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The season-opening kickoff to USAC's 2019 National calendar has expanded with the addition of USAC Midget National Championship racing to the February festivities at Bubba Raceway Park along with the annual appearance by the USAC AMSOIL Sprint Car National Championship. [...]

2nd October. Out on my ebike this afternoon - along the banks of the Adour until we hit the coast - then a left turn on to the Boulevard des Plages to parallel the coast all the way down to Biarritz where I stopped off at Kostaldea (below) to take in the uninterrupted sea view with a cappuccino. I've been driving past this place for several years now but this was the first time I had occasion to stop. It won't be the last.

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Five Indian men were arrested for allegedly trying to smuggle in gold worth Rs 57.5 lakh at Delhi airport, according to an official statement issued Tuesday.

This is an article I never imagined myself writing, that I never wanted to write, that I wish I could not write.

It was a night all about "CBS Sunday Morning." The number one Sunday morning news broadcast, which has begun its 40th season on air, held a live event at New York's historic Town Hall Monday evening. Hosted by Jane Pauley, guests included Hugh Jackman, the cast of "Murphy Brown," "Late Show" bandleader Jon Batiste, and a pair of very special friends first profiled on the show by Steve Hartman. Produced by CBS Experiences, it was the first event to take a CBS TV show to the stage. Meg Oliver reports.

- To flog oneself as a form of religious discipline. Info: Shia Muslims begin mourning from the first night of Muharram and continue this for ten nights. The tenth day of Muharram is the Day of Ashura. There is lamenting and grieving to the tune of beating drums and chants of "Ya Hussain". To express their grief on the death of Hazrat Imam Husain, they beat their chests. Others flagellate their bodies with chains or whips, consisting of small knives and sharp objects, drawing blood.

Tencent Music Entertainment Group filed to go public in the U.S., kicking off what could be one of the biggest initial public offerings ever for a technology company.

BitTorrent usage has bounced back because there's too many streaming services, and too much exclusive content.

Lime, the scooter sharing startup, is gearing up to expand into Canada, planning to release a small fleet of e-scooters in Waterloo, Ontario. According to news reports citing Lime, the startup is teaming up with the University of Waterloo to enable the launch in Canada. “Over the past several months, we have spent time in Waterloo […]

By Allan Fox: One year after losing to Floyd Mayweather Jr. by a 10th round knockout in what turned out to be the second biggest fight in boxing history, Conor McGregor says he wants a rematch with the 41-year-old ‘Money’ man either inside the ring or the octagon.

An appeals court in Poland ruled Tuesday that a Catholic religious order should pay damages to a woman who was abducted and sexually abused by one of its priests when she was 13.

Last week marked the fifth anniversary of Oculus Connect, a virtual reality developer conference held by the Facebook-owned headset maker. In 2016 and 2017, Oculus used Connect to tease a self-contained, high-end VR headset that it called Santa Cruz. And in 2018, it finally put a lot of questions around Santa Cruz to rest. We know the headset’s final name (the “Oculus Quest”), its price (a surprisingly cheap $399), and its approximate shipping date (spring of next year).

Scientists Arthur Ashkin, Gerard Mourou and Donna Strickland won the 2018 Nobel Prize for Physics for breakthroughs in the field of lasers used for surgery as well as scientific study, the award-giving body said on Tuesday. American Ashkin of Bell Laboratories in the United States won half of the prize, while Frenchman Mourou, who also […]

Although the 17-page decision reads like a suspense thriller for anyone who has ever planned their own wedding, the adjudicator says that "at its core" it's a contract case.

Winners of the Mixed Roping at the ID-NV ACTRA Finals were Abby Curry and Matt Hussman.

Chad Masters and Tyler Worley claimed the Pendleton Round-Up team roping title with their time of 18.1 seconds on three head, which earned them the victory lap around the track. – Kirt Steinke/Western Rodeo Images

Istanbul (dpa) - The lawyer for a US pastor at the centre of a diplomatic row between Washington and Ankara will take his client‘s freedom plea to Turkey‘s highest court on Wednesday.Lawyer Ismail Cem Halavurt told dpa on Tuesday that he will file the appeal for pastor Andrew Brunson‘s release from house arrest in Turkey‘s Constitutional Court.Halavurt told pro-government daily Yeni Safak that a decision on the appeal could take one to two months. Brunson‘s next court hearing is set for October 12.The... Читать дальше...

"We have a dream One World, One Sun One Grid."

COLLEGE PARK, Md. (AP) - Following a victory over Minnesota and a refreshing week off, Maryland is poised to take its initial plunge into the Big Ten East.

Following victory over Minnesota and week off, Maryland poised to take its initial plunge into Big Ten East with matchup against No. 15 Michigan

Rating agency move comes after company axed its CEO and warned of power unit weakness

You wait literally decades for a decent Mega Man PC port, and would you believe it – nineteen of them turn up at once, one of them brand new! Mega Man 11, released today, caps off Capcom’s deluge of old-school platform shooters featuring their iconic Blue Bomber. The first since 2010, this one offers familiar […]