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HARTFORD, Conn. (AP) — Ja Morant recorded the ninth triple-double in the NCAA Tournament since 1987 as Murray State trounced fifth-seeded Marquette 83-64 in the first round of the West Region on Thursday. |
Murray State continued a trend of a No. 12 seed winning at least one game in all but three tournaments since 2001 — including last year’s — but this looked nothing like an upset. |
Morant had 17 points, 16 assists and 11 rebounds as he sliced through Marquette and showed the Racers (28-4) were better in every way than their opponent from the Big East. The Ohio Valley Conference champions face fourth-seeded Florida State on Saturday as the Racers next try to take down an Atlantic Coast Conference ... |
With 4:36 left in the second half and Murray State up 20, Morant grabbed his 10th rebound. Racers fans began chanting “triple-double” to mark the first one since Michigan State’s Draymond Green in 2012 against LIU-Brooklyn. |
The game was billed as a showcase of two of the nation’s best point guards and Morant and Markus Howard delivered plenty of highlights. Howard scored 16 in the first half on a mix of 3s off screens and hard drives to the hoop and finished with 26 points for Marquette (24-10). |
JACKSONVILLE, Fla. (AP) — Maryland’s Darryl Morsell made a crucial defensive stop as Belmont went for a last-second upset in the NCAA Tournament, allowing the Terrapins to escape in the East Regional. |
The mid-major powerhouse from Nashville, Tennessee couldn’t knock off the No. 6-seeded Terrapins (23-10) from the Big Ten, despite a 35-point performance by Dylan Windler. |
Maryland was clinging to a 1-point lead and the shot clock was off as Belmont (26-6) had a chance to win it at the buzzer. The Bruins didn’t bother calling a timeout to set up a play; they knew what they wanted to do — a backdoor pass to Windler. But Morsell anticipated the pass and stepped in front of Windler to pick ... |
Morsell was fouled with 2.5 seconds to go, sending him to the foul line for two shots. He made the first and missed the second, and Windler heaved an unsuccessful desperation shot from midcourt. |
Belmont led by as many as 12 points in the first half and went to the break with a 40-34 lead. |
DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — Cassius Winston scored 26 points and second-seeded Michigan State held off Bradley in the East Region. |
Xavier Tillman had 16 points with 11 boards for the Spartans (29-6), who’ll face Big Ten rival, 10th-seeded Minnesota, on Saturday in search of their first trip to the Sweet Sixteen in four years. Michigan State throttled the Gophers 79-55 in East Lansing back on Feb. 9. |
Bradley gave the Big Ten champions all they could handle, though. |
It was a one-possession game until Matt McQuaid drilled a crucial 3 to put Michigan State ahead 61-55 with 3:31 left. Aaron Henry followed with a layup to cap a 9-0 run, but Darrell Brown hit a 3 for Bradley to make it 65-60. |
The Spartans iced the game at the line, where they hit their first 20 and finished 25 of 26. |
Bradley (20-15) surged to a 35-34 halftime lead by shooting 6 of 9 from 3-point range. |
Elijah Childs scored 19 points and Brown had 17 for the Braves, who went just 3 of 12 from beyond the arc in the second half. |
JACKSONVILLE, Fla. (AP) — Skylar Mays hit four free throws in the final 15 seconds to help embattled LSU slip past 14th-seeded Yale. |
Mays scored 19 points but sealed the game from the foul line, and the Tigers (27-6) needed each one of his free throws. |
Yale (22-8) hit four 3-pointers in the final minute and whittled an 18-point deficit to three in the closing seconds. With the lead on the line, Mays calmly stepped to the line and sank all his free throws. |
Tremont Waters finished with 15 points, but had just two after the break for LSU. He was 0 for 7 from the field in the final 20 minutes after dominating the first half with 13 points and six assists. Naz Reid had 14 points and 10 rebounds. Kavell Bigby-Williams also had a double-double with 10 points and 10 boards. |
LSU moves on without coach Will Wade, who is suspended for his role in an alleged cheating scandal. University officials won’t allow Wade to resume his duties unless he speaks with the school about an FBI wiretap that resulted in his suspension. Tony Benford continued in his role as interim coach. |
Alex Copeland led Yale with 24 points. He had 16 points in the second half and hit two 3s in the final minute. |
David Gonzalez (About New York column, Sept. 23) notes that there was little or no outrage in New York over the recent murder of Jose Soriano in Central Park. ''Maybe,'' he writes, ''the response would have been better had early reports not inaccurately called Mr. Soriano homeless.'' How sadly true that is. |
That it is acceptable or expected that homeless people die violently because they live on the street or in the park is unfortunate. It is understandable only because homelessness has become so common in our society. And there lies the real reason for outrage. |
The writer is executive director of Urban Pathways, a homeless-services group. |
