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influential people with ‘money, position and power’ may be using ‘threats of violence’ to prevent one of Britain’s most notorious missing person cases from being solved, a former Scotland Yard detective has said. Chef Claudia Lawrence, 35, vanished without a trace after failing to turn up to work at the University of York’s Goodricke College…
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SURPRISE, Ariz. — The groundwork for Joc Pederson becoming a Texas Ranger was laid last September, when Rangers president of baseball operations Chris Young sat with Arizona Diamondbacks general manager Mike Hazen. The two men were discussing the divergent paths taken by their teams. After meeting in the World Series the year before, the runner-up…
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Sony Pictures For whatever reason, Sony became convinced that crafting an entire franchise set in the Spider-Man universe without featuring the webslinger himself was a good idea. In fairness, Kevin Feige and the folks at Marvel Studios did create the most successful box office franchise in history…
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An entrepreneur behind a £400m scheme to build the world’s biggest residential superyacht has been hit with a total court bill of over £1million after being sued by the vessel’s British designers. The giant boat – M/Y Somnio – is described as a cross between a floating ‘six-star hotel’ and a private superyacht. It is the…
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Who are the best and toughest front offices to deal with in the NHL? Which owners are known for giving players what they need? What does the league need to do to improve? Asking players these questions can yield some pretty good results, but there are limits to that approach. Players have relatively limited exposure…
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Columbia Pictures Gene Hackman, one of the greatest actors of all time, is dead at 95. The Academy Award-winning star and his wife Betsy Arakawa, 63, were found dead in their house in Santa Fe, New Mexico on 26 February 26. The entertainment world is reeling from the…
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Ostriches, butt cheeks and relentless energy: How Austin Hedges became an indispensable MLB teammate
After the Texas Rangers acquired Max Scherzer at the 2023 deadline, a number of their players were unsure of how to act, and almost distanced themselves out of respect for the future Hall of Famer. Catcher Austin Hedges, who joined the Rangers two days later in a separate trade, took the opposite approach. “He was…
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Static Media For eight seasons, “Monk” struck that perfect balance between hard-cracking detective work and comedy. Police procedurals were a dime a dozen in the early 2000s, but the thing to set this one apart from its contemporaries was the fact the titular Adrian Monk (Tony Shalhoub) dealt…
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A Premier League figure denies accusations he arranged ‘cash for sex sessions’ The alleged victim of rape was just 15 at the time of the first claimed instance LISTEN NOW: It’s All Kicking Off! Can INEOS really be judged after 12 months? By LUKE POWER Published: 06:01 EST, 26 February 2025 | Updated: 08:15 EST, 26…
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Brian Campbell came out on top at the Mexico Open on Sunday night as viewers were treated to some sudden-death playoff chaos between two antithetical player profiles: Campbell, a journeyman and one of the shortest hitters on the PGA Tour, and Aldrich Potgieter, the 20-year-old South African prodigy who currently leads the tour in driving…