Новости за 19.02.2016

NEW ORLEANS (AP) — The last inmate of a group known as the "Angola Three" has pleaded no contest to manslaughter and a lesser offense in the 1972 death of a prison guard and is expected to be released Friday after more than four decades in prison. Officials said they were kept in solitary because their Black Panther Party activism would otherwise rile up inmates at the maximum-security prison farm in Angola. The star witness, a serial rapist who left death row and was pardoned by the Louisiana governor after his testimony... Читать дальше...

No hoverboards currently certified as complying with UL standards, CPSC says.

The former Florida governor will host a town hall in Las Vegas on Sunday night and another on Monday night in Reno.

On Thursday, Nick Punto announced his retirement after 14 major league seasons, seven of which were spent with the Twins.

Get your hoverboards while they’re hot. The U.S. government has called on retailers and manufacturers to stop selling versions of the self-balancing, two-wheel electric toys that don’t meet safety standards.  The U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission, known as the CPSC, issued a notice to stores and importers asking them to voluntarily take hoverboards off the shelves unless they meet government standards.

The years lost to mental illness — years of disability, early death — could be far greater than previous estimates.

Arriving in the fourth quarter, Ram's monster pickup starts out as a 2500 heavy-duty 4x4 crew cab but is treated to a Frankenstein list of factory modifications, including a 2.3-inch lift. If that rock-crawling attitude isn't enough, a new, model-specific tailgate, hood, retro vertical stripe and blacked-out grille shout that onlookers are in the presence of a Power Wagon, a truck whose roots go back to Dodge military vehicles used in World War II. The drivetrain is also exclusive, starting with... Читать дальше...

COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) — NCAA President Mark Emmert believes mid- and lower-level members are gradually adjusting to Power Five conference school's autonomy and increased financial outlay to athletes because of cost-of-attendance stipends. Emmert spoke to University of South Carolina Board of Trustee members Friday, part of his visit to the school that included meeting with athletes and attending Thursday night's women's basketball game. In 2014, the NCAA Division I Board of Directors approved letting members of the five biggest conferences ... Читать дальше...

The therapist was romantically involved with one of the boys, and provided the teenagers with money and transportation, charges say.

Heritage sites in Junnar (Maharashtra), Rakhigarhi (Haryana) and Gilund (Rajasthan) may soon be developed into tourist spots.

Chief minister Arvind Kejriwal was busy on Friday morning on Twitter where he said that the biggest crime in the country was to oppose BJP and RSS, bigger than even killing and raping.

Anxiety over possibility of Brexit weighs on FTSE 100

Our interactive guide to the views of the European Union's 27 member states on Britain's renegotiation deal

Our interactive guide to the views of the European Union's 27 member states on Britain's renegotiation deal

Kesha got emotional Friday after suffering a legal setback in her ongoing legal battle against Dr. Luke. The 28-year-old pop had sued the producer, whose real name is Luke...

A spokesman for Pope Francis insisted Friday the pontiff was "in no way" launching an attack on Donald Trump, a U.S. presidential candidate, nor was he trying to sway voters by declaring someone who advocates building walls isn't Christian. Flying back to Rome from a pilgrimage that included Mass at the Mexican side of the border with the United States, Francis,...

Rafi Letzter/Tech Insider

The most important part of a great photo is a great exposure.

When your sensor absorbs the right amount of light, everything gets better: the color, the contrast, and especially the noise — that grainy, blurring effect you see on photos shot in dark rooms.

But what can you do when you under-expose an image, and it turns out too dark?

Snapseed, Photoshop Express, and other photo editing apps offer "enhance" buttons, but they tend to produce ugly, grainy fixes. Читать дальше...

Şanlıurfa polisi, terör örgütü PKK'nın en büyük finansman kaynağı olan uyuşturucu ve kaçak sigara sevkiyatına darbe üstüne darbe vuruyor.Devamı için tıklayınız

At Nintendo's flagship New York store reopening Friday, people dressed as the Italian brothers Mario and Luigi roamed the floor. While they looked the part of the plumbers, only one person in the room truly sounded it.

England miss a run-out off the final ball as South Africa win a thrilling first Twenty20 by three wickets in Cape Town.

DURHAM, North Carolina - Duke says guard Matt Jones will miss the Blue Devils' game at No. 18 Louisville on Saturday with a sprained left ankle.

(AP) — An effort to ban Arkansas lawmakers from wearing jeans or sweatpants at a key committee's hearings failed Friday after one opponent suggested he'd get mistaken back home for an undertaker in a suit and tie. The Arkansas House requires its male members to wear suit and tie, or coat, tie and slacks in its chamber, and female members to wear "business attire" or "professional wear." Independent Rep. Nate Bell called the idea of taking away a lawmaker's voting rights at a meeting over their... Читать дальше...

SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — Students at San Francisco State University will have to come back from the future now that hoverboards have been banned from campus due to fire concerns. Administrators informed students by email Monday that the two-wheeled, self-balancing devices are prohibited on school grounds and in dormitories, the San Francisco Chronicle reported (http://sfg.ly/1PWnj5h ) Friday. The U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission issued a letter Thursday noting 52 reports of fires that users say were caused by hoverboards in 24 states. Читать дальше...

The Pentagon has already developed both unmanned aerial vehicles and unmanned submersibles. Now Singapore has developed the Unmanned Hybrid Vehicle (UHV), capable of operating both beneath the waves and through the clouds.