Новости за 02.03.2017

AUSTIN, Texas — A federal judge on Thursday dismissed the U.S. government’s securities fraud lawsuit against Republican Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton, who still faces criminal charges of duping wealthy investors. [...] the ruling by U.S. District Judge Amos Mazzant is a significant victory for Paxton, who is scheduled to stand trial in May on felony securities fraud charges. The lawsuit filed by the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission was nearly identical to the case brought by criminal prosecutors. Читать дальше...

WASHINGTON — The United States conducted air strikes overnight Thursday against several suspected al Qaeda targets across south-central Yemen, according to U.S. and Yemeni military officials, the first U.S. attacks in the country since an ill-fated Special Operations raid in January. The coordinated series of attacks against al Qaeda militants occurred in three Yemeni provinces that have been areas of suspected terrorist activity — Abyan, Shabwa and Baydha — according to a senior U.S. military official and a Yemeni military official. Читать дальше...

Imagine you had a life-threatening cancer that a wonder drug had kept in remission for years. Thousands of people with a blood cancer called chronic myelogenous leukemia, or CML, now have that choice. New treatment guidelines in the U.S. say certain patients can consider stopping Gleevec or similar drugs, which were long thought to be needed for the rest of their lives. “Our goal is to truly cure CML, which is essentially to have patients off drugs,” said Dr. Ehab Atallah, a leukemia expert at... Читать дальше...

BISMARCK, N.D. (AP) — North Dakota's top House Republican is proposing six state-owned casinos, a move that risks angering American Indian tribes at a time relations have already been rubbed raw by the dispute over the Dakota Access oil pipeline. Carlson said his idea is not "anti-American Indian," but rather a way to establish casinos as "destination-oriented attractions" and use profits from them to lessen — or eliminate altogether — state sales tax and corporate income tax. While the state supported the four-state pipeline... Читать дальше...

The GOP said in a statement Thursday that real-estate investor Drew Turiano has dropped out of the running for the party nomination. Technology entrepreneur Greg Gianforte says he has commitments from enough delegates to secure the Republican nomination for Montana's special election for the U.S. House. Gianforte says 140 of about 200 Republicans who will vote for the GOP candidate in Monday's special nominating convention have committed to supporting him.

The Lou Reed Archive features paper and electronic records, photos, and about 3,600 audio and 1,300 video recordings. Warhol produced the band's first studio album and invited it to perform as part of his recurring multimedia event, The Exploding Plastic Inevitable.

WASHINGTON (AP) — Missouri Sen. Claire McCaskill was one of many Democrats taking umbrage Thursday at the revelation that Attorney General Jeff Sessions had twice met with the Russian ambassador to the U.S. during last year's presidential campaign, during a furor over that country's alleged interference in the election, and misled his colleagues about it during his confirmation hearing. In a statement, said, I've been on the Senate Armed Services Committee for 10 years, and in that time, have had no call from... Читать дальше...

INDIANAPOLIS - Last week, the 49ers brought in three players, signing nose guard Earl Mitchell, cornerback K’Waun Williams and wide receiver DeAndre Carter to contracts. Today, general manager John Lynch said the 49ers could sign some of their scheduled free agents before the start of free agency on March 9. Among their notable free agents are kicker Phil Dawson, and wide receiver Jeremy Kerley. Lynch said contract extensions with players are on the current roster aren’t imminent. The most logical... Читать дальше...

Though a main subject of “My Life as a Zucchini” is the past and present travails of children in a foster home, this animated feature from Swiss-born director Claude Barras entertains and plucks the right emotional strings. A tragic event sends him to a welcoming foster home, which he will share with a half-dozen other orphans. Small details count for a lot in movies like this; and a notable one is that Zucchini takes one keepsake to the foster home to remind him of mom — an empty beer can. [...] the film... Читать дальше...

Successfully landing a new job is a matter of using the right techniques combined with a good attitude. One without the other affects your job search prospects more than you might realize. A good attitude is hard to beat and hiring managers can sense when candidates have one. It’s only human to experience the ups

Illumination, which is set up at Universal Pictures for financing and distribution, is the creator of the Kristen Wiig-Steve Carrell franchise “Despicable Me” franchise, whose third installment releases this summer. Illumination franchises include two of the top-six animated films of all time and its films, which include 2016 hits “Sing” and “The Secret Life of Pets,” have grossed more than $4.5 billion worldwide. Upcoming releases include “Dr. Seuss‘ How The Grinch Stole Christmas,” “The Secret Life of Pets 2,” “Sing 2” and “Minions 2”.

An anonymous tipster alerted us to flyers that have been plastered around the Castro, advertising scalped tickets to the San Francisco run of mega-hit musical Hamilton (or as the poster dubs it, Hamilton!!!!).

The 49ers will try the cornerback at free safety in their new 4-3 defense this offseason to see if it’s a good fit. Ward, a safety at Northern Illinois, has played both nickel cornerback and on the outside throughout his three-year NFL career. “Just being completely honest, we think he’s a good scheme fit for what we’re doing at the free-safety position,” said Lynch, a former NFL safety. The 49ers are seeking a free safety with excellent range to patrol the back end of their defense. Bethea, who will turn 33 in July... Читать дальше...

