Curious just how far your dollar goes in Sacramento? We've rounded up the latest places for rent via rental sites Zumper and Apartment Guide to get a sense of what to expect when it comes to scoring apartment rentals in Sacramento if you've got a budget of $1,900/month. Take a peek at what rentals the city has to offer, below. (Note: Prices and availability are subject to change.) Hoodline offers data-driven analysis of local happenings and trends across cities. Links included in this article may earn Hoodline a commission on clicks and transactions. 7556 Rush River Drive (Pocket) Listed at $1,869/month, this 950-square-foot two-bedroom, one-and-a-half-bathroom apartment is located at 7556 Rush River Drive. In the unit, you can anticipate hardwood flooring and a fireplace. When it comes to building amenities, anticipate a swimming pool and a fitness center. Good news for animal lovers: This property is both dog-friendly and cat-friendly. (See the complete listing here .) 7640 W. Stockton Blvd. (Valley High-North Laguna) Next, there's this two-bedroom, two-bathroom spot over at 7640 W. Stockton Blvd. It's listed for $1,825/month for its 1,058 square feet. Assigned parking is listed as a building amenity. The unit also has in-unit laundry, a dishwasher, a walk-in closet and a mix of hardwood floors and carpeting. Pets are not welcome. Future tenants needn't worry about a leasing fee. (Take a gander at the complete listing here .) 2751 W. River Drive (Willowcreek) Next, check out this 1,084-square-foot two-bedroom, one-bathroom unit that's located at 2751 W. River Drive. It's also listed for $1,825/month. The building has garage parking. Pet owners, inquire elsewhere: This spot allows both cats or dogs. The listing specifies a $15 application fee. (See the complete listing here .) 132 Fountain Oaks Circle (Pocket) Listed at $1,855/month, this 1,350-square-foot two-bedroom, two-bathroom apartment is located at 132 Fountain Oaks Circle. The building has secured entry and garage parking. The residence also has in-unit laundry, a fireplace and a walk-in closet. The rental is cat and dog-friendly. Expect a $500 deposit. (Check out the complete listing here .) 1907 Q St. (Midtown - Winn Park Capital Avenue) Finally, there's this studio apartment situated at 1907 Q St. It's listed for $1,859/month for its 548 square feet. The residence offers high ceilings. The building has assigned parking. Pet lovers are in luck: This rental is both dog-friendly and cat-friendly. There's no leasing fee required for this rental. (Take a gander at the complete listing here .) Working with a tight budget? Here are the cheapest rentals recently listed in Sacramento . This story was created automatically using local real estate data from Zumper and Apartment Guide , then reviewed by an editor. Click here for more about what we're doing. Got thoughts? Go here to share your feedback.


Kawhi Leonard became the third-youngest Finals MVP in NBA history in 2014 when the Spurs discarded the Heat en route to a 4 1 series victory. On Monday, Leonard could become just the third player to ever win Finals MVP with two different franchises. And while a potential trophy ceremony in Toronto is just five years after Leonard's celebration in San Antonio, the two versions of Leonard are markedly different. The Kawhi of 2014 was an elite complimentary piece. This version of Kawhi is the league's most dominant two-way force. It's instructive to rewatch Leonard's performance in the 2014 Finals. The tape provides a rough sketch for the Kawhi we watched in the Raptors runaway win on Friday night . If 2014 was the sketch, Game 4 was the finished product. Leonard turned in a masterpiece, ending the night with 34 points and 14 rebounds, including two crucial " eff-you threes " and a sensational third quarter that should live on in Finals lore. Yet Leonard's dominant Game 4 represents not a transformation, but an evolution. Leonard's killer instinct began to appear in the 2014 Finals, most notably a 29-point performance in Game 3. The Heat swiped Game 2 in San Antonio behind a 35-point effort from James, returning to their home arena with the chance to seize a 3 1 lead. Instead, Leonard hit 10 of 13 shots in a Spurs blowout, leading San Antonio in scoring in each of the series' final three games. The similarities between 2014 and 2019 are in plain sight. Two super-teams dethroned as their depth whittles, bested by veteran cores shining in an unexpected run. Leonard has the opportunity to complete the cycle on Monday night. We'll have to see if the Warriors can avoid a blowout on the road like LeBron and the Heat. We see plenty of similarities between the two Leonard's, yet Toronto would be nowhere near the Finals in 2019 had they received the Kawhi of five years prior. Leonard has been the focal point of Toronto's offense throughout the postseason, seizing playmaking duties without hesitation. But Leonard isn't a one-man band tethered to a stream of isolations. He's a willing and growing passer, zipping passes to the perimeter as Golden State's defense collapses time and again. Leonard had the Warriors shook in Game 4. The usually disciplined unit helped onto Leonard with reckless abandon on Friday as a halftime lead morphed into a third quarter blowout. Leonard's pair of threes to kick off the second half spurred an overreaction from Golden State, who routinely to draw extra defenders onto Leonard. Danny Green earned a pair of wide open third quarter threes off Leonard burrows to the rim, the type of shots that often warrant a frustrated timeout from Steve Kerr. Toronto's 37-21 third-quarter run sent Oracle Arena into a sea of nervous whispers, at least until O Canada boomed through the lower bowl postgame. We should applaud Kawhi's growth as a playmaker. Kawhi has largely avoided his mano-a-mano tendencies this postseason, working to play within Nick Nurse's flowing offense, not as an entity outside of it. The same friction loomed over Kevin Durant and the Warriors in 2016-17, and to some, that friction remains in place today. Durant has largely overcome the initial integration issues, as has Leonard, to startling success. Yet the playmaking evolution pales in comparison to Leonard's now-elite scoring chops. Kawhi is on a downright historic tear this postseason. He is one of just three players in league history to average 30 points and nine rebounds per game in the postseason, joining LeBron and Hakeem Olajuwon. Leonard enters Friday night with 52 made threes; Olajuwon made just two in his 1995 run. Leonard's efficiency in the Finals has truly been robotic, with a 40% rate from three, 45.2% from the field and 93.8% from the line. He's been Curry-esque through four games. Leonard frankly seems undeterred by the defenders in his path. Kevon Looney was nearly knocked out of the series after a collision with Leonard; even Draymond Green staggered back after connecting with Leonard in Game 3. No switch can completely shut down Leonard, and the Durant injury continues to loom large on the defensive end. Leonard decimated Milwaukee in the pick-and-roll in final four games of the conference finals, yet Nurse hasn't hunted Golden State's guards for much of the series. Toronto attacked Cousins at will in Oakland, but Curry hasn't necessarily been given the Cavs treatment. Perhaps a steady pick-and-roll diet simplifies Golden State's assignments. Maybe Nurse hopes to keep his machine humming as an equal opportunity attack. Regardless, it's hard to argue with the results. It's unfair to bury Golden State as we enter Game 5. Rudy Tomjanovich's famous phrase has rung true throughout league history, and a 3 1 hole is far from foreign to Curry, Klay and the rest of the Warriors' core. Yet Monday's matchup seems to be hurtling toward a coronation. The end of dynasties is often quicker than we think, whether it be LeBron losing to Leonard in 2014 or the Lakers' limping to the finish against the Pistons in 2004. Magic Johnson won just one game in his last Finals. Curry may very well have another Finals opportunity, though the parallels are in place. Even discarding historical precedent, Leonard and the Raptors look like a team on a mission, stalking through the tunnel after Game 4 without an ounce of satisfaction. Kawhi emerged as a household name when he hoisted the Finals MVP trophy in 2014. A win on Monday night will solidify his standing among the greatest players of his era.


SOUTHPORT, England   Matthew Jordan made the most of his late invitation to the British Masters by shooting 9-under 63 Thursday to take a two-stroke lead after the first round. Playing just his 12th event as a professional, the 23-year-old Jordan defied wet and chilly conditions at Hillside in northwest England to make nine birdies in a bogey-free round. Matt Wallace and Marcus Kinhult were tied for second place. Jordan turned professional in September 2018 after a stellar amateur career which saw him reach fifth in the world rankings. He is from nearby Hoylake, a seaside town which is one of the British Open hosts. ''I've known him for a long time, we all know what he's capable of,'' said Tommy Fleetwood, who was five shots off the lead after an opening 68. Full-field scores from the Betfred British Masters Jordan's best result to date is a tie for seventh in a Challenge Tour event in Turkey two weeks ago when he carded a second-round 62. His career earnings of 57,000 pounds ($74,000) are dwarfed by the first prize of 500,000 pounds ($650,000) on offer this week. Jordan is currently relying on invitations after failing to advance beyond the second stage of the qualifying school but Fleetwood, who is hosting this British Masters, insisted on leaving the decision over who received them this week to European Tour officials despite the pair's friendship. ''I knew one of his good friends who played with him in the England squad and I said cheekily could I play with Tommy if I ever get the chance,'' Jordan said. ''We played a couple of times at Hoylake and he's a really, really nice guy. I got the invitation on Sunday and I'm very thankful to have the opportunity.'' Lee Westwood birdied six of his first seven holes before having to settle for a 66 and a tie for fourth place with Richie Ramsay, Robert Karlsson and Thomas Detry.


When it comes to food and drink, there's plenty to do in San Antonio this week. From a wine fest to a Game of Thrones-themed bar crawl, here's how to add some flavor to your social calendar. Hoodline offers data-driven analysis of local happenings and trends across cities. Links included in this article may earn Hoodline a commission on clicks and transactions. Wine Fest at Tower of the Americas From the event description: Tower of the Americas is hosting its 2nd annual Wine Fest on Saturday. Mingle with winery representatives from the Pacific Northwest, featuring wines from 24 wineries, delicious chef-inspired bites and live music around the base of the Tower. When: Saturday, May 18, 2-5 p.m. Where: Tower of the Americas, 739 E. César E. Chávez Blvd. Price: $40. More ticket options available. Click here for more details, and to get your tickets Game of Thrones Bar Crawl From the event description: The G.O.T Bar Crawl is a free event on Saturday to bring all the fans to celebrate the last episode of Game of Thrones on Sunday. We will be starting at Pat O'Briens and move on to several other bars in downtown San Antonio. When: Saturday, May 18, 6 p.m.-2 a.m. Where: Pat O'Briens, 121 Alamo Plaza Price: Free Click here for more details, and to get your tickets The 9th Barbacoa & Big Red Festival From the event description: The 9th Barbacoa & Big Red Festival, presented by H-E-B, is on Sunday at The Greenline. Expect to hear from 21 bands, 10 DJs, food available for purchase and family fun. Kids under 12 are admitted for free. When: Sunday, May 19, 11 a.m.-9 p.m. Where: The Greenline, 2532 Sidney Brooks Price: $5 Click here for more details, and to get your tickets Up to 51% Off Team Scavenger Hunt and Pub Crawl From the Brews & Clues deal description: Explore the Alamo and San Antonio River Walk while connecting with friends on a Pub Crawl Scavenger Hunt. Brews & Clues is an adult scavenger hunt that's part pub crawl, history tour and trivia game. You'll explore the beautiful city of San Antonio while getting a taste of its rich history and having a good time with your friends or family. Where: 300 Alamo Plaza, Central City Price: $27 (40 percent discount off regular price) Click here for more details, and to score this deal This story was created automatically using local event data, then reviewed by an editor. Click here for more about what we're doing. Got thoughts? Go here to share your feedback.


