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Were you Seen at the I Love Unity House Celebration Luncheon at the Hilton Garden Inn in Troy on Feb. 14, 2020?

Schenectady

Their first game at Messa Rink was so long ago that two seniors on the Union College hockey team can't remember it.

"Maybe North Dakota?" Vas Kolias asked. "I'm not sure. I don't remember my first game here. It was a blur here my freshman year.  Why don't I remember that?"

"First one at home? I can't say I do," Anthony Rinaldi said when asked his memories of his first experience at Messa.

For the record, the first home game of their freshman season, in  2016-17... Читать дальше...

PORTLAND, Maine (AP) — Maine lobsters have long delighted tourists as the state's most beloved seafood. But one company thinks the crustaceans can save human lives by providing their blood for use in new drugs.

WASHINGTON (AP) — Construction of new homes edged back slightly in January after a December surge that had pushed home construction to the highest level in 13 years.

NEW YORK (AP) — Every month, the 30 staffers at Chris Boehlke's public relations firm each get $100 to pay for anything that contributes to their wellness. And not just for typical expenditures like gym memberships or yoga classes.

ANN ARBOR, Mich. (AP) — Several former patients have alleged that a late University of Michigan physician sexually abused them during exams going back decades, prompting the Ann Arbor school to ask others with information to come forward, officials said Wednesday.

NEW YORK (AP) — A federal judge in Texas has dismissed Chinese tech giant Huawei's lawsuit challenging a U.S. law that bars the government and its contractors from using Huawei equipment because of security concerns.

Getting along with life

LONDRES (AP) — La Unión Europea presentó el miércoles sus propuestas para regular la inteligencia artificial, y solicitó estrictas normas y salvaguardas sobre las aplicaciones más peligrosas de la incipiente tecnología.

BRUSSELS (AP) — After almost two years of sparring, the European Union was girding itself Wednesday for perhaps the final round of the bloc’s traditional budget slug-fest at what is shaping up as a potentially long and fiery summit to thrash out Europe’s spending plans for the next seven years.

TOKYO (AP) — A respected Japanese virologist on Wednesday said if the Tokyo Olympics were tomorrow, the games probably couldn't be held because of the fast-spreading coronavirus from Wuhan, China.

BEIJING (AP) — China on Wednesday said it has revoked the press credentials of three reporters for the U.S. newspaper Wall Street Journal over a headline for an opinion column deemed by the government to be racist and slanderous.

CHICAGO (AP) — Rod Blagojevich walked out of prison Tuesday after President Donald Trump cut short the 14-year prison sentence handed to the former Illinois governor for political corruption.

Johnstown

The Bishop Gibbons boys' basketball team was clearly the best team in the Western Athletic Conference all season, but Fonda displayed championship mettle against the Golden Knights Tuesday evening in the final of the WAC Cup.

Despite the Braves missing 50 of 67 shots from the field in an intense defensive struggle, Colin Kowalski made sure his squad emerged with a most memorable victory as he drained a 3-pointer at the buzzer to lift Fonda to a pulse-pounding 51-48 triumph... Читать дальше...

Pittsburgh

Sidney Crosby had a goal and three assists to help the Pittsburgh Penguins beat the Toronto Maple Leafs 5-2 on Tuesday night.

Bryan Rust had a goal and two assists, and Jason Zucker, Teddy Blueger and Anthony Angello also scored as Pittsburgh moved past Washington into first place in the Metropolitan Division. Tristan Jarry stopped 34 shots while picking up his 13th win in his last 17 games.

Auston Matthews scored his 43rd goal for the Maple Leafs and Kyle Clifford... Читать дальше...

Lubbock, Texas

Baylor's Kim Mulkey became the fastest Division I men's or women's coach to 600 wins, reaching the milestone when Juicy Landrum scored 19 points to lift the No. 2 Lady Bears to a 77-62 victory over Texas Tech on Tuesday night.

The Lady Bears extended a pair of Big 12 records with their 54th consecutive league win and 43rd straight road victory in conference play.

Mulkey earned her 600th victory in her 700th game, four games faster than Adolph Rupp with the Kentucky men. Читать дальше...

Scottsdale, Ariz.

MLB commissioner Rob Manfred apologized Tuesday for what he called a disrespectful reference to the World Series trophy as a "piece of metal."

Even before being asked about it, Manfred said he made a mistake with those comments when trying to deliver a rhetorical point in an interview two days earlier.

"I referred to the World Series trophy in a disrespectful way, and I want to apologize for it," Manfred said. "There's no excuse for it. ... It was a mistake to say what I said."

MLB players... Читать дальше...

President Donald Trump has gone on a clemency blitz, commuting the 14-year prison sentence of former Illinois Gov. Rod Blagojevich and pardoning former NYPD commissioner Bernie Kerik, among a long list of others.

LOS ANGELES (AP) — Ja’Net DuBois, who played the vivacious neighbor Willona Woods on “Good Times” and composed and sang the theme song for “The Jeffersons,” has died.

AUSTIN, Texas (AP) — One of President Donald Trump's clemency actions Tuesday included pardoning the former owner of a Texas construction company who pleaded guilty to underpaying his taxes and whose family has donated to Republicans, including the president's reelection campaign last year.

NEW YORK (AP) — Lawyers for a woman who has accused President Donald Trump of raping her in the 1990s told a court Tuesday he's trying “to stop the truth from ever coming out” by attempting to delay her defamation lawsuit and her effort to get his DNA.

Tokyo

Nissan shareholders vented their outrage at the Japanese automaker's top management Tuesday for crashing stock prices, zero dividends and quarterly losses after the scandal-ridden departure of former Chairman Carlos Ghosn.

They got up, one by one, at an extraordinary shareholders' meeting, demanding that Nissan Motor Co. quickly fix diving car sales, work harder to repair its battered brand and have executives give up their pay.

Ghosn, a superstar executive who had led Nissan for two decades... Читать дальше...

SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — Mike Bloomberg would sell the financial data and media company he created in the 1980s — which bears his name and made him a multibillionaire — if he is elected U.S. president, a top adviser said Tuesday.

Even before “Fresh Off the Boat” hit the airwaves on ABC in February 2015, the show was facing pressure that other new shows weren't.