Pictured is former financial adviser Martin Rigney, 68, of King Edwards, Rivelin Valley, Sheffield, who stands accused accused of forging investors' signatures. |
A former financial adviser accused of forging clients’ signatures and investing their money into a fund which collapsed claimed to police he had invested the cash with clients’ consent. |
Martin Rigney, 68, formerly of Great Hucklow, near Buxton, denies 22 counts of forgery involving tens of thousands of pounds of clients’ cash which was lost after it was invested into a fund which was suspended. |
An on-going Derby Crown Court trial heard on Friday, June 16, how Mr Rigney informed Detective Constable Julie Wheeldon during a police interview that he had invested money with his clients’ consent but there are clients who will disagree. |
Mr Rigney used to trade under Topps Rogers Financial Management and his clients were generally retired, elderly and some have since died and their funds were invested in the Poland Geared Growth Property Fund - known as the Polish Fund. |
Clients were originally advised to invest via Royal Skandia bonds with a safe spread of investments in various funds before Mr Rigney allegedly forged signatures and switched investments to the Polish Fund. |
Prosecuting barrister Martin Hurst stated this was an investment in the Polish property market but stressed it was an Unregulated Collected Investment Scheme and unsuitable for the majority of Mr Rigney’s clients who required safe, non-risk investments to pay school and nursing fees, or just wanted money to live on. |
Mr Hurst claimed money originally placed into a Royal Skandia bond and then into the Curzon Capital Investment Poland Geared Growth Fund yielded £371,149 as Mr Rigney’s commission income for advising people to go into the Polish Fund. |
He argued Mr Rigney allegedly signed documents on the clients’ behalf, allegedly forging their signatures on letters telling him what to do or on documents so he could allegedly hide what he was doing. |
But Mr Rigney told police that due to the unstable nature of the stock market he was asked to move money and put it into bricks and mortar and that was why he invested clients’ money into Curzon Capital and the Polish Fund. |
However, that fund was suspended in 2008. |
Mr Rigney argued this had looked like the best fund for his clients and the Polish Fund would have been of a low risk investment. |
He told police one couple, William and Nora Parkinson, had agreed to put money into the Polish Fund but Mrs Parkinson said neither her or her late husband had signed anything authorising the transfer of their money into the fund. |
The court heard how Mrs Parkinson had £58,000 in the fund when it was suspended and she has been unable to retrieve that money. |
Mr Rigney told police: “I was safeguarding Mr and Mrs Parkinson’s financial interests. |
He also told police that investors Frederick and Joan Davy had liked the Polish Fund. |
However, police suggested this couple’s signatures had been photocopied onto blank forms but Mr Rigney denied having done this. |
The trial, which is due to last six weeks, continues. |
The court heard how the 22 charges of forgery related to individuals or couples from Derbyshire, north Derbyshire and South Yorkshire. Mr Rigney, of King Edwards, Rivelin Valley, Sheffield, has denied 22 counts of forgery from between 2006 and 2008. |
A homeless charity has been handed handbags and toiletries for women, after it revealed most of its donations were for men. |
Staff from the coffee shop at family-run garden centre South Downs Nurseries in Hassocks popped in to Off The Fence’s Hove office with the items. The affectionately-named ‘Old Bag Campaign’ initiative was sparked by an idea from coffee shop manager Karin Reinger, after speaking to charity boss Paul Young about the lack... |
The garden centre, part of family-owned Tates of Sussex, is running the campaign throughout the summer, and said it has been overwhelmed by the response from its customers. |
The Hove-based charity has recently opened its new shower van, partially funded by both Tates Garden Centres and Tates Cars. |
ASU Athletic Hall of Famer Desiree Linden finishes fifth at Boston Marathon. Scott Fauble of Flagstaff was the top American male finisher in sixth. |
Defending champion Desiree Linden finished fifth Monday at the Boston Marathon. |
Linden, inducted into the Arizona State Athletic Hall of Fame last fall, was second among American finishers in 2 hours, 27 minutes behind Jordan Hasay, third overall in 2:25:20. |
"It was a honor to be back," 35-year-old Linden said in a post-race interview on NBC Sports Network. "I knew it would be a big test. At 18 miles, I thought I was done and ready to hang up my shoes. The Boston crowd is so phenomenal and helped me regroup. I turned my whole mentality around and finishing fifth, I have a ... |
"I finished with a smile and leave with a smile. That will help me make smart decisions moving forward." |
Hasay, 27, said she was glad to be running with Linden amid a group of African runners. "We were able to work together and keep it in the family so to speak," she said of a podium finish in her third marathon. |