Hyundai's Thierry Neuville took an early lead on Rally Finland after winning the opening superspecial stage by 0.7 seconds from WRC championship leader Ott Tanak. and had been marginally up on the opening split, but fell back towards the end of the short 1.4-mile stage based in the centre of Jyvaskyla. Toyota teammate and 2016 winner was third quickest in his Yaris WRC, albeit 1.2s adrift of Neuville. , who this week announced his intention to retire from the WRC at the end of his current Citroen contract in 2020 , was a further tenth of a second in arrears in fourth. Neuville's Hyundai stablemate was 2.2s off the pace in fifth, having bemoaned a "couple of mistakes" during his run. hold a joint sixth place after setting identical times. The trio lie just 2.4s off the leading time of Neuville. Breen, making his first start of the season in what is for now a one-off appearance with Hyundai, was the first of the WRC cars to enter the stage and set an impressive benchmark on his first competitive outing in the i20. Suninen and Latvala each finished ahead of fellow Finn in the Citroen C3. Lappi is currently ninth quickest, 3.1s off the pace, while was the slowest WRC runner in 11th, on only his second outing in the main class. WRC2 Pro points leader completed the top 10 in his Skoda Fabia R5. Standings after SS1 (top 10): Cla#Driver/CodriverCarTimeGap 1 11 Nicolas Gilsoul Hyundai i20 Coupe WRC 1'47.3 2 8 Martin Jarveoja Toyota Yaris WRC 1'48.0 0.7 3 5 Sebastian Marshall Toyota Yaris WRC 1'48.5 1.2 4 1 Julien Ingrassia Citroën C3 WRC 1'48.6 1.3 5 89 Anders Jaeger Hyundai i20 Coupe WRC 1'49.5 2.2 6 42 Paul Nagle Hyundai i20 Coupe WRC 1'49.7 2.4 7 3 Jarmo Lehtinen Ford Fiesta WRC 1'49.7 2.4 8 10 Miikka Anttila Toyota Yaris WRC 1'49.7 2.4 9 4 Janne Ferm Citroën C3 WRC 1'50.4 3.1 10 21 Jonne Halttunen Škoda Fabia R5 Evo 1'52.1 4.8 View full results


The favorite ended up winning out. The Jets named Joe Douglas their next general manager on Friday. While Douglas beat out three other candidates, he was the front-runner from the start. The Jets will make a six-year commitment to Douglas, per Adam Schefter of ESPN.com. Howie Roseman will lose one of his top lieutenants, with Douglas having served as the Eagles' VP of player personnel since 2016. Prior to that, he spent 16 years in the Ravens' personnel department. Adam Gase has been believed to have preferred Douglas since Mike Maccagnan's ouster. This comes at an interesting time. The Texans just fired Brian Gaine, and with the team having attempted to interview Douglas for that post last year, it stood to reason the AFC South franchise would try again. The Jets and Douglas were believed to be a ways apart on salary, with CBS Sports' Jason La Canfora reporting a chasm of around $1M per year existed. But we now have a June day featuring two GM moves, an obviously uncommon occurrence in NFL history. Douglas certainly appears to have resisted the Jets' initial overtures, with Schefter reporting he repeatedly turned the team down. But the Jets continued their aggressive pursuit. This comes a few days after a report surfaced about some candidates being leery of the Jets' atypical ownership situation . Christopher Johnson is working as CEO while Jets owner Woody Johnson serves as an ambassador in the Trump administration. A six-year deal would cover any amount of time the president would serve in office, though as the Texans showed earlier Friday by cutting bait on Gaine's five-year deal after one season, long-term pacts are tenuous. But the team appears to have made an effort to help assuage concerns about its ownership status. Breaking into the NFL as a scout for the Super Bowl champion 2000 Ravens, Douglas also played a key role in helping the franchise win its second Lombardi trophy. He brought Joe Flacco 's name to Ozzie Newsome, per Jamison Hensley of ESPN.com. Douglas has been part of three Super Bowl champions. The Jets have not been to a Super Bowl in 51 years and have missed the past seven AFC playoff brackets. Their most recent coach-GM experiment deteriorated rapidly. Gase and Maccagnan differed on some 2019 decisions, most notably the Le'Veon Bell contract. With Douglas now signed up, he, Gase and Sam Darnold share an agent (Jimmy Sexton).


SEATTLE   Erika Lundahl writes and performs her own songs. She works in Seattle for a company that publishes books on the environment. She thinks a lot about how best to occupy her place in the world. Yet, despite this full life, Lundahl, at 27, feels a clock ticking. Her biological clock, yes, but also the one to fix global warming, or face the likelihood that she and her potential children will have to live in a seriously marginalized world. "There is this sense that if you don't have kids soon, you could be putting them in a harder position," Lundahl said. "But if you do have them, that will not be easy either, with the storms, the intense droughts, the precariousness of the times. It's like you are playing with two ticking time bombs   yours and the planet's." Fears of bringing children into a troubled world may be as old as recorded history. The government reported last year that U.S. birth rates had hit a 30-year low , attributed partly to millennials who felt they were under economic duress. But climate concern also appears to be surging. Today's young adults have been taught since grade school that life on Earth promises to become more precarious. Now, groups have formed to support conversation around the tenuous future. Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, D-N.Y., recently posted an Instagram Live video that brought attention to the question. Given the looming fallout of climate change, she asked, "Is it OK to still have children?" A recent poll for Business Insider found that 30 percent of Americans agree, at least somewhat, that the potentially life-threatening effects of climate change should be factored into decisions about whether to have children. A little more than 8 percent of those surveyed strongly held that view. And a New York Times poll last summer revealed that 11 percent of those who don't want children, or aren't sure, cited climate change as one reason. New revelations fuel the sense of uncertainty, including a November report from U.S. government scientists that detailed the myriad threats that climate change will pose for the American economy and way of life. Drought in the Southwest, powerful hurricanes in the South and devastating wildfires in California have all been exacerbated by temperature increases, driven by humanity's burning of fossil fuels, the report found. Frustrated by the government's muted response, some activists have taken matters into their own hands. They are driving electric vehicles, taking public transportation more often and swearing off meat. All those changes will reduce the output of Earth-warming greenhouse gases. But no personal action reduces a person's carbon footprint like having fewer children. With each child, citizens of the developed world increase their carbon footprint sixfold, adding roughly 60 metric tons of carbon dioxide to the atmosphere, one oft-quoted study concluded. The calculation figures the probability that each offspring may also reproduce   potentially expanding an individual's carbon footprint for decades after they die. Put another way, forgoing having a child has more than 25 times the carbon-reducing impact of giving up a gas-burning car. Such details remain a distant abstraction for most people. But for Lundahl, her friends in Seattle and an increasing number of other Americans, the reality of climate-driven disruption feels all too real. The once-pristine Pacific Northwest choked on weeks of thick smoke last summer, forcing the cancellation of hundreds of flights at the Seattle-Tacoma International Airport, as wildfires, exacerbated by climate change, swept the region. Four years ago, two women who shared fears about rearing children in such a world formed the group Conceivable Future to create a safe space for talk about it. One of the co-founders, Josephine Ferorelli, a writer, editor and yoga instructor, said that, early on, the topic was greeted as "fringey or hysterical or weird." They have no way of measuring how many people now share their concerns, but one thing is clear: "When we talk to women, there is a huge amount of relief, even excitement, that we were bringing this issue out in the open," Ferorelli, 36, said. "People are like: 'Oh my God. I felt like I was the only one who felt this way.'" 'Do I really want to bring a child into this world?' Natalie Lubsen, 28, a friend of Lundahl's, would like to have children. But Lubsen   who works in the marketing office of a magazine that seeks "a more just, sustainable and compassionate world"   said she sometimes sees a bleak horizon. "It kind of feels like anything can happen, as the impacts spiral," Lubsen said, "with a lot more global unrest, famine, mass migration, water insecurity, food insecurity, potential political collapses and natural disasters." In the summer of 2015, Lubsen, Lundahl and friends gathered with about two dozen others in the meeting room of a Seattle cooperative market. Lundahl helped organize the event as a volunteer for Conceivable Future. It was the first time the friends had joined with others in Seattle to publicly discuss their fears about childbearing in a time of climate change. Another in the Seattle friend-group, Caitlin Blair-Stahn, recalled the gathering as a time for "being present with our grief about climate change … and then being able to talk about taking action purposefully and, hopefully at some point, even joyously, to make a change." The challenge feels intensely personal for Blair-Stahn, 29, a nanny, who has dreamed since she was young of becoming a mother. But her longtime boyfriend, now her husband, had different ideas. "I had this internal struggle: 'Do I really want to bring a child into this world?'" Nathaniel Blair-Stahn, 40, said. At the 2015 Conceivable Future meeting he made a video, expressing his anger at the idea that "we're going to use up everything in the world until there is nothing left." To Caitlin, the idea of having a partner who did not want to have children was a "deal-breaker." The two broke up for more than two years, just after Nathaniel received a doctorate in math from the University of Washington. But after some soul-searching, Nathaniel   his worries about overpopulation notwithstanding   decided that he didn't want to miss the experience of fatherhood. Not long into 2019, Caitlin learned that she was pregnant. She and Nathaniel are expecting a little Blair-Stahn in August. "Maybe it's a really dumb idea to have kids. On the other hand, the streets aren't burning right now," he said recently, laughing at his ambivalence. "And I think kids can actually be a positive thing for society. We're going to raise our child with our values and to be very active in trying to make a difference in the world." That means adding a baby to the couple's community, sharing living space with friends, recycling and composting and buying locally produced products, while the couple shares a single hybrid to get around Seattle. Nathaniel, who is seeking work as a computer programmer, believes that collective political action will provide much more important solutions to the climate crisis. "It's a systemic problem and it needs systemic solutions," he said, citing the end of fossil fuel consumption as the most critical example. "I feel now like having a kid is an individual choice and changing that, alone, won't make a big difference." 'Morally serious' consequences A lively debate has emerged in academia and the media over the question of human reproduction in challenging times. Travis Rieder, an ethicist with the Berman Institute of Bioethics at Johns Hopkins University, urges young people to consider all the usual variables and then add another layer of analysis. "Procreating both contributes to climate change and creates a new victim of climate change," said Rieder, a research professor and father of one. "I don't know whether people should have kids, or whether they should have a big family, but I do believe that climate change should be part of their deliberation, because the consequences of bringing a new person into a changing world are really morally serious." Another academic who studies humanity's interaction with the natural world says the discussion about procreation is laudable, drawing more attention to the seriousness of climate change. But Erle Ellis, a professor of geography and environmental systems at the University of Maryland, Baltimore County, rejects the notion that humans should respond by not having children. "We are on track for climate change, but we are not on track for the worst of it," Ellis said. "People who are so concerned they would even consider not having children are the very kind of people who can be part of the solution. By having children they have doubled down on the future. They are motivated. Because they know if they don't succeed, they are failing not only themselves but this new generation they have brought into the world." Conceivable Future co-founder Meghan Kallman said the group does not advocate for people to stop having children, but rather uses reproduction choices as a gateway to engage the public on the issue of global warming. "Asking these questions helps connect people to the deeper meaning of climate change," said Kallman, 35, a sociologist. "But the bigger goal is to build an economy and a society and a polity that is clean. And we've got to do it fast." Not without its critics In the U.K., a group of women founded BirthStrike , with 200-plus members declaring their decision "not to bear children due to the severity of the ecological crisis and the current inaction of governing forces in the face of this existential threat." Like Conceivable Future, the international group is conscious not to dictate reproductive decisions to others. Not everyone welcomes talk about the dangers of human reproduction. The environmental activists have faced criticism from political conservatives and others who have labeled them overly pessimistic, even "anti-natalist." One Twitter user dubbed them "a particularly paranoid group of lefties." BirthStrike co-founder Blythe Pepino went on Fox News' "Watters' World" in March and was challenged by host Jesse Watters, who suggested that scientists could be just as wrong about climate change as they were when they predicted a massive computer meltdown in the year 2000 and when they suggested that Earth was the center of the universe. "I just don't believe the science," Watters said, "because it's not all there." "You have been told to not believe the science by your government," Pepino retorted, "and now you don't believe it because it suits you." Many of those choosing the no-child path feel as if they are viewed as an oddity in a world where the default setting is for child-rearing. Sometimes their commitment is dismissed as a passing fancy that will change with age. But many, like Rachel Ries, say that their determination has only deepened, as they see new projections of water and food scarcity. Ries says it's wrong to dismiss the very real fears of those looking toward a future threatened by global warming. "It's visceral," she wrote three years ago on the Conceivable Future website. "It's dire. It's real. And there's POWER in that." Ries, 39, a musician in Minneapolis, feels she has not had to give up her maternal instincts entirely, because she lives in a house with her brother, sister-in-law and two nieces and a nephew. "I have found a way to parent," Ries said. "And I have been very intentional in that way, but also very lucky." 'A rude awakening' For the Seattle friends, the quotidian questions about bearing children have not gone away. Lundahl reports a marked "uptick in my desire to procreate in the last couple of years." Her boyfriend, who, at 29, is two years older, has not reached that point. Beyond concerns about climate change, there are typical career questions to ponder and student debts to be paid. Lundahl decided, a little more than a year ago, that the topic was too big to leave her parents out of the discussion. When she described her fraught view of the future, they were shocked. "It was kind of a rude awakening to another dimension of climate change that I didn't foresee," said her father, Dave Lundahl, who runs a behavioral market research firm in Oregon. "My response was to say: 'Don't give up. Keep on fighting. Keep on moving forward.' I said, 'Being a parent is one of the greatest joys you can have.' I said, 'Don't give up on that joy.'" Erika recently got an IUD. "I felt like, 'I am just going to put a stopper on this conversation for a while," she said, laughing. "But it's still something that feels real and present. That's kind of part of the fabric of life, when climate change keeps making itself more known and felt." CORRECTION (May 2, 2019, 2:03 p.m. ET): An earlier version of this article misstated Nathaniel Blair-Stahn's age. He is 40, not 29.


