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Clippers close deal to purchase Forum from MSG

Nearly six weeks after MSG Entertainment agreed to sell the Forum to a group backed by Steve Ballmer, ownership of the arena officially changed hands.




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Better baseball on TV: What MLB can learn from 'Bachelor' and 'Millionaire'

MLB stadiums without fans would be like playing in a giant television studio. TV executives offer ideas on reinventing baseball as entertainment.




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Vanessa Bryant opens a birthday card from Kobe. 'It gave me something to look forward to'

Vanessa Bryant opened a card from her late husband Kobe on her birthday. "It gave me something to look forward to today," she writes.




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16 explosive Corrie spoilers - from coronavirus storylines to murders exposed

From Geoff Metcalfe's comeuppance to David and Shona trying to fall back in love with one another, there's a lot that Corrie fans can get excited about...




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Where former Gogglebox stars are now - from TV superstardom to behind bars

Gogglebox stars have come and gone over the years, with some families being ripped apart, others leaving for surprising new jobs, and one tragically dying




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Man City number 9s of the last 30 years ranked from best to worst

Niall Quinn was an £800,000 signing from Arsenal, while Gabriel Jesus arrived from Palmeiras for £27million.




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Man in hospital after jumping from window of block of flats to escape fire

The fire started in the kitchen of a second floor flat on Wendon Road, in Baguley



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How a molecular 'alarm' system in plants protects them from predators

Some plants, like soybean, are known to possess an innate defense machinery that helps them develop resistance against insects trying to feed on them. However, exactly how these plants recognize signals from insects has been unknown until now. In a new study, scientists in Japan have uncovered the cellular pathway that helps these plants to sense danger signals and elicit a response, opening doors to a myriad of agricultural applications.




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Scientists have created new nanocomposite from gold and titanium oxide

ITMO University researchers together with their colleagues from France and the USA have demonstrated how a femtosecond laser can be used to tune the structure and nanocomposite properties for titanium dioxide films filled with gold nanoparticles.




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NTU Singapore scientists develop sustainable way to extract chitin from prawn shells

Scientists at Nanyang Technological University, Singapore (NTU Singapore) have developed a green way to create chitin, by using two forms of food waste - prawn shells and discarded fruit - and fermenting them.




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Individualized mosaics of microbial strains transfer from the maternal to the infant gut

Researchers have used a microbiome 'fingerprint' method to report that an individualized mosaic of microbial strains is transmitted to the infant gut microbiome from a mother giving birth through vaginal delivery. They detailed this transmission by analyzing existing metagenomic databases of fecal samples from mother-infant pairs, as well as analyzing mouse dam and pup transmission in a germ-free, or gnotobiotic, mouse model, where the dams were inoculated with human fecal microbes.




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Debenhams accused of 'stealing' as retailer demands 90% discount on clothes from suppliers already at UK ports

ITV News has seen correspondence from Debenhams’ administrator to Bangladeshi suppliers demanding a 90% discount on garments orders.




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BAME groups ‘two to three times more likely to die from coronavirus’

The likelihood of death from Covid-19 is significantly higher among England’s BAME communities than the general population, researchers say.




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Shipment of 400,000 delayed protective gowns from Turkey deemed unusable

A shipment of 400,000 gowns from Turkey which was part of a delayed consignment of PPE has been impounded after falling short of standards.




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People from black backgrounds four times more likely to die from virus than people from white backgrounds, ONS finds

People from black backgrounds are four times more likely to die from coronavirus than people from white backgrounds, new statistics suggest.




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Pret to reopen more stores for takeaway and delivery from Monday

30 stores have already reopened and 71 shops will join them next week, including Birmingham.




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UK Weather Forecast: A fine evening for many away from a few showers in the west

Late, low sunshine with scattered showers easing to leave it dry




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World War Two veteran, 98, with lung condition recovers from coronavirus

Douglas Moore, who also has a lung condition, received a round of applause as he was discharged from Kettering General Hospital.




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GCHQ reveals last message from German Second World War network

Historian Tony Comer says it is ‘a small insight into the real people behind the machinery of war’.




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Virus turns New York from bustling metropolis to open-air museum

In the days before the virus, strolling down Broadway felt like swimming through a sea of people. Now it feels like wandering around a forsaken movie set.




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Trump administration says up to 240,000 Americans to die from coronavirus

The number of coronavirus deaths in the US could be 80 times as large as the number of people who died in the September 11 attacks.




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From the Archives, 1895: Oscar Wilde arrested in London

The glittering life of playwright Oscar Wilde came undone when his attempt to prosecute the Marquess of Queensberry for libel resulted in his own arrest for "gross indecency".




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'Jenny from Invercargill': Family proud of nurse thanked by British PM

Boris Johnson publicly thanked "Jenny from Invercargill" for staying by his side during his hospitalisation for COVID-19, when things "could have gone either way".




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More needed from Biden than not being Trump

Joe Biden is going to have to offer US voters inspiration If he is to derail a candidate as adept at media manipulation as Donald Trump.




