Новости за 03.11.2015

MIDLAND, Michigan - Police say an SUV crashed through the wall of a Michigan school that was closed for the night, killing two passengers and injuring the driver.

NEW YORK - Sarah Nordgren, an experienced newsroom leader who has held numerous roles in the editorial and revenue departments of The Associated Press, has been named executive director of Associated Press Media Editors and director of AP's U.S. news operations. The announcement was made by Brian Carovillano, AP's vice president for U.S. news.

CARACAS, Venezuela - Fast food lovers in shortage-plagued Venezuela are enjoying greasy French fries at McDonald's franchises once again after the side dish went missing last winter.

LAS VEGAS - A Las Vegas professional gambler and former operator of the bitcoin online poker site "Seals with Clubs" was fined $25,000 and placed on up to two years of probation on Tuesday after pleading guilty to a criminal charge of operating an unlicensed interactive gambling system.

"The Crossing" (Little, Brown and Co.), by Michael Connelly

INDIANAPOLIS - An Indianapolis man says another man stole his identity and used it with police while committing misdemeanor crimes.

LINCOLN, Nebraska - Nebraska is again at the center of the political debate over the Keystone XL pipeline as the company behind the project asks the State Department to pause its review of the proposal while TransCanada works with state officials to secure its preferred route.

Two new books are deepening a Vatican scandal with tales of mismanagement and greed, such as sainthood causes that can cost up to a half-million dollars and a monsignor allegedly breaking down the wall of his next-door neighbor - a sick, elderly priest - to expand his already palatial apartment.

MERRILLVILLE, Indiana - NiSource Inc. (NI) on Tuesday reported a third-quarter loss of $4.9 million, after reporting a profit in the same period a year earlier.

RICHMOND, Virginia - As the Washington Redskins defend their federal trademark registration, they argue in court papers that the government has registered plenty of companies with offensive names.

TORONTO - The head of the Canadian company behind the proposed Keystone XL pipeline denied Tuesday that political motivation drove its decision to ask the U.S. government to delay consideration of the project.

FORT WAYNE, Indiana - Indiana State Police say they've been asked to investigate allegations of political misconduct in the Fort Wayne city clerk's office.

ROME - As hundreds of tourists and Romans took pictures, water began flowing once again at Rome's famed Trevi fountain after a 17-month, 2.2 million euro ($2.4 million) restoration.

CHATTANOOGA, Tennessee - Attorneys for Volkswagen's lone U.S. factory in Tennessee are arguing against an effort by a small group of workers at the plant to hold a union election.

ST. PETERSBURG, Russia - Some of the regulars coming into the Lesnoy restaurant in northern St. Petersburg this week weren't there to eat, but to leave flowers at the black-framed photos of two women who used to work there.

JEFFERSONVILLE, Indiana - A southern Indiana man has pleaded guilty to theft charges for stealing $100,000 from a now-defunct Jaycees organization while serving as its treasurer.

LOS ANGELES - Media giant 21st Century Fox said Tuesday that it is licensing a range of its favorite movie and TV show characters to a theme park planned to open in Dubai in 2018.

NEW YORK - Fresh from "The Daily Show," Jon Stewart has signed on with HBO in an exclusive four-year production pact.

NEW YORK - Chef Jose Andres hopes that by boosting the profile of Haitian cuisine, he can inspire more travelers to visit.

ASHGABAT, Turkmenistan - Turkmenistan's rituals range from the bizarre to the brutal. The Central Asian nation has more marble buildings than anywhere and recently erected a seven-story, golden statue of its president on horseback, while human rights groups say it employs electric shocks, rape and forced intake of psychotropic drugs as torture techniques.

NEW YORK - By one measure, Aziz Ansari has taken just a baby step with "Master of None."

BERLIN - German Chancellor Angela Merkel and her most prominent domestic critic put on a public show of unity over the refugee crisis Tuesday, appearing together to stress their aim to limit the influx.

LAGOS, Nigeria - Oil giant Shell is "blatantly false" when it claims it is cleaning up spills that continue to destroy the livelihoods of hundreds of thousands of Nigerians, Amnesty International said Tuesday.

DOHA, Qatar - First the emir, then Conan and the troops.

MEXICO CITY - Mexican prosecutors say the mayor of a town in southern Mexico has been ordered held under house arrest after he was detained with a drug gang leader.