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The paper is offering the lucky handful of winners who guess correctly on their website a choice of books. The contest closes at kickoff. [via Omaha World-Herald]

Farrakhan reflected on his international image–and on national politics–in an interview with NEWSWEEK’S Vern E. Smith at Farrakhan’s Chicago house. Highlights: ON HIS “WORLD TOUR' I’m deeply concerned that the trip, instead of being shown to the American people for what it really was, was characterized by the media as a ““thug fest,’’ or the minister cavorting with terrorists, or grubbing for money. This is 180 degrees away from the truth....

Well here we are, two transfer windows later, and the Chinese League’s spending isn’t slowing down. In fact, the recent acquisition of Brazilian star Oscar and reported bid for Carlos Tevez have pushed the Chinese League into even higher levels of spending. Julian Green leaves Bayern Munich for Stuttgart Of greater concern to Garber should be the fact that China’s big bucks have just hijacked a high-profile transfer by an MLS team....

“There’s no way that’s going in,” he thought. “Let’s just get the rebound and go to overtime.” But Burke has done this before, and he knew better. “It looked good as soon as it left my hand,” he said. Burke made a jumper from the corner as time expired, giving the Utah Jazz a 102-100 victory Friday night over the New York Knicks, who got an NBA season-high 46 points from Anthony....

Such sniping may seem far removed from the high politics of Brussels and EU expansion. But these subtle tensions in Riga’s public squares and markets represent the front lines in the battle for the hearts and minds of the Baltic people–many of whom are asking just why they should drop their hard-earned independence from the Soviets to join yet another “union.” Late last week France and Germany hammered out a deal on farm subsidies that brought the EU much closer to expanding its ranks, just days after Ireland passed a referendum approving the body’s plans for new members....

The two are scheduled to square off in the co-main event of ONE on Prime Video 2, ONE Championship’s latest offering in U.S. primetime. Grigorian, who was originally scheduled to fight Ozcan, is still slated to compete on the same card after No.3-ranked featherweight Muay Thai contender Jamal Yusupov filled in to join the card. Speaking to ONE Championship, Grigorian discussed a potential title opportunity should he earn a win in his next outing....

Since their last meeting, Bigdash has only competed in the Circle thrice compared to N Sang’s nine. Instead of being intimidated by experience, the 37-year-old has used the fights to study and assess his opponent even more: Injuries and a bout with COVID-19 over the past five years have prevented Bigdash from being active. However, he believes that he’s now rejuvenated and ready to compete to the best of his abilities....

With just one match to go, there will be a huge temptation for the Indian team to play safe. There is a possibility that they may play the same team at Sydney which won the Test at Melbourne. The team has seven batsmen, including Rishabh Pant and an all-rounder in the form of Ravindra Jadeja. That gives Indian batting enough solidity and covers for any mini collapse they may suffer on a given day....

Carlos de Jesus, 34, died instantly Monday when he was crushed by a concrete column at the stadium in Sao Paulo, TV Record reported. Another worker, Crispiniano Santos, was taken to hospital with minor concussion and back injuries, reports Xinhua. WTorre, the construction company responsible for the project, said it was conducting a full investigation into the incident. Arena Palestra, which will be the new home of Brazilian club Palmeiras, is not a 2014 World Cup venue....

‘The Big Easy’ as he is affectionately known is a two-time winner, triumphing first at Muirfield in 2002 before winning the Claret Jug again a decade later at Royal Lytham & St Annes. Els is playing his 28th Open Championship and was partnered with Adam Hadwin and Chesson Hadley for the first two rounds at Carnoustie. At the other end of the scale, Els’ nephew Jovan Rebula made his Open debut this week, but the amateur finished 16 over following his two rounds and will not be around for the weekend....

Spirit bears are a type of black bear, but instead of dark fur they have white or cream-colored fur and nearly white claws. They are not polar bears or albinos; their coloring is down to a different genetic condition. There are only about 100 spirit bears in the world, according to the North American Bear Center. Most of them live in a couple of islands along the coast of British Columbia in Canada: Princess Royal and Gribbell islands....

In 1978 Italian authorities closed the doors on the masterpiece and let restorer Pinin Brambilla Barcilon begin what would become a 21-year, $7.7 million, centimeter-by-centimeter rehabilitation involving electronic microscopes, water-base paint and a neutral beige to fill in totally unretrievable areas. Last Friday the doors reopened, and the public rushed in to see whether the result was the Renaissance reborn–or the Old Master equivalent of Pamela Anderson. The experts’ verdict: split down the middle, with the now embattled Culture Minister Giovanna Melandri and Brambilla celebrating the brighter, fresher Leonardo, and a bevy of foreign critics saying that any connection to da Vinci’s handiwork had been forfeited to “an original Brambilla....

With there being just so many movies out there, there are also hundreds of thousands of brilliant acting performances. Some of these get tons of attention and awards and make history, but more often than not they just kind of end up forgotten. And some of the most overlooked genres when it comes to this issue, are horror, action, and science fiction. In recent years especially, there have been some impeccable acting performances to come out of the horror genre....

The new flagship iPhone models are filled to the brim with advanced features, all powered by the brand new A16 Bionic mobile chipset, which Apple calls “the fastest chip ever in a smartphone.” This translates to greater efficiency and better performance, with increased memory bandwidth for gaming and other intensive software applications. Beyond the new A16 chip, plenty more sets these models apart from the also-announced standard iPhone 14. First up, there’s the brand new Super Retina XDR display that boasts the same always-on technology found with the latest Apple Watch iterations....

RELATED: One Piece: Characters Who Would Be Great Pirate Kings Cipher Pols are given tasks based on their ranks, with the higher numbers getting more important ones, but CP0 is an exception as they directly operate under the command of the Celestial Dragons. CP0 consists of the best agents of the World Government as they usually carry out the most covert operations in One Piece. CP0 has many members, but not all have the same power level....

RELATED: One Piece: Shanks’ Past, Explained Mihawk, on the other hand, ended up becoming one of the Seven Warlords of the Sea. Following the recent Reverie, he is now a hunted pirate and a member of Buggy’s organization, the Cross Guild. One Piece chapter 1058 gave fans a bit more information on the legendary Hawk Eyes. In the chapter, his swordsmanship was praised to be better than that of Shanks....

RELATED: One Piece: Where Is The Last Road Poneglyph? Not long after, Shanks saved Luffy’s life and entrusted his hat to him, asking him to return it to him when he becomes a Great Pirate one day. Ever since then, Luffy has only gone from strength to strength and proved himself on the high seas. Currently, he stands level with Shanks as one of the Yonko of the Sea, and now, as the story heads into its final phase, the two are all set to face off against one another....

RELATED:One Piece: Shanks’ Past, Explained To remedy that, they started issuing huge bounties on the heads of pirates and other criminals alike. This would attract other people to do their work for them and turn the criminals in for the massive bounties on their heads. These people are known as bounty hunters and, over the years, a few have appeared in the series, some more important than others. 8 Johnny Johnny was revealed to the fans shortly prior to the event of the Baratie arc of One Piece....

Yet they never started the Revolutionary Army, so clearly, Dragon knows about something that the World Government has kept hidden from the rest of the world. Despite One Piece having over a thousand chapters, there is very limited information available about the Revolutionary Army. In the recent chapters, Oda gave the fans an insight into what was happening in the Revolutionary Army, especially after it was revealed that Sabo had allegedly killed Nefertari Cobra....