Giants expect Cueto in camp Friday, plus Posey update SCOTTSDALE, Ariz. — The Giants’ No. 2 starter is on his way to camp. Johnny Cueto is expected to arrive in Arizona on Thursday night or Friday morning after securing a passport and visa for his father, Domingo, who is under the pitcher’s care. Cueto will have more than a month to prepare for his first scheduled start April 4, but the question remains whether he will pitch for the Dominican Republic in the World Baseball Classic. Cueto has been throwing in the Dominican. Читать дальше...

Opening narration by lead character Mack Phillips (Sam Worthington) warns that this picture will be “on the fantastic side” and that we might be “skeptical” about what he is about to tell us. The subsequent flurry of images from Mack’s adult life are shot by director Stuart Hazeldine in such a fast, scatterbrained way that they feel ridiculously unconvincing, particularly a very confusing sequence where Mack saves one of his children from drowning only to lose another to an unseen abductor. Mack goes to the shack of the title... Читать дальше...

The faith-fueled movie combines the misery of “Manchester by the Sea” with the greeting card aisle of a religious bookstore — succeeding as affirmation for the already converted, but failing as a film for the masses. Faith-infused movies including “The Blind Side,” “The Rookie,” “Soul Surfer” and the Walden Media “Chronicles of Narnia” adaptations balance strong filmmaking with Christian values. [...] the sinners, saints and God are played by real people here, and the script gives them just two emotions to work with... Читать дальше...

On Thursday, March 2, the 21-year-old model closed her first show of the 2017 Paris Fashion Week season for Balmain in tough and regal outfit that looks straight out of a fantasy movie.

Matt Barnes on return to Warriors: ‘It’s good to be back’ CHICAGO — Toward the end of the Warriors’ shoot-around Thursday at United Center, a dozen or so reporters scattered along the near baseline to watch Golden State’s newest addition hoist jumpers. Matt Barnes, donning a Warriors jersey for the first time in nine years, glanced at Andre Iguodala with a smile. “I’m not used to seeing this much media at practice,” Barnes said. Much has changed since he helped guide Golden State’s 2006-07 “We... Читать дальше...

DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — An Iowa state lawmaker said Thursday that he didn't mean to mislead anyone by claiming he had a business degree from a company that actually had awarded him a certificate for participating in a training program when he worked at Sizzler. Calls on Thursday seeking to verify that claim with Riverside City College — the school apparently changed its name — went to an automated system and The Associated Press wasn't able to get a live person on the line. Chelgren, who was first elected to the state Senate in 2010... Читать дальше...

The 15-year-old long-legged YouTube star, named April, is expected to give birth any time now in her enclosed pen at the Animal Adventure Park in Harpursville, rural upstate village 130 miles northwest of New York City. Since the privately owned zoo's giraffe cam began live-streaming video from April's enclosure last week, the feed has totaled more than 15 million views on YouTube as people around the world check on the status of April's 15-month pregnancy. In videos posted on the park's Facebook page this week... Читать дальше...

LOS ANGELES (AP) — A spokeswoman for the PwC auditing firm says the company has hired protection for the two accountants responsible for the best-picture flub at the Oscars. The company says Cullinan and Ruiz made "a series of mistakes" and failed to follow established backstage protocols.

NEW YORK (AP) — Amazon says an incorrectly typed command during a routine debugging of its billing system caused the five-hour outage of some Amazon Web Services servers on Tuesday. In a summary posted online, the Seattle company says a command meant to remove a small number of servers for one of its S3 subsystems was entered incorrectly and a larger set of servers was removed.

The 27-year-old Ukrainian, who has been in the headlines for rebellious tweets, tattoos and leaving the Royal Ballet, wants to challenge the dance world’s established system to provide more creative freedom for its artists. Citing Beckham’s role as a soccer ambassador, Polunin says he is on a mission to make ballet more popular and more accessible for those who can’t afford expensive theater tickets. If you have stars, people like David Beckham of the ballet world, it’s just going to bring attention to what we’re doing. Читать дальше...

NBC famously severed its ties with Trump soon after the reality-show host launched his incendiary presidential campaign. [...] in December, Variety reported that Trump would retain credit as executive producer of the revived reality series, almost two weeks after the sponsorships for the show were announced. A rep for the company told Reuters last month: “Once we understood the concerns of American citizens, we have taken the approach of agreeing not to participate in the show in the future as long as Mr. Читать дальше...

Mourning just got a lot more tech-savvy.

Korean company Elrois Inc. debuted "With Me" at the Mobile World Congress in Barcelona this week. Using 3-D photo-realistic technology and artificial intelligence, the software allows users to create and converse with avatars and even give them kisses.

Eunjin Lim, spokesperson for Elrois Inc., told Vocativ that avatars can register changes in appearance and emotion of users. For example, the avatar could look at you and say, "You look younger today... Читать дальше...