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14 Teams Set for Compressed Evie Odom InvitationalSports — 5dOld Dominion hosts the Evie Odom Invitational at Virginia Beach’s Princess Anne Country Club, with 14 teams—including Coastal Carolina, Louisville and Georgia—competing. Weather concerns shifted the schedule to 36 holes Friday and the final 18 holes Saturday.

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Campbell Wins Elon Invitational, Haberer Takes MedalSports — 1dCampbell won the Elon Phoenix Invitational, with Wake Forest’s Tom Haberer taking individual medalist honors. Western Carolina finished third at 23-under par, Gardner-Webb placed 12th, and Temple’s Michael Vital recorded a hole-in-one; four UNC Greensboro golfers competed as individuals.

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Yankees Swept, Legends Urge Philosophy Change — 5dAfter the Yankees were swept by the Rays in the American League Division Series, Alex Rodriguez called for a change in the team’s baseball philosophy and urged general manager Brian Cashman to strengthen his baseball advisers. Derek Jeter also criticized the team’s execution, while Aaron Judge said the front office should address the roster’s holes.

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How to patch a small drywall holeLifestyle — Sep 26, 2026For anyone fixing a nail hole or tiny puncture who wants the wall smooth and ready for paint again.

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Marcus Bell I always sand twice with finer grit and it leaves the wall ready for paint without any extra primer.

Casey Jarvis Opens Two-Shot Lead at St Andrews — Oct 2, 2026Casey Jarvis holed out from 103 yards for eagle and shot 65 at St Andrews to reach 18 under, opening a two-shot Dunhill Links lead.

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Marcus Bell Two shots is a decent cushion at St Andrews but the final round can turn quickly if the wind picks up.

AP Top 25 College Football TeamsRankingCollege football fans argue endlessly over which programs deserve the top spots in the AP Poll based on wins, schedule strength, and legacy.

School workers free raccoon stuck head-first in a dumpster hole — Oct 3, 2026At a Vidor City, Texas school, maintenance workers found a raccoon with its head stuck in a dumpster, gave it water from a plastic cup, then cut the metal free. The district called them behind-the-scenes heroes.

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Gunfire near Belleville synagogue wounds officer and man on Yom Kippur — Sep 21, 2026Gunfire near Belleville's Sons of Jacob Synagogue on Yom Kippur wounded a police officer and a man; photos show more than a dozen bullet holes in stained glass.

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Maya Lindstrom Ford is correct that arrests must follow, but we still need to know if the synagogue itself was targeted.

Lions’ Maddox Out After Season-Ending Foot Surgery — Sep 21, 2026Detroit Lions safety Avonte Maddox will miss the rest of the 2026 season after suffering a foot injury against the Buffalo Bills that requires surgery, further depleting a secondary already missing Kerby Joseph and Brian Branch. The team is boosting its defensive back depth with veterans and new signings to address the hole in the secondary.

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Sam Okafor Losing Maddox hurts but the Lions are doing the right thing by signing veterans to fill the gaps in the secondary.

IEA Warns Diesel Markets Stay Tight Through 2027Finance — 5hIEA Oct. 14: diesel stays tight into 2027 after 1.3 mmbbl/d Middle East-Russia losses; wholesale hit ~$220/bbl and Europe prices "could rise again."

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Sam Okafor Europe should expand its own refining capacity now instead of hoping the shortage eases by 2027.

Food and hospitality jobs advertised across three citiesLifestyle — 1dCafé Corazón plans to expand its roasting and wholesale operations with a new Kansas City, Kansas, production facility, aiming to bring its coffee and yerba maté products to grocery stores and offices. The other articles cover unrelated local business support and job listings.

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Titans 0-5; Saleh Rejects Wholesale ChangesSports — 2dThe Tennessee Titans fell to 0-5 after a 26-3 loss to Houston, with coach Robert Saleh calling the performance a major step backward but rejecting sweeping changes as a panic response. Saleh urged the team to focus on improving and building a foundation, while the offense’s struggles have put Tennessee on pace for one of the worst four-year records in NFL history.

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Most Influential Women in World HistoryYourlist — RankingFrom ancient queens who ruled empires to modern activists who changed laws, these women left indelible marks on politics, science, and culture. Vote for who you think shaped history most profoundly.

WWII Veterans Mark Milestones Across USLifestyle — 5dWorld War II veterans are being honored for extraordinary longevity: Al McFarling celebrated turning 100 with family and friends, George Chall marked 104 after serving as a battlefield medic, and Paul Schneider celebrated his 105th birthday while crediting an active life and helping others. Louisiana veteran Elmo Sholes, also 105, has died, prompting tributes to his service and patriotism.

