Новости за 18.08.2015

As unpredictable as the courts may be, one thing you can usually count on is that Republican judicial appointeees are more likely than Democrats to side with the prosecution in criminal cases and vote to uphold convictions. Usually. But not always. When a panel of the Ninth U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals in San Francisco voted 2-1 Monday to uphold a drug conviction based on a government sting operation in Arizona, the majority consisted of Democratic appointees, who said the defendant had “readily... Читать дальше...

Photo by Taylor Hill/Getty Images Cara Delevigne battled stress-related psoriasis as awkward young model  Model and actress Cara Delevigne was so stressed out at the beginning of her catwalk career she battled psoriasis breakouts backstage at runway shows. The “Paper Towns” star recently denied reports she was stepping away from modeling to focus on her acting career, but it appears she’s having second thoughts about posing for photographers or strutting her stuff on the catwalk ever again after... Читать дальше...

Photo by Jim Spellman/WireImage Bobbi Kristina Brown’s boyfriend Nick Gordon has broken his social media silence since the aspiring actress’ death, amid accusations he’s to blame for the brain damage that led to her demise. A week after Brown’s conservator Bedelia Hargrove accused Gordon of wrongful death and giving Brown a “toxic cocktail” of cocaine and alcohol prior to a near-drowning incident at their home in Roswell, Georgia in January, he has spoken out via Twitter. In an emotional tweet, posted on Monday... Читать дальше...

DES MOINES, Iowa — Donald Trump is dividing his Republican presidential rivals anew with his call to rewrite the Constitution to crack down on millions of immigrants living in the U.S. illegally, and to force Mexico to pay for a better border fence. Trump’s immigration proposal, his first formal policy plan since announcing his candidacy in June, won praise Monday from GOP conservatives, some of whom favor changing the Constitution to reverse the “birthright citizenship” guaranteed to anyone born in the U.S. At the same time... Читать дальше...

(AP) — President Barack Obama has "a great likelihood of success" in his showdown with congressional Republicans on the Iran nuclear deal, Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell grudgingly acknowledged on Monday. The deal with Tehran and world powers would curb Iran's nuclear program in exchange for relief from economic sanctions. Obama has pledged to veto a congressional resolution of disapproval. In the House, 146 Democrats are necessary to sustain a veto and 48 have expressed their support for the accord, compared to 10 opponents. Читать дальше...

The Vallejo native was involved in a confrontation on a Toronto street Saturday night, but thanks to a quick-thinking associate, the Yankees’ pitcher left the scene before things got out of hand. The Washington Redskins president made it clear Monday that the team will not change the team’s nickname even if it becomes a political barrier to building a new stadium in the nation’s capital or elsewhere. The club plays at FedEx Field — which opened in Landover, Md., in 1997 — and has started exploring sites for a new facility... Читать дальше...

(AP) — Two years ago, Gov. Bill Haslam's administration privatized the management of many state government buildings that didn't fall within the higher education and prison systems. The Commercial Appeal reports (http://bit.ly/1NBlVoh) Haslam's administration last week posted a request for companies to submit information on a proposal for "facilities management outsourcing" on any state government buildings not already outsourced to property management giant Jones Lang LaSalle. The scope of the request includes classrooms... Читать дальше...

BANGKOK — A bomb placed inside a Bangkok religious shrine frequented by tourists exploded Monday evening, killing at least 19 people, hurling body parts onto the pavement, shattering building windows and creating panic in one of the city’s most popular districts. At least 123 people were reported wounded in what Thailand’s top police official and others called a vicious act meant to target helpless civilians. The explosion came at a particularly busy time of day at the Erawan Shrine, an important... Читать дальше...

For Patricia Kelly, the widow, image trustee and biographer of screen dancer Gene Kelly, the connection between the star’s legacy as one of the greats of dance in cinema and the world of jazz music is obvious. “Gene and jazz are synonymous,” Kelly says on the phone from her home in Los Angeles, “But many don’t realize as a dancer, he’s basically the embodiment of jazz music. In ‘Dancing: A Man’s Game,’ Gene talks about the origin of tap dancing. He says it started as Irish clog dancing... Читать дальше...

DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — Donald Trump is dividing his Republican presidential rivals anew with his call to rewrite the Constitution to crack down on millions of immigrants living in the U.S. illegally, and to force Mexico to pay for a better border fence. Trump's immigration proposal, his first formal policy plan since announcing his candidacy in June, won praise Monday from the GOP's conservative tea partyers, some of whom favor changing the Constitution to reverse the "birthright citizenship" guaranteed to anyone born in the United States... Читать дальше...

SEATTLE (AP) — About half of Washington students earned proficient scores in new, more challenging tests in the first year they were given across the state, education officials announced Monday. When those zeros are added to the scores of students who actually took the tests, only 26 percent scored proficient on the new English language arts exam and only 14 percent got a college-ready score on the math test. Dorn says the Legislature needs to make another attempt to fix the high school assessment... Читать дальше...

