Новости за 14.01.2016

LOS ANGELES - Elton John didn't just premiere tracks from his new album at his most recent concert, he offered a tribute to his late friend David Bowie.

NEW YORK - A major outage of JetBlue Airways' computer systems has caused headaches for fliers trying to check-in for flights and delays across the airline's system.

WASHINGTON - The income gap in major U.S. cities goes beyond the trend of rising paychecks for those at the top: Pay has plummeted for those at the bottom.

DETROIT - Fiat Chrysler is denying allegations that it encourages dealers to falsely report sales to boost monthly totals that are released to the public and investors.

BOSTON - Before it became a boomtown, Boston's Seaport District - soon the new home of General Electric's global headquarters - was a dreary backwater.

NASHVILLE, Tennessee - Country music husband-and-wife duo Joey and Rory are releasing new music, even as Rory Feek writes that his wife, Joey, is dying from cervical cancer.

ELKHART, Indiana - An Elkhart-based agency that provides drug and alcohol rehabilitation services to young men says it needs $700,000 to cover costs of an ongoing expansion project.

CONCORD, New Hampshire - A year after an American contractor was found dead in Saudi Arabia, his family doesn't buy a police account indicating he killed himself, and they fear the case has been closed.

NEW YORK - The late Ruby Dee was many things - an artist, an activist and a pioneer of stage and screen. But she was also something equally important - a grandmother.

NEW YORK - As an endlessly adaptable on-screen everyman, Paul Giamatti has proved he's one in a million.

WASHINGTON - Looks like Ted Cruz may get that cage match with Donald Trump that the Texas senator had vowed to avoid - and it's crowded in there.

MOORESVILLE, North Carolina - Home improvement retailer Lowe's said Thursday that it plans to hire 46,000 seasonal employees for the spring and summer, its busiest time of the year. That's about 15 percent more seasonal workers than it hired in 2015.

NEW YORK - David Bowie's family said they are planning a private funeral for the late icon.

NEW YORK - The average age of first-time mothers is at an all-time high in the U.S - over 26.

NEW YORK - Stock prices are crumbling around the world, but the usual place for investors to go for safety, bonds, can't provide as much cover as usual.

CHARLESTOWN, Indiana - A spokeswoman for a federal agency that's been pressing for a southern Indiana wildlife facility's license to be revoked says officials will look into a barn fire that the facility's owner said killed 41 animals.

CHATTANOOGA, Tennessee - Volkswagen CEO Matthias Mueller told workers at the German automaker's lone U.S. plant in Tennessee that recovering from a diesel emissions cheating scandal "won't be a walk in the park," but that the company is committed to turning around its prospects in what he called a core market.

NEW YORK - Tony Award-winning classical actor Brian Bedford, whose stage work included roles by Shakespeare and Chekhov, a long relationship with the Stratford Shakespeare Festival, and a memorable cross-dressing turn as a dowager on Broadway, has died. He was 80.

NEW YORK - Sylvan Barnet, a longtime professor of literature at Tufts University who edited the budget-priced Signet Classic editions of Shakespeare's plays and poems used by countless students, has died. He was 89.

LONDON - The global economy faces an array of risks, from natural disasters related to climate change to the rise of the Islamic State group and increasingly sophisticated cyberattacks, according to experts polled by the World Economic Forum, which organizes the annual gathering of political and business leaders in the Swiss resort of Davos.

NEW YORK - Underwater sightseeing in a glass submarine, shopping with a chef for dinner ingredients and volunteering with locals: These are some of the new options this season for cruise passengers.

NEW YORK - Best Buy's shares sank Thursday after the nation's largest consumer electronics chain reduced its sales outlook for the fourth-quarter as it reported weak holiday business in mobile phones and personal devices.

NEW ORLEANS - Seems like we've barely recovered from Christmas and New Year's, but it's already Carnival time, with Mardi Gras falling early this year, on Feb. 9.

INDIANAPOLIS - A federal judge in Indianapolis has postponed sentencing for a sixth time for a former New Castle school counselor accused of sexually exploiting teenage boys.

BILLINGS, Montana - The killing of a Montana man by a Yellowstone National Park grizzly bear highlights the need for hikers in the region to travel in groups, carry Mace-like bear spray and take other precautions against attacks, investigators said Wednesday.