Новости за 08.08.2015

MINNEAPOLIS - A federal judge on Friday denied a media request to open up a meeting where top Minnesota leaders are expected to discuss ways to fix the state's civil commitment program for sex offenders.

RICHMOND, Virginia - A federal jury on Friday night convicted a former Russian military tank commander of planning and leading a Taliban attack on U.S. forces in Afghanistan.

CARACAS, Venezuela - Venezuela's socialist government is opening an investigation against CNN en Espanol, accusing the network of inciting violence with a mistaken report about looting in the country's interior.

INDIANAPOLIS - Marissa Coleman scored 19 points to lead five Indiana players in double figures as the Fever routed the Atlanta Dream 106-77 on Friday night.

CENTENNIAL, Colorado - A Colorado jury on Friday sentenced 27-year-old James Holmes to life in prison without the possibility of parole for killing 12 people and injuring 70 others in a suburban Denver movie theater in 2012.

PANAMA CITY - The Panama Canal Authority said Friday that next month it will temporarily limit the size of ships using the waterway because drought has lowered water levels in Gatun and Alhajuela lakes.

ANAHEIM, California - The Baltimore Orioles have recalled outfielder Junior Lake from Triple-A Norfolk and designated outfielder Travis Snider for assignment.

KANSAS CITY, Missouri - Chicago White Sox center fielder Adam Eaton jammed his left shoulder falling to the turf while catching Ben Zobrist's deep fly ball in the fourth inning Friday night against the Kansas City Royals.

ANAHEIM, California - Right wing Jakob Silfverberg agreed to a four-year, $15 million contract with the Anaheim Ducks on Friday.

COLUMBUS, Ohio - Johnny Manziel's comeback is picking up speed.

SALT LAKE CITY - Mike Woods gave his Optum team back-to-back wins at the Tour of Utah on Friday, pulling away from the field on the uphill finish of Stage 5 to capture the yellow jersey.

RICHMOND, Virginia - The latest on the federal trial for a Russian military veteran who is accused of leading a Taliban attack on U.S. forces in Afghanistan (all times local):

UNCASVILLE, Connecticut - Alex Bentley scored a career-high 31 points to help the Connecticut Sun beat the Washington Mystics 86-72 on Friday night, ending their seven-game losing streak against the Eastern Conference.

SIOUX FALLS, South Dakota - A Native American tribe from South Dakota will return a $25,000 donation from a charitable arm of the NFL's Washington Redskins, saying the team name is "derogatory and inappropriate."

Louise Suggs, an LPGA founder and among the best women to ever play with 61 wins and 11 majors, died Friday. She was 91.

CHICAGO - The San Francisco Giants are in a bit of a rut. Their manager is not too concerned - yet.

MEXICO CITY - Hours after walking out of a federal prison following the dropping of drug trafficking charges against him, a Mexican college student on Friday called on the government to presume the innocence of arrested people rather than require them to prove it.

SANTA BARBARA, California - A pilot and passenger have been found dead in the wreckage of a small airplane that crashed in a remote area of Southern California.

FLORHAM PARK, New Jersey - Jace Amaro remembers not being able to catch his breath on the sideline, the pain intensifying with each heave of his chest.

CHICAGO - The way Kyle Schwarber was hitting the ball, Joe Maddon felt he had no choice but to keep him in the lineup.

OVERLAND PARK, Kansas - Martin Piller and Shane Bertsch each shot 9-under 62 on Friday to share the second-round lead in the Web.com Tour's Digital Ally Open.

FAIRFAX, Virginia - Police in Virginia say an officer who fatally shot a man just inside his front door no longer works for the department.

YANGON, Myanmar - A U.N. human rights envoy said her whirlwind visit to Myanmar was marred by disappointments: She was barred from meeting long-persecuted Rohingya Muslims and talks with several senior officials were denied or canceled at the last minute. And when she met with government critics, security officials were there, quietly snapping pictures.

OMAHA, Nebraska - Warren Buffett's Berkshire Hathaway reported a 37 percent drop in its second-quarter profit as the paper value of its investments fell and its insurance companies reported an underwriting loss.

CONWAY, Arkansas - A 14-year-old boy shot and killed his grandparents during a robbery-and-murder scheme hatched while he and two other friends were held in an Arkansas juvenile jail, police and prosecutors said Friday.