Новости за 10.03.2018

DENVER (AP) — The man who spearheaded the effort to stop Boston from hosting the Olympics is weighing in on whether Denver should bid on the games. No Boston Olympics co-chair Chris Dempsey will participate in a debate on the issue in Denver Saturday along with former Colorado Gov. Dick Lamm, who helped fight Denver’s […]

MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — A Minnesota lawmaker is proposing a new limit on public access to police files in light of the legal battle by the family of a slain Minnesota boy whose case remained unsolved until last year. Patty and Jerry Wetterling want to prevent the release of 168 pages of court documents related to […]

WASHINGTON (AP) — Attorney General Jeff Sessions says federal prosecutors won’t take on small-time marijuana cases, despite his move to lift an Obama-era Justice Department policy that discouraged U.S. authorities from cracking down on the pot trade in states where the drug is legal. Sessions said Saturday that federal law enforcement lacks resources to take […]

DALLAS (AP) — An email sent by Atmos Energy to state regulators reveals company workers were investigating gas leaks involving fires at two Dallas homes some 12 hours before an explosion at another home killed a 12-year-old girl. The company did not evacuate residents or shut off gas lines in the neighborhood near Dallas Love […]

BALTIMORE (AP) — Johns Hopkins University says it is investigating after a student reported she was sexually assaulted at a fraternity house. According to campus security officials, a female student reported Friday that she was assaulted at the house across the street from the Homewood campus a week earlier. Local media report officials know the […]

HARTFORD, Conn. (AP) — A white former Connecticut university student accused of smearing body fluids on her black roommate’s belongings is set to go before a judge for a hearing on her request for a probation program. The hearing on 18-year-old Brianna Brochu’s request for accelerated rehabilitation is scheduled for Monday in Hartford Superior Court. […]

MOREHEAD CITY, N.C. (AP) — Firefighters have found a body after putting out a house fire in North Carolina. A news release from Morehead City Fire/EMS says firefighters responded to a call at around 2 a.m. Saturday. A neighbor told the firefighters that someone was inside the home, but authorities said the fire was too […]

Dividends or No dividends? Q: Why do some companies pay no dividends? Are they worth investing in? A: They can be. A company can use its earnings to reinvest in its business, pay down debt, buy back shares (reducing their number and making remaining shares more valuable) and/or pay shareholders a dividend, among other options. […]

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FLOWOOD, Miss. (AP) — An attorney says police were unjustified in shooting his client in a supermarket parking lot in suburban Jackson. Lawyer Dow Yoder tells WLBT-TV that Flowood police shot Kenara McDavid four times in the chest on Thursday night. McDavid is hospitalized in intensive care. Flowood Police Chief Richie McCluskey say officers were […]

COLUMBUS, Miss. (AP) — The U.S. Army is awarding a $273 million contract to a Mississippi helicopter maker for 35 aircraft. The Army announced the contract with Airbus Helicopters on Thursday for more UH-72A Lakota light utility helicopters. French-based Airbus has more than 200 employees in Columbus assembling helicopters. The Army says Airbus was the […]

ST. ANTHONY, Idaho (AP) — More than 60 pounds of nails have been removed from a popular off-road recreation area in eastern Idaho. U.S. Bureau of Land Management Recreation Planner Ben Cisna tells KIDK-TV in a story on Friday that the thousands of nails came from pallet burning and other illegal activities at the St. […]

TRENTON, N.J. (AP) — Two wealthy New Jersey towns will have to provide more housing for poorer residents under a new court ruling, but affordable housing advocates say the decision could also spell more such homes across the state for years to come. Superior Court Judge Mary Jacobson’s ruling Thursday that West Windsor and Princeton […]

FLAGSTAFF, Ariz. (AP) — Northern Arizona’s only junction of two interstate highways is getting a makeover. The Arizona Department of Transportation says it’s starting a months-long project to improve the interchange of Interstates 40 and 17 in Flagstaff. ADOT says the work will include replacing the I-40 bridge decks in each direction over Beulah Boulevard […]

MAYVILLE, N.D. (AP) — An administrator at Mayville State University is among three finalists for president of the college. Keith Stenehjem is vice president for academic affairs at the eastern North Dakota school. Stenehjem and four other candidates met this week with the search committee. Other finalists are Bernell Hirning, interim Vice President and associate […]

RATON, N.M. (AP) — The U.S. Department of Transportation has awarded a $16 million grant to Colfax County in northeastern New Mexico to refurbish a freight railroad’s tracks used by passenger trains serving Amtrak’s Southwest Chief route. New Mexico congressional delegation members who supported the application for the Transportation Investment Generating Economic Recovery funding announced […]

JACKSON, Miss. (AP) — Mississippi’s largest community college will lease a defunct department store to provide job training. Hinds Community College trustees voted Wednesday to lease the former Belk store at Jackson’s Metrocenter Mall from a group of private investors for 20 years, with an option to buy the building at the end of the […]

CHICAGO (AP) — A top federal government lawyer is urging the U.S. Supreme Court not to hear disgraced ex-Gov. Rod Blagojevich’s appeal. The Chicago Sun-Times reports that in a 34-page brief filed Friday, Solicitor General Noel John Francisco calls Blagojevich’s appeal “unwarranted’ and “without merit.” The brief comes after Blagojevich’s asked the court last November […]

RICHMOND, Texas (AP) — A 55-year-old Houston-area woman has been sentenced to 35 years in prison for the mistreatment of seven special needs teenagers found in 2016 locked in a room strewn with human waste. Paula Sinclair was sentenced Friday after pleading guilty to several counts of causing serious bodily injury to a child. Authorities […]

ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (AP) — Forecasters are warning that strong winds, low humidity and above normal temperatures are expected to combine for an unstable scenario in New Mexico. The National Weather Service in Albuquerque says critical fire weather conditions are possible across central and eastern New Mexico on Saturday. The latest map indicates extreme drought has […]