was discovered when Spanish authorities moved in and busted eight members of the terrorist cell in raids throughout Spain.