“This is my 65th time tonight since 1977,” Haberkorn says. “My first one was at Madison Square Garden in December ‘77 with the four original guys in makeup, and I took my son for his first one at the Garden in New York City, the same four guys with the makeup, and he’s been coming to every show since then. He’s at 29, I’m at 65.” Tickets in the 10,000-seat PPL Center went for prices starting at about $40....
The combative midfielder was sent off after picking his second booking in the Foxes’ 2-0 victory over Brighton & Hove Albion in Saturday’s English Premier League encounter at the American Express Community Stadium. And as a result, the 21- year-old has been suspended for the King Power Stadium outfit’s next two games against Newcastle United and Burnley which left a sour taste in the mouth of the French tactician....
This wasn’t always the case. The country earned headlines in 2009, before the Arab Spring, when reformist presidential candidate Mir Hossein Mousavi was thwarted at the ballot box by hardliner Mahmood Ahmadinejad and his allies in the clerical leadership. The denial of democracy prompted angry voters to protest and stage the largest demonstrations since the Islamic Revolution of 1979. Chants like “Death to the dictator!” and “Give us our votes back!...
The fact that it was done by a network that televises NASCAR races — which then covered its own story, making it one of the top items on its website — creates a perception that it could have been done as part of a shameless self promotion. A Fox spokesman told The Associated Press that McNabb's comments weren't planned, that is was just the former NFL quarterback giving an opinion....
Linden Lab, the company behind this “revolutionary new form of shared 3-D entertainment,” is a modestly run post-bubble start-up with a familiar Silicon Valley ambition: it wants to change the world. Thirteen employees occupy small offices in a back alley of San Francisco’s Hayes Valley neighborhood. Founder Philip Rosedale, the 33-year-old former chief technology officer at Real Networks, says he’s keeping the outfit small and quiet while his engineers perfect their innovative streaming technology, which allows users to navigate the imaginary world from their desktops....
The idea that reducing visible risk can increase actual risk isn’t my insight—I wish it were. I’ve gleaned it from talking to smart people over the years, and it was crystallized by two little-known business books I happened to read recently: “More Than a Numbers Game: A Brief History of Accounting,” by Thomas King, published last year, and “A Demon of Our Own Design: Markets, Hedge Funds, and the Perils of Financial Innovation,” by Richard Bookstaber, which just came out....
The Steelers’ plan did not work, so those in management made the best of the situation. But the problem is they did not make the 2018 Steelers a better team. That’s at the core of Roethlisberger’s comments last Friday to radio station 93.7 The Fan in Pittsburgh, which plays host to his weekly radio show each fall. Feel free to dissect Roethlisberger’s snark regarding whether he intends to help mentor third-round draft pick Mason Rudolph, the quarterback from Oklahoma State....
Petraeus and other U.S. military leaders aren’t dumping on Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki and his government just yet; it’s far more subtle than that. And Maliki has proven a cooperative partner as the Baghdad Security Plan rolls out; he’s making the right noises, going out to Ramadi in the belly of the Sunni extremist beast, calling for a crackdown on militias and an end to death-squad killings. “That clearly has to include talking with and eventually reconciling differences with some of those who have felt that the new Iraq did not have a place for them, whereas I think, again, Prime Minister Maliki clearly believes that it does, and I think that his actions will demonstrate that,” Petraeus said....
Since leaving the Cardinals in 2006, his career has been a series of ups and downs with the downs outweighing the high points. On Thursday, Petrino said his first mistake was leaving Louisville (he jumped to Atlanta in the NFL) and that the Cardinals job is his "destination job." "I made mistakes, both professionally and personally," he said. "That's something I'm not going to do again. ... My first mistake was leaving here....
In September, Illinois joined several states, from Arizona to Virginia, in allowing students a certain number of excused mental health days a year. “We have been socialized to prioritize employment, our careers, and academia, as these things allow for us to make a living and take care of ourselves and families,” Jette Johnson, LMSW, a psychotherapist based in New York, told Verywell via email. Yet, she said, sanctioned breaks from work or school have “been proven to improve effectiveness, focus, motivation, and mood upon return....