The U.S. Olympic Marathon Trials are Feb. 29, 2020, in Atlanta with berths at stake for the Tokyo Games. |
Scott Fauble of Flagstaff, who trains with Northern Arizona Elite, was the top American men's finisher, taking seventh in a personal record 2:09:10. |
Kenyan Lawrence Cherono outkicked Ethiopian Leslie Desisa to win the men's title by eight seconds in 2:07:58. |
Fauble, 27, led at 30K and with a top-10 finish has a qualifying mark for the Tokyo Olympics as does Linden. |
"I just wanted to run even and hopefully get to the start of the hills in the lead group," Fauble said in his post-race TV interview. "Once I got to the hills, I didn't want to be surging and slowing down. |
"I just kind of went for it. The crowds were amazing. I'm thinking I'm leading the Boston Marathon going to the Newton hills. I've had a good race already. This is more than I ever expected in college. I had a lot of fun out there. I imagine this is what it's like to play in the NBA with the crowds. I just let them car... |
Fauble's previous best marathon time was 2:12:28 at New York last year. |
Ethiopian Worknesh Degafa almost the entire 26.2-mile race to take the women's title in 2:23:30, following up on her 2:17 second-place finish at the Dubai Marathon on Jan. 25. Kenya's Edna Kiplagat, 2017 Boston champion, closed a one-time gap of three minutes to finish second in 2:24:14. |
Sara Hall of Flagstaff was 15th on her 36th birthday in 2:35:34, sixth among Americans. Sarah Sellers of Tucson, 2018 Boston runner-up, was 19th in 2:36:42. |
Abdi Abdirahman of Tucson was 26th in 2:18:56 and Thomas Puzey of Flagstaff 32nd in 2:23:06. Abdirahman, 42, is a four-time Olympian. Puzey is a two-time Arizona Rock 'n' Roll Marathon champion. |
ABUJA: The ruling All Progressives Congress APC has expressed support for the embattled governor of Kaduna state, Nasir el-Rufai who has recently come under intense criticisms for reportedly threatening the killings of foreign election observers or nations who interfere in Nigeria’s electoral process. |
Nigeria’s Presidential and National Assembly elections hold on February 16 while the Governorship and state Houses of Assembly Polls hold on March 2. |
In a late Friday statement by the National Publicity Secretary of the ruling APC. Mallam Lanre Issa-Onilu, the party said; “We stand fully by the statement as regards any country that thinks we are a colony; that we have a right to defend every inch of this country; and we are not a Banana Republic. So, what Governor E... |
That is exactly what Governor El-Rufai has said. The PDP can twist it the way they want. Governor El-Rufai never said people should not come and observe or monitor elections. And he was not referring to people who are genuinely coming to monitor and observe the elections. Nigerians also go to other countries as monitor... |
He also spoke on sundry national issues. |
“Our legal department is looking into the judgement of the Supreme Court. It is not the kind of judgement we looked forward to base on the facts that we are aware of. The only option before us now is to review this judgement and see what other means that is legal. We think we deserve to field candidates in Rivers state... |
It is the same APC that PDP has continued to raise flags as being the party that wants to rig election and is supposed to be working in cahoots with INEC. If this is the way to work in cahoots with INEC, we need to ask further questions. We know what we did in Rivers compared to what PDP did in many of the 36 states. P... |
“In Enugu state, we are aware of the judgement that says our candidate, Senator Ayogu Eze is not the rightful candidate. We would say that we have acknowledged the judgement of the court but we do know the party followed the procedure and the processes that led to the emergence of Senator Ayogu Eze is what this party b... |
The person that has been so declared by a court is unknown to this party because he did not even participate in the primaries that we organised. So there is no way he could have emerged as our candidate. Again, as I speak to you we have appealed the judgement and secured a stay of execution. So even legally as at today... |
“We are aware of the situation in Imo and we have made our point clear. Let me reiterate that APC does not have an alliance with any party including the Action Alliance. We are not in alliance with any party whatsoever in this election. However, we welcome support for our candidates from any party but we do not have su... |
“We are also aware of the fact the Party’s local chapter has taken some disciplinary action as regards the Imo State governor, Owelle Rochas Okorocha. In last few weeks, we have been going round the country to present our scorecard before Nigerians and to seek a renewal of this mandate to continue the good work that Pr... |
In due course the NWC will meet and that may be one of the issues that will be considered. As at today, the real issue in Imo is to emphasise the fact that APC is supporting all APC candidates in Imo and we do not recognise candidates that are not from the APC. We encourage the people of Imo to vote massively for APC c... |
