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Shane Lowry set his sights on a Sunday showdown with Rory McIlroy after the headline attractions played their way into contention in the Irish Open. Lowry added a second round of 69 to his opening 72 for a halfway total…
By the Numbers: Holiday shopping? In September? Nearly half of people polled by Bankrate said they plan to get a jump on their holiday shopping before Halloween, but a quarter also said their spending would be crimped, likely because of
The death toll in the aftermath of a typhoon in Vietnam has climbed to 233, state media reported. Rescue workers recovered more bodies on Friday from areas hit by landslides and flash floods. State-run broadcaster VTV said emergency crews have…
Aircraft assembly workers have walked off the job at Boeing factories near Seattle after union members voted overwhelmingly to go on strike and reject a tentative contract that would have increased wages by 25% over four years. The strike started…
Russia’s Federal Security Service have accused six British diplomats of spying and said a decision has been made to withdraw their accreditation. Russian state TV quoted an official from the security service known as the FSB as saying that they…
David Beckham was among the mourners at Fryksande church in the Swedish town of Torsby on Friday for the funeral of former England manager Sven-Goran Eriksson. Captain of the team during Eriksson’s spell in charge between 2001 and 2006, Beckham…
