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Columbia Pictures Industries, Inc. (commonly known as Columbia Pictures and Columbia, and formerly CBC Film Sales Corporation) is an American film studio, production company and film distributor that is a member of the Sony Pictures Motion Picture Group, a division of Sony Entertainment's Sony Pictures subsidiary of the Japanese conglomerate Sony.

What would eventually become Columbia Pictures, CBC Film Sales Corporation, was founded on June 19, 1918 by Harry Cohn, his brother Jack Cohn, and Joe Brandt. It adopted the Columbia Pictures name in 1924, and went public two years later. Its name is derived from "Columbia", a national personification of the United States, which is used as the studio's logo. In its early years, it was a minor player in Hollywood, but began to grow in the late 1920s, spurred by a successful association with director Frank Capra. With Capra and others, Columbia became one of the primary homes of the screwball comedy. In the 1930s, Columbia's major contract stars were Jean Arthur and Cary Grant. In the 1940s, Rita Hayworth became the studio's premier star and propelled their fortunes into the late 1950s. Rosalind Russell, Glenn Ford, and William Holden also became major stars at the studio.

It is one of the leading film studios in the world, and is a member of the "Big Six" major American film studios. It was one of the so-called "Little Three" among the eight major film studios of Hollywood's Golden Age. Today, it has become the world's fifth largest major film studio.

1. What film business was founded in 1918?
2. By who?
3. Anyone else?
4. Is that everyone?
5. Did they keep the original name?
6. What did they change it to?
7. Is it an important company today?
8. How so?
9. How important is it in the US?
10. Was it always important here?
11. When did that change?
12. Who was responsible?
13. Who is he?
14. What kind of movies did he make?
15. Ddd they sign any famous actors?
16. Like who?
17. When did Rita Hayworth work for them?
18. Did she do good work for them?
19. What is the companies full name today?
20. Do people call it anything else?

Numbered answers:

A: 1. CBC Film Sales Corporation
2. CBC Film Sales Corporation, was founded on June 19, 1918 by Harry Cohn
3. Jack Cohn
4. Joe Brandt
5. no
6. Columbia Pictures
7. yes
8. It is one of the leading film studios in the world
9. a "Big Six" major American film studios.
10. no
11. in the late 1920s
12. Frank Capra
13. a director
14. screwball comedy
15. yes
16. Cary Grant
17. In the 1940s into the late 1950s.
18. yes
19. Columbia Pictures Industries, Inc
20. yes

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Nine years after the assassination of former Prime Minister Rafik Hariri, a seismic event in Lebanese history, the trial of four men accused of his killing opened Thursday in a special United Nations-backed court.

However, the stand at the Special Tribunal for Lebanon in The Hague was empty, with the suspects -- alleged associates of the Shiite militant group Hezbollah -- still on the run.

Billionaire statesman Hariri was killed in February 2005 when a bomb struck his motorcade near the Beirut seafront. The blast ripped apart his armored car and destroyed the motorcade, killing 21 other people and wounding more than 200 others.

It was a moment that changed Lebanese history, fueling the sectarian divisions between Sunni and Shiite Muslims in the Mediterranean country and leading to the withdrawal of Syrian troops.

The special court investigating the assassination announced in February 2012 that Mustafa Badreddine, Salim Ayyash, Hussein Oneissi and Assad Sabra would be tried in absentia.

They face counts ranging from conspiracy to commit a terrorist act to murder and attempted murder. Hezbollah denies involvement.

Hearing streamed live

Presiding Judge David Re opened the trial, presenting the indictments against the accused. Thursday's hearing also included the prosecution's opening statements, expected to continue until Friday, according to the official Twitter account of the Special Tribunal for Lebanon.

"This is a historic day for the Special Tribunal for Lebanon as it marks the transition from complex and difficult investigations to the new phase of trial," said Marten Youssef, a spokesman for the tribunal.

1. Who was Rafik Hariri?
2. How many people were involved in his death?
3. How were they killed?
4. Where was he when this happened?
5. How many people were held responsible?
6. What were their names?
7. Who else?
8. Who is Marten Youssef?
9. Where the accused present during the trial?
10. What were they officially charged with?
11. What day of the week did the hearing start?
12. Was it expected to continue for another day?
13. What made the day so significant?
14. Who was still on the loose?

Numbered answers:

A: 1. Prime Minister
2. 21 killed
3. a bomb
4. near the Beirut seafront.
5. four
6. Mustafa Badreddine
7. Salim Ayyash, Hussein Oneissi
8. a spokesman for the tribunal.
9. No
10. conspiracy to commit a terrorist act
11. Thursday
12. yes
13. transition from complex and difficult investigations to the new phase of trial
14. the suspects

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Phone Soap: Charge and Clean Your Phone

You may charge your phone every day, but do you clean your phone as much? Whatever your hands touch, your phones touch. It has been discovered that some phones have 18 times more bacteria and viruses than any surface in a public restroom. So it probably won't surprise you that a 2011 University of London study found that one in six of our phones have bacteria and viruses on them--specifically, the bacteria called E. coli.

The research on bacteria and viruses led to the invention of Phone Soap. It is not actually liquid like dishwasher soap. It is a phone charger that uses the electromagnetic radiation used in hospitals to kill 99.9 percent of bacteria and viruses, cleaning your phone while it charges.

"There are really certain types of bacteria and viruses that we should not be in touch with, and they are really on our phones," says Wes Barnes, the Phone Soap co-founder. It all started while his cousin and co-founder, Dan LaPorte, was in his cancer research lab at college. "He realized he got the idea of getting rid of bacteria and viruses on the phones," said Barnes. "In the lab they used UV-C light for destroying them. He realized this would be the fastest, most powerful way to kill any bacteria and viruses living on electronic machines."

Phone Soap looks like a little metal suitcase. Your phone rests in to charge and get cleaned at the same time. Instead of plugging your phone into the wall, you'd plug it into the Phone Soap charger box. The process only takes a few minutes but, Barnes says, "The idea is that you can leave it in there overnight if you want to keep charging. Reflective paint keeps the light completely around the phone so it cleans the phone fully."

The co-founders spent 2013 finding the right companies and they started shipping the product in late November. By last week's International Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas, Phone Soap was all grown-up. Both co-founders have left their previous jobs and are selling Phone Soap nonstop. "We're shipping almost more than we can handle each day," Barnes says. "It's been a great adventure."

1. How much bacteria can be on your phone?

Numbered answers:

A:
1. 18 times more than any surface in a public restroom.