“PDP showed ab initio that they were not coming into the elections to win it through the ballots. They put in place all sort of methods and illegal means they had wanted to deploy one after the other to get back to power through the backdoor. The PDP was busy creating false and fake news, spreading all sort of fallacie... |
“It is clear that the elections in February 16, the election on March 2 are elections that the APC has demonstrated clearly that we are ready to win. The PDP has not offered any alternative to whatever APC is doing. When you look at the presidential candidate of the PDP, Alh. Atiku Abubakar, he said on national televis... |
“Atiku has said he is coming to sell national assets to his foreign and local friends. The question we are going to ask during the election with our PVCs is what happened to all the national assets during the 16years of the PDP and especially when Atiku was vice president and chairman of the privatisation council. Nati... |
“Few weeks ago, it was the same PDP that was crying that the police have been compromised and that the former Inspector General of Police was poised to deliver the election to APC. Now the president has taken the position by appointing a new IGP. Now I don’t know where the noise is coming from. |
“There is no need to deceive ourselves. The whole noise about the posting of commissioners of police is about Kwara state, Dr. Bukola Saraki who is scared stiff remembering all he had done in the past when he had the control. What he normally used the police for, the way he used to manipulate INEC and he is thinking th... |
“If the police think it is part of its preparation to ensure a free and fair election, provide security before and after the election is to move its personnel around, how does that bother anybody? It is because Bukola Saraki has realised without having control over INEC and the police, there is no way he can win his se... |
“But let me assure him and his co travellers, the APC doesn’t need those illegal things to win elections. In fact, we need them to do their jobs, we need them to provide a level playing field to all political parties. That is all we want from the police, that is all we want from INEC. We don’t need the template Bukola ... |
What do Aetna, Anthem, Chipotle, Dow Jones, Equifax, Forever 21, Hyatt Hotels, Kmart, Sabre, Trump Hotels, VeriFone, Verizon and Whole Foods Market have in common? |
All suffered and disclosed a data breach in 2017. And they weren't the only ones. |
In fact, the Identity Theft Resource Center, a U.S. non-profit organization set up to help ID theft victims, reports that in 2017, the number of U.S. data breaches reached an all-time high. |
In 2017, ITRC counted 1,579 U.S. breaches, up 45 percent from 2016. That doesn't reflect every U.S. data breach last year. Rather, it's a count based on the data breach notifications that an organization is legally required to issue to authorities or residents of most states, if it suspects that their personal details ... |
Of the 179 million records exposed last year, nearly 158 million were Social Security numbers, accounting for 88 percent of all exposed records, according to ITRC. Nearly 20 percent of breaches resulted in credit and debit card information being exposed. |
Most breaches were the result of hack attacks, ITRC's research determined. |
Data on the move: 2 percent. |
Caveat: 37 percent of breach notifications fail to quantify the number of records - such as Social Security numbers and payment card data - that was exposed, ITRC reports. |
Still, that's an improvement from previous years, Eva Velasquez, ITRC's president and CEO tells Information Security Media Group. "It is getting better," she says. "We're seeing more transparency from companies, including the actual number of records impacted." In 2017, 13.7 percent more organizations released such inf... |
In general, releasing more details to victims is always better. "Understanding the type of personal information that has been exposed is absolutely critical for affected consumers," says Karen Barney, the ITRC's director of program support (see Data Breach Notifications: What's Optimal Timing?). |
"While a Social Security number continues to be the most valuable piece of information in the hands of a thief, even the exposure of emails, passwords or usernames can be problematic as this information often plays a role in hacking and phishing attacks," Barney says. |
If day one of the NCAA Tournament already turned you into "my bracket's BUSTED" Guy, then day two has treated you very well, because everybody's bracket is going up in flames. The second-biggest upset next to Buffalo's beatdown of Arizona came on Friday afternoon, when 13-seed Marshall defeated 4-seed Wichita State 81-... |
Burke clarified in a later Tweet that he's only been keeping track of this stat since 2012, and there's likely been some equally egregious final minutes in history, but this is still terrible. We overkill of replay across all pro sports, and it's becoming just as bad in college. It cannot take as long as its taking to ... |
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