Новости за 11.02.2017

SANTA FE, N.M. (AP) — An annual safety assessment gave Los Alamos National Laboratory a failing grade for steps it takes to prevent accidents in developing nuclear weapons. The Santa Fe New Mexican (https://goo.gl/nZp6yJ ) reports that an independent federal advisory board’s annual assessment found the lab had numerous safety infractions during the fiscal year […]

LOS ANGELES (AP) — British TV personality Piers Morgan and British author J.K. Rowling are in a Twitter war over American politics. He called her work “drivel” and she called him “amoral” after Morgan defended the U.S. government’s travel ban during an appearance on HBO’s “Real Time with Bill Maher” on Friday. Morgan faced off […]

To help ease the difficulties in obtaining a back-country permit, the North Cascades National Park Service will institute a pilot program starting next month. Much of this is due to a rise in visitations over the past several years, making permits harder to obtain in some locations of the park. The new reservation system will […]

WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump’s Supreme Court nominee has returned a 68-page questionnaire to the Senate Judiciary Committee ahead of confirmation hearings expected in March. In the questionnaire, Judge Neil Gorsuch lists what he considers the 10 most significant cases he presided over while on a federal appeals court. Top of his list is […]

RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) — A massive crowd energized in opposition to President Donald Trump and to a state law limiting LGBT rights streamed into North Carolina’s capital for an annual civil rights march on Saturday. The “Moral March on Raleigh” in downtown Raleigh was led by the North Carolina NAACP for an 11th year. Participants […]

PANAMA CITY (AP) — Prosecutors in Panama say they’ve formally arrested the partners of a law firm involved in last year’s “Panama Papers” scandal, in which thousands of pages of documents related to offshore accounts were leaked. The arrests announced Saturday are related to another scandal involving bribes paid by the Brazilian company Odebrecht. Ramon […]

Tickets are still on sale for the Olympic Peninsula Salmon Derby’s Winter Blackmouth Classic held this Friday through Sunday (Feb. 17-19). The derby – held for more than 40 years and part of the Northwest Salmon Derby Series – covers more than 500 square miles of salmon fishing grounds, five weigh stations and a $10,000 […]

NORTH FORT MYERS, Fla. (AP) — A Florida golfer made the shot of his life with a putter when he used it to escape an alligator that had grabbed him by the ankle. Tony Aarts used his putter to jab the gator in the eyes before the alligator let him go. WINK-TV reports that (http://bit.ly/2kxr636 […]

GREELEY, Colo. (AP) — A baby sitter accused of using two children in her care to rob a Colorado bank has pleaded guilty to theft, forgery and attempted robbery. The Greeley Tribune reports (http://bit.ly/2lAs1xf ) Rachel Einspahr was sentenced to six years in prison after entering her plea Friday. Einspahr was charged with robbing a […]

JUPITER, Fla. (AP) — President Donald Trump has long boasted about his prowess on the golf course. Now he’s putting his game to work. The president spent his Saturday morning golfing with Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe as he hosts his first foreign leader at his winter estate in Palm Beach, Florida. After a rocky […]

PARIS (AP) — A peaceful demonstration protesting the alleged rape of a black youth by police has degenerated, with small groups setting at least one vehicle afire and throwing projectiles at police in a Paris suburb. Officers responded with tear gas. Hundreds demonstrated Saturday by the courthouse in the northeast Paris suburb of Bobigny, calling […]

ANCHORAGE, Alaska (AP) — The Environmental Protection Agency halved the number of staffers attending an annual Anchorage forum on issues like climate change in response to a request from President Donald Trump’s transition team. Trump transition official Doug Ericksen told Alaska’s Energy Desk (http://bit.ly/2lvyXjt) in an email that the EPA was directed to limit staff […]

Iditarod officials have worried about the effects of climate change for years. It’s the second time in three years, and the third time in the last 14, that there hasn’t been enough snow south of the Alaska Range to start the race from the Anchorage area.

BERLIN (AP) — A film about the Swiss artist Alberto Giacometti shows the famous sculptor and painter driven by self-doubts and anger toward the end of his life, but also depicts his sense of humor and his obsession with women. “Final Portrait” by American director and actor Stanley Tucci was well received Saturday as it […]

BERLIN (AP) — Senegalese director Alain Gomis has delighted viewers at the Berlin Film Festival with “Felicite,” a movie about the life and struggles of a singer in the Congo city of Kinshasa. The move, shown Saturday to much applause, tells the story of Felicite, played by Véro Tshanda Beya Mputo, who is struggling to […]

LOS ANGELES (AP) — For 40 years, Joseph Young festooned public buildings, open spaces and private places across his adopted city of Los Angeles with colorful mosaics, larger-than-life murals and towering sculptures. But the one work the artist is remembered for is The Triforium, something people have been making fun of since its 1975 debut. […]

Salmon forecasts for 2017 will be unveiled Feb. 28 by state Fish and Wildlife, but a few early hints of what to expect have already come to light. The Oregon Production Index – which provides ocean coho abundance forecasts for Columbia River and northern Oregon coast- announced this week showed numbers will likely be down although […]

NEW YORK (AP) — The Manhattan District Attorney’s office has returned an ancient marble sarcophagus fragment to Greece that had been illegally trafficked into the United States. The item dates to 200 A.D. and depicts a battle between Green and Trojan warriors. It was stolen from Greece in 1988, then smuggled and transported through Europe […]

CHARLESTON, S.C. (AP) — The bullet holes in the fellowship hall at Emanuel AME church have been patched, but the holes in the fabric of life in Charleston remain. Sharonda Coleman-Singleton is absent from Goose Creek High School, her exhortations still ringing in the ears of girls who ran track for her. The strong voice […]

A professor at Boston University takes over from columnist Scott Burns and talks about selling stocks.

Almost half of Americans surveyed in a Harris Poll, commissioned by Nerd Wallet, said that emotions have caused them to spend more than they can reasonably afford.

Street-wise Q: What does “street name” refer to? A: In the old days, you’d buy stock and receive a paper certificate. These days, most brokerages hold any stock you buy in “street name” (their own name) instead of putting the shares in your name and mailing the certificates. This is routine, and the shares still […]

Can we ensure what happened in the mid-2000s doesn’t happen again? Industry experts say there’s something that can help: the internet and the crowd.

The average 401(k) balance was $92,500, in Fidelity’s latest quarterly analysis. That’s a gain of $4,300, or about 5 percent, from a year ago and a big  jump from the $69,400 average balance of five years ago.

This week’s quotes address the cost of homes - as high as $250 million - and President Trump’s tweets, as well as the U District upzone proposal.