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MELBOURNE, Australia — For Peter Peacock, fate arrived in the form of a registered letter. The letter, at least initially, looked to be a bit of a letdown. Peacock had gone to the post office expecting the delivery of a big, furry aviator jacket he’d ordered online. And so it was with little fanfare that...

Scotty McCreery may be the star in his family, but when it came to appearing on Celebrity Family Feud,  the country chart-topper took a backseat...

CAROLINA MUDCATS (MILWAUKEE BREWERS) at WINSTON-SALEM DASH (CHICAGO WHITE SOX) Thursday, August 2, 2018 | 5:00 PM/TBD | Game 108/109, Away Game 53/54 | at BB&T Ballpark | Winston-Salem, NC

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A Republican running for the Missouri House of Representatives has a long history of promoting anti-gay views, according to article published this week by the St. Louis Post-Dispatch.Hardy Billington, 65, once called legalizing...

Welcome to our prediction panel feature. Each week father and son duo Rob and Fred will pit their wits against a succession of OVF forum regulars. This time we’re asking everyone for their prediction for the Cambridge United game… Rob Port Vale 2-0 Cambridge United Vale are usually good valueRead More →

Stoke manager Gary Rowett has explained why he has moved to sign Ashley Williams on a season-long loan from Everton.

Off-duty Ottawa police officers will attend the Capital Pride parade wearing ordinary clothes rather than their uniforms. For the second year in a row, the week’s organizers requested that off-duty officers leave their uniforms at home so that “everyone feels safe at Pride, particularly LGBTQ2 youth, and racialized and Indigenous community members.” Last year, Chief […]

Police have been raiding the offices of the Catholic Church since June, seizing laptops and files belonging to Church officials and the Vatican, after prosecutors became frustrated with the Catholic Church’s ongoing protection of pedophile priests. [...]

PUBG Mobile, the version of PlayerUnknown's Battlegrounds available on iOS and Android, teamed up with the movie Mission: Impossible -- Fallout for a new crossover in-game event.

Police in India have shut down two women’s shelters after reports of rape and missing women. The first shelter, located in the town of Muzzafarpur in eastern India, was raided and closed in June after dozens of underage girls said they had been raped there. The second – run in the same town by the...

Monster Hunter: World seems to be crashing randomly, but Capcom has a fix. , but no bonuses for you. Considering that hunts can take anywhere from 20 to 45 minutes, and that Monster Hunter: World is a game fundamentally designed around repetition, it is a devastating, unacceptable problem. s, but I've experienced them i...

LITTLE ROCK (AP) — A sentencing hearing is scheduled for later this month in the case of a former Arkansas lawmaker and county judge who pleaded guilty to accepting more than $80,000 in a corruption probe that has ensnared several former legislators and others. A notice filed last week says Henry “Hank” Wilkins IV is set to be sentenced in federal court on Aug. 29 in Little Rock. Wilkins in April admitted that while a state lawmaker from 2010 to […]

He claims that his anger is against corrupt personnel

LAS VEGAS (AP) - Industry analysts grilled MGM Resorts International executives Thursday after the company forecast weak results for the current quarter because - just like its competitors - it expects fewer scheduled entertainment events and lower room rates in Las Vegas this summer.

LAS VEGAS (AP) — Industry analysts grilled MGM Resorts International executives Thursday after the company forecast weak results for the current quarter because — just like its competitors — it expects fewer scheduled entertainment events and lower room rates in Las Vegas this summer. Chairman and CEO Jim Murren pushed back. He highlighted the company's casino revenue from its Las Vegas Strip properties and its recent moves to strengthen its position as the legal sports betting market expands in... Читать дальше...

She previously called his cheating "so f*cked up."

Police raided the offices of Zimbabwe’s main opposition party, as the death toll grew from clashes over the slow release of presidential-election results.

From SABR member Meg Rowley at FanGraphs on August 2, 2018:

On Sunday, I asked a few friends a question: what is your favorite sort of baseball play? One said a well-placed bunt for a hit on the third-base line. Another, preferring defensive highlights, elected for a smartly turned 6-4-3 double play with the shortstop going to his backhand, or else a home run robbed. One described the thrill of watching a pitcher who, after finding himself facing a bases-loaded, no-outs situation, manages to wiggle off the hook. Читать дальше...

The Northern Territory Government is considering sending prison officers back into youth detention centres as it struggles to maintain control at the understaffed facilities. However, the plan could be forfeited before it begins, with senior corrections staff still furious over their treatment after an incident where detainees were attacked with tear gas at the old Don Dale Youth Detention Centre. Image: Michael Franchi / News Corp Australia

Members of Calgary’s aviation community are reeling after learning two men were killed when a plane performing an aerial survey crashed in Kananaskis Country on Wednesday. The Transportation Safety Board has confirmed the plane belonged to Calgary-based aerial maintenance, mapping and consulting company Aries Aviation International. Calida Lara, operations centre manager at Aries, said the company […]

DENVER (AP) — New concerns about the security of computer tablets offered to inmates prompted Colorado authorities to take away all 15,000 of its tablets from state prisoners. The confiscation comes a week after Idaho officials said 364 inmates exposed a glitch in their tablets that they used to apply a total of $225,000 in credits to their accounts, which they spent to send emails, stream music, play games, read books or take classes. Officials in Colorado declined to discuss the security issue that led them to confiscate the tablets. Читать дальше...

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