Bizier spoils Lawson's unbeaten record with TKO win in main event...
Kevin Bizier waited 26 fights before he crossed the border for his first U.S. fight.For Bizier, the wait proved rewarding as the native of Canada scored a technical knockout victory over previously-unbeaten Fredrick Lawson in the main event of a card late Saturday at Miccosukee Resort and Gaming.From the opening bell, Bizier (25-2, 17 KOs) applied repeated pressure, keeping Lawson on the defensive with punishing shots to the body. Bizier eventually expanded his punch arsenal as he rocked Lawson (24-1) with combinations to the head.Bizier sent Lawson through the ropes with a right to the head in the fifth round for the fight’s only knockdown.In the minutes rest before the 11th round, Lawson’s..>> view originalDaytona B returns to capture Challenge Championship
EmailDaytona B dominated the Grade 1, $353,500 Challenge Championship in his first start since April on Saturday night, darting to a 1 3/4-length win in the richest of six stakes at Lone Star Park. The race was part of the $1 million Challenge Championships, a traveling program of major stakes that returned to the Dallas area track for the first time since 2006.Daytona B ($5.60) seized command from the start and never relinquished his advantage in the 440-yard race for 3-year-olds and up. He covered the distance on a track rated fast in 21.26 seconds. Eyesa Famous Eagle was second, edging third-place finisher Jake Gold Br by a head. Esgar Ramirez rode Daytona B for owner Gregorio Garza.Train..>> view originalAttacks on police stir debate
The rate of blacks killed in Jacksonville was higher than it was in Orlando, Hialeah, Miami and Tampa. The Washington Post and ABC News conducted a poll in ...>> view originalDivided Florida House passes new Senate map
Rushing to meet a looming deadline, the Republican-controlled Florida House on Tuesday passed a new map that sets boundaries for the state's 40 Senate districts. But Rep.Jose Oliva, the Miami Republican in charge of House redistricting, predicted that the Senate would accept the changes while Crisafulli downplayed any tensions between the two chambers.Senators and state reps are supposed to agree and vote upon a new map to pass the constitutional muster for Florida's 40 congressional districts by the end of the day Friday, but the prospects of an agreement look bleak as the clock ticks down to the end of special session.This makes three out of four legislative sessions this year that ended i..>> view originalFallout of redistricting session: Corcoran and Oliva open to...
The Florida Senate rejected a map to create new districts for itself and adjourned Thursday, leaving the Legislature with its second failed special session this year.A House committee on Monday voted along party lines for a map that is different from one approved by the full Senate.Senators and state reps are supposed to agree and vote upon a new map to pass the constitutional muster for Florida's 40 congressional districts by the end of the day Friday, but the prospects of an agreement look bleak as the clock ticks down to the end of special session.The special session's closing hours also was marked by an unexpected political turn, as a power struggle ended between Negron and Clearwater Re..>> view originalSuccess against the BJP in Bihar has many fathers, mostly illegitimate
How they swoop down to feed on what they think is carrion. The BJP is not dead. Far from it. But the pecking has begun. Three people who seem to think they orchestrated the BJP’s defeat like they were all Sun Tzus authoringThe Art of War, need to know they are not that relevant.Isn't it awesome howRahul Gandhiis making statements of deep intent like he single-handedly won the Bihar election? He labelsNarendra Modias arrogant. That is the Prime Minister of India, hold your horses. He should know about that commodity. To think that he believes he now has a pivotal role in the scheme of things, and the Congress rank and file are now moving him from pawn to saviour-knight and think they have th..>> view originalSecond rare, deadly cyclone batters Yemen - Pittsburgh Post
DUBAI, United Arab Emirates — A second extremely rare and powerful cyclone in two weeks battered the Yemeni island of Socotra with hurricane-force winds Sunday, killing a woman and causing around 5,000 people to flee their homes, a local official said. The new storm, called Megh, comes less than a week after Cyclone Chapala killed 11 Yemenis on Socotra and the mainland, dumping nearly a decade of average annual rainfall on the impoverished and war-torn country in just two days. “A woman in her 40s died when her home collapsed on her, and four others were wounded … Cyclone Megh is several times worse than Chapala because it is passing directly over S..>> view originalCroats Head for Coalition Drama After Close Opposition Win
Croatia’s biggest opposition party defeated the ruling Social Democrats in Sunday’s general elections, early results showed, by a razor-thin margin that set the stage for a potentially protracted battle to form a new government.Tomislav Karamarko’s Croatian Democratic Union, known as HDZ, won 59 of parliament’s 151 seats, according to official results released with 99 percent of ballots counted as of 6:30 a.m. in Zagreb on Monday. Prime Minister Zoran Milanovic’s Social Democrats were second with 56 mandates. The Most party, an alliance of small local factions, was third with 19, making it a potential kingmaker.The close finish means both the Social Democrats and HDZ must woo Most in wrangli..>> view originalThe European Union Needs a Grand Bargain
On Tuesday, Prime Minister David Cameron will write a letter to Donald Tusk, the president of the European Council, setting out the U.K. government’s demand for changes in its relationship with the European Union. It will be a watershed moment for the EU.The letter itself is unlikely to say much that Mr. Cameron hasn’t said publicly before, according to senior U.K. officials. Its significance lies in the fact that what until now has been a domestic political problem for Mr. Cameron will become a political problem for...>> view originalIn Bangladesh, 6 men get death sentences in torture, slayings of 2 boys
The judgments handed down against the convicted men came in the northeast city of Sylhet and southeast city of Khulna. In both cases, the killings had touched off widespread, angry protests with a demand for bringing the perpetrators to justice.The separate cases came as Bangladesh has seen an increase in child killings in recent years. Most of the victims have been poor children, and motives for the slayings often have been seemingly minor issues.Statistics from Bangladesh Shishu Adhikar Forum, a child rights group, show that 191 children were slain in Bangladesh in the first seven months of this year, up from 146 during the same period of 2014, and from 128 in the corresponding period of 2..>> view original
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