Новости за 03.10.2015

CHARLES CITY, Iowa (AP) — Some northern Iowa high school students are learning about pioneer life by spending class time outdoors building a 19th century sod house on school grounds. The students will give presentations on 19th century living during the field trip and will learn about what kinds of games pioneer children played and how pioneers handled household chores. Hemesath said he doesn't remember having a learning experience like that when he was in elementary school.

[...] they had zero applications last year," said Robert Mitchell, Academic Policy Officer for Educator Preparation with the Colorado Department of Higher Education. Math, science and special education teachers are especially coveted. Jack Kronser, interim human resources chief in the Adams 14 district just north of Denver that includes Commerce City, has spent 23 years recruiting for schools. [...] that political landscape has caused people to ask, 'Do I really want to be a teacher?' Principals... Читать дальше...

Rave reviews at the Boulder Farmers Market, a move to a commercial kitchen, distribution locally, then to California, then nationally. When five college friends started the company in 2011, organic hummus was a rarity. The company doesn't release sales figures, but it's distributed nationwide, including in Alaska, where Burger says it has many fans, and sold in a larger size tub in Costco stores. Burger says the company sees hummus growing from a niche product to a national staple in the way that salsa or Greek yogurt has. Читать дальше...

U.S. Coast Guard and Navy aircraft combed the Atlantic Ocean around the lightly populated Crooked Island for the El Faro, which was en route from Jacksonville, Fla., to San Juan, Puerto Rico, at the height of the powerful storm. In its last communication, the crew reported that the vessel had lost propulsion and had taken on water but it was being pumped successfully, TOTE Maritime Puerto Rico, the operator of the El Faro, said in a statement. Coast Guard officials said the search, across about 850 square nautical miles of ocean... Читать дальше...

Friday's report, sent to the Board of Regents by university president Eric Kaler, notes Judge "raised potential issues" about cramped practice facilities and scheduling conflicts for practice space, and "addressed" issues of financial aid and participation rates for male and female athletes. The report also cited complaints from coaches and others about the lack of shower facilities for women in the soccer stadium, and about track facilities being displaced by a new Athletes Village, which will mainly benefit football and basketball players. Читать дальше...

DAMASCUS, Syria — Russian warplanes have attacked the Islamic State group and other insurgents in central and northern Syria with a wave of new air strikes, Syrian and Russian military officials said Saturday as an activist group said Russia’s air raids have killed 39 civilians over the three past days. The new strikes came as residents of Syria’s central regions fear the Russians are clearing the way for a ground offensive by the government on several towns in the central province of Hama and the northwestern region of Idlib ... Читать дальше...

Match of the Week: Everton vs Liverpool FC by guest blogger Sean O’Melveny What’s at Stake The Merseyside Derby always looms large for fans and players of bitter cross-town rivals Everton and Liverpool, but this year’s first match between the two clubs carries even more importance than usual because the fate of Liverpool manager Brendan

Reed, a Democrat, said Saturday that the Perkins Federal Loan Program — which expired Oct. 1 after Republicans blocked legislation to extend it — is the nation's oldest federal loan program and is a critical financial aid tool that helps low-income students finance their education.

WASHINGTON (AP) — Hillary Rodham Clinton was endorsed Saturday by the National Education Association, the nation's largest labor union, giving her campaign a boost in an increasingly competitive Democratic primary race. With 3 million members, the NEA's support will help Clinton in her primary bid against Vermont Sen. Bernie Sanders, who has galvanized liberal Democrats and announced this week he had raised nearly as much money as Clinton during the past three months. Clinton has outlined plans... Читать дальше...

(AP) — Republican presidential candidate Rand Paul said Saturday that his home state of Kentucky needs a governor willing to stand up to the federal government he aspires to lead from the White House. On Saturday, he promoted his home state's GOP ticket in next month's election, highlighted by a close race for governor. Paul has been a strong opponent of President Barack Obama's health care and environmental policies, and has staked out a libertarian position on civil liberties. Conway, however... Читать дальше...

WASHINGTON (AP) — Democratic presidential candidate Bernie Sanders says he opposes a unilateral American no-fly zone in Syria, arguing that it could pull the U.S. into the Syrian civil war and "lead to a never-ending U.S. entanglement in that region." Sanders says he supports President Barack Obama's efforts to fight the Islamic State group in Syria and efforts by Syrian rebels to overthrow President Bashar Assad.

DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — The United Arab Emirates held a tightly controlled election Saturday for its largely advisory Federal National Council, with only a portion of Emiratis eligible to cast ballots. The huge foreign worker population, including white-collar employees and construction site laborers, hasn't advocated to take part in the political process, content with earning tax-free wages. Abdulkhaleq Abdullah, a professor of political science at Emirates University, said he hoped for a high turnout... Читать дальше...

HENDERSON, Nev. (AP) — Police in Henderson are searching for three suspects they say shot at an off-duty officer. KLAS-TV in Las Vegas report (http://bit.ly/1j6sV3G) that an off-duty Las Vegas police officer was near Horizon Ridge Parkway and Carnegie Street on Friday night and noticed three people behaving suspiciously. Authorities say two of them were armed and all three fled when they saw the officer. The officer pursued them and they then opened fire. Police say the officer was not injured. They are searching for a white... Читать дальше...

