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Unless there’s a change made for Saturday’s qualifying, Gordon’s fire suit carries the wrong years for his Sprint Cup championships. MORE: Bicycles before racing on TV | Danica Patrick’s dawdling results Qualifying is scheduled to begin at 1:45 p.m. ET at Indianapolis, setting the field for Sunday’s Brickyard 400. On Friday, there was much ado about Gordon, primarily because he suited up for the first time since November to compete in a Sprint Cup race....

A person with OCD commonly performs the same rituals (such as handwashing) over and over and may feel unable to control these impulses. These repetitive behaviors are often performed in an effort to reduce distress and anxiety. This article will look at the causes and symptoms of OCD and some of the available treatment options. Characteristics / Traits / Symptoms The symptoms of OCD may involve characteristics of obsessions, behaviors that would indicate compulsions, or both....

The weeks-old youngster was filmed by keepers as it explored its rainforest-like enclosure called Gondwana Land at Leipzig Zoo in Germany. In the video, proud mother ocelot Daphne, 14, leads her newborn around the territory but her cub just wants to play with the trees. First, it gets to grips with attacking a fallen branch on the floor, and then it tries out its climbing skills up an angled tree trunk....

How To Play Wordle As a quick note: Wordle was massively popular back in early 2022. This meant that there are many copycats and clones out there. Although the popularity of Wordle has fallen since the New York Times bought it, a lot of those clones still remain. But the original version, and the subject of this article, is the newspaper giant’s version. Other clones may have different rules and will likely have different answers as well....

RELATED: 10 Best RPGs From ’90s (That Were Way Ahead Of Their Time) Many of these people have their own set of woes that the adventuring party can take upon themselves to fix. Should they choose to do so, the party can find themselves enriched in their own way, especially in the form of high-end equipment. Though most of these quests unlock late in the game, the items received help greatly in the harder chapters....

Recent rumors suggested that the Oculus Quest 2 would be getting a storage upgrade, taking it from a 64 GB model to a 128 GB one. As it turns out, this rumor was true as Facebook confirmed the upgrade news in a blog post. It was stated that the Quest 2 would be getting 128 GB of storage starting August 24, and will be replacing the current model. Facebook also confirmed that this new iteration will remain at the same price of $299, and that the 256 GB version will still be available as well....

The DOJ announced Tuesday that it was suing Google for abusing a monopoly over a “wide swath” of online advertising tools and corrupting “legitimate competition in the ad tech industry” by doing so. Shortly after the announcement, some social media users noticed that Pelosi sold up to $3 million of her Google stocks four weeks earlier. Congressional filings show that the California Democrat sold 10,000 shares of Alphabet Inc., Google’s holding company, on December 20, 21 and 28....

Oh, and there were no prior practice of qualifying sessions ahead of Sunday’s race. Drivers could only prepare on simulators, and we’re left playing a guessing game regarding who will win. MORE: Watch NASCAR live with fuboTV (7-day free trial) The road course at Daytona is a bit of a hybrid track, as the superspeedway’s high banks are part of the 3.61-mile circuit with chicanes added toward the end of the backstretch and the entry of the tri-oval....

The Giants receiver on Wednesday continued to express his frustrations with Terry McAulay’s officiating crew, saying they missed too many obvious calls Sunday. FANTASY: Week 14 receiver rankings “Like I said, everybody knows what’s going on, on the field. Everybody can see it. Even Stevie Wonder can see it,” Beckham said, via NJ.com. “It just, it is what it is. You can’t do anything about it. There’s no point. I don’t know why, I shouldn’t have even brought it up....

This also needs to be said: Catches that don’t actually count aren’t — well — catches. MORE: Week 4 photos | Every unbeaten team’s fatal flaw | Ndamukong Suh kicks off Fitzpatrick’s helmet Having said that: HOLY COW, LOOK AT THIS ODELL BECKHAM JR. ONE-HANDED CATCH. Take a closer look: While it’s not exactly “The Catch,” nor was it actually a catch, it’s still incredibly impressive. Odell Beckham Jr. is really good at catching footballs....

