Новости за 23.12.2016

The site How It Should Have Ended re-mixed audio of Chewie's grunts and growls with clips from several "Star Wars" films to create a video that has been watched nearly 2.5 million times on YouTube. The parody song was first created as a joke in 1999 by web designer Scott Anderson, who writes on his website that he made it for a parody Christmas album, "Christmas With Chewbacca."

ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (AP) — The U.S. Energy Department authorized its contractor Friday to begin disposing of radioactive waste again at the nation's only underground repository, setting the stage for the first barrel to go below ground since a radiation release forced the facility to shut down nearly three years ago. The Waste Isolation Pilot Plant has been closed since February 2014 when a radiation release contaminated a significant portion of the repository, where disposal rooms are carved out of a thick salt formation deep underground. Читать дальше...

MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — The Minnesota Department of Agriculture is advising consumers not to drink a product from a Minneapolis distillery because it uses nonfood grade leather in its production. Owner Scott Ervin says he was surprised when the department send him an email shortly after because state and federal officials had already approved the product.

CHARLESTOWN, R.I. (AP) — A faction of the Rhode Island Indian tribe that's been camping in a tribal government building for four days says it might end its occupation. Utility provider National Grid says it tried to restore electricity but found a volatile situation and was advised by law enforcement to leave the area.

PHOENIX (AP) — An Arizona animal shelter sparked social media backlash this week by spaying two pregnant dogs and euthanizing their 25 full-term unborn puppies. Outraged animal rescue groups and shelter volunteers took to social media this week to criticize shelter officials, saying they should have been aware of foster families willing to temporarily house the animals. Volunteers also accused officials of trying to hide the condition of pregnant dogs from the public by referring to them in records... Читать дальше...

Like the 11 million doughnuts that have gone before it at the modest hangout at Linda Mar shopping center, it will be delicious. [...] it will disappear into the dust of the ages, dust more or less the consistency of powdered sugar on a cake doughnut. A marketable hole is an existential paradox anyplace but a doughnut store. The mom of the operation would be veteran doughnut purveyor Yok-moui Sinn, who works 12-hour days and whose family has owned the store for about eight years, ever since buying out the previous owner. Читать дальше...

VALLETTA, Malta (AP) — Two Libyan hijackers diverted a domestic flight to the Mediterranean island of Malta on Friday to demand asylum in Europe and create a new political party in honor of the late dictator Moammar Gadhafi, officials said. Maltese Prime Minister Joseph Muscat told reporters the hijackers wanted negotiators to board the plane after it landed but his government refused and insisted that all passengers and crew be released. [...] the two hijackers walked off the plane with the final crew members... Читать дальше...

Additionally, A&E is partnering with the African-American civil rights organization Color of Change to produce in-show content between segments that gives further context to what viewers are seeing on air. After reviewing the promotions and episodes and participating in substantive conversations with A&E executives, we are pleased to see that the network is taking seriously concerns that the show – newly titled ‘Escaping the KKK: At Color Of Change we recognize the power of TV and media... Читать дальше...

WASHINGTON (AP) — India's national security adviser made a low-key visit to Washington earlier this week to meet with a senior aide to President-elect Donald Trump, Indian diplomats said Friday, in a sign of New Delhi's desire to forge close ties with the incoming U.S. administration. New Delhi hopes a Trump administration will take a tougher line against Islamic militancy by India's historical rival, Pakistan, but likely has concerns over a Nov. 30 phone call between Trump and Pakistan's prime minister.

The Statesman Journal reports (http://stjr.nl/2ioxBBs) the man was arrested at his home in Salem on suspicion of domestic assault and other charges. A Marion County Sheriff's Office spokesman said deputies learned at the hospital that the vehicle rolled over because it was rammed several times.

DERIDDER, La. (AP) — Beauregard Parish Police Jury members have voted to give themselves a $400 a month raise. With no opposition at a public hearing Thursday, KPLC-TV reports (http://bit.ly/2ilAM0T ) jurors voted to raise their pay from $1,200 to $1,600 each month. It's the first raise for the Beauregard Parish Police Jury since 1997. Each juror will now make $19,200 a year, effective Jan. 1. ___ Information from: KPLC-TV, http://kplctv.com

(AP) — A Florida man is in jail on charges that he threatened President-elect Donald Trump on Facebook. The Secret Service arrested the 59-year-old Krohn on Thursday at his suburban Fort Lauderdale home after agents say he posted at least two threats against Trump.

