Новости за 14.08.2015

Capitol Hill’s mysterious Coke vending machine has been around for at least 30 years, and still no one knows where it came from or who restocks its soda. Photo by Emily Muirhead/Seattlepi.com Capitol Hill is known for its quirky attractions and its even quirkier inhabitants. But there’s one Cap Hill classic that no one can make claim to … at least yet. Just off of Broadway and John Street sits a mystery Coke vending machine that has allegedly been around for at least 30 plus years. Most of its paint may be scuffed off... Читать дальше...

(AP) — The young woman nursing a fresh black eye has come to the police station in this old fishing city for help. Gloucester is taking a novel approach to the war on drugs, making the police station a first stop for addicts on the road to recovery. Under a policy launched in June, heroin and opioid addicts who voluntarily turn themselves in at the station are fast-tracked into treatment services through a team of police officers, volunteers and trained clinicians. "Traditionally, law enforcement... Читать дальше...

U.S. stocks rose Friday as China's currency stabilized and crude oil prices steadied after falling to a six-year low. Nordstrom and J.C. Penney climbed after both retailers reported better-than-expected earnings. The Nasdaq composite climbed 14.68 points, or 0.3 percent, to 5,048.24.

In a regulatory filing Friday, Trian said that the Houston company has underperformed and that it has met with CEO William Delaney to talk about ways to change that. Sysco, in a printed statement, confirmed the discussions with Trian and said that it expects to provide details about strategic initiatives next month.

SEATTLE (AP) — Washington state is being fined $100,000 a day by the state Supreme Court because justices say lawmakers have failed to adequately pay to educate the state's 1 million school children. Lawmakers have allocated billions of dollars toward public schools, but critics say that's not enough to meet the requirements in the state Constitution that education be the Legislature's "paramount duty." Washington's constitution makes public schools the main job of the state, implying that everything else... Читать дальше...

Overheating weather radios and girls hoodies that can cause a choking hazard are among this week's recalled consumer products. The mattresses fail to meet the mandatory federal open flame standard for mattresses, posing a fire hazard. Consumers should immediately contact J.M. Mattress to arrange to have the recalled mattresses picked up, recovered and returned free of charge. The radios have a black crank handle on the back, an antenna on the top, a single LED flashlight on the left side, a clip... Читать дальше...

Weekly US oil and natural gas rig count unchanged at 884 HOUSTON (AP) — Oilfield services company Baker Hughes Inc. says the number of rigs exploring for oil and natural gas in the U.S. this week remained steady at 884.

Gaga, Berry and Blunt were among dozens of celebrities appearing at a private dinner Thursday to read awkwardly from a teleprompter about the nonprofit arts organizations benefiting this year from $2 million in Golden Globe show spoils. The HFPA hosted a 90-minute star parade at the Beverly Wilshire Hotel, as one actor after the next came up to read about the 55 grant recipients. The HFPA has long shared a portion of its awards-show earnings with schools, arts organizations and film restoration projects... Читать дальше...

(AP) — By day, President Barack Obama enjoys the music of such artists as Justin Timberlake, Stevie Wonder, Aretha Franklin and the Bobs — Dylan and Marley. When the sun starts to set, his tastes shift to the mellifluous sounds of Al Green, Frank Sinatra, Beyonce, John Coltrane, Billie Holiday and others. Obama on Friday tweeted links to his daytime and evening summer playlists as the White House launched an official channel on Spotify, the popular music streaming service. The presidential presence... Читать дальше...

NEW YORK (AP) — U.S. stocks are mostly flat in midday trading as China's currency stabilizes and oil edges up after hitting its lowest price in more than six years. Applied Materials, a maker of equipment for chip companies, fell after the company gave a weak sales outlook.

The festival was born in a sandbag-protected basement during the Bosnian war when a few young people organized a screening of Quentin Tarantino's "Pulp Fiction," during which the viewers wondered whether the sound of the shooting came from the loudspeakers or from the battles outside the basement.

NEW YORK (AP) — Technology stocks are trending big-time as investors latch on to innovative companies racing ahead in a slow-growth world. The tech-heavy Nasdaq is the best performing major U.S. stock index this year, gaining 6 percent as the Standard & Poor's 500 and the Dow Jones Industrial averages have wavered between small gains and losses. The industry has re-established itself as the dominant sector in the U.S. stock market and currently accounts for 20 percent of the value of the S&P 500 index. Читать дальше...

LANCASTER, Ohio (AP) — One of the 30 congregants sickened with botulism after a church potluck in April says no one there has any animosity toward the person who made the potato salad that was blamed for the outbreak. The botulism case was likely caused by home-canned potatoes in potato salad at the luncheon, state officials have said. The illness is caused by a nerve toxin produced by bacteria.

NEW DELHI (AP) — For years along the Cornish coast of Britain, Atlantic Ocean currents have carried thousands of Lego pieces onto the beaches. While some wreckage presumably sank, some is also thought to have joined the millions of tons of oceanic debris — from Legos accidentally spilled from cargo ships to abandoned fishing nets to industrial trash — that can spend years being carried by the Earth's currents, sometimes turning up thousands of miles away from where they entered the water. Often... Читать дальше...

The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration said Friday that debris can rip a cable that keeps the front air bag powered, which could lead to a failure to deploy. [...] it said that customers who see the air bag monitoring light illuminate should contact a dealer immediately to have the vehicle inspected or repaired.

Britax is recalling more than 200,000 child car seats with harness adjuster buttons that may stick and cause the shoulder straps to loosen. Customers can determine whether their seat is part of the recall by looking at the date-of-manufacture label under the car seat cover.

(AP) — The nation's first Thomas the Tank Engine-themed amusement park is opening in Massachusetts this weekend. Edaville USA is an active 250-acre cranberry farm long famous in the region for its annual Cranberry Festival and Christmastime Festival of Lights.

NEW YORK (AP) — U.S. stocks made small gains on Friday as China's currency stabilized and oil edged up after hitting lowest price in more than six years. On Friday, the dollar was buying 6.3901 yuan, little changed from the previous day when Zhang Xiaohu, a deputy governor at People's Bank of China, said there is "no basis for persistent and substantial devaluation." The price of crude oil is rising after hitting its lowest price in more than six years amid concerns over a slowing economy in China... Читать дальше...

WASHINGTON (AP) — Auto plants, clothing makers and plastics factories drove a sharp rebound in U.S. manufacturing in July. The gains suggested that manufacturers are adjusting to the obstacles of a stronger dollar, tepid economic growth abroad and lower oil prices, which have led energy companies to slash their orders for equipment and pipelines. The Federal Reserve said overall industrial production — which includes not only the key category of manufacturing but also mining and utility output... Читать дальше...

The Federal Reserve has said that it needs to feel "reasonably confident" that inflation will move back to its 2 percent goal before beginning to raise interest rates from a record low near zero, where a key Fed rate has been since late 2008. Ian Shepherdson, chief economist for Pantheon Economics, said that "the strength of the dollar means that goods prices will be constrained for the foreseeable future." Gasoline prices rose 1.5 percent but the cost of natural gas, home heating oil and jet fuel all declined.