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A’s left-hander Drew Pomeranz underwent successful clavicle resection surgery on his throwing shoulder this week, the club announced Thursday.
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Bernie Pleskoff provides his scouting report on Oakland A’s infielder Joey Wendle, who he says could very easily be in the Athletics’ second-base conversation in 2016.
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Bank customers could save an average of £70 a year by switching their current accounts to another provider, the regulator has ruled.
BBC News – Business

US authorities say US and Iraqi forces rescued dozens of hostages from IS to prevent their “imminent execution” but a US soldier was killed.
BBC News – Middle East

A new law comes into force in Chile granting unmarried heterosexual and same-sex couples many of the rights enjoyed by married couples.
BBC News – Latin America & Caribbean

A masked man armed with a sword kills a teacher and a pupil at a school in the Swedish town of Trollhattan before being shot by police.
BBC News – Europe

“English votes for English laws” at Westminster is set to become law after the government wins a Commons vote after an ill-tempered debate.
BBC News – UK

Hillary Clinton tells a Congress committee she took responsibility after the deadly 2012 attacks in Benghazi, Libya, when she was secretary of state.
BBC News – US & Canada

Twenty-nine people are charged with public violence in South Africa following the biggest student protests since minority rule ended in 1994.
BBC News – Africa

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SALT LAKE CITY – It was the last chance in the preseason for the Thunder to put the U.S.
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The owner of Argos and Homebase, Home Retail Group, says full-year underlying profits could be slightly below market expectations.
BBC News – Business

The US and Russia sign an agreement to minimise the risks of air incidents over Syria, officials from both countries say.
BBC News – Middle East

Mexico agrees with an international panel of experts that the investigation into last year’s disappearance of 43 students should be reopened.
BBC News – Latin America & Caribbean

Syria’s President Bashar al-Assad has held talks with Russia’s President Putin on an unannounced visit to Moscow, his first foreign trip since civil war started in 2011.
BBC News – Europe

China’s president is expected to put the seal later on its contribution to what will be the first UK nuclear power plant to be built in a generation.
BBC News – UK

Canada’s PM-designate Justin Trudeau tells the US president he will be withdrawing Canadian fighter jets from the air strikes against Islamic State.
BBC News – US & Canada

Police fire shots and tear gas in Congo’s capital, Brazzaville, in a clamp down on protests against the president’s bid for a third term.
BBC News – Africa

A home game then a travel day with a practice beforehand then a road game the next day is the typical rhythm the Thunder will experience
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