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One year after winning the BCS title, the Seminoles struggled putting away teams. Every win was picked apart — is FSU good enough to be one of four playoff teams? MORE: 5 things from ND win | 98-yard Irish TD | 5 things on Ohio State After ending the regular season with wins against Miami (30-26), Boston College (20-17), Florida (24-19) and Georgia Tech (37-35) in the ACC title game, FSU was overwhelmed in the CFP semfinals, losing to Oregon 59-20....

The U.S. economy probably won’t expand more than 2.5 percent this year-a rate so slow that the jobless rolls continue to bulge. Germany, France and Japan have barely grown for a year. Italy has performed even worse. Britain is in the third year of a recession it can’t shake, and Canada, the largest U.S. trading partner, can’t get going while the United States drags. The stagnation magnifies a decades-long decline in growth....

The visitors looked set for a 1-0 defeat at the Liberty Stadium thanks to an early goal from Wayne Routledge, but turned the game around in the dying minutes to secure a win that keeps them seven points behind leaders Chelsea in the table. Real should keep Chelsea target Morata Dele Alli equalised in the 88th minute before Son Heung-min and Christian Eriksen scored in stoppage time to secure a fifth victory in a row in the top flight for Spurs, who were without Harry Kane, Danny Rose, Hugo Lloris and Victor Wanyama in south Wales....

The France international, who left Old Trafford for Juventus in 2012, was brought back to United for what was a world-record fee by Jose Mourinho last year. Man United 11/4 to win the Premier League United and Pogba won three trophies - the Community Shield, League Cup and Europa League - last season, but they struggled to a sixth-placed finish. Alexander-Arnold channels Gerrard However, after more spending in this off-season, Pogba is looking to lead United in a title charge against champions Chelsea and rivals Manchester City....

Jose Mourinho had stated at a pre-match press conference on Friday that the £89 million midfielder would start Saturday’s fifth-round meeting with the Terriers. The Portuguese had previously been forced to fend off speculation regarding a possible summer transfer for the France international and talk of a rift between player and coach at Old Trafford. It was hoped that Pogba and Mourinho could display a united front at the John Smith’s Stadium, but an untimely sickness bug has sidelined the 24-year-old....

“This stuff shouldn’t be online,” says Veteto’s father, Rick Townsend. He insists that because of Julie’s lifelong learning disabilities, “there’s no way she would have known how to kill herself if they hadn’t told her how.” The last year has seen a significant uptick in visitors to so-called pro-choice-suicide Web sites. And now, as more and more families come home to find a computer on and a loved one dead, the sites are coming under increasing legal scrutiny....

Smith’s knees are bent, his arms are spread wide, his weight properly distributed over his sneakers. He uses his left arm as a probe, assuring he does not lose contact with his man. MORE: USA’s U-19 standouts | Could Smith join Top 10 UK greats? | Or Top 10 Tar Heels? He very much resembles a player who has been trained in the art of defense by some college coach or other, perhaps one of the four Hall of Famers whose schools are among the final six on Smith’s list of prospective next-level destinations....

If you’re just jumping into the Pokémon Go Halloween event, then you’ll be sad to know that the first part of the event is now over. However, Niantic is keeping the fun going, and a second part just kicked off Thursday. That part of the event will run until November 1, so you’ve got a few days to jump in and earn as much candy as possible by completing tasks....

“We love seeing fans’ passion for our limited-time Happy Meal promotion celebrating 25 years of Pokémon. With such significant demand for our promotional Pokémon TCG cards, and some fans even going to extreme lengths to get them, we’re working quickly to address shortages and also strongly encouraging restaurants to set a reasonable limit on Happy Meals sold per customer. We want to offer the full Happy Meal experience to as many families as possible, and help ensure everyone is able to get in on the fun!...

What are pseudo-legendary Pokemon? A pseudo-legendary Pokemon is an unofficial term coined by fans. It refers to Pokemon that have three things: A three-stage evolution lineBase stat of exactly 600 before Mega Evolution1,250,000 experience at level 100 Sometimes, pseudo-legendary Pokemon are more powerful opponents to face than Legendary Pokemon because they have extremely high stats, which gives them more of a kick in battle. These monsters are all examples of pseudo-legendary Pokemon:...

