Новости за 12.02.2016

MAIDUGURI, Nigeria - Nigeria's army freed 267 detainees Friday, including dozens of children, some as young as preschoolers, saying that investigators had determined they had no links to Boko Haram Islamic extremists.

What makes a game a game? That question has arisen around some of the most popular independent video games of the last few years - titles like "Gone Home," ''Her Story" and "That Dragon, Cancer" that steer away from traditional video-game mechanics in favor of narrative and character development.

LOS ANGELES - Mick Jagger is getting Grammy love this year, but it's not for his music - it's for his film producing.

CINCINNATI - Ohio-based grocery chain Kroger Co. said Friday it will make the overdose-reversal drug naloxone available without a prescription in its pharmacies across Ohio and northern Kentucky, a region hard-hit by deadly heroin.

PITTSBURGH - Left-hander Eric O'Flaherty has agreed to a minor league contract with the Pittsburgh Pirates and will report to major league spring training.

LONDON - A British factory-owner has been sentenced to 27 months in prison for employing Hungarian workers for as little as 10 pounds ($14.50) a week.

LINCOLN, Nebraska - The nation's only ban on meatpackers owning hogs has ended due to a new Nebraska law that allows processers to control the animals from birth to slaughter.

NEW YORK - Former pharmaceutical chief Martin Shkreli's campaign to build up an impressive music portfolio rolls on.

HALF MOON BAY, California - The Latest on Northern California's big-wave surfing competition known as Titans of Mavericks (all times local):

NEW YORK - Disney has announced that Denver will be the place where it tests its upcoming "Frozen" musical.

JERUSALEM - Israel's foreign ministry says relations with the European Union are "close and friendly" again after tensions arose last year over the bloc's decision to label West Bank exports.

NASHVILLE, Tennessee - Kanye West's new album, "The Life Of Pablo," has ignited a new controversy between the rapper and pop superstar Taylor Swift.

DAYTONA BEACH, Florida - Injured former NASCAR champion Tony Stewart used social media Friday to give fans an update on his health about 30 minutes before his team was scheduled to announce Brian Vickers as his replacement for the Daytona 500.

BEIRUT - The Latest on the conflict in Syria and international diplomatic efforts to end the violence (all times local):

LONDON - The independent investigation into allegations of match-fixing and corruption in tennis will take at least a year, the sport's four governing bodies said Friday.

WASHINGTON - They are bits of space graffiti hidden from the public for decades: a crude calendar, scrawled lunar coordinates and markings warning of a locker containing "smelly waste."

SANTA ANA, California - A deputies union has sued the Orange County Sheriff's Department alleging that staff reductions and unsafe conditions helped lead to the brazen escape of three inmates from a jail in California.

MOSCOW - A Moscow court on Friday refused to consider suit filed by a prominent Russian opposition figure, who accused President Vladimir Putin of breaking the nation's anti-corruption law.

NOUAKCHOTT, Mauritania - An official in Mauritania says the secretary-general of the Interior Ministry has been arrested on suspicion of corruption connected to a British company.

NASHVILLE, Tennessee - Singer Vince Gill is a standard bearer for traditional country music, thanks to his encyclopedic knowledge of the genre and his masterful guitar skills, but he only included one true country song on his latest album.

PRETORIA, South Africa - Charl Schwartzel made a charge up the leaderboard at the Tshwane Open, going 6 under through 17 holes of his second round before bad weather brought players off the course on Friday.

NYAHURURU, Kenya - This Valentine's Day, there's a good chance your flowers came from Kenya.

PHILADELPHIA - An attorney for Buffalo Bills running back LeSean McCoy says he's been told no decision will be made until next week on charges over a Philadelphia nightclub brawl that left two off-duty police officers injured.

NEW ORLEANS - From a decline in arrests to a rise in airport passengers, Mayor Mitch Landrieu on Thursday hailed the Carnival season in New Orleans as a success.

GLENDALE, Arizona - Police say two teens have been shot at a high school in the Phoenix suburb of Glendale, but there is no more danger to the rest of the campus.