Новости за 29.07.2015

LAPORTE, Indiana - A man convicted of killing a former wife in 1979 has been sentenced to 47 years for killing another wife.

LOUISVILLE, Kentucky - Chalk up another round for Maker's Mark distillery in fending off claims of misleading marketing for promoting its Kentucky bourbon as handmade.

ARLINGTON, Virginia - In a story July 28 about CEB Inc.'s quarterly earnings - generated by Automated Insights using data from Zacks Investment Research - The Associated Press erroneously used the company's prior name. The company legally changed its name in May and is now CEB Inc.

DETROIT - When a car dealer offers to loan you the money to buy a car at zero interest, it gets your attention. Yet that cheap money might not be the best deal you can get.

ORLANDO, Florida - The mother of an 11-year-old boy accused of strangling a 4-year-old boy has told authorities that he had a history of disturbing behavior.

BETHLEHEM, New Hampshire - Universal Studios is donating a free vacation to all 42 seniors graduating from a New Hampshire high school after the class donated funds for a class trip to their principal, who was diagnosed with cancer.

COLUMBIA, South Carolina - Attorneys representing the man accused of killing nine people at a historic black church say they need to focus solely on his case until it goes to trial to give their client an adequate defense, according to court papers filed this week.

CHICAGO - Grain futures were lower Wednesday on the Chicago Board of Trade.

MEMPHIS, Tennessee - Shares of International Paper slumped Wednesday after the global paper and packaging company reported mixed second-quarter results.

PARIS - French and German executives from two of Europe's leading armored vehicle makers signed a long-awaited merger deal Wednesday aimed at creating a new European champion in the $50 billion annual terrestrial defense market.

NEW YORK - Advocates for victims of clergy sex abuse want a Vatican investigation of the archbishop of Newark, New Jersey.

BALTIMORE - Public works officials say someone changed a message on a contractor's portable traffic advisory sign in west Baltimore to a profane anti-police quote.

NEW YORK - Tepid user growth and ongoing uncertainty about its leadership dragged Twitter's stock to its lowest level in over a year Wednesday, even though the short-messaging service reported sharply quarterly higher revenue.

PAWTUCKET, Rhode Island - "Have you found Jesus?" That's what employees at a Rhode Island soup kitchen are asking after a religious statue disappeared from the kitchen's garden.

ORLANDO, Florida - An autopsy released Wednesday shows that the 18-year-old daughter of the stars of the "Queen of Versailles" documentary who had struggled with an addiction to a drug used to control her seizures died last month of an accidental overdose.

BOGOTA, Colombia - For weeks, billboards on buses and television spots have been announcing what promises to be Colombia's next big prime-time sensation.

JONESBURG, Missouri - A resident of a Missouri neighborhood where a nearly 15-foot-long Burmese python was roaming for days has killed the snake.

DES MOINES, Iowa - A judge has dismissed charges against the wife of a Chinese billionaire who was accused of conspiring to steal trade secrets from U.S. seed companies.

AUSTIN, Texas - Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton said Wednesday that his office has received video taken in a Planned Parenthood clinic he says is consistent with other stealthily recorded footage that has Republicans again taking on the biggest abortion provider in the U.S.

BLOOMINGTON, Indiana - Indiana University has temporarily halted renovation work on Franklin Hall after asbestos was discovered two weeks ago by construction crews.

FALLS CHURCH, Virginia - Shares of Northrop Grumman climbed Wednesday after the defense contractor posted a stronger-than-expected profit in the second quarter and raised its outlook for the year.

WICHITA, Kansas - A Kansas abortion opponent must stand trial over a letter she sent to a Wichita doctor saying someone might place an explosive under the doctor's car, a federal appeals court ruled Tuesday.

ANNAPOLIS, Maryland - Authorities are continuing to collect evidence in the case of two sisters who disappeared more than 40 years ago from a shopping mall in Maryland.

PHILADELPHIA - The latest developments surrounding the indictment of U.S. Rep. Chaka Fattah (all times local):

BUDAPEST, Hungary - The construction of a fence meant to stop the flow of immigrants and refugees entering Hungary through its southern border with Serbia will be completed by Aug. 31, the Hungarian government said Wednesday.