Новости за 13.07.2016

Pete Rose's name entered the conversation once again yesterday, when this former magnificent ballplayer made a pre-All-Star Game appearance on Fox TV. Wearing what has become his trademark bow tie, and with his hair dyed an alarming shoe polish black (apparently he owns a James Lipton starter kit), Rose talked baseball.

To those fans who still think Pete Rose should be enshrined in the Hall of Fame despite having admitted to gambling on baseball, let me present what I consider to be a slam-dunk argument for why he should not. Читать дальше...

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WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The Chinese government likely hacked computers at the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation in 2010, 2011 and 2013, according a congressional report on Wednesday that cited an internal investigation by the banking regulator.

"Even the former Chairwoman's computer had been hacked by a foreign government, likely the Chinese," staff at the U.S. House of Representatives Committee on Science, Space and Technology said in the report.

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Emergency medical workers in the Bedford-Stuyvesant neighborhood of Brooklyn with a man who is suspected of having a bad reaction to K2. The synthetic drug has caused some users to collapse on the street and act erratically.

HARTINGTON, Neb. (AP) — A 61-year-old northeast Nebraska woman who pleaded guilty to Medicaid fraud has paid nearly $8,500 in restitution.

Queen Elizabeth II resignation of ritish Prime Minister David Cameron, according to a Buckingham Palace spokesperson.

Time Inc. divides into brand development, advertising sales and editorial.

SEOUL, July 13 (Yonhap) -- The government said Wednesday that it will allocate an additional 1.1 billion won (US$958,000) to the development of next-generation semiconductors in an effort to boost the industry. This year's R&D budget will be put at

The Spanish giants had finished top for three consecutive years but the american football franchise now sits at number one, with Barcelona completing the podium

NBC’s Andrea Mitchell spoke to a group of Bernie Sanders’ supporters after Sanders endorsed Hillary Clinton.

(AP) — Kentucky's Republican governor says he did not order officials to remove the name of former first lady Jane Beshear from the Capitol Education Center. Beshear launched a nonprofit group to oppose Bevin's health care policies while Bevin has accused Beshear of corruption and launched an internal investigation.

Wake Forest finished at No. 68 in the final standings for the Director's Cup, awarded annually to the top overall athletic department. Both golf programs and the men's soccer team also made it to postseason play. The school continued its building boom, finishing its $21 million, 80,000-square-foot indoor practice facility as the first phase of a $58 million sports performance center and opening a $4.5 million headquarters for the golf teams. A project to renovate its baseball stadium and build... Читать дальше...

By Joo Kyung-don SEOUL, July 13 (Yonhap) -- South Korea aims to collect at least two gold medals in taekwondo at the upcoming Olympics, the national team coach said Wednesday. Park Jong-man, the head coach of South Korean taekwondo squad, said he

A professor of mine at the University of Michigan Law School once said that problems become more solvable when people lower their voices and work things out.

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QUEENSLAND , Australia, July 13 (UPI) -- A group of Australian snake catchers removed a nearly 10 foot carpet python from a mountain property.

Kazakh state oil company’s proposals to tighten grip on subsidiary have run into strong opposition

How is the new prime minister likely to affect UK-Russia relations?

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On the eve of the British Open, Rory McIlroy ripped the PGA and the sport of golf for subpar drug testing, electing to pull no punches when it came to how easy it could be to cheat and get away with it.

While the move was an effort to clean the sport up, the comments will also lead to speculation that golfers are using performance-enhancing drugs, especially in the wake of so many top golfers electing to not play in the Rio Olympics.

McIlroy was frank with the statements he made... Читать дальше...

– Zoltan Gera’s strike against Portugal has won the Euro 2016 goal of the tournament  – Gera beat Cristiano Ronaldo, Xherdan Shaqiri, Eder and Robson-kanu to the best goal award  – The 37 year old Hungarian scored in his side’s 3 – 3 group stage game against Portugal  Zoltán Gera won the UEFA EURO 2016 best […]

MILAN — Italian bank UniCredit has raised over 1 billion euros ($1.1 billion) in asset sales this week as its new CEO moved quickly to reinvigorate the bank’s balance sheet. Italy’s largest bank by assets said Wednesday that it raised nearly 750 million euros from the sale of a 10-percent stake in the Polish Bank

The lab is the very reason Facebook is still a viable home screen staple. The Verge reports.

Nintendo's popular augmented reality mobile game requires players to use their GPS-enabled smartphones to capture digital monsters in the real world — and it's been causing some real-world havoc across the country.