Новости за 07.09.2015

Roenis Elias vs. Yovani Gallardo, 3:40pm Happy Labor Day The Rangers come to town with a game and a half lead on the Minnesota Twins for the 2nd wildcard spot. The Rangers were projected as the AL West doormats by a wide, wide margin and Fangraphs gave...

NEW HAVEN, Conn. (AP) — The noise and bustle of nearby neighborhoods fade away at New Haven's sprawling port. An oil and chemical tanker floats placidly at a dock. A tug pushes a barge out in Long Island Sound. Only occasionally do trucks rumble up to a scrap metal business or deliver materials for road work. What was a key port for lumber and other goods dating to Colonial times is, like other New England ports, facing a reckoning after a lengthy decline. In the region that nurtured the beginnings of New World commerce with whaling... Читать дальше...

PROVIDENCE, R.I. (AP) — New England's ports are reinventing themselves to compete with one another and from larger ones, but they were once legendary. From one of the world's great whaling ports to the Navy's first submarine base and the city featured in "The Perfect Storm," here is a look at their lore: ___ WHALING IN NEW BEDFORD One of the world's great whaling ports of the 19th century, New Bedford, Massachusetts, became wealthy as its whaling fleet grew. The New Bedford fleet reached its peak in 1857... Читать дальше...

INDIANAPOLIS (AP) — An electric car sharing program that's launched in Indianapolis faces lingering questions about its city subsidies and complaints about the charging stations tying up parking spaces. Mayor Greg Ballard has promoted the BlueIndy program as an energy-saving alternative mode of transportation, while some skeptics wonder whether the city is the right choice for such a service. The city's BlueIndy partnership with French company Bollore Group began renting the cars to the public on Wednesday. Читать дальше...

DETROIT (AP) — With just a week left before contracts expire with Detroit's three automakers, the United Auto Workers union says it hasn't chosen a target company. But President Dennis Williams said Monday he'll pick between Ford, General Motors and Fiat Chrysler before the contracts end on Sept. 14. A target company becomes the focus of bargaining and could be hit with a strike if negotiations stall. A deal with one company also sets a general pattern for the others, although there currently are... Читать дальше...

VENICE, Italy (AP) — The notion of blood ties takes on new meaning in Argentine true-crime horror story "El Clan" ("The Clan"), which is competing at the Venice Film Festival after causing a sensation in its homeland. Pablo Trapero's film tells the story of the outwardly respectable Puccio family, who in the 1980s kidnapped rich acquaintances for ransom, keeping them bloodied, bound and gagged in the basement of their house while everyday family life went on above. Around 2 million people have seen "El Clan" since its Aug. Читать дальше...

RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) — The Cherokee tribe in North Carolina is betting it can boost its income and solidify its hold on gamblers in the Southeast by opening a second casino, even at a time of slow growth in the gambling industry. The casino opening Sept. 28 in the state's western corner will bring slots and blackjack tables an hour closer to Atlanta, a top source of visitors. The success of the $110 million gamble hinges on whether it will increase overall visits or siphon business from the larger Cherokee resort 60 miles to the northeast... Читать дальше...

HAMTRAMCK, Mich. (AP) — Brightly painted ceiling fans and rocking horses, a kid-sized jet and helicopter, plastic Santas and the rest of a whimsical array attached to two small backyard garages attract visitors from thousands of miles away to the folk art known as "Hamtramck's Disneyland." But since the death in May of its creator, Ukrainian immigrant Dmytro Szylak (shuh-LAHK), carnival-like music no longer plays over speakers. The strings of Christmas lights are dark, and the fan blades spin only from the wind. Читать дальше...

RENO, Nev. (AP) — Are some bears just born to be bad? Or do they learn from other bears that raid garbage cans, break into cars and homes and eventually have to be killed because they've lost their fear of humans? Scientists have researched this classic debate over "nature" and "nurture" among black bears for decades, from Yosemite National Park in the Sierra to central Florida and the Adirondacks in upstate New York. Now, a notorious 19-year-old female bear at Lake Tahoe with a rap sheet a mile... Читать дальше...

NEW YORK (AP) — A three-year restoration project at St. Patrick's Cathedral, the seat of the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of New York and one of the country's most well-known churches, is coming to an end just in time for a late September visit from Pope Francis. Most of the scaffolding has already been taken down and officials are steadfast in saying it will be done in time. The project was officially announced on St. Patrick's Day 2012 and got started soon after. It was a huge undertaking — the entire exterior was covered in scaffolding... Читать дальше...

MEXICO CITY (AP) — Mexico's mural art is getting a modern makeover. Former graffiti taggers and graphic designers have joined together in a cooperative called "Street Art Chilango," painting walls with popular Star Wars characters and hyping their work on social media. Founded in March 2013 by Jenaro de Rosenzweig and Alejandro Revilla, the group's name uses the slang term 'chilango' for things from Mexico City. And their murals aren't only on brick-and-mortar walls. Rosenzweig, who goes by his artist name Jenaro... Читать дальше...

