Новости за 31.10.2016

Butterball has been handling calls from desperate Thanksgiving cooks for three decades, but now it is branching out. The U.S. Department of Agriculture has approved commercial planting of two types of potatoes that are genetically engineered to resist the pathogen that caused the Irish potato famine. The approval for J.R. Simplot Co.’s potatoes next will be reviewed by the Food and Drug Administration and Environmental Protection Agency. The company said the potatoes contain only potato genes... Читать дальше...

[...] the 81-year-old retired general who presided over the final bloody chapters of the Lebanese civil war and is a strong Hezbollah ally has an unenviable task ahead — forming a government out of the country’s unruly political factions and dealing with an array of problems that include what to do with more than 1 million refugees who have fled the war in neighboring Syria. Aoun, a Maronite Christian, enjoys a wide base of support among Lebanon’s educated Christians but is a deeply divisive figure... Читать дальше...

The New York company owns the Paramount Pictures movie studio and pay TV channels such as MTV, Nickelodeon, Comedy Central and BET. Earlier this year, longtime Viacom CEO Phillipe Dauman was pushed out following a legal battle with media mogul Sumner Redstone's daughter, Shari Redstone, over control of the company.

Toyota will start testing a car-sharing system in San Francisco in January that will users unlock doors and start cars with their smartphones. General Motors’ Maven car-sharing system uses a mobile app to unlock cars and allow them to be started with the push-button ignition. Toyota also is developing a system that lets an owner send car-sharing income to Toyota Financial Services to make lease payments.

The letters are part of the university's efforts to protect its 30 trademarks registered with federal and state agencies, including its mascot's image, its signature block S and the phrase "Go Green, Go White," the Lansing State Journal (http://on.lsj.com/2fwZI3O ) reported Dan Kelly, one of those who received a cease and desist letter from the university, displayed an image of the Spartan helmet and wore a shirt bearing the same logo on the social media page for his MSU Board of Trustees campaign. Читать дальше...

Many of the Los Angeles Lakers don't mess with the Skirvin Hotel on roadtrips to Oklahoma City, but Metta World Peace isn't most men.

If one Heidi Klum isn't enough for you, how about six?

Veterans groups are getting ready to unveil a new memorial on Veterans Day to San Franciscan servicemen who lost their lives in the Vietnam War, and they’re looking for relatives of the fallen so they can attend the event. A total of 168 men from San Francisco were killed in the war, and organizers of the unveiling have been able to locate relatives of only about a dozen of them, said Paul Cox, chairman of the American Legion War Memorial Commission. The memorial consists of a 2-by-4-foot bronze plaque... Читать дальше...

Chance the Rapper, A24 Team Up for Secret Movie ‘Slice’ The beloved hip hop star shot the film last summer in Chicago The hip hop star shot a feature film last summer in Chicago, written by his creative parter Austin Vesely, which A24 will release toward the end of the 2017, the company announced Monday. The film follows an “enigmatic outlaw framed for a killing spree that targets unsuspecting pizza delivery boys.,” a synopsis said. Read original story Chance the Rapper, A24 Team Up for Secret... Читать дальше...

GE and Baker Hughes Inc. will combine their oil and gas operations, creating a major player in the oilfield-services industry at a time when the energy sector is bogged down by weak and volatile commodity prices. On a call with investors, GE CEO Jeff Immelt said the deal was intended to create a more technically sophisticated company that can provide the kinds of advanced services that oil companies will demand. With the combined company, "you get technical oil and gas expertise from Baker and also that manufacturing prowess from GE... Читать дальше...

(AP) — The western United States set records for low winter snowpack levels in 2015, and a new report blames high temperatures rather than low precipitation levels, according to a new study. Greenhouse gases appear to be a major contributor to the high temperatures, according to the study published Monday in the journal Geophysical Research Letters. Most of the previous records were set in 1977, a drought year, said Philip Mote, lead author of the study and director of the Oregon Climate Change Research Institute at Oregon State University.

LAS VEGAS (AP) — The next U.S. president will have to act quickly to chart a course so the Colorado River can continue supplying water to millions of city-dwellers, farmers, Indian tribes and recreational users in the U.S. Southwest, according to a university research study made public Monday. A survey of policy- and decision-makers by the University of Colorado concluded that the president who takes office in 2017 could almost immediately face the prospect of Colorado River water supply cuts to Arizona and Nevada in January 2018. Читать дальше...

(AP) — A federal judge has dismissed part of a University of Virginia administrator's $7.5 million defamation lawsuit against Rolling Stone magazine. The article written by Sabrina Rubin Erdely told the harrowing account of a woman identified only as "Jackie," who claimed she was gang-raped as part of a university initiation.

