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Dubai, UAE: du from Emirates integrated telecommunication company is providing their postpaid customers with the anticipated Samsung Galaxy devices of 2018, the Samsung Galaxy A8 and A8+ with zero percent upfront. Starting from only 225 /month for 24 months, customers will be able to enjoy an expansive view on the Samsung Galaxy A8 and A8+ with the Infinity Display amongst many fantastic features and stay connected with the value added 6GB of data and 300 flexible minutes.
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About Emirates Integrated Telecommunication Company PJSC (EITC)
The Emirates Integrated Telecommunications Company (EITC) was founded in 2005 as the UAE’s second licensed telecommunications provider. EITC is 39.5 percent owned by Emirates Investment Authority, 19.75 percent by Mubadala Investment Company PJSC, 19.5 percent by Emirates Communications and Technology LLC and the remaining by public shareholders. Listed on the Dubai Financial Market (DFM), the company trades under the name ‘du’.
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NEW YORK — The New York Police Department says it is responding to a report of an explosion near Times Square.
The response is centred in the area of the Port Authority bus terminal.
Times Square right now….. pic.twitter.com/AhnyXwXyNe — Morgan Anthony (@Morgan19Anthony) December 11, 2017
It’s led to delays along some of the subway lines that pass beneath the bus terminal.
Some passengers have been evacuated as a precaution.
There were no immediate reports of injuries.

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There should be zero tolerance for pot use by drivers or their passengers, a new report by the Canadian Mental Health Association Ontario branch recommends.
The report, Cannabis Legalization and Regulation, also says that all marijuana revenue should go to fund mental health and addiction services, and that the minimum age to purchase the product should be 19 years old.
“The risk is that legalization of cannabis may lead to an increase in use among Ontarians,” Camille Quenneville, CEO of CMHA Ontario, said in a statement Monday. “When taken together, our recommendations can minimize the harms associated with cannabis use and support a public health approach to this issue.”
As the Justin Trudeau government gets set to legalize pot by July 2018, CMHA Ontario prepared a report for the provincial government with recommendations on how to go forward.
The report says marijuana legalization should be viewed through a public health lens.
CMHA Ontario anticipates an increased need for mental health and addiction support services with legal pot, especially for youth and heavy consumers “ranging from brief interventions for at-risk users to more intensive interventions,” as well as extensive public education campaigns.
The “most concerning” issue is driving high, with data already showing that an estimated 10.4 million vehicle trips a year involve a motorist that had used marijuana, the report says.
Testing for drug-impaired driving may not accurately reflect the level of impairment, it says.
“Because the technology to detect an individual’s level of impairment due to cannabis is still in development at this time, CMHA Ontario recommends a zero-tolerance policy for cannabis consumption in any motorized vehicle in order to ensure road safety during this time of transition,” the report says. “A zero-tolerance policy would include both the driver of the motorized vehicle, as well as any passengers in the car. It is important that a clear message be sent to the public as soon as possible regarding zero tolerance for impaired driving due to cannabis use.”
While the Canadian Medical Association, which represents the nation’s doctors, called for a minimum legal pot-buying age of 21, CMHA Ontario suggested the lower age of 19.
“Frequent cannabis use can harm a developing brain and there is no evidence that supports a specific age when cannabis use is safe for young people,” the report says. “However, there are concerns that a higher minimum age may contribute to young people accessing cannabis from illegal sources. Establishing a higher minimum age standard will be less effective in undermining the black market, and may leave youth both criminalized and reliant on it.”
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Executives at the Independent Journal Review, the conservative millennial-focused news website, have asked employees to sign a new noncompete agreement as the upstart website continues to see an exodus of its top talent.
The updated noncompete agreement, obtained by CNN, bars employees from working at any competing business "anywhere in the world" for six months after employment at IJR, unless the person obtains explicit "written consent" from the company granting them permission to do so.
The noncompete agreement defines a competing business as "any business, practice, service or enterprise, wherever located, which is in the business of publishing news content, whether digital, online, or print, or any other business or activity engaged in by the Employer during the two (2) year period prior to the date of the Employee's termination of employment for any reason."
All employees -- even entry-level staffers who start at an annual salary of approximately $35,000 -- were notified in mid-May that IJR would be distributing a revised copy of its noncompete and nondisclosure agreements to them. When employees read over the terms of the new noncompete agreement, some were upset, according to two current employees who spoke to CNN on the condition of anonymity. An IJR spokesman told CNN "questions about employees about updated policies were discussed and addressed."
An IJR spokesperson confirmed to CNN that the company had asked employees to sign a new noncompete agreement.
"Earlier in the year, all IJR employment policies were reviewed and updated - something that's an ongoing process as we continue to grow," the IJR spokesperson said. "The non-compete clause was also revised from two years down to six months. Former IJR employees have new gigs at other media outlets around town, and there have never been issues with them moving on to new ventures."
IJR did previously ask employees to sign a two-year noncompete agreement. But that agreement only prohibited employees from performing "the same or substantially similar duties" he or she did at IJR for a competing business, according to a copy of the company's 2015 noncompete agreement reviewed by CNN. It did not bar working for a competing business altogether, as this one does.
Lawrence Postol, a labor and employment attorney in the District of Columbia who has represented businesses, told CNN the new noncompete agreement from IJR was likely not enforceable in Virginia, where IJR is headquartered, because it was so broad in its scope.
"When you write a noncompete the way they wrote it -- it's very unlikely it can be enforced," he told CNN. "You have to write a noncompete for a similar job. When you say you can't work in any job for a competitor, that goes too far."
But, Postol noted, it could still cost an employee thousands of dollars to fight off the agreement in court if IJR were to choose to enforce it.
"If you have to write a brief and it's a short half-hour hearing, you could still be easily out two to three thousand dollars," he said.
Josh Jewett, an employment law attorney in Virginia who represents employees, also agreed that the broad terms of the agreement seemed to make the noncompete unenforceable.
"I cannot imagine a court upholding it," he told CNN, adding, "This is just speculation, but it's possible the company just circulated the agreement to sort of act as an incentive to not go work for a competitor."
"If you're an employee and you're handed an agreement by your employer and you sign it, you're thinking probably that's enforceable," Jewett added. "That would probably deter you from working for another competitor."
The revised noncompete was issued to employees after a year in which the company lost some of its top talent. Bubba Atkinson, IJR's former editor-in-chief, left for the news website Axios last year. Senior members of its revered original video team exited for other opportunities. And two of its top reporters, Kate Bennet and Hunter Schwarz, joined CNN.
The departures have extended into recent weeks. Jill Alarcon, who served as director of Human Resources, recently exited the company after giving birth. Josh Billinson, a politics writer, recently put in notice. And Phil Wolf, director of video, is also headed out. (Wolf said in a statement provided to CNN by IJR that he had a "great time" at IJR and was "looking forward to cutting out the two hour commute, and working closer to home, and to my family, at a place that I can continue doing what I love most.")
An IJR spokesperson stressed that while the company has lost some of its senior staff, it has also continued to grow, adding 22 employees since January.
IJR has been marked by a turbulent past year. A Business Insider story published in March, written by this reporter, detailed how the website had veered sharply to the right to chase clicks. It also characterized Benny Johnson, then-chief content officer, as a verbally abusive leader. Johnson declined to comment for that story. (Following publication of the story, Johnson was demoted from managing other employees and mandated to weekly communications training, a person familiar with the matter told this reporter at Business Insider.) The work environment had resulted in a number of people leaving, the Business Insider story said, citing sources.
Last week, BuzzFeed reported on a noncompete clause blocking staffers at NowThis News, a left-leaning digital news outlet which exists principally on social media channels, from taking jobs at other news outlets. According to the report, NowThis prohibited employees for two years after leaving from taking jobs at media companies including Mic, Vox, BuzzFeed, Vice, CNN, Complex, VaynerMedia and Conde Nast.

