Новости за 13.03.2017

Don Draper's ketchup-less Heinz ad campaign couldn't cut the mustard on "Mad Men," but now the condiment giant reportedly is going to make it happen.

LAS VEGAS (AP) — A trustee in Nevada's largest school district told a classroom of second-graders in 2014 that "snitches get stitches" and that one of them would end up in jail. The Las Vegas Review-Journal (http://bit.ly/2n24M3r ) reports a complaint it obtained details the situation involving Clark County School District trustee Kevin Child.

ROTTERDAM, Netherlands — The Dutch prime minister declared Monday that he wants the Netherlands to turn the tide of populism in this week’s parliamentary election. The Dutch election is being seen as a key indicator of the future of populism in Europe after Britain’s vote to leave the European Union and Donald Trump’s victory in the U.S. presidential election. Rutte spoke before a debate with far-right, anti-Islam lawmaker Geert Wilders, whose Party for Freedom, or PVV, has been sliding in polls... Читать дальше...

Former President Barack Obama flew to San Jose Sunday night to meet with Silicon Valley tech leaders, according to NBC Bay Area. The former president made several trips to the Bay Area during his eight years in office to meet with technology heavyweights, where they at times discussed job creation, entrepreneurship, and education. The administration created the United States Digital Service, a nonpartisan federal agency that focuses on improving government information technology, which attracted... Читать дальше...

Wisconsin Elections Commission staff examined voter fraud referrals municipal clerks said they made to prosecutors following the 2016 spring primary and general elections. President Donald Trump has called for a "major investigation" into voter fraud and alleged that 3 million to 5 million people may have voted illegally in the November general election, a widely debunked claim. The state ultimately voted for Trump in the November general election, marking the first time a Republican presidential... Читать дальше...

LONDON — Scottish leader Nicola Sturgeon announced Monday she will seek a new referendum on independence in a bold move of defiance even as British leaders forge ahead toward a full break from the European Union. The bombshell decision adds to the stakes as Britain prepares to trigger the start of two years of negotiations with the European Union to hammer out the terms of its departure. Sturgeon, who holds the title of first minister in Scotland, said she will push for an authorization from the... Читать дальше...

PREWITT, N.M. (AP) — A tribal police officer killed on a sprawling Native American reservation was shot after he encountered two people in a vehicle on a county road in the middle of the night, and a woman who saw he was wounded used his radio to call for help, authorities said Monday. A decorated officer, Largo was flown to University of New Mexico Hospital in Albuquerque and died hours later Sunday, his death spurring a flood of condolences on social media, many from other police agencies around the country. Читать дальше...

With iconic Saturday morning TV franchises like “Transformers” and “Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles” making the leap into blockbuster movie series, it’s not surprising that Lionsgate is hoping to do the same with “Power Rangers.” [...] director Dean Israelite confirmed in an interview with Collider that the credits for his upcoming spin on the mighty morphin’ heroes of Angel Grove will feature a teaser of what’s to come in a potential sequel. The film’s synopsis has already revealed that Rita is on a mission from her master... Читать дальше...

(AP) — State superintendent candidate Lowell Holtz was chastised by the school board where he most recently worked for donating football field bleachers to a nearby private school his children attended without notifying the board, personnel records show. The superintendent oversees the state Department of Public Instruction, which runs K-12 education policy, curriculum and programs, and administers state and federal aid for all 424 public school districts. The department also works with private... Читать дальше...

President Donald Trump is describing the fight over the proposed Republican health care law as "a big fat beautiful negotiation." Trump is holding his first Cabinet meeting of his administration — a meeting he says he hopes will be "historic." Press secretary Sean Spicer says the president is also planning to lay a wreath at President Andrew Jackson's tomb at his home, The Hermitage, during the visit to Nashville. Earlier on Wednesday, Trump is scheduled to visit Detroit to discuss job creation... Читать дальше...

Image 1of/4 CaptionClose Image 1 of 4 Rep. Steve King, not at all looking like he just inhaled vast quantities of nitrous Rep. Steve King, not at all looking like he just inhaled vast quantities of nitrous Image 2 of 4 Geert "the Trump of the Netherlands" Wilder, working hard to be as creepy and acidic as the Orange Goblin himself Geert "the Trump of the Netherlands" Wilder, working hard to be as creepy and acidic as the Orange Goblin himself Image 3 of 4 The face you make after saying something so racist... Читать дальше...

The network just announced it has issued a series order for “Young Sheldon,” a kind of prequel to the network’s ratings and Emmy winner “The Big Bang Theory,” focused on Sheldon Cooper at the age of 9. The comedy will star Iain Armitage in the title role, with Zoe Perry, Lance Barber, Raegan Revord and Montana Jordan in other roles. David Wiegand is an assistant managing editor and the TV critic of The San Francisco Chronicle.

