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Canberra mother "disgusted" after finding syringe wedged among nappies at Charnwood supermarket.
MILWAUKEE - Veteran Matt Garza had a rough first half of the season but had made five solid starts since the All-Star break.
The selection committee on Monday recommended former India volleyball captain TPP Nair, Davis Cup captain SP Misra and hockey goalkeeper Romeo James for this year's Dhyan Chand award.
US authorities on Monday dismissed a bid by American football players at Northwestern University who had been seeking to form a union, overturning an earlier ruling which could have revolutionized college sports.
Popular opinion suggests any slowdown in resource demand from China, which is becoming more desperate in its attempts to revive its flagging economy, will be especially bad for a commodity-dependent economy such as Canada's. That may well be the case, but it does overlook at least one key silver lining. Sharply lower commodity prices are now offering Canada an opportunity to push the reset button on an economy that's become distorted by an overdependence on resource markets.
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An Indonesian passenger plane that went missing two days ago was destroyed when it slammed into a mountain, killing all 54 people on board, the country's top rescue official said.
The Cardinals placed rookie outfielder Randal Grichuk on the 15-day disabled list with a right elbow strain Monday. Outfielder Tommy Pham was recalled from Triple-A Memphis to make his second stint with the National League Central leaders. The Blue Jays have sent right-hander Drew Hutchison to Triple-A Buffalo a day after he moved to 12-2 by pitching Toronto to a win over the Yankees. Hutchison is tied for sixth in the American League in wins but has been inconsistent, especially on the road... Читать дальше...
Sprint is doing away with two-year contracts and will shift entirely to a model where customers lease their smartphones.
When Queensland MP Robbie Katter highlighted the challenges covering his vast electorate, social media rallied to try to help him out on one front.
PITTSBURGH - By the time Gerrit Cole settled into the game, it was too late for the Pittsburgh Pirates.
Cardinals take advantage of misplay to top Giants The Cardinals came in with 75 wins, but the Giants were riding the crest of a sweet tsunami of confidence, coming off a 5-1 home stand, laughing in the face of a brutal stretch of games against top clubs. The difference in the game was one quirky play in the bottom of the eighth, the winning run scoring on a wild relay throw to first by shortstop Brandon Crawford. [...] with one out and runners on first and third, Crawford faced one of those plays you just don’t practice. Читать дальше...
In a horrific instance, a lady has claimed that a man masturbated while looking at her in South Mumbai on Monday morning. The man fled as soon as he was confronted.
Shock waves rippled through Bangkok as the Thai city surveyed the aftermath of a deadly pipe-bomb explosion at a well-known shrine.
Fremantle's finals campaign will benefit in the early rounds with Peel Thunder set to continue in action in the WAFL for at least two weeks after their own home-and-away season.
The high number of violent deaths in the United States every year requires action to reduce them, Baltimore City Councilman and 300 Man March co-founder Brandon Scott told Sputnik.
Hollywood costume designer Orry-Kelly must be the most famous person to hail from the seaside town of Kiama in NSW but you've probably never heard of him.
Congress has called for a statewide strike in West Bengal on Tuesday in protest against the alleged lynching of a student in Sabang College in West Midnapore district.
BALTIMORE — With Sonny Gray back on the mound, the A’s hoped their garbage dump of a road trip might end on an up note. [...] bad defense — Oakland’s first in six games — led to three unearned runs, all of them coming on Steve Clevenger’s homer off Cy Young candidate Gray in the fourth inning of a 4-2 loss to Baltimore. If there was any consolation for the A’s, it’s that the unearned runs meant Gray remained the league ERA leader. Working for the first time in 10 days after getting scratched with back spasms... Читать дальше...
ANALYSIS: WHEN James Hird walked back into Windy Hill in 2011 he returned as the prodigal son, ready to take the Bombers back to the promised land.
Former Philadelphia Flyers star Danny Briere brought the curtain down on his 17-year professional hockey career on Monday, confirming his retirement from the sport after nearly 1,000 NHL games.
China is removing the hand of government from the country`s soccer body and will end its state funding, an official newspaper reported on Tuesday, a major step in a plan to overhaul the corruption-tainted sport and raise the level of play.
Miguel Sano was one of a handful of Twins playing in Yankee Stadium for the first time.
NASA’s Cassini spacecraft zipped past Saturn’s moon Dione for its last time on Monday, August 17, in search of direct evidence that the moon is geologically alive and active.
