Новости за 02.11.2016

EAST RUTHERFORD, N.J. — Playing the Philadelphia Eagles always had a special meaning for Victor Cruz. This year, even more so. The last time Cruz faced the Eagles was Oct. 12, 2014, and it almost cost the New York Giants receiver his career. During the third quarter of the sixth game of that season, Cruz

NEW YORK — Val Kilmer says Michael Douglas was “misinformed” when he suggested Kilmer has cancer. In a Facebook post Tuesday evening, Kilmer said he has “no cancer whatsoever.” At a London event on Sunday, Douglas had said Kilmer was “dealing with” throat cancer, which Douglas was diagnosed with in 2010. Kilmer said he spoke

RIO DE JANEIRO — Hundreds of Brazilians dressed as zombies dragged their rotting limbs on Wednesday while groaning and playfully lurching at tourists along Rio de Janeiro’s Copacabana Beach. The “Zombie Walk” was among several planned in Brazil on All Souls Day, also known as Day of the Dead. The day is a holiday in

NEW YORK — Whole Foods, which has been run by two CEOs for six years, said Wednesday that it is shifting to a single chief executive, and reported that a key sales measure fell for the fifth straight quarter. Co-founder John Mackey will become the sole CEO at the end of the year. The other

NEW YORK — Stocks retreated for a seventh consecutive day on Wednesday, the market’s longest decline in five years, as investor worries about the U.S. presidential election continued to weigh on the market. On Wednesday: The Dow Jones industrial average fell 77.46 points, or 0.4 percent, to 17,959.64. The Standard & Poor’s 500 index lost

CORYDON, Ind. — A man has admitted murder and felony murder charges in the 2013 slayings of a southern Indiana couple under a deal with prosecutors in which he’ll avoid the death penalty. Lawyers for 21-year-old Kevin “Drew” Schuler of Greenville entered guilty pleas for him Wednesday in the slayings of 70-year-old Gary Henderson and

MENLO PARK, Calif. — Facebook Inc. (FB) on Wednesday reported third-quarter earnings of $2.37 billion. The Menlo Park, California-based company said it had profit of 82 cents per share. Earnings, adjusted for one-time gains and costs, came to $1.09 per share. The results exceeded Wall Street expectations. The average estimate of 15 analysts surveyed by

AUSTIN, Texas — Whole Foods Market Inc. (WFM) on Wednesday reported fiscal fourth-quarter profit of $88 million. The Austin, Texas-based company said it had profit of 28 cents per share. The results exceeded Wall Street expectations. The average estimate of 12 analysts surveyed by Zacks Investment Research was for earnings of 24 cents per share.

UNITED NATIONS — Saudi Arabia awarded eight scientists the Prince Sultan Bin Abdulaziz International Prize for Water at a ceremony at United Nations headquarters in New York on Wednesday. The ceremony was hosted by U.N. Friends of Water and presided over by Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon along with the prize committee chairman Prince Khalid Bin Sultan

NEW YORK — Stocks that moved substantially or traded heavily on Wednesday: Brocade Communications Systems Inc., up $1.08 at $12.32 Chipmaker Broadcom agreed to buy the company in a deal valued at $5.5 billion. Yelp Inc., up $3.23 to $35.71 The company reported a surprise profit as users posted more reviews. It’s also cutting jobs

LOS ANGELES — Britain’s Queen Elizabeth is known for her dedication to a demanding job. Claire Foy, who plays Elizabeth as a young ruler in Netflix’s “The Crown,” can claim the same. Foy accepted the central role in Netflix’s 10-part series when she was pregnant, knowing that filming would begin just a few months after

LOS ANGELES — The U.S. Department of Justice is suing AT&T because its DirecTV unit allegedly orchestrated a backroom deal with competitors to not carry the sole channel that broadcasts Dodgers baseball in Los Angeles. The civil antitrust lawsuit filed Wednesday in Los Angeles federal court accuses DirecTV of swapping information with cable companies Cox

HARTFORD, Conn. — Two Connecticut properties are among 10 nationwide being designated as historic landmarks. The James Merrill House in Stonington and the Steward’s House in Cornwall are among the properties recognized as having exceptional value to the nation. They were announced Wednesday by the U.S. Department of the Interior and the National Park Service.

