Новости за 12.12.2015

Seven months after toughening penalties for schools whose fans rush onto the field of play, the Big 12 Conference said Friday it will not discipline Iowa State after students stormed the court following a basketball game in a scene that left a newspaper columnist with a broken leg. Randy Peterson of the Des Moines Register was knocked over while walking from press row to a postgame news conference Thursday after fans rushed the court in nearby Ames following Iowa State's 83-82 home win over rival Iowa. Читать дальше...

YOUNGSTOWN, Ohio (AP) — The domestic partner of a former Ohio college dean says an insurance company is wrongly withholding death benefits. The Youngstown Vindicator reports (http://bit.ly/1ReXzVx ) Celec's attorney says the insurance company Cigna is refusing to pay his client now since no beneficiary was listed.

JOHNSTON, R.I. (AP) — A high school teacher in Rhode Island has been charged with embezzlement after allegedly putting his name on checks meant for school activities. The station said Russo did not respond to requests for comment and the school district declined to comment other than to say the longtime teacher has been suspended with pay.

(AP) — West Virginia State University's development plan is calling for some renovations and upgrades on campus and several modest changes to campus layout. The Charleston Gazette-Mail reports that (http://bit.ly/1Y5l4pp ) the university's plan was lays out a need for roofing, heating and air-conditioning repairs on some buildings.

PHOENIX (AP) — The University of Arizona's medical school in Phoenix has made changes to a 30-year agreement made earlier this year with Banner Health after an accreditation board raised questions about aspects of the school's partnership with the hospital. The Arizona Republic reports (http://bit.ly/1YbfrRk) that the school sent a list of steps it has taken and steps it plans to take address several areas of of non-compliance cited by the Liason Committee on Medical Education in June. The school... Читать дальше...

[...] storm in a week to bring rain, snow to California National Weather Service meteorologist Nathan Owen said that after a lull Saturday, a system will move into parched California overnight packing precipitation and strong winds. Owen says the latest storm will dump slightly less rain in the state than the previous systems — with the San Francisco Bay Area and the San Joaquin Valley expected to get up to about half an inch.

Bears basketball game day: The game will be televised on Pac-12 Network; Radio on KGO 810 AM; Live stats on CalBears.com Projected starters: Cal: G Tyrone Wallace (18.4 ppg, 5.4 apg), C Kameron Rooks (3.6 ppg, 3.9 rpg), G Jordan Mathews (11.8 ppg, 3.6 rpg), F Jaylen Brown (14.7 ppg, 5.6 rpg), F Ivan Rabb (12.4 ppg, 8.2 rpg) Nine games into a season of great expectations, the Bears continue to underwhelm. On Wednesday, Cal didn’t pull away from Incarnate Word — a program with no Division I wins this season — until the final minutes. Читать дальше...

[...] Friday evening at Gray Area Art + Technology (formerly the Grand Theater), Jess Curtis, perhaps Mann’s most fascinating acolyte, held a 15th birthday party for his Gravity company, a group devoted to making body-based art here and abroad that leaves no one immune to its energy and charm. [...] when the producer, CounterPulse, announced that their performance space would not open on time, an alternative was found in Gray Area, a converted movie palace. For most of the evening, the audience... Читать дальше...

Cabaret music, like any other art form, needs to be taken seriously to make an impact. The weekend’s sold-out program marked the beginning of the second season for this innovative project, and it neatly illustrated both the possibilities and the pitfalls of the undertaking. Conductor Edwin Outwater gave the evening a solid foundation, with an impeccably planned mix of familiar and outre musical fare framed by cabaret numbers. The effect of Erwin Schulhoff’s “Sonata Erotica” — an elaborately choreographed opus of sexual moans... Читать дальше...

The pope will also visit the southern border state of Chiapas, one of Mexico's poorest areas and home to a large indigenous population, as well as Morelia, the capital of Michoacan state and currently a hotspot of Mexico's drug conflict.

