Новости за 13.03.2016

Hundreds of opponents and supporters of President Nicolás Maduro held rival marches in the Venezuelan capital, with antigovernment forces demanding Venezuela’s leader step down and his sympathizers denouncing U.S. sanctions.

COMMERCE CITY, Colorado - Marco Pappa scored in the 95th and final minute to give the Colorado Rapids a 1-0 victory over the Los Angeles Galaxy on Saturday night in their home opener.

Philly is full of quirks. One of them is that a number of its citizens largely have to clean their own streets.

Federal agents raided Christie's in New York on Friday to seize what they said were stolen antiquities.

Republicans in Butler County honored former Speaker John Boehner three days before residents across Ohio's 8th District will vote on his replacement in Congress.

The $400,000 San Felipe Stakes at Santa Anita was Danzing Candy’s stakes debut, and he outsped Uncle Lino and I Will Score to the early lead and kept going to beat favored Mor Spirit by 2 lengths. Danzing Candy finished 11/16 miles in 1:43.04 and paid $13 for his third straight front-running victory since a poor debut. Smokey Image, the former Golden Gate Fields-based colt, found open company too much as he finished a distant fifth in the field of six for his first loss in seven starts. In the Grade 1... Читать дальше...

Crew SC join the Sounders and Red Bulls as MLS Cup hopefuls with zero points from their first two games of 2016.

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Shipwrecks in the Caribbean have been used as an indication of hurricane activity, finds new research that could shed light on the relationship of global warming and these storms. 

The study, published Monday in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, considered records of Spanish shipwrecks in the region and correlated those with tree-ring records.

The results found a staggering drop in hurricane activity of 75 percent in the years 1645-1715... Читать дальше...

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CHARLOTTE, North Carolina - Kemba Walker scored 17 of his 26 points in the second half, and the Charlotte Hornets used a 27-8 run to open the fourth quarter and beat the Houston Rockets 125-109 Saturday night for their seventh straight victory.

KANSAS CITY, Missouri - Devin Williams has such broad, burly shoulders that the bruising forward was just about able to carry West Virginia all the way to the Big 12 Tournament championship Saturday night.

DNCE closed out the Kids' Choice Awards in a sweet fashion. Zendaya Wins Favorite Female Star -- Kids Show at the 2016 Kids' Choice...

To ensure that women get a fair shot at work, focus on how companies hire, evaluate and promote.

CLEVELAND - Blake Hamilton made a 3-pointer with 2 seconds left as Buffalo defended its Mid-American Conference title - and pulled off a rare double for the school - with a 64-61 win over Akron in the title game on Saturday night.

Diego Costa was sent off against Everton in the FA Cup quarter-final after pretending to bite the neck of an opponent.

Just before Pfc. Katherine Beatty's cannon crew finished a practice firing of an M119 howitzer earlier this month, her sergeant passed out pens and told the soldiers to write a message on the last round they would fire that day.

Peta Murgatroyd keeps close to her new DWTS partner Nyle DiMarco at the 2016 Kids’ Choice Awards held at The Forum on Saturday (March 12) in Los Angeles. The duo stepped out for the annual show along with Witney Carson and dancer Chachi Gonzales. FYI: Witney is wearing a Ted Baker dress, Madison shoes, Titti [...]

Iguodala has missed three of the Warriors' last six games.

The distance between a person's knee to ankle is about 17 inches, and home plate is also 17 inches.

Charlie Puth put his amazing vocals on display on stage at the 2016 Kids’ Choice Awards held at The Forum on Saturday (March 28) in Los Angeles. The 24-year-old entertainer and producer sang “One Call Away” before being joined on stage by Wiz Khalifa for “See You Again,” which was made famous in Furious 7. [...]

Why did Bernie Sanders win a narrow victory in Michigan, when polls showed Hillary Clinton with a huge lead? Nobody really knows, but there’s a lot of speculation that Mr. Sanders may have gained traction by hammering on the evils of trade agreements. Meanwhile, Donald Trump, while directing most of his fire against immigrants, has also been bashing the supposedly unfair trading practices of China and other nations.

Marco Rubio and Donald Trump have one each.