NFL DRAFT: Selections, analysis, more On Friday night, they came up with a fool-proof, extremely familiar solution: Throw another quarterback into their mix and make it the guy hardly anybody was sold on. Welcome to New York, Christian Hackenberg of Penn State, expected to go on Day 2 of the NFL Draft … but not as high as he was, and not above the other quarterbacks that were left waiting....
The six-time Pro Bowler heard his car alarm go off early Sunday morning, according to TMZ Sports, which was first to report. He went to his garage and called 911 after seeing the door had been opened. MORE: Every team’s most indispensable player | Breakout season for Fitzmagic? Police in Chatham, N.J., quickly arrested five people, according to NJ.com — all teenagers, including 19-year-old Richard W. Isaacs and 18-year-old Leonard Watts....
Just three weeks ago, New York was sitting pretty in the AFC wild card race after a win over the Bears. But losses to the Bills, Vikings, and now the Lions are threatening to bring an end to a season that looked extremely promising heading into December. The Jets weren’t projected to make the playoffs in 2022, but to the surprise of many, New York has made some noise....
ESPN’s Adam Schefter reported Monday that a source said the injury is not considered serious, but it could impact who starts Sunday against the Rams. FANTASY: Injury updates for Week 10 Fitzpatrick suffered the injury when Dolphins lineman Jordan Phillips inadvertently rolled onto his left knee. Backup Bryce Petty came on for four plays, completing both of his pass attempts to finish off a field goal drive for the Jets....
Following Chandler Catanzaro’s rough showing Thursday night against the Giants, which included two missed extra points, the New York Daily News reports the Jets are bringing in kickers to audition Saturday. The group reportedly will include former Vikings standout Blair Walsh and Chris Blewitt, a former Pitt kicker who was in camp with the Bears this spring before being cut in June. Jets coach Adam Gase had indicated the team might bring in some additional options to push Catanzaro....
In a post to Reddit’s r/antiwork forum on Monday, user u/abovepeach wrote that her cat had jumped onto her lap during a video call with her new employer. Shortly after the meeting ended, she received a message from her boss telling her it’s unprofessional to have pets on screen. Asking fellow Redditors for advice, the poster wanted to know if the message is a “red flag.” However, users seem to be split on whether it’s appropriate for pets to crash virtual work meetings, with many focusing on the cat’s lack of professional decorum....
“My son just quit his $45,000/year job without any prospects and asked if he could move back home,” he wrote. “He was so excited when he got the job right out of college and my wife and I rejoiced with him. Over the course of the next couple of years, however, I saw the joy — not just about the job, but about life in general — drain away.”...
Posting in Reddit’s “Am I The A******” (AITA) forum under the username u/Keyissue_505, the man asked: “AITA for letting my mother have a copy of the key to our new home despite my wife’s objection?” The post has garnered over 14,000 upvotes and more than 6,000 comments from commenters who said u/Keyissue_505 and his wife need to make decisions together. You can read the full post here. In his post, u/Keyissue_505 said he recently bought a home for himself and his wife....
Taking to popular forum Mumsnet, the anonymous mother-of-two explained her tricky situation and asked for help in deciding her next move. Like many across the world, her children are set to become half-siblings when her ex-husband soon welcomes a baby girl with his new partner. In the U.S., one in six children have half-siblings aged under 18 that they live with. Unlike those however, these siblings are separated by thousands of miles....
One Mumsnet user shared her situation to the popular forum asking for advice after her sister chose a baby name incredibly similar to the one she had previously told her she wanted to use. “I told my sister a few months back that I really liked the name Judah for a boy. We were both expecting boys but she was dead set on calling her baby boy River so I thought I was on safe ground telling her my choice,” wrote the anonymous mom....
A video of the man was shared in Reddit’s “Made Me Smile” forum on Tuesday by an anonymous poster under the name u/SnooCupcakes8607. The post has since generated more than 42,000 upvotes and over 500 comments from Redditors who declared the man the “best cat dad ever.” The post also highlights one of the many ways in which cats show their affection for their owners—by cuddling up to them....
Duke is one of several schools, including Ohio University and Purdue, that have recently launched Inter-net-based M.B.A. programs for far-flung execs. Other institutions have begun offering electronic graduate programs in fields from computer science to nursing, and would-be liberal-arts majors can collect B.A. degrees from places like the University of Alaska without the need to invest in earmuffs. About 300 colleges and universities now offer virtual degrees, says Pam Dixon, author of the book “Virtual College....
Seconds later the shooting started. An 8-year-old boy stood in the middle of Johnson Street, jumping up and down and waving his hands in an attempt to draw fire from the barracks. “Troops move!” screamed the commander. The men fired wildly in all directions, as the crackle of AK-47s sounded from the walled-off barracks. During a lull in the firing, dozens of civilians, including a blind man led by the hand, scurried up the street carrying suitcases and baskets on their heads....
Wen Ho Lee’s term of solitude ended last week in the collapse of the most highly publicized espionage case since the arrest of Aldrich Ames–a negotiated guilty plea on one count of mishandling classified information. The plea bargain stripped any remaining credibility from the hopelessly botched federal investigation of alleged Chinese spying at the Los Alamos National Laboratory, and it humiliated the FBI. It also infuriated U.S. district Judge James A....
Eduard Shevardnadze was amazed to learn that he had become a celebrity in the United States. The former Soviet foreign minister was the first official visitor to see George Bush after the president got out of the hospital early last week. Later, on a speaking tour, the 63-year-old Shevardnadze got a warm welcome from groups as diverse as the Council on Foreign Relations in New York and the Food Marketing Institute in Chicago....
Field offices learned of the new project earlier this month when they received a six-page questionnaire that, in a section headlined vulnerability, asked about the number of mosques in their communities. When FBI executive assistant director Wilson Lowery Jr. briefed congressional staffers on the project last week, and explained that mosque tallies would be used to help set investigative goals, “there were a lot of eyebrows that went up,” said one of those present....
The high-tech hoax was a new twist on an old Wall Street trick. It gave even PairGain’s chief financial officer pause. “[The bogus report] looked very real,” says Charles McBrayer. “I knew it wasn’t, but even I had to double check.” Investigators from Nasdaq and the Securities and Exchange Commission are checking, too. Seems they’re not interested in that kind of bull market.
On Wednesday, Hinson posted “BREAKING: We secured $829 million in federal funding to upgrade locks & dams along the Upper Mississippi River. This is game-changing for Iowa’s agriculture industry & our Mississippi River communities.” Her initial post celebrating the money for Iowans also included a link to a press release on the more than $800 million, detailing how and where the new money will be used. Hinson soon after added, posting: “Proud to work with Senator @ChuckGrassley, @RepCheri, & others to advocate for this investment....
“Everything went very well,” Dr. Rakesh Suri said. “The operation was a success and Mr. Hoiberg is in recovery and doing very well himself.” MORE: What landing Zimmerman means for UNLV | Kansas State player dismissed from team Hoiberg, 42, underwent surgery in 2005 to correct an enlarged aortic root, and said he knew another surgery would be needed in the future. The 2005 surgery essentially ended Hoiberg’s playing career in the NBA....
