Новости за 21.08.2015

Attorney General Alan Wilson's office is looking into Medicaid payments to South Carolina's three abortion clinics to determine whether any fraud occurred.

GUATEMALA CITY (Reuters) - Guatemala's presidential race has tightened in the final stretch with opposition candidate Manuel Baldizon's lead under pressure from an independent as corruption scandals batter the political establishment, opinion polls showed on Thursday.

SYDNEY (Reuters) - Australia coach Michael Cheika surprised by naming uncapped Melbourne Rebels prop Toby Smith and promising flanker Sean McMahon in his 31-man World Cup squad.

SYDNEY, Aug 21 (Reuters) - Australia coach Michael Cheika surprised by naming uncapped Melbourne Rebels prop Toby Smith and promising flanker Sean McMahon in his 31-man World Cup squad.

SEOUL (Reuters) - South Korea's LG Electronics Inc will supply Honda Motor Co Ltd and Porsche with in-car displays, a person with direct knowledge of the matter said on Friday, as the firm tries to grow its auto business to counter weak sales at its mainstay television and smartphone units.

OAKLAND, Calif. (Reuters) - A federal appeals court on Thursday blocked efforts by the city of Oakland, California, to stop a U.S. government lawsuit aimed at closing down the largest medical marijuana dispensary in the country.

OAKLAND, Calif. (Reuters) - A federal appeals court on Thursday blocked efforts by the city of Oakland, California, to stop a U.S. government lawsuit aimed at closing down the largest medical marijuana dispensary in the country.

SYDNEY, Aug 21 (Reuters) - Australia coach Michael Cheika on Friday named the following 31-man squad for the rugby World Cup in England from Sept. 18- Oct. 31.

Brazil's attorney general filed corruption charges Thursday against the speaker of the lower house of congress and against a current senator who was impeached while serving as president in the early 1990s.

Akeel Lynch may not have expected to be in the role he’s currently occupying upon his arrival at Penn State just a couple of years ago.

MEXICO CITY (Reuters) - Archeologists have discovered a massive ceremonial skull rack from the heyday of the Aztec empire in the heart of Mexico City, a find that could shed new light on how its rulers projected power by human sacrifice, the team said on Thursday.

CLEMSON — Learn to spell Greg Huegel’s name. Dabo Swinney had to.

COLUMBIA — For the South Carolina women’s basketball team, the road to a third consecutive SEC championship may go through Knoxville, Tenn.

WESTON-SUPER-MARE, England (Reuters) - Britain's newest theme park, "Dismaland", opens on Friday, with a decrepit castle, a merry-go-round horse set to be cooked and model boats on a pool full of refugees, all courtesy of British street artist Banksy.

LIMA (Reuters) - Peru's Congress unanimously passed legislation on Thursday that would allow the military to shoot down unauthorised aircraft suspected of smuggling narcotics, a policy banned in 2001 that the United States has opposed.

The former head of the Army has warned that the UK will have “blood on our hands” if the Taliban kills an Afghan interpreter refused asylum in Britain.

GREENSBORO, North Carolina (Reuters) - Erik Compton wonders if he should start drinking more often after firing an eight-under-par 62 to grab a three-way share of the first round lead at the Wyndham Championship on Thursday.

Netflix is getting jeered for excluding the employees in its DVD-by-mail service from a recently introduced benefit that gives up to a year of paid leave to most of its workers after the birth or adoption of a baby.

A licence that allows the public to cull some types of gulls is “what we’ve been waiting for”, a councillor in a seaside town has said.

GREENSBORO, North Carolina, Aug 20 (Reuters) - Erik Compton wonders if he should start drinking more often after firing an eight-under-par 62 to grab a three-way share of the first round lead at the Wyndham Championship on Thursday.

Aug 20 (Infostrada Sports) - Scores from the U.S. PGA Tour Wyndham Championship at the par-70 course on Thursday in Greensboro, North Carolina -8 William McGirt (U.S.) 62 Erik Compton (U.S.) 62 Tom Hoge (U.S.) 62 -7 Morgan Hoffmann (U.S.) 63 Jim Herman (U.S.) 63 Derek Ernst (U.S.) 63 -6 Tiger Woods (U.S.) 64 Martin Kaymer (Germany) 64 Carl Pettersson

The San Francisco district attorney announced Wednesday the expansion of a consumer-protection lawsuit aimed at Uber's claims about driver background checks.

GREENSBORO, North Carolina (Reuters) - Tiger Woods fed off an "electric" atmosphere to card his lowest score in two years on the PGA Tour, a six-under 64 that left him two shots behind the first round leaders at the Wyndham Championship on Thursday.

ENFIELD, England (Reuters) - Tottenham Hotspur are confident they will bring in another striker before the transfer window closes with West Bromwich Albino's Saido Berahino still top of their list.

Alexander Hleb might not have been the greatest player Arsenal have ever had, but neither was he the worst to have pulled on the red and white jersey.