Новости за 31.08.2015

LOS ANGELES (AP) — The faith-based family drama "War Room" outshone its competition despite a relatively quiet release, taking the second place spot with $11.4 million from only 1,135 location…

NEW YORK (AP) — Survival expert Bear Grylls has bagged his biggest celebrity yet for a walk in the wilderness — President Barack Obama.

Twenty dollars per fire call might not seem like much enticement to fight fires in weather extremes ranging from 30 below to 100 plus, but that is what the 30 Mandan Rural Fire Department volu…

ASHBURN, Va. (AP) — The Washington Redskins have made a quarterback change: Kirk Cousins will be the starter this season, not Robert Griffin III.

IOWA CITY, Iowa (AP) — University of Iowa athletics department administrators ordered a female be hired over male candidates for an assistant track coaching job regardless of qualifications, a…

EDISON, N.J. (AP) — Jason Day, so poor as a kid that he shopped at a store where he stuffed as much used clothing as he could into a bag for $5, is trying not to think about the potential of a…

CAMBRIDGE, Mass. (AP) — Some faces are pensive; others are proud. Some are known; others are obscure. All are black.

NEW YORK (AP) — There's a "SpongeBob" musical in the works but the music is no kiddie stuff.

The lure of the wild has recently attracted an interesting batch of solitude seekers: Reese Witherspoon ("Wild"), Mia Wasikowska ("Tracks") and Robert Redford, twice.

CLEVELAND (AP) — Mark Shapiro's baseball life has been with the Indians. He rose through their front office, helped build them into winners and directed their stadium renovation. He did it all…

Journalism students returning to North Dakota public schools this fall will be able to do their jobs at high school and college newspapers with stronger free-speech protections thanks to a new…

EDISON, N.J. (AP) — Jordan Spieth was gone, but not forgotten, certainly not by Jason Day.

NEW YORK (AP) — NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell and New England Patriots quarterback Tom Brady are expected back in a New York courtroom Monday after failing to settle the "Deflategate" case.

SONOMA, Calif. (AP) — Stefan Wilson stood in a circle of crew members in front of his brother's car, the entire group swathed in T-Shirts commemorating Justin Wilson.

BUCHAREST, Romania (AP) — The Bucharest Opera says celebrated Romanian baritone Dan Iordachescu, who sang at Milan's La Scala and the Vienna State Opera during a half-century career, has died.…

NEW YORK (AP) — He sat in the upper deck, basically unrecognized amid a sea of happy baseball fans. He let out a cheer when the best hitter on his favorite team smoked a home run and diligentl…

Justin Bieber cried, Taylor Swift won most of the awards and Kanye West ranted onstage, but Miley Cyrus still owned the 2015 MTV Video Music Awards.

LOS ANGELES (AP) — It's hard enough to redefine a genre once in a career, but horror virtuoso Wes Craven managed to do it twice.

PARIS (AP) — Two French journalists facing extortion charges on accusations that they tried to blackmail Moroccan King Mohammed VI say they were trapped into the agreement.

Ronald Almer, 64, Turtle Lake, 10:30 a.m., Seventh-day Adventist Church, Turtle Lake. (Goetz Funeral Home, Washburn and Turtle Lake)

FARGO — Terry Mercier, 70; Marilyn Miller, 76.

Charlotte “Charlie” Grace Miller was born and passed gently away into the arms of Jesus on Aug. 28, 2015, at CHI St. Alexius Health, Bismarck. Private family services were held. She is deeply …

Grace Bubbers, 84, McIntosh, S.D., died Aug. 29, 2015, at Mobridge Regional Hospital, Mobridge, S.D. Services will be held at 2 p.m. MDT Tuesday, Sept. 1, at Christ Lutheran Church, Morristown…

Shirley Ulrich, 74, Mandan, died Aug. 30, 2015, at her residence. Arrangements are pending with Weigel Funeral Home, Mandan.

ELLENDALE — Walter P. Raugutt, 88, Ellendale, died Aug. 29, 2015, at Oakes Good Samaritan Center. Services will be held at 10 a.m. Thursday, Sept. 3, at Zion Lutheran Church, Ellendale. Furthe…