Новости за 15.03.2018

By Ryan Martin

•              Desormeaux Hoping For First Louisiana Derby Win With My Boy Jack   

•              Forever Unbridled Drills Five Furlongs In Final Local Move For Dubai World Cup

DESORMEAUX HOPING FOR FIRST LOUISIANA DERBY WIN WITH MY BOY JACK

Every trainer has aspirations of winning the Kentucky Derby, but for trainer and Maurice, La. native Keith Desormeaux, the Gr. II Louisiana Derby Presented by TwinSpires.com is a close second. Читать дальше...

Although the Eagles are desperate to return to winning ways, the English tactician has vowed not burden the forward

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• As shopping malls struggle to attract consumers, many have closed or converted to serve new uses.
• Many features that were once common at malls have becoming increasingly rare.
• These include playgrounds, arcades, and appearances and concerts from pop stars.

Malls once played a pivotal role in how we shopped and socialized. Many malls that would once be crowded on any given afternoon are now struggling to fill vacancies, with... Читать дальше...

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Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov has said that all illegal action taken against any Russian news outlet in the UK will lead to a symmetrical response from Moscow. Earlier this week, RT received a letter from the OFCOM regulator stating that it will take into consideration the implications for its broadcast licenses in the UK.

The Latest on the nationwide student walkout to protest gun violence (all times local): 4:45 p.m. Fifteen North Carolina students have been suspended for walking out of class during a nationwide protest against gun violence, but their principal also lauded their resolve. WITN-TV in Greenville reports 16 students at North East Carolina Prep School in Tarboro walked out of class Wednesday. Principal Phillip Lampron told the students that if they returned to class immediately, they wouldn't be punished. Читать дальше...

George Jones’ widow and the Cracker Barrel Old Country Store are among those named in a lawsuit filed by producer Earl “Peanutt” Montgomery over the release of a posthumous album by the deceased “He Stopped Loving Her Today” country-music legend.

Twenty years ago, Peter and Sarah Finn considered buying a movie theater in the village of Hunter that had seen better days. They figured they might spiff it up. Make it suitable for live performances as well as screenings. Hire a couple of people. Maybe sell books and art in a corner. That was about it. "It was definitely a small vision in the beginning," said Sarah Finn of those embryonic plans, which began to grow — then grow some more — in February 1998, when the couple founded a not-for-profit... Читать дальше...

Stocks finished mostly lower Thursday in another choppy day of trading after a midday rally faded. Industrial and technology companies rose, but smaller companies and chemical makers skidded. On Thursday: The S&P 500 index declined 2.15 points, or 0.1 percent, to 2,747.33. The Dow Jones industrial average rose 115.54 points, or 0.5 percent, to 24,873.66. The Nasdaq composite dropped 15.07 points, or 0.2 percent, to 7,481.74. The Russell 2000 index of smaller-company stocks skidded 7.69 points... Читать дальше...

President Donald Trump is under attack for a private speech on Wednesday where he admitted to making up details about the U.S.-Canada trade balance in a conversation with Prime Minister Justin Trudeau. According to Trump, Trudeau told him that Canada does not have a trade deficit with the U.S.—which is true—but Trump insisted otherwise. “I said, ‘Wrong, Justin, you do.’ I didn’t even know,” Trump said during the fundraiser in Missouri. “I had no idea. I just said, ‘You’re wrong.’”

WASHINGTON (Sputnik) - The US Customs and Border Protection (CPB) agency lacks data to quantify if the 600 miles of fencing along the Mexican border has been effective in halting illegal immigration, the Government Accountability Office (GAO) said in a report.

Colin Kaepernick is preparing to show he still belongs. The former 49ers quarterback was spotted working out at a Houston field on Thursday afternoon, going through a variety of dropback and passing routines with a small group of trainers. The majority of Kaepernick’s passes during the 90-minute workout were short, according to a Yahoo Sports...

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For celebrities, having a doll crafted in their likeness is an indisputable sign they've made it, second only perhaps to earning a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame.

But "likeness" is the key word here.

These 10 celebrities received a huge honor when they were immortalized in doll-form — so it's really too bad their figurines don't look anything like them.

Check them out below.

This "Beauty and... Читать дальше...

The numbers are in. From March to November 2017, Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin racked up a $1 million government bill for seven military jet flights, per documents obtained by a government watchdog group.

Peru's Congress will vote next week on whether to impeach President Pedro Pablo Kuczynski over alleged bribe-taking from Brazilian construction giant Odebrecht, it said Thursday.

NEW YORK (AP) — Stocks finished mostly lower Thursday in another choppy day of trading after a midday rally faded. Industrial and technology companies rose, but smaller companies and chemical makers skidded. Without any major economic reports or further development on issues like tariffs, stocks drifted up and down. The market was coming off two days of losses, and while stocks briefly moved higher in the middle of the day, they couldn't sustain any momentum. Agribusiness company Monsanto fell after... Читать дальше...

Liubliana, 15 mar (dpa) - El primer ministro de Eslovenia, Miro Cerar, presentó hoy formalmente su renuncia ante el presidente del país, Borut Pahor, quien espera convocar a elecciones adelantadas en la segunda mitad de mayo.Cerar había adelantado el miércoles su decisión de renunciar, tras un fallo de la Corte Suprema que anuló un referéndum de septiembre de 2017 impulsado por su Gobierno para la construcción de un proyecto ferroviario por 1.000 millones de euros que apuntaba al desarrollo de la ciudad portuaria de Kope. Читать дальше...

Former Federal Bureau of Investigation Deputy Director Andrew McCabe is meeting with the Justice Department to make the case for why he should be allowed to retire rather than be fired, according to an individual familiar with the meeting. 

The construction firms tasked with building a pedestrian bridge in Florida that collapsed Thursday previously garnered legal trouble for shoddy safety practices that put people at risk, the Miami New Times reports. The incident Thursday, where a pedestrian walkway collapsed at Florida International University in Miami, led to "multiple" deaths, authorities have said.

Bamberg (dpa) - Brose Bamberg hat beim Heim-Debüt von Trainer Luca Banchi auch in der Basketball-Euroleague seine steigende Form bestätigt. Der deutsche Serienmeister bezwang am Donnerstag den türkischen Spitzenclub Anadolu Efes Istanbul mit 88:79 (44:41) und holte sich am 26. Spieltag den zehnten Sieg in der Königsklasse. Trotz des Erfolgs sind die Chancen des Tabellen-Zwölften auf den Einzug in die K.o.-Runde weiterhin nur minimal. Der letzte Playoff- Rang acht ist vier Partien vor Schluss derzeit... Читать дальше...

While dozens of schools around Vermont cancelled classes on National School Walkout day due to snow, students at Burlington High School had classes and then walked out at 10 a.m. on Wednesday, March 14, 2018, to decry gun violence and demand action.