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Bridge: Nov. 30, 2023

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 11:16:33 GMT

Cy the Cynic constantly battles his weight. We urge him to go to a gym or at least jog, but he is resistant.“I’m in a `Fitness Protection Program’” Cy shrugs.Cy won’t even exercise caution. In my club’s penny game, Cy played at today’s six spades. He won the first club with the ace and saw that with normal breaks in the majors, he could make an overtrick. Cy took the ace of trumps, then led the A-K of hearts. If East-West followed, Cy would ruff a third heart with dummy’s queen of trumps, draw trumps and claim.DOWN ONEAlas, East ruffed the king of hearts and returned a trump. The Cynic won … and West discarded. Cy ruffed a heart with the queen of trumps and drew trumps, but he had to lose a heart to West.After Cy takes the ace of hearts, he should cautiously lead a low heart. West wins and leads, say, a diamond. Cy takes dummy’s ace, leads a trump to his hand, ruffs a heart with the queen of trumps and draws trumps. Then he can r...

Word Game: Nov. 30, 2023

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 11:16:33 GMT

TODAY’S WORD — OCULIST (OCULIST: OK-yoo-list: An optometrist or opthamologist.)Average mark 20 wordsTime limit 35 minutesCan you find 26 or more words in OCULIST? The list will be published tomorrow.YESTERDAY’S WORD — UTERINE unit unite untie urine teen tenure tern tier tine tire tree trine triune true tune tuner tureen turn enter entire enure erne etui rein rent retie retinue reunite rite ruin runt inert inter inure neuter niterTo purchase the Word Game book, visit WordGameBooks.com. Order it now for just $5 while supplies last!RULES OF THE GAME:1. Words must be of four or more letters.2. Words that acquire four letters by the addition of “s,” such as “bats” or “dies,” are not allowed.3. Additional words made by adding a “d” or an “s” may not be used. For example, if “bake” is used, “baked” or “bakes” are not allowed, but “bake” and “baking” are admissible.4. Proper nouns, slang words, or vulgar or sexually explicit words are not allowed.Contact Word Game cr...

Ask Amy: Should I tell my neighbor about her child’s bullying behavior?

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 11:16:33 GMT

Dear Amy: My daughter, in third grade, made friends with a second-grader, “Lucy,” who lives across the street. They go to the same school.Related ArticlesAdvice | Ask Amy: My wife has big-league dreams for our son, but I think he should give up the sport Advice | Ask Amy: We’re not inviting her, but it will be hard to tell her why Advice | Ask Amy: This teen mom is trying to manipulate my son Advice | Ask Amy: I’m being punished for refusing to give in to my child’s spouse Advice | Ask Amy: Now I’m expected to sew a custom quilt for a stranger as a gift The two girls were getting along great when all of a sudden Lucy started making friends with all my daughter’s classmates, and then telling her that the other kids don’t want to be her friend.She also heard Lucy tell another girl that my daughter is ugly. She came home sobbing.I know this happens all the time, but it’s wrong....

Harriette Cole: My birthday wish list could get me in trouble with my family

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 11:16:33 GMT

DEAR HARRIETTE: My 20th birthday is coming up. I have a list of presents I want to ask for, but I do not want to ask for too much or for the presents to be too expensive.Related ArticlesAdvice | Harriette Cole: My two roommates are moving out, and I don’t believe their excuse Advice | Harriette Cole: My old friend is back in my life, and she has brought a lot of drama Advice | Harriette Cole: I’m on the brink of unloading on my husband about the car crash Advice | Harriette Cole: I can no longer be silent about this messed-up family Advice | Harriette Cole: She’s the restaurant patron from hell, and she needs to hear that A lot of things I want are in a high price range, and I do not want to seem ungrateful or appear as if I am asking for too much. My family has reassured me that it is an important birthday and I am not overstepping.My list is pretty long, though, and despite asking mul...

NYPD Accused of Fabricating Domestic Violence Survivor’s Murder Confession

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 11:16:33 GMT

A woman who was charged with murdering her husband in 2020 sued the New York City Police Department, alleging that police officers fabricated the confession that was the basis of the case against her. The federal civil rights lawsuit also alleges that the Manhattan District Attorney’s Office obtained a search warrant for an email account she created to draw attention to her case — and never disclosed it, as required by law. Prosecutors dropped their case against Tracy McCarter last December, citing insufficient evidence. In the lawsuit, which was filed on November 2 in the Southern District of New York, McCarter said she had “sustained serious physical and psychological harm as a result of being wrongfully arrested, charged, imprisoned, searched, and prosecuted.” The lawsuit names four NYPD officers who were involved with the arrest and one investigator from the Manhattan District Attorney’s Office who worked on the case. All four of the police officers have previously fac...

