Новости за 01.11.2016

[...] I want to address the non-Iggy Pop fans, either people unfamiliar with him or people who don’t like his music. By the time I was a teenager, his band, The Stooges, had already broken up, and though I sometimes saw his face in rock magazines, I don’t think I’ve ever heard an Iggy Pop song until this documentary. [...] his voice is a lot like that of Buster Keaton, another Midwesterner who didn’t sound anything like the way he looked. Through a series of smart moves — all driven by some innate understanding of his own singular calling ... Читать дальше...

In return, the university would receive guaranteed funding for five years, regulatory relief and procurement reform, which faculty members have requested to accelerate the process of buying research equipment and other materials. University officials are scheduled to roll out the proposed new contract with the state at its board of trustees' meeting Nov. 10. The plan will be to report the university's progress on the educational benchmarks each year, with information posted to the university's website so it can be checked by legislators.

Tesla Motors CEO Elon Musk on Tuesday presented closing arguments for why his $2.6 billion bid to buy SolarCity, the solar financing and installation company he chairs, makes strategic and financial sense despite some analysts’ vocal doubts. [...] on Tuesday, electric automaker Tesla posted on its company blog an extensive description of SolarCity’s financial strength and the contributions it is expected to make to the combined company. Tuesday’s blog post, which Musk planned to follow with an afternoon press conference... Читать дальше...

The Amity University chain filed paperwork in July proposing to buy the New England Institute of Art, located near Boston, and the Art Institute of New York, which are now owned by the Pittsburgh-based Education Management Corp. The deal would have helped Amity gain a foothold in the U.S. amid the chain's global expansion. In September, the state's Department of Higher Education sent a letter to the New England Institute of Art asking what steps had been taken to ensure that Amity would provide... Читать дальше...

Kerr calls Lillard, Curry NBA’s ‘two best shooters off the dribble’ [...] in March, when asked about Warriors head coach Steve Kerr comparing him to Stephen Curry, Trail Blazers point guard Damian Lillard bristled. By overplaying him, they risk leaving his teammates wide open. In three of his four games against his hometown team last regular season, Lillard scored at least 38 points. Though the sample size is small, Lillard has played at an MVP-caliber level this season. In Portland’s 115-113 win Saturday at Denver... Читать дальше...

(AP) — Wyoming's fourth- and eighth-grade students continue to score higher than the national average in science. The Wyoming Department of Education recently released the results from the 2015 National Assessment of Education Progress. The Sheridan Press reports (http://bit.ly/2fanqQg ) that Wyoming's fourth-grade students scored a 161 and eighth-graders scored a 160.

The head of the Congressional Black Caucus says U.S. Sen. Richard Burr has created a judicial emergency in North Carolina by blocking President Barack Obama's judicial appointments in the state, where there's been a vacancy for nearly 11 years. Democratic U.S. Rep. G.K. Butterfield of North Carolina pounced after Burr reportedly took credit at a private Republican gathering for blocking Obama's federal court nominees. Burr has pledged to support Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump, who... Читать дальше...

Highway 140, one of the main roads leading to Yosemite National Park, remained closed Tuesday after several huge boulders plummeted onto the road Monday afternoon, officials said. The boulders were blocking both lanes of Highway 140 near the thoroughfare’s El Portal Road extension and close to the park’s Arch Rock Entrance. Drivers heading to Yosemite Valley were rerouted to Highway 41 from the south and Highway 120 from the west. National... Читать дальше...

WASHINGTON (AP) — As early as last December, the Clinton campaign was plotting ways to sideline the head of the Democratic Party amid complaints about internal fights in the party's leadership, according to the latest WikiLeaks release of hacked emails. Other options forwarded by top campaign aide Heather Stone would have kept Wasserman Schultz in place but in a weakened capacity as a figurehead or a co-chairwoman who would cede power to a "general election chair" named by Clinton. "Though we have reached a working arrangement with them... Читать дальше...

A U.S. District Court filing in South Bend by Concord Community Schools in early October said the superintendent and school board agreed to not include live Nativity scenes in the Christmas Spectacular going forward, The Elkhart Truth (http://bit.ly/2eXLo0O ) reported. [...] pending are rulings on whether the 2014 show and a scrapped 2015 program proposal using the live Nativity actors violated the First Amendment's Establishment Clause, which prohibits governmental entities or schools from endorsing... Читать дальше...

(AP) — The state Department for Children and Families says officials can't say for sure if everyone who works with children in private pre-kindergarten programs has undergone required fingerprint-based background checks. Agency of Education Secretary Rebecca Holcombe in September sent a memo saying each program licensee is responsible for making sure that staff members who have not undergone the fingerprint-supported background check are not alone with children. Some school systems that have long... Читать дальше...

