Новости за 27.11.2016

The Sharks arrived Friday at the quarter-season mark, a time general managers take a hard look at what they have, don’t have and wish they had. The Sharks were 12-8 after 20 games last year, modest results that would hardly portend an extended postseason run that didn’t end until Game 6 of the Stanley Cup Finals. [...] armed with an eight-year, $64 million contract extension, Burns can play the rest of the season without an uncertain future hanging over his bearded head. The penalty kill’s 88.2... Читать дальше...

For his first appearance, the actor who played Steve Urkel, Jaleel White was a mere 12-year-old. Today, Nov. 27, White is celebrating his 40th birthday.

DALLAS (AP) — The exclusive Dallas boys' prep school that Richard B. Spencer attended is denouncing the activities and ideas of its white nationalist alumnus. In his statement, posted on the school's Facebook page, Dini hailed other St. Mark's alumni for "expressing their outrage and disgust" toward the National Policy Institute, which Spencer heads, and the ideas that group promotes. Other school alumni include folklorist/musicologist Alan Lomax, rock stars Steve Miller and Boz Scaggs, actors Tommy Lee Jones and Luke and Owen Wilson... Читать дальше...

PROVIDENCE, R.I. (AP) — The Providence Public Library has opened a large compilation of Rhode Island genealogical material to researchers. The Providence Public Library says many researchers have been eagerly waiting to access the outstanding compilation.

The big question around “Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them” has been whether it will make enough at the box office to justify Warner Bros.’ already-promised five-series spinoff franchise. The film’s second weekend came in strong, earning $65.8 million over the course of the five-day holiday weekend and $45.1 million during the three-day frame of this weekend, to come in second behind Disney’s new animated “Moana.” The best second weekend for a “Harry Potter” movie is 2001’s “Harry Potter... Читать дальше...

Donned in striped pajamas and the Star of David, the couple smiled and frolicked to the tune of “The Beautiful Way” A smiling, playful and yet poignant ice skating performance on Russian national television has created a social media firestorm — because it is holocaust-themed. Tatyana Navka, a famous champion ice skater in Russia and the wife of Vladimir Putin’s press spokesman Dmitry Peskov, did a holocaust themed skating performance Saturday on Russia’s “Dancing With the Stars” equivilant, “Ice... Читать дальше...

"The first and foremost goal is to promote confidence in the legal profession and administration of justice and ensure adequate protection to the public," said Lee Smalley Edmon, a California appellate court judge and head of the commission revising the rules. At an October commission meeting, lawyer and commission member Daniel Eaton said the current rule regarding sex isn't working, and pointed to a lack of disciplinary action against attorneys as evidence. Opponents of the ban, including the... Читать дальше...

Amtrak in New York City was running normally, and no major traffic problems were reported on New Jersey's heavily traveled roadways, although officials warned that volume would likely increase as the day progressed. Storms in Washington state dropped more than 2 feet of snow in 24 hours. Besides driving problems, officials said there could be an increased risk of landslides. State police in Connecticut said 51 people were arrested on driving-under-the-influence charges and troopers issued nearly... Читать дальше...

(AP) — Some Nicholas County residents are concerned that two Richwood schools which closed after devastating floods won't be rebuilt in the area. According to the Charleston Gazette-Mail (http://bit.ly/2gvxerb ), Nicholas County Schools Superintendent Donna Burge-Tetrick said last week that a decision on where the schools will be located won't be made until she collects the appropriate information. Richwood Middle students are attending classes at Cherry River Elementary School and Richwood High... Читать дальше...

WASHINGTON (AP) — The Cuban government must move toward enacting greater freedoms for its people and giving Americans something in return if it wants to keep warmer U.S. relations initiated by President Barack Obama, top aides to President-elect Donald Trump said Sunday. Repression, open markets, freedom of religion, political prisoners — these things need to change in order to have open and free relationships, and that's what President-elect Trump believes, and that's where he's going to head, " Priebus told "Fox News Sunday. Читать дальше...

WASHINGTON (AP) — The Ohio congressman who is vying to topple longtime House Democratic leader Nancy Pelosi said Sunday that his colleagues understand that regaining the majority requires a "new message and a new messenger," someone who is able to connect with voters in the middle of the country who abandoned the party in this month's elections. Rep. Tim Ryan said Pelosi isn't a shoo-in for re-election, given the "consternation in our caucus" following election results that handed the White House to Republicans... Читать дальше...

PHOENIX (AP) — Former Arizona Gov. Jan Brewer fought her own Republican party in the state Legislature for months to push through a Medicaid expansion under the Affordable Care Act. Scott has been vague, however, about what should be done about the 20 million Americans who got health insurance through the overhaul, nearly half of them though Medicaid expansion his state rejected. Vice president-elect Mike Pence told Republican governors meeting in Florida on Nov. 14 that Trump would replace traditional... Читать дальше...

Comedian is “immersed in that world/reality since learning” her daughter was diagnosed with high-functioning autism Rosie O’Donnell wrote a candid message to fans on her website Saturday, explaining that the reason she questioned if Barron Trump has autism is because her daughter was recently diagnosed with the condition and she recognizes the symptoms. O’Donnell goes on to write: “But this autism subject – had nothing to do with Donald, though i admit he does trigger me in all ways – i have no ill will for his children ... Читать дальше...

