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Bridge: April 10, 2023

Published Mon, 23 Dec 2024 14:48:07 GMT

Unlucky Louie is sure that fate is determined to do him in. He blames his bad results on bad luck.The real problem is that when things go wrong, Louie goes with them. When he played at today’s four spades, West found a trump lead. East let dummy’s eight win (not best). Louie then tried a club to his queen.West won and led another trump, and East took the ace and led a third trump. Louie then had nine tricks: three trumps, a ruff, two diamonds, two hearts and a club. He could have won another with astute play, but he tried unsuccessfully to set up his clubs and went down.GOOD DUCK“The man finds a good lead,” Louie growled, “his partner finds a good duck, and the clubs are foul as well.”Maybe Louie was fated to go down, but a good declarer would win the first trump, cash the A-K of hearts, ruff a heart, lead a diamond to dummy, ruff a heart, lead a diamond to dummy and ruff a diamond. He wins the first eight tricks and still has two trump winners in...

Word Game: April 10, 2023

Published Mon, 23 Dec 2024 14:48:07 GMT

TODAY’S WORD — LOQUACIOUS (LOQUACIOUS: lo-KWAY-shus: Very talkative; garrulous.)Average mark 15 wordsTime limit 35 minutesCan you find 22 or more words in LOQUACIOUS? The list will be published tomorrow.SATURDAY’S WORD — NEAREST near neat neater nest nester earn earnest ease east eastern eaten eater enter erase erne ante antre arete aster astern ranee rant rate rent resent reset rest sane saner sate sateen sear seat seater seen seer senate sent sere snare sneer star stare steer stern tare tarn taser tear tease teaser teen tense tenser tern terse tree tsarTo purchase the Word Game book, visit WordGameBooks.com. Order it now for just $5 while supplies last!RULES OF THE GAME:1. Words must be of four or more letters.2. Words that acquire four letters by the addition of “s,” such as “bats” or “dies,” are not allowed.3. Additional words made by adding a “d” or an “s” may not be used. For example, if “bake” is used, “baked” or “bakes” are not allowed, but “bake” and...

AFRICOM Chief to Congress: We Share “Core Values” With Coup Leaders

Published Mon, 23 Dec 2024 14:48:07 GMT

In Ghana and Côte d’Ivoire last month, 1,300 U.S., NATO, and African troops met for tactical training and mock raids as part of Flintlock 2023, an annual exercise sponsored by U.S. Special Operations Command Africa, or SOCAFRICA. Among the countries participating was Burkina Faso, which has been restricted from receiving substantial U.S. security aid since an officer trained by Americans at previous Flintlock exercises overthrew his democratically elected government in a coup last year.U.S. military officials have spent the last month trying to explain this curious state of affairs to Congress and the press. Flintlock provides a “critical training opportunity” for special operations forces from the U.S. and Africa and a chance to “exchange best practices,” Rear Adm. Milton “Jamie” Sands, the chief of SOCAFRICA, told The Intercept and other reporters on a conference call last month. He didn’t mention that, by the Pentagon’s own assessments, militant Islamist attacks in the Sahel have...

Romanian prosecutors search devices in Andrew Tate case

Published Mon, 23 Dec 2024 14:48:07 GMT

BUCHAREST, Romania (AP) — Andrew Tate, the divisive internet personality who is under house arrest in Romania on suspicion of organized crime and human trafficking, appeared at prosecutors’ offices on Monday for forensic searches of electronic equipment confiscated during investigations, his lawyer said.Tate, 36, a British-U.S. citizen who has six million Twitter followers, was initially detained in late December in the Romanian capital, Bucharest, along with his brother Tristan and two Romanian women. None of the four has yet been formally indicted.Both the Tates appeared on Monday at the Bucharest offices of Romania’s anti-organized crime agency, DIICOT, as forensic searches were carried out, said Eugen Vidineac, a lawyer representing them.The brothers’ attendance on Monday comes after they won an appeal on March 31 to be moved from police custody to house arrest, where they will remain until at least April 29. Prosecutors have already carried out several device searches since the...

La población de tigres en peligro de extinción de la India se está recuperando en un triunfo para los conservacionistas

Published Mon, 23 Dec 2024 14:48:07 GMT

(CNN) — Los tigres alguna una vez vagaron por Asia, con un número de hasta 100.000 individuos a principios del siglo XX, antes de que la especie cayera al borde de la extinción.En 2006, su población en India, hogar de la mayoría de los tigres salvajes que quedan en el mundo, alcanzó un mínimo histórico de solo 1.411 individuos.Pero décadas de esfuerzos de conservación parecen finalmente haber valido la pena. Los tigres de la India se han más que duplicado desde entonces, llegando a 3.167 el año pasado, según el último censo de tigres publicado este domingo.Eso es aproximadamente el 70% de la población de tigres salvajes del mundo, que asciende a alrededor de 4.500, según el Fondo Mundial para la Naturaleza (WWF).India da la bienvenida a sus primeros guepardos recién nacidos en más de siete décadasEl resurgimiento de los tigres indios representa un triunfo para los conservacionistas y un rayo de esperanza para otros países que luchan por aumentar la cantidad de vida silvestre.E...

