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☆ One More Chorus of ‘Humm Baby’ for a Baseball Lifer
▼ + stars: | 2023-06-20 | by ( Scott Miller | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: 1 min

On the fringe of a quiet golf course in the foothills outside San Diego, music from the Highwaymen galloped from the sound system. Family and baseball, inextricably intertwined, had gathered to say one final goodbye to Roger Craig. Horses and golf, two other staples in this North Carolina country boy’s life, gracefully filled the green pastures and dusty trails of the imagination as the songs rang out. I was a highwaymanAlong the coach roads, I did rideCraig was 93 when he died this month. He was married to his beloved Carolyn for 71 of those years.

Persons: Roger Craig ., Craig, Carolyn, gleamed Organizations: Major League Baseball Locations: San Diego, North Carolina

☆ He Went After Crypto Companies. Then Someone Came After Him.
▼ + stars: | 2023-06-18 | by ( John Carreyrou | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +2 min

Joe Delich, a classmate who later worked with Mr. Roche at his law firm, remembers him constantly checking the price of Bitcoin on his laptop during classes. Mr. Roche cashed out before a big price drop, earning about $100,000 in profits. As a third-year student, Mr. Roche collaborated with a professor on a paper discussing Bitcoin’s virtues as the first currency free from government interference. By then, Mr. Roche was a first-year associate at Boies Schiller Flexner, where he was developing a reputation as the kid who understood crypto. But many people considered Dr. Wright a fraud, calling into question the notion that he had mined early blocks of Bitcoin, much less cheated someone out of them.

Persons: Joe Delich, Roche, ”, Boies Schiller, Ira Kleiman, Craig Wright, Satoshi Nakamoto, Kleiman, Wright, David, David Kleiman Organizations: Purdue University, Northwestern University’s Pritzker School of Law, Mr, Street Locations: Miami

☆ Mothers accused of harming their babies are turning to the same science that freed Kathleen Folbigg
▼ + stars: | 2023-06-17 | by ( Hilary Whiteman | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +17 min

Confirmation of a likely genetic cause for the children’s deaths has implications far beyond Australia for parents who have been accused of killing or harming their babies. The advances in genetic testing used to free Folbigg are giving other families hope that science may explain why their children have died, but experts say sometimes even that can’t exonerate parents – often mothers – accused of harming them. How the science is helping othersOne of the lead authors of the study, Professor Carola Vinuesa, says that Folbigg’s case has encouraged other families and lawyers to come forward, seeking genetic evidence to clear mothers accused of harming their babies. Some mothers accused of injuring their children are seeking a genetic explanation for their symptoms to counter claims of child abuse, she said. “The majority of these mothers have not harmed their children, but the children have these very rare conditions.

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☆ Roger Craig, Teacher of an Era-Defining Pitch, Is Dead at 93
▼ + stars: | 2023-06-04 | by ( Richard Goldstein | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +2 min

After pitching in the Dodgers’ minor league system and serving in the Army, Craig made his debut with Brooklyn in July 1955. He pitched for the Dodgers again in the 1956 World Series, taking the loss in Game 3 of the seven-game series win for the Yankees. in shutouts, with four, as the Dodgers won their first pennant in Los Angeles. Craig pitched mostly in relief before he was chosen by the Mets as their No. The Mets traded Craig to the Cardinals before the 1964 season, and he won Game 4 of the World Series in relief as St. Louis beat the Yankees in seven games.

Persons: Mike Scioscia, Roger Lee Craig, John, Mamie Craig, Craig, Connie Mack, Hobie Landrith, Elio Chacon, Louis Organizations: Dodgers, Angels, Associated Press, North Carolina State University, Dodgers ’, Army, Brooklyn, Yankees, Philadelphia Phillies, Chicago White Sox, Mets, Houston, Cardinals, Cincinnati Reds, Phillies Locations: Durham, N.C, North, Los Angeles

☆ You don't need a college degree to work for this member of Congress
▼ + stars: | 2023-05-04 | by ( Ethan Dodd | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +6 min

College degree requirements lock millions of Americans out of jobs. Persistent labor shortages have caused some states and companies to drop degree requirements. However, persistent labor shortages have helped call such degree requirements into question. Craig said she is the first member of Congress to officially drop degree requirements for congressional staff. "Every job description should consider: Does this job actually need a four-year degree," or is relevant experience sufficient, she said.

☆ Jenny Craig tells employees it will shut its doors
▼ + stars: | 2023-05-03 | by ( Sara Ruberg | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +3 min

Jenny Craig corporate and salaried field employees' last day will be Friday, and hourly center employees' last day working was Tuesday. Capital when it acquired Jenny Craig for an undisclosed amount in April 2019. For the past two weeks, Jenny Craig had been running out of money as it searched for a buyer. Two current Jenny Craig corporate employees say they fear the company will file for bankruptcy by the end of the week. Jenny Craig employees say there was no indication preceding the past two weeks that the company was spiraling.

