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The multipart Around the Horn series, which features a position-by-position look at Oakland’s projected starters and backup options heading into the season, turns its focus to second base.
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HOUSTON – The air had been sucked out of the building and it was tight and tense on the floor.
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CHARLOTTE – Victor Oladipo splashed a three-pointer from the top of the key with 3:59 to go on a dish from Russell Westb
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The opportunity to return to an organization in which he has some comfort and a chance to bring some veteran leadership to the young Oakland A’s was enough to convince veteran outfielder Rajai Davis to sign a […]

The number of new cars sold in the UK hit an all-time high of 2.7 million last year, the industry says.
BBC News – Business

Benjamin Netanyahu says an Israeli soldier who killed a wounded Palestinian attacker should be pardoned.
BBC News – Middle East

Luis Videgaray, who was sacked over Donald Trump’s Mexico visit, is named Mexican foreign minister.
BBC News – Latin America & Caribbean

A storm surge causes the worst flooding on Germany’s north-east coast since 2006.
BBC News – Europe

The UK’s new ambassador to the EU, Sir Tim Barrow, can help make a success of Brexit, No 10 says.
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President Obama urges Democrats to fight for his health bill, as Republicans work to dismantle it.
BBC News – US & Canada

A malaria vaccine has passed a “critical milestone” in human safety trials, say researchers
BBC News – Africa

The Oakland Athletics have reached out to free-agent slugger Mark Trumbo, sources told MLB Network insider Jon Heyman on Wednesday.
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Top bosses will have earned more by the first Wednesday in January than typical workers earn in the entire year, according to a new calculation.
BBC News – Business

A base used by the Jabhat Fateh al-Sham group, formerly known as Nusra Front, is hit, monitors say.
BBC News – Middle East

A man who escaped from prison in Brazil posts selfies on social media while on the run from police.
BBC News – Latin America & Caribbean

Four Chelsea fans who pushed a black man off a Paris Metro train are given suspended sentences.
BBC News – Europe

The UK’s outgoing ambassador to the EU urges colleagues to continue to challenge “muddled thinking”.
BBC News – UK

Republicans drop a proposal to gut a congressional ethics watchdog after a critical Donald Trump tweet.
BBC News – US & Canada

The Gambia’s electoral commission chief has gone into hiding, his family tells the BBC.
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