Manchester United may have to pay £12m to offload winger Alexis Sanchez, with Inter keen on taking the Chilean on loan. One way or another, Sanchez is widely expected to leave Old Trafford this summer after a hugely disappointing season, with Ole Gunnar Solskjaer eager to get his huge wages of around £500,000 a week off the books at United. Inter are eager to secure a loan deal, but (understandably) they do not want to pay the entirety of Sanchez 's salary. As a result, The Mirror claim that United may have to pay half of his wages to help the deal go through, which would total £12m over the season. However, they could also allow him to leave permanently on a free transfer, in the hope that any interested side would be happier to just have to pay his salary. Sanchez's agent has previously met with Inter and Serie A champions Juventus , as he desperately looks for any side who would be interested in offering the winger an escape route from his United nightmare. The 30-year-old managed just two goals in 27 appearances for the Red Devils this season. He only started nine Premier League games and was completely left out of the matchday squad for United's humiliating 2-0 defeat to Cardiff City on the final day of the Premier League season. After the game, The Sun claim Solskjaer was left utterly furious, telling his squad that they should be completely embarrassed by what they have let happen to the club. He then warned the squad that he would be prepared to sell half the team as a result of their attitude problem, as he only wants players who care about the club more than themselves. The Norwegian has already identified a number of targets for the summer window, but would need to sell some of his highest earners to be able to afford the deal. Along with Sanchez, Romelu Lukaku and Anthony Martial are named as likely causalities, who could easily raise a significant amount of money.


Fans attending Broncos training camp this summer have noticed a change from previous years: There's no music during practice, not even for the warmup period each morning. That's a new rule from coach Vic Fangio: no music at practice. "Anybody who's been a position coach or an assistant coach, they don't like the music because it makes it hard to talk to your guys, so I don't see the benefit of having music out there," Fangio said after practice on July 19. "I was an assistant coach and I don't want to have to drum out the noise to talk to my players." That's a reasonable explanation. Fangio had another reason, too. "There's no music in games, and when it goes to the point where we need to simulate crowd noise in practice, which we will do, it will be noise," the coach said. "It won't be music. It will be noise. That's what it is in the game. Noise by definition sounds annoying. Music sounds nice so if we have to deal with noise let's deal with noise." Denver players have probably had mixed reactions to the new policy but left tackle Garett Bolles doesn't seem to be bothered by the rule. "He's all business, that's just Coach Fangio," Bolles said after practice on July 18. "You know his old school way. He's just like an old Italian man that just has his ways and we just have to go with it. In OTAs, the last day he rewarded us with a field day. That's just the type of man he is. "When you work hard and you prove that he can trust you and he can rely on you, then he rewards us, so maybe that's something that he's going to do with music. I don't know, but I'm just out here to practice. I don't really care what's going on around me." Denver's first preseason game is 10 days away. There won't be any music during plays - just like they've practiced. MORE: Lakers' Quinn Cook Q&A: 'It feels like this team has been together a while' Brooks Koepka explained what's the most frustrating part of J.B. Holmes' slow play Phil Simms: 'Multiple' teams were set to take Daniel Jones before No. 17 6 rookies who could surprise at Patriots training camp Brooks Koepka Calls Out J.B. Holmes Following Disastrous Final Round at The Open


So you've heard of a blood moon, and maybe even a blue moon, but what about a black moon ? The phenomenon is occurring again in North America on July 31 -- the first one since 2016. The rest of the world will have to wait until August 30. But, what does this even mean? Why is it important? Here's everything you need to know about this astronomical event. Wait, what is black moon? A black moon is basically the second new moon of the month , something that rarely occurs. It works similarly to a Leap Year. A lunar cycle typically takes about 29 days to complete, but our months are slightly longer. So sometimes, about every 32 months, we happen to get two full moons or two new moons. The second full moon in a month is called a blue moon, and the second new moon is called a black moon. But a black moon also refers to a month where there are no new moons -- which is only possible in February because of its fewer days. This is less common than the other type of black moon, and occurs about once a decade. What will I see during a black moon? Honestly, probably nothing. A black moon is really just a new moon, the only real significance is that it's the second one. So you won't even see the moon, because it will blend in with the sky. The moon is also going to be a supermoon, meaning the moon will appear bigger than usual because it's closer to the Earth, but because it's a new moon you still won't be able to really see it. If you wanted this experience to sound even cooler, you could call it a "black super new moon." But a darker sky does make for better stargazing, and as luck would have it, the Milky Way is best seen in late summer. So if you can get yourself away from the city and its light pollution, you'll be in luck.


Baker's is a cocktail bar that specializes in libations and light bites. On the menu, expect to see cocktails like the bamboo cocktail with Noilly Prat dry vermouth, Tio Pepe fino sherry, orange and Angostura bitters; the Signals From Above with amontillado, oloroso and Pedro Ximenez sherries, lime, ginger beer and nutmeg; and light bites such as oysters, lamb meatballs and beef tartare. Guests may also indulge in a variety of sweet treats, from the tarragon cake with huckleberry and whipped cream to the lavender panna cotta with honeycomb and thyme blossom. (Check it out the full here .) With a five-star rating out of two reviews on Yelp so far, the new cocktail bar is on its way to developing a local fan base. Yelper Tracy M. wrote , "Love this great neighborhood bar. The craft cocktails were delicious as well as the charcuterie meats and cheeses we tried. Can't wait to check out the garden patio in the back that we were told should open in a couple of months." Interested? Stop by to welcome the new business to the neighborhood. Baker's is open from 4 p.m. midnight daily. This story was created automatically using local business data, then reviewed and augmented by an editor. Click here for more about what we're doing. Got thoughts? Go here to share your feedback.


Once-heralded recruit Mique Juarez announced that he will transfer to Utah as a graduate transfer after completing his undergraduate degree at UCLA. Juarez played in just 14 games for the Bruins over the course of three seasons. Juarez announced his decision this morning on Twitter. Thank you Utah coaching staff for giving me the opportunity to continue playing ball. And for also giving me this time to also take care of my family and to graduate from UCLA. I'm not just blessed I'm thankful for this amazing opportunity. Trust in God and Family✊ pic.twitter.com/vBEcrpdjvm   Meek (@miquejuarez3) May 14, 2019 He finishes his UCLA career with just three tackles. The LA Daily News reported in March that "all his neurological tests, MRIs and CAT scans have come back with positive results." Despite that, UCLA's doctors still would not clear him to rejoin the Bruin team. So, now, that he has his UCLA degree, he will head off to Utah with the hope of playing again.


