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Unless the A’s can find a trade partner willing to take on the $ 20 million he’s owed over the next two seasons, Billy Butler will be back in the DH spot in Oakland’s lineup.
OAK Homepage News

“Oh, one more thing you can do…” Thunder veteran forward Nick Collison remarked to rookie point guard Cameron Payne while the duo maneuve
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A Labour government could ban companies from paying dividends to shareholders unless they pay workers the living wage, Jeremy Corbyn says.
BBC News – Business

International sanctions on Iran are lifted after its compliance with obligations under the nuclear agreement with world powers was certified.
BBC News – Middle East

Brazil’s health ministry says it has developed new test kits to identify the Dengue, Zika and Chikungunya viruses, all carried by the same mosquito.
BBC News – Latin America & Caribbean

A town near Cologne in Germany bans male asylum seekers from a public swimming pool after complaints from women of sexual harassment.
BBC News – Europe

The campaign group Conservatives for Reform in Europe is launched to make the case for Britain to remain in the EU if its terms of membership are successfully renegotiated.
BBC News – UK

US President Barack Obama declares a state of emergency in Flint, Michigan, where the water has become contaminated with lead.
BBC News – US & Canada

At least 28 people, including six Canadians, are now known to have died after Islamist militants attacked a hotel in Burkina Faso, in West Africa.
BBC News – Africa

The A’s avoided arbitration by agreeing to terms with right-handed pitcher Fernando Rodriguez and outfielder Josh Reddick on one-year contracts for the 2016 season, the club announced on Friday.
OAK Homepage News

Ten times over the first four and a half minutes of the game, the Minnesota Timberwolves got a shot off at the rim.
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Wall Street tumbles as the FTSE 100 closes down almost 2%, with mining stock again leading the decline.
BBC News – Business

At least five people have been arrested in Egypt, including two accused of running Islamist Facebook pages, ahead of the fifth anniversary of the revolution.
BBC News – Middle East

A chemical explosion at a cargo warehouse in Brazil spreads a plume of toxic gas over the country’s biggest port, Santos.
BBC News – Latin America & Caribbean

Ninety people took the drug in a clinical trial in France that has left one person brain-dead and another five in hospital, it is revealed.
BBC News – Europe

Nasa has ended the spacewalk involving British astronaut Tim Peake after his US colleague reported water in his helmet.
BBC News – UK

Two US Marine helicopters collide near the Hawaiian island of Oahu, each with six people on board.
BBC News – US & Canada

The UN says it has evidence Burundi’s security forces gang-raped women, as the country’s Supreme Court sentences four coup plotters to life in prison.
BBC News – Africa

The A’s on Thursday avoided arbitration with Danny Valencia — one of the club’s three arbitration-eligible players — by agreeing to a one-year deal for the 2016 season.
OAK Homepage News

Inside the basket was a collection of fresh baby carrots, baby turnips, baby radishes and microgreens with a neatly placed thank-you card
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