Luke Ball to remain with umpires for the rest of 2016
Former St Kilda and Collingwood player Luke Ball will remain in his senior role with the Umpires Association until the end of the 2016 season.
Former St Kilda and Collingwood player Luke Ball will remain in his senior role with the Umpires Association until the end of the 2016 season.
Bernie Sanders took another state from Hillary Clinton in the Democratic presidential primaries with a win in Oregon on Tuesday night. Democratic voters also headed to the polls in Kentucky, but that race remains too close to call. This victory won’t dent Clinton’s lead, but an undaunted Sanders promised to remain a loud presence heading into the last weeks of the primary at an election night rally.
Born to a daily wager, Mohammed Naser, who is a pushcart vendor, M Junofiya Begum did not have the opportunity to join a coaching centre.
Pat Mooney was juggling pitchers and testing various scenarios when his Creighton Prep team took care of matters for him.
Peter DeBoer pumps up Sharks' depth.
3,692 of 3,696 precincts - 99 percent
Supermarket giant Aldi took another big step toward the launch of its first Perth stores with the opening of a massive $60 million distribution centre in Jandakot on Wednesday.
It is a scenario that even the creator's of US crime drama, Breaking Bad, could not have conceived of.
Colorado U.S. Senate candidate Jon Keyser said Tuesday he won't quit his campaign if it's found his primary bid was marred by fraudulent petitions to get him onto the ballot, and he blamed the news media for focusing on his ballot troubles instead of Democratic Sen. Michael Bennet's record.
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The Supreme Court of Brazil will consider a request on impeachment of acting President Michel Temer, local media reported.
The loss could take some wind out of his supporters' sails as they face increasing pressure to unify the Democratic Party behind Clinton.
MOTORISTS would be paying higher tolls during peak times, householders would drink recycled water, and small rural schools shut in a 30-year plan to address Victoria’s pressing infrastructure needs.
Donald Trump and his Fox News nemesis Megyn Kelly made peace Tuesday in a prime-time interview that strengthened his ties with the conservative television network whose star anchor has drawn attention to his derogatory remarks about women.
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Scientists studying the earthquake that struck southern Japan in April have identified a number of seismological factors that made the tremor so destructive – and warn that should the same factors combine beneath a major city it could bring down a skyscraper.
The 7.3 magnitude quake that struck beneath the city of Kumamoto on the evening of April 14 caused extensive damage, with hundreds of homes, buildings and other infrastructure collapsing from the violence of the shaking. Читать дальше...
Chinese court officials have sought to silence news coverage of an Australian man facing life in jail who says he was duped into becoming an unwitting drug mule, barring journalists from observing his high court appeal hearing on Tuesday.
Two people escaped major injury when a truck and a car collided in Fyshwick on Wednesday afternoon.
WASHINGTON (AP) — More than 4 million U.S. workers will become newly eligible for overtime pay under rules to be issued Wednesday by the Obama administration. The policy changes are intended to counter erosion in overtime protections, which date from the 1930s and require employers to pay 1 ½ times a worker's regular salary for any work past 40 hours a week. In the fast food and retail industries in particular, many employees are deemed "managers," work long hours, but are barely paid more than the people they supervise. Читать дальше...
NEW YORK (AP) — People who put their cars up as collateral for what are supposed to be short-term emergency loans are being hit with interest rates of 300 percent, a high rate of repossession and long repayment periods.
NEW YORK (AP) — People who put their cars up as collateral for what are supposed to be short-term emergency loans are being hit with interest rates of 300 percent, a high rate of repossession and long repayment periods.
NEW YORK (AP) — People who put their cars up as collateral for what are supposed to be short-term emergency loans are being hit with interest rates of 300 percent, a high rate of repossession and long repayment periods. The report is the first by federal regulators to look at the auto title lending industry, which has grown significantly since the recession but remains banned in half the country. In one notorious example, Arizona voters effectively banned payday lending in 2008 but, due to a legal loophole... Читать дальше...
Recently, Tim Kawakami of the San Jose Mercury News told a story during his podcast of being stuck with a large dinner bill after losing a bet with 49ers CEO Jed York regarding the timely opening of the team’s stadium. The Seinfeld-style “levels” wager had Kawakami predicting that the venue wouldn’t be finished in time…
Google I/O is kicking off Wednesday with a two-hour keynote when CEO Sundar Pichai and his team will show off what the company has in store for Android and Chrome as well as virtual reality, modular smartphones and possibly even the second generation of Google Glass. Here’s how to follow it all online. What Time Does the Google I/O Keynote Kick Off?