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LSU head coach Brian Kelly is not a fan of instant replay in college football. In LSU’s Week 7 win over the Florida Gators, play was stopped at least five times in order to conduct a review.  At his Monday press conference, Kelly was not pleased with the number of times instant replay was called, saying that he hopes it is something college football looks at following the end of the season. ALABAMA FAN FIRED AFTER TWEETING HE WAS ‘GLAD’ RECEIVER STRUCK FEMALE TENNESSEE FAN”There were some things that happened in that game that just – my biggest concern is that we’re…

The BBC has taken a swipe at outgoing UK Prime Minister Liz Truss — with a little help from Rihanna. After a six-week premiership riddled with crises, Truss resigned on Thursday, making her the shortest-serving prime minister in the United Kingdom’s history. Just hours after Truss announced her departure, the BBC’s Newsnight program broadcast a video montage, later shared on Twitter, summing up her disastrous month and a half in Downing Street. The clip is pointedly overlaid with Rihanna’s 2008 hit “Take a Bow” The song includes barbs such as “you look so dumb right now” and “now it’s time…

The IRS on Friday announced a record increase in contribution limits to 401(k) and other tax-deferred retirement plans for 2023. Starting next year, you will be allowed to contribute up to $22,500 into your 401(k), 403(b), most 457 plans or the Thrift Savings Plan for federal employees. That’s $2,000 – or roughly 9.8% – more than the current $20,500 federal contribution limit. The jump is largely due to inflation, to which the contribution limits are indexed. The catch-up contribution in the 401(k) and other workplace plans – the amount plan participants who are 50 and older may save on top…

CNN  —  When former Vice President Mike Pence agreed to appear at an October 21 fundraiser for Derek Schmidt, the Kansas Republican’s campaign expected a positive response. But in the first 24 hours after the invitations went out last week, the campaign raised nearly $100,000 – a figure that astounded Schmidt’s operation. “It dropped my jaw to the floor,” said one adviser to Schmidt, who is running against incumbent Democratic Gov. Laura Kelly. “We’re well over that now. That’s relatively unheard of for Kansas governor.” Kansas is not the only campaign stop for Pence in the final weeks before Election…

Researchers conducted a meta-analysis of different FDA-approved anti-obesity drugs. They recommended four drugs alongside lifestyle changes to treat obesity when lifestyle interventions alone are insufficient.Expert commentators note that access due to cost remains a hurdle for these drugs becoming mainstream. The prevalence of obesity in the United States increased from 30.5% in 1999–2000 to 41.9% in 2019–2020. Obesity is related to many health complications, including cardiovascular disease, stroke, and certain kinds of cancer, including colon cancer. While lifestyle interventions are key to managing obesity, they have limited efficacy and durability for many. Pharmaceutical interventions have thus been developed and approved…

Remains found in Tallahassee this week are believed to be those of a Florida father of four last seen over a year ago, police announced. A group of people found skeletal human remains just before 3 p.m. on Monday in what police described as a “heavily wooded area” on the 2600 block of Apalachee Parkway, Tallahassee police said. Police say that “preliminary findings” indicate the remains are those of Jason Winoker, who was reported missing last year. Winoker, who was 52-years-old at the time of his disappearance, was last seen by family members in the early morning hours of Aug.…

France became the latest European country to pull out of a controversial energy treaty on Friday, stating it is not compatible with the Paris climate accord.President Emmanuel Macron announced his country would withdraw from the Energy Charter Treaty on the sidelines of the European Council summit in Brussels.”We have decided to withdraw from the Energy Charter Treaty, first because it’s in line with the positions we’ve taken, notably the Paris Accord and what it implies,” he said at a press conference.”The war on European soil must not make us forget our climatic requirements and our imperative to reduce CO2 emissions,”…

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COLOMBO: Sri Lanka’s parliament voted Friday (Oct 21) to curtail the powers of the president, a partial concession to the protest movement that forced the island nation’s former head of state into exile. An unprecedented economic downturn this year fuelled intense public anger, with the government accused of mismanagement and of precipitating drastic food and petrol shortages. Months of protests culminated in July with a huge crowd storming the official residence of then president Gotabaya Rajapaksa, who fled the country under military escort and issued his resignation from Singapore. His successor Ranil Wickremesinghe took charge pledging to curb the sweeping…