Oklahoma City continues stranglehold on No. 1 in 2017 NAIA Softball Coaches’ Top 25 Poll

KANSAS CITY, Mo. — As the only undefeated team in NAIA softball, Oklahoma City controls the No. 1 position in the second regular-season edition of the 2017 NAIA Softball Coaches’ Top 25 Poll. The Stars have now been ranked first in 10-straight polls, dating back to the middle of the 2016 season. The third regular-season Top 25 will be…

Dissident group unrelated to CIA: WaPo pitches new version of N. Korea Embassy break-in

The Washington Post has reported, citing anonymous sources, that an obscure dissident group was behind a violent break-in at the North Korean Embassy in Spain, defying reports in local media that the CIA was involved. A group of 10 unidentified men stormed into the North Korean Embassy in Madrid on February 22, several days before the…

ODAC champ Virginia Wesleyan remains top team in NFCA Division III Top 25 Poll

LOUISVILLE, Ky. — Virginia Wesleyan captured its record 10th Old Dominion Athletic Conference (ODAC) title and matched the conference’s mark for most wins in a season to remain the unanimous No. 1 choice in the NFCA Top 25 softball rankings for a fifth straight week. The (43-2) Marlins rebounded from a 3-1 loss to Emory…

Weed Is Legal, Canada. Here's How It Affects Laws, Business And So Much More

Well, the big day is finally here. After years in the weeds debating pot policy, as of Oct. 17, 2018, marijuana is legal in Canada. Expectations for the law are high. Canada’s budding cannabis industries are hoping it will be a windfall, while others are a bit more mellow about the move to legalize pot….

Prince George Bus Crash Sends Several People To Hospital, Some With Serious Injuries

PRINCE GEORGE, B.C. — A bus carrying workers to a sawmill crashed Thursday afternoon north of Prince George, sending 16 people to hospital, three of them in critical condition. BC Emergency Health Services says one person was in serious condition and 12 others were stable. Sixteen other people were uninjured and taken back to Prince…

Norco clear No. 1 in USA Today Sports/NFCA High School Super 25 Poll

LOUISVILLE, Ky. — Another undefeated week kept California’s Norco the clear No. 1 team in the USA Today Sports/NFCA High School Super 25 poll. The (23-0) Cougars dispatched Santiago, which had won five straight, 6-1, on Tuesday and rolled past King, 10-2, last Thursday. Over its last 10 games, Norco has outscored its opponents 51-8….

Russian security chief reveals US attempts to hinder international cooperation

A senior Russian security official has said that several nations had to cancel their participation in a recent security conference in Sochi and quoted US pressure as the main reason behind their decisions. “As this event was in preparatory stages, certain nations which I will not name here said that they had experienced pressure from…

Insomniac Boss Believes Player Community Expansion Is Most Exciting Trend – IGN Unfiltered

Every parent that doubles as a gamer secretly wishes their own kids will one day pick up the controller and start going on their own epic adventures, and Insomniac Games CEO Ted Price is no exception. The experience has led Price to believe that expanding the overall community of game players, not console launches or…

Marijuana Legalization As Seen By Canada's Editorial Cartoonists

Unless you’re living under a rock, it’s hard to miss the fact that recreational cannabis was legalized in Canada on Wednesday. As with any other major event in the country, Canadian editorial cartoonists picked up their pens and pencils and went to work, and a lot of what they delivered was truly spectacular. The Halifax…