Новости за 12.08.2015

AUGUSTA, Maine - Gov. Paul LePage hailed drug screenings for certain welfare recipients as a way to protect taxpayer dollars. But since the program was launched a few months ago, only a handful of recipients have been ordered to take tests and most people who have lost their assistance have done so because they failed to show up, the administration said.

LOS ANGELES - Uggie, the Jack Russell terrier who became a canine star for his scene-stealing role in the Oscar-winning movie "The Artist," has died.

PROVIDENCE, Rhode Island - A Rhode Island man has pleaded guilty to collecting over $250,000 in Social Security benefits intended for his mother for more than 16 years after she died.

NEW YORK - Radiohead's Thom Yorke has written original music for the upcoming Broadway revival of the play "Old Times" by Harold Pinter, in what its director calls the combination of "a beautiful piece of theater and a true rock star."

NEW YORK - Investment Technology Group Inc. will pay a record $20.3 million to settle charges that it ran a secret trading desk that used confidential customer trading information for profit, including bets against its customers.

BLOOMINGTON, Indiana - Indiana University technology officials say more than 10 percent of employees flunked a test to see if they would fall for an email phishing scam.

Ford's first dedicated hybrid for North American consumers, the C-Max gasoline-electric hybrid hatchback, is turning out to be an acquired taste. Sales are declining for the second straight year, lower gas prices have led the C-Max and other hybrids to lose their luster and Consumer Reports predicts the plug-in C-Max Energi's reliability to be worse than average.

NASHVILLE, Tennessee - Christian rapper Lecrae leads the pack of nominees for the 46th annual Dove Awards with seven nominations, including artist of the year, thanks to his chart-topping album, "Anomaly."

LOS ANGELES - When Boris and Anastasia vacation, they prefer to stay in a deluxe three-story suite, dine on tuna mackerel and lobster consommé, and spend their time on an iPad.

SOUTH BEND, Indiana - U.S. Supreme Court Justice Sonia Sotomayor will take part in a moderated discussion at the University of Notre Dame in September.

WASHINGTON - Philip Johnson was dying of pancreatic cancer when he brought his former wife, Thanh Tran, to the basement of his home in Venice, California. Under a tarp that was weighted down with bricks was a violin case with a combination lock.

NEW YORK - "Shark Tank" cast member Kevin O'Leary will be a celebrity judge for this year's Miss America pageant, along with Taya Kyle, widow of "American Sniper" author Chris Kyle, and snowboarder Amy Purdy.

PLANO, Texas - Dr. Pepper Snapple is making a $20 million investment in BodyArmor, a rival of PepsiCo's Gatorade brand.

NEW YORK - Kraft Heinz says it is cutting about 2,500 jobs as part of its plan to slash costs after the food companies combined.

NEW YORK - As retiring baby boomers look to sell the small businesses they have run for years, top employees are often becoming the boss.

CINCINNATI - Macy's Inc. (M) on Wednesday reported fiscal second-quarter profit of $217 million.

TERRE HAUTE, Indiana - A scheduled trial date has been pushed back for a Terre Haute man accused of killing his first wife in 1975.

PERU, Indiana - A jury has found a Mississippi man guilty in the 1992 strangulation death of an Indiana woman.

NEW YORK - Johnny Depp is set to perform live with Alice Cooper and Joe Perry as the musical group Hollywood Vampires.

MUNSTER, Indiana - A few months ago, Highland school administrators went on full alert when they received a message from the Highland Police Department that someone called in with a threat to students at Highland High School.

MUNCIE, Indiana - It's possible that Mary Julia Allender's final resting place will be on top of a filing cabinet in the Delaware County coroner's office.

GARY, Indiana - Lake County Sheriff John Buncich says more officers will patrol streets in Gary following a recent rise in the number of homicides.

LAKE STATION, Indiana - A judge has ordered a northwest Indiana city to reinstate a police officer who was fired following accusations he didn't seek medical help for an inmate who later died.

COLUMBUS, Indiana - A community group is pitching in to clean up the grounds around a landmark church in Columbus that were badly damaged during severe storms last month.

ANDREWS, Indiana - Floodwaters in northeastern Indiana have receded enough to allow all campsites with electricity at Salamonie Lake in Andrews to be reopened.