Новости за 12.01.2017

KANSAS CITY, Mo. — Prevailing wisdom says the easiest way to hold a star running back in check in the NFL is to simply keep him from getting started. That doesn’t really work against Le’Veon Bell. He willingly stops. Or at least hesitates. Then, when his patience has allowed the Pittsburgh offensive line to pry

ATLANTIC CITY, N.J. — Internet gambling has helped Atlantic City’s casinos post their first revenue increase in a decade. Figures released Thursday by state gambling regulators show the casinos won $2.6 billion from gamblers in 2016, an increase of 1.5 percent from a year earlier. The last time Atlantic City casino revenue increased was in

FORT WAYNE, Ind. — A U.S. Army Corps of Engineers commander says Indiana officials will determine if a nearly 2-mile-long earthen berm at Eagle Marsh has enough protections to keep the Asian carp from the Great Lakes. The (Fort Wayne) Journal Gazette reports (http://bit.ly/2ip2GYF ) the Asian Carp Regional Coordinating Committee’s 2017 strategy for monitoring

BUCHAREST, Romania — A senior Romanian intelligence official has been suspended after a businessman indicted on wide-ranging corruption charges claimed he had a close relationship with the officer. Florin Coldea, the No. 2 at Romania’s Intelligence Service, was removed from his post Thursday after the agency announced it was investigating his conduct to determine whether

WASHINGTON — The U.S. federal government’s budget deficit rose from a year earlier for the second straight month, the latest sign of a rising financing gap. The Treasury Department said Thursday that the December budget deficit was $27.5 billion, nearly double the $14 billion in December 2015. In the first three months of the government’s

DETROIT — U.S. car shoppers will find plentiful deals, relatively low interest rates and lots of high-tech choices in the market this year. “It’s a good time to buy a car now, and it should be for the rest of the year,” says Jessica Caldwell, an analyst with the car-shopping site Edmunds.com New-vehicle sales hit

COLUMBUS, Ohio — Since Ohio State’s drubbing by eventual national champion Clemson in the College Football Playoff, coach Urban Meyer has hired new offensive coordinators who have to figure out how to score touchdowns without the Buckeyes’ best all-around offensive player and top wide receiver from 2016. Underclassmen declaring for the NFL draft, some expected

ARCADIA, Calif. — Santa Anita has canceled Thursday’s eight-race program because of heavy rainfall. Track officials say 7 inches of rain from major winter storms over the past week has hit the track and another 2 inches were predicted for later Thursday. The weather is expected to clear on Friday. Substitute races will be offered

OKLAHOMA CITY — A winter storm that brought heavy snow and rainfall to northern California is bearing down on the southern Plains, where forecasters predict that crippling ice accumulations and heavy rain could cause widespread power outages and flooding. The National Weather Service said Thursday that the potential for a significant ice storm has been

SMYRNA, Ga. — Police in suburban Atlanta and Krispy Kreme officials say they’re investigating a blog report that a police officer found the words “Black Lives Matter” written on his box of doughnuts when he went to pick them up. Smyrna police spokesman Louis Defense tells The Atlanta Journal-Constitution (http://on-ajc.com/2iLLBWi ) that the agency is

LOS ANGELES — “La La Land” director Damien Chazelle, “Moonlight” helmer Barry Jenkins and Kenneth Lonergan of “Manchester by the Sea” all scored their first nomination for a Directors Guild Award and further enhanced their chances of an Oscar nod. The guild announced its nominees Thursday for outstanding directorial achievement for a feature film. They

NEW YORK — This year the legendary travel guidebook writer Arthur Frommer celebrates 60 years since the publication of his 1957 book, “Europe on $5 a Day.” Frommer began writing about travel while serving in the U.S. Army in Europe in the 1950s. When his book of travel advice for American soldiers sold out, he

