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However, there have also been plenty of critical mistakes that have proven costly to teams that are both alive and eliminated. There are always on-field mistakes and coaching errors in NFL games. It’s just part of the sport. That said, when the games get close, those blunders often decide the contests. There simply isn’t room for error. You could make a case for dozens of slip-ups being among the worst of the playoffs so far, but to date, these eight are the worst mistakes that have been made....

CFDIs help small businesses get loans that the would otherwise be turned down for from major banks, a problem that hits minority business owners in particular. “Traditional banks have not always seen or understood the vision of women, small business owners, small business owners of color, small business owners who serve low-income communities,” Harris said. She added that CDFIs “add value to those communities, and by extension, to our entire nation....

On Wednesday afternoon, FC Dallas and MLS released statements about six players testing positive. Later in the day, multiple reports came out that an additional three players and a coach also tested positive. According to The Athletic, the latter four results must still be confirmed by follow-up tests. All league players who have arrived to date have been tested immediately and sequestered until the results were available. Two of the FCD players tested positive on their first day, June 27, and were placed in the “isolation area” of the team hotel....

Whether you’re planning to redesign parts of your home, or simply get rid of the dust that’s accumulated throughout the winter, there’s no better time than now to dedicate a day to shake off the cobwebs. Luckily, a few TikTokers have shared some of their favorite cleaning hacks to save you time and money. Here are some of the best cleaning tips to apply to your weekly, monthly or annual cleaning routine....

The Fall Classic being played since 1903 with the exceptions of 1904 and 1994. There have been incredible stories, colorful characters and improbable finishes. And strangely, there have been some players who have emerged as most valuable player of the Fall Classic as an unheralded guy tucked away on a roster with superstars and potential Hall of Famers. The World Series will begin on Oct. 22 in a best-of-7 series between the American League and National League champions....

However, if there’s anything that’s been bothering you for a while or you think is a deal breaker in your relationship, you should definitely bring that up. “I love getting you gifts, but sometimes, it would be nice to receive gifts from you, too. ” “I wanted to ask if we could start splitting the bill when we go out to eat. That way, it takes the burden off of me, and our relationship feels a bit more balanced....

Fatigue Low blood sugar Low lighting and increased shadows combined with low vision An upset in circadian rhythm — our internal, biological clock — causing disturbed sleep patterns Confusion in regards to dreams and reality Moving to a new environment or hospitalization While sundowning is most common among people with dementia, it can also affect people without dementia when they are coping with the aftermath of anesthesia or other medical issues....

A new Washington Post-Ipsos poll found that 92 percent of Black registered voters support Biden over President Donald Trump. Survey participants were split evenly on how they would cast their votes in November, with 49 percent saying they mainly “support Biden” and 50 percent saying they mainly “oppose Trump.” The group is also split down the middle on whether it matters if Biden picks a black woman to be his running mate for the election....

Ten days ago Bruce Ratner announced he bought the Nets for $300 million with the idea of rehousing them in a massive complex in downtown Brooklyn. The development would include an 18,000-seat stadium, 2.1 million square feet of office space and 4.4 million square feet of residential space–all designed by architect Frank Gehry. The project will cost an estimated $2.5 billion and span 21 acres across and around the ugly Long Island Railroad train yards, for decades a scar on the heart of downtown Brooklyn....

Newsweek is one of a cohort of “premium publishers” available on Apple News (the non-subscription iPhone app for you Android users). We don’t get anything for the privilege unless ads are sold against our content. Not a problem, right? You’d think it would be easy to sell ads on such a great platform, but it turns out it’s darn near impossible. The reason Apple News is so frustrating is that, on the one hand, the advertising results on the platform are fantastic....

On the same day, on another continent, in another universe, it seemed, the announcement had come that Palestinian leader Yasir Arafat, Israeli Prime Minister Yitzhak Rabin and Foreign Minister Shimon Peres had won the Nobel Peace Prize. ““I would be happy to give up the Nobel prize in order to return our two soldiers to life,’’ Rabin said. Did the Nobel committee award the prize too soon? Many Israelis thought so....

Greece joined the EU in 1981. But the story of its accession holds many lessons for the new countries joining last week. Though Ireland is often hailed as a role model, Greece is in many ways a more instructive case study. It illustrates not only how membership can reshape a country, but what can happen if the benefits are taken for granted. Since joining, Greece has gone from being a poor, peripheral Mediterranean nation to a regional powerhouse with the fastest economic growth rate in the eurozone....

Remzija Aljukic’s eyes were open and he was moving fitfully on the stretcher as his two brothers rushed him into Sarajevo’s Kosevo Hospital, just 500 yards from the Bosnian army position where he had been shot by a Serb sniper. The bullet barely left a mark–just a small, neat entrance wound above his right hip, and the brothers hoped he might survive. He died five minutes later, as the brothers waited outside the trauma unit....

May I call you Ronald? Thanks. You don’t know me, but I’ve got a few questions about your company. They’re about this new product that rolled out of Oak Brook last week - you know, the McLean Deluxe burger, the one that’s 91 percent fat-free. That just about makes burgers count as health food. I mean, what clown thought this up? Sure, I know why you did it. The nutritionists tell us we eat too much fat (it accounts for more than a third of the calories we take in) and hamburgers are the leading source of fat in the American diet....

Security officials were concerned that terrorists may have decided to target individual senators. For an hour, until he got an “all clear” from the police, Bayh drove his twin 5-year-old sons around the leafy-but no longer idyllic-neighborhoods of Northwest Washington. This is now a global capital under siege. At another elementary school (my own son’s), kids on the playground hid under trees and behind bushes when they heard the news of the attack on the Pentagon....

“Jim, this is crazy!” she exclaimed one evening. “But you told me I should try to change the church,” he responded. “Jim,” she said, “I meant St. John’s Church in Wellesley, not the Roman Catholic Church!” Of course not: that would be heresy. For virtually all of its history, the church has been ruled only from above. As recently as April, the Vatican refused to allow Boston’s embattled Cardinal Bernard Law to resign–in part, one high-ranking cardinal admitted, because it didn’t want to appear to be giving in to lawsuits, pressure groups and the despised American media....

“Lust, Caution” then loops back in time to 1939 Hong Kong, unfolding on a large, opulently appointed canvas that re-creates the student fervor of Hong Kong and the decadence and paranoia of pre-revolutionary Shanghai. An erotic, violent melodrama, filled with echoes of such Hitchcock movies as “Notorious” and “Suspicion,” Lee’s movie is composed of one highly flammable ingredient after another. Why, then, doesn’t it ever fully ignite? For all its hothouse passions and sometimes brutally explicit sex scenes, the storytelling seems curiously stolid, the style too movie-ish for its own good....

But all that was supposed to change last week when Heathrow’s grand Terminal 5, dedicated to British Airways flights, opened to its first passengers. The biggest freestanding building in Britain, it was designed to end the interminable queues for security and check-in, and whisk passengers through the formalities in a promised 10 minutes. State-of-the-art security systems would make it convenient and safe. Underground baggage conveyors would ease the conveyor congestion for which the airport is justly infamous....

Fandi, who is also the current coach of the Young Lions in the Singapore Premier League, will take over with immediate effect and prepare the team for the upcoming Suzuki Cup. As FAS continues its search for the next national team coach, Fandi has wasted little time and has delved straight into work. He also revealed plans to rope in former national players Noh Alam Shah and S. Subramani as part of his backroom setup....