Major media outlets, including the Huffington Post, The New York Times, NBC, Vocativ, Newsweek and Time Inc., initiated major layoffs of their labor forces Tuesday and Wednesday.
TheNYT and Newsweek have been whispering about mass layoffs for the past year, while HuffPost and Time made their cuts just this week. The move will put hundreds of journalists and media staff out of work while helping digital media continue its rise as the primary source of news and information.
Time announced that it will be laying off about 300 employees through a series of buyouts and layoffs. The move will eliminate 4 percent of its workforce as it looks to cut costs in the midst of lagging sales.
HuffPost is offering its terminated workers a collectively bargained severance of two months’ salary, plus a week of pay for each year of service. Employees will also retain their benefits, including health insurance.
CNN commentator Frida Ghitis took to Twitter to comment on the severance packages, spelling out the math of how much severance someone would receive for 10 years of work.
Math: If you worked there 10 years of your life, severance is 18 weeks, little more than 4 months. — Frida Ghitis (@FridaGhitis) June 14, 2017
Many are describing the firings as “corporate-wide layoffs” that were triggered as a result of Verizon purchasing Yahoo, HuffPost’s parent company. However, these aren’t the first news media companies to trim their staffs. Newsweek’s Margarita Noriega tweeted the companies that have begun downsizing the past few months.
Some newsroom layoffs reported / announced in last 2 mos (there are others): New York Times
NBC
Time Inc
Condé Nast
Newsweek
Vocativ — Margarita Noriega (@margarita) June 14, 2017
Advertisers are increasingly choosing to go with digital media, abandoning hard copy publications in droves.
Michael Calderone tweeted out a statement detailing the firings and how HuffPost will handle them. Employees will continue to meet with management as part of “an ongoing process of labor-management discussions.”
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Merck CEO Kenneth Frazier is leaving President Trump's American Manufacturing Council, saying, "I feel a responsibility to take a stand against intolerance and extremism."
The resignation came after Trump was criticized for his response to the violence at white supremacist events in Charlottesville, Va., over the weekend. The president, famous for his ability to be direct and forceful, was faulted for condemning violence "on many sides."
Within an hour of Merck announcing Frazier's withdrawal, Trump retorted on Twitter, "Now that Ken Frazier of Merck Pharma has resigned ... he will have more time to lower ripoff drug prices!"
In a statement on his resignation, Frazier said, "America's leaders must honor our fundamental values by clearly rejecting expressions of hatred, bigotry and group supremacy, which run counter to the American ideal that all people are created equal."
Frazier, who is African-American, said he was acting as both the CEO of Merck and "as a matter of personal conscience."
The rift did not seem to harm Merck's stock: The drug company's shares rose by nearly a full percentage point in the first hour of trading, to nearly $63.
Members of his own party have called on Trump to condemn Saturday's killing of a woman who had been protesting white supremacists as an act of domestic terrorism. The White House later stated that Trump was including "white supremacists, KKK Neo-Nazi and all extremist groups" in his remarks about the violence.
Frazier's departure is the latest high-profile exit from a White House advisory council since Trump took office in January.
After Trump announced in June that the U.S. would be leaving the Paris climate accord, both Tesla CEO Elon Musk and Disney CEO Bob Iger left his business advisory council.
Months earlier, in February, Uber co-founder Travis Kalanick left the same panel during the fallout from Trump's executive order that banned immigrants from seven Muslim countries.
"The executive order is hurting many people in communities all across America," Kalanick said at the time.

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-- International Campaign To Abolish Nuclear Weapons Wins 2017 Peace Prize.
-- Las Vegas Shooter's Life Comes Into Focus, But Not His Motive.
-- Speaking Freely, Retiring Sen. Corker Warns GOP He Could Oppose Tax Plan.
And here are more early headlines:
Trump's Cryptic Reference To "Calm Before The Storm". (NBC)
Nate Predicted To Hit U.S. Gulf Coast As A Hurricane. (NHC)
U.K. Leader Says She Has Support After Speech With Mishaps. (BBC)
Questions About Catalonia's Independence Effort. (New York Times)


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Question: State Comptroller Encourages Residents To Shop Local This Holiday Season