You never want to be the guy who follows the guy. You especially never want to be the guy who follows THESE guys. Here are the hardest coaching acts to follow in sports: 5. Gregg Popovich Job: San Antonio Spurs coach NBA championships: 5 Age: 70 News broke earlier this week that Tim Duncan has been hired as a Spurs assistant. Is this an indication that this will be Popovich's final season? He signed a three-year contract extension in April, but when you're a septuagenarian, you never know what's going to happen. Popovich is the closest thing to Bill Belichick in professional sports: winning championships over multiple decades. He took over the Spurs at the right time. In 1996-97, they already had David Robinson and drafted Tim Duncan in 1997. This started one of the greatest runs in NBA history. Popovich is responsible for this impressive stat: since 1997-98, San Antonio has spent a grand total of 65 days with a losing record. The next closest team is the Houston Rockets with 1,007 days. Okay that's a pretty astounding stat pic.twitter.com/h1xMmRQohy   Ethan Strauss (@SherwoodStrauss) March 19, 2019 Before Popovich, the Spurs didn't have much in terms of history. But Popovich built them into one of the NBA's model franchises. It also helped to have an unprecedented run of all-time great players: Robinson, Duncan and Kawhi Leonard. While being forced to trade Leonard is Popovich's greatest failure , it's worth noting that Popovich helped him develop into the star he is today. Whoever follows him will be in impossible situation. San Antonio is a small market that doesn't appeal to many free agents. 4. Roy Williams Job: University of North Carolina basketball coach National championships: 3 Age: Turns 69 on Aug. 1 Of all the fan bases, longtime North Carolina enthusiasts probably have a better perspective on this. They know from experience how difficult it is to replace a legend. Dean Smith strategically retired right before the start of the 1997-98 season so that longtime assistant Bill Guthridge would get the job. Guthridge coached three seasons before stepping down in 2000. The first time North Carolina tried to lure Roy Williams from Kansas, he said no. That led to the ill-fated Matt Doherty experience which basically ended with his players revolting against him. After Doherty was forced out, North Carolina asked Roy Williams again. This time he said yes. Williams has been everything North Carolina fans hoped for. He knew the culture having been a former assistant in Chapel Hill. Plus, after working at Kansas, he was used to a demanding fan base. Williams has been just as good as Smith. When he retires, North Carolina probably choose someone with Tar Heel ties. (Unless it lands Billy Donovan). Whoever they choose is going to have to win at the Williams/Smith level. That's the standard. 3. Nick Saban Job: University of Alabama football coach National championships: 6 (5 at Alabama, 1 at LSU) Age: Turns 68 on Oct. 31 Alabama won championships before Nick Saban. It will win championships after Nick Saban. However, the transition from Saban will be a bumpy ride. Saban learned quickly that it's easier to be successful in college football rather than the NFL. He has all the advantages. There isn't a salary cap, no free agency, or a draft. He basically out-recruits everyone. He also can spend whatever he wants on coaches and facilities. When you combine his access to the best talent with his coaching acumen, you get what the Crimson Tide have become: a juggernaut. Saban is always in the national championship picture. And that's not easy considering only four schools make the playoffs. But no one stays on top forever in college sports. Eventually Saban will retire and the next guy is going to have to live up to the greatest legacy in college football. This decade, Alabama has lost only 13 games and just four over past four seasons. It has played in four straight national championships games. The new coach might benefit from an expanded playoff field in the future. But just surviving the SEC won't be easy. 2. Bill Belichick Job: New England Patriots coach Super Bowl wins: 6 Age: 67 Perhaps one day, Bill Belichick will reveal the secrets behind his success. How, in a league that legislates parity, he has been able to consistently win. How, in a league that chews up young bodies, he has a quarterback who seemingly doesn't age. Belichick is either smarter than everyone else or most of his peers are woefully incompetent. (Have you seen the rest of the AFC East?). Belichick is on the Mount Rushmore of NFL coaches. He has created a mystique by winning with a quarterback who should be well past his expiration date and surviving multiple cheating scandals ( SpyGate , DeflateGate ). The bottom line: his six Super Bowl championships will likely never be topped. It's too difficult in the modern age to sustain that kind of success if your name's not Belichick. No other active NFL coach has won more than one Super Bowl. What makes Belichick's run even more than confusing? His protégés have been lousy. Houston Texans coach Bill O'Brien is the best, and he won one playoff game in five seasons. Patriots offensive coordinator Josh McDaniels will likely take over for Belichick, but he was 11-17 at Denver. Good luck with that. 1. Mike Krzyzewski Job: Duke University basketball coach National championships: 5 Age: 72 Oh boy. How do you replace the irreplaceable Coach K? You can't. Remember how difficult it was to fill Dean Smith's shoes? This probably will be twice as hard. Fun fact: Krzyzewski didn't make his first NCAA tournament until his fourth season at Duke in 1983-84. He had losing seasons in two of his first three years in Durham. Patience doesn't exist anymore in college sports. At the bluebloods (Duke, North Carolina, Kansas and Kentucky), you're expected to win big immediately. Krzyzewski rewarded Duke for its patience by building the greatest basketball dynasty since the UCLA teams of the 1960s and 70s. Only John Wooden (10) has won more national championships. But Krzyzewski has done it in an age with more roster turnover and a deeper NCAA tournament field. You can make an argument that Krzyzewski is the best college basketball of all-time. Whoever succeeds him simply won't measure up. Duke could keep it in the family. The school could hire one of the usual suspects with Duke ties: Pittsburgh's Jeff Capel, Arizona's Bobby Hurley, Central Florida's Johnny Dawkins, Harvard's Tommy Amaker, Marquette's Steve Wojciechowski, or Northwestern's Chris Collins. Or maybe they'll get lucky and Billy Donovan will want to return to college. But even for Donovan, who won two titles at Florida, this could be grueling. 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A social media campaign celebrating the launch of Adidas' new gear for the Arsenal soccer team in London went awry Monday, with the retailer's U.K. Twitter account sending out anti-Semitic messages and other inappropriate slurs to its more than 800,000 followers. Twitter users were encouraged by Adidas to tweet the hashtag #DareToCreate, which   using artificial intelligence   would then prompt a reply from Adidas' account with photos of virtual Arsenal jerseys embellished with users' Twitter handles on the back of them. But the campaign was interrupted when accounts with Twitter handles like "@GasAllJewss," "@MadelineMcCann" and "@96wasnotenough" started tweeting #DareToCreate. Shirts were being created and posted with messages like "Innocent Hitler" on the back. People with those accounts were referring to tragic incidents like the Hillsborough disaster, the worst in British sporting history when 96 people were crushed inside a stadium in 1989, and the disappearance of British child Madeleine McCann in 2007. tweet Representatives from Adidas and Arsenal didn't immediately respond to CNBC's request for comment. The tweets have all since been deleted from Adidas' U.K. account. But this is yet another example of a social media account generating messages, using artificial intelligence and bots, gone wrong. Related video: Adidas stock soars thanks to Beyonce, China and e-commerce


That was quick. Houston Texans defensive end J.J. Watt made the club's opening training camp practice Thursday despite initially being placed on the physically unable to perform list four days before camp opened . Since @JJWatt is practicing today, his stay on the active/physically unable to perform list was rather short. #Texans - Adam Wexler (@KPRC2AdamW) July 25, 2019 Watt's placement on the PUP list was precautionary as the 30-year-old enters his ninth NFL season. The reality is the three-time NFL Defensive Player of the Year is still a year removed from recovering from two seasons lost to injury that resulted in a paltry eight games played over that span. Watt could use any available rest that is offered. However, managing injuries is part of a collaborative effort. Watt had knee surgery in the offseason , and the club is clearly trying to make sure he doesn't overdo it. While last season players managing injuries worked with coach Bill O'Brien, head athletic trainer Geoff Kaplan, and then-general manager Brian Gaine, it is anticipated the same collaborative effort is in place, just now with no full-time GM. MORE: Steve Kerr calls out Anthony Davis for forcing Lakers trade: 'It's bad for the league' Packers GM explains reasoning for releasing DL Mike Daniels Roundup: A-Rod Buys J-Lo a Porsche, PBR Hard Coffee, MLB Trade Deadline Bold Predictions Ranking the NBA's Top 10 Big Threes Michael Thomas holding out until Saints agree to contract extension


