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Bridge: Aug. 18, 2023

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 09:45:20 GMT

Eddie Kantar, who left us in 2022, was one of the game’s most entertaining writers and teachers. His career in those areas was so prolific that his skills as a player (he was a world champion) were often overlooked.Kantar played at four spades, and West led the K-A and a third diamond, giving declarer a useless ruff-sluff. West had four trumps; his idea was to attack declarer’s trump holding.Kantar threw a club from dummy and ruffed in his hand. He led two rounds of trumps, and West played low. If Kantar led a third trump, West would win and lead a fourth diamond, forcing out dummy’s last trump. He would be left with a trump and a good diamond.OVERRUFFKantar took the A-K of hearts, then ran the clubs. If West ruffed, dummy would overruff, and Kantar would lead dummy’s high hearts, losing only to West’s ace of trumps.When West refused to ruff, dummy threw two hearts. At Trick 12 Kantar led his queen of hearts, and West could get only one more trick. Well...

Word Game: Aug. 18, 2023

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 09:45:20 GMT

TODAY’S WORD — BELLWETHER (BELLWETHER: BELL-weh-thur: One who takes the lead or initiative.)Average mark 33 wordsTime limit 45 minutesCan you find 43 or more words in BELLWETHER? The list will be published tomorrow.YESTERDAY’S WORD — RESURGED reed resurge reuse rude ruder rued ruse edge edger erred seder sedge seed seer segue sere serge sued suede surd sure surer surge urge used user greed deer dregs drug duesTo 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 “baking” are admissible.4. Proper nouns, slang words, or vulgar or sexually explicit words are not allowed.Contact Word Game creator Kathleen Saxe ...

Horoscopes Aug. 18, 2023: Madelaine Petsch, be true to yourself

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 09:45:20 GMT

CELEBRITIES BORN ON THIS DAY: Madelaine Petsch, 29; Andy Samberg, 45; Edward Norton, 54; Robert Redford, 87.Happy Birthday: Learn all you can this year and position yourself for success. Ask questions, take courses and build your qualifications to match your dreams. Be cognizant of what it will take to meet the demands surrounding your goals. Don’t let personal matters conflict with your plans or cause you to second-guess yourself or change your course. Be true to yourself and those who support the decisions you make. Your numbers are 5, 17, 20, 24, 32, 38, 47.ARIES (March 21-April 19): You can have fun, but don’t go overboard. Poor behavior will have its downside. Pay attention to raising the bar and putting your energy where it counts. Self-improvement, nurturing relationships and finding your niche are priorities, and romance is favored. 3 starsTAURUS (April 20-May 20): Be honest with yourself and others regarding what you want and how you plan to achieve your goal. E...

Morocco goalkeeper Bounou joins Neymar at Saudi Arabia’s Al Hilal

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 09:45:20 GMT

MADRID (AP) — Morocco goalkeeper Yassine Bounou is joining Neymar’s new club in Saudi Arabia after Sevilla announced his transfer to Al Hilal.The 32-year-old Bounou helped Morocco become the biggest surprise of last year’s World Cup when it reached the semifinals after beating both Spain and Portugal in the knockout rounds.He also helped Sevilla lift its record-extending seventh Europa League title when it beat Roma in a penalty shootout in June. Bounou leaves Sevilla with two Europa League titles. He played 142 games — which included 58 clean sheets — for the club.Neymar joined Al Hilal from Paris Saint-Germain earlier this week, following high-profile moves by Cristiano Ronaldo last season and Karim Benzema also this summer to the oil-rich country.Al Hilal, a record 18-time national champion, is one of four Saudi clubs effectively nationalized by the country’s Public Investment Fund (PIF).Sevilla announced the move late Thursday but did not reveal the transfer fee for Bounou...

Harford Co. police find DNA match in Md. mother’s unsolved murder case

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 09:45:20 GMT

The sheriff’s office in Harford County, Maryland, says they’ve found a DNA match to a suspect in the killing of a mother of five — and they’re asking for the public’s help to identify him.On Thursday night, Col. William Davis of the Harford County Sheriff’s Office released a video of an unidentified suspect whose DNA matched him to the murder of 37-year-old Rachel Morin, as well as an unrelated attack on a young girl in California.Anyone who can identify this unknown male, or has additional information, is asked to contact the Harford County Sheriff’s Office at our tip line (410) 836-7788 or via email at [email protected]. pic.twitter.com/U1niUnCmwB— Harford Sheriff (@Harford_Sheriff) August 18, 2023“The DNA has come back as a match tied to a home invasion and an assault on a young girl in Los Angeles,” Davis said. “Unfortunately, that individual has not been positively identified, but he did leave behind his DNA.”Davis s...

