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The presidential race has become more policy-centered than elections of years past. About 42 percent of Democrats surveyed in Sunday’s poll said their choice for president comes down to their “ideas or policies” more than whether the candidate would make a good president (20 percent) or can win the general election (9.1 percent). Separate polling by Kaiser Family Foundation indicates some of these issues––namely health care and the economy––are the most important for voters in battleground states heading in the 2020 presidential election....

Starting its journey two decades ago, Universal’s Fast and Furious film series has become one of the most popular franchises in Hollywood. Led by Diesel’s Dominic Toretto, the films constantly push the boundaries of reality, which fans seem to love and throng to the theaters for. The saga is, however, coming to an end, with Diesel and his family beginning work on the final chapters of the franchise. RELATED: Vin Diesel Announces Brie Larson Has Been Cast in Fast And Furious 10...

The Texans tackle showed up to a media conference in great spirits sporting one of the best T-shirts I have ever laid eyes upon. The shirt is a custom designed gift from his kids a few years ago and boasts an excellent flatulence-related slogan. MORE: Dan Quinn shouts out Tupac | It’s time to move on from these QBs If you have any sort of appreciation for harmless potty humor, you’re sure to get some gas out of this....

Twitter, indeed, is killing the short-form video app it launched in 2013. It was a useful tool in the content game, and soon it’ll be gone. Oh well! MORE: NBA season predictions — MVP will be a mess Vines had their niche; unlike .GIFs, they had sound. Unlike .GIFs, they were one-step-simple to make. And, like Twitter, the six-second limit forced creativity in small spaces. Users could create six-second, easily shareable bits of comedy, music, sports highlights, whatever, as a means of mainly a) getting famous b) achieving some weird, funhouse-mirror version of fame c) picking up Twitter followers and d) funneling traffic to other websites....

RELATED: Best Seinen Anime For Battle Shonen Fans It was finally confirmed that Vinland Saga season 2 will be released in January 2023. The new season will have several new characters, some of which are definitely going to become fan favorites. 8 Thorgil Thorgil is the eldest son of Ketil. He is very different from his father and his younger brother. He was far more ruthless than any other person in his family....

Mulvantrai Himmatlal Mankad played when India was still in the throes of birth, a nation waking up to its new existence, to the taste of freedom. What Mankad did went a long way in ensuring some, if not all the colonial insults were allayed to a certain extent. One of only three non-England players to have their names on the Lord’s Honours Board in batting and bowling, Mankad had won matches for India with bat and ball....

Developers have yet to release any full games in Unreal Engine 5, with 2021’s The Matrix Awakens being more of a tech demo. Still, developers are already using Epic’s engine to achieve impressive things. One of these can be found in a recent viral video showcasing a photo-realistic Japanese train station. RELATED: Epic Games Teaming With NASA on Metaverse Project The short clip is about two and a half minutes long, excluding credits, and showcases a digital recreation of the Etchu-Daimon train station in Imizu, Japan....

Fast-forward to 2018. It is the 11th season of the mega-event and Virat Kohli will become the only player to represent the same franchise for 11 seasons. It was not all easy for the 19-year old Delhi lad when he started his IPL career with RCB in 2008. He scored just 165 runs from 13 games at an average of 15, with a highest score of 38. Next season, although RCB made it to the finals of the tournament, Kohli had still not cemented his spot and had gone rather unnoticed....

Kohli, surprisingly, has not found a place in the list based on fan poll, but former test skipper and Kohli’s predecessor Mahendra Singh Dhoni’s name is right in there. Other notable names in the star-studded lineup included Sourav Ganguly, Anil Kumble and Rahul Dravid. Captain cool topped the list with a whopping 90 per cent votes, winning the tag of India’s all-time greatest wicketkeeper-batsman. While there have been others with a finer glovework, MS Dhoni was a complete package in Tests....

According to the Celebrity Brand Valuation Study 2020 by Duff & Phelps, Virat Kohli witnessed a jump of 13.8% and is far ahead of Indian actor Akshay Kumar, who retained the second spot in the rankings with a brand valuation of $118.9 million. Next in line is actor Ranveer Singh with a brand value of $102.9 million. Virat Kohli is the only cricketer to make it to the top-10 most valued celebrities of India....

