Новости за 23.08.2016

HARTFORD, Conn. — A national liquor retailer is taking Connecticut to court over the state’s minimum pricing rules for certain alcoholic beverages. Total Wine & More says it filed a lawsuit Tuesday in U.S. District Court challenging Connecticut’s long-standing law prohibiting retailers from selling bottles of alcohol, excluding beer, below a minimum price. The Maryland-based

NEW YORK — Stocks posted modest gains on Tuesday, bringing indexes nearly back to the record levels they reached last week. Homebuilders rose sharply following a big jump in sales of new homes last month, and Best Buy soared after the electronics retailer reported a surge in profit as online sales increased. On Tuesday: The

MILAN — Roma failed to reach the Champions League group stage after having two men sent off in a 3-0 defeat at home to Porto in the second leg of their playoff on Tuesday. Roma had drawn the first leg 1-1 after Thomas Vermaelen was sent off and it was again made to pay for

PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti — Campaigning for Haiti’s presidential redo election has gotten off to a very quiet start, with major candidates waiting for the weekend to hold their first events. Haiti’s Provisional Electoral Council opened the 45-day campaign season Tuesday for 27 presidential candidates and various legislative hopefuls. The redo of an annulled presidential vote will

NEW YORK — Stocks that moved substantially or traded heavily on Tuesday: Best Buy Co., up $6.43 to $39.23 The electronics retailer reported better online sales and lower costs, and gave a strong sales forecast for the current quarter. Zoe’s Kitchen Inc., down $6.41 to $30.84 The Mediterranean-style restaurant chain reported weak sales and cut

COLUMBIA, S.C. — South Carolina’s athletic department reported 23 violations of NCAA or Southeastern Conference rules in the past year, nine involving the football team. All but one of the infractions were classified as Level III and outlined by the NCAA as violations isolated or limited in nature; provide no more than a minimal recruiting,

ALAMEDA, Calif. — Raiders tight end Colton Underwood said he never anticipated the kind of attention he would get when he sent gymnast Aly Raisman a video asking the Olympic gold medalist out on a date. “I was just asking a girl on a date and it sort of turned into something much bigger,” Underwood

ATLANTA — Oh baby, baby! Atlanta’s zoo says its giant panda is expecting her second set of twins. Zoo Atlanta said in a news release Tuesday that its veterinary team obtained an ultrasound image from Lun Lun confirming the presence of a second fetus. Lun Lun, who turns 19 on Thursday, was artificially inseminated in

SAN FRANCISCO — California’s latest carbon auction brought disappointing results Tuesday as litigation and lagging support by lawmakers weigh down the state’s landmark programs combating climate change. State officials said only 34 percent of the available carbon pollution credits were sold in the latest auction under the program, which requires companies that emit climate-changing gases

PHILADELPHIA — It’s been just over a year since 9-year-old Zion Harvey received a double-hand transplant, and he said Tuesday what he really wants to do is play football. “I feel happy about my new hands, and I don’t feel different. I like now that I can throw a football further than when I didn’t

RIO DE JANEIRO — The man named to head Ireland’s Olympic committee after its president was arrested in a ticket-scalping case during the Rio Games is also suspected of participating in the scheme but left Brazil before he could be questioned, police said Tuesday. Authorities said William O’Brien, who took responsibility for the Irish committee

INDIANAPOLIS — The Latest on an Indianapolis police officer mistaken shooting an armed homeowner trying to protect his wife (all times local): 4:15 p.m. Indianapolis police say an armed homeowner who was mistakenly shot by an officer while trying to protect his wife during an attempted robbery is expected to survive. Police say the man

INDIANAPOLIS — All Antonio Cromartie really wanted was a chance to play football this season. Lining up on a playoff contender that was one win away from the Super Bowl two years ago is an added bonus. Less than 24 hours after the Indianapolis Colts signed the veteran cornerback, Cromartie came back to the Colts’

Brandon Facyson made a big splash as a freshman at Virginia Tech, intercepting four passes before September was finished and winding up with five for the year. It earned his some freshman All-American accolades. But the redshirt junior hasn’t had an interception since in a career that had been marked by injuries until last season,

NEW YORK — The Olympics in their final week were still golden for NBC. Once again, NBC’s nightly prime-time averages took the week’s top seven Nielsen slots. And NBC again left rival networks far behind in overall viewership. But a drop in Olympics viewers compared to the previous week was notable. So was the drop

CHARLOTTE, N.C. — Cam Newton breaks into a smile, barely able to control his enthusiasm when thinking about the prospect of wide receiver Devin Funchess lining up opposite Kelvin Benjamin this season. Newton, the league’s MVP, may never have to worry about overthrowing another target again given the receiving corps the Panthers have assembled. The

LOS ANGELES — Jessa and Ben Seewald will have another kid to count. The former co-star of TLC’s “19 Kids and Counting” and her husband announced Tuesday they are expecting a second child. Jessa (Duggar) Seewald gave birth to her first son, Spurgeon, in November. The couple says in a statement they “cannot wait to

ORLANDO, Fla. — A South Florida boy has survived a rare brain-eating amoeba that kills most people, aided in part because a hard-to-get drug to fight the infection is made by a company based in Orlando where he was hospitalized, doctors said Tuesday. Sebastian DeLeon came to the hospital two weeks ago with sensitivity to

BATCHELDER’S GRANT, Maine — Authorities say a well-known triathlete from New Hampshire was bicycling with a friend inside a national forest in Maine when he went off a steep mountain road and died. The Oxford County sheriff’s office says Jim Soroka was traveling at about 45 mph Saturday in the White Mountains National Forest when

DAVIE, Fla. — Being an aggressive cornerback, Xavien Howard interrupted an inquisitor’s question Tuesday, and it went incomplete. The subject was Howard’s most eye-catching attribute, and the Miami Dolphins rookie eagerly jumped in midway through the query. “Ball skill,” Howard answered. “I’ve been a playmaker. They got me here for a reason. I’ve just got

NEWARK, N.J. — A New Jersey waterpark visitor who was partially paralyzed in a 2010 accident while on a ride that simulates surfing can proceed with a lawsuit, the state Supreme Court ruled Tuesday. Roy Steinberg and his wife claim employees at Sahara Sam’s Oasis Water Park in West Berlin, about 20 miles southwest of

DETROIT — Tesla Motors says a new version of the Model S electric car is the quickest production car in the world from zero to 60 miles per hour. The company says the Model S P100D sedan can go from stopped to 60 in 2.5 seconds. The LaFerrari and the Porsche 918 Spyder with gas

ASHBURN, Va. — Trent Williams got several of his fellow Washington Redskins offensive linemen to fly to Texas during the offseason. His pitch was pretty good. Williams wants to harken back to the days of the Redskins’ famous “Hogs” — the offensive linemen of the 1980s and early 1990s who paved the way to three

UNITED NATIONS — North Korea on Tuesday warned that joint military exercises between South Korea and the United States are pushing the situation on the Korean Peninsula “to the brink of a war” and asked for an urgent meeting of the U.N. Security Council. In a letter to the council president, North Korea’s U.N. Ambassador

SAN ANTONIO — The parent company of the Circle K convenience store and gas station chain has agreed to buy San Antonio-based CST Brands in a $4.4 billion deal. Canada-based Alimentation Couche-Tard and CST Brands announced the agreement Monday following approval by their respective boards. The deal is expected to close in early 2017, subject