Новости за 12.11.2015

(Reuters) - Online marketplace Amazon.com Inc made its debut in the 2015 Thomson Reuters Top 100 global innovators list, leaving International Business Machines Corp , the world's largest technology services company, out of the list.

The online community was outraged by a video showing how a McDonald's drive-through worker tricked and humiliated a homeless man in Detroit, Michigan.

Ayala Corporation said its net profit rose 26 percent to ₱17.7 billion in the first nine months of 2015 on the back of the sustained earnings momentum of its telecommunications, real estate and banking units.

Presidential sister and celebrity Kris Aquino revealed who will help her host and entertain the spouses of the world leaders who will attend the Asia Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) Economic Leaders’ Meeting in Manila.

The suggestion that enemy military combatants, such as the Guantanamo detainees, be transferred to the Naval Brig Charleston is fraught with danger and the likelihood of a cascade of serious unintended consequences.

At the heart of President Barack Obama’s foreign policy is a long bet: that American engagement with previously shunned regimes will, over time, lead to their liberalization, without the need for either a messy domestic revolution or a bloody U.S. use of force. By definition, it will be years before we know whether the policy...

We’re approaching a very painful anniversary here in Charleston. Six months ago, nine of our black community members were murdered as they sat together in prayer at Mother Emanuel Church, tearing open a deep wound in a city that has witnessed hundreds of years of racially motivated violence, segregation and discrimination.

I confess, as much as I am troubled by Donald Trump’s anti-immigrant, anti-free-trade tirades, I do find The Donald’s campaign strategy truly interesting. He’s not, as people say, an "anti-politician." He’s actually caricaturing politicians. And like any great caricaturist, Trump identifies his...

Every driver complains about traffic, but they are the traffic. This is akin to a fisherman who does not practice catch and release complaining there are no fish left in the lake. You are either part of the problem or part of the solution. Don’t always expect someone else to fix it.

Brian Hicks’ Nov. 1 column regarding the Sergeant Jasper controversy contains several false premises that should be addressed. He states that the city Planning Commission took an "unprecedented step" to amend the height zoning ordinance affecting the Sergeant Jasper property.

There are some faculty members at the College of Charleston who are wishing and hoping that they will be consulted in the decision-making process of appointments to President Glenn McConnell’s senior staff.

Prentiss Findlay’s recent front-page story "Battling to save beaches" once again shows the hypocrisy of politicians who foster notions of local control, states rights and a hands off federal government.

Lindsey Graham said that if he became commander in chief "the party would be over for dictators" around the world. Perhaps the senator might start in this country, in his own party, with the Koch brothers.

There will always be beachfront. The beach line moves, it doesn’t erode. The line is only in a different place. Much like we move our chairs and towels back when high tide starts to come in, the line could be moved back.

A bike lane — think about it. A bike lane may decide the mayoral election in one of the most significant small cities in the nation.

BROWN, Doris, 70, of Charleston died Friday. Arrangements by Dorothy’s Home for Funerals.

BEST, A. Rikard Jr., Columbia

So a week from now we’re going to know who the new mayor of Charleston will be — the first in 40 years. In an era when Charleston is experiencing its greatest prosperity since before the Civil War, one of the major catchphrases of the waning campaign is "controlled growth."

Татарстан Гидрометеорология һәм әйләнә-тирә мохитне күзәтү идарәсе мәгълүматларына караганда, бүген – 12 ноябрьдә, болытлы һава торышы хакимлек итәчәк.

The Penn State women’s volleyball team used a balanced attack to bounce away Iowa on Wednesday night.

A glut of Penn State events will make travel difficult on campus this weekend, especially Friday night, and university athletics is reminding fans to budget extra time.

Penn State’s Elizabeth Ball was named to the TopDrawerSoccer Team of the Week on Wednesday, the seconds weekly honor for the sophomore defender.

With Rec Hall set to host the National Collegiate Championships next May, Penn State has landed perhaps its best home schedule in program history for the 2016 season.

As proof that he can successfully and humanely deport the estimated 11 million people living in the country illegally, Republican presidential contender Donald Trump often touts the efforts of the Eisenhower administration...

By DAVID CRARY AP National Writer After a wrenching delay of more than two years, a few American families celebrated on U.S. territory Wednesday with children adopted from Congo who were finally granted...