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And why not? The convention, Menino boasted, would pour $150 million into the local economy–something Bostonians of any political persuasion could celebrate. But now Boston’s experience offers a case study in how post-9/11 security concerns have altered the economics of conventions. It may not quite be a cautionary tale, as visibility for the city could produce unquantifiable psychic benefits. And every city is different: Boston’s not New York, where the Republicans will gather in August; commuters and business people in the Big Apple may be fretting there over the inconveniences that heightened security may create....

The Didgeri-What? The didgeridoo is a wind instrument that is common among the indigenous people of northern Australia. It is a cylindrical, wooden instrument that may be from 3 to 10 feet in length. It has been played for more than 1,500 years and is traditionally made from eucalyptus or bamboo with a mouthpiece of beeswax. Fortunately, you don’t have to craft one out of a piece of wood. More modern versions of the didgeridoo can be made at little cost from PVC pipe and duct tape, and it is possible to make your own....

MORE: It’s Rivalry Week! Who is left? Let’s break it down by conference. ACC Top contenders: No. 4 Clemson What we learned: While Lamar Jackson may well win the Heisman, he will not win the playoff. The Louisville quarterback sacked 11 times in a 36-10 loss to Houston on the road. The loss, Louisville’s second, ended the Cardinal’s playoff hopes. What to watch: It’s Clemson or bust for an ACC’s playoff bid....

“We go about our business the way we go about it. I don’t know how else to say it differently,” Matheny told reporters before Saturday’s game, via the St. Louis Post-Dispatch. “We just realize that almost every day we have somebody saying something about us. And that’s just part of the business. We’ve just got to stick to what we’ve got to do and go play the game.” MORE: The radical plan to realign baseball’s divisions | Baseball’s unwritten rules, ranked by dumbness An angry Maddon insinuated the Cardinals reliever Matt Belisle’ pitch that hit Cubs first baseman Anthony Rizzo in the head in the 7th inning on Friday was payback for Cubs pitcher Dan Haren hit Matt Holiday in the head with a pitch two innings earlier....

Kane has been in lethal form this season, scoring 15 goals in all competitions for club and country, with some believing he has already developed into a world-class striker. Five of those goals have come for Spurs in the Champions League, with Kane scoring twice against Borussia Dortmund and a hat-trick away to APOEL. Up next in that competition is a trip to Real Madrid on Tuesday, with Kane set to line up against one of the club’s thought to be interested in prising him away from Spurs....

The Spaniard has been in fine form in recent months, scoring three goals for Madrid in all competitions this season and scoring four in as many World Cup qualifying games for Spain last since early September. Isco 11/2 first scorer v Spurs The midfielder will line up against Pochettino’s side at the Santiago Bernabeu on Tuesday, and the coach is aware his side must deal with a world-class player....

Who’s going to need a jet engine in his pocket? You will, so all the wireless gadgets you’re likely to carry around in the future can keep going strong. Portability is a virtue but also a curse: even a Wi-Fi-capable laptop needs to be plugged in frequently to recharge. “People want longer run times, and the only way to do that right now is with bigger batteries,” says James Balcom, CEO of fuel-cell firm Polyfuel in Mountain View, California....

It's Seattle Seahawks quarterback Russell Wilson and young athletic signal-callers like him, but not because of the reasons you might think. There's no question the NFL game is slowly changing. Some would say evolving. Quarterbacks are running the ball with greater frequency and efficiency than ever before. The read-option play has proven to be very effective although the rampant success that teams had with it in 2012 was tempered a bit by better prepared defenses in 2013....

The French midfielder scored twice against Fulham on Saturday as Manchester United picked up a 3-0 win at Craven Cottage. The 25-year-old opened the scoring 14 minutes in when he got onto a pass from Anthony Martial to fire in at the near post before converting a penalty in the second half. Pogba has been in sensational form since Ole Gunnar Solskjaer was drafted in as caretaker manager following Jose Mourinho’s sacking in December....

What we can gather from these Sportsbook.ag’s opening numbers is this — the Patriots are the best team remaining, followed by the Panthers and Cardinals, who are separated by just half a point. The Broncos are further behind and would bring the lowest total into the Super Bowl if they can beat the Pats this week as a three-point home dog. MORE: Ranking the potential matchups | NFL live odds page | Super Bowl odds...

