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Gerrard in advanced talks with Liverpool The Switzerland international was expected to leave the Serie A champions ahead of this season following the arrival of Dani Alves from Barcelona, with Paris Saint-Germain among the clubs interested in signing him, but he eventually opted to stay in Turin. The 32-year-old is once more being linked with a move away from Juventus but, with his contract due to expire in June 2017, he insists he is not thinking about a transfer at this stage....

What’s more, the life expectancy for those with MS has increased over time, according to the National Multiple Sclerosis Society (NMSS), thanks to treatment breakthroughs and improvements in MS treatments, better healthcare, and lifestyle changes. The last of these is especially important because it refers to self-care strategies that anyone with multiple sclerosis can implement to improve not only their longevity but quality of life. Life Expectancy and Multiple Sclerosis A frequently stated statistic regarding multiple sclerosis is that those with the disease have an average lifespan that’s six to seven years shorter than that of the general population....

This new force looks to Europe for inspiration. As a result, the governors of globalization–the International Monetary Fund, World Bank and World Trade Organization–are no longer led by the United States, but by consensus, similar to the European Union. The global rules are getting tougher, cracking down on multinationals that order mass layoffs or grow too powerful for local comfort. As multinationals find it more difficult to operate in some nations, the growth in world trade is slowing....

The answer, computer makers hope, is because those laptops will appeal to weighed-down road warriors and corporations tired of fixing the hard drives of employees’ dropped or damaged notebooks. Solid state drives, which use flash memory, are significantly more expensive than laptops with hard drives. But with no moving parts, unlike hard disk drives, they’re also considered more reliable and rugged, boot up more quickly and can offer longer battery life....

Killorn delivered a shoulder hit well after Nelson had played the puck along the boards in the New York zone. Nelson went face first into the glass. The Lightning killed the ensuing five-minute power play. NHL PLAYOFFS: Scores, updated TV schedule Tampa Bay’s bench was furious with the call by referee Kelly Sutherland while New York’s bench was furious with Killorn for the hit. Observers could hear exactly what was being said in an empty Rogers Place in Edmonton....

Schmidt is one of eight Republicans who started the anti-Trump political action committee. He has worked as a communications and public affairs strategist on a number of campaigns including those for former California Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger, President George W. Bush, and Senator John McCain. Other Lincoln Project founders include George Conway, Reed Galen and Jennifer Horn. Kicking off his Twitter thread, Schmidt acknowledged that the representative likely disagrees with the group of Republicans on many fronts....

The Office of Inspector General at the Commerce Department has opened a probe as The New York Times reported that Ross threatened to fire political staff at NOAA unless they reversed the embarrassment to Trump. The Commerce Department called the story false. Trump had repeatedly claimed Hurricane Dorian was a threat to Alabama based on early forecasts. The National Weather Service in Birmingham tweeted, based on its most recent data, that Alabama was not in Dorian’s path, trying to dispel any public confusion....

The South Carolina senator, who is a Republican and staunch ally of President Donald Trump, made a fresh plea for donations at the Capitol as he fights a close race with Democrat Jaime Harrison. His critics were quick to point out that soliciting campaign donations on federal property is illegal. Graham has called for supporters to give to his re-election effort during previous media appearances. “I think people in South Carolina are excited about Judge Barrett,” Graham told reporters....

Graham made the remarks during an appearance on Fox News’s Hannity. The senator denounced Biden’s OMB nominee Neera Tanden, a former Obama administration official who now leads the left-leaning think tank Center for American Progress, while admitting that the prospect of two Democratic wins in Georgia “scares the hell out of” him. “If we win both seats in Georgia, I’ll be the budget chairman,” Graham said. “The OMB director has to come before the budget committee for hearings to be confirmed....

Vonn, 30, recovered from serious knee injuries to become the most successful female World Cup alpine skier of all time. She won the FIS Alpine Skiing World Cup downhill and super-G titles earlier this year. MORE: Vonn-Tiger Woods breakup | Tiger in action at PGA Championship Vonn missed the 2014 Winter Olympics in Sochi during a frustrating spell of major knee injuries. Despite her latest injury, Vonn is optimistic she will not be off the slopes for too long....

Russia’s competition authorities, the Federal Anti-Monopoly Service (FAS), said that quality tests carried out last year had found that chocolate produced by Lindt for the Russian market was not of the same quality than it produced for other countries. The Zurich-based chocolate maker denies the claims and says that its chocolate is the same wherever it is sold. In launching a formal anti-monopoly case, the FAS said that the information on Lindt packaging leads consumers to believe that they are being offered the same chocolate that is produced and sold under the same brand in western Europe....

Few families can claim as much academic success. But according to a recent study by Ohio State University sociologist Douglas Downey, the Callaghans might have achieved even more. Drawing on data collected in 1988 from 24,599 eighth graders in 1,550 schools, Downey concludes, “Children in larger families don’t do as well in school as children in smaller families.” And this holds true, he says, regardless of race, class and socioeconomic standing....

The 35-year-old winger named three sides that he believes are capable of winning the upcoming World Cup. Messi, who’ll be going to his fifth World Cup finals with Argentina, gives England, Brazil and France a better chance than the rest of the teams participating. He also commented on the mood within the Argentina camp as they look for their first World Cup triumph since 1986. Speaking to the South American Federation CONMEBOL, Messi said: “Whenever we talk about candidates, we always talk about the same teams....

With the seventh overall pick, the Lions appear to be a good spot to land an impact playmaker. They probably won’t opt for a quarterback after acquiring Goff, so they can go with a top receiver there or look to take one of the best defenders in the entire draft. It all depends on what Campbell and Holmes envision for the team. The Matt Patricia-era Lions did already have some talented players on the roster, so Campbell does have some pieces to work with....

Detroit and Green Bay both are playoff bound regardless, but it’s a momentous opportunity for the Lions, who can shake off a lot of bad history in the 23 years since. MORE: Playoff seeding scenarios | Week 17 picks | Power Rankings The 1991 season also marked the last playoff victory for the Lions. Including the loss to the Redskins in that year’s NFC championship game, they’ve dropped seven straight in the postseason....

Hu Xijin, the editor-in-chief of Chinese Communist Party publication Global Times, wrote Tuesday that Beijing was “making physical and psychological preparations for a U.S.-initiated war.” The editorial was written the day after 97-year-old Kissinger spoke at the Bloomberg New Economy Forum, where he urged the incoming Biden administration to quickly work to find common ground with China’s President Xi Jinping. “The United States and China have never faced countries of a magnitude that is roughly equal with the other....

A lot of McCarthy’s characters have the gypsy habit, a trait they share with their author. In “Child of God” (1973), the necrophiliac mass murderer Lester Ballard is evicted in the novel’s first chapter and thereafter wanders the Tennessee hills, going madder with every step. The title character in “Suttree” (1979), a reputedly autobiographical novel, lives on a houseboat. McCarthy himself, having written exclusively about the South in his first four books, abandoned Tennessee for El Paso more than a decade ago and in effect began a second career writing novels about the Southwest....

The bear was sitting by himself at the top of the stands, until a little boy ran over to comfort him. The boy’s father, Brian Crosby, captured the touching moment: MORE: Breaking down Duke’s case for a No. 1 seed Such a BEAR-y kind gesture.