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Bears' Santos redeems 'annoying' miss with game-sealing FG vs. Pats
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Bears' Santos redeems 'annoying' miss with game-sealing FG vs. Pats
Bears kicker Cairo Santos walked away from Thursday's win over the Patriots a savior despite being haunted by a fourth-quarter miss.
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Faulk, Hall of Famer and Southern coach, reveals Parkinson's diagnosis
Marshall Faulk said that in discussing his illness in a podcast appearance Wednesday, "I want to help as many people as I can."
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Through 120 games, there were 34 games with one or more fights, up over the last two seasons (25 and 26).
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Source: Several teams interested in Colts RB Taylor as Indy mulls next moves
As the Colts plot their next moves after firing GM Chris Ballard, a source told ESPN that several teams would be open to a potential trade for Jonathan Taylor.
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LeBron responds to Trump's criticism, calls it 'slow news day in office'
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Volvo Cars shares plunge 28% amid China sales slump and fresh job cuts
The Swedish automaker cited a deteriorating environment led by "tougher" market conditions in China and the U.S., which "negatively affected free cash flow."
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Global stocks wobble as AI fears grow; retail sales in Great Britain fall in September as shoppers cut back - business live
Rolling coverage of the latest economic and financial news And pressure continues to build this morning, with oil prices rising again . Brent crude, the international benchmark for oil, is up 1% this morning to $114 a barrel. Richard Hunter , of the broker Interactive Investor , points out that oil is now up by about 60% since the start of the US-Israeli war against Iran, and up around 90% in the year so far. Widespread reports that the US is considering renewed military strikes on Iran after the midterm elections rather than pursuing a diplomatic route was enough for the price to pop, after what many had considered would be a brief conflict is now in its eighth month. At the same time, the attacks on Saudi Arabia’s facilities by Houthi rebels have intensified this week, and for ships attempting to cross the strait of Hormuz, it’s still a dangerous journey, with projectiles still be fire
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Bears' Santos redeems 'annoying' miss with game-sealing FG vs. Pats
Bears kicker Cairo Santos walked away from Thursday's win over the Patriots a savior despite being haunted by a fourth-quarter miss.
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Faulk, Hall of Famer and Southern coach, reveals Parkinson's diagnosis
Marshall Faulk said that in discussing his illness in a podcast appearance Wednesday, "I want to help as many people as I can."
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👊 Why NHL fighting is up -- and getting noticed
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Matilda celebrates 15 years as West End success story
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Heavy rain warning as Storm Austen sweeps across Scotland
The Met Office has issued a yellow warning for rain across Scotland on Friday, followed by a wind warning on Saturday.
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Blue Planet III: Moment octopus escapes death after hunt gone wrong
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40 years later, Chernobyl's nuclear fallout is not what scientists expected
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‘We’ve lost a basic sense of politeness’: UK readers reveal daily reality of public transport
Regular users detail their frustrations – and question whether Andy Burnham’s crackdown on antisocial behaviour will actually work Andy Burnham has announced a campaign against nuisance behaviour on public transport, including “headphone dodgers” who play loud music . “We’ve all been on the train when someone starts blasting music or videos from their phone,” Burnham said in a statement. “It gets on your nerves and can quickly spoil the journey.” Continue reading...
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Don't leave AI to tech bros and oligarchs, UK's AI minister says
Kanishka Narayan tells the BBC that dealing with the technology requires not only regulation, but "building capability and capacity".
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Chancellor says he will cut 'pointless paperwork' to save businesses up to £800m
Ministers say the changes in regulations will reduce unnecessary bureaucracy.
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Imagine if, for once, Labour decided to tell the truth about immigration | Gaby Hinsliff
Our economy needs it. The NHS needs it. And making foreign workers’ lives more miserable – as the home secretary plans to do – will undermine integration My mum’s carer was uncharacteristically late one morning. She didn’t want to say why at first, but it turned out she’d found her previous client – an elderly lady living all alone, with no family to visit – collapsed on the floor, barely alive. It was a lot to cope with for someone only in their early 20s, a reminder of the heavy responsibility this job carries. Watching the carers who helped both my parents in their respective final weeks taught me that while the work itself might seem mundane, the emotional and social skills needed to do it well – to coax some sense out of the confused, to jolly along the lonely, and to soothe the dying, to walk in and out of unfamiliar houses all day long without quite knowing what you might find – a