Новости за 29.10.2015

CONCORD, New Hampshire - The latest on the sentencing of a former student at an elite prep school who was convicted of sexually assaulting a younger classmate (all times local):

JUBA, South Sudan - Rebels in South Sudan said Thursday they have seized U.N. barges they suspected were transporting weapons for government troops, and have been holding 16 peacekeepers who were aboard.

BELLEFONTE, Pennsylvania - The judge handling Jerry Sandusky's appeal is ordering Pennsylvania's attorney general to provide him and the former Penn State assistant football coach's lawyers any information she might have about possible leaks in the case by state prosecutors and a grand jury judge.

JACKSONVILLE, Florida - Authorities say a man fatally shot by police in northeast Florida was a convicted felon who was holding a loaded gun when officers broke through a door into his house to serve a warrant.

Mississippi State

LARAMIE, Wyoming - As the star running back of a young and inexperienced Wyoming team that's been riddled with injuries all year, Brian Hill is as frustrated as anyone with the Pokes' 1-7 start.

STARKVILLE, Mississippi - Mississippi State hopes first-year coach Ben Howland can turn the program around in a hurry.

ST. PAUL, Minnesota - Minnesota is awaiting word from a federal judge on how it must change its restrictive program for sex offenders, a long-awaited step for more than 700 offenders who alleged the facilities were more like prisons.

PISCATAWAY, New Jersey - Rutgers doesn't lead the Big Ten Conference in many statistics in football, except tackles. That's where linebacker Steve Longa stands alone.

SANTIAGO, Chile - Chile's competitive practices regulator says two forestry companies colluded illegally for over a decade to control 90 percent of the toilet paper market.

LAS VEGAS - MGM Resorts International plans to spin off part of its casino-resort real estate into a separate company that will lease the properties back to MGM to boost value for shareholders and give both companies more flexibility to grow.

Florida

PITTSBURGH - An unruly passenger who caused a New York-bound flight to be diverted to Pittsburgh has been jailed on a federal charge of interfering with a flight crew.

VALENCIA, Spain - German qualifier Mischa Zverev advanced to the quarterfinals of the Valencia Open by beating fourth-seeded Fabio Fognini 6-2, 7-6 (3) Thursday.

GAINESVILLE, Florida - Dorian Finney-Smith was furious, frustrated and feeling uneasy about his future.

BERLIN - A 32-year-old German man arrested in the disappearance nearly a month ago of a 4-year-old Bosnia migrant has confessed to killing the boy, authorities said Thursday.

LESBOS, Greece - Dead migrants float belly-up, stripped of their clothing by churning seas. On shore, wailing women search for loved ones among the shivering, wide-eyed survivors. A rescuer tries to revive a toddler who lies unconscious in her sodden striped sweater.

POTTSVILLE, Arkansas - A single-engine airplane crashed into a rural residential area in Arkansas, killing three people Thursday morning, authorities said. There were no immediate reports of injuries on the ground.

HARARE, Zimbabwe - With the rains not having fallen as they normally do, water levels have dropped in a dam that supplies electricity to Zambia and Zimbabwe, causing power blackouts, business closures and consternation. Some traditional chiefs are blaming an angry river god.

Tennessee

BEIJING - China's decision to abolish its one-child policy is a boon not only to couples but to sellers of goods from formula to diapers to toys. And it might help to defuse economic stresses caused by an aging population.

KNOXVILLE, Tennessee - Change remains the only constant at Tennessee.

NORMANDY, Missouri - Authorities are investigating the death of a suburban St. Louis 18-year-old they say shot himself in the face after he was reported to be suicidal and exchanged gunfire with responding police. Relatives dispute this account.

TORONTO - Toronto Blue Jays general manager Alex Anthopoulos is leaving the team, rejecting a five-year contract extension to remain.

MUNCY, Pennsylvania - State police were using shotguns Thursday to deflate a wayward surveillance blimp that broke loose in Maryland before coming down into trees in the Pennsylvania countryside.