AUSTIN, Texas (AP) _ The winning numbers in Saturday afternoon's drawing of the Texas Lottery's "All or Nothing Day" game were: 02-06-07-09-12-13-14-15-16-21-22-24 (two, six, seven, nine, twelve, thirteen, fourteen, fifteen, sixteen, twenty-one, twenty-two, twenty-four)

AUSTIN, Texas (AP) _ The winning numbers in Saturday afternoon's drawing of the Texas Lottery's "Pick 3 Day" game were: 2-6-3, Sum It Up: 11 (two, six, three; Sum It Up: eleven)

AUSTIN, Texas (AP) _ The winning numbers in Saturday afternoon's drawing of the Texas Lottery's "Daily 4 Day" game were: 3-5-9-4, Sum It Up: 21 (three, five, nine, four; Sum It Up: twenty-one)

CRANSTON, R.I. (AP) _ The winning numbers in Saturday afternoon's drawing of the Rhode Island Lottery's "Numbers Midday" game were: 1-6-8-6 (one, six, eight, six)

SANTIAGO, Chile (AP) — A 62-year-old army veteran has been arrested after allegedly making a radio-show confession to taking part in 18 killings during the former Chilean dictatorship's so-called dirty war against leftists during the 1970s. The government estimates 3,095 were killed for political reasons during Gen. Augusto Pinochet's dictatorship.

CONCORD, N.H. (AP) _ The winning numbers in Saturday afternoon's drawing of the "Pick 4 Day" game were: 4-9-5-0 (four, nine, five, zero)

At one of the Hollywood Boulevard location — the iconic TCL Chinese Theatre, where the first "Star Wars" premiered in 1977 — fans are already camped out this weekend, eagerly awaiting their turn when the film opens for regular folks next Friday. The fans must log at least 24 hours in line to gain entry to the theater's first public showing of the film, but those who spend more time in line will earn preferential seat selection. Inside the partially built structure, curious tourists snapped photos... Читать дальше...

OMAHA, Neb. (AP) — Omaha police say are investigating the discovery of a body in a north Omaha home and say the death appears to be a homicide. Omaha television station WOWT reports (http://bit.ly/1SU9xm0 ) that the body was found Saturday morning by family members who arrived at the home. Police were called to the house around 11:20 a.m. Saturday. The television station reports that the victim was stabbed. Police have not yet released any information on the death, including the identity of the person found dead. Читать дальше...

JEROME, Idaho (AP) — The Idaho State Police say they've arrested a Washington man on felony drug trafficking charges. Police stopped a 2015 Nissan on Interstate 84 in Jerome County at about 8:30 p.m. Friday. It was driven by Sergio Maldonado Farias of Monroe, Washington. Police searched his vehicle and found about 4.5 pounds of methamphetamine. It has a street value of about $45,000. Farias was arrested and booked into the Jerome County jail. The investigation is ongoing.

The state's gross domestic product shrank 2.3 percent in the second quarter after a 6.1 percent drop during the first three months of the year, data from the U.S. Bureau of Economic Analysis shows. Natural gas prices at the Opal hub in western Wyoming were $2.12 per million British Thermal Units in November, compared to $4.1 per million BTUs last year. The state posted a 10.8 percent increase in gross domestic product during the fourth quarter of 2014 before cutbacks in the oil and gas industry began to take their toll in 2015. Читать дальше...

ODESSA, Texas (AP) — A West Texas jury has found a former police officer guilty of multiple counts of sexual impropriety for groping women during traffic stops. According to trial evidence, numerous women said Becerra groped and fondled them during traffic stops.

3 people injured in camper explosion remain hospitalized (AP) — Three people injured in a camper explosion at a Beatrice park remain hospitalized.

(AP) — Several inches of snow fell on Southern California mountains, bringing joy to ski resorts and cautions for motorists. A storm Friday dropped six inches at higher elevations and brought rain, hail and thunderstorms elsewhere.

SAN ANTONIO (AP) — A man whose arms were raised before two Texas deputies fatally shot him is heard yelling "I'm not going to prison" in a newly released eight-minute video that shows a tense standoff before authorities opened fire. Prosecutors in San Antonio released the video Friday after a grand jury this week declined to indict the Bexar County sheriff's deputies in the August death of Gilbert Flores. The shooting had drawn national attention after a shorter video, which was filmed by a motorist from a much farther distance... Читать дальше...

The Commercial Appeal reports (http://bit.ly/1O1TBju) the conversions were announced Friday, just a few days after a Vanderbilt University study suggested the schools would be better off in the local district's Innovation Zone. While the Achievement Schools District removes low-performing schools from local control, usually placing them with nonprofit charter operators, Innovation Zone schools remain in the local district but with special leeway to make changes.