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NAIA announces Week 4 Players of the Week

KANSAS CITY, Mo. – Abby Meador of Oklahoma City has been named the NAIA National Softball Pitcher of the Week and Kassidy Butler of Michigan-Dearborn has been named the NAIA National Softball Player of the Week. Meador and Butler were selected based on their performances from April 3 – 9, and were chosen out of a […]

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Russian court fines Radio Liberty over violation of Foreign Agents Law

A magistrate in Moscow has imposed a $1600 fine on US-funded media outlet, Radio Liberty, over violation of the law on ‘foreign agents’ in mass media, in particular over the failure to present a report about its activities. “The magistrate of the Tverskoy District Court has found the Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty  guilty of a […]

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Ward, Walker, Buffington, Wilson named 2017 MaxPreps/NFCA National High School Players of Week

LOUISVILLE, Ky. – Kirtland’s (Ohio) Lindsay Ward, Deatsville’s (Ala.) Haley Walker, Bauxite’s (Ark.) Bailey Buffington and Coalinga’s (Calif.) Linnay Wilson were selected MaxPreps/NFCA National High School Player of the Week for their outstanding play during the week of March 6-12. North Region Ward keyed Kirtland to a season-opening win over Mayfield. She struck out 13 […]

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Liberals Give National Energy Board Less Than 6 Months To Redo Trans Mountain Environmental Review

OTTAWA — The National Energy Board has less than six months to redo its environmental review of the Trans Mountain pipeline expansion, this time taking into account the impact of additional oil tanker traffic off the coast of British Columbia. Three weeks after the Federal Court of Appeal overturned approval of the expansion project, Natural […]

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Russia opposes blanket ban on AI weapons, supports international political declaration

Russia opposes a complete ban on weapons using artificial intelligence (AI) because such systems do not exist, but will sign an declaration on the issue if it does not contradict its interests, according to a newspaper report. The business-oriented Russian paper Kommersant Daily reported on Thursday that its journalists had learned that Moscow was ready […]

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New Haven’s Luzzi, Rockhurst’s Sappington, Bemidji State’s Yost garner 2017 Louisville Slugger/NFCA Division II weekly national awards

LOUISVILLE, Ky. –  University of New Haven sophomore Taylor Luzzi garneredLouisville Slugger / NFCA Division II National Player of the Week honors, while seniors Bridgette Sappington of Rockhurst and Jessica Yost of Bemidji State tossed perfect games to share national Pitcher of the Week accolades, respectively. Each student-athlete earned their first national honor for games […]

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Off with their hats! Russian military to ditch traditional headgear – reports

A large part of Russian military will soon stop using traditional Russian fur hats with ear flaps, known as “ushankas,” as well as woolen side caps. The government plans to replace these items with more simple headgear. The famous Russian souvenir known abroad as “ushanka”, “shapka” or simply “Russian hat” could soon become a rare […]

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‘Unfair competition’: Russian foreign minister blasts US attempts to thwart Turkey S-400 deal

Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov described US threats to impose sanctions on Turkey if it purchases Russian S-400 anti-aircraft missiles as blackmail, and an attempt to secure the market for US firms. “What Mr. Mitchell has said about Ankara risking being subject to sanctions if it goes ahead with the S-400 purchase from Russia is […]

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Featured Five – March 9-13

Throughout the 2017 softball season, the NFCA will feature some of the sport’s highest-profile contests in our “Featured Five” Games of the Week. Each weekly installment will be released on Thursday, providing live stat links, game notes, team info, social media accounts and any available broadcast links in hopes of becoming another reason for fans […]

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Top three unchanged in NFCA Division III Top 25

LOUISVILLE, Ky. — Defending national champion Virginia Wesleyan, Texas Lutheran and Texas-Tyler remained unchanged in the first three spots in the NFCA Division III Top 25 rankings for a fifth straight week. The (26-0) Marlins won six games last week to remain unbeaten over their last 32 games, going back to a 4-1 loss to […]

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