Новости за 18.05.2016

Starting a postseason 9-0 does not guarantee a championship.

WASHINGTON (AP) — Victims of last year's deadly Amtrak derailment aren't buying the findings of federal investigators that the train's engineer likely lost his bearings because he was distracted by an incident with a nearby train.

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Juicy cubes of tuna with a crunchy coating of chopped walnuts are cooked on skewers accompanied by thick rings of zucchini and plump, ripe grape tomatoes. Brown rice with chopped green peppers and onions makes a quick side dish.

It’s hard to imagine how an oil spill in the Amazon or a blanket of smog in China is linked to proposed $1.8 billion methanol plant in Kalama. But for filmmaker Josh Fox, they’re connected.

Mark Morris’ Aunica Rybar carded an 86 to move into a tie for second place after the opening round of the Southwest 2A District girls golf tournament held at Mint Valley on Tuesday.

Soba noodles run hot or cold in this entree salad that brings Asian flavors of ginger and soy and hoisin sauces to fresh tomatoes, snow peas and seared beef. As a main dish salad, it’s hard to beat, especially since…

Bills might be high, but don’t blame it on the meters.

CHICAGO (AP) — Houston manager A.J. Hinch plans to shuffle his minor league call-ups in and out of the lineup to get his struggling Astros rolling on offense.

PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) — Voters in an Oregon county imposed a ban on commercial water bottling on Tuesday, killing a plan in which Nestle would have built a water-bottling plant in the job-scarce town of Cascade Locks in the scenic…

LOS ANGELES (AP) — Playing behind Clayton Kershaw can get a little dull when the Dodgers' ace is mowing down the opposition, something he does a lot lately.

CENTRALIA — Tears flowed from the eyes of the United players.

PHOENIX (AP) — Zack Greinke piped his fastball to the spots he wanted and had hitters pounding his changeup into the dirt.

Like they do every home game, and like they’ve done all season, R.A. Long’s players took down both soccer goals and propped them at the north end of Longview Memorial Stadium.

I’ve always held that reasonable men and women may disagree over matters of substance, such as boneless, skinless chicken breasts.

ST. LOUIS (AP) — Chad Bettis made his first appearance at Busch Stadium a memorable one.

LUOYANG, China (AP) — Zhao Shunli's transformation takes place several times a week in a simple bedroom filled with Mao Zedong memorabilia, its concrete walls lined with posters portraying the founder of the communist state. Once his army jacket buttons…

ST. LOUIS (AP) — The Cardinals just couldn't get much going against Chad Bettis and the Arizona Diamondbacks.

KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) — It had been a while since Rick Porcello hit the clubhouse so early.

ALLENTOWN, Pa. (AP) — A prosecution expert is scheduled to testify Wednesday on the second day of a competency hearing for a professional wrestling star charged in the death of his girlfriend in Pennsylvania more than three decades ago.

PORTLAND, Maine (AP) — Maine's highest court has upheld the escape conviction of a woman who tried to avoid arrest by telling police that she needed to put on a bra before going to jail.

BOSTON (AP) — Nearly six decades after 46 people died when the Andrea Doria sank to the sea floor following a violent collision with another ocean liner south of Nantucket, Massachusetts, explorers are preparing to do what 16 people have…

DETROIT (AP) — Once Phil Hughes was pulled in the seventh inning, another game immediately slipped away from the Minnesota Twins.

SYRACUSE, N.Y. (AP) — Aspen Dental Management Inc. plans to move its headquarters to downtown Syracuse and add up to 400 jobs in the next four years.

FORD CITY, Pa. (AP) — Prosecutors have withdrawn charges against former lightweight boxing champ Paul Spadafora, who was accused of holding a knife in front of a convenience store worker.