The 21-year-old made his senior debut for Spain in Friday’s win over Albania, intensifying talk that he could eventually land with one of La Liga’s big clubs. Real Madrid to win & Isco to score first 15/2 But Odriozola has aimed to play down that speculation, insisting he is happy to continue at the Basque club. “I renewed my contract with La Real until 2022 for a reason,” Odriozola told Diario AS....

The odds are you won’t be seeing anything like that Achesonian ice in Washington as the recent combatants in an extremely bloody presidential election-along with their families and political staffs-get together for a little transition talk and reconciliation. There will be smiles, tours of the White House living quarters, a few wry jokes, some heartfelt pledges of cooperation and thanks for being so helpful. Bygones, in other words, will be officially declared bygones; that will be that....

But if the battlefield was an unfortunate one, the demons that Mahmoud Abdul-Rauf of the Denver Nuggets loosed on sport last week when he refused to stand for the anthem were raw and disturbing. It was all over in a couple of headline days, but once again we saw a case of someone prominent in sport–player, coach, owner, all birds of a feather–wanting to feed off sport until it becomes inconvenient....

Declared unfit for trial: Gen. Augusto Pinochet, 84, by British medical experts. The statement seemed to open the way for the former Chilean dictator to avoid charges of crimes against humanity and to return to his homeland. Spain, France and Belgium, however, kept pressure on Britain to proceed with Pinochet’s extradition to Spain.

The Argentine superstar, normally as sure a thing as there is in the world in front of goal, pulled a shot wide in the first half from a good spot and curled another over the bar in the second half with the goal gaping. Messi made to look human by Juve With Juve’s defense swarming to the ball and closing down space quickly, chances were at a premium, and Barca never found the answer....

1982: British Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher’s son Mark disappears in the Sahara but is found safe six days later. 1992: Following guerrilla attacks in Chad, competitors are escorted cross-country by Chadian troops and French warplanes. 1996: French driver Laurent Gueguen is killed when his truck runs over a land mine in Morocco. 1999: Local robbers ambush 50 contestants in Mauritania, reportedly leaving them stark naked in the desert. 2000: Threats by Algerian Islamists force the airlift of more than 1,000 drivers and their vehicles into Libya....

IT IS A MOMENT YOU never forget–the first time you hold your baby in your arms. Who is this mysterious new person? Before long, you will know the difference between a cry of hunger and a cry for comfort, a genuine grin and the grimace produced by an upset stomach. But here’s the amazing part: as much as you are learning (and at times it seems like more than any human could handle), your baby is learning a thousandfold more....

How does the deal compare to Messi’s? Neymar’s buyout clause is now 200 million euros ($217.5M), increasing to €222 million next June and a year later rising to €250 million. He’s set to be paid €115 million before tax by Barca across the next five seasons, although he’d be expected to sign another contract extension if he remains at the Liga club until 2021. The Brazil international, who has quieted speculation linking him with a move to Paris Saint-Germain by signing the contract, says Camp Nou feels like home....

UD President Eric Spina credited the process the university put in place. “We’re a university who kind of figured it out after a rough start and have been in a good place,” he told Newsweek. “But any infection can be challenging and can lead to negative outcomes. Ideally it would be a positivity rate of zero, but those are pretty hard to find.” Managing the outbreak made it possible for the university to function, Spina said....

All the elements are in place for an instant classic at Beaver Stadium. It’s a matchup of the last two Big Ten champions and the top-two scoring offenses in the FBS this year. The Nittany Lions lead the way with 55.5 points per game, one point ahead of the Buckeyes, at 54.5. The quarterback matchup between Trace McSorley and Dwayne Haskins has Heisman Trophy implications. Factor in the “White Out” and the coaching rivalry between Urban Meyer and James Franklin, and kickoff can’t come soon enough....