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Thomas reaches Match Play semifinals, closes in on No. 1 rank
Spieth was totally out of sorts, hitting his opening tee shot onto the range and out-of-bounds. His health improved. So has his golf. If he advances to the championship match on Sunday afternoon, he'll grab hold of the world No. But he couldn't keep up with Thomas - really, who could? - after Thomas was a sizzling 6 under par through 12 holes. "A lot of good play on the back nine", Garcia said of what it took for him to advance out of round-robin play.
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China's economic czar tells US Beijing will defend interests
Chinese officials are trying to figure out how to address US concerns, said Jake Parker, vice president for China operations of the U.S. Xi sent his top economic advisor Liu He to Washington this month to discuss trade tensions, but the United States official said that at no point had the Chinese made a constructive proposal.
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Rodrigo and Muller strike as German and Spain draw 1-1
Injuries had impacted the Spain squad ahead of Friday's friendly with Sergio Busquets missing the match, however, the Spanish coach believed the team rallied in such a circumstance. Only a great Ter Stegen save denied Isco, but the Germans counter-attacked immediately and De Gea had to palm away a shot by Gundogan. Isco forced a good save from ter Stegen, while on the other end, Mats Hummels went close in the 65th minute.
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What spring? Fourth nor'easter in three weeks cuts power to 90000
Snow continues into tomorrow morning, and will wind down early tomorrow afternoon. "Power outages due to heavy snow and/or strong winds are possible in eastern MA", the weather service said. In New Jersey, the state's major utilities reported slightly more than 76,000 customers without service Thursday. Murphy had also declared a state of emergency Tuesday night ahead of the storm.
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Toys R Us stores across USA begin liquidation sales
Larian this week set up a GoFundMe page with the lofty goal of raising $1 billion in crowdfunding by May , led by his own initial donation of $200 million. When it filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection last fall, Toys R Us pledged to stay open. He named it Toys "R" Us - with a backwards "R" in the logo that was supposed to look like it was drawn by a kid.
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House Energy and Commerce Committee wants Zuckerberg to testify
The Guardian reports that Facebook handed over data of such a huge number to the researcher for a study on worldwide friendships published in Personality and Individual Differences in 2015 . The reference to Indian elections came after India had warned Facebook of "stringent" action for having allowed data theft. The communications firm was first brought into the spotlight when it assisted Donald Trump's successful U.S.