International Fight Week is back, and the week's featured event has a lineup which lives up to its billing as one of the biggest on the calendar every year. UFC light heavyweight champion Jon Jones , who has been been busier than seemingly the entire roster of men's champions recently, competes for the third time in just over six months in the main event of UFC 239. Jones (24-1 MMA, 18-1 UFC) defends his belt against red-hot Thiago Santos (21-6 MMA, 13-5 UFC) In the co-feature bout, champ-champ Amanda Nunes puts her bantamweight belt on the line against former titleholder Holly Holm , who will attempt to become the first woman in UFC history ever to regain a belt she once held. And this isn't one of those cards where there's the top fights and little else. There's something interesting for everyone on Saturday night, so let's take a look at some key storylines going into the show. UFC 239 takes place at T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas. The main card airs on pay-per-view following prelims on ESPN and UFC Fight Pass/ESPN+. How long can Jon Jones stay motivated at light heavyweight? The UFC light heavyweight champion has made good on the promise he made to hit the ground running when he was reinstated by the U.S. Anti-Doping Agency late last year. Jones' title defense against Thiago Santos in Saturday night's main event marks his third fight in just over six months. That's admirable. We tried to come up with the best way to quantify what Jones has done in that time span compared to other champs, but the parade of interim belts, champ-champs, incidents like Robert Whittaker withdrawing the day of the fight, etc., make this hard to pin down. So let's just say for now that Jones is lapping the pack. But he's also doing so in one of the sport's thinnest divisions for credible challengers. How long can he stay motivated in what's starting to come off like the old school, Saturday morning pro wrestling matches where the star faces the jobber? Beyond that, though, what's next? If Jones simply dispatches the latest challenger of the month in Santos, it might take some outside-the-box thinking, like, say, a fight at heavyweight, to keep the masses interested. Does Thiago Santos have more than just a puncher's chance? Santos picked wisely when he decided to tattoo a sledgehammer across his chest. "Marreta" is, in fact, one of the pound-for-pound hardest punchers in the sport. In case the eight KOs and TKOs he recorded in the UFC middleweight division didn't convince you, the fact he hasn't lost a step going up to 205 pounds - taking out one tough dude after another in Eryk Anders, Jimi Manuwa, and Jan Blachowicz - should do the trick. Santos has also shown real toughness at 205 in going back and forth with Anders and Manuwa, the latter of which placed high on most reputable 2018 "Fight of the Year" lists, before scoring those victories. But Jones has faced a whole lot of tough guys in his UFC career, and he has far more tools in his toolbox than Santos has ever displayed. Try as we might to come up with a reason why Santos might have more than a puncher's chance, we keep coming back to this: He's going to have to bite down on his mouthpiece, give it everything he's got, and see if he can goad Jones into a firefight like he hasn't had since the first Alexander Gustafsson fight. Would a win over Holly Holm cement Amanda Nunes' status as the women's GOAT? We're tempted to just say "yes" and leave it at that. After all, Nunes (17-4 MMA, 10-1 UFC) has an eye-popping eight wins over fighters who held, or would go on to win, 11 world titles across three weight classes: Vanessa Porto (Invicta FC flyweight), Julia Budd (Bellator featherweight), Germaine de Randamie (UFC featherweight), Valentina Shevchenko (UFC flyweight, two wins), Miesha Tate UFC, Strikeforce bantamweight), Ronda Rousey (UFC, Strikeforce bantamweight), and Cris Cyborg (UFC, Strikeforce, Invicta featherweight). If that's not enough for you, you're pretty hard to impress. But, fine. Holm (12-4 MMA, 5-4 UFC) is the last marquee name Nunes has yet to beat. If she adds a win over the former UFC bantamweight champ and three weigh-class world boxing titleholder, and you're still not impressed, then your name must be Darren Rovell . Can Holly Holm become the first two-time UFC women's champ in one division? Nunes is the UFC's first women's champ-champ. But, six years into the UFC's women's bantamweight division, Holm has the opportunity to become the first female to regain a championship she lost in the octagon. It's true Holm is 2-4 since she scored her career-making knockout of Rousey in 2015. It's also true she was winning the bout where she lost to Tate before Tate caught her in the fifth, that Todd Anderson's garbage officiating was the difference in her decision loss to Germaine de Randamie, and that there's no shame in going the distance with Cyborg. Holm has always seemed to do her best when expectations are lowest. She's rested, and she looked on point last time out against Megan Anderson. That's something to consider before, you know, counting her out. Will the Ben Askren-Jorge Masvidal winner get a title shot? It's hard to figure out what exactly is going on in the UFC welterweight division. Kamaru Usman's on the shelf after surgery. Colby Covington appeared to be next in line for a title shot, being on a six-fight winning streak and at one time recognized as interim champion, but he's fighting Robbie Lawler next month. So that brings us to the highly anticipated bout between undefeated former Bellator and ONE titleholder Ben Askren and Jorge Masvidal . Masvidal (33-13 MMA, 10-6 UFC) is a pro's pro who has been everywhere from BodogFight to Bellator to Strikeforce before going to the UFC. A win here would be his biggest to date, but also would only put him at 2-2 in his past four fights. He'd need factors out of his control to break right in order to end up with the next shot at Usman. As for Askren (19-0 MMA, 1-0 UFC), as we said, he's never been defeated, held two previous world titles, and made a splash by rallying to defeat Lawler after being dumped him on his head just a few months ago. With that, a win over a tough opponent in Masvidal, and the fact that Usman really, really seems to dislike him, victory here just might be enough to put "Funky Ben" in to position to get that elusive title shot. Is light heavyweight the right fit for Luke Rockhold? Conor McGregor. Robert Whittaker. Georges St-Pierre. Amanda Nunes. Daniel Cormier. Henry Cejudo. All of these fighters won UFC championships after going up in weight class. Some were returning to classes at which they previously competed, sure, and Nunes and Cejudo are both continuing forward as dual champs, but all of them serve as proof that you don't have to drain your body down to the lowest weight you can possibly hit in order to win a title. Can Luke Rockhold join that club? The former UFC middleweight champion, who was large for the weight class, makes the jump up to 205 pounds on Saturday night, where he meets a tough out in Jan Blachowicz . Unlike the rest on this list, though, Rockhold (16-4 MMA, 6-3 UFC) goes up in class after suffering brutal knockouts in two of his past three fights. And those fights date back three years, so he hasn't been the most active of competitors - and Blachowicz (23-8 MMA, 6-5 UFC) is no easy fight. Still, a potential pot of gold awaits Rockhold if he thrives in his new weight class. Jones, should he beat Santos (who is also attempting to go up in weight and win gold) is about out of opponents at light heavyweight. Rockhold, teammate and friend of Cormier, going up against Jones? Yeah, that would sell. No wonder Rockhold is giving 205 a whirl. What would beating Diego Sanchez mean for Michael Chiesa? We're not sure, to be frank. While Diego Sanchez has looked really good in his last two fights, Chiesa is quite a step up from Mickey Gall and Craig White. Sanchez (29-11 MMA, 18-11 UFC) is 38 and suffered first-round KOs in three of his past six fights. Oh, and he also walked out on Jackson Wink MMA four weeks ago and went on a disturbing rant about the appeal of dying in the cage at a media day last week. Michael Chiesa , meanwhile, looked fantastic in his welterweight debut against Carlos Condit at UFC 232. He wanted a higher-ranked name but got caught in a numbers game and wanted to stay active, so he accepted the Sanchez fight. We truly don't know what we're going to get from Sanchez on Saturday night, but it's hard to imagine it will be enough to beat Chiesa (14-4 MMA, 8-4 UFC), who, for his part, basically stays busy, would get a win over an established name, and holda his spot so that he hopefully gets the type of fight he wants next time out. Does Gilbert Melendez have another run left in him? Former Strikeforce champion Gilbert Melendez might have the most deceptive 1-5 UFC record in company history. He entered the company in what amounted to a unification bout with then-UFC lightweight champ Benson Henderson and lost a split decision. I was cageside that 2013 night in San Jose and scored it for Melendez. Against then-champ Anthony Pettis, Melendez (22-7 MMA, 1-5 UFC) laid out the blueprint for the stifling game plan that so many future opponents used on Pettis. But he made one mistake and got caught in a guillotine. Then there was another questionable split against Eddie Alvarez. He had clearly run out of gas by the time he suffered a bad loss to Jeremy Stephens at UFC 215. Now, after nearly two years away, El Nino returns, against unheralded Arnold Allen (14-1 MMA, 5-0 UFC). The 37-year-old Melendez will get to show if he's got enough left for a run that would make that UFC record look like something closer to what it should. For more on UFC 239 , check out the UFC Schedule . 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Late last night, the Boston Bruins came to terms with one of their restricted free agents, signing Danton Heinen to a two-year contract through the 2020-21 season. The deal carries an average annual value of $2.8M and will keep Heinen an RFA at its expiration. The Bruins have several other restricted free agents to sign including Charlie McAvoy and Brandon Carlo , but Heinen was the only one who was eligible and had filed for salary arbitration. This deal avoids that sometimes messy situation and gives the 24-year old forward a nice bridge contract. In parts of three seasons Heinen has recorded 81 points in 162 games, a pace that actually declined last season when he was able to register just 11 goals and 34 points. In the playoffs the young forward has all but disappeared, scoring just nine points in 33 games. Still, there is a lot to like in his offensive profile and to get any production out of a fourth-round pick is a win for the Bruins. Though originally selected as a potential center, Heinen has played almost exclusively on the wing in the NHL and projects to stay there for the time being. The former University of Denver standout can be extremely elusive at times in the offensive zone and surprise defenders with his puck skills, but too rarely uses these talents to create and can rely on his linemates. If he can find a little more consistency while playing on this new contract, Heinen can set himself up for a big payday in 2021 when he has just a single year of restricted free agency left. For the Bruins, even though they knew it was coming, this deal does complicate things somewhat. The team now has just $7.4M in cap space and two huge negotiations with McAvoy and Carlo to come. Since that cap number is assuming a 23-man roster there is some more wiggle room from the players that will be sent down to make room for the pair of young defensemen, but even so the Bruins will be extremely tight to the cap after inking the new deals. That is of course unless they find a way to move David Backes ' $6M hit, though the market for such a contract is obviously not a huge one.


