Magic to play Raptors in regular-season NBA game in London (Yahoo Sports)
LONDON (AP) — The NBA says the Orlando Magic and Toronto Raptors will play a regular-season game in London on Jan. 14.
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Greek bailout vote puts Syriza party rebellion to the test
By Costas Pitas and Angeliki Koutantou ATHENS (Reuters) – Greece’s leftist government tried on Wednesday to contain a rebellion in Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras’ Syriza party ahead of a vote in the evening on reforms required to start talks on a rescue deal. A first set of reforms that focused largely on tax hikes and budget discipline triggered a rebellion in Syriza last week and passed only thanks to votes
Suicide bomber on motorcycle kills 15 near Afghan market
A suicide bomber on a motorcycle killed at least 15 people and wounded 38 near a busy marketplace in northwest Afghanistan on Wednesday, officials said. No one claimed responsibility, but Taliban militants have regularly use suicide bombers to attack Afghan government and foreign troops in the area. Five of the dead were Afghan security force personnel and the rest civilians, Faryab’s acting governor, Satar Barez, said.
Twin suicide attacks kill at least 13 in Cameroon: sources
YAOUNDE (Reuters) – Twin suicide bomb attacks in the capital of Cameroon’s far northern region Maroua killed at least 13 people on Wednesday, senior Cameroon military sources told Reuters. The attack was the second this month and was the furthest south that Cameroon has been struck since it deployed thousands of troops to the region to combat neighboring Nigeria’s Boko Haram insurgents. A senior military source said the first explosion
Kurd militants say kill two Turkish police to avenge Islamic State bombing
By Orhan Coskun and Dasha Afanasieva ANKARA (Reuters) – Kurdish militants claimed responsibility for the assassination on Wednesday of two Turkish police officers in what they said was retaliation for a suspected Islamic State suicide bombing which killed 32 mostly young students. The Kurdistan Workers Party (PKK) said in a statement on one of its websites that the two police officers were killed at around 6 a.m. in the south-eastern
Wells Fargo & Co. is the earth’s most valuable bank
San Francisco-based Wells Fargo & Co. recently surpassed Industrial & Commercial Bank of China Ltd. as the lender with the largest market value in the world. Now, Wells Fargo’s market capitalization is approaching $300 billion, a first for a U.S. bank—and $42 billion and $120 billion more than J.P. Morgan Chase & Co. and Citigroup Inc., respectively.
Brookline is back for US Open, LA North gets 1st shot (Yahoo Sports)
The Country Club is getting its first U.S. Open in three decades, and Los Angeles Country Club is set to host its first major championship. The USGA announced three sites for the U.S. Open on Wednesday, including a return to Pinehurst No. 2. It effectively alternates the U.S. Open between the East Coast and prime-time TV of California for at least a seven-year stretch.
The University of Michigan’s Connected-Car Test Track Is Now Open to (Almost) Anyone
– The University of Michigan has just opened the country’s first test track for connected and automated vehicles, or what really is the first fake American town outside of Celebration, Florida. – – The 32-acre Mcity, a $10 million project funded in part by the Department of Transportation, is now available to any automaker, supplier, or organization that wants a huge, confined, and highly realistic place to mess around with
The University of Michigan’s Connected-Car Test Track Is Now Open to (Almost) Anyone
– The University of Michigan has just opened the country’s first test track for connected and automated vehicles, or what really is the first fake American town outside of Celebration, Florida. – – The 32-acre Mcity, a $10 million project funded in part by the Department of Transportation, is now available to any automaker, supplier, or organization that wants a huge, confined, and highly realistic place to mess around with
This Awesome Lego Mercedes-Benz Kit Is More Complicated Than Its Name
– We’re not changing our name to Lego and Driver—although we’d be all for starting a sister publication—but it is true that Lego has been stepping up its automotive game as of late. The world’s most powerful brand has released incredibly realistic kits of everything from a classic Ferrari F40 to a Mini Cooper, a Volkswagen T1 Camper van, and even a Mercedes Unimog. There’s now another Mercedes-Benz product in Lego’s