In the 2014 edition of the IPL, Sehwag became a KXIP player and represented the franchise in that season and the following one, playing 25 matches and scoring 554 runs. He also scored a century against Chennai Super Kings in the IPL 2014 Qualifier 2, which helped them reach their maiden IPL final, which they lost to Kolkata Knight Riders. After that, he continued his association with the team, first as a mentor in 2016 before becoming the director of cricket operations in the following year....

There have been many occasions, though, when the players involved were making their first appearances in a game this big. And they’re the ones who’ll decide how Texas Tech vs. Virginia finishes. SN’s MARCH MADNESS HQLive NCAA bracket | Live scoreboard | Full TV schedule​ All-American Jarrett Culver vs. All-Americans Kyle Guy and De’Andre Hunter. Big man Tariq Owens of the Raiders vs. big man Mamadi Diakite of the Cavaliers....

Although the Internet was shocked by the closure of Visceral Games earlier this month, many employees who worked for the company saw the event as inevitable. Having been in decline for years, following the disappointing reviews of Dead Space 3 and Battlefield Hardline, director of the first three Uncharted games Amy Hennig launched a new project - a Star Wars title by the name of Ragtag. The Uncharted/Star Wars mashup had three demos prepared to show EA what the team hoped would be enough to save their company....

Vitale, who has been calling the Blue Devils-Tar Heels rivalry since the network’s inception in 1979, was taken off the broadcast this year in a move that seems to mark a transition to ESPN spotlighting fellow analyst Jay Bilas. MORE: Coach K’s 10 best players | Gibbs elbows Villanova guard in the face | 13 teams who could miss the tourney The move saddened the longtime announcer, who has been with ESPN for nearly 35 years....

Vitamin D is critical for immune system function. Vitamin D supplements have been shown to reduce the risk of viral respiratory tract infections, and that may also be true for COVID-19, according to David Meltzer, MD, who led the study, published last month in JAMA Network Open. Along with his team, Meltzer, chief of hospital medicine at UChicago Medicine, evaluated 489 patients in the hospital system who had their vitamin D levels checked within a year before COVID-19 testing....

This is a 2.1 channel system that includes a 36-inch soundbar, which you place in front of your TV, and a 5-inch wireless subwoofer, which you can place at the back of the room near a power outlet. There are no rear speakers to position, but you still get virtual surround sound. How Does the Vizio V21x-J8 Sound? The Vizio V21x-J8 delivers better sound than most TVs are capable of....

As part of a series of filmed interviews with the Kremlin-funded agency Tass to mark the 20th anniversary of his position at the top of Russian politics, Putin was asked about Russia’s military capabilities. He told the interviewer, Andrei Vandenko, that Russia had no intention of fighting against anyone, rather the aim of its military development was “to create conditions so that nobody wants to fight against us.” “Today we rank seventh as far as arms spending goes....

“Voice bots are so good that users can easily believe they are authentic, especially when it appears to be helping by stopping malicious activity, such as a suspicious purchase,” Joseph Carson of cybersecurity firm ThycoticCentrify, told Lifewire in an email interview. “Unfortunately, in reality, hackers are stealing your money.” Chatty Bots Hackers use customized bots to make automated calls asking for your temporary password, Jonathan Tian, the co-founder of Mobitrix Perfix, an iPhone solution, told Lifewire....

Worley’s elbow was hit by the helmet of Georgia LB Jordan Jenkins on a pass attempt. Worley, who was replaced by Nathan Peterman, was 16 of 25 for 153 yards before leaving the game with Georgia up 21-17. Peterman had only 24 career pass attempts before entering the game.

“I feel like they wanted to take me out, kill me, steal my dreams,” Brown said on KDKA-FM 93.7 The Fan on Thursday. “End me. I’m not going to let them. We’re going to win more. “When you hit a guy after the play, a defenseless guy in the helmet, there are a lot of things that aren’t right about that.” MORE: 5 wildest moments from that Bengals-Steelers game | The Dream Super Bowl scenario...