Новости за 08.10.2015

BOISE, Idaho - Idaho's federal nuclear facility can become the nation's premier energy security lab while also bolstering the region's economy, the new director says.

NEW YORK - NBC News correspondent Kate Snow says that bringing 29 women who have accused Bill Cosby of assault together for a "Dateline NBC" special Friday took on an importance beyond the individual cases.

LOS ANGELES - F. Gary Gray, who made waves this summer with his profitable and critically acclaimed N.W.A biopic "Straight Outta Compton," has been set to direct the eighth film in the "Fast & Furious" franchise.

SAN FRANCISCO - The founder of a popular form of yoga that is performed in a room heated to more than 100 degrees lost a court appeal Thursday to copyright a sequence of 26 poses and two breathing exercises.

SAN FRANCISCO - Netflix is raising the price of its Internet video service by $1 for new customers in the U.S., Canada and some Latin America countries to help cover its escalating costs for shows such as "House of Cards" and other original programming.

NEW YORK - Mark Rylance is strolling around a conference table, doing his best impression of a Robert Mitchum walk.

PITTSBURGH - An environmental activist group sued ArcelorMittal USA on Thursday for allegedly violating the Clean Air Act by showering nearby residents with soot and other pollutants from a western Pennsylvania coke plant more than 200 times since it reopened in April 2014.

LAS VEGAS - A judge postponed until Tuesday an ex-dealer's guilty plea in an agreement that will have him testify against three co-defendants accused of cheating a Las Vegas Strip casino out of more than at $1 million in craps bets.

WEST LAFAYETTE, Indiana - A Purdue University Board of Trustees committee has approved a two-year extension of President Mitch Daniels' contract and 90 percent of his at-risk pay for the 2014-15 school year.

SALT LAKE CITY - Prosecutors say a Utah man posed as a federal agent in an attempt to get VIP tickets to a Comic Con event in Salt Lake City.

LOS ANGELES - Marvel and Disney are going microscopic again.

NEW YORK - Bringing your significant other on a business trip might sound like a no-brainer. The hotel room and rental car are already paid for. Your loved one can be a companion when you have downtime, as well as a trusted sounding board for ideas in between meetings.

VANDENBERG AIR FORCE BASE, California - A rocket carrying a secret payload for the U.S. government has successfully launched from the central California coast.

WASHINGTON - The risk of unstoppable fires is prompting U.S. officials to back a proposed international ban on rechargeable lithium battery shipments as cargo on passenger airlines.

NEW YORK - Billionaire bond investor Bill Gross has sued his former employer, Pimco, for more than $200 million for breach of contract and plotting to oust him from the firm he founded more than four decades ago.

NEW YORK - Andrew Rannells has a new gig - and it's a royal one.

NEW YORK - Selena Gomez has revealed that she's battling the debilitating immune system disorder lupus.

NEW YORK - Tony Award-winning playwright and activist Eve Ensler will get a new honor next month -the John Lennon Real Love Award.

NEW YORK - The end is near for Stephen King's Bill Hodges trilogy, his foray into crime fiction.

OKLAHOMA CITY - The latest on problems the state of Oklahoma has had over executions (all times local):

LONDON - Chelsea says it has signed goalkeeper Marco Amelia on a free transfer until the end of the season.

SACRAMENTO, California - Airman 1st Class Spencer Stone, who was hailed as a hero for helping to tackle a gunman and thwart a terror attack on a French train in August, was stabbed in California and was in stable condition, an Air Force spokesman said Thursday.

NEW YORK - U.S. stocks are wavering between small gains and losses in midday trading Thursday as investors wait for the release of the minutes from the Federal Reserve's latest meeting. The market is coming off a weeklong advance.

PITTSBURGH - The man who symbolized the Pittsburgh Pirates' resurgence offered one final bit of advice before hopping onto his custom-made, Batman-inspired ride and zooming off into retirement.

WEST WINDSOR, New Jersey - A nurse accused of reusing syringes while giving flu shots to 67 patients at a pharmaceutical company voluntarily surrendered her license, New Jersey officials said Thursday.