Новости за 10.02.2018

PITTSFIELD, Mass. (AP) — A Massachusetts museum that was previously blocked from selling 40 pieces of art to stay afloat is now poised to sell its most valuable Norman Rockwell painting. The Berkshire Museum says the state's attorney general has agreed to let it sell "Shuffleton's Barbershop" as long as it goes to a nonprofit museum and is first displayed at the Norman Rockwell Museum in Massachusetts for at least 18 months. A proposal submitted to the state's highest court Friday says an undisclosed museum has offered to buy the 1950 painting.

WASHINGTON (AP) — It's the biggest budget the Pentagon has ever seen: $700 billion. That's far more in defense spending than America's two nearest competitors, China and Russia, and will mean the military can foot the bill for thousands more troops, more training, more ships and a lot else. And next year it would rise to $716 billion. Together, the two-year deal provides what Defense Secretary Jim Mattis says is needed to pull the military out of a slump in combat readiness at a time of renewed focus... Читать дальше...

SAN SIMONE DI VALLEVE, Italy (AP) — San Simone, a tiny village in the Italian Alps, once had a thriving ski trade. But financial issues kept the lifts closed this winter. The local hotel now houses about 80 African asylum-seekers who were assigned to live there when they arrived in Italy. But restaurant owner Davide Midali saw promise in both his village and its new residents. To lure tourists back, he set out to build igloos that could be rented overnight, like ones he had seen in Sweden. That's... Читать дальше...

NEW YORK (AP) — The maker of the powerful painkiller OxyContin said it will stop marketing opioid drugs to doctors, a surprise reversal following lawsuits that blamed the company for helping trigger the current drug abuse epidemic. OxyContin has long been the world's top-selling opioid painkiller. It generated billions in sales for privately-held Purdue. The pill, a time-release version of oxycodone, was hailed as a breakthrough treatment for chronic pain when it was approved in late 1995. But some... Читать дальше...

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MOSCOW (AP) — Two employees of Russia's top nuclear research institute have been arrested for using the facility's supercomputer for crypto-currency mining. Russian news agencies cited the Russian Federal Nuclear Center as confirming the arrests on Friday. But the reports did not indicate whether the employees had made any money from the computer use. In mining, computers are used to solve mathematical problems to verify transactions and are rewarded in crypto-currency. The center, in the closed-off city of Sarov... Читать дальше...

WASHINGTON (AP) — The tumble in U.S. stock prices has inflicted psychological pain and financial losses — at least on paper — for people with a meaningful stake in the market. Their anxiety conjures another fear, too: That consumers and businesses might slash their spending in response. Consumers are the engine of U.S. economic growth, so any sharp pullback in their spending would hurt. Could the result be a weaker economy and lost jobs? So far at least, there's little sign that the correction in the Dow Jones industrial average ... Читать дальше...

WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump makes big promises to reduce prescription drug costs, but his administration is gravitating to relatively modest steps such as letting Medicare patients share in manufacturer rebates. Those ideas would represent tangible change and they have a realistic chance of being enacted. But it's not like calling for Medicare to negotiate drug prices. Skeptics say the overall approach is underwhelming, and Trump risks being seen as an ally of the powerful pharmaceutical industry, not its disrupter. Читать дальше...

ROMANIAN STUDY: HALF-DAY OLD SNOW IS SAFE TO EAT BUCHAREST, Romania (AP) — How safe is it to eat snow? A Romanian university has published the results of just such a study. The 2017 experiment showed it was safe to eat snow that was a half-day old, and safer to eat it in the colder months. But by two days old, the snow is not safe to eat, Istvan Mathe, a professor at the Sapientia Hungarian University of Transylvania, told The Associated Press. Scientists collected snow from a park and from a roundabout in Miercurea Ciuc... Читать дальше...

BUCHAREST, Romania (AP) — Romanian authorities say the pilots of a Ryanair flight asked to return to the Bucharest airport amid reports that their plane's tail may have clipped the runway on takeoff. Henri Coanda International Airport spokeswoman Ana State said the flight was heading to Dublin late Friday and had 173 passengers on board when the request came in. State says the Boeing 737-800 airliner belonging to the Irish low-cost carrier landed safely about an hour later with no obvious damage. Читать дальше...

