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July 16, 2015 AUTOS

2015 Toyota Avalon Reviewed: Still Quick, Slick, and Stylish

–Overview: With the Toyota Avalon’s midcycle refresh having been unveiled for 2016, we felt it was appropriate to take a final spin in the current version, which has been on sale since 2013. While this might seem like an unexciting assignment, the Avalon—shockingly—isn’t boring. (Well, the conventional, V-6–powered model reviewed here isn’t; the hybrid version is quite sanitized.) Indeed, this car proves that a Toyota product actually can be among

July 16, 2015 SPORTS (MSM)

Spieth happy to tuck in behind Open leaders

Jordan Spieth found himself in the rare position, for him, of not leading at the end of a round in a major golf tournament on Thursday, but he happily settled for an opening 67 in the British Open. Spieth, who was criticised for not coming to Scotland before Monday, having had little previous experience of links golf, certainly showed no unfamiliarity as he birdied his first three holes. “Luckily it

July 16, 2015 SPORTS (MSM)

Spieth happy to tuck in behind Open leaders

Jordan Spieth found himself in the rare position, for him, of not leading at the end of a round in a major golf tournament on Thursday, but he happily settled for an opening 67 in the British Open. Spieth, who was criticised for not coming to Scotland before Monday, having had little previous experience of links golf, certainly showed no unfamiliarity as he birdied his first three holes. “Luckily it