Other names of interest include shortstop Chad Pinder, who was the Texas League Player of the Year and who could be a September call-up if he puts together a strong season at Triple-A Nashville, and Sean Doolittle’s right-handed brother, Ryan Doolittle. The rest of the 20 players invited to camp: right-handers Ryan Brasier, Angel Castro, Eduard Santos, Chris Smith and Taylor Thompson; left-handers Daniel Coulombe, Dillon Overton, Patrick Schuster and Eric Surkamp; catcher Carson Blair and Bruce Maxwell; first baseman Matt Olson... Читать дальше...
An inmate at a Victorian prison was sprung keeping a highly venomous brown snake as a pet in his cottage quarters.
(AP) — The Mississippi House voted 67-49 Wednesday to seat Republican Mark Tullos of Raleigh in an election dispute, denying the seat to Democrat Bo Eaton of Taylorsville. Eaton had won a drawing of straws after election officials counted a tie in the House seat, covering Jasper and Smith counties, but a House committee concluded five affidavit ballots were improperly counted, giving Tullos at least a one-vote margin of victory. Voting yes were 66 Republicans and one Democrat. Voting no were 49 Democrats and two Republicans. Читать дальше...
Not recognising overseas same-sex marriages is anachronistic and offensive, government frontbencher Christopher Pyne has said, as he denounced the recent case where a British man's marriage wasn't acknowledged when he died on his honeymoon in Adelaide.
The Republican presidential candidate weighs in on celebrity calls for a boycott of the Oscars
Patriots’ Darius Fleming rescues woman, hurts leg, after car accident New England Patriots linebacker Darius Fleming didn’t hesitate when he saw a woman trapped in a smoking car: [...] Fleming cut his right leg in the process, and he soon began to worry about how coach Bill Belichick would react. “The first concern was, like, ‘Man, Bill’s going to be pissed about my leg,’” Fleming said in the Patriots’ locker room Wednesday after word of his rescue became known. Fleming, 26, said he was on his... Читать дальше...
(AP) — Another California bill seeks to close a legal loophole that allows firearms to include "bullet buttons" to rapidly exchange empty ammunition magazines for full ones. Hall also proposed a separate bill allowing sheriff's offices and police forces to provide security at private schools, colleges and universities.
Financial markets are in a panic over a sharp economic downturn that has yet to make an appearance—and may never, writes Greg Ip.
For all its gross-out slapstick, Noodlenut is a very well thought out children's comedy, with a clever concept behind it.
Haute couture shows will start in Paris next week. But even regular customers can find it challenging to navigate this mysterious, tradition-bound world.
[...] from the perspective of a mother of teenagers in public school and a small business owner in a former textile community, I see hard working people struggling to make ends meet, Senior Citizens having to choose between paying their mortgage and buying their medicine, teachers trying to make do with less than minimally adequate funding, and families grieving after collisions on dangerous roads and bridges. Are you proud of our public education system? If you find that hard to believe, ask yourself... Читать дальше...
Robert Lewandowski is catching the attention of clubs all over Europe, and Franz Beckenbauer has revealed interest from Real Madrid.
Militants are hiding high-value prisoners and sheltering senior officials at Taqba Dam in the conviction the U.S. won’t bomb it for fear of unleashing a giant flood.
Shuler, part of a celebrated group of offensive linemen who arrived on the Farm in 2012, was a two-year starter who made honorable mention All-Pac-12 last season. The Cardinal offensive line is already losing left guard Josh Garnett, the Outland Trophy winner, and left tackle Kyle Murphy, a first-team all-conference selection, to graduation. Additionally, tight end Austin Hooper, a redshirt sophomore, has announced he’ll enter the NFL draft. Shuler, Garnett, Murphy, guard Johnny Caspers, tackle Nick Davidson and tackle Andrus Peat... Читать дальше...
NEW YORK - New York Jets running back Chris Ivory has been added to the Pro Bowl roster, replacing injured Buffalo Bills running back LeSean McCoy.
MILWAUKEE (AP) — A state lawmaker wants to make the Wisconsin high school athletics association subject to open records and meetings laws after the group drew ridicule for instructing administ…
