Новости за 29.09.2016

NEW YORK — ConAgra’s first-quarter profit easily Wall Street expectations as lower costs offset a decline in sales. The company registered a hefty charge a year ago as it cut jobs and divested some businesses. It sold off most of its private-label operations over the last year to focus on key brands like Chef Boyardee,

John Prine, “For Better, or Worse” (Oh Boy) Listening to one of this era’s greatest songwriters perform material written by others is like watching Peyton Manning in a TV commercial. It’s not what he does best, but it’s still entertaining. “For Better, or Worse” pairs John Prine with well-chosen covers and female singing partners as

CEDAR RAPIDS, Iowa — Authorities are allowing some residents to return to their homes and other properties in Cedar Rapids’ flood evacuation zone. Utility crews worked Wednesday to restore service to some areas near the rain-swollen Cedar River, which rose to its second-highest crest on record a day earlier. Parts of downtown and the western

NEW YORK — The Children’s Museum of Manhattan is teaching kids with hands-on political history. Its new exhibition features documents with authentic autographs from U.S. presidents. They’re covered in plastic glass, and some are hung low enough for children to touch. Highlights include two original pages of Abraham Lincoln’s handwriting covering a legal settlement. The

DUBAI, United Arab Emirates — OPEC nations have agreed in theory that they need to reduce their production to help boost global oil prices during a meeting in Algeria, but a major disagreement between regional rivals Saudi Arabia and Iran still may derail any cut. What happened to oil prices and why can’t OPEC agree

DAMMARTIN-EN-GOELE, France — A printing plant north of Paris reopened Thursday for the first time since it was badly damaged during a deadly standoff between police and two brothers who gunned down cartoonists at Charlie Hebdo newspaper. President Francois Hollande presided over the re-opening in a sign of the national significance of the drama that

Luke Winslow-King, “I’m Glad Trouble Don’t Last Always” (Bloodshot) Luke Winslow-King’s electric guitar cries on the song “No More Crying Today,” and that contradiction sums up the blues. Winslow-King has a firm grasp on the charms of the simple but complex genre, and explores them in an impressive variety of styles on “I’m Glad Trouble

LITHONIA, Ga. — Firefighters near Atlanta were battling a fierce fire Thursday morning at a warehouse in metro Atlanta that shot flames into the pre-dawn sky and shut down a highway as firefighters worked to get the blaze under control. The blaze broke out before dawn in the Lithonia area of DeKalb County, just northeast

LOS ANGELES — Agnes Nixon, the creative force behind the edgy and enduring TV soap operas “One Life to Live” and “All My Children,” has died. She was 93. Nixon died Wednesday at a Haverford, Pennsylvania, physical rehabilitation facility close to her Rosemont home, said her son, Bob Nixon. She had checked in to gain

PARIS — France’s anti-competition regulatory body has fined 35 modeling agencies over a decade-long practice of fixing prices, saying the tables established each year were illegal. Thursday’s decision came in the midst of Fashion Week, a particularly intense time for both modeling agencies and the men and women who work for them. The agencies were

WINCHESTER, Ind. — Former Indiana running back Kiante Enis has pleaded not guilty to two counts of felony child molestation for allegedly having an improper relationship with a girl under age 13. Enis made his first court appearance Wednesday. The 19-year-old from Randolph County was dismissed from the IU football team after the charges were

SALEM, N.H. — A 2-year-old New Hampshire girl is recovering at a Boston hospital after her 7-year-old sister accidentally ran over her while starting the family car. Police say the girl’s mother told officers she gave her daughter permission to start the car around 6:30 p.m. Tuesday. The 2003 Ford Focus was parked in front

BERLIN — A German zoo says it has recaptured one lion but had to kill another after they escaped from their cage overnight. The Leipzig zoo said Thursday no people were injured in the incident after the juvenile lions somehow escaped from their enclosure. Zoo officials said one lion was successfully corralled back into its

ANKARA, Turkey — Turkey’s president hinted on Thursday that the three-month state of emergency declared following the failed July 15 coup could be extended to over a year. Addressing a group of local administrators in Ankara, President Recep Tayyip Erdogan dismissed criticism over plans for Turkey to prolong the state of emergency, saying no one

PURCHASE, N.Y. — PepsiCo sold more of its beverages and Frito-Lay snacks in North America during the third quarter, helping it deliver a profit that beat Wall Street expectations. The maker of Gatorade sports drinks and Mountain Dew soda said sales volume for both snacks and drinks rose 2 percent for its flagship region, although

BEIJING — In a city where smog routinely blankets the streets, a Dutch artist has offered an eccentric solution: a 7-meter (23-foot) metal structure that takes in smog and expels cleaner air. Daan Roosegaarde’s Smog Free Tower opened Thursday on a small, grassy lot in Beijing’s famed 798 arts district. Comprised of 45 silver plates

PARIS — Renault-Nissan CEO Carlos Ghosn isn’t ready to give up on diesel — though he admits that tougher emissions rules emerging from the Volkswagen scandal are a boon to his company’s bet on electric cars. In an interview Thursday with The Associated Press at the Paris auto show, Ghosn said, “Without any doubt we

ALGIERS, Algeria — OPEC’s unexpected understanding to trim production shows the cartel still has the resolve — and even desperation — to try to guide energy markets higher. But don’t expect triple-digit oil prices anytime soon. Ministers from the oil cartel reached a preliminary deal Wednesday in Algeria to cut production for the first time

BUDAPEST, Hungary — Hungarians will vote Sunday in a referendum which Prime Minister Viktor Orban hopes will give his government the popular support it seeks to oppose any future plans by the European Union to resettle asylum seekers among its member states. Here’s a look at what’s at stake: WHAT ORBAN WANTS Orban wants to

NEW YORK — It seems like a contradiction in terms, but the SiriusXM satellite radio network is launching a talk channel devoted to music. Volume, a mix of talk shows, interviews and even a quiz show, will debut Oct. 17. Lady Gaga, Robert Plant, David Crosby and T.I. will be among the musician guests during

BEIJING — A suspect was arrested Thursday following the discovery of 19 dead bodies in six homes in a southwestern Chinese village, police and state media said. Police in Yunnan province identified the “major criminal suspect” as Yang Qingpei. It said he came from the same village in Huize county where the “criminal case” occurred

NEW YORK — Beware of any mentions of reasons to be happy in Neil LaBute’s dark new play, “All The Ways To Say I Love You.” Most of them will be quickly snuffed out by subsequent revelations. The wrenching solo monologue, presented by MCC Theater and starring Judith Light in a masterful performance, opened Wednesday

MOSCOW — Russian club FC Rostov is likely to face a UEFA disciplinary case for fan racism after a banana was thrown onto the field during a Champions League game against PSV Eindhoven. The FARE Network, which monitors racist incidents for UEFA, said Thursday the banana was thrown about eight minutes into Wednesday’s 2-2 draw.

BERLIN — A German woman on trial for being part of a neo-Nazi group suspected of killing 10 people has spoken in court for the first time to disavow the nationalist ideas she once believed in. Beate Zschaepe is accused of membership in the National Socialist Underground, or NSU, which carried out a seven-year murder

KOKOMO, Ind. — A central Indiana park that lost most of its mature trees to an August tornado will be replanted with native trees as crews rebuild its damaged playgrounds. A tornado swept Kokomo on Aug. 24 with winds of up to 152 mph, uprooting more than 60 of Highland Park’s mature trees, many of