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New United manager Erik ten Hag faces a considerable challenge to restore a side who finished 34 points behind second-placed Liverpool, and United’s disastrous defensive performance across the season put the defender under severe scrutiny. As it is, Ten Hag has decided to keep Maguire as captain, extending a responsibility that began shortly after the centre-back arrived from Leicester for £80 million ($95m) in 2019. How has Ten Hag explained the decision?...

The artist was about to perform at the Maclarin For Homeland festival in Tver, 180 kilometers northwest of Moscow. State news agency Sputnik News said that the festival’s organizers gave Lindemann a chance to perform at the show and it followed the guidelines that allowed a gathering of 500 people. But the event was canceled. The festival was organized to celebrate the 50th birthday of a local businessman and owner of the Afanasy brewing company, Maxim Larin....

Overvaluing any function leads to over-reliance on that function. Same as when the value of any asset is over-relied on, it becomes a liability. In these times, many company leaders are called to exercise the function of subtraction. Eliminate waste. Slice costs. Cut manufacturing. Purge inventory. Remove people. Spend less. Do more. Multiply profits. Divide and silo teams and functionality. Overvaluing subtraction and undervaluing creative additions leave in place old ways of ideating, problem-solving, decision-making, communicating, and doing things....

For good reason. Most of our cold-war efforts to kill foreign leaders like Fidel Castro (we planned to use exploding cigars and poisoned scuba suits) bordered on the comical–and rarely worked. So in the wake of the Church Committee’s revelation of CIA abuses in places like Cuba, Chile and the Congo, President Ford signed a sweeping, one-sentence executive order: ““No person employed by or acting on behalf of the United States government shall engage in, or conspire to engage in, assassination....

Gould is a perfect 21 for 21 on field goal attempts in his playoff career, an NFL record. But that 21st field goal got Gould into some trouble. He nailed a 38-yarder as time expired in the first half to give the Niners a 10-7 lead in the NFC championship game Sunday. MORE: Live score, updates, highlights from NFC title game With Inglewood not being Vegas, 21 wasn’t such a lucky number for Gould, because after the kick, he and Rams All-Pro cornerback Jalen Ramsey got into a heated exchange and had to be separated by officials and players....

That appears to be credo of the current version of the Yankees, who were manhandled by the Astros in the ALCS in a four-game sweep. With reports already emerging that they’re expected to sign general manager Brian Cashman to a new contract, owner Hal Steinbrenner all but confirmed that Aaron Boone will remain the team’s manager. “As far as Boone’s concerned, we just signed him and for all the same reasons I listed a year ago, I believe he is a very good manager,” Steinbrenner said, per The Associated Press....

West Indies are coming off a six-wicket win over Australia. However, their captain Auguste Ackeem performed well, scoring 57 at a strike rate of 85.07. The hosts will now look to exploit Scotland’s weak batting lineup and register their first win. Meanwhile, Scotland are also coming off a loss, against Sri Lanka, and will look to win their first game in the competition. Their captain Charlie Tear will need to step up for the team to put runs on the board, though....

In a viral Reddit post published on r/AmITheA**hole, Redditor u/Remaa5455 (otherwise referred to as the original poster, or OP) said she was taken aback by the request and detailed the heated aftermath of her decision to stamp out any inkling that she’d ever oblige. Titled, “[Am I the a**hole] for refusing to fund my husband’s vacation?” the post has received more than 6,000 upvotes and 1,000 comments in the last day....

While some games, like Watch_Dogs for example, are doing their best to keep the Wii U relevant, other publishers don’t see the value in porting a title if sales are so low. That’s why the newly unveiled Battlefield 4 is not coming to the console. But poor sales are not been for a lacking of trying on Nintendo’s part, or at least “trying.” They’ve been recently running a flyer that helps consumers understand “Why Wii U?...

Niederreiter tallied a hat trick 4:02 into the second period in Minnesota’s matchup with the Buffalo Sabres at Xcel Energy Center. MORE: Watch the NHL live and on-demand with fuboTV (7-day free trial) Niederreiter opened the scoring just over a minute into the game when he received a pass from Michael Granlund and sent the puck past Buffalo goalie Robin Lehner. With 6:07 to play in the first period, Niederreiter extended the Wild’s advantage to 3-0 with his second goal of the game....