HARTFORD, Conn. — New England Christmas tree growers say the region’s drought is having only minor effects on their crop. The losses were confined mostly to seedlings planted in the spring, said Jim Horst, executive director of the New Hampshire-Vermont Christmas Tree Association. Unlike mature trees, those planted this year do not have established root

It’s somewhat fitting that the new DreamWorks Animation feature “Trolls ” is coming out right after Halloween. The movie is a sugary sweet confection of sights and sounds that will surely leave a fair share of adults with an aching stomach and bleeding ears from sensory overload. But, it’s not for them, is it? Sure,

The nation’s leading airlines are confident they can handle higher Thanksgiving travel this year partly because more people have signed up for quick-screening programs that are designed to keep airport security lines moving. An airline trade group said Wednesday that about 27.3 million people will fly on U.S. airlines over a 12-day period that starts

OWINGS MILLS, Md. — Mike Wallace was recalling the damage he inflicted on the Ravens as a member of the Pittsburgh Steelers when Baltimore linebacker Terrell Suggs walked within earshot. “They kept me out of the end zone pretty good,” Wallace said. “But they couldn’t stop me from getting a lot of yards.” “Whoa! Whoa!”

PORTLAND, Ore. — Brothers who were acquitted in the armed occupation of an Oregon wildlife refuge are heading to Nevada, where they will be tried on charges stemming from a 2014 standoff with federal agents near their father’s ranch. The Multnomah County Jail roster shows Ammon and Ryan Bundy left the downtown Portland jail Wednesday

BUENOS AIRES, Argentina — Juan Martin Del Potro will lead Argentina’s team for the Davis Cup final against Croatia later this month in Zagreb. Argentina captain Daniel Orsanic named Del Potro on Wednesday along with Federico Delbonis, Guido Pella and Leonardo Mayer. It’s the same team that beat Britain in the semifinals. Orsanic says “picking

PHILADELPHIA — A 1980s pop star, a former governor, a senate hopeful and an actress walk into a gay bar — to encourage people to vote on Election Day. Cyndi Lauper and former “Will & Grace” star Debra Messing are heading to a bar crawl in Philadelphia’s Gayborhood Friday. They’re joining former Gov. Ed Rendell

LINCOLN, Neb. — It was spring practice in 2015, Nathan Gerry’s first with Nebraska’s new coaching staff, when defensive coordinator Mark Banker pulled him aside one day and told him he should have been able to make a difficult play. “He almost bit my head off,” Banker recalled. “He said, ‘How am I supposed to

CHARLOTTE, N.C. — Panthers quarterback Cam Newton’s concerns about “illegal hits” have been heard by the NFL — and action has been taken. A person familiar with the situation says Arizona Cardinals defensive tackle Calais Campbell has been fined $18,000 for his hit on Newton in Sunday’s game. The person spoke to The Associated Press

WASHINGTON — Police say they’ve arrested a preschooler’s father after the 3-year-old boy brought a loaded gun to school. Local media organizations reported that a security guard at an elementary school in the nation’s capital found the gun in the backpack of the boy Tuesday morning. Police said the gun was a semi-automatic pistol. Police

A comparison of the Federal Reserve’s statements from its two-day meeting that ended Wednesday and its meeting Sept. 20-21: RATE HIKE TIMING: Now: The Fed now simply needs just “some” additional evidence that the economy is improving: The Fed “judges that the case for an increase in the federal funds rate has continued to strengthen

GALLUP, N.M. — The head of the University of New Mexico’s Gallup campus is under fire for spending money on Bigfoot-related pursuits. UNM Gallup’s Executive Director Dr. Christopher Dyer organized a two-day, on-campus Bigfoot conference in February followed by a Bigfoot expedition, costing taxpayers more than $7,000, KRQE-TV reported (http://bit.ly/2e2e9g7 ). “It was the largest