(AP) — Professors and students at the University of Tulsa are developing a system to help astronauts grow their own food during future space missions. Parameswar Hari, an associate professor at the University of Tulsa's Department of Physics and Engineering Physics, said the eight- to 10-month flight time in each direction means the crew will need a large amount of food, and weight can become a cost issue. Daniel Crunkleton, associate professor of chemical engineering and director of TU's Institute of Alternative Energy... Читать дальше...

KABUL, Afghanistan (AP) — The international charity Doctors Without Borders said at least 16 people including nine local staffers were killed when its clinic came under "sustained bombing" Saturday in the northern Afghan city of Kunduz, where Afghan officials said helicopter gunships had returned fire from Taliban fighters sheltering in the facility. Afghan forces backed by U.S. airstrikes have been battling the Taliban street-by-street in Kunduz since Thursday, to dislodge insurgents who seized... Читать дальше...

The celebration Sunday will bring together Buddhist monks from around the United States, Europe and Asia, as well Christian, Jewish and Muslim clergy, and the children of the late Wampanoag medicine man who invited a Japanese Buddhist order to build the 103-foot dome. The pagoda, completed in 1985, was built as a monument to inspire people in their search for world peace.

The TCI program provides up to four weeks of paid time off for workers who need to care for sick family members or take care of newborn or adopted children. A 2013 Pew Research Center report found that of 38 industrialized countries, the United States was the only one that does not mandate any paid leave for new mothers.

BERLIN (AP) — Germany marks a quarter-century as a reunited nation on Saturday, with two leaders from the formerly communist east heading a country that increasingly asserts itself as Europe's political heavyweight — and now faces a new challenge in a refugee influx that will demand deep reserves of resourcefulness and patience. [...] things worked out well — so many people pitched in, showed verve, began to learn new jobs," Chancellor Angela Merkel, who grew up in the east and entered politics as communism fell... Читать дальше...

Death row inmate at 16, later freed, she can't escape past INDIANAPOLIS (AP) — She was determined to make good on her second chance, to become a profile of redemption. A death row inmate at 16, Paula Cooper had won a reprieve and tried to rebuild her life. [...] she might have achieved her happy ending — if not for guilt that tormented her and shame that wouldn't go away. [...] sitting down near a tree, Cooper pointed a handgun at her head and pulled the trigger. On May 14, 1985, Cooper, then 15... Читать дальше...

WASHINGTON (AP) — Volkswagen's pollution-control chicanery has not just been victimless tinkering, killing between five and 20 people in the United States annually in recent years, according to an Associated Press statistical and computer analysis. The software that the company admitted using to get around government emissions limits allowed VWs to spew enough pollution to cause somewhere between 16 and 94 deaths over seven years, with the annual count increasing more recently as more of the diesels were on the road. Читать дальше...

[...] criminologists and ethicists worry that withholding names will make it harder to assess a mass killer's motivations and spot trends that could help prevent future violence. Families of mass shooting victims have long urged journalists to avoid using the gunmen's names and photos in public, saying the sight of them renews their pain and turns troubled murderers into celebrities. [...] throughout the four-month trial of Colorado theater shooter James Holmes, prosecutors repeatedly referred... Читать дальше...

The Delaware State Police says it happened Saturday around 2 a.m. State Police say a man walking in the roadway on DuPont Parkway was struck by the driver of a Chevrolet Suburban. State Police identified the driver as 40-year-old Shawn Russell of Dover and said he has been charged with driving under the influence, leaving the scene of a fatal motor vehicle crash and other charges.

The Associated Press recently gained an exclusive look at Illinois' first legal marijuana crop, and the new farmland ritual beginning amid surrounding cornfields in the historic town of Albion: the harvest of medical marijuana that will soon be sold in dispensaries around the state. For the company to find a home in Albion — where grain trucks rumble past the sleepy central square, cicadas drone in the trees shading a century-old courthouse and a breeze touches an empty bandstand — is paradoxical. Читать дальше...

U.S. Coast Guard aircraft has resumed its search in the waters of the southeastern Bahamas for a cargo ship with 33 people on board that lost power and began taking on water after powerful Hurricane Joaquin struck. The Bermuda Weather Service has issued a tropical storm warning and a hurricane watch for Bermuda. The Bermuda Weather Service has issued a tropical storm warning and a hurricane watch for Bermuda. The Bermuda Weather Service has issued a tropical storm warning and a hurricane watch for Bermuda. Читать дальше...

Death row inmate at 16, later freed, she can't escape past For most of her 45 years, prison officials had dictated when she could eat, sleep and shower. At 16, she'd become one of the nation's youngest inmates on death row for her role in the shockingly brutal stabbing of an elderly Bible teacher. On a June day in 2013, she was released, a smiling but scared middle-aged woman riding off in a van, watching the prison razor wire fade in the rearview mirror. If not for the demons in her head — the guilt and torment ... Читать дальше...