Новости за 07.11.2016

TAMPA, Fla. — Josh Huff is getting a second chance in the NFL with the Tampa Bay Buccaneers.

LONDON — Greece’s tourism sector appears to be reaping the rewards from a period of relative political stability as well as attracting many travelers who had shied away from other Mediterranean hotspots, like Turkey and Egypt, following a string of attacks.

ATHENS, Ga. — Georgia freshman Jacob Eason is proving he can be trusted in the closing minutes.

SEATTLE — No. 4 Washington will be without its best edge pass rusher for the rest of the season, no matter how long the season lasts.

STOCKTON, Calif. — The Latest on a California woman awaiting trial for selling homemade ceviche (all times local):

TRENTON, N.J. — A New Jersey man who falsely claimed his young twin sons had lengthy hospital stays so he could collect more than $140,000 from his insurer is now headed to prison.

SALT LAKE CITY — Utah police said Monday they are investigating whether three juveniles in a stolen car intentionally hit an officer killed during a car chase.

FARGO, N.D. — A man accused of spearheading a lottery scam that bilked at least 70 mostly elderly U.S. residents out of millions of dollars has been arrested in Jamaica, authorities said Monday.

LOS ANGELES — Garth Brooks is getting into the advice business.

NBC said Monday that Brooks will be a key adviser on “The Voice” next week, mentoring the show’s top 12 contestants.

Brooks, back in music after a 13-year break, was honored as Entertainer of the Year at the recent Country Music Association Awards. He’s on an extended world tour with his wife, Trisha Yearwood.

Brooks will appear on the Monday, Nov.

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PORTLAND, Ore. — A man arrested after filming a Portland police precinct from a sports utility vehicle filled with weapons and ammunition has been sentenced to three years on probation after pleading no contest to unlawful possession of a firearm.

CHARLOTTE, N.C. — Only an amateur would fill out a Chase for the Sprint Cup championship bracket and not mark Kevin Harvick down for a win at Phoenix.

KANSAS CITY, Mo. — Dee Ford was a bust, a laughingstock in Kansas City, the punchline to jokes that usually referenced broken-down pickup trucks and ended up with them never getting where they were supposed to go.

RAMALLAH, West Bank — Palestinians will soon get a chance to glimpse the small bedroom where their longtime leader Yasser Arafat spent his final years.

“Inverted flame combustion.” That’s the kind of heat generated by a self-made furnace that makes a late cameo in Paul Verhoeven’s highly flammable “Elle,” a violently dark comedy in which passion and cruelty burn together in the same perverted, masochistic fire.

It’s not difficult to pinpoint the teams that have unexpectedly prospered or just as stunningly plummeted halfway through the 2016 season.

MOUNT VERNON, Ind. — Indiana conservation officials say they’re investigating after an accidental hunting shooting left two men injured.

WASHINGTON — American consumers boosted their borrowing in September, a potential sign that recent job growth and wage gains have left them slightly more comfortable with holding debt.

Of all the head-scratching calls in Week 9, the biggest might have been the one answered by NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell before the weekend’s games began.

UFC interim light heavyweight champion Jon Jones will serve a doping ban until next July after an arbitration panel denied his appeal of a positive test.

SOFIA, Bulgaria — A former Bulgarian Air Force officer who has called on the European Union to lift its sanctions against Russia won the most votes in the country’s presidential election, but not enough to avoid a runoff, according to results released Monday.

OXFORD, Miss. — The college career of Mississippi quarterback Chad Kelly is over at least a month before anyone expected.

TORONTO — Pop star Justin Bieber tickled the ivories in an impromptu free performance at a Toronto bar.

COLUMBUS, Ohio — Ohio State tailback Mike Weber sprained his shoulder in Saturday’s game against Nebraska but is expected to play when the No. 6 Buckeyes travel to Maryland this week to face the Terrapins.

MIAMI — Janet Reno, who was the first woman to serve as U.S. attorney general but also became the epicenter of multiple political storms during the Clinton administration, died early Monday. She was 78.

CLEMSON, S.C. — The Deshaun Watson watch is on at No. 3 Clemson.

The Tigers’ Heisman Trophy contender fell hard on his right, throwing shoulder Saturday just before halftime in a 54-0 win over Syracuse and did not return. Clemson coach Dabo Swinney and Watson both said he could’ve returned, but with the Tigers (9-0, 6-0 Atlantic Coast Conference) already up by four touchdowns at the break, it was not necessary.

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