Across much of the country, temperatures are still relatively warm, making it feel far more like summer than fall. But while you wait for the chilly air to arrive, here are some cozy movie, TV and book picks for you to check out. Movies When Harry Met Sally The chemistry between Harry (Billy Crystal) and Sally (Meg Ryan) in this OG Nora Ephron rom-com is palpable as they trek to New York from Chicago in a tension-filled car ride....
Take, for example, our shared and cherished right to choose our democratic leaders. We must contend with the Supreme Court’s severe blows to the landmark Voting Rights Act, which have reduced the ability of the federal government and federal courts to protect Americans from practices designed to impede their access to the ballot. In Georgia, people can now be charged with a crime for handing out water or snacks to voters waiting in line at the polls....
For decades, this industry and its allies have worked overtime to stop any legislative action that could take away drug corporations’ unlimited power to price-gouge patients and inflate their profits. President Joe Biden spoke on behalf of an overwhelming majority in his first joint address to Congress, urging lawmakers to, “give Medicare the power to save hundreds of billions of dollars by negotiating lower prices for prescription drugs.” I agree with our president and know that millions of Americans do too—it’s a major part of why they sent us to Washington in the first place....
International flights resumed at the airports of three major cities: Rome, Milan and Naples. The country also dropped the required 14-day quarantine for visitors coming into the country in its final phase of easing lockdown restrictions. Restrictions on movements between regions have been lifted and high-speed rail service between regions, which had been on pause since early March, also resumed on Wednesday. Before the virus swept the U.S. in March and April, Italy made headlines as the global epicenter of the coronavirus outbreak....
Italy played to a 0-0 draw with Sweden in a World Cup qualifying play-off second leg on Monday, falling 1-0 on aggregate to miss out on Russia 2018. Brazil 11/2 to win sixth World Cup Gian Piero Ventura’s men were beaten 1-0 in Stockholm in the first leg on Friday, and were unable to overcome that deficit at the San Siro in Milan. The shocking setback marks the end of an era for the Azzurri, with the World Cup-winning trio of goalkeeper Gianluigi Buffon, defender Andrea Barzagli and midfielder Daniele De Rossi announcing their retirement post-game....
The volcano, off the southern Italian cost near Sicily and home to around 400 people, erupted early on Sunday morning. Online video footage shows a huge grey cloud of smoke filling the whole skyline, as well as red hot lava creeping down the volcano into the ocean. On Sunday morning, the Etneo Observatory of Italy’s National Institute of Geophysics and Volcanology (INGV), recorded a pyroclastic flow from the northern crater area that moved along the Sciara del Fuoco before reaching the sea....
Ivan Rodriguez got the call for the Hall of Fame and decided to share the moment with the world via his Twitter account. Rodriguez enters the Hall as one of the best all-around catchers in baseball history. Widely revered for his cannon throwing arm and his power at the plate, Rodriguez just made it into Cooperstown with 336 votes (332 were needed this year). He received 76 percent of the vote — 75 percent is needed for election....
Ivanka Trump on Wednesday morning tweeted, “’…surrounded by enemies and spies catching and perverting every word that falls from my lips or flows from my pen, and inventing where facts fail them,’” quoting Jefferson’s words in a letter to his daughter Martha Jefferson Randolph about serving in Washington, D.C. “Some things never change, dad!” Ivanka Trump commented. Twitter users were quick to respond, with some using other quotes from Jefferson to express their opinions regarding the Trump administration....
In an op-ed published by The Kansas City Star, Ivanka Trump, who is a senior adviser to the president, outlined how the spread of the coronavirus had changed people’s lives in recent weeks and that the Trump administration is “committed to helping you through this uncertain time.” It comes as Politico reported that Trump aides are working hard to rewrite the narrative on the president’s response to the coronavirus crisis and deflect from his early downplaying of the crisis in a bid to boost his re-election effort....
The elder Watt, per the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, said he asked Steelers superstar receiver Antonio Brown to “look over my brother and be sure to haze him a little extra for me.” Typical older brother move. MORE: Three reasons Pittsburgh drafting James Conner is perfect J.J. Watt, of course, can call in the favor since he and Brown were one-time college teammates at Central Michigan in 2007. Couple that with the fact J....
