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DeGale lost his title in a stunning loss to Caleb Truax.

James DeGale lost his IBF super middleweight this past weekend in what was a shocking loss to then-challenger Caleb Truax. Now Matchroom’s Eddie Hearn, who used to promote DeGale, used to the word “shambles” to describe his former fighter’s career since winning a world title, and isn’t sure DeGale’s heart is still in the fight game.

The promoter also believes DeGale is partly to blame for his current situation since he opted... Читать дальше...

Jones prosecuted two KKK members for the 1963 bombing of Birmingham's 16th Street Baptist Church, winning convictions in 2001 and 2002.

Carl Wieman and Elizabeth Hadly are two of this year’s HHMI Professors, each proposing new ways of improving undergraduate STEM education.

By Jim Bailey | Trail Times     The surging Merritt Centennials defeated the Trail Smoke Eaters on Tuesday in a 5-3 victory at the Cominco Arena.   Merritt has Trail’s number this year. Following a Trail OT win in their opening match of the season, Merritt has won three straight games from the Smoke Eaters in the past month including a 4-0 victory in their last visit on Dec. 2.   For the third straight game, Cents’ goalie Jacob Berger was the biggest roadblock holding the Smoke Eaters scoreless for 111 minutes... Читать дальше...

US ambassador to the UN Nikki Haley is now clarifying a previous controversial statement denying that Qatar gives financial support for Hamas. According to a December 7th letter to Nebraska Republican Congressman Don Bacon, which Tablet has obtained, Haley is now partially backing off of an October memo to Congress, in which she wrote that Doha “does not fund Hamas” and appeared to draw distinctions between Hamas’s political and military wings that run contrary to decades of US policy towards the group. Читать дальше...

Boot Camp is an excellent way for fans of Mac hardware to run Windows for work, games, or legacy software, but rebooting to switch operating systems is a hassle if you’re just looking to launch one or two apps. Fortunately, CrossOver 17 lets you install and run Windows software inside MacOS. Right now, this indispensable emulation layer can be had for $19 when you order it from the Boing Boing Store.

If you hear someone complaining about the scarcity of good Christmas music, you know they’re doing something wrong. As we pointed out a couple years back, you can keep a Christmas party going for hours upon hours with holiday classics and funky originals from James Brown, Johnny Cash, The Jackson 5, Dinah Washington, Willie Nelson, […]

What a splendid era this was going to be, with one remaining superpower spreading capitalism and liberal democracy around the world. Instead, democracy and capitalism seem increasingly incompatible. Global capitalism has escaped the bounds of the postwar mixed economy that had reconciled dynamism with security through the regulation of finance, the empowerment of labor, a welfare state, and elements of public ownership. Wealth has crowded out citizenship, producing greater concentration of both income and influence... Читать дальше...

Saudi Arabia has pledged $100 million towards a five-nation anti-terror force in the Sahel region of West Africa, while the United Arab Emirates has offered $30 million, French President Emmanuel Macron said Wednesday.

Kickboxing legend Gokhan Saki hopes to return to the Octagon in March or April following his recovery from a bucket handle meniscus tear.

Some good news, some strange news, some nerdy news

Hello, and a very happy Hump Day to you. It was a fairly wild Tuesday for a variety of reasons, so let’s recap the ones that the general rules of this website will allow me to recap. It was the second day of Winter Meetings last night, and not as much happened as we’d perhaps like. Still, there was enough to talk about.

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• Kyle Lewis is (supposedly) completely over his chronic knee issues. Sure hope that... Читать дальше...

Valentina Shevchenko will fight UFC newcomer Priscila Cachoeira on February 3 in Belem, Brazil.

Baseball is swimming in money.

Max Rieper: The Royals are likely headed towards a rebuild, and may very well be priced out of the running to re-sign free agent Eric Hosmer. These are defensible positions from a baseball standpoint - the Royals probably can’t add enough free agents to make them much of a contender with their existing roster, and a small-market club will have trouble locking up a player to a six- or seven-year deal that will take up one-seventh of their total payroll. The... Читать дальше...

