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Poyet started Fabio Borini as his lone striker on Sunday, and included Steven Fletcher and Ignacio Scocco as bench forward options, leaving out Altidore, who last appeared in the team’s loss to Arsenal last Saturday. In that match, Altidore was pulled at halftime, and now appears to be in danger of being stuck on the Sunderland bench for the foreseeable future. It was a better weekend for other Americans Abroad, particularly American goalkeepers in England, with Tim Howard and Brad Guzan enjoying victories....

SNL will be release a new two-hour special that will be jam-packed with Thanksgiving-themed skits and sketches that’ll no doubt cheer the whole family up and distract them from the stress of preparing for the holiday. Like in previous years, the SNL special will highlight a number of sketches they have had in past seasons that are focused on the holiday. Here’s how you can watch the show and what to expect....

Eazy-E was the first major rap star to die of AIDS, but not the first hard-core rapper to live out his own reckless lyrics celebrating the gangster lifestyle. Grammy award-winning producer-rapper Dr. Dre is in a halfway house and rapper-actor Tupac Shakur is in jail (box), while reigning superstar Snoop Doggy Dogg faces life in prison on conspiracy-murder charges. to which he pleaded not guilty. Yet these and other gangster rappers who extoll the virtues of bullets, bitches and 40-ounce beers, of “getting paid” and pocketing “mad loot,” have been idolized as urban heroes....

Japan ’ s Struggle With Technology I mostly agree with “Why Apple Isn’t Japanese” (Dec. 10), but want to add a point. Any systemic problem with innovation in Japan is due to a lack of attention to marketing cutting-edge technology. First, regarding marketing, Japan focuses on making connections and alliances rather than on coming up with strategies to sell a product, so businesses can easily lose their chance to generate breakthrough ideas....

The also made Charlton an unwitting subject in a grotesque government-sponsored medical experiment. On Nov. 27, 1945, according to records unearthed by The Albuquerque Tribune, doctors at Strong working for the Manhattan Project injected her with plutonium-239 to study how quickly the body rids itself of the radioactive substance. (The hospital never sanctioned the experiments.) Between 1945 and 1947, she and most of the 17 other patients in the secret program-11 of them in Rochester-received dosages of about ....

Jackson also has shown the Ravens the humility necessary to use the adversity to his advantage. In Monday night’s win over the Colts, Jackson turned in his most efficient passing (7-of-15, 49 yards, TD, 76.8 passer rating, one sack, no turnovers) and running (4 rushes, 26 yards) effort thus far. He had to overcome more of the accuracy issues he’s having in the NFL. Handling pressure, being patient and going through progressions are the areas in which Jackson has improved most since his debut against the Bears three weeks ago....

Few policymakers would want to bring back the CIA’s “good old days”–the failed assassination plots, the botched coups, the drug experiments–of the early cold war. But there is a widely shared feeling on Capitol Hill and in the intelligence community that years of scandals have made the CIA overly cautious. “Risk aversion has taken hold,” says Rep. Porter Goss, chairman of the House Intelligence Committee. Though the Soviet Union is no longer the CIA’s “hard target,” terrorism is in some ways even harder to crack....

On the loose was a killer with a deadly eye and a powerful weapon. The shots have been fired from such long range–as far away as six football fields, police say–that there have been no eyewitnesses. And the aim has been near perfect. This is a “very skilled” marksman, says Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearms Special Agent Joe Riehl, saying it is quite possible the killer had been trained by the military or the police....

Getting the Getty was probably the most coveted commission for an entire generation of architects. But once Meier won it, why did it take him seven years to finish the plans? “It was the Getty’s intention to involve the architect in the whole program,” he explains. Under trust laws, the Getty has to spend around $150 million each year-and it took a couple of years just to figure out what kind of space it needed to get rid of all that money....

These accomplishments would be impressive for any individual but are especially noteworthy given Saks’s lifelong struggle with schizophrenia, a severely debilitating psychological disease that causes victims to hear voices and believe others are plotting to harm and control them. During intense psychotic episodes that still reoccur to this day, Saks loses the ability to function, speaks in incoherent phrases, and is so paralyzed by fear she sits on the floor and rocks herself....

President Joe Biden’s loan forgiveness plan was set to cancel up to $20,000 in student loans for Pell Grant recipients and $10,000 for non-Pell borrowers. The administration bypassed Congress and relied on the “national emergency” of the coronavirus pandemic to justify the jubilee (even though Biden himself admitted the pandemic was over after announcing his loan forgiveness plan). Since then, several lawsuits have been filed to stop loan forgiveness....

The Malaysian Formula One Grand Prix was held for the last time last weekend, drawing an end to a 19-year long participation of Malaysia in the world’s premier motorsport event. I have not followed the sport for a very long time, and this is mostly due to one particular reason; the domination of Ferrari and German ace Michael Schumacher in the late 90’s and early 2000’s. For six consecutive years, the team and driver dominated the World Championship, leaving everyone else in their wake....

Just last week scientists predicted a 70 percent chance of a major quake in the San Francisco area by 2030. Killer quakes hit Turkey and Taiwan this year. Are they all related? No reason to think so, says Tom Henyey of the Southern California Earthquake Center, but he adds, “there may be some underlying phenomenon we haven’t discovered yet.”

Italian Conte was asked for his opinion on the subject at a news conference on Wednesday following speculation the Premier League are planning to introduce a break in the 2019-20 season. According to multiple media outlets, the proposal will see a round of league fixtures staggered over two weekends in either January or February, allowing all top-flight clubs to have at least 13 days off. “A great difference,” Conte replied when asked about what impact a potential break could have on the Premier League....

MATTHEWS: What differences are there in the Russian and Yugoslav positions on bringing an end to the Kosovo conflict? MILOSEVIC: Our idea is to solve the problem based on two principles–national sovereignty and self-determination. I don’t know if Russia understands this fully. When we talk about an international force, my government still says it should be a civilian force but Russia says it should be both civilian and military. So our positions don’t coincide exactly, though they are close....

Last week’s announcement that the federal government would impose no special regulations on bioengineered foods, in effect permitting them to be marketed exactly like nature’s own, heralds a potentially vast change in our food supply. Virtually any characteristic of a living organism may now be transferred to another organism; with a few exceptions, the resulting product may be placed on supermarket shelves without federally mandated testing or special labeling. “We will not compromise safety one bit,” Vice President Dan Quayle told the press....

In 1999, “Pokemon Snap” hit Nintendo 64 consoles around the country, and fans have waited for a sequel or successor ever since. It’s a first-person rail game in which you have to take photos of Pokemon throughout the Pokemon world, culminating in capturing the rare Pokemon Mew on camera at the end. Much like Susan Lucci winning her first Emmy, the wait is over: On June 17, The Pokemon Company announced that the cult classic is coming back with a new installment to the series....

This is definitely not your grandparents’ AARP. Perhaps best known over the years for the myriad discounts and services it offers to members, the 45-year-old nonpartisan organization has put itself at the center of a no-holds-barred bipartisan battle on Capitol Hill. And that’s fine with Novelli. “I don’t lose any sleep over this,” he says. “I think we’re doing the right thing.” With a mailing list of 35 million people 50 and up, AARP is able to shape opinion on issues that matter to seniors....

Who needs a cat when you’ve got this season’s Tickle Me Elmo? Introduced to America last month by Japanese toymaker Bandai (its other notable contribution to our popular culture is Power Rangers), Tamagotchis, roughly translated as ““cute little eggs,’’ usually sell out within hours of appearing on toy-store shelves. In Japan they’re such a big hit that they sell on the black market for many times the list price of about $16....