Новости за 07.12.2017

WASHINGTON (AP) — The Latest on the budget battle in Congress (all times local): 3:35 p.m. President Donald Trump and Democratic and Republican congressional leaders are sounding an optimistic tone as they sit down at the White House. Trump said Thursday that he hopes the group will make good progress as they prepare to discuss plans to avert a government shutdown and reach an end-of-year budget agreement. He says: "We're all here as a very friendly, well-unified group." Democratic Senate Minority... Читать дальше...

Crisis-stricken Venezuela's inflation rate reached quadruple digits for the first time, according to figures released by the opposition-led Congress, which show consumer prices rising by 1,369 percent between January and November. The legislature, which this year began publishing its own inflation figures after the government stopped releasing them, said prices rose by 56.7 percent in November and estimated that 2017 inflation would top 2,000 percent. The OPEC member country's once-thriving... Читать дальше...

Andrea Petagna's early strike saw Atalanta complete an unbeaten Europa League group-stage campaign with a 1-0 win over Lyon on Thursday, while AC Milan were beaten by Rijeka in Croatia.

Nobody really seems to like company holiday parties. But Silicon Valley has a hack to make them better: Bloomberg reported Thursday that a record number of tech companies are paying modeling agencies to send beautiful people to their office parties as fake guests. (If this sounds familiar, it's because this exact scenario occurred in the first season of HBO's Silicon Valley.)

ATLANTA — An Atlanta news anchor wasn’t shocked to be called a racial slur in an email from a viewer but she decided, on air, to have the last word. “Just another day at the office. Not the first time I’ve been called that word,” CBS46 anchor Sharon Reed wrote on her Facebook page as...

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Sometimes you know what you’ve got before it’s gone, and that’s certainly the case for these dearly departed shows.

IndieWire watched every one, some for years at a time, others for the few short weeks they were with us. Ranging from award-winning series to one-and-dones, 2017 saw a slew of great programs come to a close.

Below, we’ve taken note of their legacies one last time. If you were a fan, here’s one more chance to gush over your favorite show.

If you’ve never heard of a few of these... Читать дальше...

Janie's House, located in Atlanta, is the first home Tyler and Janie's Fund have opened since the organization was founded in late 2015.

JOHANNESBURG - India captain Virat Kohli has moved up three places to grab second position among batsmen in the ICC Test batting rankings, after registering his career-best score in the third and final Test against Sri Lanka, which ended in a draw in New Delhi on Wednesday.

The father of the best shooter on the planet thinks Steph Curry’s ankle is quickly improving

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• Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman is behind the purchase of most expensive painting ever sold at auction.
• A Leonardo da Vinci painting of Jesus Christ sold for $450 million.
• Crown Prince Mohammed reportedly used another Saudi prince as a proxy for the purchase.

Saudi Arabia's powerful Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman is reportedly behind the purchase of the most expensive painting ever sold at auction, according to The Wall Street Journal. Читать дальше...

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• The November jobs report will be released on Friday. 
• After hurricanes slowed down job creation in the fall, this should be the first reading on the labor market without weather-related distortions.
• The Federal Reserve is set to raise interest rates again next week, and will likely cite a strong labor market as one of its reasons. 

The final US jobs report released in 2017 is due on Friday, and it will be revealing.

This fall... Читать дальше...

The US Treasury on Friday will begin "extraordinary measures" to prevent a default as the government again bumps up against legal limits on its borrowing authority.

Mike Riley, who spent 14 seasons as head football coach at Oregon State, will return to Corvallis an an assistant coach

The purpose of Bill 166 is to make school taxes uniform in the different administrative regions of the province and to introduce a regional school taxation system.

"One of the things that just did not make sense is the promise to re-sign Thomas Vanek if someone came out with an offer sheet," Briere said, "because for a cheaper price than it cost them to keep Thomas Vanek, they could've signed Chris and I and gotten four first-round picks from the Edmonton Oilers."

The band, organized by an Act of Congress in 1817, is the oldest unit at West Point, home of the United States Military Academy.

Vonn also said she won’t visit the White House if invited.

Two-time Olympic medalist Lindsey Vonn said on Wednesday night that she won’t accept a visit to the White House following the 2018 Winter Olympics in PyeongChang. In an interview with CNN, Vonn said she is representing the people of the United States, not the president.

"I hope to represent the people of the United States, not the President."

US skier @lindseyvonn tells @ChrissymacCNN she wouldn't accept an invitation to the White House... Читать дальше...

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Calgary police have released a picture of a man in connection with an alleged sexual assault at a southwest LRT station.

Ford is changing the focus its self-driving car platform as early as next year. The company says it now plans to focus on features beyond just enabling a computer system to drive from point A to B.

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• Out-of-control wildfires are raging in and near Los Angeles.
• Mapping apps, which are frequently designed to help users route around traffic, are in some cases reportedly directing drivers into fire-affected zones. 
• The Los Angeles Police Department is warning those in the area to cease using such apps.

Southern California residents and visitors fleeing the wildfires raging around Los Angeles are contending with a new problem ... Читать дальше...

JERUSALEM (Reuters) - The Israeli military said on Thursday that an aircraft and a tank had targeted two posts belonging to militants in the Gaza Strip after three rockets were launched at Israel. Sirens sounded in Israel at various locations on a day of heightened tension following demonstrations in the coastal enclave and the occupied West Bank as Palestinians protested at U.S. President Donald Trump’s announcement on Wednesday that he was recognising Jerusalem as Israel’s capital.

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• Pittsburgh Steelers safety Mike Mitchell is furious with the way the NFL has handled a recent string of player suspensions.
• Mitchell's teammate JuJu Smith-Schuster and the New England Patriots tight end Rob Gronkowski received equal suspensions for decidedly different plays, with Smith-Schuster making a block in-game and Gronkowski diving onto a player's back after the whistle.
• In a passionate rant, Mitchell criticized the league, its leadership... Читать дальше...

Tina Patel's Holt Renfrew gift card mysteriously lost more than $2000 in value in seven months, even though she hadn’t used it at all.