Новости за 25.09.2015

SICKLERVILLE, New Jersey - An 8-year-old girl received a one-day suspension from her southern New Jersey public elementary school for wearing a shirt that was the wrong shade of green.

LEEDS, England - Scotland is about to discover just how hard a four-day turnaround is at the Rugby World Cup.

MOSCOW - New Russia coach Leonid Slutsky has recalled some of his predecessor Fabio Capello's favorite players for the final two group stage matches of qualification for next year's European championships.

GUANGZHOU, China - Serbia's Jelena Jankovic came from three points down in the 11th game of the deciding set to break Yanina Wickmayer's serve and advance to the Guangzhou International final with a 6-3, 2-6, 7-5 win Friday.

NEWPORT NEWS, Virginia - A Newport News, Virginia, high school teacher has been placed on administrative leave after using a racial epithet while discussing the use of derogatory names.

OXFORD, Mississippi - Mississippi is piling up points faster than at any time in its football history.

NEW YORK - Anne-Marie Slaughter is back on the train from her home in Princeton, New Jersey, to Washington, D.C., but only a couple of days a week and in a new capacity: private-sector big thinker on foreign politics and family policy in the digital age.

SEATTLE - A fun day designed to introduce new international college students to Seattle turned into a nightmare when a "duck boat" tour vehicle collided into their charter bus on a busy bridge, killing four students and injuring dozens.

PHILADELPHIA - Closed roads, limited train service and metal detectors that pedestrians are required to pass through will complicate travel in downtown Philadelphia as preparations begin for Pope Francis' weekend visit.

SPEARFISH, South Dakota - Matthew Murraine wants to know who swiped his 100-pound pumpkin.

NEW YORK - A publicity stunt featuring a life-size wax figure of Pope Francis appearing to wave from the back of a convertible caused some confusion before the real pontiff showed up in New York City.

BUDAPEST, Hungary - Hungary's prime minister pledged Friday to seek support from the United Nations and other nations in the region before shutting down its border with Croatia - a move that would slam the door on the flow of migrants seeking refuge in other parts of Europe.

ATHENS, Greece - Greece's newly re-elected prime minister pledged Friday to fast-track negotiations with international bailout creditors so the country can be in a position to get some much-needed debt relief.

NEW YORK - An upcoming New York City exhibition looks at the work of a leading 16th century Florentine artist.

NEW ORLEANS - When customers started using the telephone to make reservations at Antoine's Restaurant, owner Roy Alciatore was insulted that anyone would refuse to send a letter requesting a table.

ORLANDO, Florida - A website that booked hard-to-find reservations at popular Walt Disney World restaurants and charged customers a fee for them has ceased operations.

BUDAPEST, Hungary - Hungary has no plans to hold a referendum on Budapest's bid for the 2024 Summer Games, the country's national Olympic committee said Friday.

LOS ANGELES - "I Am" is Leona Lewis' first post-Simon Cowell offering, but the aftermath of their professional split resonates throughout her fifth studio album.

BERLIN - With favorable weather conditions forecast for the Berlin Marathon on Sunday, there will be a handful of runners targeting another world record on the fast course.

SUZUKA, Japan - Red Bull driver Daniil Kvyat had the quickest lap in a wet second practice session for the Japanese Grand Prix, edging Mercedes drivers Nico Rosberg and Lewis Hamilton.

MOUNT PLEASANT, Michigan - A highly successful small-town football coach in mid-Michigan who authorities say sent sexually explicit images to boys has been sentenced to six months in jail.

CHICAGO - As much as he is enjoying this, Greg Simon can't quite escape the thought that it might unravel in some cruel, freakish way.

BEIJING - A highway crash involving two trucks, a coach bus and a van killed 22 people and injured 13 Friday in southern China, local authorities said.

NEW YORK - Opening night of the New York Philharmonic's 174th season brought music and a ribbon-cutting ceremony, and the announcement of the largest individual donation in the orchestra's history.

BERLIN - Volkswagen's supervisory board is meeting Friday to discuss who to name as CEO after Martin Winterkorn quit the job this week over an emissions-rigging scandal that's rocking the world's top-selling automaker.