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After 10 days of hell, take it from me: you don't want to catch this virus

I did not think I was going to die but it absolutely felt like the virus was trying hard to kill me. I've never been so sick, or scared.




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From 'Xi's doing a great job' to 'The WHO really blew it’: Trump's coronavirus response in tweets

The US President has been able to use Twitter to shape what the public talks about in the realm of politics. He's gone into overdrive on the coronavirus pandemic.




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Europe is emerging from the pandemic with beds and ventilators to spare

All across Europe, the numbers are coming down. There is finally good news to share.




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'Immunity passport' to free recovered Chileans from lockdown

Critics warn against moving too quickly with a medical union secretary saying: "There are serious doubts over existence of long-term immunity to this virus."




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Trump-aligned states ready to reopen for business from this week

Republican governors, including in Georgia, are reopening gyms, churches, bowling alleys and hairdressers later this week despite COVID-19 cases still rising.




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Coronavirus study shows more deaths, no benefit from Trump's drug treatment suggestion

Researchers did not track side effects, but noted a hint that hydroxychloroquine might have damaged other organs, too.




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World slowly waking from pandemic lockdown

The scaling back of lockdowns in hot-bed nations, many still fighting wholesale death, may offer Australians glimmers of hope.




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What did we learn, or miss, from the Spanish flu?

Listen to Fenella Souter's story marking 100 years on from the Spanish flu, followed by a discussion with expert virologist Professor Kanta Subbarao from the WHO and the Doherty Institute.




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From the Archives, 1973: The sheep station that seceded

50 years ago, a West Australian farmer declared his wheat and sheep station at Hutt River an independent principality.




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COVID-19 is global but so is recovery from addiction

The pandemic isn't stopping the meetings at the heart of Alcoholics Anonymous and other 12-step programs - they are just going digital.




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Return to class is going to look very different from school to school

The May 11 start date is one certainty in a sea of uncertainty.




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World slowly waking from pandemic lockdown

The scaling back of lockdowns in hot-bed nations, many still fighting wholesale death, may offer Australians glimmers of hope.




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What did we learn, or miss, from the Spanish flu?

Listen to Fenella Souter's story marking 100 years on from the Spanish flu, followed by a discussion with expert virologist Professor Kanta Subbarao from the WHO and the Doherty Institute.




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From the Archives, 1973: The sheep station that seceded

50 years ago, a West Australian farmer declared his wheat and sheep station at Hutt River an independent principality.




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COVID-19 is global but so is recovery from addiction

The pandemic isn't stopping the meetings at the heart of Alcoholics Anonymous and other 12-step programs - they are just going digital.




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Return to class is going to look very different from school to school

The May 11 start date is one certainty in a sea of uncertainty.




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Why do so many diseases come from bats?

Bats are extremely social, have turbo-charged metabolisms, and elite immune systems. All of these combined creates the perfect storm for harboring and transmitting diseases.




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COVID-19 tests are far from perfect, but accuracy isn’t the biggest problem

Expanding coronavirus testing is one of the most important tasks public health officials are tackling right now. But questions over accuracy of the two main types of tests have rightly caused concern.




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US 'Deaths of Despair' From COVID-19 Could Top 75,000

Projections from a new report suggest that if the US fails to take bold action to reduce the mental health toll of COVID-19, an additional 75,000 people could die by suicide, drugs, or alcohol abuse.
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Response from Eddie, AFL not nearly enough

THERE'S so much wrong about the Eddie McGuire-James-Brayshaw-Danny Frawley pack mentality attack of Caroline Wilson. As was the AFL's insipid response on Monday.




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Queensland pubs and eateries to reopen gradually from next weekend

Up to 10 patrons will be allowed in pubs, restaurants and cafes in a week's time, in the first step of a gradual unwinding of coronavirus contact restrictions across Queensland, Premier Annastacia Palaszczuk announces.




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Queensland Deputy Premier to stand aside from ministerial duties over corruption probe

Queensland's Deputy Premier and Treasurer Jackie Trad announces she is standing aside from her ministerial role as the state's corruption watchdog launches an investigation into the selection process of a school principal.




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From computer games to building supermarkets — this business shows the problems in our 'pivot' to manufacturing

The Federal Government has been spruiking a renewed focus on Australia's shrinking manufacturing sector in the post-COVID-19 world. But experts say it will be tough to flick the switch on a withering part of the economy.




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600,000 people out of a job, 1.6 million with no income from work: ABS estimates the initial cost of coronavirus

A new survey from the ABS shows the extreme effect of coronavirus social-distancing measures on employment, with well over a million workers losing their incomes in the space of a month.




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From flying planes to stacking shelves — Virgin Australia staff react to airline's insolvency

Virgin Australia's potential collapse has left staff scrambling for jobs, as tourism and aviation industries prepare for the threat of major player leaving the market.




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Waiting on a parcel from Australia Post? This is why it's taking so long

As Australians stay at home, and with many bricks and mortar stores closed, more of us are shopping online, placing a huge strain on the postal service.



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