Новости за 02.04.2017

PORTLAND, Ore. — The Latest on Oregon residents cashing in on increased refunds for recycling bottles and cans (all times local): 3:10 p.m. Some of the most thrifty, eco-conscious Oregon residents, each hauling hundreds of used water bottles and soda cans in trash bags and carts, flocked to bottle-recycling centers and grocery stores Saturday —

LOS ANGELES — The feathers were flying in downtown Los Angeles. Hundreds of people traded soft blows in LA’s Pershing Square in a giant pillow fight that dwarfed even the biggest slumber party slugfests. Children, teens, adults and seniors swung pillows at one another for over an hour on Saturday. The annual event is held

DETROIT — Katelynn Flaherty hit four 3-pointers and scored 27 points, Hallie Thome added 25 points, and Michigan outlasted Georgia Tech 89-79 in three overtimes on Saturday for the WNIT championship. Michigan (28-9) is the 20th different champion in the 20-year history of the tournament. Siera Thompson added 13 points with eight assists for Michigan,

LOS ANGELES — Comfortable leads have been shrinking lately for the Los Angeles Clippers. It happened again Saturday against the lowly Lakers. Only after the Clippers inserted all of their starters in the fourth quarter did they finish off a 115-104 victory, the 800th of Doc Rivers’ coaching career. Rivers sees the problem, yet professes

DALLAS — SEC teams South Carolina and Mississippi State, who will play in the women’s NCAA Tournament championship game on Sunday, have already played twice this season. The Gamecocks (32-4) won the first two matchups, including three weeks ago in the SEC Tournament championship game. A look at those two meetings: — South Carolina 64,

MARTINSVILLE, Va. — Chase Elliott grabbed the lead when Christopher Bell wiggled with 17 laps to go and held off teammate Johnny Sauter to win the NASCAR truck race at Martinsville Speedway on Saturday. Elliott, who lost out to Sauter on the 0.526-mile oval last October, held off one challenge from the defending series champion

GLENDALE, Ariz. — The Latest on the semifinal games in the Final Four: (all times local): 5:30 p.m. The Gonzaga Bulldogs survived a furious second-half rally by South Carolina to advance to their first national championship game. South Carolina reeled off 16 straight points to take a 67-65 lead with 7:06 to play. Zach Collins

DALLAS — Morgan William figures her new nickname “Itty Bitty” will grow on her. Mississippi State’s diminutive point guard also will have to deal with her growing status in Bulldogs lore, among the likes of Dak Prescott, after a buzzer-beating overtime shot that ended UConn’s record 111-game winning streak and sent State to its first

NEW YORK — Artist James Rosenquist, a key figure in the pop art movement, has died. He was 83. Rosenquist’s wife, Mimi Thompson, told The New York Times (http://nyti.ms/2nr3H1v ) that he died Friday in New York City after a long illness. Rosenquist started by painting signs and billboard advertisements in Times Square and other

BRIDGEVIEW, Ill. — Bastian Schweinsteiger scored in his MLS debut, Luis Solignac scored in second-half stoppage time, and the Chicago Fire tied the Montreal Impact 2-2 on Saturday. Schweinsteiger, a World Cup winner with Germany, was acquired from Manchester United on March 21st after the 32-year-old struggled to replicate the highs of his Bayern Munich

FAIRFIELD, Maine — The Super Bowl trophy’s run-in with a deer was nearly as improbable as the New England Patriots’ come-from-behind win over the Atlanta Falcons. But it happened Friday night in Maine when a Patriots employee who had the Vince Lombardi Trophy in his vehicle struck a deer in Fairfield. Team spokesman Stacey James

SALT LAKE CITY — The Utah woman who suffered a broken leg from a high-profile London attack is now able to stand up on her own. Melissa Cochran’s brother Clint Payne on Saturday posted a photo of her on a verified GoFundMe website account. It shows her smiling and standing up, holding her crutches in

SOUTH BEND, Ind. — Police in South Bend have set up an emergency food pantry to help those in need. The South Bend Tribune reports (http://bit.ly/2odnH9A ) that an officer and a volunteer converted unused shelving into the makeshift pantry. It opened last month and by last week the shelves were filled with canned vegetables,

INDIANAPOLIS — Dogs, puppies, cats and kittens in the Indianapolis area can find new homes as part of a national mobile pet adoption effort. Indianapolis Animal Care Services is joining North Shore Animal League America’s 2017 Tour For Life. The event runs from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. Sunday at Garfield Park in Indianapolis. North

ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. — Reliever Tommy Hunter, outfielder Peter Bourjos and first baseman Rickie Weeks, Jr. will be on Tampa Bay’s opening day roster after joining the Rays on minor league contracts. The team said Saturday that Hunter, Bourjos, Weeks and catcher Jesus Sucre will be selected and added to the major league roster before

ARCADIA, Calif. — Dubai World Cup winner Arrogate is back at Santa Anita after coming out of quarantine following his return from the Middle East. The 4-year-old horse won the $10 million race by 2¼ lengths last weekend. Trainer Bob Baffert welcomed Arrogate on Saturday as the horse stepped off a van coming from Los

LOS ANGELES — Southern California freshman linebacker Tayler Katoa will miss the upcoming season after tearing a knee ligament during spring practice. USC coach Clay Helton announced Katoa’s injury Saturday. Katoa was an early enrollee at USC. The Layton, Utah, product picked the Trojans in December over in-state schools Utah and BYU. Katoa was recruited

NASHVILLE, Tenn. — The Nashville Predators know there’s a chance they might see the Minnesota Wild in the postseason. That makes a 3-0 shutout in the final regular-season game between these teams even sweeter. Filip Forsberg and Kevin Fiala scored 10 seconds apart late in the second period, and Pekka Rinne made 31 saves for