There’s only mission this week: Bring. Him. Home.

With the Winter Meetings underway, there is plenty of Cleveland Indians rumors to talk about. Okay, not really. The Indians have been shockingly (or not shockingly) boring so far this winter, but boy do we really want Carlos Santana to come back.

Also, Bryan Shaw is gone forever. I have a sad.

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It was a turbulent but productive year for the diminutive Ecuadorian.

For a time it looked like Joao Plata would be one of the many MLS players to try his hand in Liga MX after his relationship with Mike Petke started on rocky ground. His form dipped and with it so did the rest of the teams performances. Thankfully, this is one story that had a happy ending and Plata managed to find his form once more and go on to do things like this:

Composure, Speed, Finishing, Elusiveness, Positioning. Читать дальше...

LifeStraw's Follow the Liters Program helps provide safe water to those who need it most. With every product sold, LifeStraw provides one child in a developing community access to safe water for an entire year. They have already reached 633,777 children and are striving to reach their 1 millionth ...

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Nextera Energy Inc (NYSE:NEE) is classified as a member of the 39 company Electric Utilities GICS industry group, which is a segment of the 113 company GICS Utilities sector. NEE has a market value of $74.8 billion which is in the top decile in its industry group. Portfolio Grader's current ranking for NEE puts it 9 among the 39 companies in this industry group, giving it a well above-average position; in the top quartile... Читать дальше...

Bay Area native Nathaniel Crosby, the 1981 U.S. Amateur champion and son of famed singer/entertainer Bing Crosby, has landed a prestigious position in amateur golf circles — captain of the U.S. Walker Cup team. The USGA officially will name Crosby as 2019 captain on Wednesday afternoon. The event will be held in September 2019 at Royal Liverpool in Hoylake, England. Crosby, 56, was born in Hillsborough and graduated from Burlingame High School. He earned a slice of golf lore in 1981... Читать дальше...

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GENEVA (Reuters) - An inmate at the US detention facility at Guantanamo Bay is still being tortured, UN special rapporteur on torture Nils Melzer said in a statement on Wednesday.

Former President Barack Obama ended the use of "enhanced interrogation techniques" via executive order in January 2009, but Melzer said the historic use of torture in CIA custody had not yet led to prosecutions or compensation for victims.

(Reporting by Tom Miles; editing by Matthew Mpoke Bigg)

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It’s one thing to remain the centrepiece of a supremely talented and ambitious club side for the best part of a decade. It’s another thing to do so when that club has a blank chequebook at its disposal, a tendency to stockpile players in your position and has gone through three managers during your time there –each with their own priorities and playing style.David Silva, though, endures as perhaps the only remaining constant from Manchester City’s imperial era. He joinedin the summer of 2010, earnedhis... Читать дальше...

It has been claimed that Liaquat used (TV shows) for a number of years to create social and religious divide in the country

He can put himself in her body and she won’t like it. For the girl, that’s the night’s bad-case scenario. For him, it’s this: that she won’t like it when he puts himself in her body. Which of these two people is the worse off? “Cat Person” wants to be clear. It’s the girl.

It’s about to be a “Fuller House” for John Stamos. The actor shared with People magazine that he is set to become a first-time father at the age of 54. John Stamos to Finally Be a Dad at 54: 'I've Been Practicing for a Long Time' https://t.co/DPIzgffdXb — People (@people) December 13, 2017 The actor, who became everyone’s favorite uncle with his role on the hit 1990s sitcom “Full House,” joins other celebs, including George Clooney, to welcome fatherhood in their 50s. […]

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• Democrat Doug Jones won Tuesday's special election in Alabama over Republican Roy Moore.
• Black voters, young people, and well-educated, affluent whites gave Jones the edge he needed.
• Jones is the first Democrat to hold a US Senate seat in Alabama since 1992.

Alabama voters came out in droves on Tuesday to elect Democrat Doug Jones as the state's next US senator, far exceeding turnout estimates. Unofficial results show a staggering 40% of registered voters participated. Читать дальше...