The premium service launching this month will let users choose specific songs or albums and will personalize recommendations based on people's listening habits. [...] the Pandora subscription mostly stripped out ads — for $5 a month.

HOUSTON (AP) — A Houston veterinarian and her boyfriend are accused of trying to hire an undercover police officer posing as a hit man to kill their former partners. Prosecutors said that investigators with the Harris County District Attorney's Office Special Crimes Bureau first learned that Jacob was seeking to have his ex-girlfriend killed. The man and an undercover officer posing as a hit man met with Jacob to discuss details of the plot.

(AP) — A judge has ordered tests to determine whether a former doctor convicted of killing four people connected to an Omaha medical school is competent to face a death penalty hearing. In October, Garcia was convicted of killing the 11-year-old son and a housekeeper of Creighton University faculty member William Hunter in 2008 and killing pathology doctor Roger Brumback and his wife in 2013.

President Trump will meet German Chancellor Angela Merkel at the White House this week, marking the first face-to-face encounter between the new U.S. commander in chief and the woman known as “Europe’s decider.” Merkel and Trump had planned to get together Tuesday, but the meeting was delayed until Friday because of a major snowstorm forecast to hit the East Coast. After the exit of President Barack Obama from the world stage, some have hailed Merkel as the new standard-bearer of liberal democracy. Читать дальше...

(AP) — Arkansas has a new supply of a lethal injection drug that expired earlier this year, a prison spokesman said Monday, clearing the way for four double executions that will put eight men to death next month. Arkansas Department of Correction spokesman Solomon Graves said the state has 100 vials of potassium chloride, one of three drugs used in the state's lethal injection protocol. Attorneys for the inmates have asked a Pulaski County circuit judge to find the state's lethal injection law and the three-drug protocol unconstitutional. Читать дальше...

(AP) — Surveillance video showing Michael Brown in a Ferguson, Missouri, convenience store in the early hours of the day he was fatally shot by a police officer was heavily edited by a documentary film crew, a prosecutor said Monday. The filmmakers and others say the video suggests Brown, a black 18-year-old, didn't rob Ferguson Market & Liquor before white Ferguson officer Darren Wilson shot him on a neighborhood street in August 2014. [...] a lawyer for Ferguson Market & Liquor, says... Читать дальше...

Revital Yakin-Karkovsky, a senior ministry official, said Hugh Lanning of the Palestine Solidarity Campaign was prohibited Sunday from entering Israel because his organization had close ties to the Hamas militant group and was one of the leading forces seeking to delegitimize Israel. The measure drew fierce criticism from dovish groups who condemned it as the latest in a series of steps to silence critics, and ministry officials struggled to explain how it would be enforced. The boycott movement... Читать дальше...

Christ, a Victorian literature scholar, spent more than 30 years at Berkeley in a variety of positions ranging from professor and chair of the English department to dean.

ADDIS ABABA, Ethiopia — The death toll has reached 62 from the collapse of a mountain of trash at a garbage dump on the outskirts of Ethiopia’s capital, the state-affiliated Fana Broadcasting Corporate reported Monday, as relatives waited for news of dozens of people who remain missing. Weeping mourners clutching photos of the dead lined the roads around the Koshe landfill as police tried to block people from entering, while rescue and recovery work continued. Many of the mud-and-stick houses were buried under the rubble... Читать дальше...

Jon Favreau will direct and executive produce first episode of upcoming CBS series CBS has officially ordered “Big Bang Theory” prequel “Young Sheldon” to series, and Jim Parsons is set to narrate the sitcom. Lorre, Molaro, Parsons and Todd Spiewak are executive producers of the series, which hails from Chuck Lorre Productions, Inc. in association with Warner Bros.

Four years ago, the 49ers signed a balding 30-something kicker who was among the most accurate in NFL history despite spending more than a decade working at a wind-swept lakefront stadium in a frigid Midwestern city. Phil Dawson, 42, was the 2015 team MVP and made 86.1 percent (99 of 115) of his attempts from 2013-16 before signing with the Cardinals last week. [...] Gould spent his first 11 seasons with the Bears. Despite playing his home games at Soldier Field, on the shores of Lake Michigan... Читать дальше...

The amount is lower than a $44 million valuation disclosed in September because $21 million in stock options and other awards have vested in Mayer's account since then. Besides her severance package, Mayer will gain control of stock options valued at $56.8 million, according to the filing. Yahoo's board is withholding Mayer's annual bonus of up to $2 million and a potentially lucrative stock award to punish her. Besides naming McInerney as Altaba's CEO, Yahoo also filled several other key positions at the new holding company.

A San Francisco police officer shot and wounded a dog after feeling threatened when the animal charged at him as he was directing traffic, officials said. The on-duty officer was directing traffic about 11:50 a.m. on Saturday at the intersection of Kearny and Post streets, about two blocks from Union Square, when the dog, which was not on a leash, began running toward him, police said. The canine sustained non-life-threatening injuries, police said.