ACCRA, Ghana   On a blistering hot day last week, a team of Ghanaians clambered out of vans into Agbogbloshie, a notoriously poor neighborhood in the capital city of Accra. Their eyes roamed over the countless items for sale in this area that is part slum, part scrap metal yard, part market: gas ovens and barbecues, hand saws and oversize spoons, roosters and vegetables and shoes. But they hadn't come to buy anything. They were there to hunt for data. Ghana is preparing to conduct a census next March   this was a trial run. The people picking their way through the heaps of wares were enumerators, census takers who canvass assigned areas. They joined the locals in their small stalls and asked questions like, "Can you read and write?" and "Do you have access to a toilet?" It wasn't an easy place to conduct an interview   nearby, men were burning electronic waste to extract the metal in it, adding to the heat and polluting the air. But the enumerators were determined. And for the first time, instead of the pens and papers census takers were equipped with in the past, they were carrying around digital tablets   just one sign that Ghana is taking a new approach to data. I had the opportunity to observe them on a trip sponsored by the Global Partnership for Sustainable Development Data, hosted at the United Nations Foundation, which supports UN causes. They invited journalists to explore how Ghana and other West African countries are changing their development strategy. What emerged clearly was a growing belief in the region that if you want to fight poverty, you need evidence-based thinking and plenty of good data. The census is a huge part of that. Although it can be easy to overlook, it's actually incredibly important because its data informs the government decisions that shape millions of lives. Recognizing this, Ghana wants its new census data to be more accurate, comprehensive, and granular than in the past. In addition to switching to digital tablets, it's using satellite imagery to make sure households in rural areas don't go undiscovered and uncounted, and disaggregating the data it collects at the district level. The government is now seriously committed to a "leave no one behind" ethic, which means counting every single person in the population. That includes people who are sometimes called "the invisible"   those who live in slums, who are homeless, or who are institutionalized. These people are harder to reach, but without counting them and identifying which places they're concentrated in and which services they lack, it's difficult to design targeted interventions that will actually help them. Ghana and other West African countries are increasingly treating this kind of data-driven approach as crucial to their development. Ghana's road to a more data-driven development strategy Sometimes called West Africa's "golden child," Ghana was the first country in sub-Saharan Africa to cut its poverty rate in half, thereby achieving the first of the UN's Millennium Development Goals , a list of eight targets that world leaders pledged to meet by 2015. By 2013, Ghana had already lowered its poverty rate from 52 percent to 24 percent of the population, according to Omar Seidu, the principal statistician at the Ghana Statistical Service. That sounds impressive, but when researchers disaggregated the data they found that in some regions, over 70 percent of people were still below the poverty line, Seidu said. In two districts in a particularly poor region, it was as many as nine out of 10 people. "Sometimes, hidden within the global data, there are inequities. You have to unpack the data to reveal that," said Anthony Ofosu, a deputy director at the Ghana Health Service. He added that it's important to disaggregate the data not only by geographical area, but also by gender and age, so as to get information on issues like maternal mortality and child poverty. One of the major critiques of the Millennium Development Goals was that some countries saw improved conditions for people who were just below the poverty line, but the extremely poor weren't better off. So when the UN formulated a new list of targets in 2015, dubbed the Sustainable Development Goals , it emphasized the motto "leave no one behind" as a guiding principle. Those words have become a popular development slogan. "If you don't want to leave anyone behind," Seidu said, "you need to have basic information about people at every level of society." Ghana hopes to inspire neighbors in the region to increasingly adopt this data-driven approach, which has found strong supporters among the country's current political leaders. At a May 21 dinner for visiting journalists in Accra, Vice President Mahamudu Bawumia, an economist, spoke glowingly about the many new ways his country is leveraging data. That includes a biometric national ID system (more than a million Ghanaians have registered for it so far) and a digital address system (whereby every five square meters in the country has its own unique address). "This way you can target services to people, once you know where they are," Bawumia said. In the course of a five-minute speech, he used the word "evidence" three times. How do you count "the invisible"? Ghana's census will take place over three weeks next March, not a lot of time to survey a population of approximately 30 million people. But the preparations begin well in advance, and this time, they include a lot of help from new technology. For the first time, enumerators will use digital tablets to survey the population, which will allow answers to be checked for inconsistencies or omissions in real time. Electronic maps will help enumerators make sure they're counting everyone in their demarcated area. GPS will pinpoint and record the exact location where each interview was conducted. Meanwhile, government officials will be using satellite imagery to identify all housing structures in the country. After the enumerators go out into the field, an image showing which locations they've covered will be overlaid on top of the satellite imagery. "This allows us to determine which areas may have been missed," explained Araba Forson, a chief statistician for the Ghana Statistical Service. "Usually it's in farming areas, enumerators may not have known people are living there." Ghana is spending $84 million to carry out the 2020 census, Forson said, compared to $54 million in 2010. Adding the new technological bells and whistles is a big investment, but the government considers it worthwhile because census data is the bedrock upon which so much policy rests. On the night of March 15, enumerators will go out and endeavor to count all the people sleeping outdoors. They'll wake up the sleepers and run through an abridged questionnaire with them, then give them a certificate to show they've been counted. The "leave no one behind" agenda also means that enumerators will go to hospitals to count the people there. I tagged along with them to the Accra Psychiatric Hospital, a resource-strapped institution currently treating 379 patients, some voluntary and some involuntary, who are dealing with issues ranging from depression to psychosis. Due to lack of space, some patients sleep outdoors in a courtyard, where a motley collection of hospital beds and old-fashioned wooden beds are draped in mosquito nets. Here, enumerators can't survey patients directly. So instead they interview the hospital staff, who look through the patients' records to provide answers about them. The main challenge for the enumerators is that sometimes these records are spotty and don't contain basic pieces of information, like the patients' ethnicity. Nevertheless, the enumerators go from locked ward to locked ward to interview nurses and administrators, who sit behind desks piled high with paper records and go through them one by one. On their tablets, enumerators record the precise location of each building they've visited. It's painstaking work, but Forson said the lessons Ghana learns from this process will be passed along to other African countries like Sierra Leone and Senegal   signaling perhaps the growing embrace of evidence-based thinking and data-driven approaches in developing countries. Sign up for the Future Perfect newsletter. 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This month marks 400 years since the first recorded African slaves arrived in North America to work plantations in English colonies. In the centuries after, European slave traders shipped millions of African men, women and children across the Atlantic Ocean. Many died in horrific conditions on the slave boats, while survivors endured a life of misery and backbreaking farm work. For some of them, the terrible journey began here, deep inside Ghana. Captured by slavers, they were marched along dirt tracks for 200 kilometers (125 miles) to slave castles perched on the Atlantic Coast, where they boarded ships for North America. They never saw their homeland again. Nana Assenso, 68, chief of Adidwan, a village in Ghana's interior, looks on before visiting the grave of his uncle Kwame Badu, in Adidwan, Ashanti Region, Ghana. His uncle's name Kwame Badu, has been passed on through the family in remembrance of an ancestor with that name who was captured and sold into slavery long, long ago. "Growing up, I was told the story of two of my great-great-grand-uncles Kwame Badu and Kofi Aboagye who were captured and sold into slavery," said Assenso. He followed the family tradition and named his youngest son Kwame Badu. REUTERS/Francis Kokoroko Nana Assenso, 68, chief of Adidwan, a village in Ghana's interior, visits the grave of his late uncle Kwame Badu, in Adidwan, Ashanti Region, Ghana. REUTERS/Francis Kokoroko The River Pra which runs parallel to the Assin Praso heritage village, Ghana. REUTERS/Siphiwe Sibeko A woman walks trough the bushes in Prestea, a mining town in southwest Ghana. People of Prestea are Wassa people, they have fought wars against the British and some were captured and made slaves. REUTERS/Siphiwe Sibeko Nana Assenso, 68, chief of Adidwan, a village in Ghana's interior, speaks on the phone before visiting the grave of his uncle Kwame Badu, in Adidwan, Ashanti Region, Ghana. REUTERS/Francis Kokoroko Abdul Sumud Shaibu, 50, shows a photograph of his grandfather on his mobile phone, in Obuasi, Ghana. "My ancestors were giants," he said. "They were well-built and strong. Look at the height of my grandfather in this picture." They did battle with slave raiders, he says. In those fights, sometimes they lost. And sometimes they were captured into slavery. REUTERS/Francis Kokoroko A boy carries a bucket as the Elmina Castle is seen in the background in Elmina, Ghana. REUTERS/Siphiwe Sibeko Adum market is seen at nightfall in Kumasi, Ghana. This central business district of Kumasi is the hub for trade that supplies the hinterlands and northern parts of Ghana with goods from the south. REUTERS/Francis Kokoroko Artisanal miners take a break in Prestea, a mining town in southwest Ghana. People of Prestea are Wassa people, they have fought wars against the British and some were captured and made slaves. REUTERS/Siphiwe Sibeko Locals walk on a street of Prestea, a mining town in southwest Ghana. People of Prestea are Wassa people, they have fought wars against the British and some were captured and made slaves. REUTERS/Siphiwe Sibeko Congregants dance as they attend a church service at Mampong, a small town in the Ashanti region, Ghana. REUTERS/Siphiwe Sibeko British and American flags are among other flags hoisted on fishermen's boats at the Cape Coast Castle in Ghana. REUTERS/Siphiwe Sibeko Tourists gather at the Assin Manso river, Ghana. Near the journey's end in Ghana, the captives were given a last, ritual bath in the river before being sold. Today, the Assin Manso site is a sacred place of remembrance. In this area of mangrove swamps, an image of slaves chained by the feet promises, "Never again." REUTERS/Siphiwe Sibeko Children dressed in traditional style cloth wrappings entertain residents of Kofi Gyan, a village on Tarkwa-Bogoso road, with a cultural performance in the middle of the night, in Kofi Gyan, Ghana. REUTERS/Francis Kokoroko Kwaku Agyei, 71, a pastor and resident of Obuasi, tells the story of slave trade to young workers in his neighbourhood, in Obuasi, Ghana. "They captured us because they realised we were very strong," the Agyei said. "They sent our ancestors to work on sugar plantations. The slave trade made us realise that the white man was cruel." But many rulers of West African empires, such as the Ashanti kingdom, whose descendants still live in this part of modern-day Ghana, also profited, selling captured slaves in exchange for guns, cloth, alcohol and other Western manufactured goods. "Our elders exchanged their children for 'nice things' like matchboxes," Agyei said. But once again, his pride in his heritage shows through. "I can say our ancestors were the ones who developed America," he says. REUTERS/Francis Kokoroko Woman cooks palm nuts to make oil on the road that connects Obuasi to Cape Coast, Ghana. REUTERS/Francis Kokoroko Clothes left behind by performers reenacting what female slaves went through during their detention at the Elmina Castle, lie on the floor at the castle in Ghana. REUTERS/Siphiwe Sibeko


We've already done the AFC Power Rankings , so now it's time for the NFC. Let's just get right to it. NFC South Yes, the NFC South barely edges out the next division. I think it's more because the top team in the NFC South is slightly better than the top team in the next division in the rankings. The Saints were a bad call away from the Super Bowl. They'll be out for revenge. They aren't super deep, but their starters are just so good. The Falcons are only three seasons out from the Super Bowl. They'd be better if Dan Quinn was slightly better. They have one of the best wide receivers in the NFL, a former MVP at quarterback, and some good talent on defense. The Panthers are up and down every year. Last year was a down year, so expect them to be up this year. The Bucs are just kind of mediocre but solid. Maybe Bruce Arians taps into their potential. NFC North The NFC North was just outside the NFC South. The Bears need to prove that last year wasn't a fluke. Mitch Trubisky needs to take a leap right now because Chicago can't waste its very talented roster. The Bears could have the best defense in the NFL. Speaking of good defenses, the Vikings are very good on that side of the ball. Kirk Cousins can't beat teams that finish the season over .500, but he should get some this year. The Packers have Aaron Rodgers and a new coach. We'll see how that works out. The Lions are just unlucky that the rest of their division is very solid. The Lions could be good if they were in either division below. NFC West The division with the defending NFC champions somehow comes in third in the NFC Power Rankings. We know about the Rams and their explosive offense. Seattle always finds a way to win and Russell Wilson has to be mentioned as an MVP candidate every year now. The Niners have to make moves this year. They haven't done much to prove my faith in them, but they have enough young talent. Then there's the Cardinals. At least the Cardinals will put up a ton of points even if they are bad. NFC East The Redkins are boring. The Giants are going through a rebuild even though they won't admit they are going through a rebuild. The Eagles are very talented, but they have kind of lost their luster. They'll win the NFC East. The Cowboys are the Cowboys. They are always slightly overrated. MORE: LeBron James fans who bought No. 23 Lakers jerseys are now being mocked NBA trade rumor rankings: The latest on Bradley Beal Former Packers WR Randall Cobb stands out during Cowboys offseason Everything to know about Tyreek Hill's meeting with NFL investigators Kemba Walker Reportedly Set To Join Boston Celtics