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BALTIMORE (WJZ)– While you’re making your holiday shopping list, don’t forget to include your local businesses as a source for buying those gifts.
For example, there are advantages to shopping at Belle Hardware in Baltimore’s Bolton Hill.
“If you walk down our aisle and you pick something up and ask one of the people here what does this do, they’re going to be able to answer you,” said owner Mickey Fried. “They’re not going to send you to somebody in aisle six.”
Comptroller Peter Franchot bought light bulbs, but bulbs weren’t the primary purpose of Franchot’s visit to Belle Hardware. The state’s tax man has a holiday habit of shopping local, which he encourages everyone to do.
“This month of December is crucial for these small family-owned businesses that we appreciate a lot in the state of Maryland,” Franchot said.
Fried’s family business has been in Bolton Hill for 40 years.
“There is an old saying that about when you do what you love you never have to work a day in your life. That’s not entirely true but I’m very proud of the work I do,” he said.
Franchot honored Belle Hardware for “outstanding product knowledge and excellent quality service to your customers throughout the area reflects that care displayed by everyone throughout the company.”
According to the comptroller, 70 percent of Maryland’s $350 billion economy is attributed to small business.
“And then the Christmas season is a time when everyone gets so rushed they get on the internet and order presents,” said Franchot. “They ought to come down here. If they want to make me happy they’ll buy me something for my toolkit.”
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-- Iran's Foreign Minister: Renegotiating Nuclear Deal Would Damage U.S. Credibility.
-- Border Patrol Agent Acquitted In 2012 Fatal Shooting Of Mexican Teen.
-- Prince's Family Files Wrongful Death Suit Against Hospital, Pharmacy Chain.
-- Facebook Updates Community Standards, Expands Appeals Process.
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Report: Confirmation Hearing To Be Delayed For V.A. Nominee. (Washington Post)
Suit Filed Against New Indiana Abortion Law. (Indianapolis Business Journal)
Government Seeks E-Coli Source In Contaminated Lettuce. (Washington Post)
Despite Government Action, Nicaragua Protests Continue. (Los Angeles Times)
New Afghanistan Attacks Leave 9 Dead. (RFE/RL)
Ukrainian Agency Hit By Ransomware. (Reuters)


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Question: Uwanma Odefa is giving you a few reasons not to be Friends with Your Man’s Ex in this New Vlog

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OAP Uwanma Odefa is out with a new vlog on her YouTube channel where she talks about love, life and everything in between.
In this vlog, she is sharing a few reasons why you shouldn’t be friends with your man’s ex.
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An oldie but goodie. Watch me share several reasons why it’s not a good idea to be friends with your partner’s ex. If you can, don’t allow your partner be friends with their ex beyond saying hi if they happen to bump into each other in public. An ex is just a walking sexual encounter; a return match. The temptation of their past sexual and emotional relationship might prove to be too much if it’s in their face in the form of friendship. Why tempt fate?
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Question: Should gun safety training be taught in schools? 'Guns, an American conversation'

WASHINGTON -- After a student gunned down 17 people at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in Florida, talk turned to training and arming teachers so they could intervene in a school shooting. Even President Donald Trump endorsed the idea, saying it could make a school "a hardened target."
But what if students were taught, too, about gun handling and safety? What if that were part of the school curriculum?
The goal wouldn't be "to create Rambo," said Jon Godfrey, of Parish, New York. Rather, it would be "to create safe life knowledge."
Armed Educators (and trusted people who work within a school) love our students and will protect them. Very smart people. Must be firearms adept & have annual training. Should get yearly bonus. Shootings will not happen again - a big & very inexpensive deterrent. Up to States. -- Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) February 24, 2018
This is not an idea specifically prompted by Parkland.
Rather, it is the result of ongoing conversations that involve more than school shootings. A number of gun owners -- people who target-shoot and hunt or keep guns for protection -- say they see the need for young people who may handle guns to learn to handle them safely.
A gun is a powerful and deadly weapon, they acknowledge, but that's exactly why more training is needed. There are "millions and millions of guns in America; chances are, you will come in contact with one, one way or another, in your lifetime," said Ambar Ramos of Boston. "Therefore, I think people should know at least basic safety."
Today's topic: Should gun safety training be taught in schools?
The comments in this story are not just random. They were among those given in the course of "Guns, An American Conversation" an initiative by Advance Local newsrooms from across the country in partnership with Spaceship Media.
The monthlong project has brought together 150 engaged readers with a broad spectrum of opinions to talk about guns in an honest and civil way through a closed Facebook group
"It's not that you are promoting or demoting guns, it would just be educating on safety," said Vanessa Kooper, of Slidell, Louisiana. It would be "kind of like you teach kids about water safety."
Or, adds Ade Kelly, of East Orange, N.J., it could be "similar to how driver's ed is mandated at least in my state."
No way, said a Cleveland, Ohio teacher, Charles Ellenbogen. It's not as if teachers have time to add to the current school curriculum, he said.
"Don't expose my kids to gun culture," said Joe Vargo, of Columbus, Ohio. "It's not part of us and we're not part of it."
Should the AR-15 be regulated? More from "Guns, an American conversation"
The conversation is still continuing, and it involves parents, students, police officers, teachers, a resolution-conflict advocate, gun-rights advocates and proponents of more gun regulation. This is not just a pro-or-con gun dialogue. It is seldom that simple.
But ideas and seeds of ideas emerge in the the project's closed, moderated Facebook group, and the use of school curriculum has come up twice in these extended conversations. Critics may scoff, but proponents say guns are so prevalent in American society, whether they're legally owned or stolen, that it might be wise to make sure students know about their safe handling.
"There are around 400,000,000 guns in the US with another 20,000,000 being added every year," said Dan Zelenka, a Louisiana attorney, firearms rights activist and participant in the gun conversation. "It is not possible to completely insulate anyone from coming into contact with them. Gun safety training, including hunter's education classes, has led to a significant decrease in the number of gun accidents in the country. It is actually at a 115 year low with 495 in 2016. Why wouldn't gun safety classes be a good idea for everyone?"
Should America try a gun buy-back program? "Guns, an American conversation"
Pew Research Center polling shows that 58 percent of rural households have at least one gun, and 48 percent of suburban households say the same. The number drops to 28 percent when only urban residents are asked.
Inside the conversation
Here is a taste of how this conversation arose and played out.
It was sparked in part when Robert Davis, of Winter Haven, Florida, asked, "If 'education beats fear and ignorance,' why can't we talk about teaching kids gun safety and responsibility at schools? If a large part of the gun problem comes from kids, why don't we start there?"
Todd Bozes, of Fountain Hill, Pennsylvania, replied, "I think that is a very complicated proposition. I'm also not sure if a large part of the gun problem comes from kids."
In a subsequent email discussion, he explained what he meant. School boards would have to come up with a plan implement such training, including how it would be funded. School districts could face insurance ramifications for districts that wanted to offer this, Bozes said, and there could also be "major pushback" from parents in many areas of the country, especially if districts planned to have have real guns in the classroom. "I think it would have to be an optional course in most areas," he said.
Annie Du, of Cleveland, Ohio: "I agree. Many mass shootings are committed by adults, and they do not just occur in schools, but a variety of other public settings."
Davis: "If there wasn't a problem with kids and guns, there wouldn't be talk about raising the age to own a rifle... And how many school shootings were done by students?"
Rev. Kris Eggert, of South Euclid, Ohio: "I would not give permission for my kids to take training on guns."
Davis: "Since most propositions when it comes to guns are 'what if' situations, what if it it did help stop school shootings? Possibly other shootings as well? Would it at least be worth a look?"
Charles Ellenbogen, of Shaker Heights, Ohio: "We have enough to do (as teachers). Every time there's a societal problem, our only answer is 'Teach it at school.' I am no more going to teach gun safety than I am going to teach you how to do your taxes or change a tire."
Jon Godfrey, of Parish, NY, brought up the topic in another discussion, saying, "I feel school is an excellent venue, because it exposes the masses and doesn't need to be prolonged. It could also meet a basic requirement for those who need to have a safety standard level of training for responsible ownership. I bet the NRA would even offer instructors. Both my wife and I took our "hunter's safety course" in our schools. My wife's (great state of Wyoming) was done as part of her science class!"
John Noel Bartlett, of Oil City, Pen replied that the National Rifle Association might best be feft out of it.
"I would rather not have the NRA involved," Bartlett said. "I will be the first to say they have excellent programs, but the political baggage brought to the table would likely be bothersome to many. It is to me. Individually, whether you love guns or hate guns, it is imperative that you teach your children at a very young age what to do and NOT do if they find a gun, or one of their friends shows up with one."
Godfrey: "If we are considering parents objecting, how about parents rejecting sex education? It was deemed a public safety risk and the training is still in schools. The argument being, just because kids learn about condoms, doesn't mean they need to have sex. The same argument works here."
Joe Vargo, of Columbus, Ohio: "To be fair, way more people have sex than have guns."
Godfrey: "Do you think guns would be as large a public health issue as teen pregnancy?"
Vargo: "I think safety education is fine, unless it's about actually using or showing real guns. I'd be very against a training from the NRA, or one that glamorizes gun culture... Also, teen pregnancy is not usually fatal."
Vanessa Kooper, of Slidell, Louisiana: "You could always use dummy rounds instead of actual ammo in the classroom."
Ruth Grunberg, of Cortland, NY: "High schools have kids take care of a sack of potatoes, pretending it is their baby for a week. Safe gun storage could be included in that class."
Godfrey: "I look at this much like any other public health crisis. Teenage pregnancy and STD's were much worse until the introduction of sex education in school health classes. I remember parents not wanting that because it was their personal belief that they should be the deciding teacher of their children when and if they felt it appropriate. Public safety won and it's now taught, with limitations. Do you see a parallel?"
Jennifer Brush, of Solon Ohio, replied that she sees a difference, because while she wanted sex to someday be part of her child's life -- "just not yet" -- guns "don't have to be."

