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Thursday’s Transactions

BASEBALL Major League Baseball National League PHILADELPHIA PHILLIES — Promoted Alex Nakahara to senior director/research and development, Tegan Ashby director/software engineering and Pat McFarlane director/predictive modeling. SAN FRANCISCO GIANTS — Agreed to terms with RHP Austin Warren on a one-year contract. Placed LHP Robbie Ray on the 60-day IL. Minor League Atlantic League LONG ISLAND DUCKS — Signed RHP Justin …

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Hard work and too many statistics: An EU farmer’s frustration grows with every click of the mouse

LEDEGEM, Belgium (AP) — On a farm in northern Belgium, not far from the hundreds of tractors blocking Europe’s second-biggest port to demand more respect for farmers, Bart Dochy was switching on his computer, waiting for a government program to load with maps of his land next to empty digital boxes demanding to be filled with statistics on fertilizer, pesticides, …

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Highest MLB Arbitration Salaries

Highest salaries awarded in Major League Baseball salary in arbitration in cases decided by hearings (x-lost case): Vladimir Guerrero Jr., Tor 2024 $19,900,000 x-Teoscar Hernández, Sea 2023 $14,000,000 Gerrit Cole, Hou 2019 13,500,000 x-Max Fried, Atl 2023 13,500,000 Trevor Bauer, Cle 2019 13,000,000 Hunter Renfroe, LAA 2023 11,900,000 x-Luis Arraez, Mia 2024 10,600,000 Mookie Betts, Bos 2018 10,500,000 x-Corbin Burnes, …

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Coastal Carolina hosts Georgia Southern after Banks’ 25-point game

The AP Top 25 men’s college basketball poll is back every week throughout the season! Get the poll delivered straight to your inbox with AP Top 25 Poll Alerts. Sign up here. Georgia Southern Eagles (5-20, 5-7 Sun Belt) at Coastal Carolina Chanticleers (6-17, 3-9 Sun Belt) Conway, South Carolina; Thursday, 7 p.m. EST BOTTOM LINE: Georgia Southern visits the …

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Missouri high court upholds voting districts drawn for state Senate

JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (AP) — A divided Missouri Supreme Court upheld voting districts drawn for the state Senate on Wednesday, rejecting a legal challenge that claimed mapmakers should have placed a greater emphasis on keeping communities intact. The high court’s 5-2 decision means the districts, first used in the 2022 elections, will remain in place both for this year’s elections …

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New York’s top court appears torn on tossing Harvey Weinstein’s 2020 rape conviction

NEW YORK (AP) — Nearly four years after Harvey Weinstein was convicted of rape and sent to prison, New York’s highest court appeared torn at oral arguments Wednesday about potentially overturning the landmark #MeToo-era verdict. Weinstein’s lawyers urged the state’s Court of Appeals to dismiss the disgraced movie mogul’s 2020 conviction, arguing that the trial judge, James Burke, trampled his …

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Chattanooga hosts East Tennessee State after Bonham’s 31-point performance

The AP Top 25 men’s college basketball poll is back every week throughout the season! Get the poll delivered straight to your inbox with AP Top 25 Poll Alerts. Sign up here. East Tennessee State Buccaneers (13-12, 5-7 SoCon) at Chattanooga Mocs (17-8, 9-3 SoCon) Chattanooga, Tennessee; Wednesday, 7 p.m. EST FANDUEL SPORTSBOOK LINE: Mocs -7.5; over/under is 141.5 BOTTOM …

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