JERSEY CITY, N.J. -- Given the proximity to New York City and the past land use on the site where Liberty National Golf Club was constructed, the site of the Northern Trust and past Presidents Cup venue is quite a setting to host a big-time golf event. This is a golf club built unlike most others, as these nine facts can attest. The total cost to construct Liberty National? $250 million . As a past oil terminal infiltrated with petroleum, lead and toxic waste, almost 90 percent of that $250 million comes from the cost of a Superfund clean-up , reported by our Architecture Editor Ron Whitten. Taxpayers paid most of the cost. Yes, the cartpaths are really worth more than $1 million. Unlike most golf-course cartpaths made from asphalt or concrete, Belgian-block pavers were imported for use. Each paver was individually installed around the entire golf course, driving up the cost of construction and complexity of installing it. "You really don't see that anywhere in the United States anymore," says Jon O'Donnell, the president of Heritage Links, which led construction at Liberty National. Usually, it takes three to four months to install the cartpaths on top of a sodded golf course, he says. But at Liberty National, there was a cartpath subcontractor who followed the course builders to build the paths right away. 6 million cubic feet of sand and earth was imported for the golf course . To put that in perspective: Workers dumped 200 truckloads of dirt every day for two years straight to fill the site. That's a lot of soil. That sand was imported from the Jersey Shore, according to the owners, Paul Fireman and his son Dan. It took 20-plus years to fill the site . As our Ron Whitten described in his Presidents Cup preview piece , Liberty was "built like a giant layer cake, capping the site first with impervious fabric and clay, then soil, then sand, contouring the holes to make certain no pipe or tree root would ever pierce the contamination cap." The land was used by the military in varying degrees during World War I and World War II. Ammunition and rail yards were on this site during WW1, and in WW2, Liberty National's land was actually used as a prisoner of war camp. How's that for unique? According to Heritage Links officials, in the late 1980s, the London and Scottish Marine Oil Company purchased the rights to the site, which included large environmental fees, and began to look into projects to redevelop the land. The Firemans purchased the land in 1997. It took just 10 months to construct the main aspects of Liberty National. After years of capping soil and ensuring all land was up to environmental standards, construction started in Fall 2004 and completed in September 2005. Though 10 months isn't atypical to finishing building a course, there were extreme measures taken to make sure the course stayed on schedule. And builders worked through the winter: RELATED: Liberty National, once a superfund site and butt of jokes, is ready for action. 100+ workers worked long hours on the construction of the course . This was not typical of most of the 300 other projects that O'Donnell and Heritage Links have been involved in. "It was not uncommon to have two shifts of personnel working many hours each day for seven days a week to ensure the owner's goal was met," O'Donnell says. "As we got into the middle of 2005, I could not believe the amount of hours our teams were working on the project. [Dan] Fireman wanted to see it done in 2005 so he could open it in 2006. So we beefed up our resources and man-hours and got it completely planted and sodded and so forth at the end of 2005 so he could open in 2006." The course opened on July 4, 2006 . Almost 10 years after the Firemans purchased the land, the club opened. The Fourth of July was a fitting opening date given the site overlooks the country's biggest city. Just 860 yards separate the course's (usual) 14th green and the Statue of Liberty . And the 18th hole is just 1,000 yards from Lady Liberty. It really does feel like you could touch the Statue of Liberty as you're putting out on the 14th green. And in actual distance, it's not very far about the length of two medium-distance par 4s. The par-3 14th and its panoramic views was the 10th hole for the Presidents Cup. There are 5,200 sprinkler heads on the course . And because of initial environmental regulations, a lot of the course's drainage pipes were installed before construction of the course started, not giving builders and architects Tom Kite and the late Bob Cupp much flexibility as they built the course. "There were a couple cases where Bob Cupp and Tom Kite wanted to maybe change some bunkers or make something slightly deeper," O'Donnell explained, "and we were pretty impacted by the fact that we couldn't do many changes because of what was underneath the site. RELATED: Liberty National hole-by-hole course tour WATCH: GOLF DIGEST VIDEOS See the video. Rickie Fowler Easily Hits a Golf Ball Higher Than the Statue of Liberty


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Mike Ashley's reign at Newcastle United has seen the Magpies plunge from flirting with the Champions League to becoming a bottom-half Premier League side, while also playing two seasons in the EFL Championship. He is infamous for his lack of investment and his neglect of the club, fanbase and heck, even the stadium! There are numerous stats and stories to back up the above, but for now, one could look at how much money (or lack thereof) Ashley has invested in the Toon's playing staff by examing the 10 most expensive purchases Newcastle have made under his tenure. 10. Papiss Cissé Transfer Fee: £9.3 m Senegalese striker Papiss Cissé was signed from German side SC Freiburg in 2012. He played one half of the 2011/12 season, and became the most prolific scorer in the league, scoring 13 goals in 14 games, including one of the Premier League's best ever goals against Chelsea at Stamford Bridge. Unfortunately, Cissé proved himself to be a half-season wonder, as he went on to score 24 league goals across his other four seasons at St James' Park. His form took a significant dip after Demba Ba's departure to Chelsea in 2013. Cisse joined Chinese side Shandong Luneng in 2016 after Newcastle's second relegation under Mike Ashley, and currently plays for Alanyaspor. 9. Fabricio Coloccini Transfer Fee: £10.3 m Argentine centre-back Fabricio Coloccini arrived on Tyneside from Spanish side Deportivo La Coruña in 2008, and he was a fan favourite during his eight-year stay on Tyneside. After being one of Newcastle's most consistent players for three seasons and staying with the club despite their relegation, manager Alan Pardew named him captain for the 2011-12 season, a position he would hold until he left to sign for Argentine club San Lorenzo after his contract expired in 2016. Coloccini was a sign of consistency and stability during his time at Newcastle, and was definitely worth his transfer fee. 8. Matt Ritchie Transfer Fee: £12m Following Newcastle's relegation to the EFL Championship after a woeful 2015/16 season, Scottish winger Matt Ritchie was brought in to help make sure the Magpies would bounce straight back up to the top division of English football. He was one of the stand out players during the Championship-winning season, scoring 12 goals in 42 games, while also gaining 3 assists. Despite not being as good in the Premier League, he has scored vital winning goals against both Manchester United and Manchester City, as well as a vital 94th-minute equaliser against his former club, Bournemouth. 7. Andros Townsend Transfer Fee: £12m Andros Townsend joined Newcastle from Tottenham Hotspur in the January transfer window back in 2016 to try and save Newcastle from their inevitable relegation. Townsend was one of the only positives in an underwhelming 2016, scoring 4 goals in 12 games for Newcastle, and played much better under Rafa Benitez, who was appointed after Steve McClaren was deservedly sacked. Unfortunately, Townsend and Benitez couldn't save Newcastle, and Townsend signed for Crystal Palace after his £13m release clause was activated just six months after he arrived on Tyneside. 6. Jonjo Shelvey Transfer Fee: £12m Jonjo Shelvey was another acquisition in the fateful 2016 January transfer window alongside Andros Townsend. Shelvey signed from Swansea City on a five-and-a-half-year deal, and was named man of the match on his debut in a 2-1 win against West Ham United, which was Newcastle's first win in seven games, but obviously couldn't save the Mags from a second relegation in seven years. There's no doubt that Newcastle look like a better side when he's on the pitch, but his occasional laziness and poor work rate led to him being put on the periphery by Rafa Benitez in the 2018/19 season, despite being integral in Newcastle's top half finish the previous season. 5. Jacob Murphy Transfer Fee: £12m Jacob Murphy's arrival from Norwich City in the summer of 2017 has proved to be a huge waste of money. The winger's inconsistency and weakness prove that he does not tick the requirements needed of a Premier League winger. His one goal for Newcastle came against Manchester City at the Etihad Stadium in an eventual 3-1 loss. Murphy's poor loan spell at Championship side West Bromwich Albion further highlighted his lack of quality. There is still time for him to prove himself, though, and he might get more of a run under the new gaffer at St James' Park. 4. Florian Thauvin Transfer Fee: £12m Notice the running theme here? Yep, Ashley certainly doesn't like going above that £12m mark. Still, there was lots of excitement surrounding the arrival of French winger Florian Thauvin from Olympique Marseille in the summer of 2015, but he did not live up to the hype. He scored his only goal for Newcastle in a League Cup 4-1 win against League One side Northampton. Unsuprinsgly, he received lots of criticism for his performances, and told French magazine L'Equipe that it affected his play on the field. Half-way through his first season on Tyneside, he went back on loan to Marseille for the remainder of the campaign. After Newcastle's relegation, he went on another loan at Marseille, this time with an option to buy for £9.8million. This clause was activated, and went on to win the World Cup with France. He never looked at home on Tyneside, and was a waste of talent. 3. Aleksandar Mitrović Transfer Fee: £13.5m Serbian striker Aleksandar Mitrovic was signed from RSC Anderlecht on a five-year contract by Steve McClaren in the summer of 2015. Despite enjoying the majority of fan support at St James' Park, 'Mitro' was never a favourite of Rafael Benitez, with his lack of discipline and composure, scoring 17 times in 72 games during his two-and-a-half-year spell on Tyneside, a particular point of contention for the manager. He joined Championship side Fulham on loan and helped them gain promotion by scoring 12 goals in 17 games in the 2017/18 season. Last summer, Fulham signed Mitrovic permanently for an initial £22m fee, which could rise to £27m. However, he was unable to save the Cottagers from relegation last season. 2. Georginio Wijnaldum Transfer Fee: £14.5m Wijnaldum's arrival from PSV Eindhoven in 2015 made him the most expensive signing of the Mike Ashley era. The Dutch midfielder was by far the best player during the relegation season, his highlight of the campaign coming when he scored four goals against Norwich City in a 6-2 win. He ended up scoring 11 goals in 40 games for the Toon, but upon Newcastle's relegation from the Premier League, he bolted for Liverpool on a £25m. Turns out that was a pretty good move on his part. 1. Miguel Almirón Transfer Fee: £20m Almiron's arrival finally ended Newcastle's torrid 13-year old transfer record, when Michael Owen joined the club for £16m from Real Madrid. The Paraguayan attacker, who can play attacking midfielder and left-winger, was signed from Atlanta United and impressed in his first half-season in Newcastle. Despite not scoring and only getting one assist in 10 games, he gave Newcastle much more of an attacking edge and completely changed the dynamic of the team under Rafael Benitez. Unfortunately, his season ended with injury in the 3-1 home win against Southampton, which mathematically confirmed Premier League safety in mid-April. Almiron has been a success since he arrived, and Newcastle fans will be hoping that he will stay at the club at least for the following season, despite the departure of two of three 'Amigos' in Salomon Rondon and Ayoze Perez.


