Новости за 18.11.2015

There have been about 100 "Star Wars" video games released since 1977. You can count the great ones on one hand; many more have been junky cash-ins.

LONDON - A father's heartwarming explanation to his son about the Paris attacks is electrifying social media, with more than 29 million views on Facebook alone.

NEW YORK - Thirty-five years ago this Saturday, viewers learned the truth.

MOSCOW - Russia has set up a taskforce to wipe out the "infection" of doping in track and field as the country faces being banned from next year's Olympic competition.

WASHINGTON - Apartment construction plunged sharply in October, as the pace of homebuilding slipped amid a broader cooling of the real estate market.

NEW YORK - ConAgra is spinning off its frozen potatoes business in an ongoing effort to intensify its focus on key name brand foods.

NEW YORK - Microsemi, a maker of semiconductors, boosted its buyout offer for chipmaker PMC-Sierra again, two days after PMC-Sierra said it preferred a deal with rival Skyworks.

OPA-LOCKA, Florida - A city official says two Miami-area police officers shot and killed a man who broke the windshield of a patrol car and refused to obey orders.

DETROIT - The foundation named for the late founder of the Buffalo Bills is giving 20 Detroit-area organizations a combined $17.4 million.

Stocks are opening higher as investors are encouraged by some corporate deal news.

SAINT-DENIS, France - Amid gunfire and explosions, police raided a suburban Paris apartment where they believed the suspected mastermind of last week's attacks was holed up. The siege ended Wednesday with two deaths and seven arrests but no clear information on the fugitive's fate.

LAGOS, Nigeria - A new report says Nigeria's Boko Haram Islamic insurgents have become the world's deadliest extremist group, edging out the Islamic State group to which it is affiliated.

MANILA, Philippines - Chinese President Xi Jinping on Wednesday sought to reassure regional economic and political leaders that his government will keep the world's No. 2 economy growing.

MINNEAPOLIS - State investigators looking into the death of an unarmed black Minneapolis man shot by police during a scuffle are trying to determine whether he was restrained at the time, as some witnesses allege.

PITTSBURGH - The only thing missing was the music. You know, that little whistle thing from "The Good, The Bad and the Ugly," the riff that might as well be for "get your popcorn ready, it's about to go down."

LAS VEGAS - Batman has his bat cave. Superman has his fortress of solitude. And soon the Avengers and a team of Transformers will call a corner on the Las Vegas Strip home.

SEATTLE - The latest on the deadly windstorm that swept across the Pacific Northwest (all times local):

CHICAGO - A U.S. judge acquitted a Pakistani physician of all charges stemming from allegations he inappropriately touched a girl traveling alone on an American Airlines flight from New York City to Chicago.

DENVER - Virgin America has announced plans to begin non-stop daily service from Denver to San Francisco next year.

BANGKOK - Two airports in northern Thailand said Wednesday that nearly 150 flights will be canceled or rescheduled during a three-day festival next week when revelers launch lanterns into the sky that can pose danger to airplanes.

BENTONVILLE, Arkansas - Crystal Bridges Museum of American Art says it's acquired an exhibit made entirely of candy.

SALT LAKE CITY - Authorities cleared both Air France flights bound for Paris from the U.S. that were diverted because of anonymous threats phoned in after they had taken off.

DUBAI, United Arab Emirates - If you don't have an extra $15,000 or so to spend on a night in a royal suite at Dubai's luxury Burj Al Arab hotel, there's now an online tour that offers a free virtual glimpse of its extravagance.

NEW YORK - A former NYPD officer has pleaded guilty to gunning down his wife in front of the couple's two young children because he thought she was having an affair.

AUSTIN, Texas - Air traffic controllers have resumed radar operations at Austin-Bergstrom International Airport following a late-October storm that flooded the tower base.