Новости за 21.02.2016

OMAHA, Nebraska - Douglas County's top prosecutor says a lack of communication among governmental agencies allowed a 19-year-old man accused of causing a fatal crash while drunk to flee justice.

COMANCHE, Texas - One prison inmate and a prison guard remain hospitalized with injuries that are not life-threatening after a prison bus carrying more than two dozen inmates collided with a pickup truck in Central Texas.

ATHENS, Ohio - Jaaron Simmons scored 25 points and Antonio Campbell added 16 with 20 rebounds and Ohio cruised past Miami (Ohio) in the annual Battle of the Bricks on Saturday, 76-64.

MONROEVILLE, Alabama - The author of the America classic "To Kill a Mockingbird" was laid to rest Saturday, in a private ceremony attended by only the closest of friends and family, a reflection of how she had lived.

PEORIA, Arizona - The San Diego Padres have signed right-hander Casey Janssen to a minor league contract with an invitation to spring training.

LOUISVILLE, Kentucky - Duke coach Mike Krzyzewski described his players as "warriors" six times after Saturday's game at No. 18 Louisville. The problem is he didn't have enough of them.

CHAPEL HILL, North Carolina - Two days after a crushing loss to rival Duke, North Carolina coach Roy Williams gathered his players, showed them just two plays on film and told them to move on no matter how much it hurt.

SCOTTSDALE, Arizona - Jeff Samardzija has the durability and strikeout capability to be a front-line starter, if not an ace, on other teams. With the San Francisco Giants, he's in a potential starting rotation with four other pitchers who have been All-Stars.

TILLICUM, Washington - A dozen police officers shot at and killed a homicide suspect during a gun battle along Interstate 5 in Washington state Saturday morning, authorities said.

CLEVELAND - Newly acquired Cavaliers forward Channing Frye did not accompany the team to Oklahoma City, further delaying his debut for Cleveland.

VILLANOVA, Pennsylvania - Josh Hart had 22 points and 12 rebounds and Kris Jenkins added 20 points to lead No. 1 Villanova over Butler, 77-67 on Saturday.

ATLANTA - Jeremy Hollowell and Isaiah Williams combined for 35 points as Georgia State stopped a four-game losing skid, beating Arkansas State 69-61 on Saturday.

MILAN - Inspired by Jose Mourinho in the stands, Inter Milan got back to winning ways in style, beating Sampdoria 3-1 to move to within one point of third place in Serie A on Saturday.

WILLIAMSBURG, Virginia - Terrell Allen scored a career-high 20 points and Drexel spoiled William & Mary's Senior Day for the second straight season in a 74-69 victory on Saturday.

GLENDALE, Arizona - That stolen base for the Boston Red Sox in the 2004 AL Championship Series will always be Dave Roberts' biggest moment in baseball, unless he can manage the Los Angeles Dodgers to a World Series title.

TUSCALOOSA, Alabama - Quinndary Weatherspoon scored 15 points and Mississippi State beat Alabama 67-61 Saturday for the Bulldogs' second-straight Southeastern Conference upset.

KANSAS CITY, Missouri - Kansas City Chiefs coach Andy Reid has had knee replacement surgery and will not attend the NFL's scouting combine in Indianapolis next week.

MUNCIE, Indiana - Lawyers for Delaware County and the family of a man who killed himself in the county jail will meet next month to discuss a settlement of a lawsuit over the death.

JUPITER, Florida - Michael Wacha and the St. Louis Cardinals led the majors with 100 wins last season and won their third straight NL Central crown.

JERUSALEM - Samuel Willenberg, the last survivor of Treblinka, the Nazi death camp in occupied Poland where 875,000 people were systematically murdered, has died in Israel at the age of 93.

DAVIDSON, North Carolina - Jack Gibbs hit five 3-pointers and scored 35 points to lead Davidson to a 99-93 shootout win over Saint Joseph's on Saturday.

AIR FORCE ACADEMY, Colorado - Jacob Van scored 22 points and Hayden Graham added 21 and 11 rebounds to lead Air Force to a 76-72 win on Saturday.

ANNAPOLIS, Maryland - Kevin Ferguson scored 22 points, including the game-winning tip-in at the buzzer, and Army beat archrival Navy 80-78 in 2OT on Saturday.

The spotlight for the presidential race turns to Republicans in South Carolina and Democrats in Nevada on Saturday. Since starting the first-in-the-South primary in 1980, South Carolina Republicans have prided themselves in picking the eventual GOP nominee. But that streak ended in 2012 when Newt Gingrich won the state with 40 percent of the vote to Mitt Romney's 28 percent. South Carolina's polls are open from 7 a.m. to 7 p.m. The caucuses in Nevada began about 11 a.m. local time. Hillary Clinton beat Barack Obama in 2008. Читать дальше...

PITTSBURGH - Steven Stamkos isn't going anywhere. Not this season at least.