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It wasn't the way he would've wanted to end his career at Newlands, but Schalk Burger still has hope for the future of the Stormers.

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Soylent CEO Robert Rhinehart's "experiment in sustainable living" may be in trouble.

Rhinehart, who founded the futuristic meal-replacement company, owns a shipping container (which Rhinehart calls an "eco home") that sits on a hill called the Flat Top in Los Angeles.

Not only are local residents unhappy with the state of the shipping container, but Rhinehart might now be facing criminal charges from the city.

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LAUSANNE, Switzerland (AP) — The IOC rejects bid by Russian whistleblower Yulia Stepanova to compete as neutral athlete in Olympics.

LAUSANNE, Switzerland (AP) — The IOC rejects bid by Russian whistleblower Yulia Stepanova to compete as neutral athlete in Olympics.

Taylor Terrell of Macon, Georgia, station WMGT died Thursday in a remote North Carolina national forest just one day before her 25th birthday.

The flood fury in Assam claimed yet another life and left over 6 lakh people affected as the monsoon deluge showed no sign of relenting on Sunday.

De Spaanse politie heeft een Duitser bevrijd die twee weken lang in zijn woning in Torrevieja is vastgehouden en zwaar werd mishandeld. De man toonde behalve tekens van foltering ook symptomen van ondervoeding, meldde het Spaanse persbureau Europa Press zondag.

A man believed to be 31 years of age narrowly escaped death after being struck by a train in the Pietermaritzburg area in Kwazulu-Natal on Sunday morning.

(AP) — Two decades after it hosted the canoe and kayak events of the 1996 Olympic Games, Lake Lanier Olympic Park in Gainesville just completed a $1.1 million renovation. Mimi Collins, chair of the nonprofit group Gainesville/Hall '96, said the work included renovation of the judges' tower built for the '96 games and improving accessibility for disabled people.

(AP) — A western Michigan sheriff's department says a 26-year-old man died while tubing on the Muskegon River. The Grand Rapids Press reports (http://bit.ly/2a69Rkj ) the Newaygo County Sheriff's Office says Kevin Tejchma 26 of Fruitport was pronounced dead at the scene about 3:10 p.m. Saturday at a portion of the river in Bridgeton Township, 30 miles north of Grand Rapids.

The International Olympic Committee (IOC) will not ban Russia from participating in the Rio Games and has not suspended the Russian Olympic Committee, the Russian state news agency TASS quoted an IOC source as saying on Sunday.

Sarra Gilbert, the murder victim's younger daughter, was charged in her murder and for criminal possession of a weapon.

Australian Chloe Hosking holds off Olympic champion Marianne Vos to win the one-day La Course race in Paris.

LONDEN (ANP) - De Britse gokbedrijven Rank Group en 888 Holding overwegen samen een bod uit te brengen op branchegenoot William Hill. Dat maakten zij zondag bekend in een gezamenlijke verklaring.

(AP) — Southern Illinois residents continue to lack easy access to hospitals with trauma centers that offer specialized care for severe injuries. To be designated as a Level I or Level II trauma center, the department requires the hospital to have sophisticated equipment and qualified staff, such as subspecialty surgeons. Heartland Regional Medical Center's emergency room department manager, Amanda Throgmorton, said that both the hospital and Southern Illinois as a region are always looking for ways to give their patients the best care.

(AP) — Georgia wildlife officials say hunters are now able to apply for a limited number of permits for the state's upcoming gator hunt. The Telegraph reports (http://bit.ly/29Y4XWb) that legal methods for catching a gator are limited to hand-held ropes or snares, snatch hooks, harpoons, gigs or arrows with a restraining line attached.

Russian track and field athletes will not participate in the 2016 Rio Olympic Games in accordance with the previous decision made by IAAF, the International Olympic Committee (IOC) said Sunday in a statement.

RIO DE JANEIRO — Thousands of athletes arriving for the Rio de Janeiro Olympics could find major plumbing and electrical problems in their rooms at the Athletes Village with the games opening in just under two weeks. The International Olympic Committee and local organizers held emergency talks Sunday just hours before the sprawling Athletes Village

LEAD, S.D. (AP) — A church in Lead has installed a mailbox where people can drop in requests for prayers. Phillips says anyone dropping off a request should be sure to put the mailbox's flag up to alert the church to a prayer request deposit.