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How the Pentagon Punished NSA Whistleblowers

Edit Slashdot 23 May 2016
But today The Guardian reveals a new story about John Crane, a senior official at the Department of Defense "who fought to provide fair treatment for whistleblowers such as Thomas Drake -- until Crane himself was forced out of his job and became a whistleblower as well..." Crane told me how senior Defense Department officials repeatedly broke the law to persecute whistleblower Thomas Drake....

Spieth close as Crane leads in Texas

Edit Sporting Life 23 May 2016
When the late starters got going, overnight leader Sergio Garcia signed for a 66 to join them at 11 under, but it was Crane who starred with eight birdies in his round of 63 moving him to 12 under after two rounds ... Garcia, like Crane, began his round in the afternoon but could not match his opening-day efforts, carding four birdies in an error-free round of 66 that left him in the tie for second place....

Brooks Koepka leads from Spieth

Edit Sporting Life 23 May 2016
While overnight lead Ben Crane struggled on Saturday to drop out of the top 10, Koepka recovered from two bogeys in the first six holes to sign for a 65 which left him clear at the top of the leaderboard ... But Crane, who had been top on Friday night after a round of 63, had three bogeys on his way to a disappointing 72 which sent him down into a share of 11th. Koepka got off to an inauspicious start with a bogey on the first ... ....

Play at the plate lifts Snohomish over Emerald Ridge, 2-0, in 4A state tournament

Edit The News Tribune 23 May 2016
Derrek Johnson avoids tag, or so umpire called, to break scoreless tie in fifth inning. “The bottom line was I saw the tag” Emerald Ridge coach Larry Marshall said. Out would have ended inning before Snohomish added second run ... ....

Unlike Hillary Clinton, Donald Trump ‘Actually Believes We Are at War, and He Wants to Win’

Edit Breitbart 23 May 2016
Breitbart News National Security editor Dr. Sebastian Gorka, author of Defeating Jihad. The Winnable War, appeared on Fox News’s The Kelly File Friday evening to debate Center for American Progress senior fellow Larry Korb. The debate was on the anti-terrorist strategies of presumptive presidential candidates Donald Trump and Hillary Clinton ... ....

Sergio Garcia back in the groove

Edit Sporting Life 23 May 2016
Tom Hoge was also at six under having made it as far as the 14th hole before darkness fell ... Ben Crane fired his first bogey-free round in 36 attempts to join a nine-way tie for eighth place, but last year's winner Steven Bowditch of Australia was well off the pace after mixing three bogeys, three birdies and an eagle into his round of 68, leaving him down in a share of 44th place. ....

Serafina is finally coming to the Lower East Side

Edit New York Post 23 May 2016
Serafina is finally moving forward with a plan to open on the Lower East Side, Side Dish has learned ... The Lower East Side Serafina will be divided into two dining rooms ... Participating chefs include Daniel Boulud, Jean Georges Vongerichten, Wolfgang Puck, Scott Conant, Marc Forgione, Larry Forgione, Sean Forgione, Markus Glocker and Marco Moreira. ....

‘Better’ Michael Pineda isn’t good enough for Yankees

Edit New York Post 23 May 2016
OAKLAND, Calif. — While the Yankees never publicly admitted it, they had to wonder how long they could stick with Michael Pineda in the rotation ... “He was better. I thought he made strides,’’ pitching coach Larry Rothschild said of Pineda, who is 2-5 after winning for the first time since April 6 when he was lucky enough to work a game in which the Yankees scored 16 runs. “We need to make more strides.’’ ... “I think it was better ... ....

Yanks encouraged as Pineda shows progress

Edit MLB 23 May 2016
OAKLAND -- The Yankees think that they still have more work to do with Michael Pineda, but pitching coach Larry Rothschild described his performance as "better" on Sunday, and that was good enough for the right-hander to walk out of the Oakland Coliseum with his first win since April 6 ... "The last couple starts, that's what I'm looking for, to make adjustments to be better in the game," Pineda said ... To be better all the time." ... ....

Celebrating Larry Silverstein’s revival of Ground Zero, On 7 World Trade’s 10th anniversary

Edit New York Post 23 May 2016
Of the many turning points in the rebirth of downtown Manhattan after 9/11, none were as game-changing as the opening of 7 World Trade Center on this date 10 years ago. Booming downtown today is home to nearly twice as many people as in 2006 ... Across the street from 7 World Trade, redevelopment of the Twin Towers site was bogged down in a swamp of disputes involving developer Larry Silverstein, insurers, the Port Authority, then-Gov ... ....

Photos tell grim tale of 1956 train wreck in Atwater

Edit Ohio 23 May 2016
The letter-size envelope was scuffed and torn. Ronald Tonkovich, 75, opened it and pulled out 15 black-and-white photographs taken by his brother 60 years ago. Each 3½-by-5-inch print revealed a scene of stark destruction ... “There’s the back of the trailer, right in front of the rear wheels ... “In one of the pictures, you can see the cranes already working on cleaning up the train cars,” Ronald said ... ....

Dodgers outlast Padres in 17 on Puig's single

Edit MLB 23 May 2016
SAN DIEGO -- Yasiel Puig's two-run single with the bases loaded keyed a four-run 17th inning as the Dodgers avoided a series sweep with a 9-5 marathon win over the Padres on Sunday ... Joc Pederson was walked intentionally to load the bases for Puig, who singled up the middle for his third hit ... MOMENTS THAT MATTERED. Low blow ... More > ... REPLAY REVIEW ... The Padres appealed the call on Gonzalez's tag but umpire Larry Vanover's original call stood....

Padres outlasted by Dodgers in 17-inning loss

Edit MLB 23 May 2016
SAN DIEGO -- Yasiel Puig's two-run single with the bases loaded keyed a four-run 17th inning as the Dodgers avoided a series sweep with a 9-5 marathon win over the Padres on Sunday ... Joc Pederson was walked intentionally to load the bases for Puig, who singled up the middle for his third hit ... MOMENTS THAT MATTERED. Low blow ... More > ... REPLAY REVIEW ... The Padres appealed the call on Gonzalez's tag but umpire Larry Vanover's original call stood....
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