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Believe it or not, someone other than José Mourinho feels hurt following Manchester United’s decision to sack the Portuguese tactician. Everyone else at Old Trafford [...]

Arsenal manager Unai Emery plays down the significance of Mesut Ozil's absence from the matchday squad for his side's 1-0 defeat to West Ham United.

FULHAM travel to Turf Moor on Saturday for their Premier League clash. The visitors were knocked out of the FA Cup by League One side Oldham last weekend and are struggling in the relegation zone.

Only one person has been punished for burning domestic fuel despite 25 years of the Clean Air Act.

MADISON, Wis. (AP) — Madison's mayor is proposing to provide $165,000 for extra security at an apartment complex for homeless families. The State Journal reports that the Tree Lane apartments have provided permanent housing for 45 of the city's neediest homeless families, but police have responded to numerous incidents including gunfire, the arrest of a person for an attempted homicide at another location, fights and more. Mayor Paul Soglin says "a combination of factors" call for additional security for residents and the neighborhood. Читать дальше...

Burnley goalkeeper Tom Heaton, like Ron Burgundy when Baxter ate the wheel of cheese, couldn't even be mad.

TEHRAN (FNA)- Commander of the Iranian Navy Rear Admiral Hossein Khanzadi announced the country's plans to dispatch a flotilla of warships to the Atlantic Ocean and launch a new home-made submarine in the near future.

Anna Veith bleibt das Verletzungspech treu. Die Salzburgerin muss die WM-Saison im alpinen Ski-Weltcup vorzeitig beenden. Veith, die bereits zwei Knie-OPs hinter sich hat, zog sich am Samstag beim Riesentorlauf-Training in Südtirol erneut einen Kreuzbandriss zu. Das wurde nach Untersuchungen in Hochrum bekannt.

DANIEL LEVY will not let Mauricio Pochettino move to Manchester United — even for £50million. The Tottenham chairman has made it clear to his board he plans to reject any Old Trafford approach at the end of the season. And that is even if they offer more than the value of Poch’s contract. Levy has told […]

Britain does produce an annual state of the nation report other than one referring to social mobility. The Social Mobility Commission’s 2017 report (see link below) starts with the words: “Britain is a deeply divided nation.” Their report is interesting …

TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) — Outgoing Kansas Gov. Jeff Colyer has granted two pardons and commuted the sentence of an Emporia war veteran. WIBW reports Colyer on Friday reduced the sentence of Regina Carter to about 3½ years. She was sentenced in 2016 to eight years in prison for drug possession with intent to deliver. Colyer noted Carter's original sentence was longer than many others given to first-time offenders. He also noted Carter suffered PTSD after serving in Iraq and received an honorable discharge from the Army. Читать дальше...

In the Sabarimala agitations, the state is acting as an agent of Enlightenment and the protesters are enacting the Counter-Enlightment critique

LAURENT KOSCIELNY reckons Arsenal lost to West Ham because they lacked composure in front of goal. ...

So much snow...

Hundreds of demonstrators, many wearing yellow vests, marched through central London on Saturday to call for a general election. Crowds were seen wearing the vests bearing slogans such as "Britain is Broken." Some also voiced their support for migrants and refugees. The event, which was organised by The People's Assembly Against Austerity, comes ahead of a crucial parliament vote on Tuesday on Theresa May's Brexit deal.

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just like anywhere else, AI 人工智能 means everything & nothing in China, spanning core computational technologies and theoretical research as well as mundane applications of algorithms and interface gimmicks - but at least the Chinese term for it includes 人 (man) and 工 (labor) — 胡子哥 (@SanNuvola) January 12, 2019

TEHRAN (FNA)- Iranian Defense Minister Brigadier General Amir Hatami, in a meeting with his Venezuelan counterpart Vladimir Padrino López in the capital city of Caracas, exchanged views on ways to expand bilateral relations.

Legally, one might concede that players Hardik Pandya and CL Rahul cannot pass the buck.

England Lions will face India A at the Wayanad Cricket stadium in Thiruvananthapuram with the tour starting from January 23.

Britain's Elise Christie wins 1500m European silver on her solo racing comeback.

Britain's Elise Christie wins 1500m European silver on her solo racing comeback.

Conor McGregor took shots at adversary Khabib Nurmagomedov and former sparring partner Paulie Malignaggi, urging both to stop “bitching” in a social media in the early hours of Saturday morning.

The first woman to be elected Williamsburg County Supervisor has taken the oath of office. Tiffany Wright defeated the former supervisor in the Democratic primary in June and faced no … Click to Continue »

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• Joe Gibbs Racing says co-founder J.D. Gibbs has died at the age of 49. 
• The team said Gibbs passed from complications following a long battle with a degenerative neurological disease, which was first revealed in 2015. 
• Gibbs was the eldest son of team owner and Pro Football Hall of Fame coach Joe Gibbs. 

HUNTERSVILLE, N.C. (AP) — Joe Gibbs Racing says co-founder J.D. Gibbs, the eldest son of team owner and Pro Football Hall of Fame coach Joe Gibbs, has died. Читать дальше...

A 52-year-old man committed suicide by jumping from the third floor of a hospital here Saturday as he was fed up with his illness, police said. Rahimkhan Pathan, the deceased, was undergoing treatment for a kidney ailment at the government-run Divisional Super-speciality Hospital here. He broke the glass of a window on the third floor by banging his head on it and then jumped out, said an official from Bhadrakali police station. He was severely injured and died in the ICU. Pathan, resident of Malegaon... Читать дальше...