Новости за 13.08.2016

When Edmonton Eskimos couldn’t get it going with their offence, their defence stepped up to beat Montreal

RIO DE JANEIRO (AP) — Monica Puig is trying to accomplish something no one from her country has ever done. Angelique Kerber is seeking to achieve the sort of thing she's already done this year.

RIO DE JANEIRO (AP) — Isabell Werth became the most successful rider at the Olympics as she helped the German dressage team to gold on Friday, reclaiming the title in an event that her country has historically dominated.

But then he said that it wasn’t “that sarcastic.”

LOS ANGELES — After he’s finished working in the Oval Office, President Barack Obama could find employment behind a pair of turntables. Obama’s summer playlist is earning praise from music tastemakers. The White House released the track listing Thursday during Obama’s family vacation. Several critics are boasting about the commander in chief’s attention to detail

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MOSCOW — President Vladimir Putin has abruptly sacked his longtime aide and confidant, Kremlin Chief of Staff Sergei Ivanov, amid what appears to be a major reshuffling within the ranks of Russia's ruling elite.

A stilted account posted on the Kremlin website says Mr. Ivanov asked to retire, and requested that his trusted deputy, Anton Vaino, replace him. Even if wholly accurate, it does little to explain the timing of the announcement, which comes amid a worrisome... Читать дальше...

The Department of Defense announced that the US Navy has ordered Aegis systems costing nearly half a billion dollars’ for the navies of Japan and South Korea under the Foreign Military Sales program.

Dassey and his uncle Steven Avery were sentenced to life terms for the murder of a woman in 2005. The judge's order included strongly worded rebukes of the investigating police and of Leonard Kachinsky, the public defender appointed in 2006 to represent Dassey -- a 16-year-old minor at the time. US Magistrate Judge William Duffin referred to Kachinsky's representation as misconduct that was "indefensible." He also said police investigators acted inappropriately toward Dassey.

Carmelo Anthony scored 12 points as Team USA held on to beat Serbia, 94-91, and remain unbeaten in Rio.

MADISON, Wis. (AP) — A judge on Friday overturned the conviction of a Wisconsin man found guilty of helping his uncle kill a woman in a case profiled in the Netflix documentary series "Making a Murderer," ruling that investigators coerced a confession using deceptive tactics.

In an embarrassing twist to the Olympic 'green pool' fiasco, Rio 2016 organisers could be forced to move synchronised swimming events to another location to protect the eyes of the athletes.

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In a week that inspired millions of young girls to dream that one day they, too, would be great enough to be tape-delayed on NBC, we also saw: CNN reported that Kiara Nirghin won the fair’s Community Impact Award for the Middle East and Africa by using orange peels and avocado skins to create a polymer that can store reserves of water hundreds of times its weight, giving farmers an affordable way to keep their crops. Snapchat Discover will shows episodes of “The Voice” and “E News,” eventually... Читать дальше...

SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — A Silicon Valley internet mogul who sold his startup for $300 million at the age of 25 and appeared on "The Oprah Winfrey Show" as a highly eligible bachelor was sentenced Friday to a year in jail for violating his probation in a domestic violence case.

SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — A Silicon Valley internet mogul who sold his startup for $300 million at the age of 25 and appeared on "The Oprah Winfrey Show" as a highly eligible bachelor was sentenced Friday to a year in…

SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — A Silicon Valley internet mogul who sold his startup for $300 million at the age of 25 and appeared on "The Oprah Winfrey Show" as a highly eligible bachelor was sentenced Friday to a year in…

SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — A Silicon Valley internet mogul who sold his startup for $300 million at the age of 25 and appeared on "The Oprah Winfrey Show" as a highly eligible bachelor was sentenced Friday to a year in jail for violating his probation in a domestic violence case. Assistant District Attorney O'Bryan Kenney called for a sentence of 18 months, saying Chahal had shown no remorse and committed a second act of violence just months after his domestic violence conviction. Faced with the initial domestic violence charges... Читать дальше...

SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — A Silicon Valley internet mogul who sold his startup for $300 million at the age of 25 and appeared on "The Oprah Winfrey Show" as a highly eligible bachelor was sentenced Friday to a year in jail for violating his probation in a domestic violence case. Assistant District Attorney O'Bryan Kenney called for a sentence of 18 months, saying Chahal had shown no remorse and committed a second act of violence just months after his domestic violence conviction. Faced with the initial domestic violence charges... Читать дальше...

Doctors advise anyone in the Bay Area with asthma, emphysema or other lung conditions to stay indoors or at least avoid exercise outside. Smoke from the 70,615-acre Soberanes Fire, which has been ravaging Central Coast wildlands since July 22, took another surge north this week, and if the particulates it carries get into lungs, they can cause coughing and other complications. Tiny bits of ash are more than capable of causing hacking and wheezing in people with oversensitive throats. “Particulate... Читать дальше...

High-profile lawyer Robert Amsterdam is part of the Turkey’s attempt to convince Western governments the Islamic cleric is a threat

MILWAUKEE — A judge on Friday overturned the 2007 homicide conviction of Brendan Dassey in a case profiled in the Netflix series “Make a Murder.” At the center of the judge’s decision was a confession Dassey made saying he helped his uncle Steven Avery kill Teresa Halbach in Wisconsin. The judge determined the confession was

A bank is a “commercial establishment,” a state appeals court said Friday — which meant that a convicted check forger, despite prosecutors’ objections, doesn’t have to return to jail. It was another case about the meaning of Proposition 47, the 2014 initiative that reduced a number of felony crimes in California to misdemeanors, shortening their sentences considerably. Among them was shoplifting, newly defined as entering an open commercial establishment with the intent to take money or property worth no more than $950. Читать дальше...

Underneath We Are Women will show 100 women at their realest.

Underneath We Are Women is a project by Australian photographer Amy D. Herrmann that aims to show the incredible diversity of women's bodies — and souls.

Amy D. Herrmann / Via Facebook: underneathwearewomen

Each model is asked to strip down to her underwear and tell her story, including one adjective she'd use to describe herself underneath it all.

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The tree in Duesseldorf has gotten more than 5,000 letters and cards. People send it greetings, pour out their hearts, and ask for advice. The project encourages protection of old trees.