Новости за 10.02.2016

NASHUA, N.H. (AP) — New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie is expected to end his campaign for the Republican nomination for president after a disappointing sixth-place finish in New Hampshire's primary, two people familiar with his plans told The Associated Press on Wednesday. [...] Tuesday's result appeared to be the final blow for a candidate whose campaign, at points, saw glimmers of hope, but had trouble from the get-go raising money and building support in a crowded Republican field dominated by another brash East Coaster... Читать дальше...

JOHANNESBURG — The body of a young antiapartheid activist who was kidnapped and tortured in 1983 by South African police has never been found, her family never able to mourn at a grave, her killers not sent to prison. The new move against the former policemen goes to the heart of long-running tension in South Africa over the push for reconciliation among the country’s racial groups and the desire to punish perpetrators of human rights abuses during the traumatic decades that preceded multiracial elections in 1994. Читать дальше...

Prosecutors agree that former Los Angeles Sheriff Lee Baca should face no more than six months in prison after taking part in efforts to intimidate an FBI agent investigating abuse by guards at the jail he ran. Baca signed a plea agreement that shows efforts to thwart an investigation into civil rights abuses at the jail and that corruption in the ranks extended to the top of the nation's largest sheriff's department. Former Los Angeles Sheriff Lee Baca says he took part in efforts to intimidate... Читать дальше...

MOUNT PLEASANT, S.C. (AP) — Republican presidential contender John Kasich spent time and money winning over New Hampshire voters. By contrast, his campaign — which has far less cash than any of his closest competitors — has spent nothing on advertising in South Carolina and the outside groups backing him have put out barely anything. Even Trump, a master of free publicity, is spending $1.2 million on paid ads. Kasich, who like his rivals has several days of back-to-back South Carolina events planned... Читать дальше...

BOISE, Idaho (AP) — Thousands of snowballs rolled in a flat central Idaho field look like the work of hundreds of ambitious kids — except there are no human tracks. A rare weather event caused the spontaneous snowballs at the Nature Conservancy's Silver Creek Preserve and surrounding fields near the tiny town of Picabo. So-called snow rollers are so rare and fleeting that the precise weather conditions needed to form them are not defined, said Jay Breidenbach, a meteorologist with the National Weather Service. Читать дальше...

SEOUL — South Korea said Wednesday that it will shut down a joint industrial park with North Korea in response to its recent rocket launch, accusing the North of using hard currency from the park to develop its nuclear and missile programs. The decision to end operations at the industrial complex in the North Korean border city of Kaesong, the last major cooperation project between the rival countries, comes after North Korea on Sunday launched a long-range rocket considered by other nations to be a banned missile technology test. Читать дальше...

SEATTLE (AP) — Voters across Washington appear to have passed most local school levy and bond measures during Tuesday's special election. Two school levies appear to be failing in the Soap Lake School District in Grant County, where all the votes have been counted but one measure has earned a virtual tie.

The conservatism that has dominated the Republican Party for decades is in crisis. Donald Trump’s success combined with Marco Rubio’s fade reflects the implosion of any sort of Republican establishment. Trump does not engage in the dainty dance that is the stock-in-trade of a Republican establishment that shifts effortlessly from backlash politics to high-toned rhetoric. Trump’s stream-of-consciousness soliloquies invoke nationalism, tough talk on trade, and a harsh and sometimes racist response to immigration. Читать дальше...

Senate panel seeks appointed local school superintendents (AP) — Mississippi lawmakers are starting a fresh push to have 55 elected local school superintendents appointed by school boards instead.

For the second year in a row, the Giants and first baseman Brandon Belt reached agreement on a one-year, $6.2 million contract the day they were supposed to go to an arbitration hearing. The settlement is $200,000 below the midpoint between the $5.3 million the Giants offered and the $7.5 million that Belt requested, a relatively huge gulf in baseball arbitration filings. Thus, for the 12th consecutive year the Giants have settled all their potential arbitration cases without a contentious hearing. Читать дальше...

The stuff of art — be it altered books, cut paper, found photographs, cast lead crystal or video — is pulled to the foreground in Seager Gray Gallery’s group show “Material Matters.” The loose theme of the third annual exhibit that looks at artists and their favored materials is generous enough to encompass a variety of work, from Jane Rosen’s patinaed bronze hoof sculptures to Joe Brubaker’s wood tribute to Louise Nevelson. Barbara Wildenboer of Cape Town, South Africa, shreds pages into explosive... Читать дальше...

RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) — Only about 4 percent of North Carolina's more than 150 charter schools are on a financial watch list tracking taxpayer money going to the non-traditional public schools. State Department of Public Instruction officials said Wednesday there are six charter schools with financial problems severe enough that they are receiving taxpayer money on a month-to-month basis.