Efforts underway to save bald eagle struck on Baltimore highway

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 11:16:33 GMT

Hopes are high that a bald eagle will recover from its injuries after being rescued Monday along the Baltimore-Washington Parkway.The injured eagle is in the hands of a veterinary surgeon after being rescued by a volunteer with the Owl Moon Raptor Center in Boyds, Maryland.“It was sitting on the side of the road and it was not moving … people were passing by in their vehicles and they couldn’t stop and … they saw it on the side of the road,” said Suzanne Shoemaker, executive director of the Owl Moon Raptor Center. “It was even marked on WAZE as a road kill and it wasn’t dead.”Yesterday, a District 4 officer responded to an injured Bald Eagle in the wooded area along the Baltimore-Washington Pkwy. The officer worked with the Owl Moon Raptor Center to rescue this iconic bird. The Bald Eagle is now receiving great care and is expected to recover. pic.twitter.com/svDxlbwVGy— USPPNEWS (@usparkpolicepio) November 28, 2023The eagle was apparently strong ...

Suspected drug cartel members abduct 7 Mexican immigration agents at gunpoint in Cancun

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 11:16:33 GMT

MEXICO CITY (AP) — Suspected drug cartel members abducted seven Mexican immigration agents in Cancun at gunpoint Wednesday, beat them and threatened to kill them before they were freed, authorities said.The brazen mass kidnapping occurred near Cancun’s bustling airport and illustrates the degree to which Mexico’s cartels and criminal gangs have become involved in migrant smuggling and kidnapping.Federal forces later located the house where the agents were being held in the Caribbean resort city. The forces — apparently marines and National Guard, along with local police — engaged the kidnappers in a gun battle and freed the agents. They did not say whether anyone was wounded in the confrontation.The agents said after they were released that the gunmen threatened to kill them unless they allowed migrants to be smuggled through the airport and other parts of the coastal state of Quintana Roo. It was the first such mass abduction of immigration agents in Mexico, and the National Immigr...

Baltimore’s Félix Bautista wins of Reliever of the Year Award

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 11:16:33 GMT

FILE -Baltimore Orioles relief pitcher Felix Bautista throws a pitch during the ninth inning of a baseball game between the Baltimore Orioles and the New York Mets, Sunday, Aug. 6, 2023, in Baltimore. Baltimore’s Félix Bautista was a unanimous winner of the Mariano Rivera American League Reliever of the Year Award and Milwaukee’s Devin Williams won the Trevor Hoffman National League honor on Wednesday, Nov. 29, 2023. (AP Photo/Julio Cortez, File)(AP/Julio Cortez) FILE -Baltimore Orioles relief pitcher Felix Bautista throws a pitch during the ninth inning of a baseball game between the Baltimore Orioles and the New York Mets, Sunday, Aug. 6, 2023, in Baltimore. Baltimore’s Félix Bautista was a unanimous winner of the Mariano Rivera American League Reliever of the Y...

Pánico en una tienda: policía mata a balazos a hombre que lo amenazó con dos enormes cuchillos

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 11:16:33 GMT

La policía de Tennessee divulgó el video de la cámara corporal de un oficial que disparó y causó la muerte a un hombre que lo amenazó con atacarlo con dos cuchillos luego de un supuesto robo de auto. Según el Departamento de Policía de Murfreesboro, los oficiales respondieron al reporte de que Steven James Murphy, de 44 años, intentara robar a un trabajador que sacaba efectivo en un cajero automático el miércoles en la mañana.Luego, el trabajador apuntó con un arma a Murphy, quien luego corrió hacia un supermercado pequeño cercano, según autoridades. Allí había al menos seis personas. Insólito: acribillan a tiros a un Santa inflable Escalofriante video: hispano muere baleado por un policía en California En el video, se ve al oficial Adam Claiborne respondiendo al incidente, abrir la puerta de la tienda y diciendo “hola” a Murphy, que está detrás del mostrador.En la grabación se ve a Murphy dándose la vuelta y amenazan...

Global Education Communities: Fiscal Q4 Earnings Snapshot

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 11:16:33 GMT

VANCOUVER, British Columbia (AP) — VANCOUVER, British Columbia (AP) — Global Education Communities Corp. (GECSF) on Thursday reported a loss of $476,000 in its fiscal fourth quarter.On a per-share basis, the Vancouver, British Columbia-based company said it had a loss of 1 cent.The operator of business, technical and language colleges posted revenue of $17.4 million in the period.For the year, the company reported a loss of $2.9 million, or 4 cents per share. Revenue was reported as $58.4 million._____This story was generated by Automated Insights (http://automatedinsights.com/ap) using data from Zacks Investment Research. Access a Zacks stock report on GECSF at https://www.zacks.com/ap/GECSFSource