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"A major component of this training includes a variety of scenarios that are designed to evaluate officer's skills in effectively communicating with people in crisis and those who are suffering from a possible mental disorder," said an email from the union.
Meanwhile, recruits at the Ontario Police College are now receiving more training, as are a number of police forces around the province, though it's yet to be a provincewide standard, said Dube.
Christian Leuprecht, a professor at Royal Military College in Kingston, Ont., who studies policing and security issues, said Lam's actions were "textbook" examples of the latest approaches.
The result is a suspect who is now in custody and who may be able to shed light on why the devastating incident occurred, he said.
Police say Minassian, 25, of Richmond Hill, Ont., is the lone suspect in the attack. He was charged Tuesday with 10 counts of first-degree murder and 13 counts of attempted murder.
At a news conference Tuesday, Toronto Police Chief Mark Saunders said: "Our officer defaulted to his training and as a result we have successful outcomes."
Leuprecht noted how Lam only stood up after carefully observing the suspect and determining he didn't have a gun.
Lam spoke loudly and calmly, even as the suspect encouraged the officer to shoot him. When he claimed to have a gun in his pocket, Lam replied, "I don't care," and repeatedly instructed him to "Get down."
Leuprecht said Lam seemed to go further than some others might have when he decided to approach and arrest the suspect, rather than wait for backup.
"There's an impressive moment when he takes his firearm, puts it in his holster, he goes over with his baton, and he handcuffs the individual," he said.
"I think that goes above and beyond the call of duty. He could have had a knife. He could have had a suicide belt."
However, the university professor, who is currently teaching in Australia, says if the constable had waited for backup, the situation might have escalated and had a different outcome.
"The opportunity to ensure the individual could no longer pose a chance of harm to himself or to others is what that officer jumped at," said Leuprecht.
McCormack said while additional training is a factor, he knows Lam well enough to say his personality factored in.
He described him as an intelligent, relatively young officer who is highly skilled and trained.
McCormack says the constable — who is in his 30s — positioned himself well so that he could see precisely what was unfolding before him.
"By his actions he did not perceive the threat to escalate and that is why he did not use his firearm," he said.
— With files from Alison Auld in Halifax.
By Michael Tutton, The Canadian Press

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ATHENS Greece said on Tuesday it wants to tap bond markets soon after reaching a comprehensive deal with its international lenders, including debt relief.
Greece expects to conclude talks on fiscal issues and reforms by May 22 to conclude a crucial bailout review which will pave the way for the disbursement of vital loans.
"The Greek government is aiming at tapping the markets as soon as possible after wrapping up the second (bailout) review and a comprehensive deal on the medium-term (measures) for the debt," government spokesman Dimitris Tzanakopoulos told a news conference.
(Reporting Renee Maltezou, Writing by Lefteris Papadimas)

