“Yes, there will be a vote in Baltimore,” Selig said Wednesday, referring to the owners’ meeting next week. Selig said the seven-member panel appointed earlier this year, and headed by St. Louis Cardinals chairman Bill DeWitt Jr., worked independently to get to this point. “I told them at the time that the job was theirs because, after all, they have to live with the commissioner. I’m going to be gone,” said Selig, who is retiring in January....
But by last week George W. Bush had grown tired of being characterized in the media as “a go-it-alone cowboy” pursuing a personal agenda against Iraq, says an aide. Neither the world nor the American public seemed to be buying his administration’s efforts to demonize Saddam Hussein by hinting darkly at damning intelligence on his weapons programs. So at a meeting at his Crawford, Texas, ranch in mid-August with national-security adviser Condoleezza Rice, the president, aides say, had a eureka moment....
Senators Gary Peters, Tom Carper, Maggie Hassan, Kyrsten Sinema, Kamala Harris, and Jackie Rosen said in a letter to Office of Personnel Management Acting Director Michael Rigas that they “remain concerned that federal employees on the front lines, such as United States Department of Agriculture Agricultural Inspectors, do not have access to adequate Personal Protective Equipment (PPE) from the federal government,” despite Vice President Mike Pence’s April 15 guarantee that the Federal Emergency Management Agency would provide “priority infrastructure employees” such as first responders and food supply workers 20 million masks before April 20....
This bill—which should have been named the “Abortion On Demand Until Birth Act”—was pro-abortion elites’ latest attempt to trample the will of the American people. Far from protecting women’s health, it would have enshrined an unlimited “right” to abortion in national law, given special protections to the profit-driven abortion industry and silenced opposition. If pro-abortion Democrats led by Joe Biden, Nancy Pelosi and Chuck Schumer had gotten their way, virtually every state law ever passed that limits abortion would immediately be thrown out, and it would be impossible for states to implement new restrictions....
As part of their ban, Blatter and Platini cannot take part in any football-related activities, with immediate effect. The pair were already banned for 90 days in October, but have had their careers effectively ended with this verdict, given their ages. Blatter and Platini were charged with ‘conflicts of interest, false accounting and non co-operation’ by the ethics committee. The ‘guilty’ verdict revolves around the pair breaching FIFA’s code of ethics – specifically a $1....
RELATED: 5-Letter Words Ending With FTY However, being stuck on a difficult Wordle puzzle like today’s needn’t mean that players have to give up on finding the answer right away. Before throwing in the towel, they can look at the tips in the guide below for a few helpful insights that should end up leading them in the right direction. What It Means Knowing the definition of a Wordle solution can be a great first step when it comes to solving it....
They used to come in hope. Nestled in the basement of Belgrade University’s Faculty of Philosophy, Industria is at the center of the city’s student life. Just more than two years ago, those students led massive demonstrations against the regime of Slobodan Milosevic. They thought of themselves as the class of ‘96, poised to bring democracy to Yugoslavia. Now they look more like a lost generation. “They’ve gone underground. But most importantly, they’ve stopped caring,” says Veran Matic, whose opposition radio station, B-92, was closed down by the government and then reopened last week with a Milosevic stooge in charge....
The tennis star revealed in a Vogue essay published Tuesday that she is planning to retire from the sport after this year’s U.S. Open, the final Grand Slam tournament of the year, which begins on August 29. In the lengthy essay, Williams said she wants to turn her focus to having a second child and her business interests. She does not like the word “retirement,” as she said in the essay, preferring to describing it as “evolving away from tennis, toward other things that are important to me....
Injuries have already hit the reigning WNBA champions before the team’s season opener Saturday against the Phoenix Mercury. Breanna Stewart tore her Achilles during the “offseason” when she was playing overseas for Russia-based Dynamo Kursk in the EuroLeague Final Four championship. The 2018 MVP will miss the entire 2019 season. A little more than a month after the Stewart news broke, Bird — the longest tenured player in the league — revealed she would miss much of, if not all of, the year after undergoing knee surgery....