John DiPaolo’s abstract works benefit real kids in need Each time the Brooklyn-born San Francisco artist sells one of his works, now on exhibit at Dolby Chadwick Gallery, he also funds a Smile Train kid. “It feels good,” says DiPaolo, 69, scanning the pre- and post-operation pictures lining two walls of his light-filled studio at Hunters Point Shipyard. [...] he hesitates to spread the word about his good deeds, though those gestures, like other parts of his life, are on full display in his studio, just steps from the bay. Читать дальше...

The question is much more than a ballot choice for Democrat Russ Feingold, whose hopes of reclaiming the Senate seat he held for 18 years rests with Wisconsin voters heavily invested in the presidential nomination fight. Feingold wants to avoid alienating Democrats, especially young voters, and keep them united behind his quest to win his way back to the Senate. Johnson also has not endorsed anyone in the muddled Republican presidential race, dodging the endorsement question despite being repeatedly... Читать дальше...

Memory moves New York City artist Firelei Báez, now presenting her paintings and drawings in “Trust Memory Over History” at Gallery Wendi Norris. “The physical memory of sunlight and landscape always informs the making of the work,” says Báez, 34, who grew up on the border of the Dominican Republic and Haiti before moving to Miami. Metamorphosing female figures like a hirsute Mary Magdalene or the ciguapa, a magical trickster in Dominican folklore, recur in Báez’s work, which delves into sociopolitical... Читать дальше...

The Kansas House has approved a proposal to make it harder for the state to sell or turn over the operation of its two mental hospitals to private companies. Top Republicans in the GOP-dominated Legislature are upset with the university over how it is financing a development project that includes a new science lab, housing for 1,200 students, a new student union building and new power plant. The 2010 federal health care law championed by Democratic President Barack Obama encouraged states to expand... Читать дальше...

(AP) — A state Senate committee has endorsed a proposed bill that would prohibit teachers and school officials from prying into students' private personal social media accounts. Officials would still be allowed to access a student's public account, and the bill would not inhibit law enforcement investigations related to information on students' online accounts.

WASHINGTON (AP) — The House on Wednesday approved legislation to clarify the Environmental Protection Agency's authority to notify the public about danger from lead in their drinking water — the first action by Congress to respond to the water crisis in Flint, Michigan. The bill, approved 416-2, would direct the EPA to notify residents and health departments if the amount of lead found in a public water system requires action, in the absence of notification by the state. State officials in Michigan... Читать дальше...

PHOENIX (AP) — A Senate panel has passed a measure that would significantly reduce funding used to provide an equal opportunity education to minority students in Arizona school districts. Decades ago the federal government ordered 19 school districts to end racial discrimination practices and allowed them to levy higher local property taxes to pay for the changes.

A gleefully gothic film lineup at Yerba Buena Center for the Arts In that vein, Alfred Hitchcock’s “Rebecca,” Clint Eastwood’s Civil War film “The Beguiled” and “Near Dark,” a modern-day vampire flick that was Kathryn Bigelow’s first solo effort as director, are all considered gothic, a genre that has become as undefinable as the term noir. The series contains some neat surprises along the way, including the Tim Burton-Johnny Depp collaboration “Edward Scissorhands” (Feb. 18, 21); Jack Clayton’s... Читать дальше...

DES MOINES (AP) — Former technology executive Carly Fiorina exited the 2016 Republican presidential race Wednesday, after winning praise for her debate prowess but struggling to build a winning coalition in a crowded GOP field. "While I suspend my candidacy today, I will continue to travel this country and fight for those Americans who refuse to settle for the way things are and a status quo that no longer works for them," Fiorina wrote in a Facebook statement. A Stanford University graduate, she started her career as a secretary... Читать дальше...

COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) — Here's the latest on the 2016 presidential race as Republican and Democratic candidates head from New Hampshire to South Carolina and beyond. The 61-year-old drew positive reviews for several strong debate performances, in which she promoted her business expertise and argued that as the lone woman in the GOP field she was best positioned to oppose likely Democratic nominee Hillary Clinton. Fiorina struggled with criticism of her time at Hewlett-Packard, where she was ousted from the top job in 2005... Читать дальше...

NEW YORK (AP) — HBO Now, the standalone online version of the premium TV channel, has gained about 800,000 paying subscribers since it launched in April, contributing significantly to the 2.7 million net new HBO customers last year. The figure was revealed by HBO CEO Richard Plepler in a conference call following the release of parent Time Warner Inc.'s quarterly earnings results.

WASHINGTON (AP) — Former technology executive Carly Fiorina ends her bid for the Republican nomination for president .

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