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FILE PHOTO: An anti-government demonstrator waves a Greek flag outside the parliament during a protest in Athens, Greece June 15, 2016. REUTERS/Yannis Behrakis/File Photo
ATHENSGreece said on Tuesday it expects to wrap up talks with its foreign creditors on fiscal issues and reforms by May 22 to conclude a crucial bailout review which will open the way for the disbursement of vital loans that the country needs to get to repay debt.
Government spokesman Dimitris Tzanakopoulos also said it wants an agreement on debt relief by then, the day when Eurogroup finance ministers meet in Brussels.
The Greek parliament will legislate on May 16 new measures agreed with international lenders.
(Reporting by Renee Maltezou and Lefteris Papadimas Editing by Jeremy Gaunt)


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A new vaccine is being developed against whooping cough, which causes 200,000 preventable deaths in children around the world each year.
Researchers in Southampton are leading the UK arm of a Europe-wide study to create a replacement for the current vaccine which does not offer lifelong protection and has become less effective over time.
The condition, also known as pertussis, is a highly contagious bacterial infection of the lungs and airways caused by a bacterium called Bordetella pertussis (B. pertussis). It is spread through coughs and sneezes of someone with the infection.
It causes repeated coughing that can last for two to three months or more, and affects mainly babies under the age of six months - the group most vulnerable to severe and sometimes life-threatening respiratory and neurological complications which require hospital admission.
In the UK, 18 babies have died as a result of the infection since 2012 and it affects 16 million people worldwide every year.
Adults suffer a milder form of the disease but can still have an unpleasant cough for up to three months. The first symptoms are similar to those of a cold and intense coughing bouts start around a week later.
Professor Robert Read, director of the NIHR (National Institute for Health Research) Southampton Biomedical Research Centre, is leading the £2.3 million study to improve the vaccine testing and development.
It forms part of a wider £24 million European project, Periscope, funded by the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation and the Innovative Medicines Initiative (IMI), involving experts from 22 institutions across 11 countries.
At the NIHR Southampton Clinical Research Facility, clinicians will inoculate healthy volunteers with nose drops containing B. pertussis and monitor their immune responses before giving them an antibiotic to clear the infection.
Prof Read said: "This study is part of a landmark European project that aims to develop a better vaccine against whooping cough as we know protection by the current vaccine seems to be much less effective than it was 15 years ago.
"To do this we need to know more about the immune response generated against B. pertussis and what kind of immune response protects against whooping cough."

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Hyderabad, Dec 11 ( IANS ) The Centre for Cellular and Molecular Biology CCMB ) expressed grief over the death of its former director Lalji Singh, the father of DNA fingerprinting in India CCMB Director Dr Rakesh K. Mishra and other scientists on Monday paid rich tributes to Singh, who headed the premier research and development organization for 11 years.Singh, who had a long association with Hyderabad, passed away after suffering a massive heart attack at the Varanasi airport late on Sunday night. He was 70."Dr Lalji Singh will be remembered by CCMB forever for his extra-ordinary contribution to science and for bringing the institution to a great height. His contribution to DNA fingerprinting and wildlife forensic, that are still continuing to have tremendous impact on our society, the judiciary, law enforcement agencies and wildlife, will be remembered by the nation," said Mishra.His work on the structure and origin of the Indian population has not only made a great international impact, but will also go a long way in our future health policy and will have invaluable social implications. CCMB family draws inspiration from his great work, leadership and personality, he added.Lalji Singh joined CCMB in 1987 and became its director in 1998. He was also the officer-on-special-duty (OSD) at the Centre for DNA Fingerprinting and Diagnostics (CDFD) here between 1995 and 1999.Singh showed his research expertise in the fields including molecular basis of sex determination, DNA fingerprinting, wildlife conservation, silkworm genome analysis, human genome and ancient DNA studiesHe also found various institutes and laboratories including Laboratory for the Conservation of Endangered Species (LaCONES) and Genome Foundation, that aims to diagnose and treat genetic disorders affecting the underprivileged people, especially in rural India.Hailing from Jaunpur in Uttar Pradesh, he served as the Vice Chancellor of Banaras Hindu University between 2011-2014.For the CCMB family, this was the second major loss this year. CCMB's founder director P. M. Bhargava died here in August.--IANSms/vd

None of the IPS officers have been listed this year
The CBI officer who solved rationalist Narendra Dabholkar murder case and 27 others have been awarded the coveted President's Police Medal for Distinguished Service and Police Medal for Meritorious Service on Independence Day.
Surprisingly, none of the IPS officers were in the list this year.
Those awarded the President's Police Medal for distinguished service in the CBI included Superintendent of Police in Special Crime, Mumbai, Nandkumar Nair who had solved Dabholkar's murder case and arrested Sanatan Sanstha members.
Other officers awarded the medal include Additional SPs Partha Mukherjee, Sundaravel Murugavel, Prabhanjan Chakraborty, Inspector W Ashok Kumar Singh, Inspector and Head Constable P Sasikumar.
The officers who have been awarded Police Medal for meritorious service are Additional SPs R K Bhattacharjee, Ajay Kumar Jha, Virender Mohan Mittal, Ram Singh, Deputy SPs S C Jiani, R Ravi, Peddiraju Bandi, A Z Shaikh, Inspector Puran Singh and Sub-Inspector Ram Charan Gangwal.
Assistant Sub-Inspectors Man Singh, S M Mathapati, Binoy Chand Ghosh, Head Constables Mathew Kutty K G, Manmohan Singh, Amar Singh Pawar, Sanjay Gangaram Sawant, Ganga Ram Bhati and Constables Indrajit Singh Yadav, Onkar Nath Singh have also been awarded Police Medal for meritorious service.
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Question: NFL's 1st female scout details groundbreaking path in book

