Новости за 09.02.2017

The governor says Luther Strange will be sworn in as the new U.S. senator from Alabama. The seat opened up after Sessions' appointment to become U.S. attorney general under President Donald Trump was confirmed Wednesday. Strange will serve until an election is held to fill the seat for the remainder of Sessions' term.

(AP) — A development group has bought the University Heights apartment complex from the University of Nebraska at Kearney. The university said in a news release that Henning Brothers LLC is paying just over $800,000 for the 57-year-old, 108-unit complex and will take ownership June 1.

“First, after briefly banning Kellyanne Conway for being a flaxen-haired fountain of lies, CNN let her back through the gates, straight into Jake Tapper’s cage, and they haven’t fed him this week,” said Bee, setting up clips of Tapper repeatedly going after Conway for false statements. Bee also found a silver lining in CNN’s debate between former Presidential candidates and Senators Ted Cruz and Bernie Sanders, which she first saw as an attempt by Jeff Zucker to make it election time all the time. Читать дальше...

According to Deadspin, he could bring some of his colleagues from Yahoo’s NBA domain, “The Vertical,” with him to the World Wide Leader. According to Deadspin, “Wojnarowski’s exit from Yahoo is complicated” and will “likely take months to fully sort out.” At an estimated $7 per subscriber, that dip has been a substantial hit to Disney, especially considering media networks made up 49 percent of Disney’s profits during fiscal 2016. Adding Wojnarowski could help lift the network’s NBA product, as... Читать дальше...

(AP) — A steel statue removed from a coastal Oregon town after the state banned Native American mascots has found a new home. Warrenton-Hammond Superintendent Mark Jeffery says the school board left the statue to him to dispose of after the district divested itself of most Native American imagery.

The Cheyenne River Sioux worries a pipeline leak could contaminate its drinking water. President Donald Trump signed an executive action in January instructing the Army Corps of Engineers to advance pipeline construction. The company building the disputed Dakota Access oil pipeline has started construction on the final stretch of the $3.8 billion project. The work had been stalled for months due to opposition by the Standing Rock Sioux, but President Donald Trump last month instructed the Army... Читать дальше...

Viacom’s new Paramount Network will get an influx of cash as part of greater Media Networks spend, company CEO says Spike TV’s upcoming rebrand to The Paramount Network will include a “significant” amount of scripted programming, Viacom President and CEO Bob Bakish said on Thursday. Next year’s shift from Spike to Paramount Network comes as part of Bakish’s five-point plan for parent company Viacom, which he unveiled this morning along with the company’s first-quarter 2017 earnings.

THE HAGUE, Netherlands (AP) — Dutch prosecutors on Thursday sought the maximum possible sentence — nearly 11 years — for a man charged with cyberbullying dozens of young girls and gay men and who is also wanted in Canada for his alleged involvement in a high-profile online abuse case. In an emotional closing statement, prosecutor Annet Kramer urged judges at a court in Amsterdam to sentence the 38-year-old suspect, identified only as Aydin C., to 10 years and eight months in prison, saying he subjected... Читать дальше...

Even before Hillsborough was officially incorporated in 1910, it was attracting “San Francisco businessmen who wanted to live in a relaxed country setting while working in the city,” according to the town’s website. These wealthy families built large mansions on even larger plots. Built in 1896, 2260 Forest View Avenue was one such estate. Although

Limburg's town spokesman Johannes Laubach told the dpa news agency Thursday a local woman had asked the mayor to remove the tune from the town hall's mechanical carillon. The carillon — a series of bells — has a repertoire of 33 tunes, including 15 German children's songs, that are played several times a day.

(AP) — Police say they arrested a Florida high school student who says he took a gun from a friend who planned to commit suicide and then brought it back to school a few days later. A Pensacola police report says that a Washington High School student told authorities a classmate said he was planning to kill himself during lunch last week.

Mike Tirico to Replace Bob Costas as NBC’s Primetime Olympics Host in 2018 (Video) Tirico, a former “Monday Night Football” play-by-play man and longtime ESPN talent came to NBC Sports for such an opportunity. NBC actually wanted Tirico to handle its “Thursday Night Football” rights this season, though the NFL shot that down, insisting on Michaels and color commentator Cris Collinsworth for the gig.

