Новости за 02.02.2016

Story by Kendall Jones, via Washington Beer Blog. Story by Kendall Jones, via Washington Beer Blog. You gotta laugh every now and the. It’s good for the soul. Hi-Fi Brewing in Redmond understands the importance of following that prescription. That’s why they’ve begun hosting comedy nights at the brewery’s tasting room. Comedy  night at the brewery has become one of the hottest tickets... The post Comedy Night at Hi-Fi Brewing appeared first on Beer News.

Story by Kendall Jones, via Washington Beer Blog. Story by Kendall Jones, via Washington Beer Blog. Here’s the latest beer release notice from Chuckanut Brewery: Landbier Tapped at Chuckanut Brewery Landbiers are creative, rustic style lager beers brewed in the countryside in Germany. Seeing as Chuckanut Brewery excels at German lager beers it was only natural that the brewery would eventually make a... The post Beer Release – Landbier, Chuckanut Brewery appeared first on Beer News.

[...] nothing was found. After an onerous cyber forensics investigation involving the FBI, detectives found their suspect: a 29-year-old New Yorker who authorities say used a Gmail account with a fake name to call in threats and score "points" in an online game. Security experts, law enforcement authorities and school officials say the episode was part of what appears to be an emerging trend around the nation: hoaxers using proxy servers, virtual private networks and other high-tech identity-disguising... Читать дальше...

TOKYO (AP) — Nintendo Co. reported a 36 percent drop in quarterly profit on Tuesday after lackluster video game sales for the year-end holiday shopping season. The Japanese manufacturer of Super Mario games and the Wii U game machine earned 29.1 billion yen ($241 million) profit for the October-December fiscal third quarter, down from 45.2 billion yen a year earlier. The Kyoto-based company, which suffered a blow when its charismatic president Satoru Iwata died in July last year, kept its annual... Читать дальше...

Gen. Russell Sanborn, commander of the 1st Marine Aircraft Wing, lost confidence in the ability of Lt. Col. Edward Pavelka to lead Marine Heavy Helicopter Squadron 463, Marine spokesman 1st Lt. Joseph Butterfield said Monday. Butterfield said the Marine Corps holds all Marines, especially commanders, responsible for maintaining "complete accountability and responsibility in upholding the highest standards for combat readiness and proficiency." "The relief of a commander is never an easy decision; however... Читать дальше...

The requests from top Republicans and Democrats on the House Energy and Commerce Committee follow the World Health Organization's declaration of mosquito-borne Zika as a global health emergency. The agency convened an emergency meeting of independent experts on Monday to assess the outbreak after noting a suspicious link between Zika's arrival in Brazil last year and a surge in the number of babies born with abnormally small heads. The last such public health emergency was declared for the devastating 2014 Ebola outbreak in West Africa... Читать дальше...

Boats arrive on Europe's shores daily, or sink on the way — like the one that capsized off Turkey's coast on Saturday, killing at least 37 people including babies and other young children. Greek soccer players held a sit-in solidarity protest after the latest refugee drownings. [...] his lifeless, tidily-dressed body — first face-down on the sand, later in the arms of a police officer — captured the collective imagination like no other. The image became shorthand for the refugee crisis and government inaction. Читать дальше...

(AP) — Actors Ali MacGraw and Ryan O'Neal have come to the Harvard University campus to reminisce about their 1970 classic film "Love Story" as they prepare for a Boston stop on the national tour of the play "Love Letters." Both actors said in a discussion Monday the movie has special meaning to them considering where life has taken each of them since it made them household names.

Amtrak engineer recalls opening throttle before fatal crash WASHINGTON (AP) — The last thing Amtrak engineer Brandon Bostian remembers before last May's fatal crash in Philadelphia is pushing the throttle forward to pick up speed and then braking when he felt the train going too fast into a sharp curve, according to a transcript of his interview with federal accident investigators. Among the most illuminating are two transcripts of interviews Bostian had with investigators, one immediately after... Читать дальше...

A Federal Aviation Administration spokesman the Echo P-92 single-engine aircraft crashed between two parked aircraft and burned on Monday morning at Houston Southwest Airport, about 25 miles southwest of Houston.

HONOLULU (AP) — Hawaii lawmakers are considering a bill to ban police from using drones to gather evidence without a warrant. The proposed law would also make it illegal to use drones to collect personal information without consent.

NEW YORK (AP) — Stocks that moved substantially or traded heavily Monday on the New York Stock Exchange and the Nasdaq stock market: The health insurer reported a 38 percent surge in fourth-quarter profit that topped Wall Street expectations. The telecommunications equipment company settled a dispute with Samsung and gave a disappointing patent revenue outlook.

The federal agency that monitors public health says the outbreak of E. coli illness linked to Chipotle restaurants that sickened 60 people appears to be over. Denver-based Chipotle Mexican Grill Inc. undertook an aggressive revamping of food preparation methods at its more than 1,900 locations. People usually get sick from Shiga toxin-producing E. coli, the bacteria commonly associated with foodborne outbreaks, for two to eight days after swallowing the germ, according to the agency. YouGov Brand... Читать дальше...

NEW YORK (AP) — Lumber Liquidators will pay more than $13 million for illegally importing hardwood flooring, after the company pleaded guilty to environmental crimes last year. Lumber Liquidators, which was sentenced Monday in federal court, will pay $7.8 million in criminal fines, more than $1.2 million in community service payments and nearly $970,000 in criminal forfeiture.

Aetna has joined other major health insurers in sounding a warning about the Affordable Care Act's public insurance exchanges. Insurers want the federal government, which processes coverage applications in 38 states, to take a closer look at whether people actually qualify for these special enrollment periods when they apply for coverage. "Insurance systems tend to get stressed when people can buy coverage when they know they need it and then drop it when they know they don't," Chief Financial Officer Shawn Guertin told The Associated Press. Читать дальше...

Story by Kendall Jones, via Washington Beer Blog. Story by Kendall Jones, via Washington Beer Blog. It’s time to start making your plans for Washington Beer Open House. On Saturday, February 20th, it’s time to celebrate our local brewing industry. Open House hours are Noon – 5:00. From Seattle to Spokane, Bellingham to Longview, scores of Washington’s breweries invite you to pay them... The post Get Ready for Washington Beer Open House on February 20th appeared first on Beer News.

NEW YORK (AP) — Stocks are closing mostly lower after another steep drop in oil and natural gas prices pulled energy companies down. Prices for crude oil and natural gas each slumped about 6 percent Monday, the latest blow to the beleaguered energy sector.

PITTSBURGH (AP) — An Indiana man who helped send millions of illegal spam messages to U.S. and international cellphones and computers has been sentenced to 27 months in federal prison by a federal judge in Pennsylvania. Fleitz was one of a dozen U.S. residents charged with marketing illegal computer skills on Darkode.com, a cybercriminal marketplace disabled by the FBI in July. From September 2011 to February 2013, Fleitz and two others earned between $2,000 to $3,000 weekly by conspiring to violate... Читать дальше...