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Former New York Jets scout Connie Carberg poses outside the Jets practice facility in Florham Park, N.J., Wednesday, Aug. 9, 2017. Her journey from Jets team secretary to watching game films, traveling and scouting college players is the subject of a recently published book: "X's And O's Don't Mean I Love You." How she helped deliver the sack-dancing Gastineau to the Jets is just one of the many fascinating behind-the-scenes tales told by Carberg and author Elisabeth Meinecke. (AP Photo/Dennis Waszak) (Photo: The Associated Press)
FLORHAM PARK, N.J. (AP) — Connie Carberg was incredibly antsy, barely able to contain her excitement a few moments before picking up the phone and making one of the most important calls in New York Jets history.
The team was on the clock in the second round of the 1979 NFL draft, and she had just received confirmation of the choice from the front office. An ecstatic Carberg shouted "All right!" and then said the words she had been dreaming about for weeks.
"The New York Jets," Carberg proudly recalled announcing, "select Mark Gastineau, East Central Oklahoma."
Gastineau became one of the Jets' best and most popular players — and helped cement Carberg's place in NFL history as the league's first female scout.
"I just wanted to jump out of the chair," said Carberg, who had discovered the little-known Gastineau while scouting players for the Senior Bowl a few months earlier . "It was so exciting and it was thrilling. Probably the biggest thrill of my life."
Her journey from Jets team secretary to watching game films, traveling and scouting college players is the subject of a recently published book: "X's and O's Don't Mean I Love You." How she helped deliver the sack-dancing Gastineau to the Jets is just one of the fascinating behind-the-scenes tales told by Carberg and author Elisabeth Meinecke.
"You know, it's a positive book," Carberg said with a big smile. "I hope it's an inspiring book for young girls, and for Jets fans in general."
Carberg served in a scouting role for the Jets from 1976-80, breaking a gender barrier in the NFL by opening a door that gradually is becoming less of a novelty.
"I want women to see that it's really possible and they can really do things without saying: 'Hey, I'm a woman. I want it because I'm a woman,'" Carberg said before a recent Jets practice. "Just do it because you love it and you never know where it's going to take you."
The 66-year-old Carberg lives in Coconut Creek, Florida, with her husband, John, but makes a weeklong visit to Jets training camp every summer — decked out in green and white shirts, earrings and necklaces.
This year, she is particularly proud of her team, which added Collette Smith to Todd Bowles' staff as a coaching intern with the defensive backs through camp. New York also has three female scouting interns: Callie Brownson, Rachel Huhn and Marirose Roach.
Many other teams around the league are helping narrow the NFL's gender gap by hiring female coaching interns.
"It was a whole different world in the '70s," said Carberg, who counts Woody Hayes, Weeb Ewbank, Walt Michaels, Lou Holtz and Al Ward as mentors. "Title IX was just started, or hadn't even started when I started working for the Jets. So, most people didn't even think about women in that way."
Carberg helped change that perception with her breakthrough more than 40 years ago when she joined her father, Dr. Calvin Nicholas, who had been the team's chief internist since 1962, and uncle Dr. James Nicholas, the Jets' orthopedist. Her passion for football — honed after befriending Hayes while attending Ohio State — got her through the door in 1974, first doing clerical work.
The Jets were impressed by Carberg's passion for the game and keen eye for talent, and gave her the opportunity to select the team's final draft pick in 1975: Ohio State tight end Mark Bartoszek in the 17th round.
She recalled Ward, New York's general manager, and Mike Holovak, the director of player personnel, asking her one day early in 1976 if she wanted to do some scouting on a regular basis in addition to some of her usual duties.
Carberg, of course, jumped at the chance.
"It was just something that was part of me and something I felt I could do," she said. "It wasn't made into this big kind of story at that time."
There was, indeed, no fanfare — other than sports columnist Dick Young dubbing her "The Girl Scout," a nickname that makes her laugh to this day.
"It has really opened up today," Carberg said. "I think scouting is even better for women, and less questionable because you can judge. It's easy to judge. You can be male or female. You can be right or wrong, just like a male can."
In 1986, Linda Bogdan, daughter of then-Bills owner Ralph Wilson, was hired by the team as a full-time scout. Women such as Amy Trask in Oakland, the Jets' Jacqueline Davidson, Cincinnati's Katie Blackburn, the Chargers' Jeanne Bonk and San Francisco's Hannah Gordon have all held high-ranking positions in football front offices in recent years.
Jen Welter became the NFL's first female position coach in 2015 as an intern for Arizona. Kathryn Smith was the first full-time female assistant coach as a special teams quality control coach for Buffalo last year. Katie Sowers has been a coaching intern this summer for San Francisco, and she announced on Facebook over the weekend that she accepted a full-time role for the regular season.
"It's so cool," Carberg said. "It's been 40 years now, but all over the NFL, there are women on the football side this year, which is really a breakthrough."
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BIRMINGHAM, Ala. (WIAT) — Birmingham Firefighters controlled a fire that consumed two tractor trailers early Monday morning.
According to Battalion Chief Williams, a call came in around 2 a.m. of a tractor trailer fire in the 2200 block of 27th Avenue North. Upon arrival, crews noticed two 18-wheelers were on fire.
Fuel in the trucks made it difficult for crews to put out the fire quickly. The trailers were parked near a building that sustained minor damage on the outside. Both trailers are a total loss.
No one was injured.
The fire is still under investigation. WIAT will continue to bring you updates as more information becomes available.

The actions of a quick-thinking officer likely kept a Dallas County restaurant from going up in flames.
The actions of a quick-thinking officer likely kept a Dallas County restaurant from going up in flames.
Glenn Heights Police Officer Chris Womack says he was just in the right place at the right time as the first-year officer was forced to tackle a situation most officers don't see in their entire careers.
A pickup truck erupted in flames Saturday night while in the drive-thru lane at the Jack in the Box restaurant off Interstate 35E and Bear Creek Road.
Womack, who was coming back on duty after having dinner with his wife, happened to be nearby and answered the call.
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A Glenn Heights police officer used his patrol vehicle to push a truck that was engulfed in flames away from a Jack in the Box restaurant. (Published 17 minutes ago) (Published 17 minutes ago)
"When I got there, the flames were reaching the roof," Womack said.
The people who had been in the truck were already safely outside.
"It was a truck he had just bought that day," Womack said.
The officer's dash camera was rolling as he jumped the curb into the drive-thru lane, positioned his patrol cruiser behind the truck and used his bumper to push the truck away from the restaurant, just as the flames crept closer to the building.
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"This is not anything I've ever experienced before," Womack said.
Despite the truck being engulfed in flames, there is absolutely no damage to the building – just a charred curb.
It's still unclear why the older model pickup truck caught fire.