Rep. Gail Lavielle, R-Wilton, the leading House Republican on the General Assembly's Education Committee, said Monday that lawmakers should be reassessing the board's role overseeing four state universities, 12 community colleges and the online Charter Oak State College under the recently merged Connecticut State Colleges & Universities system rather than just finding a replacement for Gregory Gray. Lavielle, who contends the mission of CSCU is unclear, suggested the legislature conduct a full-scale... Читать дальше...

WASHINGTON — The U.S. decided to pull its Patriot missile defense force out of Turkey mainly because it sees a declining Syrian military threat, including a depleted stockpile of Scud missiles capable of striking Turkish territory, the Pentagon said Monday. Just last month, Turkey agreed to take a more active role in the U.S.-led campaign against the Islamic State group in Syria and Iraq and to allow the U.S. to use its bases for air strikes. U.S. officials have said they also are considering deploying... Читать дальше...

The article depicted a work culture where staffers are under constant pressure to deliver strong results on a wide variety of detailed metrics the company monitors in real time — such as what gets abandoned in peoples shopping cards and what videos people stream — and encouraged to report praise or criticism about colleagues to management to add to more data about workers performance. "Every company is somewhere in process toward using data to get a better handle on who their top performers are... Читать дальше...

Joshua Cline said at a news conference in the Detroit suburb of Royal Oak that during a late-night staff meeting in January, he confronted the two first-term lawmakers, who shared staffers in an unusual arrangement. The Republican lawmakers, who took office with tea party backing, have apologized for having an extramarital affair with one another. Courser admitted that he orchestrated a smear campaign against himself in which he had an email sent to Republican supporters from an anonymous account... Читать дальше...

An additional 220,000 potential victims had information stolen from an Internal Revenue Service website as part of a sophisticated scheme to use stolen identities to claim fraudulent tax refunds, the IRS said Monday. The thieves accessed a system called “Get Transcript,” where taxpayers can get tax returns and other filings from previous years. In order to access the information, the thieves cleared a security screen that required knowledge about the taxpayer, including Social Security number, date of birth... Читать дальше...

Senate Minority Leader Harry Reid announced the awards Monday, saying they would ensure Nevada students from all walks of life have a shot at lasting academic success. The University of Nevada, Las Vegas will get more than $330,000 to help about 260 students with financial literacy and course selection advice.

Photo by Jason LaVeris/FilmMagic Actor Emile Hirsch will serve 15 days behind bars after pleading guilty to an assault charge relating to a drunken altercation at a Sundance Film Festival party in Utah in January. The “Into the Wild” star was charged with third degree felony aggravated assault and misdemeanour intoxication after he reportedly attacked Paramount Pictures executive Daniele Bernfeld at the event. He subsequently confessed he had no recollection of the incident, and checked into a rehabilitation... Читать дальше...

WASHINGTON — Over the past quarter century or so, Hillary Rodham Clinton and Joe Biden have collaborated and competed, shared more than a dozen staffers, fought each other for a presidential nomination and then served together in the Cabinet of the man who beat them both. [...] as Biden considers challenging Clinton for the 2016 Democratic presidential nomination, their long and tangled relationship is being tested anew. In late 2011, when Obama’s re-election looked uncertain, his advisers secretly... Читать дальше...

The daughter and niece of painters, gallery owner Andrea Schwartz left her native Texas to study painting at the San Francisco Art Institute, graduating in 1977. The most unusual and well-known of the three is Klari Reis, who works with epoxy polymer, a UV-resistant plastic more typically seen in surfboards and industrial manufacturing. Some works, like her “Systemic Circulation 5,” treat a 10-by-4-foot aluminum panel like a canvas, while another body of work, represented by “Hypochondria 30,” pours the epoxy into petri dishes... Читать дальше...

(AP) — Most students at Missouri's two failing school districts aren't proficient in math or English and scored lower on standardized tests than students statewide, data released Monday by the Department of Elementary and Secondary Education show. Both Normandy and Riverview lost accreditation, and as a result must pay tuition for students who decide to switch to better-performing schools nearby under the state's student transfers law. The Department of Elementary and Secondary Education also grants... Читать дальше...

Jeff Bezos, founder and chief executive of Amazon.com, told his employees Monday to give a “careful read” to a brutal New York Times article describing the company’s allegedly bruising and backstabbing culture. He hopes his workers won’t recognize the cruel and treacherous practices alleged in the article. He hopes they don’t understand what it’s like to work in a place where “no fun is had and

The Giants just announced they have activated catcher Andrew Susac from the disabled list, just short of a month after he spraied his thumb sliding into a base, and optioned catcher Hector Sanchez to Triple-A Sacramento. [...] Monday, Madison Bumganrer was named National League Player of the Week, no surprise after he piched back-to-back complete games against the Astros and Nationals. Hisashi Iwakuma won the American League award.

COLUMBIA, S.C. — Ohio Gov. John Kasich on Monday landed the endorsement of fellow governor Robert Bentley of Alabama, as the presidential hopeful seeks to build support for his White House bid and courts voters in the South. At the endorsement, announced Monday at the Alabama Sports Hall of Fame in Birmingham, Bentley said Kasich has the executive-level experience and background necessary to lead. Alabama faces a $200 million general fund budget shortfall that lawmakers will again face during a second special session. Читать дальше...