Новости за 13.08.2015

CLEMSON – Korrin Wiggins has been lost for the season with a torn ACL, Clemson announced Wednesday night.

Anyone who knows Ben Marcus from his own nervy postmodern fiction, in books like The Age of Wire and String and The Flame Alphabet, will have fair warning as to what to expect from this generous and beautifully designed paperback brick of an anthology. In his editor's introduction Marcus talks of wanting to show "just what the short story can do", and then invites us to "get bloodied and killed in thirty-two different ways".

SHANGHAI, Aug 13 (Reuters) - China's central bank said on Thursday that there is no basis for further depreciation in the yuan currency given strong economic fundamentals, in a bid to reassure jittery global financial markets after it devalued the currency earlier in the week.

A federal judge put the NFL on the defensive Wednesday over its four-game suspension of Tom Brady, demanding to know what evidence directly links the New England quarterback to deflated footballs and belittling the drama...

There is no man like him, no legacy like his on the sporting landscape at any level. That's why John McKissick's June 16 announcement that he was stepping away from the sidelines after generations at the helm of the Green Wave is one of the biggest sports stories of the year.

Ryan Seacrest will host NBC's late-night coverage during the 2016 Olympics.

SEOUL, Aug 13 (Reuters) - South Korea granted pardons on Thursday to 6,527 people including Chey Tae-won, chairman of the SK Group, the country's third-largest conglomerate, the justice minister said, citing in part Seoul's efforts to revive a sputtering economy.

TORONTO (Reuters) - Fourth seed Caroline Wozniacki dropped her opening match at the

By Yeawon Choi SEOUL, Aug 13 (Reuters) - The South Korean won rose against the dollar on Thursday as traders bet that global market mayhem sparked by China's devaluation of the yuan would convince the U.S. Federal Reserve to wait longer before starting to raise interest rates. Market reaction was largely muted after the Bank of Korea kept its policy interest rate steady at a record low of 1.50 percent earlier in the day, which had been expected. China's yuan weakened per dollar f

By The Associated Press Your daily look at late-breaking news, upcoming events and the stories that will be talked about Thursday:

(Reuters) - Former U.S. President Jimmy Carter said on Wednesday that recent liver surgery revealed he had cancer that had spread to other parts of his body.

MELBOURNE (Reuters) - Australia coach Michael Cheika has sprung a surprise by naming Quade Cooper at flyhalf in one of six changes to the starting side for the Bledisloe Cup decider against the All Blacks at Eden Park on Saturday.

A Penn State offensive lineman has shown big progress this fall, and it’s not who you might think.

By The Associated Press A look at what's happening all around the major leagues Thursday:

* Phipps omitted for scrumhalf White (Adds details, quotes)

TAIPEI, Aug 13 (Reuters) - Taiwan stocks rebounded from recent losses on Thursday, after Wall Street erased earlier falls to end flat and Taiwan regulators tightened rules to discourage short-selling to help shore up market sentiment.

* Q2 same-store sales growth in retail in high-teens (Add management comment, details)

With California in its fourth year of a catastrophic drought, Los Angeles is rolling out a new initiative to save water: shade balls. Gavino Garay reports.

With California in its fourth year of a catastrophic drought, Los Angeles is rolling out a new initiative to save water: shade balls. Gavino Garay reports.

With California in its fourth year of a catastrophic drought, Los Angeles is rolling out a new initiative to save water: shade balls. Gavino Garay reports.

With California in its fourth year of a catastrophic drought, Los Angeles is rolling out a new initiative to save water: shade balls. Gavino Garay reports.

KOHLER, Wisconsin (Reuters) - The stage is set for Thursday's opening round at the 97th PGA Championship being held this week for a third time at Whistling Straits, which is viewed by the players both as a 'Beauty' and a 'Beast'.

(Reuters) - Online dating application Tinder said on Wednesday night that it had re-appointed the app's founder, Sean Rad, as its chief executive.

(Reuters) - Andy Murray and Rafael Nadal were winners but six seeds were beaten in a day of upsets in the second round at the Rogers Cup in Montreal on Thursday.

Donald Trump’s success in the polls has stunned many who consider him “an unelectable boor and narcissist,” as the Economist put it Friday. Why do people appear willing to vote…