Новости за 04.08.2015

VICTORY TOWNSHIP, Mich. (AP) — Here's a way to boost interest in local government: potato salad.

DETROIT (AP) — Mel Farr, a former NFL Offensive Rookie of the Year who rushed for more than 3,000 yards in seven pro seasons with the Detroit Lions, has died. He was 70.

It was a good fair...a great fair, said Julie Zebro, Monroe County Agricultural Society media manager of the 2015 Monroe County Fair.

INDIANAPOLIS (AP) — Bill Polian relied on simple, solid principles to build winners.

JACKSONVILLE, Fla. (AP) — Nearly two years after Justin Blackmon's last NFL practice, the Jacksonville Jaguars have all but given up on the suspended receiver.

MANSFIELD, Ohio (AP) — A drone dropped a package of drugs into a prison yard while inmates were outside, sparking a fight, prison officials said.

The city of Viroqua's downtown construction project is off to a good start after the first week of work.

MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — Hundreds of claims have been filed alleging clergy abuse as the court deadline comes to a close in the Archdiocese of St. Paul and Minneapolis bankruptcy case.

MADISON (AP) — Officials say wait times at Madison's Veterans Hospital have increased despite additional staff, extended hours and more care options.

With Scott Walker now an official presidential candidate, the national media are following his every move. Here's a look at some of the articles written about him over the past 24 hours.

LOS ANGELES (AP) — Authorities searching for a man linked to a killing, a kidnapping and the wounding of two sheriff's deputies focused on a rugged, 5-square-mile area of central California.

KAZAN, Russia (AP) — Katie Ledecky of the United States has lowered her own world record by 2.23 seconds in winning the 1,500 freestyle at the world swimming championships.

ATHENS, Greece (AP) — Greece's government conceded Tuesday that dissent within the ruling party was likely to force an early election, while bank shares plummeted again on the stock market, wh…

NEW YORK (AP) — U.S. stocks moved between small gains and losses on Tuesday as investors assessed the latest company earnings reports and deal news. Allstate slumped after the insurance compan…

BATTLE CREEK, Mich. (AP) — Kellogg says its U.S. breakfast foods division saw another decline in quarterly sales but that trends in the cereal category were improving.

NEW YORK (AP) — Police say a woman has given birth to a healthy girl at the World Trade Center train station.

HOLMDEL, N.J. (AP) — State police on Tuesday were looking for a suspect and witnesses to a shooting that left two people wounded outside a hip-hop concert in New Jersey.

ATHENS, Greece (AP) — After so much pain, Greece must now figure out how to get its economy back on its feet.

ALBERT LEA, Minn. (AP) — A southeastern Minnesota man has died after a tree fell onto a canopy that he was standing under, causing a metal part of it to hit him on the head.

ANKARA, Turkey (AP) — Turkish warplanes pounded suspected Kurdish rebel targets in southeast Turkey on Tuesday in retaliation to a rebel mortar attack at a military base which wounded a 6-year…

FAIRFIELD, Ohio (AP) — Investigators say lightning has sparked a fuel tank explosion that left a crater 40 feet wide at an Ohio gas station.

LANCASTER, N.H. (AP) — New Hampshire's fire marshal said Tuesday it wasn't clear why a circus operator proceeded with a show minutes after the National Weather Service put out a severe storm w…

WASHINGTON (AP) — Mortgage giant Freddie Mac reported net income of $4.2 billion for the second quarter, up sharply from the same period of 2014, as it increased its purchases of home loans an…

BUJUMBURA, Burundi (AP) — A prominent Burundi rights activist is hospitalized but his life is not in danger after being shot Monday night, his daughter said Tuesday.

NEW YORK (AP) — The Irish drugmaker Shire PLC Is offering to buy Baxalta for about $30 billion in stock as it attempts to solidify its strengthening position in rare disease treatments.