LOS ANGELES (AP) — Summer blockbusters gave way to the small and highly targeted over a sleepy Labor Day weekend at the box office, with notable performances from the faith-based "War Room" and the Spanish language cartoon "Un Gallo con Muchos Huevos." Sony's "War Room" fought its way to first place in its second weekend in release, earning $12.6 million across the four-day holiday weekend, according to Rentrak estimates on Monday. The micro-budget family drama, which cost only $3.5 million to produce... Читать дальше...

NEW YORK (AP) — It is an irony that troubles health care providers and policymakers nationwide: Even as public awareness of mental illness increases, a shortage of psychiatrists worsens. In vast swaths of America, patients face lengthy drives to reach the nearest psychiatrist, if they can even find one willing to see them. Some states are promoting wider use of long-distance telepsychiatry to fill the gaps in care. In Texas, which faces a severe shortage, lawmakers recently voted to pay the student... Читать дальше...

WASHINGTON (AP) — If things are a bit tense in your doctor's office come Oct. 1, some behind-the-scenes red tape could be to blame. That's the day when the nation's physicians and hospitals must start using a massive new coding system to describe your visit on insurance claims so they get paid. Today, U.S. health providers use a system of roughly 14,000 codes to designate a diagnosis, for reimbursement purposes and in medical databases. To get more precise, the updated system has about 68,000 codes... Читать дальше...

VENICE, Italy (AP) — Who killed Israeli Prime Minister Yitzhak Rabin? A Jewish ultranationalist gunman pulled the trigger. Who was responsible? That's a bigger question, one asked by Amos Gitai's film "Rabin: The Last Day." The Israeli leader was gunned down in November 1995 by Yigal Amir, a right-wing student enraged by Rabin's policy of trading land to the Palestinians for peace. Gitai's dramatic dissection of the murder and its aftermath, which premieres Monday at the Venice Film Festival, suggests... Читать дальше...

LONDON (AP) — Doctors Without Borders says the world will run out of one of the most effective treatments for snakebites next year, putting the lives of tens of thousands of people at risk, mostly in developing countries. In a statement issued on Monday, the medical charity warned that existing stockpiles of the anti-venom Fav-Afrique produced by Sanofi Pasteur will expire in June. The company stopped producing the anti-venom last year and has since switched to MCHmaking a rabies treatment instead. Читать дальше...

PARIS (AP) — French President Francois Hollande says he's confident the country's long-stagnant economy has turned a corner and will post stronger growth in 2016, the last full-year of his term. Hollande has made bringing down the country's stubbornly high unemployment rate a condition for his possible re-election bid in 2017. Speaking at a news conference Monday, Hollande said "Growth is back. Not sufficiently, but we will definitely have a bit more than 1 percent growth this year." In 2016, economic growth will be 1.5 percent... Читать дальше...

SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — British retailer Tesco PLC agreed Monday to sell its South Korean retail business to a locally led consortium in a deal worth about $6 billion. The acquisition by South Korean private equity firm MBK Partners and a group of Canadian and Singaporean investors is the largest ever in South Korea and one of the biggest deals in Asia so far this year. Tesco said it will use the 4 billion pounds ($6.1 billion) of cash proceeds from the sale to reduce its debt, which amounts to... Читать дальше...

GENEVA (AP) — Swiss commodities giant Glencore has announced a $10.2 billion plan to cut debt and issue shares to adapt to plunging market prices. The plan involves issuing $2.5 billion of shares, as well as suspending its dividend, further reducing its capital expenditures and selling $2 billion in assets through the end of next year.

TAIPEI, Taiwan (AP) — Richie Jen says his new film — his first as a director — is just like his music: simple and pure. The 49-year-old entertainer wrote, directed and stars in "All You Need Is Love" alongside Taiwanese superstar Shu Qi. She plays a rich girl running away from problems at home who meets and falls in love with Jen's character, a struggling inn owner. With 30 years of showbiz experience, Jen is known first as a pop singer. And he says, just like his music, his film gives audiences that a warm, fuzzy feeling. Читать дальше...

DHAKA, Bangladesh (AP) — The Supreme Court in Bangladesh has lifted a ban on the screening of a movie about a garment worker who was rescued from the rubble 17 days after a factory building collapsed in 2013, killing more than 1,000 people. In response to an appeal by the movie's producer, a four-member panel of judges led by Chief Justice Surendra Kumar Sinha decided late Sunday to stay a previous High Court order that banned the release of the movie for six months. Producer Shamima Akhter argued... Читать дальше...

If you're dizzy from "Deflategate," take heart. It's time to talk football and put aside all that hot air. Tom Brady is suiting up Thursday night against Pittsburgh when the New England Patriots celebrate their victories in the Super Bowl and federal court. Commissioner Roger Goodell's appeal of his latest loss regarding player punishment assures that we haven't heard the last of "Deflategate." Yet, there are plenty of other buzzwords invading eardrums and vocabularies as the march to Super Bowl 50 begins. Читать дальше...

BOSTON (AP) — On the streets of South Boston, where the name Whitey Bulger once evoked fear, the locals have become accustomed to books and movies that try to capture the life of the notorious gangster. With the release of a new biopic, "Black Mass," set for Sept. 18, anticipation is building in South Boston, where James "Whitey" Bulger rose from a childhood in public housing to the leader of a multimillion dollar criminal enterprise of drugs, extortion and money-laundering that was responsible for numerous murders. Читать дальше...