Новости за 16.01.2016

(AP) — A Southern California man captured on video attacking an Uber driver has sued the driver for $5 million, claiming the video was recorded without his consent, a newspaper reported Saturday. According to the newspaper, Golden says he was intoxicated and began to "fear for his safety and well-being" when the driver pulled over to "kick" him out of the car in an unfamiliar location. The lawsuit claims invasion of privacy, infliction of emotional distress and assault and battery.

VIENNA (AP) — Iran will release four detained Americans in exchange for seven Iranians held or charged in the United States, U.S. and Iranian officials said Saturday in a diplomatic breakthrough announced as implementation of a landmark nuclear deal appeared imminent. Washington Post reporter Jason Rezaian, former U.S. Marine Amir Hekmati, pastor Saeed Abedini and Nosratollah Khosravi-Roodsari, whose name had not been previously made public, were to be flown from Iran to Switzerland aboard a Swiss... Читать дальше...

"How is that not treason?" His assertion centered on Bush's call for the U.S. to support a no-fly zone in Syria, where Russia is engaged in the country's years-long civil war. The exchange lasted several minutes, with Mazerall also challenging Bush's earlier statement that it would violate international standards under the Geneva Conventions to bomb the Islamic State group without regard for the killing of innocent civilians. "Yeah, killing innocent people would be a war crime," Bush shot back.

During his three seasons with the Eagles, 49ers head coach Chip Kelly often offered a variation of this quote: “We want taller, longer people because bigger people beat up little people.” During his tenure with the 49ers, general manager Trent Baalke, a man obsessed with draft prospects’ arm length, has often offered his spin on the same theme: “‘Big’ wins,” Baalke said during the 2014 draft. Since Kelly was hired, of course, many have speculated he’ll have trouble co-existing with Baalke, who will retain personnel control. Читать дальше...

The move came while the Department of the Interior's Inspector General investigated an accusation that the national park's chain of command of mishandled harassment complaints. The ban on alcohol doesn't apply to commercial companies the general public can hire to go down the 280-mile stretch of the river or private trips that are won through a lottery system. Nighttime is prime time for drinking as rafters sit around a campfire, playing music and sharing stories, not unlike a camping trip or house party elsewhere. Читать дальше...

Middle school basketball coach resigns for game brawl Smith says the brawl started when the coach took his team off the floor because he disagreed with the officiating, and a fan walked over and began arguing with the game's referees.

(AP) — A man charged with child sex crimes was hired as a Wichita teacher last fall after a background check failed to uncover that he resigned from a southwest Kansas community college job amid a child pornography investigation. Steven Thompson, 62, of Wichita, was charged this month with three counts of sexual exploitation of a child in Finney County, where he previously was a tenured computer science instructor at Garden City Community College. Thompson was working as a math teacher at Northeast... Читать дальше...

Rubio called out leading candidates, real-estate mogul Donald Trump and Texas Sen. Ted Cruz, by name during a town hall-style meeting in Johnston, Iowa, the first of four scheduled campaign appearances Saturday. At a campaign stop in Council Bluffs, Rubio said Trump's mantra, "We're gonna make America great," shouldn't be enough to win voters' support. Rubio also condemned Senate colleague Cruz for supporting federal budgets that would decrease defense spending and for proposing a "European-style" value-added tax. Читать дальше...

(AP) — The Louisiana Department of Education has approved a recommendation to convert Grambling State University's three laboratory schools into a single charter school system. The university says state funding for charter schools means the schools are no longer in danger of closing. The schools are currently financed by a combination of tuition and subsidies from Grambling State and the Lincoln Parish School Board. "Once the charter contract is complete, we will begin the application processes for faculty, staff and students," Ford said.

The Warriors indicated that Harrison Barnes will move back into the starting lineup Saturday night, seven games after returning from a sprained left ankle. “To me, the last game was the first game that he really looked healthy,” Warriors interim head coach Luke Walton said. In seven games since missing 16 with a high ankle sprain and bone bruise, he’s averaging 11 points and four rebounds while shooting 45.6 percent from the floor.

“Through a diplomatic channel that was established with the focus of getting our detained U.S. citizens home, we can confirm Iran has released from imprisonment four Americans detained in Iran,” including Jason Rezaian, said the federal official, who declined to be identified. Rezaian’s release ends an ordeal that began nearly 18 months ago when Iranian authorities arrested the reporter and confined him for longer than any other Western journalist and longer than any of the Americans held during the hostage crisis in 1981. Читать дальше...

Shin, the highest-ranking member of the South Korean military in the United States, visited Caroline County to discuss the history_and future_of his country's alliance with the United States. U.S. history teacher Sara Gibson, who also co-coordinates the middle school's history club, said the embassy reached out to her in late 2015 to put together the visit. Wednesday's visit marked Shin's second since last spring, when he unveiled a series of engraved bricks purchased by the embassy for the middle... Читать дальше...

