Новости за 30.05.2016

[...] although Chinese officials and state media have denounced Trump's threats of economic retaliation, many Chinese observers see a silver lining in his focus on economic issues to the near-total exclusion of human rights and political freedoms. Though China's government rarely comments on American political campaigns, Trump's advocacy of a 45 percent tariff on imports that would hit China hard has been lambasted by Finance Minister Lou Jiwei, who called Trump "one of those irrational types" and... Читать дальше...

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CHICAGO (AP) — A police spokeswoman says two officers were hospitalized after a man set himself and a building on fire during a Chicago street festival. Officer Michelle Tannehill tells The Associated Press the officers were being treated for injuries not believed to be life-threatening.

PITTSBURGH — The Penguins played in back-to-back Stanley Cup Finals in 2008 and 2009 and looked set to dominate the sport for the next half decade or more. [...] injuries hit, the most damaging being Sidney Crosby’s series of concussions. Crosby and Evgeni Malkin remain, along with a couple of others from the ’09 team, which beat Detroit for the title, including top defenseman Kris Letang, forward Chris Kunitz and goalie Marc-Andre Fleury (who has been supplanted in goal by Matt Murray). Perhaps... Читать дальше...

Jonathan Wong learned the intricacies of running a thoroughbred racing operation by working for John F. Martin, perennially one of the highest win-percentage trainers in the nation. Since taking out his trainer’s license in December 2014, Wong has won with 61 of 192 starters for a percentage of 31.8 in a sport in which 20 is considered excellent. Wong took Eagle Screams for $62,500 out of a victory Feb. 7, and the All American Stakes will be the 7-year-old gelding’s first start since then. Eagle... Читать дальше...

Sharks, Penguins playoff stats Postseason stats The Sharks and Penguins enter the Stanley Cup Finals with similar statistics through three rounds of the playoffs: Sharks Penguins Goals per game Goals against Power play pct. Power play kill pct. Shots per game Opp. shots per game Win pct. when scoring first Win pct. leading after 1st period Win pct. leading after 2nd period Individual leaders Sharks Penguins Goals Couture (8) Assists Couture (16) Malkin (11) Couture (24) Malkin (15) Penalty mins. Читать дальше...

Sharks, Penguins look for fast start in series The Sharks and Penguins spring from the starting line Monday, both hoping to jump out first in the best-of-seven quest for the Stanley Cup. West champion San Jose has won Game 1 in two of its three series, and Pittsburgh is 1-for-3 in openers. “They’re probably the fastest team in the league,” Sharks coach Peter DeBoer said. “They’re fast,” Sharks defenseman Marc-Edouard Vlasic said. On paper, the NHL’s showcase series appears even as both teams possess offensive depth... Читать дальше...

There is only one Stanley Cup authenticated by the seal of the Hockey Hall of Fame on the bottom of the Cup; this seal can be seen sometimes when winning players lift the Cup over their heads. Logged more than 1 million miles in travel over the past 10 seasons, including trips to Afghanistan, Austria, the Bahamas, Belarus, Belgium, Canada, the Czech Republic, England (above), Finland, France, Germany, Italy, Japan, Liechtenstein, Mexico, Russia, Scotland, Slovakia, Slovenia, Sweden, Switzerland... Читать дальше...

Torrential rains caused heavy flash flooding in some parts of the U.S. over the last few days, and led to numerous evacuations in southeast Texas, including two prisons. [...] the threat of severe weather has lessened over the long Memorial Day holiday for many places, though Tropical Depression Bonnie continued to bring rain and wind to North and South Carolina. Near Austin, a crew aboard a county STAR Flight helicopter found a body Sunday on the north end of a retention pond near the Circuit of the Americas auto racing track... Читать дальше...

1 Houston shootings: A man entered an auto detail shop and began shooting Sunday, killing a customer and putting a neighborhood on lockdown before being killed by a SWAT officer, police said. For more than 11 years, a core group of about 100 parishioners of St. Frances X. Cabrini Church in Scituate, Mass., kept their beloved parish open by maintaining an around-the-clock vigil in a peaceful protest of a decision by the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Boston to close it. Tropical Depression Bonnie reached the South Carolina coast early Sunday... Читать дальше...

Warriors’ Steve Kerr stresses simple plan for Game 7 crucible Draymond Green bounced down the tunnel toward the visiting locker room at Chesapeake Energy Arena late Saturday night, bellowing a message for all of his teammates to hear. The Warriors have a chance to do what few thought they could do and something rarely done before, because they’ve managed to send the Western Conference finals to a winner-take-all Game 7 on Monday. The Warriors are the 31st team in NBA history to force a Game 7... Читать дальше...

Stanley Cup Finals: San Jose rolls four lines, led by the trio of center Joe Thornton and wings Tomas Hertl (above left) and Joe Pavelski. San Jose’s Marc-Edouard Vlasic (No. 44) is an NHL playoff-best plus-13, and he draws the opposition’s top lines with partner Justin Braun (plus-7). Steady vet and ex-Penguin Paul Martin allows partner Brent Burns to roam more freely. The loss to injury of Trevor Daley hasn’t bitten the Pens yet, but it might. There’s not much difference between San Jose’s group of Thornton (above right)... Читать дальше...

With Wilt Chamberlain, Guy Rodgers, Tom Meschery and Al Attles scoring in double figures (39 for Wilt), the San Francisco Warriors beat the Bob Pettit-Cliff Hagan St. Louis Hawks 105-95 to reach the Finals, where they lost to Boston in five games. First round, 1987, Game 5 of a best-of-five against Utah: First round, 1991, Game 4 against San Antonio: Insiders felt the Warriors had no business beating the Spurs, but the 110-97 win ended the best-of-five series, thanks to Tim Hardaway (32 points), Chris Mullin (23) and Mitch Richmond (17). Читать дальше...

