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CHICAGO --- Olivet Nazarene University's Nic Reed (SO/New Albany, Ind.) continued his hot tear for the third straight week as he was again named the Chicagoland Collegiate Athletic Conference Player of the Week, this time for the seven-day period ending Dec. 31.  The league office made the announcement on Tuesday.

JOHANNESBURG – Highveld Lions coach Geoffrey Toyana and his Titans counterpart Mark Boucher are both hoping to snap their players out of the holiday mode when they lock horns in the first Momentum One-Day Cup clash of the year in Johannesburg on Wednesday.

Anthony Napolitan, a professional 31-year-old BMX racer was nearly impaled by a metal fence while performing a trick. The video shows the death-defying moment, which he published on his Instagram.

A member of the US military was killed and four others wounded during a New Year's Day combat operation in Afghanistan, officials said Tuesday.

By Josh Smith and David Brunnstrom SEOUL/WASHINGTON (Reuters) - After a year of making threats and weapons advances, North Korea's leader appears to be using the upcoming Winter Olympic Games in South Korea as a tool to blunt growing international pressure on Pyongyang while leaving his nuclear arsenal untouched. Kim Jong Un, in his annual New Year's Day speech, called for reduced tensions on the Korean peninsula and flagged the North's possible participation in the Games next month, just across the border in Pyeongchang. Читать дальше...

Twitter is taking new German laws against hate speech seriously, suspending a far-right member of the Bundestag for an anti-Muslim tweet.

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• The Cincinnati Bengals helped the Buffalo Bills reach the playoffs with a last-minute touchdown.
• After the game, Bills fans flooded Andy Dalton's charitable foundation with donations as a way of saying thanks.
• Fans donated more than $57,000 in the first 24 hours.

The Buffalo Bills are going to the playoffs for the first time in 18 years, and they couldn't have done it without some help from Andy Dalton.

Entering Sunday... Читать дальше...

Dunfermline Athletic Falkirk 2 0 FT Game Details Live football odds with bet365. Bet Now » GameCast Lineups and Stats Goals in each half from Nicky Clark and Declan McManus eased Dunfermline to a 2-0 Ladbrokes Championship victory over Falkirk.Clark's 16th-minute strike was fumbled... Читать дальше...

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LG announced a new line of home audio products headlined by the ThinQ Speaker, a smart speaker powered by Google Assistant.

The new speaker is part of its newly rebranded ThinQ line of smart-home products.

While there are some devices on the market that also feature Google Assistant, this is... Читать дальше...

Sid Lowe explains how Eden Hazard could pave the way for a move from Chelsea to Real Madrid and what it would mean for certain Madrid stars. The ESPN FC panel engage in a heated debate about whether 2017 belonged to Cristiano Ronaldo, Mohamed Salah or Harry Kane. Following a dispiriting opening half of 2017-18, the New Year hands Zinedine Zidane the opportunity to reassess his priorities in the knowledge the winter of his Liga discontent can still be thawed by a glorious summer of cup conquests. Читать дальше...

AMD’s massive Radeon Software Adrenalin Edition update satisfies in many ways, but sadly, users discovered that the driver breaks some older DirectX 9-based games, including the original Witcher and Command & Conquer games. Bummer. But fear not: A fix is incoming, despite reports to the contrary.

DENVER (AP) — Colorado authorities were contacted with concerns about the mental health of Matthew Riehl more than a month before he shot and killed a deputy and wounded four others. But the 37-year-old man was never held for a mental health evaluation. Authorities have said Riehl fired more than 100 rounds in his suburban Denver apartment before he was killed by a SWAT team on Sunday. Wyoming College of Law students had been warned about Riehl, a former student, because of social media posts critical of professors at the school in Laramie... Читать дальше...

David Wagner rues Huddersfield's inability to grab the first goal at Leicester after an 'even' first half. Huddersfield have completed the signing of Netherlands international Terence Kongolo on loan from Ligue 1 side Monaco. Kongolo, 23, will join until July 2018, having joined Monaco in the summer for €15 million. He represented his country at the 2014 FIFA World Cup, while the defender won the Eredivisie with Feyenoord in 2017. DONE DEAL: #htafc has complete the signing of... Читать дальше...

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• Shares of Netflix spiked Tuesday morning after Macquarie gave the stock a $220 price target. 
• The bank says Netflix will continue to dominate any existing and future streaming service. 

Shares of Netflix spiked 4.42% Tuesday morning, crossing $200 mark for the first time since October, after Macquarie upgraded the streaming video giant from neutral to outperform.

The upgrade was "part of a broad realignment of views on media,"... Читать дальше...

The Bachelor’s Arie Luyendek Jr. was dubbed the “old” Bachelor after fans noticed his salt-and-pepper hair growing in after last appearing as a contestant on Emily Maynard’s season of The Bachelorette six years ago. But the 36-year-old former race-car driver doesn’t let a little gray bring him down, especially considering he noticed white strands growing in as early as his 20s.

A short story published in The Atlantic in 1878 may contain the first literary reference to a telephone—along with striking insights into modern dating.

Spurs got a rare week off during the busy holiday fixture period. Can they turn that into an emphatic win at the Liberty Stadium? 2017 was a pretty fantastic year for Tottenham Hotspur, and also for Harry Kane. But a new year provides new challenges, and the first of those involves a trip to Wales to face a struggling Swansea side under new management. Predicted Lineup: Match Date, Time and Location Tuesday, January 2, 2018, 2:45 p.m. (ET), 7:45 p.m. (BST)Liberty Stadium, Swansea... Читать дальше...

The Tennessee native's new album is called 'Man of the Woods.'

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• President Donald Trump again criticized Hillary Clinton and her top aide over their handling of classified information.
• The president also appeared to invoke a 2016 case of a US sailor jailed for photographing classified areas on a nuclear-powered attack submarine.
• Conservative commentators have held up the two situations as an example of selective treatment, but it's far from clear the two cases are comparable.

President... Читать дальше...

New Yorkers should not have to pony up pervy pols’ hush money, according to Gov. Cuomo, who announced Tuesday a bill to prevent public money from being used to settle sexual harassment claims. “2017 brought a long overdue reckoning where the secret and pervasive poison of workplace sexual harassment was exposed by brave women and...

Sofia (dpa) - Bulgarian President Rumen Radev on Tuesday vetoed an anti-corruption law passed by parliament, saying it was not an efficient tool to fight high-level graft.He warned that a planned new anti-corruption agency to be established under the law, passed by conservative Prime Minister Boyko Borisovlsquo;s coalition in December, was being set an "impossible task."The new regulation also does not offer adequate protection to whistleblowers, Radev said.Parliament can override the presidentlsquo;s veto. Читать дальше...

Ontario Hockey League

** Note: Boris Katchouk (Sault Ste. Marie) and Taylor Raddysh (Erie) are away from their respective OHL teams for the 2018 WJC tournament.

Kitchener Rangers 5 @ Peterborough Petes 4 (OT)

W/C Christopher Paquette, PBO: 0-0-0, E, 0 PIM, 2 SOG, 2/2 FO
Season Totals: 32 GP, 10-4-14, -18, 6 PIM
’16-‘17 Totals (NIA/PBO): 66 GP, 19-29-48, +1, 28 PIM

The Petes battled back from 2-1 and 3-2 deficits to take a 4-3 lead early in the 3rd period, but Adam Mascherin (FLA... Читать дальше...

Here at CollegeHumor, we make a lot of comics. Like, a whole bunch. Like, way more than we even realized we were making. And now that 2017 is over and done with, we decided to reflect on the past year and tally our most popular comics - so here they are!