Новости за 17.09.2015

For 14 retired non-teaching staff members of Savitribai Phule Pune University (SPPU), the festive season has failed to bring any cheer.

U.S. Commission on Civil Rights calls for release of hundreds from family detention

DE LUTTE – Een gesigneerd shirt van FC Twente-aanvoerder Hakim Ziyech of het tricot van Ouassame Tannane, ook voorzien van handtekening en beide met een VIP-behandeling voor twee personen bij een thuiswedstrijd. Een cursus beeldhouwen door kunstenaar Ruurd Hallema of een kookworkshop bij Proefwerck Hengelo.
Het is zomaar een greep uit de in totaal 36 items waarop werd geboden tijdens de jaarlijkse Benefietavond 'Kans voor een Kind' in Landhuishotel De Bloemenbeek in De Lutte.

NPR's Robert Siegel talks with Mark McKinnon, former President George W. Bush's chief media strategist, about Donald Trump's style and substance.

Texas Instruments Inc. said Thursday it would increase its quarterly dividend by 12% to 38 cents a share from 34 cents a share, payable Nov. 16 to stockholders of record on Oct. 30. The company's board of directors also authorized a $7.5 billion share buyback, which is in addition to about $1.8 billion of previously authorized repurchases that remained at the end of June. Shares of Texas Instruments rose 1.1% in late trading Thursday after ending the regular session down 1.1%.

AK Steel Holding Corp. shares jumped in the extended session Thursday after the steel producer issued a better-than-expected outlook for the third quarter. AK Steel shares rallied 8.2% to $3.04. The company said it expects a loss of 2 cents to 7 cents a share for the third quarter. Analysts surveyed by FactSet had estimated a loss of 24 cents a share for the quarter.

Stephen Feller
UNIVERSITY PARK, Pa., Sept. 17 (UPI) -- Teenagers in rural areas and small cities are more likely to abuse prescription opioid painkillers than those in big cities and urban areas.

FIFA, international soccer’s governing body, indefinitely suspended Secretary General Jerome Valcke Thursday amid allegations of corruption related to a World Cup ticket scam. Valcke’s suspension came as FIFA attempts to reassure corporate sponsors after the unprecedented indictments of nine current and former soccer executives on separate corruption charges.

Hopes for peaceful transition to democracy dashed by military takeover

Tomorrow sees the release of Black Mass, the much-anticipated film about the rise and fall of notorious Boston gangster James "Whitey" Bulger. A lot of people have been looking...

Selena Gomez quickly checks her messages on her phone while leaving Tosconova restaurant on Tuesday night (September 15) in Calabasas, Calif. The 23-year-old actress/singer met up with her former Wizards of Waverly Place co-star David Henrie to catch up before her Revival fan event the next night. “I think I’m nervous, but I kind of [...]

Drinking coffee in the evening can turn back the body clock and could help fight jet lag - but only for travellers heading west, scientists believe.

Ryan Maass
WASHINGTON, Sept. 17 (UPI) -- The U.S. Department of Defense has announced Guantanamo detainee Younis Abdurrahman Chekkouri has been returned to his home in Morocco with no charges.

Quite a few shows—old and new—are already getting a lot of traction on Twitter.

In case artificially intelligent robots weren’t terrifying enough, scientists at the University of Cambridge have designed a machine capable of building hundreds of its own robot “children.” The mother robot assembles its offspring by gluing together pieces containing small motors and then observes how they perform, making note of which designs move the fastest and the farthest. It then uses the data it collects to incorporate superior traits into subsequent generations. Scientist based their technology off the concept of natural selection. Читать дальше...

Applause rang throughout the Pentagon’s central courtyard Thursday afternoon as a massive crowd cheered the trio of childhood friend’s whose quick actions last month helped thwart catastrophe aboard a Paris-bound high speed train.

A heartbroken Gov. Cuomo said the aide who died nine days after he was hit by a stray bullet helped craft the state’s tough gun control law.

Technology can often land unsuspecting people in trouble as this Chinchwad-based businessman (name withheld) found out.

GOP front-runner said only U.S. is "dumb enough" to grant automatic citizenship

It's official: Jonny Drubel has reached model status! Growing up, the #RichKids of Beverly Hills star struggled with his weight. Drubel recently revealed in an Instagram post that at...

A U.S. District Judge called on the SEC “fully to investigate” allegations of bias related to its in-house judges and said the agency is likely to lose a legal battle over whether its internal tribunal is constitutional.

Endangered fish get less protection than fish that are less threatened because of the way the federal government applies its conservation laws, a new study suggests.

LAS VEGAS (AP) — Wayne Newton fans will soon have a chance to say "Danke Schoen" to the iconic Las Vegas singer, who will be available as a tour guide at a glitzy new museum that features gild…

LAS VEGAS (AP) — Wayne Newton fans will soon have a chance to say "Danke Schoen" to the iconic Las Vegas singer, who will be available as a tour guide at a glitzy new museum that features gild…