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Heitkamp leads Syracuse boys to JCC title

JournalStar.com 

TECUMSEH — Syracuse’s Jake Heitkamp and Wilber-Clatonia’s McKenna Rezny put in their final regular-season performances at the Johnson County Invitational track meet Friday before beginning their quest to defend their state titles.

Former Sen. Conrad Burns remembered as influential lawmaker

TheRepublic.com 

BILLINGS, Montana - Three-term Montana U.S. Sen. Conrad Burns was remembered Friday as an influential lawmaker skilled at connecting with people but unable to shake a penchant for stirring public controversy with politically incorrect comments.

Former Sen. Conrad Burns remembered as influential lawmaker

«SFGate» (sfgate.com) 

(AP) — Three-term Montana U.S. Sen. Conrad Burns was remembered Friday as an influential lawmaker skilled at connecting with people but unable to shake a penchant for stirring public controversy with politically incorrect comments. First and foremost, said daughter Keely Godwin, Burns was interested in people. In 1988, at the age of 53 and after serving just two years as a Yellowstone County commissioner, Burns turned his people skills to statewide politics, defeating two-term U.S. Sen. John Melcher in a close election. Читать дальше...

Letters: Can Luke Walton make a difference with Lakers?

Los Angeles Times (latimes.com) 

There are a few similarities between Byron Scott and Luke Walton. Both have won at least two NBA championships while playing for the Lakers, both wearing No. 4. They also both played their college ball in the state of Arizona. Let's hope Luke doesn't emulate Byron's recent failures and instead...

We did the math to see if it's worth it to buy a ticket for the $415 million Powerball jackpot

BusinessInsider.com 

Thomson Reuters

The Powerball lottery drawing for Saturday evening has an estimated jackpot prize of $415 million.

While that's a huge amount of money, buying a ticket is still probably a losing proposition.

Consider the expected value

When trying to evaluate the outcome of a risky, probabilistic event like the lottery, one of the first things to look at is "expected value."

The expected value of a randomly decided process is found by taking all of the possible outcomes of the process... Читать дальше...



Golden Boy back in his element

Los Angeles Times (latimes.com) 

Canelo Alvarez vs. Amir Khan: Follow all the action from Las Vegas May 6 2016, 4:04 PM Canelo Alvarez will defend his World Boxing Council middleweight boxing title Saturday against Amir Khan at the new T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas. Follow all the updates leading up to Saturday's round-by-round...

Woman stabbed to death on San Francisco’s Potrero Hill

«SFGate» (sfgate.com) 

San Francisco police officers were investigating a fatal stabbing of a woman Friday in San Francisco’s Potrero Hill neighborhood, officials said. Officers were called to the house at 10:54 a.m. and detained a man for questioning in the killing, said Officer Grace Gatpandan, a police spokeswoman. A motive for the slaying remained under investigation.

Tim Lincecum talks about his showcase (with video)

«SFGate» (sfgate.com) 

Tim Lincecum talks about his showcase (with video) Tim Lincecum finished his long-awaited showcase and said he felt good about his repertoire and command and now will wait for offers from major-league clubs. Lincecum threw 41 pitches at Scottsdale Stadium in front of 35 to 40 scouts and team officials, several from the Giants. The pitcher answered a few questions in front of a couple of cameras (and my phone, as you see in this accompanying video), and I spoke with him afterward about his thoughts of rejoining the Giants. Читать дальше...

The biggest question facing Hillary Clinton is whether she can expect Sanders' support

BusinessInsider.com 

Reuters/Marcus Constantino

The script should feel familiar to Hillary Clinton. In 2008, after all, she was Bernie Sanders, pushing the presumptive nominee, Barack Obama, well after the delegate chase seemed lost.

But as Mrs. Clinton moves inexorably toward the Democratic nomination this summer, there is some question about whether this election will continue to follow that 2008 script.

In 2008, Clinton threw her considerable clout behind Mr. Obama, unifying the party for the general election. Читать дальше...

‘Türkçeye âşığım’

Sabah 

Türk müziği ile büyüdüğünü belirten Kudüs doğumlu şarkıcı Yasmin Levy, İstanbul’daki konserinde Orhan Gencebay’ın “Dil Yarası”nı söylediDevamı için tıklayınız





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