Новости за 03.03.2016

DORAL, Fla. (AP) — Jordan Spieth, Jason Day and Rory McIlroy are the top three players in the world golf rankings, which assures them of absolutely nothing this week.

Bethany Paquette applied for a job at Amaruk Wilderness Corp., which operates its Canadian office in Vancouver, but received a response that criticized her religion and the Christian University she attended

Madonna and Guy Ritchie should think of their 15-year-old son's best interests and quickly resolve a months-long dispute over with whom the boy...

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A top adviser to retired neurosurgeon Ben Carson laid out to Business Insider on Wednesday why Carson now sees "no path forward" toward the Republican presidential nomination.

Carson announced Wednesday that he would not attend the Thursday-night Republican debate, but he stopped short of formally dropping out of the race.

That seems like the inevitable conclusion, however, after a disappointing showing in the Super Tuesday contests. Carson did not win a single state... Читать дальше...

The decades-old New York City grocer has been clobbered by competition from Whole Foods even as it’s embarked on expansion.

Senior Republicans plan ‘biting’ critique of front-runner’s positions

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NEW BRUNSWICK, N.J., March 2 (UPI) -- New research suggests a dragonfly known as the globe skimmer -- named for its wide distribution -- is the world's longest-distance flyer.

Rep. McDermott’s display honors 150 fallen soldiers from his home state of Washington

TALLAHASSEE, Florida - Florida's high court has delayed the execution of a convicted killer while lawmakers determine how to change the state's death penalty sentencing system to comply with a U.S. Supreme Court ruling that found it unconstitutional.

They pretty much grew up together, but how well do they really know one another?

Both Senate President Martin Looney, D-New Haven, and Senate Majority Leader Bob Duff, D-Norwalk, agreed the state cannot afford the contract, which recently cleared the General Assembly's Appropriations Committee and has been awaiting action by the full legislature. The governor's call to reject the contract comes as his administration continues to negotiate wage and working condition contracts with most of the state employee bargaining units. The memo from Office of Policy and Management Secretary... Читать дальше...

KISSIMMEE, Florida - Jose Altuve is one of only a handful of remaining Astros who endured the team's rebuilding project.

Kit Pullen woke up Wednesday morning to piles of furniture stacked outside his garage door

In a divine piece of casting, Deadwood vet Ian McShane is joining Starz’ American Gods in the pivotal role of Mr. Wednesday, TVLine has learned. The straight-to-series adaptation of Neil Gaiman’s popular fantasy novel, which is being shepherded by Bryan Fuller and Michael Green, follows a lonely ex-con named Shadow (played by The 100‘s Ricky […]

A group of four hedge funds settled with Argentina over a 15-year debt dispute and they're poised to make a huge profit.

After the Egyptian military forcibly removed Mohamed Morsi, the country’s first democratically elected President, from office, in the summer of 2013, the government of Egypt repeatedly delayed elections, and the country spent three years with no parliament. In this week’s magazine, Peter Hessler writes about the 2015 parliamentary elections in El-Balyana, a remote area of Upper Egypt where citizens have devised local versions of political parties and idiosyncratic regional campaign traditions. Читать дальше...

Hailee Steinfeld leaves an appearance on Good Day New York on Tuesday (March 1) in New York City. The 19-year-old “Love Myself” singer hosted a live stream with iHeart Radio the night before where she listened to fans sing their own versions of her new song “Rock Bottom” with DNCE. “I’m speechless,” Hailee wrote on [...]

Shares of SunEdison Inc. skidded late Wednesday after the solar developer said it has suspended quarterly dividends on its preferred shares. The payments will accrue in arrears and the board will reassess its dividend policy going forward, SunEdison said in a statement. The company had announced plans to restructure its business last month amid an ongoing weakness in the energy market. Shares plunged 12% in after-hours trading after jumping 19% in the regular session.

“This final rule is important because it protects airline passengers from unwanted exposure to aerosol fumes that occur when electronic cigarettes are used onboard airplanes,” Transportation Secretary Anthony Foxx said in a statement. The Federal Aviation Administration also prohibits passengers from packing e-cigarettes in their checked luggage under an interim final regulation adopted last year by the Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration, which is part of the Transportation Department. Читать дальше...

RIPLEY, N.Y. — Crews worked Wednesday to clear the site of a 16-car Norfolk Southern freight train derailment that forced the evacuation of dozens of western New York homes after ethanol leaked from two tankers. No one was injured and there was no fire, emergency response officials said, but two of the derailed cars contained ethanol that leaked. Dozens of firefighters who responded to the scene endured 20-degree temperatures, snow, freezing rain and winds that gusted to 30 mph overnight, emergency officials said. Читать дальше...

As president of UPX, Kathy Haley was tasked with rolling out the airport train as an explicitly ‘premium’ service. But a recent decision by Metrolinx to slash fares, in a bid to attract riders, has the effect of turning the train into more of a commuter option