Новости за 22.03.2017

When four consecutive losses had the Calgary Flames floundering back in January, coach Glen Gulutzan saw a train ride as the perfect opportunity for a happy hour in motion that was anything but celebratory.

MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — The late Minnesota author Vince Flynn's counterterrorism operative Mitch Rapp is coming to the big screen in September.

Award-winning Minnesota-based performer Rachael Kilgour is celebrating the release of her third album, “Rabbit in the Road,” with a show tonight (Thursday, March 23) at The Root Note, 115 S. Fourth St. in downtown La Crosse, with the music starting…

A University of Minnesota evolutionary biologist is hoping to poke some holes in our notions of our ancient ancestors.

MADISON, Wis. (AP) — Gov. Scott Walker's approval rating is at 45 percent as he prepares for a likely run for a third term.

Eric Gales, "Middle of the Road" (Provogue)

FORT MYERS, Fla. (AP) — Minnesota Twins right-hander Trevor May has undergone Tommy John elbow surgery that will keep him off the mound this season.

TALLAHASSEE, Fla. (AP) — Florida State guard Dwayne Bacon is entering the NBA draft.

DUNEDIN, Fla. (AP) — Toronto Blue Jays slugger Jose Bautista says the lower back stiffness that prevented him from playing for the Dominican Republic at the World Baseball Classic last weekend is no longer an issue.

DURHAM, N.C. (AP) — Jayson Tatum is leaving Duke after his freshman season to enter the NBA draft.

WEST POINT, N.Y. (AP) — The New York Mets are moving their exhibition game against Army to Citi Field.

AUGUSTA, Maine (AP) — Maine laws protect people from discrimination based on factors such as race, disabilities and sexual orientation, and a Republican lawmaker wants to add a person's beliefs about climate change to that list.

DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — A Senate committee has approved a bill that would ban local governments from raising the minimum hourly wage in Iowa, effectively causing pay cuts for some workers.

NEW YORK (AP) — The Motion Picture Association of America said Wednesday that the worldwide box office reached a record $38.6 billion in 2016, though international revenues were essentially stagnant.

AUGUSTA, Maine (AP) — The Latest on a Maine lawmaker's bill protecting climate change beliefs (all times local):

NEW YORK (AP) — New York Rangers star goalie Henrik Lundqvist will play this weekend after being sidelined since March 7 with a hip injury.

FORT MADISON, Iowa (AP) — An Iowa inmate serving life for the 1985 shooting death of a Newton police officer has died in a Fort Madison prison hospice.

JUPITER, Fla. (AP) — The St. Louis Cardinals have picked Carlos Martinez to start on opening night against the World Series champion Chicago Cubs.

BOSTON (AP) — The former head of a Massachusetts pharmacy was acquitted Wednesday of murder allegations but convicted of racketeering and other crimes in a meningitis outbreak that was traced to fungus-contaminated drugs and killed 64 people across the country.

LISBON, Portugal (AP) — Have you ever heard a song so tender and soulful it brought you to tears, even though you couldn't understand a word?

BERKELEY, Calif. (AP) — California star Ivan Rabb will declare for the NBA draft, a move that has been expected since the season began.

WORCESTER, Mass. (AP) — The former chief executive of a telecom company prosecutors say was really a massive pyramid scheme that cheated nearly 1 million people worldwide out of nearly $1.8 billion has been sentenced to six years in prison.

MADISON, Wis. (AP) — A new poll finds Wisconsin residents are divided over how to pay for roads in the state.

WEDNESDAY, March 22, 2017 (HealthDay News) -- Xadago (safinamide) tablets have been approved by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration as an add-on drug to treat Parkinson's patients who take levodopa or carbidopa but have instances of increased symptoms anyway,…

WEDNESDAY, March 22, 2017 (HealthDay News) -- Colon cancer can be treated and cured if it's diagnosed early, and a colonoscopy is one of the best ways to detect the disease, a gastroenterologist says.