Independence Day: Resurgence

More dual fuel customers choosing independent provider over Big Six, study shows

Edit Belfast Telegraph 13 Jun 2016

Growing numbers of dual fuel customers are now with an independent provider rather than one of the Big Six, according to an energy markets consultancy. Around one in six (17.4%) dual fuel customers across Britain who get their gas and electricity from the same provider are with an independent supplier, consultancy Cornwall Energy found....

Training camp a necessity or crisis of confidence?

Edit The Times of India 13 Jun 2016

All these four days, the chief minister and the ministers were acting as guardians to the MLAs even as administration came to a halt ... He said it is a 'shameful' act on part of the ruling dispensation that the party MLAs were lodged in a hotel for four days which he described as a reflection of the CM losing the moral authority over her party MLAs....

Restoring the Constitution would repay a debt to veterans

Edit The Washington Times 13 Jun 2016

In addition to commemorating the 651,031 Americans who lost their lives in wars, Memorial Day and other soon-to-be-celebrated patriotic commemorations — such as Flag Day and Independence Day — should inspire elected officials to act as soon as possible to hold an Article V convention to restore essential political safeguards ... ....

If Mets keep running in place, Nationals will start running away

Edit New York Post 13 Jun 2016

Yet they had to settle for 5-5 after dropping the last two to the rebuilding Brewers — this finale in the wake of their manager Terry Collins feeling ill and departing to undergo tests at a nearby hospital — and in doing so, they lost more ground to their resurgent rivals in Washington. “Ten-day road trips are hard ... The Mets can use their off day to hope to hear good news about Collins....

Texas proving to be the right fit for Hamels

Edit MLB 13 Jun 2016

There have been many things that have played a part in the team's resurgence ... So it was fitting that on Sunday afternoon at Safeco Field that it was Hamels who dominated for seven innings, allowing just one run on a Leonys Martin home run, to put the Rangers in position to increase their lead in the AL West to five games, the biggest advantage they have enjoyed in three years, two weeks and four days....

'A time when coaching was demeaning'

Edit The Times of India 13 Jun 2016

Addressing the gathering at the Jawab Do dharna on Sunday, he recalled his days at a government school. "I was born 11 years before Independence ... Things have changed so much since! Now-a-days, coaching classes place full-page advertisements in prestigious newspapers." ... We need to start a fresh movement for independence from poverty, and we must make proper schools the focus of it," said Nimala from Kotda village of Udaipur....

Refuse and Recycling Collection Schedule: Independence Day (City of Fairfax, VA)

Edit Public Technologies 13 Jun 2016

2016 Independence Day Holiday Refuse and Recycling Collection Schedule ... collecting multiple days' worth of debris on a single day may cause atypical delays in collection, and occasionally brush collection may occur over a ......

CROSBY’S WALKOFF WINS IT FOR GARY (American Association of Independent Professional Baseball)

Edit Public Technologies 13 Jun 2016

American Association of Independent Professional Baseball) ... The blast was Crosby's first of the season and first hit of the day ... Both Fukae and Metzger finished their day with two hits ... SS Nate Samson had a big day for Sioux City, going 4-for-5 with a double ... Massey and RF Starlin Rodriguez both finished their day with two hits to lead the team....

Philippine National Day feted in New Taipei by well-wishers and mayor

Edit Topix 13 Jun 2016

Celebrations to mark the Philippines' National Independence Day, June 12, were held in New Taipei City on Sunday, featuring a flower parade. New Taipei mayor Eric Chu gave a speech at the event, describing the Philippines as a friendly neighbor and paying tribute to Philippine workers whom he said were making a valuable contribution to Taiwan ... ....

Cong frets over mayor

Edit The Telegraph India 13 Jun 2016

Fear of "revolt" has delayed the ruling Congress in choosing the Imphal Municipal Corporation mayor, even five days after the party cobbled up a majority by bringing three Independents into the party fold ... ....

Australia row hampers East Timor's oil ambitions

Edit BBC News 13 Jun 2016

Still, there's a pervasive feeling here that Australia's taking more than it is entitled to, and that it bullied a new and vulnerable country into a raw deal when the first treaty was signed shortly after its independence ... The World Bank estimates that 70% of the country's infrastructure was destroyed in the violence that followed the Timorese vote for independence from Indonesia in 1999....

Lance Armstrong contrite about doping past, talks about future at Ride the Rockies

Edit Denver Post 13 Jun 2016

Retired professional cyclist Lance Armstrong climbs a hill during the first day of the 31st annual Ride the Rockies on June 12, 2016. Ride the Rockies kicked off day one with a 50-mile ride from Carbondale to Aspen.Michael Reaves, The Denver Post ... Some in the crowd remarked they had come to try to forgive him — the cancer survivor who captivated the world with his resurgent feats of athleticism on the bike....

Thunder season in review: Waiters finds home in OKC amid contract uncertainty, tragedy

Edit The Oklahoman 13 Jun 2016

A handful of days into the Thunder's season, the deadline passed to re-sign Dion Waiters to an extension on his rookie scale contract. Like Reggie Jackson and James Harden before him, the Thunder wasn't budging on extending a sixth-man shooting guard ... Nor was Donovan ... There were four key performances in the Thunder's resurgent small-ball lineups (plus-36, 6-of-13 3-point shooting) against Golden State ... He repeated it two days later ... ....