Новости за 29.08.2015

LOS ANGELES (AP) — Results for some of the states that participated in Common Core-aligned testing for the first time this spring are out, with overall scores higher than expected though still below what many parents may be accustomed to seeing. Full or preliminary scores have been released for Connecticut, Idaho, Missouri, Oregon, Vermont, Washington and West Virginia. They all participated in the Smarter Balanced Assessment Consortium, one of two groups of states awarded $330 million by the U.S. Читать дальше...

The California Highway Patrol said Pacific Gas and Electric Co. had to bring in special equipment to de-energize the power lines, and PG&E had crews dealing with the damaged tower. The trouble started at about at about 9:30 p.m., when the back of an excavator operated by a Caltrans contractor doing construction on the Highway 101 Broadway Interchange Project hit an electric transmission tower that carries power to the Peninsula and San Francisco, PG&E and Caltrans officials said. The... Читать дальше...

Lee must make enemies if he wants to combat homelessness With his pronouncement that the homeless will “have to leave” their encampments on the city’s streets and sidewalks, Mayor Ed Lee has taken his first step away from being the social-worker-style mayor that he has been for the past four years. The guy was going down the street, stopping along the sidewalk and doorways, poking the sleepers and telling them to Get up, get up. No social services. If Lee is serious about getting the chronic inebriates and such off the streets... Читать дальше...

(AP) — Donald Trump will decide soon whether to mount a third party bid if he loses the Republican nomination for president, the real estate mogul said Saturday. Trump has so far refused to pledge to support the eventual Republican nominee, saying his refusal to commit gains him leverage over the party establishment, which has been caught off-guard by his early dominance in the race. Trump was in Nashville to court tea party-leaning voters at a conference hosted by the National Federation of Republican Assemblies... Читать дальше...

(AP) — Donald Trump says he's going to make a decision once and for all about whether he'll mount a third party bid if he loses the Republican nomination for president. Trump was courting tea party voters at a conference hosted by the National Federation of Republican Assemblies.

ATLANTA (AP) — To Azaratu Zakaria, Jimmy Carter's battle against the Guinea worm is represented by a scar. Zakaria was the last person to be declared disease-free in Ghana after more than 20 years of work spearheaded by the former president's humanitarian organization, The Carter Center. Zakaria, who is in her 40s, said she and her family have prayed every day since Carter announced this month that cancer has spread to his brain and forced him to scale back his work. "There is no one in my household... Читать дальше...

(AP) — The owner of a Southern California golf club, who raised a stink by spreading chicken manure on the course, has agreed to pay $100,000 to air pollution regulators. San Diego County's Air Pollution Control District claimed that last year, the owner had 5 tons of raw chicken manure spread on the closed course — creating a monthlong stink and sparking dozens of complaints from nearby homeowners.

WASHINGTON (AP) — With melting glaciers and rising seas as his backdrop, President Barack Obama will visit Alaska next week to press for urgent global action to combat climate change, even as he carefully calibrates his message in a state heavily dependent on oil. Sea ice is melting, critical permafrost is thawing and Alaska's cherished glaciers are liquefying — powerful visuals that Obama hopes will illustrate the threat to natural wonders and livelihoods and serve as a global call to action. ... Читать дальше...

INDIANAPOLIS (AP) — Food pantries and social service agencies across Indiana are bracing for the possibility that up to 50,000 people could lose food stamp benefits this fall unless they comply with a change in federal work and job training requirements. The Indiana Association of United Ways is concerned about the impact on nonprofit groups as people are dropped from assistance, said Lucinda Nord, vice president of public policy for the organization. Under the requirements, able-bodied SNAP recipients... Читать дальше...

The 9 a.m. forecast from the National Hurricane Center showed the storm had degenerated into a trough of low pressure by early Saturday after mountains and an unfavorable environment in Hispaniola knocked Erika below tropical storm force. [...] emergency managers in the Tampa Bay area are still worried about heavy rain. [...] no evacuations have been ordered, but officials are clearing storm drains of debris, doing maintenance on stormwater pumps and urging residents to gather extra food, water and medicines, just in case flooding happens. Читать дальше...

GEORGIA, Vt. (AP) — The two cottages on the shore of Lake Champlain will someday be passed down to her children but Enid Letourneau worries the algae that turns the shoreline pea-soup green each August means they won't amount to much of an inheritance. "Would you go swimming in that? Would you let your grandchildren go swimming in there?" Letourneau said, pointing to the water around her dock this week. The unsightly algae smells so bad it burns her throat, she said — forcing her to keep the windows shut on a summer afternoon. Читать дальше...

HAUPPAUGE, N.Y. (AP) — Thomas Demint's voice is heard only briefly on the eight-minute video he took of police officers arresting two of his friends, and body-slamming their mother. "I'm videotaping this, sir," he tells an officer. "I'm just videotaping this." What's not seen is what happened just after he stopped recording: Demint says three officers tackled him, took away his smartphone and then tried, unsuccessfully, to erase the video. They then arrested him on charges of obstruction of governmental administration and resisting arrest. Читать дальше...