‘Succession’ delivers a major surprise as the show goes back to its future

Published Mon, 23 Dec 2024 14:48:07 GMT

In one astonishing turn, “Succession” took its audience back to where the show began five years ago, and indeed, the very roots of its title.The Emmy-winning HBO show kicked off, after all, with a media empire being thrown into chaos when its imperious leader fell ill, leaving his children and underlings to jockey over how to replace him, and to contemplate if anyone possibly could. The very title dealt with that scenario, while the intervening seasons have reinforced the sense that in terms of corporate savvy and grit, the apples can fall pretty far from the tree.The power of Brian Cox’s performance as that mogul, Logan Roy, made him seem practically immortal, the occasional infirmities of his age notwithstanding. But in one off-screen moment, Logan was gone, in the most protracted and painful fashion imaginable, leaving his stunned offspring to weakly try to say goodbye over the phone, and then grapple along with his subordinates with the implications of what his...

Muere pareja de ancianos tras comer pez globo venenoso en Malasia

Published Mon, 23 Dec 2024 14:48:07 GMT

(CNN) — Una pareja de ancianos murió después de comer pez globo venenoso en Malasia, lo que provocó un pedido de su hija de leyes más estrictas para evitar que otros sufran el mismo destino.Ng Chuan Sing y su esposa Lim Siew Guan, ambos de poco más de 80 años, compraron, sin saberlo, al menos dos peces globo a un vendedor en línea el 25 de marzo, dijeron las autoridades del estado sureño de Johor.El mismo día, Lim frió el pescado para el almuerzo y comenzó a experimentar “dificultades para respirar y escalofríos”, dijeron las autoridades. Una hora después de comer, su esposo Ng también comenzó a mostrar síntomas similares, agregaron.La pareja fue trasladada de urgencia al hospital e ingresada en la unidad de cuidados intensivos. Lim fue declarado muerto a las 7 p.m. hora local.Ng entró en coma y se mantuvo asi durante ocho días, pero su condición empeoró y murió el sábado por la mañana, dijo la hija de la pareja, Ng Ai Lee, quien dio una conferencia de prensa en la casa de la ...

Greenbrier: Fiscal Q2 Earnings Snapshot

Published Mon, 23 Dec 2024 14:48:07 GMT

LAKE OSWEGO, Ore. (AP) — LAKE OSWEGO, Ore. (AP) — Greenbrier Companies Inc. (GBX) on Monday reported fiscal second-quarter net income of $33.1 million.On a per-share basis, the Lake Oswego, Oregon-based company said it had profit of 97 cents. Earnings, adjusted for asset impairment costs, were 99 cents per share.The results surpassed Wall Street expectations. The average estimate of three analysts surveyed by Zacks Investment Research was for earnings of 61 cents per share.The maker of railroad freight car equipment posted revenue of $1.12 billion in the period.Greenbrier expects full-year revenue in the range of $3.4 billion to $3.7 billion._____This story was generated by Automated Insights (http://automatedinsights.com/ap) using data from Zacks Investment Research. Access a Zacks stock report on GBX at https://www.zacks.com/ap/GBXSource

Denver weather: Plenty of sunshine, warmth on Monday

Published Mon, 23 Dec 2024 14:48:07 GMT

DENVER (KDVR) — The Mile High City starts off the week with mostly sunny skies and comfortable highs before possible record-breaking heat arrives on Tuesday and Wednesday in the Denver weather forecast.Weather today: Sunny skies, warmerPlenty of sunshine is here to start the week with above-average temperatures. Winds will be light on Monday with highs topping out in the middle 70s. Resident finds man living in apartment building library Pinpoint Weather: Daily forecast for April 10. Weather tonight: Clear skies, mildSkies stay clear Monday night with a slightly stronger wind. A southwest wind will increase to 5-15 mph with lows in the middle 40s.Pinpoint Weather: Overnight forecast on April 10. Looking ahead: Warming up, late week rain and snowTuesday and Wednesday have highs in the lower 80s, with mostly sunny skies. Both days are expected to break record-high temperatures for this time of year. Man accused of accidentally firing gun, killing woman in Denver Extra clouds push...

Why progressive lawmakers are fighting against a TikTok ban

Published Mon, 23 Dec 2024 14:48:07 GMT

Progressive lawmakers are emerging as the fiercest defenders of TikTok on Capitol Hill as the push to ban the popular video sharing app heats up in Washington.A handful of left-leaning lawmakers — including members of the so-called “Squad” — have voiced support for TikTok and opposition to banning the platform, taking on a vocal coalition of bipartisan members who believe the app should be prohibited in the U.S.The anti-TikTok ban crowd — while recognizing that the app poses concerns — has advocated for a broader conversation about data privacy and social media, arguing that zeroing in on TikTok would not alleviate the issues at hand. Members have also pointed to free speech concerns and the practical and political positives that come with the platform.“I think what you’re seeing is [the] progressive caucus coming out, you know, one, on behalf of the First Amendment, two, more importantly, that we want to do something across all social media platforms around priv...