☆ The 10 Senate seats most likely to flip in 2024
▼ + stars: | 2023-04-30 | by ( Simone Pathe | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +19 min

The GOP needs a net gain of one or two seats to flip the chamber, depending on which party wins the White House in 2024, and it’s Democrats who are defending the tougher seats. Jim Justice announcing his Senate bid in West Virginia – the seat most likely to flip party control in 2024. In a presidential year, the national environment is likely to loom large, especially with battleground states hosting key Senate races. Two businessmen with the ability to tap into or raise significant resources could be in the mix – Eric Hovde, who lost the GOP Senate nomination in 2012, and Scott Mayer. Still, unseating Cruz in a state Trump won by nearly 6 points in 2020 will be a tall order.

in order to cast their ballot when polling stations open in local elections next week, sparking concern that some parts of the electorate will in effect be disenfranchised by the change. Large parts of England vote in local council elections on May 4, and a national election is expected next year. In Northern Ireland and many countries in Europe, the need to produce photo ID is established and not unusual. But rapid adoption of this new system in England leaves campaigners fearing that voters will be caught out by the change. "There's a lot of risk in doing what is essentially the biggest change to our elections for a generation," she said.

☆ Breen died after fence post penetrated car window, Hyundai say
▼ + stars: | 2023-04-19 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: +2 min

[1/2] FIA World Rally Championship - Rally Sweden - Stage 3 of Second Round - Torsby, Sweden - February 14, 2020 Craig Breen of Ireland reacts. TT News Agency/Micke Fransson via REUTERS/File PhotoApril 19 (Reuters) - Irish rally driver Craig Breen was killed instantly in a crash in Croatia last week after a fence post penetrated the car's side window, his Hyundai team revealed on Wednesday. Hyundai are competing in Croatia this weekend with a reduced two car entry and a special livery as a tribute to Breen. The 33-year-old would have been competing in his second rally of the season after finishing runner-up in Sweden in February. The world rally championship has retired Breen's competition number 42 for the remainder of the season.

☆ Mike Pence in pink boots, Ron DeSantis in a big ball gown. Here's how the 'RuPublicans' Instagram account uses AI art to call out GOP lawmakers — by dressing them in drag.
▼ + stars: | 2023-04-14 | by ( Aditi Bharade | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +5 min

The "RuPublicans" Instagram account posts AI-generated pictures of GOP lawmakers in full drag. The images range from Mike Pence in sparkly pink boots to Ron DeSantis in a big ball gown. The images are the work of an Instagram account called "RuPublicans," which uses AI to dress Republican lawmakers in drag — complete with frills, feathers, jewels, and wigs. Some of the GOP lawmakers in drag have a history of pushing anti-trans rhetoricSeveral GOP lawmakers that the "RuPublicans" account called out have, in the past, pushed anti-trans messages. Representatives of Pence, DeSantis, Graham, Cruz, Hawley, and McConnell did not immediately respond to Insider's requests for comment sent outside regular business hours.

☆ Irish driver Breen dies after testing crash in Croatia
▼ + stars: | 2023-04-13 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: +1 min

April 13 (Reuters) - Ireland's top rally driver Craig Breen has died after an accident in a pre-event test for the Croatian round of the world championship, his Hyundai team said in a statement on Thursday. The team gave no details of the accident just after midday local time but said co-driver James Fulton was unharmed. He was a world championship regular over the years, although rarely for a full season, and while not a winner he finished second in six rallies. Craig was a world class driver and a world class person," said Motorsport Ireland president Aiden Harper in a statement of condolences. Breen is the first fatality in the world championship since German junior co-driver Joerg Bastuck in the 2006 Rally of Catalunya.

☆ I got my first TV writing job at 55. It was hard being the oldest person in the room — but I'm glad I never gave up.
▼ + stars: | 2023-03-23 | by ( Eboni Boykin-Patterson | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +8 min

Writing what he knew and making personal connections ultimately led to his first TV job at age 55. I've been working towards a TV writing job for a few years, but I've always wanted to write for the screen. I got the job sort of out of the blueThe way I got my first writing job was through a 20-year-old relationship. She was really, really complimentary. As we were taking the class, they were going around the room and each person said what scared them the most about being a TV writer.

☆ Vietnam's VinFast says three sales executives have left EV company
▼ + stars: | 2023-03-17 | by ( Phuong Nguyen | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +3 min

REUTERS/Lisa Baertlein/File PhotoHANOI, March 17 (Reuters) - Vietnamese electric-vehicle (EV) start-up VinFast said on Friday three senior sales and customer-service have left the company this week. In a statement to Reuters, VinFast said Gareth Dunsmore, deputy chief executive for global sales and marketing, had left "due to personal reasons and we respect his decision". VinFast has been selling the first batch of VF8s, rebranded as the City Edition to account for the lower range, on lease in California. In June, VinFast said it had ended its contract with Franck Euvrard, the predecessor as deputy CEO for global sales to just-departed Dunsmore. VinFast lost $2.1 billion in 2022 on revenue of $634 million, it said in a registration statement for an IPO.