Andersen immediately gets into the cash game action with Pocket Queens against Tom Schneider’s Pocket Deuces, and flops set over set to eventually rake an all-in pot after making four-of-a-kind on the turn. MORE: ‘King’ Dan Smith rules GPI World Poker Rankings | Poker icons star in Discovery Channel poker show | WSOP November Nine set The episode then segues into a clip of Andersen discussing her approval of the Maryland Live!...

Two-time World Series of Poker bracelet winner and Latin America superstar Humberto “The Shark” Brenes was released as a sponsored pro by PokerStars this week. MORE: Schemion, Smith flip-flop at the top of GPI World Rankings | Daniel Negreanu Player of the Month | WSOP November Nine Set The Costa Rican’s tournament career has spanned the better part of three decades, and includes $6.1 million in lifetime earnings along with ten cashes at this year’s WSOP....

Morawiecki called on Germany to abandon what he described as “egoism” before a meeting with German Chancellor Olaf Scholz and Lithuanian President Gitanas Nauseda in Berlin on Saturday. Poland is grappling with an influx of refugees as a result of the crisis in Ukraine, with the government reporting that 100,000 Ukrainians have crossed into Poland since the invasion began on Thursday. “I came to Berlin to shake the conscience of Germany so that they would finally decide on truly harsh sanctions that will influence the Kremlin’s decisions,” Morawiecki said....

Mark Monninger, a 50-year-old from Rancho Cucamonga, Calif., is the man inside the furry bear suit who was responsible for last night's dugout dance shenanigans. MORE: Torii Hunter injury update | Sox-Tigers live | NLCS Game 4 preview | Though he arguably revitalized the Dodgers' late-game fan base, Monninger didn't quite win over the stadium's police force, who escorted him out after yanking him down from the dugout during the bottom of the eighth inning....

The uncertainty, fear, and increasing regulation of day-to-day life across the country has empowered fraudsters toward exploiting those who are weak and vulnerable, according to a report in the The New York Times. Janis G. Mangum, the sheriff in Jackson County, Georgia, told the Times that “wannabe police officers” are “up to no good and it bothers me a lot.” Mangum said that “coronavirus is making it easier for them to do....

The enforcement in Canada focused on the Ambassador Bridge, which connects the city of Windsor, Ontario to Detroit. The bridge was one of the locations focused on by Canadian truckers, who formed a blockade preventing travel across the major economic thoroughfare. On Saturday morning, reporter Sean O’Shea shared an on-the-ground look at the situation in Windsor on Twitter. At one point, he noted the presence of both “tactical teams” and “snipers on the roof....

Officers initially responded to a parking lot near the 200 block of East Stetson Avenue in Hemet at around 3.30 p.m. on Monday, the Hemet Police Department said in a press release. Police said officers first approached 19-year-old Edmund Franklin after someone called 911 to report that he had been asked to leave by employees of a nearby business for allegedly “becoming aggressive” with them. Franklin was also allegedly panhandling in the area, police said....

Patrick Ryan, 37, who is also a Maury County firefighter, told WKRN-TV he and Sarah Ebbert, his 29-year-old girlfriend, were out riding the UTV on Sunday when the front tire slid into a hole just a few feet from shore, and the vehicle flipped into the water. “I became trapped in my seatbelt,” Ryan told WKRN. “I knew I was in trouble then. I thought this is it.” Ebbert, who is a firefighter in Maury County, had no issues undoing her seatbelt and got to shore....

Last week, Los Angeles Mayor Eric Garcetti announced that he was backing the Los Angeles City Council’s recommendation to cut the Los Angeles Police Department’s proposed $1.86 billion budget by $150 million for the fiscal year 2020-2021, and redirecting those funds to areas of the black community. “We need to make sure that black Americans see an end to the days of murder in broad daylight and of traffic stops simply because of the color of their skin,” Garcetti said during a press briefing....

The 31-year-old woman was shot in the jaw and her 24-year-old male colleague was left with bullet wounds to his head and shoulder after they were ambushed near a Metro rail station in Compton, California, on Saturday evening. Media outlet Fox11 said officials have declared they will never stop looking for the gunman as the FBI also joined the hunt and a reward fund leading to the arrest of the culprit has doubled to $200,000....