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The beloved baseball player known as "Big Papi" is hoping to join the greats in Cooperstown in his first year on the Hall of Fame ballot.

With the NFL's stretch run approaching, several teams are looking to rebound after shaky starts to reach the playoffs. Here are the most notable squads to complete in-season turnarounds that ended in postseason berths. 

(gedoogbeleid) otevřela dveře i tvrdým drogám a drogovým gangům.  To je jednou z příčin sílících útoků na novináře v Nizozemsku.  Policisté varují, že jejich kapacity vyšetřovat běžnou kriminalitu blokují případy vraždění gangů a země už získala některé rysy narkostátu.  Pokus o vraždu kriminálního reportéra Petera R. de Vriese je zatím poslední známkou rostoucího vlivu drogových gangů,  napsal Ben Coates. Střelba na novináře by v kterémkoliv městě byla šokující událostí. Ale v Amsterdamu, který proslul coby nejliberálnější mě...

  JOBS JOBS JOBS (IN PARLIAMENT): The European Parliament wants to further increase its number of staff by 322 people next year, according to a “non paper,” seen by POLITICO, that was put on the table for negotiations on the budget for 2022. Last month, the Commission presented a draft that includes Parliament’s forecast of the staff it needs, and “the Commission has not modified this proposal,” the document says. And so, Parliament “has foreseen 142 additional establishment plan posts and 180 additional external staff” for next year. Now that’s asking a lot. The document a...

Cabinet benefit scandal minutes show ministers were irritated by critical MPs Wrongly-accused parents protesting in February. Photo: Phil Nijhuis ANP Cabinet meeting minutes published on Monday evening in the latest twist to the childcare benefit cover-up show that several ministers were critical of MPs who wanted more information about the unfolding scandal. Thousands of families were wrongly accused of trying to defraud the childcare benefits system between 2012 and 2017, leaving some financially ruined. But the scandal was only fully exposed by the work of a small number of MPs, who persi...