The Cloquet Police Department says it was called to a home on the Fond du Lac Reservation just before 9 a.m. Friday. Officers found a man inside with gunshot wounds.

Video footage shows a battered, Russian-made car drive past the check-in desk and into a departure gate before it reached a railway terminal outside. News website Kazansky Reporter on Friday quoted 40-year old Ruslan Nurtdinov, who told a court hearing that he had planned his route carefully: I had to get on the platform.

Iowa inventory of hogs and pigs reaches record 22.4 million DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — The U.S. Department of Agriculture says the number of hogs and pigs on Iowa farms has reached a new record high.

JERSEY CITY, N.J. (AP) — A prosecutor says a church pastor who has been on the run for nearly two years after he was convicted of sexual assault charges may have tried to obliterate his own fingerprints. Martinez also faces additional charges after three 19-year-old men also accused of him of sexual assault following his initial conviction.

(AP) — The American Civil Liberties Union is asking the Virginia Supreme Court to take up a case that challenges how long police departments can hold onto data from automatic license plate readers. Police call license plate readers a valuable crime-fighting tool, but some worry they can be used to track people's movements.

Dana Brunetti, who left his post as Relativity’s president of production earlier this week, fired a Twitter shot at Showbiz 411 founder and veteran entertainment columnist Roger Friedman over a story Friedman wrote implying that Brunetti and former Relativity CEO Ryan Kavanaugh’s often combative social media presence may have contributed to their departure. In the story, Friedman embedded a photo Brunetti had posted on Instagram of an Alaska Airlines plane on the tarmac at LAX, which Brunetti had... Читать дальше...

ALBANY, N.Y. (AP) — A wealthy businessman who co-chaired president-Elect Donald Trump's state campaign confirmed to The Associated Press on Friday that he told an alternative newspaper he hoped President Barack Obama would die from mad cow disease and that the first lady would "return to being a male." Carl Paladino, a millionaire real estate developer who unsuccessfully ran for governor in 2010 as a Republican, made the comments in response to a survey by Artvoice , a Buffalo publication that asked local artists... Читать дальше...

Last year, I booked a vacation at Sandals Ochi Beach Resort in Ocho Rios, Jamaica, for my pregnant girlfriend and me. After news of the Zika virus broke last January, we contacted Sandals to get a refund for the trip because of the seriousness of the health advisory. The Sandals reps were not swayed, and in an effort to find a solution, we temporarily accepted their idea of pushing the trip back a year, which cost us a fee. [...] concerns about Zika have only intensified. If you cancel 30 to 15 days before arrival... Читать дальше...

The Topeka Capital-Journal (http://bit.ly/2ikG10G ) reports the Freedom's Frontier group will partner with local students from elementary through high school to design interpretive sidewalk murals depicting the stories of at least 10 local sites for the Topeka Heritage Trail. Among the locations being considered for the trail include the Brown v. Board of Education National Historic Site, the Great Overland Station, the Charles Curtis House and Constitution Hall. Freedom Frontier executive director... Читать дальше...

The wreck happened about 11 a.m. on Fulton Street at 18th Avenue on the north side of Golden Gate Park, officials said. At the scene, vintage powder-blue Volkswagen Beetle with a crumpled front end was parked in the middle of Fulton Street, but it was unclear if it had been driven by the person who was critically hurt. Parked in the opposite direction was a white Ford pickup truck also with front in damage.

(AP) — A University of Oregon law professor who wore blackface to a Halloween party is harshly criticizing an investigative report by the university that found she violated the institution's anti-discrimination policies and caused damage to the law school, a newspaper reported Friday. Shurtz said in the statement that the university's investigation by two Portland-based attorneys includes errors and omissions that she tried to correct before it was released that take her actions out of context. In an earlier apology... Читать дальше...

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Activists gain resolve from civil rights vets post-election [...] Benavidez began thinking of the civil rights leaders of the 1950s and 1960s and the hardships they faced, from police dogs and water hoses to assassinations and government spying. If they could continue to fight in the climate of those times, he thought, today's generation of liberal advocates could get through uneasiness over the election results. Eventually, she returned to activism. Since Trump's election, Huerta said, she's been telling young... Читать дальше...