MONTGOMERY, Ala. (AP) — Alabama Attorney General Luther Strange named to Jeff Sessions' vacant U.S. Senate seat.

(AP) — Authorities say a northern Alabama man tried to get money from his grandmother by faking his own kidnapping. Lauderdale County Sheriff's Office investigator Lt. Brad Potts tells news outlets 23-year-old Preston Kelley texted his grandmother a photo Monday that appeared to show him bound and beaten in a wooded area in Tennessee.

En el pasado llegó a un acuerdo con el fisco estadounidense por la venta de una casa en Londres antes de hacer una gira por Estados Unidos en 2015.

ATLANTA (AP) — Coca-Cola Co. is reporting fourth-quarter net income of $550 million. Earnings, adjusted for non-recurring costs and asset impairment costs, came to 37 cents per share. The world's largest beverage maker posted revenue of $9.41 billion in the period, also beating Street forecasts.

ANKARA, Turkey (AP) — Police detained four Islamic State suspects who were allegedly planning to carry out a "sensational" attack in Turkey and seized 24 suicide attack belts, officials said Thursday. Police found the suicide belts — made with 150 kilograms of explosives and fortified with metal pieces — as well as two automatic rifles, 14 kilograms (31 pounds) of TNT and other materials during the operation, it said. The talks will include plans for a possible operation to retake the Islamic State group stronghold of Raqqa... Читать дальше...

GAZA CITY, Gaza Strip (AP) — An explosion killed two Palestinians along the Gaza border with Egypt on Thursday in what appeared to be a strike on cross-border smuggling tunnels. Palestinian civil defense workers recovered the bodies and the wounded and transferred them to hospitals in the southern Gaza Strip. On Wednesday, the military said its missile defense system intercepted several rockets fired by militants in Egypt toward the southern Israeli city of Eilat — a relatively rare occurrence.

(AP) — Authorities in Florida say a man who had been sleeping in a commercial trash bin is recovering after nearly being crushed in the back of a garbage truck. Police say the operator of a Waste Management truck had just dumped one load into the back of his truck outside a Dollar General store and was about to dump a second when he heard someone yelling for help.

CAIRO (AP) — The founder of an Egyptian center that treats victims of torture and trauma says the institution has been closed down by police. Prominent psychiatrist Dr. Aida Seif el-Dawla tells The Associated Press that when staff arrived at the Al-Nadeem Center for Rehabilitation of Victims of Violence on Thursday the facility had been sealed off by police and the building's doorman taken into custody for questioning.

(AP) — Dunkin' Brands Group Inc. (DNKN) on Thursday reported fourth-quarter net income of $56.1 million, after reporting a loss in the same period a year earlier. Earnings, adjusted for one-time gains and costs, were 64 cents per share. The average estimate of 11 analysts surveyed by Zacks Investment Research was for earnings of 60 cents per share.

PARIS (AP) — French oil company Total appears to be outpacing key rivals in recovering from a years-long struggle with low crude prices, reporting Thursday a rise in earnings and investment plans. Total CEO Patrick Pouyanne hailed his company's "resilience" and said that the increased dividend "demonstrates the board's confidence in the strength of the group's results and balance sheet as well as its prospects for cash flow growth."

Earnings, adjusted to account for discontinued operations and non-recurring costs, came to 79 cents per share. The average estimate of 11 analysts surveyed by Zacks Investment Research was for earnings of 73 cents per share. The parent company of KFC, Taco Bell and Pizza Hut posted revenue of $2.02 billion in the period, which met Street forecasts.

Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe and U.S. President Donald Trump had a head start building rapport at a previous meeting, and hope to build on it in Washington on Friday. — "We are already producing extremely large numbers of cars in the U.S. We are one of the American manufacturers, aren't we? I hope President Trump understands that." Nearly 60 percent of the vehicles sold by Japanese automakers in the U.S. are made in America, but trade data show Japan exports 87 times more vehicles to the... Читать дальше...

Bob Bakish, President and Chief Executive Officer, said, Today we share a strategy that will enable Viacom to realize the full potential of its premier global portfolio of entertainment brands. Building on our leading domestic and growing international footprint, this strategy will expand the depth and reach of our flagship brands across multiple platforms and around the world, while also providing for more competitive differentiation and increased adaptability for our business overall. Viacom’s... Читать дальше...