ROANOKE, Va. (AP) — The chamber of commerce official who was answering questions about her community on live TV when gunfire erupted said she never saw the gunman walk up to the group. Vicki Gardner, who is executive director of the resort area's chamber of commerce, says the camera's bright light blinded her. She was wounded as she fell to the ground after hearing the first shots, her husband said.. The gunman, Vester Flanagan, ambushed WDBJ-TV cameraman Adam Ward and reporter Alison Parker during... Читать дальше...

STERLING, N.D. (AP) — The grain elevator that towers over this small prairie town has been humming with workers loading crops onto rail cars destined for domestic and worldwide markets. The reversal is attributed to unprecedented spending on track upgrades, political pressure from politicians in agriculture-rich states and a drastic decrease in trains hauling crude and freight to and from western North Dakota's oil-producing region. The long delays added to costs for grain elevators and agricultural producers... Читать дальше...

As genderless fashion continues to build momentum across the industry at houses like Hood by Air, Public School, Assembly New York and others, there’s one garment helping make unisex chic easily accessible for both men and women. Yes, it’s the oh-so-utilitarian jumpsuit. Retro ’70s jumpsuits have been on trend for women for several seasons, but after designers

Ellen says nasty things about her in front of my kids, and of course my kids don’t like it and tell me about it. When I confront Ellen about it, she tells me I stick up for my ex more than her and tries to make me feel guilty. Try asking Ellen how she would feel if she were in your daughters’ shoes and someone constantly said nasty things about her mother. My advice is to tell Ellen she needs to do some work on quelling her insecurity and hostility because she’s driving your daughters away, and they are your world. Читать дальше...

Officials urge residents to stay prepared tropical storm Officials say residents should prepare by filling vehicles' gas tanks, stockpiling a few days' of food and water, and determining whether they live in an evacuation zone. Chris Landsea, a meteorologist with the National Hurricane Center, says Tropical Storm Erika is an extremely disorganized storm, which is making it difficult for forecasters to track. UNCERTAINTY Because this storm is so difficult to forecast, it's unclear where __ or whether __ it will make landfall in Florida. Читать дальше...

Giants beat Cardinals on Kelby Tomlinson’s walk-off single Kelby Tomlinson didn’t know what could top his first career grand slam. [...] a day later when he got his first career walk-off hit. “It’s unbelievable,” the rookie said after his ninth-inning single Friday night gave the Giants a 5-4 victory over the Cardinals. Tomlinson, hitting .364 in place of injured second baseman Joe Panik, made a nifty defensive play in the top of the ninth, spearing Brandon Moss’ sizzling liner and throwing to first for a rally-killing double play. Читать дальше...

CHP searching for big rig driver involved in fatal motorcycle crash California Highway Patrol investigators are searching for the driver of a tractor-trailer who left the scene after fatally striking a motorcyclist outside of Livermore Thursday evening, officials said. The CHP encouraged anyone who may have witnessed the incident, or who knows the identity of the tractor-trailer or its driver, to contact Officer A. House at (925) 828-0466, ext. 355 or the CHP Communication Center at (707) 551-4100.

ARIES. (March 20 - April 19): You're feeling ambivalent about a relationships and that's all right. It makes perfect sense for someone entering into new emotional territory.

Joel Fort, an outspoken San Francisco psychiatrist whose public efforts to legalize marijuana and accept homosexuality riled his colleagues and brought him endless professional troubles, died last Sunday at his home in El Cerrito. From the days of the beats and the hippies through the 1980s, Dr. Fort campaigned against orthodoxy — both as a professional treating patients for alcoholism, drug abuse and a score of other mental issues and as the leader of his own unconventional mental health center called Fort Help in downtown San Francisco. Читать дальше...

Clare Rojas’ show of new paintings charts a continued evolution from her early folk-art-inspired works to assured modernist abstractions that are rooted in the past (Mondrian meets Motherwell, and a few others), as well as in futuristic, figurative sources. [...] the show is also significant as the first at Anglim Gilbert Gallery, the next phase in the life of Gallery Paule Anglim after the death of that stalwart dealer and a passing of the torch to director Ed Gilbert. Jay DeFeo/Alter Ego The... Читать дальше...

In a week when a lot of people wish that Ashley Madison could have been as secretive as Apple, and when the stock markets’ struggles were a lot wilder than the final score would indicate, we also saw: Uber China is close to completing a round of fundraising of about $1.4 billion, people familiar with the matter said. Uber China’s valuation is now around $7 billion, and the business will probably list on Hong Kong or mainland China exchanges within five years, according to copies of an offer sheet circulated to investors and seen by Bloomberg.

(AP) — A white supremacist charged with killing three people at Jewish sites in suburban Kansas City spent more than two hours Friday telling jurors how he planned the attacks and is sorry he didn't kill more people. After a nearly three-hour lunch break, Miller returned to the stand and told jurors he wanted to tell them more about why he wanted to kill Jews, but the court wouldn't let him. [...] he talked about an emphysema attack he had 10 days before the April 13, 2014, killings and his desire to "take out" Jewish people before he died. Читать дальше...

The Pentagon is getting into the booming wearable tech business, announcing a $171 million public-private partnership Friday with Silicon Valley players to produce leading-edge products for both the consumer market and the battlefield. The Department of Defense awarded the FlexTech Alliance, a tech research consortium, $75 million over five years to develop and manage the country’s newest Manufacturing Innovation Institute in San Jose, the first of several similar federally funded institutes to be located on the West Coast. Читать дальше...