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That puts Fraser Place and the handful of similar buildings in Asia at the center of today’s climate debate. Asia’s growing demand for energy is the main driver of $100-per-barrel oil, and makes it the hottest market for biofuels that threaten food supplies. Thanks to its metastasizing power grids, which rely mainly on coal-fired plants using technology from the 1950s, it is also the fastest-growing contributor to the greenhouse-gas emissions that cause global warming....

At March 7, 7:52 a.m., the Daily Breeze of Torrance, Calif. printed an interview with former Democratic vice presidential candidate and current Clinton finance committee member Geraldine Ferraro in which the pioneering politician said something about Clinton’s main rival, Barack Obama, that was both baffling and offensive. “If Obama was a white man, he would not be in this position,” she said. “And if he was a woman (of any color) he would not be in this position....

Head Coach Dainius Adomaitis’ World Cup roster will go into battle with a pair of NBA stars in the shape of Memphis Grizzlies’ center Jonas Valanciunas and young Indiana Pacers big Domantas Sabonis on the frontline. In a tiny sample size during qualifying games, they showed how they earned their formidable reputation, by averaging 13 and 14.5 points per game respectively. Accompanying the bouldering duo is a collection of effective and sedulous players, equally as motivated to write another exciting chapter in the book of Lithuanian basketball....

Instead, for every team that would earn an at-large berth if the season ended today, you get a capsule with the information that will be relevant to the selection committee. It’s not a prediction of where we think teams will wind up on Selection Sunday, but where they would be seeded based on what they’ve accomplished through Monday’s games. Note: Automatic bids are given to the team with the top seed in the conference tournament, if the regular season is finished....

We understand, we really do. But we’re trying to offer a different perspective with Sporting News’ Field of 68 projection. Instead, we’re trying to give you a snapshot of why teams are projected at their current seed line. For every team that would earn an at-large berth if the season ended today, you get a capsule of information that will be relevant to the selection committee. Knowledge over hypothetical destinations, y’know?...

The site where “Field of Dreams” was filmed hosted the New York Yankees and Chicago White Sox on Aug. 12. The movie was inspired from a book about the 1919 White Sox, in which eight members of that team conspired to throw the World Series against the Cincinnati Reds. The movie is about “Shoeless” Joe Jackson, the “Black Sox” star who comes back to life to play baseball again with his peers in an Iowa corn field....

Site: University of Phoenix Stadium (Glendale, Ariz.) When: Dec. 31, 4 p.m. ET TV: ESPN Series: N/A Last game: N/A Coaches: Bryan Harsin (Boise State); Rich Rodriguez (Arizona) Players to watch: Boise State running back Jay Ajayi was fourth in the nation in rushing yards (1,705) and second in touchdowns (25), while Broncos quarterback Grant Hedrick passed for 3,387 yards and 22 TDs with another 563 yards rushing and eight scores....

Which players can you use to burn away from opposition defenders? Who won’t be caught when you get through on goal? The Sporting News looks at which players are the fastest in the new game. MORE: FIFA 23 Ultimate Team ratings revealed as Messi and Ronaldo fall Who is the fastest player in FIFA 23? FIFA 23 cover star Kylian Mbappe has retained the honour of being fastest player in the game with a pace rating of 97 - which is the same as the score he had in FIFA 22....

The competition last went to the continent when the United States hosted the 1994 tournament. The FIFA president also plans to discuss at October’s meeting of the FIFA Council the expansion of the World Cup to 40 teams — an idea he supports — and the potential for multiple nations to share hosting duties. MORE: New look USMNT ready for World Cup qualifiers “There is, I would say, no limit to whatever is good for football,” Infantino said....

The official, who was not identified by Swiss officials, was arrested on May 27 — one of 14 indicted for racketeering conspiracy and corruption by the U.S. Department of Justice. MORE: USWNT’s parade in photos | Blazer banned for life | Blatter challenges accusers FIFA vice presidents Jeffrey Web and Eugenio Figueredo were identified as being arrested by the Justice Department, along with executive committee member Eduardo Li, development officer Julio Rocha, attache to the CONCACAF president Costas Takkas, CONMEBOL executive committee member Rafael Esquivel and FIFA organizing committee member Jose Maria Marin....

Roughly double the number of counter-protesters showed up at the event at Boston Common compared to protesters, according to NBC Boston. This led to a handful of physical altercations between the two groups, necessitating police intervention. In one of the event’s more bizarre turn of events, a brass band group joined the counter-protesters. As the situation escalated, police officers in riot gear were deployed. The area had already been blocked off in preparation for the protests, with hundreds of officers being assigned to monitor it....

CBS Sports’ lead college basketball TV analyst didn’t get his shot to call the Final Four and national championship game until he was in in early 70s. Now Raftery will call his third straight championship with Jim Nantz, Grant Hill and Tracy Wolfson (9:20 p.m. ET tipoff). It seems as though the popular Raftery has been calling the Final Four/championship game forever, but the silver-haired analyst nicknamed “The Coach” did yeoman’s work in TV and radio for 32 years before earning his shot at the Big One in 2015....

“I can’t believe it,” she said, asked what she thought of the turnout for her press conference Friday morning at the Alamodome. “Even in the morning, I wake up and say, ‘Is this real or is it a dream?’ And I say, ‘No, it’s really for real.’ ” MORE: Ranking each team’s chances to win the national championship Let me tell you how she is wrong, how unreal the phenomenon of Sister Jean – Loyola Chicago’s 98-year-old team chaplain – really is....

We’ve compiled betting information for each of tonight’s NCAA Tournament games, with Villanova and Oklahoma tipping first, shortly after 6 p.m. ET on TBS. UNC and Syracuse will follow in the second game, and the winners will meet Monday night for the national title. MORE: College basketball live odds | UNC-Cuse | Nova-Oklahoma Here’s some betting information that will help you make your selections on Saturday night’s Final Four games....

What distinguishes their plan is that it deals with the government’s huge support for older Americans, which is the basic cause of the deficits. Since the mid-1960s, our national government has undergone a revolution. Support for the elderly has over-taken defense as the costliest federal function. This spending now represents a third of the total, while defense’s share is 21 percent and falling. Few elected officials talk candidly about this, because no one wants to offend older voters....

The Global Crossing-U S West transaction is a classic piece of dealmaking by classic dealsters like Global Crossing’s founder, Gary Winnick, a former Drexel Burnham junk-bond guy. Global Crossing, created two years ago to lay an undersea fiber-optic cable linking the United States with Europe, is already one of Wall Street’s mythic creations. Early investors have made 300 times their initial investment. Global Crossing’s most lucrative asset is its stock, currently valued in the market at about $23 billion....