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Four Purdue freshmen competed alongside two incoming Boilers in the U20 division at the 2024 US Open Championships this weekend.Quintero, competing in the 57 kg weight class, went 6-2 on the weekend to guarantee himself a spot at the World Team Trials in Geneva, Ohio next month. The true freshman NCAA qualifier finished with a 5-2 record in Vegas with three tech falls to his name.(74 kg) joined Quintero on day two of the tournament, but fell one
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Swerve Strickland beats Claudio Castagnoli on AEW Collision In First World Title Defense. It closed with his first title defense, a main event battle with Blackpool Combat Club's Clave Castacholi that saw the new champion emerge victorious. The show-opening promo hit all the standard babyface notes, declaring this "the Dynasty Era'
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The Chicago Bears were aware of the extensive power of stadium renderings. The Bears even went so far as to use those renderings as the foundation of a splashy hype video for the planned stadium project. There is still firm opposition to the intended stadium location on the downtown museum campus, but no set of drawings was likely to sway that sentiment.
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Stroud had no power for a week after the storm, City Manager Bob Pearman said. The Great Plains tornado outbreak of May 3-4, 1999, was the largest ever recorded in the state. It also resulted in a total of 775 injuries.
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Xinhua/Liu Jie Military spending by the United States rose 2.3 percent to reach 916 billion U.S. dollars in 2023, representing 68 percent of total North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) military spending. The United States has provided Ukraine with massive military aid especially since the outbreak of the Ukraine crisis. In 2023 most European NATO members increased their military expenditure partly due to the conflict, the SIPRI report showed.
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18-year-old Ladarion Lockett controlled the featured 74 kg final against Joseph Sealey to the tune of 8-2. A key sequence in the match came at the close of the first period. Both Lockertt and Sealey are past U17 World champions for Team USA.
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Festivalgoers at the Stagecoach Country Music Festival attempted to break the Guinness World Record for the largest gathering of people wearing double denim. Unfortunately, the Wrangler-sponsored challenge came just 70 people short of breaking the record previously held by GAP Japan K.K in Japan. Right before the event began at the Honkytonk, which held a decent-sized crowd early in the afternoon, DJ 30Rack spun some tunes for the daily line dance lesson.
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Riley Amos finished third in both the women’s elite cross-country Olympic race and the Women’s Elite Cross-country short track circuit in Araxá, Brazil from April 19-21. The criteria for a spot on the United States Olympic team was two top-five finishes in the first three World Cups. Blunk and fellow American Haley Batten will be racing for gold in Paris in Olympic Mountain Biking.
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Anthony Goodlow is signing with the Rams, per NFL Network's Mike Garafolo. It has already been announced that wide receiver Leon Johnson III has signed with the Chargers. Goodlow was considered the Cowboys player with the best shot of being drafted.
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The Laysan albatross, or ml, known as Wisdom has been photographed dancing with potential mates on the Midway Atoll National Wildlife Refuge, in the North Pacific Ocean. The seabird is recognized by her well-known band number Z333. In March, Wisdom was spotted socializing with male birds.
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