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Picasso blue period portrait breaks auction record - BBC News :  The portrait is of a nude unnamed woman. Gommeuse, which translates into English as 'gummy' was a sexually charged slang word of the time for cafe-concert singers and their songs Pictures of the day: 6 November 2015   by Telegraph Staff: Footballers in a wall IS bomb on Russia plane would herald new phase in conflict by Zeina Karam | AP Friday November 6 th , 2015  at  10:34 AM World 1 Share At this stage, there is no hard evidence. But reports from the U.S. and Britain suggesting an Islamic State group bomb may have caused the Russian plane crash in Egypt are raising the alarm among experts, who say such an act would be a frightening change in tactics by the extremist group. Read the whole story   · · · Experts dismiss Carson's belief pyramids used to store grain by By JESSE J. HOLLAND and BILL BARROW Friday November 6 th , 2015  at  10:

Pentagon Farmed Out Its Coding to Russia - The Daily Beast : The Pentagon was tipped off in 2011 by a longtime Army contractor that Russian computer programmers were helping to write computer software for sensitive U.S. military communications systems, setting in motion a four-year federal investigation that ended this week with a multimillion-dollar fine against two firms involved in the work. Officials Debate Whether ‘Ferguson Effect’ Is Real - The New York Times He acknowledged that it would be hard to measure whether officers had become more reluctant to approach suspicious people, whether the Ferguson effect really exists, and whether it is driving a rise in crime. But he said that the issue deserves closer attention, and he called Mr. Comey’s comments “spot on” in drawing attention to a difficult issue. “If there is a Ferguson effect — and it’s hard to measure — how do we at least talk about it with each other?” he asked. Iranian Military Hackers Reportedly Target