Buques de guerra rusos y chinos navegan cerca de islas japonesas en vísperas de la cumbre trilateral de Biden

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 09:45:20 GMT

(CNN) — Japón expresó su “grave preocupación” después de que buques de guerra chinos y rusos navegaran cerca de sus islas del sur este jueves, solo un día antes de una cumbre en la que se espera que su líder discuta las crecientes tensiones en el Indo-Pacífico con sus homólogos de Corea del Sur y Estados Unidos.Seis barcos chinos, entre ellos destructores de misiles, y cinco barcos rusos, algunos de ellos destructores, navegaron entre la isla japonesa de Okinawa y la isla Miyako antes de dirigirse hacia el mar de China Oriental este jueves, según el Ministerio de Defensa de Japón.Es la primera vez que barcos rusos y chinos navegan juntos a través de este cuerpo de agua en particular. Los barcos no se entrometieron en las aguas territoriales de Japón.Los 11 buques de guerra fueron vistos por primera vez a 280 kilómetros al noreste de la isla Okinotori, en el extremo sur de Japón, este martes por la mañana, hora local, según el comunicado del Ministerio de Defensa.AN...

Women’s World Cup Final watch parties in DC where you can grab an early brew

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 09:45:20 GMT

Some bars and breweries in the District are opening their doors extra, extra early on Sunday to watch Spain and England face off in the final match of the Women’s World Cup.If you’re waking up bright and early and will be in need of a brew – whether that’s beer or coffee – to accompany 6 a.m. soccer, check out some of these watch parties throughout D.C.We are opening at 6 AM this Sunday for the Spain v England World Cup Finals! Well be serving up Gose-Mosas & Coffee with your favorite spirit added in! Wake-up with us this Sunday down at Navy Yard! pic.twitter.com/i8Osxa6xEX— Atlas Brew Works (@AtlasBrewWorks) August 16, 2023Atlas Brew Works1201 Half St SE Suite 120The Navy Yard location of the Ivy City-based brewery will be opening at 6 a.m. with sour beer mimosas filled and spiked coffees.Franklin Hall1348 Florida Ave NWThe beer hall opens their doors at 5:30 a.m. and promises to keep the sound on for the final game of the Women’s World Cup. Early mor...

Austria’s former Chancellor Sebastian Kurz charged with making false statements to a parliamentary inquiry

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 09:45:20 GMT

BERLIN (AP) — Austria’s former Chancellor Sebastian Kurz charged with making false statements to a parliamentary inquiry.Source

Deere: Fiscal Q3 Earnings Snapshot

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 09:45:20 GMT

MOLINE, Ill. (AP) — MOLINE, Ill. (AP) — Deere & Co. (DE) on Friday reported fiscal third-quarter earnings of $2.98 billion.On a per-share basis, the Moline, Illinois-based company said it had profit of $10.20.The results beat Wall Street expectations. The average estimate of 12 analysts surveyed by Zacks Investment Research was for earnings of $8.14 per share.The agricultural equipment manufacturer posted revenue of $15.8 billion in the period. Its adjusted revenue was $14.28 billion, which also beat Street forecasts. Nine analysts surveyed by Zacks expected $14.23 billion._____This story was generated by Automated Insights (http://automatedinsights.com/ap) using data from Zacks Investment Research. Access a Zacks stock report on DE at https://www.zacks.com/ap/DESource

The heat is on Oklahoma coach Brent Venables as No. 20 Sooners try to recover from 6-7 season

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 09:45:20 GMT

NORMAN, Okla. (AP) — Oklahoma’s rabid fanbase was overjoyed when Brent Venables was named head coach.Sooners fans had kept track of the former Oklahoma defensive coordinator for years after he took that same position at Clemson and helped the Tigers win two national titles. So when Lincoln Riley abruptly left for Southern California following the 2021 regular season, Venables was the popular pick to step in.The honeymoon ended as the Sooners struggled to a 6-7 finish last year, including a 35-32 loss to Florida State in the Cheez-It Bowl.Expectations are down a bit for Oklahoma in its final season in the Big 12 before heading to the Southeastern Conference. The 20th-ranked Sooners were voted third in the 14-team conference’s preseason poll – just the fourth time in the past 13 years they weren’t picked to win the league. Venables said the Sooners fell well below expectations last season — they had four three-point losses and lost to Kansas State by eight points — but grew as a team....