The 23-year-old from Massachusetts breezed through a field of 1,499 players to move up to third on the all-time live event money list, according to The Hendon Mob database, with approximately $21,560,000 in career cashes. MORE: Negreanu back to No. 2 on GPI World Rankings | Poker players go all-in in ALS Ice Bucket Challenge | WSOP November Nine set Nearly $21 million of those cashes, which include $15.3 million on July 1 for his win in the $1 million buy-in “Big One for One Drop” charity event, have come in the 2014 calendar year....

The CH-149 Cormorant chopper—a helicopter used for search-and-rescue operations in Canada—was parked at a remote airfield in the province of Newfoundland and Labrador, located in the east of the country, when the incident occurred on September 16. The search-and-rescue team ended up at the Saglek airfield after poor weather in the area meant they could not land at their preferred destination. “The crew had to park the aircraft down below, not up at elevation like they wanted to,” Lt....

Aiden Fucci was arrested and charged with second-degree murder on Monday after Bailey’s body was discovered in a wooded area a day earlier in St. Johns, Florida. According to the St. Johns County Sheriff’s Office, police are now searching through social media posts as part of the ongoing investigation. Among those, include a post from Fucci’s snapchat account taken from the back seat of a deputy’s vehicle while police searched for Bailey on Sunday....

Officers from British Transport Police, the Metropolitan Police, Merseyside Police and West Midlands Police also seized over 100 weapons in operations carried out between November 2019 and Mach 2020. They also found and closed nearly 140 deal lines, numbers linked to unique phone numbers which are used by people to buy drugs. The U.K Home Secretary Priti Patel has made clamping down on county lines drugs gangs a major priority, with the latest police activity funded by £5 million from the government’s £25 million package to tackle county lines gangs....

“Management continues to spread misinformation about social distancing,” the letter said, “including telling employees that a person is not at risk of exposure unless they stood within an individual who tested positive for more than 15 minutes.” “We also audit all these processes and ask employees for feedback, then use that information to try and continuously improve,” the blog post read. “And we take compliance seriously—if an employee repeatedly or intentionally violates our safety procedures, we’ll move quickly to address it and terminate them if necessary....

The East Lansing Police Department has launched a social media manhunt for the Michigan State fan who held up a "Burn The Couch" sign during Saturday's Big Ten Championship game in Indianapolis. Police haven't listed a particular reason why they're looking for the sign-toting man, but Michigan State students did burn a couch after the Spartans posted a 34-24 victory over Ohio State. More than a thousand fans and students gathered to watch the couch burn, in what the police department called a "large civil disturbance" that resulted in multiple arrests....

The Oakland County Sheriff’s Office was alerted to the possibly abandoned infant on Wednesday morning after it received two 911 calls from people who complained of a woman “hiding in the bushes and ringing the doorbell.” When they interviewed the “frantic” 37-year-old woman, they learned she had an infant son. The burrs on her pants prompted a search of a nearby wooded area. “Thankfully, deputies were able to determine a baby was missing, which triggered an immediate large response and search, and they were able locate the child,” Sheriff Michael Bouchard said in a statement....

Back then, Ronald Reagan was just about a year into his second term as President of the United States. Gas prices hovered around a buck per gallon. So, yes, it’s been a while. The Royals’ magic number is one, which means either a Kansas City win tonight (on the road against the White Sox) or a Seattle loss (at home against the Angels) means K.C. locks up a playoff berth....

Detective Andre Maurice Pringle was indicted on a charge of second-degree assault and a charge of misconduct in office by a Baltimore grand jury last week. Pringle is facing up to 10 years in prison for the assault charge, the Baltimore City State’s Attorney’s office said on Wednesday. The charges stem from an incident at the Shoppers Supermarket in Baltimore on April 19. At around 3.20 p.m., 25-year-old Brandon Walker entered the store with a mask on top of his head, violating a mask mandate that was in effect at the time, prosecutors wrote in the indictment....

Timothy Brehmer, 41, previously admitted killing Claire Parry, 41, after she sent a text to his wife to tell her he was cheating. Brehmer claimed Parry’s death was an accident that happened as he tried to push her out of his car. A jury took just under three hours to find him not guilty of murder and he will instead be sentenced for manslaughter. Brehmer had been having an affair with married nurse Parry for more than 10 years, his trial at Salisbury crown court heard....