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LONDON (Reuters) - Court One will be no place for the fainthearted on Wednesday as two of the game’s most ferocious hitters, Gilles Muller and Marin Cilic, go toe-to-toe in the Wimbledon quarter-finals. Luxembourg’s Muller, seeded 16, may have caused one of the biggest shocks of the championships by vanquishing Rafa Nadal, but nonetheless goes into the match as the underdog. Croatian seventh seed Cilic has won their two previous encounters, including on the grass at London’s Queen’s Club last month, and he has yet to drop a set at Wimbledon this year....

On the women’s side, Maria Sharapova outlasted Petra Kvitova 6-4, 2-6, 6-3 in a hard-hitting duel to win the title and return to No. 2 in the rankings. Djokovic was one point away from handing Berdych a “double bagel” — a 6-0, 6-0 defeat — but the Czech player fought off match point, then broke Djokovic to win his first game. He raised both arms in celebration and smiled with relief as the crowd roared....

Earlier in the day, wild-card Venus Williams progressed to the final with a 6-3, 6-2 win over Caroline Wozniacki. Her sister could reach the final. In a tight first set, Cornet broke the serve of the powerful American in the ninth game, before holding in the next to take a one-set advantage. She carried that momentum into the second, breaking the world number one in the opening game, before losing her own serve in the fourth....

Fox Sports’ Chris Chase provides some background on Cornet: MORE: American French Open winners | Wimbledon vs French Open roof flap Drama around Cornet continued Thursday at the French Open at Roland Garros, where Maria was less-than-appreciative of what she perceived to be Cornet’s stalling tactics as she nursed cramps in the third set. Cornet prevailed in the last set, 6-4, to advance in the tournament. Here’s what went down upon completion of the match....

Crawford knocked out a game David Avanesyan in the sixth round Saturday night at the CHI Heath Center. The fight was produced by BLK Prime. It was the 10th Crawford fight in a row to end via finish. The champ now has 30 wins via knockout. “I was just warming up in the earlier rounds,” Crawford said after the fight. “I just started picking up the pace, planting my seeds, and hit him with the hook....

It seems he was given a digital copy of Borderlands 3 by Gearbox at launch, allowing him to enjoy the game at no cost. However, he also revealed that his condition has deteriorated to the point that he has been taken off chemo and immunotherapy. This comes after spending a couple of weeks in the hospital, which resulted in Eastman being placed into hospice care for the remaining days of his life....

“I am really disappointed for Dion because he worked so hard in the offseason and was playing at a very high level,” Maryland coach Mark Turgeon said in a school release. “This is a big loss for our team as Dion was expected to be our starting shooting guard. Our doctors were encouraged about the surgery and we know that Dion will work tirelessly to return to the court.”...

Terraria: How to Get Shimmer There are two ways by which players can gain access to Shimmer, and the first is to visit Terraria’s Aether biome. This biome can be found at any time in a world that was created after the release of the 1.4.4 update, and it is always situated in the Cavern layer on the side of the world with the Jungle. More specifically, the Aether biome tends to appear under the Ocean on the aforementioned side, and its unique star background makes it quite easy to identify....

“I just looked next to me and the shark was just gliding past, looking straight at me,” Matthew Smith told 9 News after the close encounter, around a mile from Black Head Beach, in New South Wales, on the east coast of Australia. “I did think that I was probably going to die,” added Smith, who captured it all on video from his kayak. The incident was also captured by a drone that his friend was controlling overhead....

Law-enforcement and intelligence sources said this week there is a growing consensus within the Department of Homeland Security that the terror-alert status will be quickly moved back to “code orange”–meaning a “high” risk of attack–as soon as hostilities in Iraq begin. But officials say this time the regimen of enhanced security, including more intrusive inspections at the borders and police presence at key facilities such as nuclear plants, bridges and dams–will be even more visible to the public than during last month’s 20-day incursion into code orange....

