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☆ Michael Block shoots sensational hole-in-one to cap storybook PGA Championship ending
▼ + stars: | 2023-05-21 | by ( Jack Bantock | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +6 min

CNN —Hollywood screenwriters might have rejected the script for being too unbelievable, but Michael Block would not be denied the storybook ending to his PGA Championship fairytale. The 46-year-old – head pro at a public golf club in California – drilled a hole-in-one to put the gloss on a remarkable performance at Oak Hill Country Club in Rochester, New York on Sunday. Or, based on what he charges for an hour-long session at Arroyo Trabuco Golf Club, 1,922 golf lessons. “If it makes any sense, the one thing in the world that makes me cry is golf,” an emotional Block told reporters. They kind of documented my big goal this week was to be the low club pro; right?

☆ Rahm, Smith and Fitzpatrick form PGA Championship major attraction
▼ + stars: | 2023-05-16 | by ( Steve Keating | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +1 min

[1/3] May 15, 2023; Rochester, New York, USA; Jon Rahm tees off on the 8th hole during a practice round of the PGA Championship golf tournament at Oak Hill Country Club. Mandatory Credit: Adam Cairns-USA... Read moreROCHESTER, New York, May 16 (Reuters) - Spaniard Jon Rahm, Australian Cameron Smith and Briton Matt Fitzpatrick were put together on Tuesday in a star-studded group of major champions for the first two rounds of the PGA Championship. Another power threesome of PGA Championship winners heads out at 8:11 AM ET (1211 GMT) with reigning champion Justin Thomas opening the defence of his crown in the company of Northern Ireland's four-time major winner Rory McIlroy and double major winner Collin Morikawa. World number two Scottie Scheffler will partner twice PGA Championship winner and LIV Golf hope Brooks Koepka and 2019 U.S. Open winner Gary Woodland. Also carrying the LIV flag will be Phil Mickelson, the six-time major winner, partnered with world number four Patrick Cantlay and Rickie Fowler who will go out in the afternoon wave.

☆ Get ready for a gig-worker boom that could make it harder for contractors to earn a living
▼ + stars: | 2023-01-22 | by ( Jacob Zinkula | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +5 min

Current gig workers could end up worse off because of the added competition. Many US gig workers are already struggling to earn a steady income. He says it's been very difficult for him to get ahead financially since he began gig work in 2019. If more competition does come, gig workers will have to decide whether the income justifies the hours they're putting in. Some full-time gig workers, who research has found account for roughly 3% of US adults and between 30 and 60% of overall gig workers, are making over six figures.

Now Biden faces a backlash from a core of rail workers and allied groups, as some of them see a betrayal in the bill he pushed to avert a rail strike. The standoff between rail workers and the profitable companies that employ them posed an awkward dilemma for Biden, forcing him to find an elusive middle ground between dueling campaign pledges. A rail strike threatened to unravel the job gains that no doubt will be central to any Biden re-election campaign. He said he is not giving up on paid sick leave for rail workers and other Americans who don’t receive such benefits. …”Still, the president could have used more leverage to reach a deal that included paid sick leave, union officials and allies contend.

☆ American Hospital Association's political committee falls victim to 'fraudulent activity'
▼ + stars: | 2022-11-08 | by ( Dave Levinthal | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +4 min

American Hospital Association PAC "promptly notified law enforcement after learning of the fraud," Hatton noted. American Hospital Association spokesman Colin Milligan declined further comment when reached Tuesday by Insider. American Hospital Association PAC financial filing indicating fraudulent activity. Big political money playerFounded in the late 1970s, the American Hospital Association PAC is one of the nation's most prolific special interest political committees. The American Hospital Association counts "nearly 5,000 hospitals, health care systems, networks, other providers of care and 43,000 individual members" among its membership.

☆ Un bătrân a câștigat la loterie pentru că și-a uitat ochelarii de vedere acasă și nu a mai putut juca numerele favorite
▼ + stars: | 2021-04-18 | by ( Publika.Md - Aici Sunt Știrile | ) www.publika.md time to read: +1 min

Denis Fawsitt, un bărbat în vârstă de 80 de ani din Hatton, Marea Britanie, a câștigat 116.124 de lire sterline la loterie, echivalentul a circa 113.000 de euro, după ce și-a uitat ochelarii de vedere acasă și nu a mai putut juca numerele pe care le juca de obicei, scrie BBC, citat de digi24.ro. Luna trecută însă, Denis Fawsitt și-a uitat ochelarii de vedere acasă și a fost nevoit să joace numere aleatorii, folosind urna pusă la dispoziție de vânzătoare. „Mi-am dat seama că mi-am uitat ochelarii și am încercat să-mi aleg numerele favorite, dar pur și simplu nu am putut”, a explicat octogenarul. Și într-adevăr așa a și fost. El a câștigat 116.124 de lire sterline și a sărbătorit momentul alături de soția sa Ann, în vârstă de 79 de ani.

Persons: Denis Fawsitt, . Bătrânul, El, Ann, Denis Organizations: BBC Locations: Hatton, EuroMillions

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