Новости за 17.09.2016

RIO DE JANEIRO (AP) — Here's how good technology for prosthetic running blades has become.

Daniel Wagner, from Denmark, celebrates after winning the silver medal in the men's 100m T-42 final at the 2016 Paralympic Games in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, on Thursday, Sept. 15, 2016. (Antonella Crescimbeni/Penn State University via AP)

HARTFORD, Conn. (AP) — Yale University says it wasn't trying to make an example of former basketball captain Jack Montague when it expelled him over a sexual assault allegation.

Tatyana McFadden of the U.S. races to victory in the women's 5000m T54 race at the 2016 Paralympic Games in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, on Thursday, Sept. 15, 2016. She claimed her third gold medal and fourth overall of the…

VANCOUVER, British Columbia (AP) — Canadian novelist W.P. Kinsella, who blended magical realism and baseball in the book that became the smash hit film "Field of Dreams," has died. He was 81.

File-This Oct. 23, 1992, file photo shows Canadian author W.P. Kinsella standing on the baseball field before game five of the World Series between Toronto Blue Jays and Atlanta Braves in Toronto, Ontario. Kinsella, the author of "Shoeless Joe," the…

STATE COLLEGE, Pa. (AP) — As night fell over Happy Valley on Friday, hundreds of Joe Paterno's former players gathered outside the school's baseball stadium to celebrate their accomplishments and the coach who inspired them before he left a polarizing…

Stuntman Eddie Braun flies the "Evel Spirit" rocket on Friday, Sept. 16, 2016, over the Snake River Canyon at Twin Falls, Idaho. (Pat Sutphin/The Times-News via AP)

In a Thursday, Sept. 1, 2016 photo, stuntman Eddie Braun sits in the cockpit of The Evel Spirit, a steam-powered rocket, surrounded by, from left, rocket designer Scott Traux, stunt vehicle engineer Craig Adams, stunt vehicle supervisor Mick Van Moorsel…

In this July 2016 photo provided by Weiward, Eddie Braun poses for a photo at a storage facility in Chatsworth, Calif. Braun’s putting things in place before he buckles into his steam-powered rocket cycle and flips the switch to launch…

FILE - In this Sept. 6, 1974, file photo, American daredevil Evel Knievel sits in the cockpit as steam pours from his Skycycle during a final static test of the systems that will try to propel him across the Snake…

FILE - In this Aug. 20, 1974, file photo, Evel Knievel poses at the Canadian national exhibition stadium in Toronto. Sometime between noon Mountain time Friday, Sept. 16, 2016, and 7 p.m. Saturday, Hollywood stuntman Eddie Braun will launch in…

FILE - This Sept. 6, 1974, file photo shows the ramp used when Evel Kneivel tried to jump the Snake River Canyon in Twin Falls, Idaho. Sometime between noon Mountain time Friday, Sept. 16, 2016, and 7 p.m. Saturday, Hollywood…

FILE - In this Sept. 8, 1974, file photo, parachutes on Evel Knievel's Skycycle begin to open while his engine is still thrusting him skyward in his unsuccessful attempt to jump the Snake River Canyon in Twin Falls, Idaho. Fueled…

This April 12, 2016 photo provided by Mike Hughes shows his rocket and launch pad in Canyon, Texas. Hughes will be watching closely when Eddie Braun tries to replicate Evel Knievel's launch over the Snake River Canyon in Idaho four…

This photo provided by Mike Hughes shows Mike Hughes in Fontana, Calif. Hughes is a self-taught rocket scientist in Apple Valley, Calif. Hughes will be watching closely when Eddie Braun tries to replicate Evel Knievel's launch over the Snake River…

Stunt Coordinator Gary Davis, right, smiles as stuntman Eddie Braun answers questions during a news conference, Wednesday, Sept. 14, 2016, in Twin Falls, Idaho, about his upcoming attempt to jump the Snake River Canyon in a steam-powered replica of Evel…

Stuntman Eddie Braun, right, adjusts the tie of KIVI reporter Michael Sevrena before a news conference, Wednesday, Sept. 14, 2016, in Twin Falls, Idaho, about his upcoming attempt to jump the Snake River Canyon in a steam-powered replica of Evel…

Stuntman Eddie Braun, center right, answers questions during a news conference, Wednesday, Sept. 14, 2016, in Twin Falls, Idaho, about his upcoming attempt to jump the Snake River Canyon in a steam-powered replica of Evel Knievel's rocket. (Pat Sutphin/The Times-News…

In this Thursday, Sept. 1, 2016 photo, rocket designer Scott Truax, left, talks with professional stuntman Eddie Braun at the team's shop in Twin Falls, Idaho. Braun is preparing to attempt to jump the Snake River Canyon in a steam-powered…

Stuntman Eddie Braun answers questions during a news conference, Wednesday, Sept. 14, 2016, in Twin Falls, Idaho, about his upcoming attempt to jump the Snake River Canyon in a steam-powered replica of Evel Knievel's rocket. (Pat Sutphin/The Times-News via AP)

In a Thursday, Sept. 1, 2016 photo, stuntman Eddie Braun gives feedback after getting into the cockpit of The Evel Spirit, a steam powered rocket, at the team's shop in Twin Falls, Idaho. Braun is preparing to attempt to jump…

TWIN FALLS, Idaho (AP) — Professional stuntman Eddie Braun successfully jumped over the Snake River Canyon Friday afternoon in an ode to his boyhood idol, Evel Knievel.

Karen Engel, 64, of Albany died Sunday, Sept. 11, at her home. A memorial service will be at 1 p.m. Friday, Oct. 21, at Albany First Assembly of God Church. Fisher Funeral Home is handling arrangements.

Vernei "Chris" Jeppsen, 96, passed away on July 31 in Portland. A memorial service will be at 11:30 a.m. Saturday, Oct. 1, at McHenry Funeral Home, 206 N.W. Fifth St., Corvallis. McHenry Funeral Home is handling arrangements.