Cawthorn, a Republican representing North Carolina’s 11th congressional district, has faced strong criticism in recent days following an interview where he claimed he’d been invited to an “orgy” during his time in Washington, D.C. and seen people taking cocaine. The two U.S. senators from North Carolina—Republicans Thom Tillis and Richard Burr— have both publicly criticized the 26-year-old congressman. Tillis has even endorsed one of Cawthorn’s opponents in the May GOP primary, State Senator Chuck Edwards....

The Left 4 Dead games notably supported couch co-op as well as split-screen online functionality, giving gamers a wide range of options when playing with friends. We asked Turtle Rock Studios community manager Miss Murder if Back 4 Blood would have similar couch co-op features. “No word on that yet,” she said on Twitter, “but happy to hear the suggestion!” It seems as though Turtle Rock Studios hasn’t made a determination one way or another about whether or not Back 4 Blood will have couch co-op....

We’ve seen the trophy being lifted by the erstwhile Deccan Chargers, the wooden spooners from the first season and put up with the ignominy of having been pulverized by our bitter rivals the Super Kings. And last year, we missed out on qualifying for the playoffs by the narrowest of margins. In fact, we have enough potential to become the Proteas of the IPL – dominate the league stages, set some records on the way, then choke....

But last week the Baker plan got somewhere. Syrian President Hafez Assad unconditionally accepted a compromise formula for Mideast peace talks. Assad has been an ardent Arab rejectionist, and his decision makes it easier for the Jordanians and Palestinians to sign on, as the Egyptians and gulf states have already done. Egypt and Saudi Arabia quickly followed Assad’s announcement by offering to suspend the Arab boycott against Israel if Israel would suspend building settlements in the Occupied Territories....

Each year, hundreds of thousands of people in the U.S. are estimated to travel abroad to countries like Mexico, Costa Rica, Thailand, Israel and beyond to access a range of procedures, including dentistry, cosmetic surgery, cardiovascular surgery, orthopedics, reproductive care and experimental cancer treatments. By traveling abroad, Patients Beyond Borders, (PBB) estimates that medical travelers can generally save anywhere from 20 to 80 percent on treatments, with those seeking treatment in neighboring Mexico often able to save around 40 to 65 percent on treatments....

Final Fantasy 7: Advent Children served as a sequel to the original game, but reception to the film was mixed at best. On the one hand, the visuals were absolutely incredible, unlike anything that gamers had seen to that point. Seeing Cloud do battle with massive creatures like Bahamut and nemeses like Sephiroth was thrilling for fans, and many still love the movie to this day for that reason. On the other hand, the story was a bit jumbled, and the voice acting left much to be desired at times....

The YouTubers have been on a collision course for years but have never entered the boxing ring to face one another. That may change as long as the two can be civil. May being key. Things recently surged following KSI’s appearance on Ariel Helwani’s MMA Hour and later on Twitter Spaces. KSI, promoting a fight against FaZe Temperrr on January 14, stated to Helwani that Paul was hiding behind contract negotiations....

Granted, they promised that a new raid would hit some time later this year, but the circumstances surrounding that release are a complete mystery. Most Destiny players hope the House of Wolves raid will simply be a free download released at a later date, while the cynics could easily see the raid being incorporated into the rumored 2015 expansion, tentatively titled Comet. Whatever the case may be, the fact of the matter is there will be no new raid for Destiny with House of Wolves....

Price can mean several different things, most obviously the price of the Oculus Rift headset itself. But it can also mean the price of games, which, as we have now learned, may be more than the current $60 average. According to Oculus CEO Brendan Iribe, there is a genuine possibility that games that use the Oculus Rift will retail for more than the average game. He doesn’t cite specific examples, but Iribe says he has seen a few games that he personally would pay “a lot to get that experience in virtual reality....

One of the biggest gripes that fans have with WWE today is the company’s inability to create new stars. The biggest wrestling promotion in the world has always been driven by star-power. From Superstars of yesteryear like Bruno Samartino to modern-day greats like John Cena, the company has been home to almost every major Superstar in the business. Regardless of what your opinion about John Cena might be, he was truly the last megastar in WWE....