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MOGADISHU, Somalia (AP) — A Somali police officer says a suicide bomber detonated an explosives-laden vehicle at a security checkpoint near Mogadishu's international airport, killing at least three people.
Capt. Mohamed Hussein says the bomb detonated Monday as security forces were searching cars at the checkpoint, a few hundred meters (yards) from the main base of the African Union peacekeeping mission.
The checkpoint is close to United Nations offices and the Peace Hotel, which is often frequented by foreigners and officials. The powerful blast blew roofs off nearby buildings.
A second blast and heavy gunfire could be heard at the checkpoint after the attack, but there were no immediate details.
The al-Qaida-linked Islamic extremist group al-Shabab, which often carries out such attacks, quickly claimed responsibility for Monday's attack through its radio arm, Andalus.
Despite being ousted from most of its key strongholds across large parts of south and central Somalia, the homegrown group continues to wage deadly attacks across the country.
Somalia's capital has seen frequent bomb attacks at hotels and military checkpoints. In July, two al-Shabab suicide bombers detonated explosives-laden cars outside the office of the U.N.'s mine-clearing agency and an army checkpoint near the African Union's main base, killing 13.
The assaults have threatened this Horn of Africa nation's attempts to rebuild from decades of chaos. The country's presidential election, a key step toward recovery, already has been delayed multiple times because of security and other concerns.

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10 captives released but attackers remain inside after car bombing followed by storming of popular eatery in troubled nation’s capital
Gunmen posing as military forces held an unknown number of hostages inside a popular restaurant in Somalia’s capital in an attack that began when a car bomb exploded at the gate, police and a witness said, while the extremist group al-Shabab claimed responsibility. At least 17 people, including foreigners, were dead, according to police and an ambulance driver.
Two of the gunmen were shot dead and 10 hostages were rescued but five other attackers were thought to remain inside, cutting off electricity to complicate security forces’ efforts to end the siege, said Captain Mohamed Hussein, who reported heavy gunfire. Most of the victims were young men who had been entering the Pizza House when the vehicle exploded, Hussein said.
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Question: ‘Out for blood’: Man arrested in plan to bomb Oklahoma bank

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OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) — A 23-year-old man who was “out for blood” when he attempted to detonate what he believed was an explosives-laden van outside an Oklahoma bank in a plot similar to the deadly 1995 bombing of the Oklahoma City federal building, authorities said Monday.
During a meeting with undercover FBI agents in June, Jerry Drake Varnell of Sayre, Oklahoma, said he held “III% ideology” and wanted “to start the next revolution,” a reference to the “Three Percenters” patriot movement — begun in 2008, galvanized by President Barack Obama’s election — and that has rallied against gun control efforts and pledges resistance to the federal government over the infringement of constitutional rights.
Federal officials arrested Varnell early Saturday in connection with a plot to detonate a vehicle bomb in an alley adjacent to BancFirst in downtown Oklahoma City. Varnell is charged with attempting to use explosives to destroy a building in interstate commerce.
Varnell made an initial appearance before a federal judge Monday afternoon and remains in the custody of federal marshals. Court records do not indicate whether Varnell is represented by an attorney.
U.S. Sen. James Lankford of Oklahoma, a member of the Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee, said the allegations are a somber reminder that Americans must remain vigilant about home-grown extremism and radicalization in local communities.
On Saturday, a rally by white nationalists and others opposed to a plan to remove a statue of Confederate Gen. Robert E. Lee from a Charlottesville, Virginia, park turned violent and led to the death of a 32-year-old woman who was struck by a car allegedly driven by a man into a crowd of people protesting the rally. A Virginia State Police helicopter deployed in a large-scale police response to the violence then crashed into the woods outside of town and both troopers on board died.
A federal complaint filed on Sunday says a confidential informant told the FBI in December that Varnell wanted to blow up a building and “that Varnell was upset with the government and was seeking retaliation.”
Officials said Varnell initially wanted to blow up the Federal Reserve Building in Washington, D.C., with a device similar to one used in the 1995 Oklahoma City bombing that destroyed the Alfred P. Murrah Federal Building, killing 168 people and injuring hundreds more.
In a series of text messages with the FBI’s informant, Varnell “claimed to have a bunker for when the world (or United States) collapsed” and indicated he was trying to build a team, the complaint states.
“I’m out for blood,” the complaint quotes Varnell’s texts. “When militias start getting formed I’m going after government officials when I have a team.”
But an undercover FBI agent posed as someone who could help Varnell build a bomb and the device used was actually inert, authorities said. Varnell’s actions were monitored closely for months as the plot developed.
“There was never a concern that our community’s safety or security was at risk during this investigation,” said Kathryn Peterson, special agent in charge of the FBI in Oklahoma.
The undercover agent met face-to-face with him on June 1 to discuss obtaining materials for an ammonium nitrate and fuel oil bomb similar to the one used in the Oklahoma City bombing, the complaint states.
Varnell indicated at the meeting that he had previously made homemade explosives and that he “was of the same mind with people who wanted to use explosives and make a statement,” the complaint says.
“Something needs to be done,” Varnell said, but killing a lot of people was not a good idea, according to the complaint. During text conversations in July, Varnell stated he wanted to conduct the attack after closing hours to prevent casualties but conceded that some bank workers or custodians who were inside the building could be killed or injured in the blast, it says.
The complaint says Varnell helped assemble the device and load it into what he believed was a stolen van. Shortly after midnight on Saturday, Varnell drove the van by himself from a storage unit in El Reno, about 30 miles (48 kilometers) from the bank in Oklahoma City, and dialed a number on a cell telephone that he believed would trigger the explosion. The FBI and members of a Joint Terrorism Task Force arrested Varnell shortly before 1 a.m.
The complaint also states that Varnell prepared a statement to be posted on Facebook after the explosion which reads in part that the attack was “retaliation against the freedoms that have been taken away from the American people” and “an act done to show the government what the people think of its actions.”
Both of Oklahoma’s Republican U.S. senators said the alleged plot could have rivaled the devastation caused by the Oklahoma City bombing 22 years ago.
“It is chilling to think that a sympathizer of Timothy McVeigh would want to act on hate, as a tribute to the 1995 Oklahoma City bombing, the deadliest terrorist attack on American soil before September 11,” Lankford said.
Sen. Jim Inhofe said law enforcement authorities “successfully prevented a hateful act of domestic terrorism.”
If convicted, Varnell faces between five and 20 years in prison.

