Новости за 23.11.2016

After the 49ers selected Samford safety Jaquiski Tartt in the second round in 2015, general manager Trent Baalke was asked why he used a premium selection on a seemingly stocked position. The 49ers, after all, were coming off an 8-8 season and already had capable starters in Antoine Bethea, a two-time Pro Bowl selection, and Eric Reid, a 2013 first-round pick. On Sunday, when the 49ers visit Miami, Tartt will assume the role he had last year when he started the final eight games in place of Bethea, who had sustained a chest injury. Читать дальше...

CNN’s Brooke Baldwin Rips Anti-Trump Guest for Dropping N-Word on Air (Video) Memo to “CNN Newsroom” guests: Baldwin took author Charles Kaiser to task for using the slur while he was condemning President-elect Donald Trump’s choice for chief White House strategist, Steve Bannon. [...] Read: CNN's Brooke Baldwin Says 'B.S.' Response to Ted Cruz 'Speaks for Itself' (Video) “I never use the N-word except when I’m quoting someone who’s been appointed by the President to serve in the Oval Office,” Kaiser protested, to no avail. Читать дальше...

Brad Pitt’s FBI Probe Ends, Actor Won’t Face Charges Brad Pitt won’t face charges in the FBI’s investigation into whether the actor abused one of his children during an airplane flight in September. “In response to allegations made following a flight within the special aircraft jurisdiction of the United States which landed in Los Angeles carrying Mr. Brad Pitt and his children, the FBI has conducted a review of the circumstances and will not pursue further investigation,” the FBI said in a statement. Читать дальше...

(AP) — Brian Kelly's worst season at Notre Dame took an embarrassing turn Tuesday as the NCAA announced that academic misconduct orchestrated by a student athletic trainer will cost the storied program all 21 victories from the 2012-13 seasons, including the 12-0 run that vaulted the Fighting Irish into the national championship game against Alabama. The vacated games include Notre Dame's 12 victories in 2012, their best regular season since winning their last national championship in 1988. The... Читать дальше...

The contemporary character drama is the No. 1 new show of the fall in the crucial adults aged 18 to 49 demographic, according to Nielsen, with an average 4.1 rating in the “L3” category, measuring all viewing up to three days after the original airing. By comparison, ABC political thriller “Designated Survivor,” also a hit, has a 3.0 rating in L3. Like all businesses, TV networks are on a hunt for what will sell, and copying what’s worked in the past represents the safest bet. [...] mass production... Читать дальше...

Hewlett Packard Enterprise Co. forecast lower first-quarter profit on slumping demand for its servers and storage gear, a setback for CEO Meg Whitman’s effort to spur growth by becoming a nimbler company. The company posted profit before certain items of 61 cents per share for the fiscal fourth quarter, which ended Oct. 31. HP Inc., which sells printers and computers, also said profit in the current quarter may fall, signaling that planned cost cuts will be needed to bolster earnings. Profit from... Читать дальше...

The Fresno Bee reports (http://bit.ly/2fD6MbH) Pacific Gas and Electric Co. linemen on Tuesday retrieved the black and white, big-boned cat named Fat Boy after cutting power to homes in the area. Local tree services also had declined to help, but Silver Villa of nonprofit Paw Lives Matter says she made sure someone helped the feline.

ATLANTA (AP) — President-elect Donald Trump is again distancing himself from the alt-right movement as its white supremacist members claim his election as a boon for their agenda. The Republican president-elect added that he does not want to "energize" the groups, one of which garnered viral headlines this weekend with a gathering in Washington, where organizers and attendees evoked Adolf Hitler's Third Reich with cries of "Heil Trump" and reprisals of the Nazi salute. Trump's denunciation also... Читать дальше...

If you think Whole Foods is pricey, you’re right — the average price at 14 retailers of a Thanksgiving basket dropped 3.4 percent to $66.15 this year, as the industry saw widespread price deflation. Hornet, a gay dating app, has raised $8 million from investors including Ventech China, a Shanghai venture capital firm. While gay sex has been legal in China since 1997, the country lacks discrimination protections — something not mentioned in Unicorn Booty’s writeup of its parent company’s fundraising. Читать дальше...

Beyond the joys of watching a college football game, there might not be much incentive for Stanford fans to turn out for the Cardinal’s season finale against Rice, a 3-8 team that has one of the worst defenses in the country. The junior says he won’t decide on whether to turn pro until after the season, but he might conclude that he has done all he can on the college level. Head coach David Shaw said Tuesday that he’ll talk after the bowl game with McCaffrey and other players weighing whether or not to come back. Читать дальше...

A stable job market and historically cheap borrowing costs have spurred demand from home buyers this year. Sales gains could possibly slow in the coming months as rising mortgage rates are making home loans more expensive. “Clearly, the market continues to underestimate just how much demand for homes is out there, even in the face of tight inventory and rising existing home prices that are now the highest on record,” said Svenja Gudell, chief economist at the real estate firm Zillow. Investors... Читать дальше...

Longtime Chairwoman Debbie Wasserman Schultz stepped down under pressure during the Democratic National Committee. [...] interim Chairwoman Donna Brazile has led the party, also under pressure after stolen emails showed she'd communicated with Hillary Clinton's aides about potential questions to be asked in campaign forums.

LOS ANGELES — The Walt Disney Co.’s smallest theme park resort, Hong Kong Disneyland, which lost money amid declining attendance last year, will get $1.4 billion in enhancements as part of a colossal six-year growth plan. The upgrades, announced Tuesday in Hong Kong, will include an entire section themed around the animated movie “Frozen,” a first for any Disney park. Plans also call for a hugely amped-up castle, multiple rides based on Marvel superheroes, a new nighttime show with fireworks and fountains... Читать дальше...