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Republican Gov. Charlie Baker, who said charter schools offer important educational options for minority students, spent Tuesday morning going door to door in Springfield drumming up support for the question. Baker said that charter schools are "the single intervention of the past 20 years" that has worked to eliminate the state's persistent achievement gap between white students and minority students. Others who oppose the measure include Democratic Mayor Marty Walsh, who planned to headline an... Читать дальше...

The FBI director who prides himself on moral rectitude and a squeaky-clean reputation is being criticized from all sides for lobbing a stink bomb into the center of the presidential race. Perhaps the last previous thing many Americans heard about Comey was the tale of his dramatic rush to the bedside of then-Attorney General John Ashcroft in a darkened hospital room in 2004 for a standoff with senior White House officials over federal wiretapping rules. Comey, serving as acting attorney general during Ashcroft's illness... Читать дальше...

The stylish five-bedroom home has an open floor plan, a spacious backyard, spa bathrooms, and a chef’s kitchen teeming with top-end amenities. Once inside, the spacious floor plan presents itself with a raised ribbon-flame fireplace opposite a curved staircase. Sliding glass doors off the great room lead to a concrete patio and landscaped backyard with low-maintenance plantings. Soaking tubs, dual vanities, walk-in showers and designer hardware can be found in the bathrooms. Upstairs, a curved... Читать дальше...

An overturned big rig blocked southbound lanes on Highway 101 and an on-ramp from Interstate 880 in San Jose Tuesday morning snarling traffic for several hours, officials said. Police received reports of the overturned big rig at 10:30 a.m., said Officer Ross Lee of the California Highway Patrol. The truck driver was going southbound on Interstate 880 to southbound Highway 101 when his truck suddenly overturned on the transition ramp, Lee said. The crash blocked the ramp and four southbound lanes of Highway 101, Lee said.

In the Golden Thread Productions show, Mohsen (Kunal Prasad) is about to get interviewed on television by Earl (Dale Albright) regarding his trendy new book on the Middle East. The newcomer is all smiles at first, and his knowledge about Mohsen and his book surprises and disarms the interviewee. [...] just as the makeup man’s knowledge starts to seem a little too deep for that of a mere fan of the book — he can cite what Mohsen has said in multiple media appearances — he starts to cake Mohsen’s face with pasty white foundation and... Читать дальше...

OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) — Videos released by the Oklahoma Highway Patrol show state troopers exchanging gunfire with the subject of a statewide manhunt while both vehicles were speeding down a rural western Oklahoma roadway.

(AP) — A kindergarten teacher in Fenton who thought she was getting a staff award during a school assembly was surprised when her long-time boyfriend proposed to her with the help of her students. KSDK-TV (http://on.ksdk.com/2fsa1qK) reports that students at Stanton Elementary gathered last week and school officials called teacher Torrie Buehne forward.

Yet, those numbers are lower than the 79 percent who voted for 2012 Republican nominee Mitt Romney, a Mormon who had struggled to win over conservative Protestants for theological and other reasons. A Hillary Clinton victory could draw energy away from any re-evaluation of the religious right, given her support for abortion rights and gay rights, and the opportunity she will have to shape the U.S. Supreme Court. Yet, even if Trump proves loyal to Christian conservatives, debate would persist over... Читать дальше...

AMES, Iowa (AP) — A business group has cancelled plans to borrow $175,000 from Iowa State University to pay for its share of a new terminal at the municipal airport in Ames, citing potential public concerns about the arrangement. In a memo to board members obtained by The Associated Press, Ames Economic Development Commission president and CEO Dan Culhane said securing a private bank loan instead of a cash advance from the university makes more sense given "the recent scrutiny of the Ames airport."... Читать дальше...

ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (AP) — Biologists who spent weeks in three New Mexico national forests searching for signs of an elusive, endangered mouse that looks somewhat like a tiny kangaroo have found what they call irrefutable evidence that it still lives in the state for which it is named. The New Mexico meadow jumping mouse was listed as an endangered species in 2014, prompting the U.S. Forest Service to fence off streams and watering holes in the Lincoln and Santa Fe forests to protect habitat thought to be ideal. Читать дальше...

WICHITA FALLS, Texas (AP) — The mother of a 14-year-old North Texas boy who killed himself has sued a school district alleging her son was bullied and administrators took no action to stop the harassment. Moody says student safety and welfare are a top priority and policies are in place to protect students.

LONGVIEW, Texas (AP) — Stressed voters can swing at Hillary Clinton and Donald Trump at a driving range in Texas where photos of the presidential candidates are displayed as targets for speeding golf balls.

(AP) — An ambitious effort to restore tribal control over huge areas of privately owned land on American Indian reservations is projected to run out of money with millions of acres still unaddressed, according to a U.S. government report obtained by The Associated Press. The Obama administration established the "land buyback program" under a $1.9 billion legal settlement that determined the government squandered billions of dollars it held in trust for tribes from royalties on oil and gas leases, grazing and other uses of Indian lands. Читать дальше...