ORLANDO — The Interstate 4 corridor stretching from the Tampa Bay area through Orlando to Daytona Beach is a bellwether of the nation’s largest swing state, where both candidates campaigned vigorously last week and President Obama on Friday called on voters here to support Hillary Clinton. The 6.5 million residents living around the 140-mile highway reflect the diversity of the state, and they account for a third of Florida’s registered voters. Dalton, a business agent with Teamsters Local 385... Читать дальше...

WILMINGTON, Del. (AP) — A federal judge is hoping court-ordered mediation can resolve a penalty dispute in a Federal Election Commission lawsuit against former Republican Senate candidate Christine O'Donnell. FEC attorneys wrote last week that O'Donnell's lawyers had withdrawn a settlement offer under which she and her campaign committee would have paid a $10,000 penalty for violating campaign finance laws.

ST. LOUIS (AP) — Jason Kander's Missouri Senate campaign said Monday that it sent a $25,000 check to the U.S. Treasury after learning a Massachusetts law firm may have violated federal election law by reimbursing its partners for their political donations. According to a report in the Boston Globe, the Democratic challenger to Republican Sen. Roy Blunt received a combined $25,000 in donations from Thornton Law Firm on May 14, 2015.

CINCINNATI (AP) — The Latest on jury selection in the case of a white University of Cincinnati police officer charged with murder following the shooting of an unarmed black man in a traffic stop (all times local): A jury has been seated for the murder trial of a white University of Cincinnati police officer charged in the shooting of an unarmed black man during a traffic stop. Attorneys are urging potential jurors to put aside race, news stories and perceptions of police if they're chosen for the... Читать дальше...

BISMARCK, N.D. (AP) — The Dakota Access pipeline, a $3.8 billion, four-state project designed to carry oil from North Dakota to Illinois, has become a rallying point for American Indian tribes and others determined to block it. Energy Transfer Partners, or ETP, is a Fortune 500 oil and natural gas company based in Dallas. Archambault has spoken for years about concerns among the leaders of North Dakota's five American Indian reservations about increasing "environmental incidents" in the state's western oil patch. Читать дальше...

"After a careful, thorough, and independent review of the evidence, federal prosecutors have found insufficient evidence to prove beyond a reasonable doubt that the officers used excessive force under the circumstances," prosecutors said. Both McMillan and McCallister are black. Because the officers are not being charged, prosecutors did not identify them by name, in line with Department of Justice policy.

The Acura NSX is Road & Track's 2017 performance car of the year. 

BISMARCK, N.D. (AP) — North Dakota wildlife officials say they have no plans to shut down any deer hunting units because of the Dakota Access pipeline protest. Game and Fish Director Terry Steinwand tells The Associated Press that his office has received calls from hunters wondering if they can still hunt in and around the Standing Rock Indian Reservation.

According to Grim, it's customary not to vaccinate pregnant dogs when they arrive at the shelter. Dogs with lower immune systems and no vaccinations carry the highest risk of infection. Stray Rescue is hoping to raise $100,000 to cover treatment costs, and is also requesting towels and cleaning supplies, such as laundry detergent and bleach. According to an employee at Banfield Pet Hospital in South City, the distemper vaccination is one of the core recommended vaccines by veterinarians, but it isn't required by law.

[...] we have the first peek into how it should play out as early tracking has the debut of the film, based on the works of J.K. Rowling, set at $75 million. “Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them,” directed by David Yates, will expand from a three-movie franchise to five, author and screenwriter Rowling announced earlier this month. Set in the same universe as “Harry Potter,” the inaugural “Fantastic Beasts” movie takes place in 1920s New York and stars Eddie Redmayne as a British magizoologist... Читать дальше...

CHICAGO (AP) — Illinois Republican U.S. Sen. Mark Kirk, already facing an uphill battle for re-election, is entering the crucial final week before Election Day weakened by comments about his opponent that critics attacked as racist and "beyond reprehensible." Though he attended some community events, his campaign didn't advise reporters or the public beforehand — a highly unusual move for any candidate in the waning days of a campaign, but one that allowed him to avoid rehashing the incident in the media. Читать дальше...

MILWAUKEE (AP) — An officer who fatally shot a black man sparking a weekend of violence in Milwaukee and who was later charged with sexually assault in an unrelated case has lost his job. Milwaukee Police Chief Edward Flynn said in a statement Monday that Officer Dominique Heaggan-Brown has been terminated as a result of the department's internal investigation into the sexual assault charges.