So why not take a big swing at what comes next? MORE: Is SEC loading up on non-con cupcakes? | HAYES: McElwain’s renovation project New SEC commissioner Greg Sankey said Monday at SEC Media Days what no one in his position in college sports has: coaches are responsible for their players. “I’ve not evaluated levels of responsibility,” Sankey said. “But clearly coaches have responsibility for the young people on their roster....
The Westgate Las Vegas SuperBook lists 10 teams on its SEC Tournament odds, more than any other major conference. Kentucky is the odds-on favorite at -110, but has a much easier draw than the other top betting choices. MORE: Full SEC Tournament bracket, schedule TeamRankings.com gives Kentucky a 41 percent chance to win it all, with Vanderbilt and Texas A&M behind at 19 percent. That falls right in line with most books....
Considering its features, the Nexus 7 2 is expected to feature a 7-inch low-temperature poly-silicon (LTPS) panel, which is produced mainly by AU Optronics (AUO). AUO is the same firm that has the order for Apple’s iPad Mini 2. Two days ago, yet another report in DigiTimes claimed that Elan Microelectronics is on track to ship touchscreen controller ICs for the next Nexus 7 iteration. Apparently, it is believed that Google will roll out around 1 million Nexus 7 2 tablets before the end May....
See also: Tintag review We first heard about Tile way back in June 2013. It turned out to be a very successful crowdfunded project, raking in $2.5m from thousands of people wanting a way to keep track of their precious items. Apparently in a life time the average person spends about 153 days looking for misplaced possessions and valuables, and we all know that you tend to relaise you’ve lost something when you have the least amount of time to find it!...
the average price on the secondary to see Mayweather vs. Pacquiao is a staggering $10,859.55, According to Chris Matcovich, who is the Vice President of Data & Communications at TiqIQ, the top resale ticket market aggregator. MORE: Mayweather could hit $1 billion career earnings | Celebs weigh in on Mayweather-Pacquiao That price for one ticket is higher than the average ticket price to see Super Bowl 49 ($10,466.11) between the New England Patriots and the Seattle Seahawks....
The Secret Service told a government watchdog it was unable to hand over potentially revealing records for technical reasons, according to a report first published Thursday by The Intercept. Criticism of the agency, which rejected claims it’s been underhanded, comes as recent hearings by the House January 6 committee have suggested it may have played a role in former President Donald Trump’s alleged attempt to overturn the 2020 presidential election....
Axios speculated that Pete Buttigieg, Mayor of South Bend, Indiana would be part of the president’s cabinet. The New York Times suggested that Michèle Flournoy, former Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense for Strategy from Bill Clinton’s administration, could lead the Defense Department, and Susan Rice, former national security adviser under Barack Obama, could be Secretary of State. While USA Today speculated Massachusetts Senator Elizabeth Warren and Minnesota Senator Amy Klobuchar could serve under Biden....
The MAGNUS Metal Desk uses a magnetic ecosystem to help organize the desk, keeping it free of clutter. Secretlab’s MAGNUS desk has an included cable management tray and cover on the back underside of the desk. This cable management tray also has a hinged cover on the top side of the desk for easy access to cables. RELATED: New Acer Monitor Can Hit Insane 390Hz Refresh Rate Secretlab’s MAGNUS desk has a series of channels built into the desk that allow users to route cables where they need to while reducing clutter on the top side of the desk....
Sao Paulo, June 9 (IANS): A stunning Clarence Seedorf strike helped Botafogo defeat Ponte Preta 2-0 and lifted the Rio de Janeiro club to the top of Brazil’s Serie A standings. The former Netherlands international midfielder gave goalkeeper Roberto no chance Saturday when he turned and volleyed into the bottom corner after Felipe Gabriel’s acrobatic backheel was headed goalward by Rafael Marques, reports Xinhua. Moments later, Seedorf was involved in the second goal when his 36th-minute corner kick was headed in by Antonio Carlos....
A pitcher with no wins in the regular season. A pitcher cut from the 40-man roster in June who spent two months toiling in the minor leagues. A pitcher from Down Under who was happy to get medieval in New York. “Instead of the starter going six and handing it over to the bullpen or going five and handing it over to the bullpen, now we’re just reversing it,” Oakland’s Australian right-hander said Tuesday, a day ahead of the Athletics’ AL wild card game against the New York Yankees....
