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Piracy has long been a headache for the record industry. Cassettes proved so easy to copy in the ’80s that the compact disc was introduced. Then the digital revolution, complete with the ease of downloading from personal computers, gave birth to Napster. Today, music theft–especially in the world of hip-hop and R&B–is more likely to come in the form of old-fashioned bootlegging. With CD burners that are cheap and fast, bootleggers can make thousands of flawless copies of a recording and sell them to street vendors....

Once again, Harvick had a fast car but when many in the field pitted under caution on Lap 71 at Sonoma Raceway, he lost two spots on pit road and ended up restarting 11th. Harvick’s Stewart-Haas Racing team waited until the car was completely full of fuel. Because many drivers had pitted before him, he needed more fuel than many others in the field. But according to a story on MRN....

On Tuesday, a heartwrenching video began making the rounds of social media, showing a family in a situation that none would ever want to experience. Unable to procure an ambulance, an Indian man was forced to transport his deceased mother’s body on a bike to a cremation ground. The video shows him talking to a police officer in Telegu while sitting on the motorbike. His mother’s lifeless body can be seen seated between him and his brother-in-law, who sit on either side to keep her safely wedged between them....

Although that deck is not a problem in Standard anymore, Priest’s meta will change and maybe for the worse (depends on the cards from the next expansion). Check out our pieces on Druid, Hunter, Mage and Paladin. Here are the most impactful cards leaving Standard in 2019 for Priest. #5. Psychic Scream Expansion: Kobolds & Catacombs Psychic Scream is a powerful board clear for Priest. Although it doesn’t kill any minions, Psychic Scream can shuffle many useless token minions or buffed minions into your opponent’s deck....

Sharing on Reddit on Tuesday, pet owner and Reddit user Perpetual_Tuesday posted the video of her dog, 13-year-old Willie, and kitten Louie on the popular r/aww forum. “He is the happiest friendliest beagle ever,” Perpetual_Tuesday told Newsweek. “He thinks everyone and everything is his friend, including our laying ducks who disagree.” Willie was rescued from a puppy mill when he was just a baby and grew up alongside their other dog Oscar who passed away in September....

The team said in a prepared statement that Waiters has “engaged in conduct detrimental to the team” in “a number of instances” this season. The latest instance occurred late Thursday as the team was flying from Phoenix to Los Angeles for a game vs. the Lakers. “We are very disappointed in Dion’s actions this season that include the very scary situation on Thursday night, and grateful that the outcome wasn’t worse,” the team said in the statement....

The Croatia international was the subject of a bid from Tianjin Quanjian last year but opted to stay in Turin and has once again attracted a lucrative offer from the Chinese Super League. Coached by Manuel Pellegrini, Fortune already boast ex-Napoli star Ezequiel Lavezzi and former Roma and Arsenal attacker Gervinho in their squad and are hoping to push for the league title after this year’s fourth-place finish. The Chinese side have already signed one player from Juve, having lured Brazilian midfielder Hernanes to the Hebei province in February, and they see Mandzukic as an ideal import ahead of next year’s campaign....

Hebei have got off to a slow start in their league campaign and have lost three league games in a row so far. They have been able to find the back of the net just once while conceding eight goals in these fixtures. They suffered a 2-0 loss against Shanghai Port in their previous league outing on Saturday. Shanghai Shenhua are unbeaten in their three league games thus far, conceding just one goal....

American high schooler Heck made a big impression Sunday completing the Evian Championship — her second major — in a fun grouping with the Jutanugarn sisters, two-time major winner Ariya and 13th-ranked Moriya. “She surprised me,” Ariya Jutanugarn told The Associated Press. “Hit the ball really pretty well, unbelievable getting up and down.” Heck justified her wild-card entry in France first by making the cut, just as she did in her majors debut at the 2017 U....

Las Vegas has already released its odds for its Heisman favorites in 2018, starting with rising sophomore quarterback Jake Fromm for Georgia. The list also includes Penn State’s Trace McSorley and the lone Heisman finalist of the 2017 season, Bryce Love of Stanford. MORE: 18 early questions for 2018 season All those players deserve to be on the early watchlists — but that doesn’t mean they’re guaranteed to take the hardware home at the end of the season....

Meanwhile, Clinton has already backed away from naming defeated House Speaker Tom Foley as the next ambassador to China to avoid a protracted confirmation battle with Helms. Another victim: outgoing Democratic Gov. John Waihee of Hawaii, slated to be named ambassador to Indonesia.

Like with other FromSoftware games such as Dark Souls, most of what could be considered the game’s main story happens before the game even begins, and the player is left to piece together the timeline of events. But as hard as Elden Ring’s story is to understand in the first place, it can be even harder to explain to someone else. The story is a complex web of similar sounding character names and intersecting relationships in Elden Ring....

South Africa completed a 3-0 sweep in a series which was as much about giving opportunities to fringe players as it was about beating their neighbours. “Our main focus was to keep looking at players and we tried to give everyone good game time,” said South African captain Faf du Plessis. “Australia is our next tour (at the end of October). It will probably be a bit tougher than this and we will be closer to our best 15 or 16 players for that tour....

In The Witcher, Vesemir is Geralt’s mentor and father figure and amongst the only survivors of the attack on Kaer Morhan that almost wiped out all the witchers. Netflix finally quenched fans’ thirst with the release of an interview between Cavill and Bodnia, where they discussed their process and appreciation of each other’s methods, while also noting their similarities. RELATED: The Witcher: 13 Things Only Book Readers Know About Zoltan...

Two reasons: peace and power. Since the end of World War II, when Europe started its long march to the single market, the Continent has turned from one of the world’s bloodiest parcels of real estate into one of its most peaceful. Euroland’s champions also hope that monetary union will lead to new geopolitical and economic clout. The region is already the world’s second largest economy–after the United States–and the largest trading power, accounting for 20 percent of the world’s exports and 16 percent of imports....

Gronk does Gronk things. He Gronks it up. Where Gronk goes, Gronk is. Gronk does what Gronk pleases. It’s a Yabba Gronk old time. MORE: Rosters could expand to 55 | Maclin thinks deal with Eagles coming | PHOTOS: Top-25 free agents Now, you can watch Gronk throw a football cake at his brother’s head. No, really. At a party in Vegas – natch – Gronkowski wound up going full Gronk....

Players are deciding on an individual basis whether to take the field this year while the coronavirus (COVID-19) continues to infect large numbers of people in the U.S. MLB and the MLB Players Association agreed to more than 100 pages of health and safety protocols that are intended to keep team personnel safe, but players continue to test positive for the virus. MORE: Key dates, schedule and more to know about 2020 season...

Colored pencils come into play, though. Just wait for it. MORE: Ali’s 10 best fights | … and his 10 greatest quotes Does stuff like this make Twitter worth the hassle? Maybe. Maybe.

“Mostly, we just want to thank the fans,” Swift said onstage on Sunday, accompanied by some of her collaborators. “You guys met us in this imaginary world that we created and we can’t tell you how honored we are forever by this. Thank you so much, and thank you to the Recording Academy. We will never forget that you did this for us.” Swift previously won the prestigious award for her 2008 album Fearless and 2014’s 1989....