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US Wholesale Inventories Rise 0.5% but Miss Revised EstimateBusiness — 5dU.S. wholesale inventories rose 0.5% in August to $964.2 billion, missing the 0.7% estimate, for a seventh straight monthly increase.

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Perimenopausal Women Twice as Likely to Have Lower Heart-Health MeasuresHealth — Oct 6, 2026Declining estrogen during perimenopause can worsen cardiovascular risk—sometimes before standard cholesterol tests show a problem—making this a key time for women to address heart health. A newly developed questionnaire, which showed promising early reliability, aims to assess women’s knowledge and perceived heart risks during menopause amid low awareness of the menopause–heart disease link.

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AT&T and Partners Form Joint Venture to Expand U.S. Fiber NetworkBusiness — Oct 6, 2026AT&T, Global Infrastructure Partners and CPP Investments agreed to combine AT&T’s Gigapower venture and the fiber assets and operations acquired from Lumen in a wholesale, open-access joint venture to speed fiber expansion across the U.S. The deal is expected to close in the first half of 2027; analysts say its financial impact will depend on the venture’s valuation, cash proceeds and debt structure.

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Toy Story vs ShrekYourlist — VS BattleThe toy box vs the swamp: two animation revolutions, one inevitable playground argument.

Scholes seeks 2012 medal if City stripped — Oct 3, 2026Paul Scholes said he wants the 2011-12 Premier League medal if City are stripped, posting he is a greedy bastard; Rooney said he would refuse one.

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Chris Dalton Rooney refusing any medal shows more sportsmanship than chasing one after the fact.

U.S. GDP Grew 2.2% in Second Quarter; Arkansas Lagged — Sep 30, 2026U.S. second-quarter 2026 GDP growth was revised up to a 2.2% annual rate from 1.5%, reflecting stronger consumer, investment and government spending, though it remained below the first quarter’s 2.5% pace. Arkansas grew 1.1%, ranking 34th among states and Washington, D.C., as gains in durable-goods manufacturing and wholesale trade partly offset declines in other sectors.

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Derek Foss That national number would look better if states like Arkansas caught up instead of dragging averages down.

2024 Trump Shooting Victim DiesBusiness — Sep 22, 2026A man wounded in the 2024 assassination attempt on President Trump has died, while reports on Argentina say shopping-center sales rose in July despite a steep year-to-date decline and wholesale sales fell year over year. In Venezuela, Rodríguez thanked Trump as the opposition said authorities again blocked Machado’s return.

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Microsoft Plugs Nearly 1,000 Security HolesTech — Sep 8, 2026

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Tom Gallagher Patching almost a thousand holes shows how much work goes into keeping Windows secure, but it also means many risks built up beforehand.

Rescue Continues to Save 8 Indonesian Workers Trapped in Mining HoleReporting — Jul 27, 2023Rescue efforts to save eight workers trapped in an Indonesian mining hole in Java have increased, according to the New York Post . The search and rescue team scrambled to pump water out of the hole Thursday after the…

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Platner Calls Fellow Dem Fetterman an ‘A**hole’ — Jun 8, 2026Senate candidate Graham Platner and Sen. John Fetterman (D-Pa.) may be both Democrats, but that does not necessarily make them friends. In fact, Platner called Fetterman an “a**hole” during a Sunday town hall in…

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Another Win for Einstein – Theory First Proposed in 1915 Is Proved CorrectReporting — May 25, 2024More than a century ago, Albert Einstein theorized that black holes in space would have a region where whatever the black hole wants to suck inside of it surrenders to its doom. The 1915 theory now has been confirmed by…

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Jesse Watters’ Mom Gives ‘Suggestions’ During His Show: ‘Do Not Fall Into Any Conspiracy Rabbit Holes’Reporting — Jul 18, 2023While hosting his show during a new time slot, Fox News host Jesse Watters received some “suggestions” from a caller. The caller was his mom, Anne Watters, who warned him not to “fall into any conspiracy rabbit holes”…

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‘Not Had A Break?’: Doocy Pokes Holes in Biden’s Excuse As to Why He Hasn’t Been to East PalestineReporting — Sep 6, 2023Fox News reporter Peter Doocy poked holes in President Joe Biden’s excuse as to why he has not been to East Palestine, Ohio. During a press conference on Tuesday, Doocy asked White House press secretary Karine…

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