Pumping rhythms of samba, salsa and cumbia filled the air as the 38th annual San Francisco Carnaval Parade kicked off Sunday morning with a procession of feathered and sometimes scantily clad dancers celebrating multiculturalism, great food, music — and a love for Mother Earth. While the annual two-day festival in the heart of the Mission District is ultimately about bringing community together through music and dance, this year it built on 2015’s theme of water conservation and urged greater awareness... Читать дальше...

A Houston police spokesman says two constable deputies injured while responding to a shootout at an auto shop have been released from the hospital. John Cannon says four other people remain hospitalized with injuries that aren't life-threatening, including a person police say is a possible suspect. A customer at the auto detail shop was killed Sunday morning when a man walked in and began shooting. Houston police say a person killed at an auto shop was a man in his 50s known to be a customer there... Читать дальше...

Militants in southern Nigeria blew up gas and crude pipelines belonging to Shell and Agip in an increasingly fierce campaign that has cut Nigeria’s oil production in half, militants and residents said. A new militant group calling itself the Niger Delta Avengers said it dynamited a line linking Shell’s Bonny terminal and the Brass export terminal of Agip on Saturday. Syrian rebels have retaken two villages from Islamic State militants as they fight to undo gains made by the extremist group in a... Читать дальше...

Unless you are a pacifist, you accept that evil acts — the destruction of other human lives — can be justified, even necessary, in pursuit of good and urgent ends. People are quite capable of justifying the utterly unjustifiable by draping their immoral actions behind sweeping ethical claims. [...] if you are a responsible political leader, you must recognize both sides of this moral equation and still not allow yourself to be paralyzed. Obama is constantly being criticized for “apologizing” for... Читать дальше...

Penguins coach Mike Sullivan was a Shark ‘an eternity ago’ PITTSBURGH — It’s only fitting during this 25th anniversary season the Sharks are celebrating that one of their own is coaching the opposing team in their first Stanley Cup Finals. Pittsburgh coach Mike Sullivan appeared in a San Jose uniform for the first 171 games of his eventual 709-game NHL playing career. Current Sharks general manager Doug Wilson was captain for two of Sullivan’s three seasons in San Jose. [...] as yet another example... Читать дальше...

Matt Duffy’s home-road splits: ‘No way to explain it’ DENVER — Matt Duffy was in his hotel room Saturday night flipping between Game 6 of the Warriors-Thunder series and a rebroadcast of that day’s Giants-Rockies game. When he watched his third-inning double and heard a Rockies broadcaster say the hit snapped a 0-for-24 road funk, Duffy could hardly believe it. Duffy’s road numbers have been out of whack with his numbers at pitcher-friendly AT&T Park, where he’s hitting .353. “I don’t know what it is,” Duffy said. Читать дальше...

Pressure of a season, packed into one contest Monday night’s winner-take-all affair between the Warriors and the Oklahoma City Thunder in the Western Conference finals illustrates another captivating element of Game 7s: Widen the scope, and Bay Area fans have watched one of their teams in Game 7 just 22 times in more than a half-century of professional sports. The Sharks have played in the most (10), including their 5-0 conference semifinal victory over Nashville on May 12. The Giants, especially... Читать дальше...

HOUSTON (AP) — A man came into a Houston auto detail shop and began shooting, killing a man known to be a customer and putting a neighborhood on lockdown Sunday before being killed by a SWAT officer, police said. Neighbors described hearing many gunshots, and some drivers told local television stations their cars had been shot at. Houston Police Union President Ray Hunt says an officer who was hit several times in the chest was wearing both a metal breastplate and a bulletproof vest. A police... Читать дальше...

For the second straight day, he drove in the go-ahead run. [...] on an afternoon Rich Hill delivered yet another quality start, their three-run sixth inning would’ve been sufficient. First baseman Yonder Alonso pinged a routine grounder with two out and runners at the corners. Right-hander Mike Pelfrey walked shortstop Marcus Semien to load the bases before manager Bob Melvin made the game-changing switch: Right fielder Jake Smolinski’s sacrifice fly in the eighth provided insurance. [...] his stat line ... Читать дальше...

ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (AP) — An Albuquerque interstate has been shut down for nearly two hours because of a man threatening to take his life. Police spokesman Simon Drobik says east and westbound lanes are closed in I-40 at Wyoming Boulevard. Officers are trying to talk to the man, who is on an overpass. Drobik says authorities have set up a perimeter. They have expanded it to Juan Tabo Boulevard because of disruptive motorists. Drobik says police are working diligently to safely remove the man from the overpass.

A House committee has endorsed automatic voter registration in Illinois, but the measure will not move to the House floor. [...] the sponsor, Rep. Robyn Gabel, an Evanston Democrat, has proposed additional changes at the request of the agency most affected by the legislation — the secretary of state's office. Illinois Republican Gov. Bruce Rauner and legislative leaders have reported no progress on settling an 11-month budget standoff during their latest meeting to try to reach a compromise. Rauner... Читать дальше...

Warriors fans heading to Oracle Arena on Monday have one less thing to worry about: BART will resume service between San Leandro and Bay Fair stations that afternoon. The transit agency announced Sunday that it would end track repairs early, easing congestion along the Fremont and Dublin/Pleasanton lines. Normal service will begin at 3 p.m. Monday to accommodate the huge crowds expected for Game 7 of the Western Conference basketball playoffs.