STAMFORD, Conn. (CBSNewYork)   As police search for clues into the mysterious disappearance of Connecticut mother Jennifer Dulos , a lawyer representing her five children offered an update on Wednesday on how they're doing. Six lawyers gathered before a judge to discuss various motions involving the Dulos children. Their mother disappeared May 24 in New Canaan . Their father is charged with disposing of bloody evidence from her home, CBSN New York's Tony Aiello reported. (Credit: New Canaan Police Department) The five children   three boys and two girls who range in age from 8 to 13   are staying at the Fifth Avenue apartment of their maternal grandmother , 85-year-old Gloria Farber, a widow of a man who made millions of dollars on Wall Street. Lawyers for the children's father, Fotis Dulos, their mother and for their grandmother all left court without comment after a judge agreed to the current arrangement, and a court-appointed lawyer reported meeting the children and finding them safe and as well as could be expected. Fotis Dulos and his girlfriend, Michelle Troconis, are charged with evidence tampering and obstruction . Investigators say they disposed of multiple bags of bloody evidence in more than a dozen Hartford trash cans on the night Jennifer Dulos disappeared. At a Hartford garbage facility on Wednesday, teams continued to search for additional evidence that may have been carted there. Investigators are trying to recreate the movements of the suspects. New Canaan police say more than a dozen residents and businesses have answered their plea for surveillance video , which will now be studied for additional clues.


Kept by the same owner for 40 years, this blue and gold Shelby will turn heads When Ford and Shelby come together, great things happen. The Cobra and GT40 were real poster children, but it was Shelby's take on the Mustang that really put motorsport performance in the hands of the masses. This beautifully restored 1969 Mustang GT500 found in our classifieds brought power to the people. Finished in a rarely seen combination of Acapulco Blue with a gold racing stripe running the car's length, this GT500 presents a refreshing alternative to the traditional white and blue combinations. Being a '69 car, this Shelby is base don the extensively 'facelift' Sportsroof Mustang of that year. Its added length gives it a sleeker appearance, while additional intakes and a deep grille enhance the Shelby's visual performance credentials. More on Shelby: - Shelby Cobra Daytona Coupe Can Be Your Secret Weapon - How The World's Most Famous Shelby GT500 Was Born This car has been meticulously restored to its original factory specification, something verified by a MartiAutoWorks report. Chassis STK 2601 has resided in a prized collection for the past 40 years, making this a rare opportunity to obtain this American beauty. The refreshed interior features plenty of wood trim and plaques that denote this Mustang as being something special. Its sports seats are in perfect condition and look great trimmed in black and red. You won't find rear seats in this Shelby for reasons of weight saving, but this does add plenty of cargo space to the classic muscle car. Under the hood is a version of the famed FE engine known as the Cobra Jet. This 428 Ci motor is said to produce 335-horsepower, however, the advert reckons that this was understated back in period for insurance reasons. The powerunit connected to a C-6 Cruise-o-Matic automatic transmission is believed to be the original for the car. The engine was totally rebuilt in the 1980s when its current custodian first took ownership of this Shelby GT500. While $119,995 is no small amount of money, this distinctive and perfectly restored Mustang stands out from the crowd.


Dunkin' Brands was rising in trading Monday after Wedbush analyst Nick Setyan upgraded the stock to outperform after three years of having the stock at neutral. The upgrade comes with a price target of $92 per share, up from the firm's previous price target of $76 and a 16% upside from the stock's closing price Friday of $79.54. In trading Monday, Dunkin' rose 4% to $82.78. The upgrade was based on the firm's view that Dunkin' is reaching an inflection point in its same-store sales growth driven by its new espresso beverage options and non-breakfast performance. "Importantly, in our view, the probability of a sustained inflection beyond the near-term is now high enough to warrant a more positive stance," said Setyan. The analyst might be late to the party, however, as the stock has risen 25% since the start of the year. "Among Dunkin' franchisees, we have observed a noticeable uptick in positive expectations regarding the likelihood of ongoing top line initiatives to sustain SSS growth beyond the near-term. These initiatives include more selective unit growth (lower cannibalization), successful menu innovation at both the low- and high-end of the barbell (including the heightened focus on espresso beverages), the operational benefits of menu simplification, technology initiatives, and a more focused brand message," Setyan wrote. This article was originally published by TheStreet .


Super Formula rookie Alex Palou claimed his maiden pole position during a wet qualifying session at Fuji Speedway on Saturday. Inging's Sho Tsuboi was the first driver to set a competitive lap time in the final part of qualifying, lapping the 4.563km circuit in 1m39.252s on a set of full wets. With weather conditions getting worse, reigning Japanese F3 champion Tsuboi looked set to take pole, only for Palou to deny him the top spot in the final minutes of the session. The Nakajima driver beat Tsuboi's best time by 0.085s and was set to go quicker after setting purple times in sector 1 and 2, before a scruffy end to the lap. However, Palou's previous lap of 1m39.167s was good enough for pole, with Tsuboi settling in for second in an all-rookie front row. Watch this Sunday's Super Formula race Fuji live and for free on Motorsport.tv , with coverage starting at 5am GMT. Autopolis winner Yuhi Sekiguchi qualified third for Impul, 0.059s adrift of the leading pair, with Mugen driver Tomoki Nojiri next up in fourth. TOM'S driver Nick Cassidy snatched fifth from two-time series champion Hiroaki Ishiura (Inging) right after the chequered flag, the Kiwi outpacing his Japanese rival by a slender margin of 0.030s. Team LeMans' Kazuya Oshima was seventh quickest in qualifying, while Palou's teammate Tadasuke Makino was unable to string together a clean lap and will line up eighth. Championship leader Naoki Yamamoto (Dandelion) was knocked out of a Q3 spot by the aforementioned Oshima and will start ninth, sharing the fifth row of the grid with TOM'S driver Kazuki Nakajima. Lucas Auer, who scored his maiden podium at Sugo last time, and KCMG's Kamui Kobayashi were two of the most high-profile drivers to be eliminated in Q1. Auer missed out on the Q2 cut by a quarter of a second and qualified 15th, four places ahead of Kobayashi, who will line up on the final row of the grid. Red Bull junior Patricio O'Ward suffered a spin when he drove over a wet kerb while trying to gauge conditions on his outlap. He will start his first Super Formula race from 20th and last on the grid. O'Ward had set the eighth quickest time in second practice earlier this morning. Q3 results: ClaDriverTeamTimeGap 1 Alex Palou TCS Nakajima Racing 1'39.167 2 Sho Tsuboi JMS P.mu/cerumo-INGING 1'39.252 0.085 3 Yuhi Sekiguchi Team Impul 1'39.311 0.144 4 Tomoki Nojiri Team Mugen 1'39.890 0.723 5 Nick Cassidy Vantelin Team TOM'S 1'40.021 0.854 6 Hiroaki Ishiura JMS P.mu/cerumo-INGING 1'40.051 0.884 7 Kazuya Oshima UOMO Sunoco Team LeMans 1'40.832 1.665 8 Tadasuke Makino TCS Nakajima Racing 1'53.080 13.913 View full results


You better scramble to your feet if you're interested. This fully restored 1985 AMC Jeep CJ-8 Scrambler is for sale through Vintage Motorcars in Sun Prairie, Wisconsin. For those who are unfamiliar, the Jeep CJ-8 Scrambler is the pickup truck version of the largely successful Jeep CJ Series lineup of off-road vehicles. Now owned by Fiat Chrysler Automobiles, this Jeep was originally owned by American Motors Corporation when it debuted in 1981. The CJ-8 is the longer wheelbase variant of the Jeep CJ-7 and served as a replacement for the CJ-6. In the early 1980s, small and lightweight Japanese pickup trucks were becoming a staple in American driveways. Many fuel-conscious drivers were buying Datsuns and Toyotas, as well as import versions from the Big Three, in the form of the Chevy LUV (Isuzu), Ford Courier (Mazda) and Dodge D-50 (Mitsubishi). Jeep was still years away from producing its own small pickup; so in the meantime, it stuck with what it knew best: the CJ-7. Jeep was able to develop a "passable" small pickup by merely adding 10 inches to the CJ-7's wheelbase and two feet to its overall length. It also capped the passenger cabin with a short version of the CJ-7's traditional hardtop. In 1981, Jeep introduced the CJ-8 Scrambler, which was a hybrid of sorts between the old CJ-6 and a pickup. Benefits included standard four-wheel drive, a choice of four- or six-cylinder engines and Jeep's overall reputation for unbeatable toughness. Production of the Jeep CJ-8 Scrambled topped out at just 27,792 over a span of five years. The 1985 Jeep CJ-8 Scrambler featured here is powered by the 4.2-liter gasoline-powered engine paired to a desirable four-speed manual transmission. All Scramblers were equipped with the Dana 300 transfer case and locking hubs. Finding a Jeep CJ-8 is certainly harder than one of the more plentiful CJ-7 versions, especially with the upgraded I6 258 cubic-inch 4.2-liter engine. This example has been fully restored front to back and is completely rust free, which is difficult to find with any older vehicle. During the restoration process, the body was taken apart, sandblasted, acid etched, and then painted to the stunning Canyon Red clear coat paint you see here. Also, all new grey decals were installed for added appeal. The engine was completely rebuilt and runs just as well as it did when it came off the assembly line. The transmission shifts effortlessly and the clutch pedal feels great. The bucket seats are also in excellent condition and the interior is devoid of any unusual wear and tear. So, not only is this pickup truck a dream to drive, but it also provides comfort and utility. The entire truck sits on a classic set of Cragar Chrome wheels with almost-new Goodyear tires. It also comes with several added goodies, including a hardtop, Class 3 tow hitch, custom rear bumper, full hard doors with roll-up windows, and more! It may have 96,000 miles to the dash, but this baby has a long way to go. Read more... Enjoy The Open Air In A 1977 Jeep CJ-7 Golden Eagle Hit The Trails In This 1984 Jeep CJ Custom