☆ Record retail theft puts pressure on Australian supermarket giants
▼ + stars: | 2023-03-02 | by ( Byron Kaye | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +2 min

SYDNEY, March 2 (Reuters) - Retail theft has hit record levels in Australia, government statistics show, putting pressure on grocery giants Woolworths Group Ltd (WOW.AX) and Coles Group Ltd (COL.AX) that are already struggling with soaring supply costs and freight blockages. Queensland, Australia's third-largest state, had the highest monthly rate of shop stealing on record this January, according to publicly available police data. Neither state's data specified which retailers reported theft. That may impact profit at Woolworths and Coles, which together ring up two-thirds of Australian grocery sales and noted rising store theft in trading updates last month. Supermarkets refer to goods lost to theft, expiry or payment error as stock losses.

☆ Minnesota congresswoman defended herself from an attacker in DC elevator by throwing hot coffee at him
▼ + stars: | 2023-02-10 | by ( Sinéad Baker | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +2 min

A Minnesota lawmaker was attacked in the elevator of her Washington DC building, her office said. A police report said she threw hot coffee at him after the attacker punched her in the face. "Craig defended herself from the attacker and suffered bruising, but is otherwise physically okay," the statement said. Craig "defended herself by tossing her hot coffee" at him, it added. The District of Columbia's Metropolitan Police Department said that 26-year-old Kendrick Hamlin, who also goes by Hamlin Khalil Hamlin, had been arrested and charged with assault.

☆ Minnesota Congresswoman Angie Craig assaulted in Washington, her office says
▼ + stars: | 2023-02-09 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: +1 min

WASHINGTON, Feb 9 (Reuters) - U.S. Representative Angie Craig was assaulted on Thursday in the elevator of her apartment building in Washington, D.C., her office said in a statement. Her chief of staff, Nick Coe, said that the Democrat Minnesota congresswoman suffered bruising, but was "otherwise physically okay." The attack took place early in the morning and the lawmaker "defended herself from the attacker", Coe said. "Rep. Craig is grateful to the DC Metropolitan Police Department for their quick response and asks for privacy at this time," her chief of staff added. Reporting by Kanishka Singh in Washington, Editing by Franklin PaulOur Standards: The Thomson Reuters Trust Principles.

☆ Rep. Angie Craig assaulted in apartment building elevator, her office says
▼ + stars: | 2023-02-09 | by ( Kevin Breuninger | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +1 min

Rep. Angie Craig, D-Minn., walks down the House steps at the Capitol on Friday, May 13, 2022. Rep. Angie Craig of Minnesota was assaulted Thursday morning in the elevator of her apartment building in Washington, D.C., her office said. "Rep. Craig called 9-1-1 and the assailant fled the scene of the assault," which occurred around 7:15 a.m. "Rep. Craig is grateful to the D.C. Metropolitan Police Department for their quick response and asks for privacy at this time," Coe said. Craig was seen with a security detail during votes later Thursday, NBC News reported.

☆ Self-proclaimed bitcoin inventor's $2.5 bln lawsuit can go to trial - London court
▼ + stars: | 2023-02-03 | by ( Industry Insight | Upcoming Sec Climate Disclosure Rules Bring Urgency To Esg Data Strategy Planning | Zach Warren | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +2 min

LONDON, Feb 3 (Reuters) - Self-proclaimed bitcoin creator Craig Wright's lawsuit against bitcoin network developers to try to recover billions of dollars can continue to trial, a London court said on Friday. Wright’s Seychelles-based company Tulip Trading is taking legal action against the developers of three networks, arguing they are obliged to write software patches to help Tulip recover the bitcoin. Tulip’s case was thrown out last year, but the Court of Appeal ruled on Friday that developers arguably do owe duties to owners, which should be determined at a full trial. Judge Colin Birss said Tulip had a realistic argument that cryptocurrency is “entrusted” to network developers, who could therefore have a duty to, for example, “introduce code so that an owner’s bitcoin can be transferred to safety”. He added that the outcome of any trial will affect “all aspects of (decentralised finance), whether it involves value tokens or NFTs (non-fungible tokens) or the wider blockchain system”.