TACOMA -- The female motorcycle rider who fired the fatal shot in Thursday's deadly road rage incident is no longer detained.

LOS ANGELES (AP) — The Latest on Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau's visit to California (all times local): 10:20 p.m. A crash involving motorcycle officers accompanying Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau on his visit to Southern California sent one of the officers to the hospital, but Trudeau's vehicle was not involved and he was not hurt. The Ventura County Fire Department says the crash involving California Highway Patrol officers happened shortly after Trudeau's motorcade left the Ronald Reagan Presidential Library in Simi Valley... Читать дальше...

LOS ANGELES (AP) — Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau came with an unambiguous message on his latest US visit: the North American Free Trade Agreement is a success that needs to be modernized, not abandoned. With the next round of talks over the trade pact set to begin in Mexico later this month, Trudeau used a speech at the Ronald Reagan Presidential Library on Friday to cast the deal as part of a long history between the two countries that has been beneficial for both. Yet he also echoed frequent criticism from President Donald Trump... Читать дальше...

SEATTLE (AP) — Ruthy Hebard dominated on the interior while scoring 14 of her career-high 30 points in the third quarter, and No. 9 Oregon pulled away for a 76-63 win over Washington on Friday night. The Ducks (22-4, 11-2 Pac-12) rebounded from last Sunday's home loss to No. 17 Stanford and overmatched the Huskies on the inside. With the Ducks struggling to hit from the perimeter in the first half, Oregon went almost exclusively to Hebard to start the third quarter. She responded by making 6 of 7... Читать дальше...

In Mario Vargas Llosa's 'The Neighborhood," two wealthy couples are pulled into a maze of desire, intrigue and murder amidst the political corruption of Fujimori's Peru.

Legacy Recordings' 'Lady Bird' soundtrack comes highly recommended (3.5 stars) and is available in explicit and edited versions.

In 'Pissing Stars,' Efrim Manuel Menuck creates a protest album that is as focused as it is obscured by his own compulsion for noise.

LIberatore's sound and performance is abstract and dissonant.

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PULLMAN, Wash. (AP) — Katie McWilliams made a pair of free throws with 1.1 seconds left in overtime and No. 16 Oregon State escaped with a 63-61 victory over short-handed Washington State on Friday night. WSU's Maria Kostourkova made 1 of 2 free throws with 1.9 seconds remaining to tie the game. McWilliams took a long inbounds pass and was fouled by Kostourkova while putting up a shot on the baseline. Washington State (10-15, 3-10 Pac-12) led by two after a 3-point play by Borislava Hristova with... Читать дальше...

LOS ANGELES (AP) — Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau on Friday defended the North American Free Trade Agreement as an economic boon for the U.S. and his country, but he also urged for it to be retooled to lift workers who have been left behind. His remarks at the Ronald Reagan Presidential Library in Simi Valley, California, struck a cooperative tone at a time when President Donald Trump is threatening to withdraw from the 24-year-old pact that governs trade on the continent. He said 9 million... Читать дальше...

NASA's Juno orbiter has sent back its 11th crop of close-ups from Jupiter, and that means it's time for another eye-opening, jaw-dropping photo album created by citizen scientists.

PROVIDENCE, R.I. (AP) — Public health officials in Rhode Island are investigating reports of 34 students experiencing allergic reactions after eating kiwifruit. The Department of Health says the students on Friday experienced itching of the lips and mouths, hives and tongue-swelling. They had eaten the fresh fruit shortly beforehand. Health officials say some students were treated with antihistamines at school, while a few were treated at the emergency room. The cause of the reaction hasn't been determined. Читать дальше...

The strike of Seattle school bus drivers may be over; buses could hit the streets again on Monday.

Moises Radcliffe was run over and killed at age 22 in January 2017 at a Sammamish park. The woman who drove the SUV that struck him was sentenced to 4½ years in prison Friday afternoon.

The Equifax data breach exposed more of consumers' personal information than the company first disclosed last year, according to documents given to lawmakers. The credit reporting company announced in September that the personal information of 145.5 million consumers had been compromised in a data breach. It originally said that the information accessed included names, Social Security numbers, birth dates, addresses and — in some cases — driver's license numbers and credit card numbers. It also said... Читать дальше...