Новости за 14.09.2015

NEW YORK - Medtronic said Monday that it has been cleared to market a heart defibrillator implant that can be safely used in an MRI scanner.

NEW YORK - Stocks that moved substantially or traded heavily Monday on the New York Stock Exchange and the Nasdaq Stock Market:

KANSAS CITY, Missouri - A mother is in custody after her two young children were found barefoot, dirty and living in a wooden shipping crate in an underground cave - part of a massive subterranean network carved out beneath Kansas City.

CRESSKILL, New Jersey - A small plane carrying two Coast Guard Auxiliary members that crashed onto an athletic field lost engine power despite being inspected less than two months earlier, according to a preliminary investigative report.

ATHENS, Greece - Greece's left-wing leader Alexis Tsipras says he will not form an "unnatural" grand coalition government with conservative rivals if he wins Sunday's general election, despite polls suggesting that neither party can score an outright victory.

EVANSVILLE, Indiana - An Evansville man accused of setting a fire at his apartment complex and leaving a bomb near a fast food restaurant will receive a psychiatric examination to determine whether he's competent to stand trial.

"Can I Go Now? The Life of Sue Mengers, Hollywood's First Superagent" (Viking), by Brian Kellow

MIAMI - The campaign manager and chief of staff for a former Miami congressman has been sentenced to eight months of home confinement, two years of probation and a $1,000 fine for a misdemeanor elections law violation.

PITTSBURGH - A man who served 34 years in prison for the killing of a 15-year-old girl before new DNA evidence was discovered will not be retried, a prosecutor said Monday in announcing that all charges would be dropped.

HARTFORD, Connecticut - Newtown and its schools are putting up a stiff fight against a wrongful-death lawsuit filed by the parents of two children killed in the Sandy Hook Elementary School shooting, questioning whether the lawsuit was filed on time and objecting to information requests by the parents' attorney.

BUENOS AIRES, Argentina - Prosecutors in Argentina brought a local criminal complaint of fraud on Monday against a U.S. litigation fund group and a Spanish company that managed the South American country's flagship airlines.

LOS ANGELES - More than a dozen of Bill Cosby's accusers will have their say in a TV special.

NEW YORK - The Kardashian empire is spreading into the field of personal media apps.

BEIRUT - In ramping up its military involvement in Syria's civil war, Russia appears to be betting that the West, horrified by the Islamic State group's spread and an escalating migrants crisis, may be willing to quietly tolerate President Bashar Assad for a while, perhaps as part of a transition.

WASHINGTON - Two years after New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie privatized much of the state's lottery operations, a big payoff remains out of sight.

BUCHAREST, Romania - Corneliu Vadim Tudor, a nationalist politician and court poet to late Romanian dictator Nicolae Ceausescu, who attracted audiences by saying what mainstream politicians didn't dare, has died. He was 65.

"Why Not Me?" (Crown Archetype), by Mindy Kaling

TRENTON, New Jersey - Four environmental groups want an appeals court to let them intervene in New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie's $225 million settlement with Exxon Mobil over contaminated sites across the state.

BOGOTA, Colombia - The sole survivor of a Colombian plane crash involving crew members of the upcoming Tom Cruise movie is recovering slowly but remains in critical condition.

OAKTON, Virginia - Longtime rocker Kenny Loggins brought his band to perform for a few dozen people in a living room after a Virginia man's Kickstarter campaign raised more than $30,000 for the show.

PARIS - French President Francois Hollande says his country will conduct airstrikes in Syria to fight the Islamic State group.

"The Appearance of Annie van Sinderen" (Putnam), by Katherine Howe

PORTLAND, Maine - Fishermen benefiting from booming prices for American eels are squirming about a decision expected this month on whether to list the fish under the Endangered Species Act.

POND CREEK, Oklahoma - Oklahoma authorities say a small-town police chief shot by a 67-year-old man over the weekend is in critical but stable condition.

TORONTO - Canada has posted a budget surplus after six straight years of deficits.