Sept 17 (Infostrada Sports) - Latest leaderboard in the first round from the U.S. PGA Tour BMW Championship at the par-71 course on Thursday in Lake Forest, Illinois holes played rounds -10 Jason Day (Australia) 17 -6 Daniel Berger (U.S.) 18 65 -5 Brendon Todd (U.S.) 18 66 Jordan Spieth (U.S.) 17 Kevin Chappell (U.S.)
BAGHDAD (Reuters) - The head of Asaib Ahl al-Haq, one of Iraq's fiercest Shi'ite militias, on Thursday denounced the abduction of 18 Turkish workers in Baghdad earlier this month but condemned Turkey as Iraq's biggest enemy.
A long time ago in a paint hangar far, far away ... well, OK, it was really just a few days ago and the paint hangar was only on the left coast of the United States.
A long time ago in a paint hangar far, far away ... well, OK, it was really just a few days ago and the paint hangar was only on the left coast of the United States.
LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Restaurant chain Buffalo Wild Wings Inc said on Thursday it would stop airing commercials featuring comedian and actor Steve Rannazzisi after he admitted that he lied about his personal experience of the Sept. 11, 2001, attacks on the World Trade Center in New York.
LONDON (Reuters) - Scotland must move on from its failed bid for independence, Prime Minister David Cameron said on Friday, using the first anniversary of an historic referendum to rule out holding another vote on the issue.
LONDON (Reuters) - Scotland must move on from its failed bid for independence, Prime Minister David Cameron said on Friday, using the first anniversary of an historic referendum to rule out holding another vote on the issue.
Thomas Ravenel, star of Bravo’s "Southern Charm" reality show, said he regrets threatening to sue the city of Charleston after police wouldn’t re-arrest a man accused of head-butting him in a bar last week but said he wished they would have done more.
BRUSSELS (Reuters) - The world footballers' union FIFPro will lodge a legal complaint at the European Commission (EC) on Friday, arguing that the transfer system is fundamentally flawed and has failed to meet its original targets.
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. Federal Reserve kept interest rates unchanged on Thursday in a bow to worries about the global economy, financial market volatility and sluggish inflation at home, but left open the possibility of a modest policy tightening later this year.
PRAGUE (Reuters) - The Czech Republic could accept thousands of refugees, but it maintains its negative stance towards mandatory quotas proposed by the European Commission for distribution of the migrants, Prime Minister Bohuslav Sobotka was quoted as saying.
Biased reporting by the BBC in the lead up to Scotland’s independence referendum last year was a “significant factor” in the country deciding to remain part of the Union, Alex Salmond has claimed.
More than 9,000 staff at supermarket chain Lidl are being given a pay rise worth £1,200 a year after the discounter said it was hiking its minimum wages.
NEW YORK (Reuters) - The daily fare of a big city tabloid such as the New York Daily News includes provocative gossip, arresting headlines, snappy features and at its heart and soul, sports.
BAMAKO (Reuters) - Fighting erupted between rival armed groups near Mali's desert border with Algeria on Thursday, reportedly taking at least 15 lives in a fresh violation of a U.N.-backed peace deal.
BAMAKO (Reuters) - Fighting erupted between rival armed groups near Mali's desert border with Algeria on Thursday, reportedly taking at least 15 lives in a fresh violation of a U.N.-backed peace deal.
LONDON (Reuters) - The opposition finance spokesman, John McDonnell, said on Thursday the newly elected leader of the Labour party was not advocating leaving the NATO military alliance.
LONDON (Reuters) - The opposition finance spokesman, John McDonnell, said on Thursday the newly elected leader of the Labour party was not advocating leaving the NATO military alliance.
WASHINGTON — The Federal Reserve ended weeks of speculation Thursday by keeping U.S. interest rates at record lows in the face of threats from a weak global economy, persistently low inflation and unstable financial markets.
Nadolo versus Nando’s? Only one winner there. “I probably ate two whole chickens,” said Nemani Nadolo, the 20st Fijian wing, recalling a recent extra-curricular trip to fast-food land, prompted by a sudden falling out of love with hotel cuisine. You can see his point. A chap needs proper sustenance if he’s to punch his weight in the World Cup arena. Fricassée of courgette with a baton of braised celery is no use to man nor beast, still less to a man who plays like a beast.
(Reuters) - Adobe Systems Inc's lower-than-expected revenue and profit forecast for the current quarter overshadowed a strong rise in net subscriptions for its Creative Cloud software suite, sending its shares down 3.5 percent in extended trading.
The English nation needed a blunt, unadorned assertion that everything would be all right and those cauliflower ears – the product of 10 years in the Leicester front row – were not the only reason why Graham Rowntree was the man for the occasion.
CHICAGO (Reuters) - The National Institutes of Health on Thursday approved a blueprint for U.S. President Barack Obama's Precision Medicine Initiative and named an NIH insider as interim director of the project, which aims to enroll 1 million volunteers in the next three to four years.
CHICAGO (Reuters) - The National Institutes of Health on Thursday approved a blueprint for U.S. President Barack Obama's Precision Medicine Initiative and named an NIH insider as interim director of the project, which aims to enroll 1 million volunteers in the next three to four years.
There was a long spell in the first half when Tottenham players and fans could have been forgiven if this was really the best way of spending their Thursday evening. Spurs were 1-0 down to Qarabag – the champions of Azerbaijan, it must be said – and facing the prospect of another five group games in the competition that has spoiled their last few seasons. Crystal Palace come here on Sunday lunchtime and Spurs will have to be at their physical peak to live with them.