Foster's Daily Democrat reports (bit.ly/1RMD9Fc) that university officials announced the ban in an email to students and staff this week. UNH Police Chief Paul Dean and Dean of Students John Kirkpatrick say they are concerned about the safety of the transportation devices, which have been known to burst into flames due to combustible lithium-ion batteries.

(AP) — Back when she was a college student, physicist Gail Dodge didn't feel her gender was an issue in the classroom. "The main goal is to show that they're not alone, and have a chance to network and to build a sense of community," Dodge said. Because we think that one of the reasons why some women don't pursue a career in physics is there's just not that many yet in the field. The APS has been trying to boost those numbers since 1972, when U.S. women earned only 7 percent of the bachelor's... Читать дальше...

WRC-TV reports (http://bit.ly/1Nd9XPA) the letter says the weapon was seized Friday by Nicholas Orem Middle School security personnel and Hyattsville police officers after an anonymous tip told them where to look. Principal Theresa Merrifield says in the letter that parents can help prevent situations like this from happening by checking their child's belongings each morning to ensure no inappropriate items are brought to school.

In a new memoir, "My Time with the Kings: A Reporter's Recollections of Martin, Coretta and the Civil Rights Movement," retired Associated Press reporter Kathryn Johnson describes civil rights flashpoints she covered in the 1960s and details her close relationship with the movement's leader, the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr., and his family. Bundled in a heavy coat, my teeth chattering from the cold, I asked King the usual questions: How much pay raise are they asking? The straggly little group hurrying along the cold... Читать дальше...

COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — The once-homeless man whose silky voice turned him into an Internet sensation five years ago is back on the air — at the same Ohio radio station where he started a broadcasting career derailed by drug and alcohol addiction. The new show is Williams' first steady employment since 1993 and comes five years after The Dispatch featured the former panhandler's smooth radio voice in an online video. The video brought Williams instant fame but meant his personal struggles played out in public, including Dr. Читать дальше...

The lawsuit filed in Kanawha County also is pressing the university's governing board to fully implement the so-called WVU Tech Revitalization Project, according to media reports. The attorney filing the suit, Carl Roncaglione, argues that the Board of Governors has breached its legal obligation to WVU Tech.

(AP) — A South African musician will headline a concert held at the University of Alabama as one of the many events to celebrate the life and work of Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. The 27th annual Tuscaloosa celebration will feature jazz and R&B singer-songwriter Jonathan Butler on Sunday evening, the Tuscaloosa News reports (http://bit.ly/1TY1Iw8) reported. Baxley, a former state attorney general, prosecuted KKK member Robert Chambliss for the church bombing, and appointed the state's first African-American assistant attorney general... Читать дальше...

COLOME, S.D. (AP) — Everybody knows Russell Bertram in this tiny prairie town of about 300, where the skyline is etched by a grain mill, city hall is the size of a one-bedroom apartment and there's too little traffic to justify a stoplight. [...] South Dakota prosecutors now claim the truth was far more sinister: that it was a murder, suggesting in court filings that it involved money, jealousy and tangled relationships spanning two countries. Bertram said he was putting his 12-gauge shotgun back... Читать дальше...

DOVER, Del. (AP) — Police in the city of Dover are investigating after they say someone broke into a house and fled with cash. Police say the home in the 200 block of Northdown Drive in the Village of Westover community was burglarized Friday. Police say the suspect used a landscape paver to break a window in the rear of the home. Once inside, the suspect took cash and left. Police did not say how much money the suspect took. Police say an investigation is ongoing.

Idea Street is just one of the most visible efforts to create a school that can prepare students for the ever-changing job market of the future. The project began in 2013 with a "bring your own device" policy that encouraged teachers to develop lessons that let students use their tablets and smartphones in class. In 2014, the school received $20,000 in technology from the Samsung Solve for Tomorrow Contest and created a television studio and Digital Shop where teacher Kevin Jarrett's students are... Читать дальше...

The Daily Herald of Provo reports (http://bit.ly/1J8UODY) that 51-year-old Daniel Taggart was sentenced Friday on three counts of attempted forcible sex abuse and one count of attempted sex abuse of a child. Authorities say Taggart gave his daughter's teenage friend alcohol and sex toys before sexually abusing her twice in the summer of 2014.

CLEVELAND (AP) — Police in Cleveland are investigating whether the death of a man found on his dining room floor with a gunshot wound may have been a homicide. Cleveland.com reports (bit.ly/1Ox54CI) that police say the 42-year-old was discovered by his mother at a home on East 111th Street around midnight Friday. He had been shot in the arm and was unresponsive. When paramedics arrived, they declared him dead at the scene. His name was not immediately released. The matter is under investigation. ___ Information from... Читать дальше...

FREEHOLD, N.J. (AP) — Another New Jersey man has been charged in the 2009 beating death of a middle school teacher who authorities say was a victim of mistaken identity. Spraulding is now serving an 8-year state prison sentence after he was convicted last year on two unrelated counts of distributing drugs.