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Question: VIDEO: Seal escapes hungry orcas by climbing aboard tourist boat

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Screenshot from a video provided by Pacific Yellowfin Charters shows an astute seal seeks shelter on the swim grid of a tourist boat in Frederick Arm, north of Campbell River.
A seal escaped the jaws of hungry orcas by hitching a ride on a nearby tourist vessel on July 1, and the encounter was caught on video.
A pod of transient orcas were hunting the harbour seal in Frederick Arm, an inlet north of Campbell River, when the savvy animal swam up to the boat and climbed aboard.
Footage provided by Pacific Yellowfin Charters shows the worried-looking seal hiding behind the boat’s outboard motor on the swim grid, a low platform at the stern of the vessel.
The clever seal occasionally glances up at passengers aboard the 26-foot boat. But it’s mostly focused on its hungry hunters, which circulate below and breach menacingly just meters away.
The boat eventually navigated away from the scene, and the seal slipped away.

This male lion who was spotted hitching a ride on the back of a 4×4 as it drove though a safari park in South Africa.(Picture: Jukin Media)
Lions clearly get tired too if this is anything to go by..
Just take a look at this male lion who was spotted hitching a ride on the back of a 4×4 as it drove though a safari park in South Africa.
The lion had been part of a group of other lions when he took a leap and pounced on the spare tyre attached to the back of the vehicle.
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Footage shows his devoted followers dutifully lining up behind the lion as he hitched the ride.
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Using it’s two hind legs, the animal slowly walks behind the car as it drove through the park near Pietermaritzburg.
It is unclear how long the lion hitched a lift but the footage lasts at least a minute before the car rolls to a stop.
Footage shows his devoted followers dutifully lining up behind the lion as he hitched the ride (Picture: Jukin Media)
This is not the first time a lion has jumped on the back of a car for a free ride.
In June last year, a family was faced with a hungry lion sinking its teeth into their car’s spare wheel at a safari park.
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Question: Blackhawks' Patrick Kane: Facing elimination despite Game 3 goal

Kane scored a power-play goal on a game-high nine shots in Monday's Game 3 overtime loss to the Predators.
Obviously among the league's most explosive scorers, Kane has surprisingly been quieted for much of these first three games by Nashville netminder Pekka Rinne. Kane's ripped 18 shots on goal, but he only has this lone tally to show for it. He'll enter Thursday's Game 4 with even more pressure to produce, as the Blackhawks are on the verge of elimination.

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This is not a drill: The Toronto Maple Leafs have a 2–1 series lead against the top-seeded Washington Capitals.
Tyler Bozak finished off the Maple Leafs' comeback by redirecting a feed from Nazem Kadri past Capitals goalie Braden Holtby at 1:37 of overtime on Monday. The power-play tally came after the team rallied from a 3–1 deficit in the second period on goals by Kadri and William Nylander. Toronto also saw Auston Matthews notch his first playoff score in the first period.
"We've had a lot of ups and downs in this series," Bozak said. "Every game is overtime. So those are the most fun games to play definitely, so it's nice that we got rewarded tonight."
For Washington, the big guns came out, with Nicklas Backstrom and Alex Ovechkin giving the Caps a quick 2–0 lead, while Evgeny Kuznetsov made it a 3–1 game in the second period. Holtby stopped 24 shots on the night, while Leafs counterpart Frederik Andersen made 23 saves.
The win—the third straight game in the series to need extra time—gave the Leafs their first playoff win in Toronto since 2013, and they'll have a chance to add another in Game 4 on Wednesday, while the Caps will get a chance to quell the nerves back home in D.C.
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Here's what happened on the rest of a four-game night of playoff hockey.
Senators 4, Bruins 3 (OT) | OTT leads 2–1
The Bruins rallied from a 3–0 deficit, only to have the Senators squash their hopes for the second game in a row.
Ottawa led thanks to a pair of goals by Mike Hoffman that bookended Derick Brassard's score, though Boston's Noel Acciari and David Backes each broke through in a 42-second span in the second period before David Pastrnak made it a tie game minutes later.
After a goalless third, Bobby Ryan put a stop to any thoughts of a Bruins' win at 5:43 of overtime, capitalizing on a bad line change to finish off a give-and-go with Kyle Turris that gave the Sens two straight wins.
Boston has a chance to even up the series in front of its home crowd on Wednesday, though the thought of heading back to Ottawa with a 3–1 series lead will be pretty enticing for the Senators.
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Predators 3, Blackhawks 2 (OT) | NSH leads 3–0
The Predators got in on a night full of comebacks as well, rallying from a two-goal deficit to take a 3–2 overtime win over the Blackhawks.
Kevin Fiala took a pass from James Neal and danced around goalie Corey Crawford to deposit the winner at 16:44 of the OT period. Of course, Nashville wouldn't have made it that far if not for the heroics of Filip Forsberg. The Swedish forward posted two goals in the third period to even the score after the Blackhawks scored twice in the second period, putting to rest everyone's 'One Goal' jokes.
Corey Crawford stopped 46 of 49 shots in the loss, which pushed the Blackhawks to a must-win situation in Game 4 on Thursday.
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Ducks 5, Flames 4 (OT) | ANA leads 3–0
The fourth game of the night provided more of the same: a big-time rally and some overtime.
Calgary held a 4–1 lead midway through the second period and chased Ducks starter John Gibson. That was the end of the good feelings as the Flames fell apart at home and allowed Anaheim to score four unanswered goals, including two from defenseman Shea Theodore, which culminated in Corey Perry's pinball winner just 1:30 into the fourth period.
The Flames get one more chance to extend their playoff lives on Wednesday.
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Highlight of the Night, Part I
Erik Karlsson's home-run pass is plenty pretty on its own, but Mike Hoffman's one-handed finish is swoon-worthy.
Highlight of the Night, Part II
Yeah, yeah, Auston Matthews got his first playoff goal. This feed to William Nylander, though? Sublime. Note the subtle peek over his shoulder before sending it behind his back and right to Nylander's tape.
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William Nylander - goal scorer pic.twitter.com/RNA82pzt7E — Shane O'Donnell (@shane1342o) April 18, 2017
Three Stars
3. Shea Theodore (ANA) — The Ducks blueliner jump-started the comeback with a second-period goal, then sent the game to OT with a seeing-eye shot through traffic from the top of the zone.
2. Corey Crawford (CHI) — Crow was equal parts steady and stellar in the Blackhawks' Game 3 loss, stopping 46 shots, none bigger than this toe save in OT.
1. Filip Forsberg (NSH) — The Predators needed a boost in the third period, and they got it in the form of two big goals from Forsberg.