The Sharks on Tuesday announced that Brent Burns has signed an eight-year contract extension — the longest deal in franchise history. “Brent is one the most dynamic players in the National Hockey League and we’re very excited to get this deal done,” general manager Doug Wilson said in a statement. A two-time All-Star — including last season — Burns was a finalist for the Norris Trophy a year ago as he played in all 82 regular-season games and helped push the Sharks into their first Stanley Cup Finals.

Trump says he has ‘open mind’ on climate change accord NEW YORK — President-elect Donald Trump said on Tuesday that he would “keep an open mind” about whether to pull the United States out of a landmark multinational agreement on climate change. Trump’s comments came at an on-the-record lunch with the publisher, editors and reporters of the New York Times, a meeting that was scheduled, canceled, and then reinstated by Trump after a dispute with the Times over the ground rules. Trump opened the... Читать дальше...

Koch Industries and dozens of other former Madoff customers are expected to keep as much as $2 billion they made from the con man’s bogus securities transactions after U.S. Bankruptcy Court Judge Stuart Bernstein in Manhattan ruled the cash is out of reach of a trustee recovering money for victims. The ruling on Monday underscores that even eight years after the collapse of the biggest Ponzi scheme in U.S. history, the litigation stemming from the scam is still being defined by which Madoff customers profited at the expense of others. Читать дальше...

WASHINGTON — President Obama awarded the nation’s highest civilian honor to 21 groundbreaking actors, musicians, athletes and innovators who inspired him over the years and “helped make me who I am.” “Everybody on this stage has touched me in a very powerful, personal way, in ways that they probably couldn’t imagine,” Obama said in concluding an hour-long ceremony Tuesday in the White House East Room. The Presidential Medal of Freedom recognizes especially meritorious contributions to the national interests of the United States... Читать дальше...

Yes, you could always spend the day after Thanksgiving in line at a big-box store, waiting to buy the latest electronic gadget that might well be worthless by the end of the Trump administration. Or you could choose to avoid the Black Friday circus and instead linger at a local independent bookstore. There are scores of them in the Bay Area — all visible on The Chronicle’s interactive literary map, at www.sfchronicle.com/theliterarycity — and any number of their books have lasting power, the power to change lives. Читать дальше...

A person was struck and killed by a Caltrain near Bellevue Avenue in San Mateo Tuesday afternoon, according to the transportation agency. The person — whose identity was not immediately available — was allegedly trespassing on the tracks when he or she was struck by a southbound train around 2:30 p.m. Tuesday. A man crossing the Union Pacific railroad tracks on Monday in Albany was struck and killed by an Amtrak train near the Buchanan Street overpass near Interstate 80, fire officials said.

Orlando Brown Details Relationship With Raven-Symone Using Only Slurping Sounds (Video) Former “That’s So Raven” star Orlando Brown revealed (sort of) his explicit sexual relationship with Raven-Symoné during an interview that quickly riled social media — and it wasn’t over what he said, exactly. In an interview with VladTV released Tuesday, the interviewer asks what Brown meant by a lyric in one of his songs in which he called out Raven-Symoné for claiming that she isn’t black anymore. The interview spread on social media... Читать дальше...

Maybe, just maybe, this talk of retirement for the 23-time Olympic gold-medal swimmer is official. Phelps has taken another step to put an official seal on the deal, with ESPN and NBC Sports reporting that he told reporters Monday ahead of USA Swimming’s Golden Goggle awards that he has removed himself from USA Swimming’s drug-testing program. Phelps ended his previous retirement after the 2012 Games by rejoining the same program. Phelps later reiterated his retirement Monday, saying, “I’m done competitive swimming... Читать дальше...

7 Reasons ‘This Is Us’ Keeps Killing It in TV Ratings (Photos) NBC drama’s got great pedigree and ‘The Voice’ lead-in, sure, but there’s considerably more to it than that “This Is Us” is fall TV’s biggest freshman hit — and the competition is really not all that close. The one-hour show debuted as NBC’s most-watched scripted series in the time period in 7 years. [...] “This Is Us” is the first-ever scripted show to build on the singing competition lead-in, and it’s now done that twice. What... Читать дальше...

(AP) — The University of Oregon has announced that state Sen. Chris Edwards will join the university next month to help develop a new scientific research facility funded by a $500 million pledge from Nike co-founder Phil Knight and his wife. The university said Tuesday that Edwards will build on his experience representing Eugene to develop collaborations and partnerships with municipal and civic agencies and the local business community.

PORTLAND, Maine (AP) — A federal appeals court on Tuesday upheld a ruling that Republican Gov. Paul LePage has immunity from civil rights lawsuits and can't be sued for threatening to withhold state discretionary funding from a nonprofit that had offered a job to Democratic House Speaker Mark Eves. A majority opinion by a three-judge panel of the 1st U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals dismissed Eves' federal lawsuit and ordered his state claim also be dismissed.

Actor calls his role as a chess teacher “treacherous territory, because it could come off too sanctimonious or syrupy sweet” A version of this story about David Oyelowo  first appeared in the “Dark Horses We Love” feature in The Oscar Race Begins issue of TheWrap Magazine. The 40-year-old British Nigerian actor is back in the conversation with another masterly performance in “Queen of Katwe,” for which he praised the Disney biopic’s director, Mira Nair, for making “other cultures feel accessible”... Читать дальше...