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David Forst said at the General Mangers Meetings at the Boca Raton Resort & Club that improving the bullpen is the top priority. That can be volatile, he said.
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E-commerce giant Alibaba breaks its record for sales on Singles Day in China, the world’s biggest online shopping event, taking $ 9.3bn (£6.1bn).
BBC News – Business

Egypt frees prominent investigative journalist Hossam Bahgat, whose arrest was condemned by human rights campaigners.
BBC News – Middle East

Colombia’s largest armed rebel group, the Farc, stopped buying guns and ammunition at the end of September, its leader says.
BBC News – Latin America & Caribbean

A Russian document circulating at the UN proposes a constitutional reform process in Syria lasting 18 months to be followed by presidential elections.
BBC News – Europe

George Osborne should postpone planned reforms to tax credits, says a group of MPs warning that there can be no “magic bullet” to protect low-paid workers.
BBC News – UK

A judge in Kansas gives a death sentence to a white supremacist who killed three people at a Jewish centre last year.
BBC News – US & Canada

Some 11 million children are at risk from hunger and disease in east and southern Africa as El Nino causes drought and flooding, the UN says.
BBC News – Africa

WASHINGTON, D.C.
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Last Saturday, baseball fans everywhere got to see the best the Arizona Fall League had to offer in the annual Fall Stars Game. Tuesday’s Mesa-Surprise game affords the opportunity to see many of those Fall Stars […]

A “deeply concerning” slowdown in trade, particularly with China, will lead to lower global economic growth this year, the OECD says.
BBC News – Business

A Jordanian policeman opens fire at a police training centre outside Amman, killing two Americans, a South African and a Jordanian, officials say.
BBC News – Middle East

Venezuelan Defence Minister Gen Vladimir Padrino says a plane which apparently violated Venezuelan airspace belonged to the US Coast Guard.
BBC News – Latin America & Caribbean

Russia should be suspended from athletics competition, a World Anti-Doping Agency commission report recommends.
BBC News – Europe

David Cameron says he has no “emotional attachment” that would stop him backing a UK exit if his EU renegotiation fails.
BBC News – UK

University of Missouri President Tim Wolfe resigns amid criticism of his handling of racial issues.
BBC News – US & Canada

Nigerian President Muhammadu Buhari sacks the head of the anti-corruption agency, Ibrahim Lamorde, but gives no reason for his removal.
BBC News – Africa

After swatting away an attempted alley-oop, Russe
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The A’s promoted two members of their front office Friday, naming Billy Owens assistant general manager/director of player personnel and Dan Feinstein assistant general manager, pro scouting and player […]