☆ 'Glass Onion' director says he didn't want 'A Knives Out Mystery' in the title
▼ + stars: | 2022-12-27 | by ( Travis Clark | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +3 min

"Glass Onion" director Rian Johnson said he was "pissed off" about the movie's subtitle. But despite the name recognition, director Rian Johnson still wasn't thrilled to have "Knives Out" in the title of his sequel, "Glass Onion: A Knives Out Mystery," which hit Netflix on Friday. Whether it's partly due to the familiar subtitle or not, "Glass Onion" appears to be a hit on Netflix. Netflix nabbed the rights to two "Knives Out" sequels last year, meaning viewers can expect a follow-up to "Glass Onion." During Netflix's most recent earnings call in October, co-CEO Ted Sarandos said: "We're in the business of entertaining our members with Netflix movies on Netflix."

☆ Justice Department's antitrust investigation of PGA Tour includes U.S. Golf Association
▼ + stars: | 2022-10-26 | by ( Jack Stebbins | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +2 min

The Justice Department's antitrust investigation of the PGA Tour's actions against the upstart LIV Golf league has also ensnared the Augusta National Golf Club and the United States Golf Association. The managing director of LIV Golf, Majed Al Sorour, had warned that LIV would start its own majors, but later walked back the comment on Twitter. Mickelson, meanwhile, told Sports Illustrated that he "wholeheartedly" expects to play at the Masters despite his LIV Golf affiliation. Both the PGA Tour and LIV Golf have been lobbying in Washington D.C. to state their case against the other. LIV Golf also filed its own antitrust suit against the PGA Tour in September, and the tour subsequently countersued, alleging that LIV Golf was anticompetitive because of its restrictive player contracts.

☆ Charlotte Hornets guard James Bouknight was passed out and had a gun when he was arrested for DWI, police say
▼ + stars: | 2022-10-19 | by ( The Associated Press | ) www.nbcnews.com time to read: +2 min

CHARLOTTE, N.C. — Charlotte Hornets guard James Bouknight was found intoxicated and unconscious and holding a gun with his vehicle in drive before he was arrested on Sunday morning on DWI charges, according to Charlotte Mecklenburg County Police. Police said they responded to reports that a person was passed out in his vehicle in a Charlotte parking lot Sunday morning, blocking the traffic way. According to the police report, officers saw Bouknight unconscious inside the vehicle with the vehicle running and in drive. Officers set up a perimeter and attempted to awaken Bouknight for approximately an hour using a public address system, blasting airhorns and using lights. Officer Craig Warren said in the report that Bouknight had glassy eyes and a strong odor of alcohol coming from his breath.

☆ Retired U.S. military officers find work as 'consultants' for Saudi government
▼ + stars: | 2022-10-18 | by ( ) www.cnbc.com time to read: 1 min

Share Share Article via Facebook Share Article via Twitter Share Article via LinkedIn Share Article via EmailRetired U.S. military officers find work as 'consultants' for Saudi governmentWashington Post investigative reporter Craig Whitlock joins Shep Smith to discuss a new investigation that found a number of retired U.S. generals and admirals working for the Saudi regime and Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman.

"As a city, we will remain committed to fostering greater communication and understanding and continuing the progress we’ve made in addressing the needs of Fort Worth." As part of the settlement, the city admits no other fault and there are no other requirements, a Fort Worth spokesperson said. Craig called Fort Worth police to report that a white neighbor had choked her 7-year-old son, NBC Dallas-Fort Worth reported at the time of the December 2016 incident. He then told Craig that if she kept yelling, "you're gonna piss me off and I'm gonna take you to jail." At one point in the footage, the officer was seen pulling out his Taser as he wrestled Craig and Hymond.

☆ This man's job application was 'unignorable.' He put QR codes on every car in a company's car park — and got hired.
▼ + stars: | 2022-02-27 | by ( Stephen Jones | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +4 min

Jonathan Swift printed leaflets with a QR code to his LinkedIn and left them on a recruiter's car. He said that he wanted to make sure that recruiters at Instantprint saw his job application. Hiring manager Craig Wassell said his application was "unignorable" and offered him a job. Having initially applied for the role of marketing executive online, he wanted to make sure that his application was seen. His advice for anyone who wants their job application to stand out is to "think outside the box."

☆ Prosecutors support probation for ex-Trump campaign official Rick Gates, who helped Mueller probe
▼ + stars: | 2019-12-10 | by ( Dan Mangan | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +3 min

Rick Gates, former deputy campaign manager for Donald Trump, exits Federal Court in Washington, D.C., U.S., on Friday, Feb. 23, 2018. Gates is a former business partner of Paul Manafort, who served for several months as chief of Trump's 2016 presidential campaign. Gates served on that campaign as well, and on Trump's inaugural committee. Gates later testified at the trials of Manafort, Trump's long-time friend Roger Stone and Washington lawyer Greg Craig, who had served under two Democratic presidents. Prosecutors in their filing Tuesday wrote, "Since entering a guilty plea in February 2018, the defendant, Richard W. Gates III, has provided the government with extraordinary assistance," prosecutors wrote.

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