WASHINGTON — Newly released transcripts show Federal Reserve officials were sharply divided in 2011 over whether the central bank should launch a program aimed at pushing long-term interest rates lower to spur economic growth. The transcripts released Thursday show that some officials worried the effort could lead to inflation risks. Others argued that the bigger

ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. — A small, remote American Indian village in the scenic base of one of the most visited places on earth is at the center of a lawsuit that seeks to dramatically reform the conditions of U.S. Bureau of Indian Education schools. The bureau failed to protect students on the Havasupai Indian Reservation in

HAMMOND, Ind. — The commuter train line that runs from South Bend, Indiana, to Chicago has suspended service because of “extreme weather conditions.” John Parsons is spokesman for the Northern Indiana Commuter Transportation District, which runs the South Shore Line trains . He tells The (Northwest Indiana) Times (http://bit.ly/2ip03pD ) that the district’s trains Thursday

SEATTLE — Two former Microsoft workers are claiming their work reviewing abuse, child pornography and other graphic material flagged for removal caused them post-traumatic stress disorder. The Seattle Times reported (http://bit.ly/2j560GT ) Wednesday that Henry Soto and Greg Blauert have filed a lawsuit against Microsoft Corp. claiming the technology company was negligent and violated prohibitions

NASHVILLE, Tenn. — Willie Nelson wants his friend Loretta Lynn, who recently revealed that she tried marijuana for the first time at the age of 84 for her glaucoma but didn’t like it, to give pot a second chance. “She’s got a lot of guts,” Nelson said during a recent interview with The Associated Press

CLEVELAND — The Latest on the search for wreckage of corporate jet that crashed into Lake Erie (all times local): 1:15 p.m. Officials say they have recovered more human remains in their search for wreckage of a corporate jet carrying six people that crashed in Lake Erie two weeks ago. The Cuyahoga County medical examiner

PHILADELPHIA — A sword belonging to a close friend of George Washington who was a battlefield hero has been given to Philadelphia’s new Museum of the American Revolution. The St. Andrew’s Society of Philadelphia presented Gen. Hugh Mercer’s sword on Thursday to the museum, which opens April 19 — the anniversary of the war’s opening

TAMPA, Fla. — Police in Florida say an officer shot and injured a burglary suspect. The incident unfolded just before 11 a.m. Thursday after Tampa police received a report of a burglary in progress. Officers arrived at the home and encountered the suspect. Police said in a news release that the officer was in fear

IOWA CITY, Iowa — Iowa coach Kirk Ferentz says two offensive assistant coaches won’t return next season. Ferentz announced Thursday that wide receivers coach Bobby Kennedy and running backs/special teams coach Chris White will be leaving the program. Hawkeyes receivers struggled mightily in 2016, leaving Iowa with one of the worst passing attacks in the

INDIANAPOLIS — The IndyCar Series and longtime chassis manufacturer Dallara have agreed to new multiyear contract. Series officials made the announcement Thursday at the North American International Auto Show in Detroit. Terms were not disclosed. Dallara will continue providing driver safety cells in 2018 when new cars are expected to be used. Series officials also

NEW YORK — It can almost certainly ease chronic pain and might help some people sleep, but it may also raise the risk of getting schizophrenia and trigger heart attacks. Those are among the conclusions about marijuana reached by a federal advisory panel in a report released Thursday. The experts also called for a national

NEW YORK — Cassandra Clare and Laurie Halse Anderson are among more than 160 Simon & Schuster children’s authors and illustrators who added their names to a letter sent to the company’s chief executive in protest of the recent decision to publish a book by the far-right commentator Milo Yiannopoulos. Thursday’s letter to Simon &

NASHVILLE, Tenn. — Little Big Town’s Kimberly Schlapman has adopted a baby girl named Dolly. The 47-year-old country singer posted a picture Thursday on Instagram of Dolly Grace, who joined the family after a successful domestic adoption, according to the group’s publicist. Schlapman and her husband Stephen have another daughter, Daisy. The Georgia-born Schlapman is