The Weinstein Company’s “Lion” earned an estimated $128,368 in four theaters, amounting to the holiday weekend’s highest per-screen average of $32,092. The suspenseful R-rated mystery, which has a 72 percent on Rotten Tomatoes, centers on the most formidable lobbyist in Washington D.C. as she takes on a powerful opponent. Roadside Attractions’ “Manchester by the Sea” stayed strong as it expanded into 48 locations in its second weekend, earning an estimated $1.3 million for a very strong $26,048 per theater. Читать дальше...

SEATTLE (AP) — A new, state-sponsored option for investing for college won't be ready until next year, so those enrolled in Washington state's current prepaid tuition plan have until at least Sept. 1 to pull their money out without penalty. Both allow people to save for college and not pay federal income taxes on their investment earnings. Since 2015, the state has allowed people to pull money from the GET program.

Lewis County High Principal Derek Lambert tells The Exponent Telegram (http://bit.ly/2fFv1sc ) that students and staff will collect donated items next Friday through Sunday for students of H.E. White Elementary School in Bomont. The efforts are being spearheaded by Lewis County High's Honor Society, student council and sociology classes.

Ferguson, Baltimore, and a New Era in America’s Racial Justice Movement is more than just a compilation of the circumstances that sparked a racial justice movement that was broadcast on social media before it hit TV screens and the front pages of newspapers. The 2014 police shooting of Michael Brown, an unarmed black man, in Ferguson, Mo., is where it all began. Lowery was on the streets filled with people demanding to be acknowledged, where he captured the distrust and fear of police. Lowery... Читать дальше...

Every Christmas season since 1966, the city of Gavle in central Sweden builds a giant version of the straw goat — an ancient Scandinavian Yuletide character that precedes Santa Claus as a bringer of gifts.

In two new posthumous collections, “The Last Shift” and “My Lost Poets,” scrupulously edited by Levine’s devoted friend and fellow poet Edward Hirsch, we see the range and depth of his emotions, literary scope and political passions. The Pulitzer Prize-winning poet’s tone is always deliberate, conversational, in the tradition of William Carlos Williams, and attentive to detail. A champion of the working class, Levine, who died last year at 87, can bring to mind the sardonic, street-smart ear of fellow Michiganders Elmore Leonard... Читать дальше...

Recommendations of recent books from the staffs of a rotating list of Northern California independent bookstores. Thompson has uncovered more little-known facts and presented them in an engaging group biography. Using just a line or two of text from the legend, he give us space to imagine the context and the universality of these shared stories. Eight-year-old Ari has all the cards stacked against her — a sexual predator for a father, a drug-addicted mother whose narcissism is all-consuming, and... Читать дальше...

Even Mario, the theater-loving waiter who’s seen the show multiple times, has to admit to himself that the plot — a love story arising from a court case to defend an unjustly accused chimpanzee — is “imbecilic.” [...] one of the book’s most appealing characters, dinosaur-loving kindergartner Edward, asks at an unfortunately quiet moment in the performance, “Grandpa, are you interested in this?” The author of more than two dozen works of fiction and nonfiction, including the novel “Lovers at the Chameleon Club... Читать дальше...

Not so much the loss of a loved one or marriage, though Szalay’s characters at points encounter both, but rather all the other losses that color the anxieties of our times: losses of power and wealth, status and job security, not to mention the ability, when going out at night, to “pull.” Szalay’s interesting conceit, in a hybrid work short-listed for this year’s Man Booker Prize, is to string nine separate stories together about men at different ages, climbing up from 17 to 73, to form a composite portrait of white European manhood. Читать дальше...

Chabon’s latest work, a quasi-memoir couched in a novel’s clothing, is both a hotchpotch stroll down memory lane and an exercise in exploring the slippery nature of truth and memory. The Attention Merchants The Epic Scramble to Get Inside Our Heads Swing Time The Penguin Press; 455 pages; $27 Smith’s vibrant novel follows two biracial childhood friends over decades, tracking the rise and ebb of their friendship and fortunes as they shimmy on the fringes of the musical entertainment industry. Читать дальше...

Literary guide Mark Coleman “Make Peace With Your Mind.” 7 p.m. Book Passage, 51 Tamal Vista Blvd., Corte Madera. Elizabeth Rynecki “Chasing Portraits: A Great-Granddaughter’s Quest for Her Lost Art Legacy.” 7 p.m. Books Inc., 74 Town & Country Village, Palo Alto. Nourse Theater, 275 Hayes St., S.F. (415) 392-4400. www.cityarts.net. 6 p.m. Book Passage, One Ferry Building, S.F. (415) 835-1020. www.bookpassage.com. 7 p.m. City Lights Bookstore, 261 Columbus Ave., S.F. (415) 362-8193. www.citylights.com. Joel Coen... Читать дальше...

A selection of first sentences from new books, Nov. 27 Shortly before 5 a.m., a party of eighteen men — most of them officers of the French army — climbed to the second floor of Saint-Lazare, the women’s prison in Paris. “The Spy,” a novel by Paulo Coelho “The Boy in the Striped Pajamas,” a novel, now in a new edition, by John Boyne