In recent days the White House has quietly sent word that President Bush will veto any surveillance bill that does not include immunity for telecommunications companies. “The administration is going to play very tough here,” said David Rivkin, a Washington lawyer who has participated in strategy sessions with White House aides regarding the issue. Asked Wednesday about a veto threat, White House spokesman Tony Fratto said, “We haven’t used the V-word....

Some in the intelligence community have questioned whether Mohammed and other detainees may be feeding the Americans disinformation. But the CIA, sources say, has been able to corroborate much of what Mohammed has said. Their source: Majid Khan, who was recently detained by Pakistani authorities. At one point, the attacks were planned to occur on 9-11. But Osama bin Laden personally nixed the idea, U.S. intelligence sources told NEWSWEEK.

But before articulating why I think so, let’s understand how we got here. You see, when it comes to bubble-spotting, context matters. The first dynamic that enabled the Tesla bubble to blow is the widely accepted faith in market efficiency and passive investing. As fewer and fewer professionals actively consider the merits of a company’s prospects, stocks become disproportionately driven by capital flows. Stocks disconnect from fundamentals as pricing distortions are compounded by momentum-driven algorithms and traders....

In the complaint, filed in a state court in San Jose, California, Tesla alleges that sensitive proprietary information was taken to Rivian by as many as six former workers who left to work there. That’s according to Bloomberg, which first reported on the legal case today. Tesla surprised analysts on Wednesday by posting its fourth profitable quarter in a row, despite what it called “unprecedented times” linked to the COVID-19 pandemic....

The team at the Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia network investigated the effectiveness of what is known as the Modified Checklist for Autism in Toddlers with Follow-Up (M-CHAT/F). The checklist sees parents of toddlers fill out a 23-item electronic survey by answering “yes” or “no” questions related to the condition, including whether their child responds to their name and if they appear interested in other children. A follow-up is used to check for false positives....

One of the first executive orders Biden signed when he took office included a mask mandate for all federal property, as well as in airports, planes, ships, intercity buses, trains and public transportation. While some Republican governors have decided to loosen COVID-19 restrictions during a national plateau in coronavirus metrics, the Biden administration and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) have continued to plead with state and local officials to avoid reopening businesses and rescinding mask orders....

The legal tug-of-war is already underway. Days after the measure went into effect, a federal judge blocked its enforcement. Then an appeals court reinstated it. Then the Biden Justice Department asked that court for a stay, to prevent the law’s implementation. On Thursday, that motion was denied. This back-and-forth prefaces the ultimate main event: the Supreme Court finally revisiting Roe, the 1973 decision that invented a constitutional right to terminate a pregnancy....

[HTML2] [Updated with official trailer.] The pieces of the puzzle regarding Telltale Games’ post-The Walking Dead/pre-The Walking Dead 2 bonus content are slowly falling into place. After releasing a very short teaser video showing a character named Vince, the developer has added three additional characters to the fold. While each teaser vid features a character headshot being placed onto a cork board, the most recent Vine clip — featuring a character named Shel — appears to be the most telling....

Tom Brady, QB, Patriots (2000) Brady looked far from a future four-time Super Bowl winning QB and supermodel husband, which led to him being a sixth-round pick (No. 199 overall). He was historically un-athletic with his miserable 5.28-second 40-yard dash. His 6-5 frame also didn’t look great, weighing just 211 pounds. Of course, his intangibles, intelligence and competitiveness have made up for his shortcomings, big time. Anquan Boldin, 49ers, (2001) Through his years with the Cardinals, Ravens and Niners, Boldin has been a matchup problem because of his toughness and quickness....

Harry and Meghan’s speech on racial justice and the current war in Ukraine was delivered while Meghan was wearing an impactful design by Christopher John Rogers. This was seemingly inspired by a dress worn by Meghan’s mother-in-law, Princess Diana, in 1988. Diana, like Meghan, understood the power of her wardrobe in making an impact. Here are just ten examples of how Diana dressed to draw attention to her charities at awards ceremonies during her lifetime....