Kretschman garners third straight NPF Player of the Year honor; League awards announced

Baton Rouge, La. – Veteran star Kelly Kretschman of the USSSA Pride took home her third consecutive Player of the Year honor to top the major awards handed out by National Pro Fastpitch, Wednesday night at the Crowne Plaza.   Kretschman, whose Player of the Year award was presented by Park Planet, also won the…

Ontario Cannabis Lottery Has Small Business Owners Holding Their Breath

Christine Cohen’s inbox was flooded after she said on live TV she was applying for a highly sought-after cannabis retail licence in Ontario’s lottery. She says 14 men asked if she wanted to get married and another offered her a cool $1 million for the licence, should she win. The business owner, who runs two…

Exxon & Chevron to dump Azeri oil project meant to save Europe from Russian energy reliance – report

Major American energy companies, Exxon Mobil and Chevron, are seeking to sell their stakes in Azerbaijan’s largest oilfield once meant to help Europe be less dependent on Russian gas and oil supplies, according to Reuters. The US companies, who were at the onset of singing the so-called “contract of the century” with the former Soviet…

‘Penicillin’ against enemy guns: Russia completes trials of new counter-artillery system (VIDEO)

Russia has completed trials of its new system, which swiftly detects enemy mortar and artillery fire and provides targeting information for counter-fire. Unlike Western counterparts, it does not use radar to do the job. The development of the 1B75 Penicillin was first revealed last year. It’s a counter-artillery system similar in purpose to the US…

NFCA podcast gets a new name

LOUISVILLE, Ky. — This week, the NFCA debuted a new name and logo for its popular weekly educational podcast. “The Dirt” NFCA Podcast, hosted each week by NFCA Director of Education and Program Development Joanna Lane, will continue to be the same podcast that has grown a loyal following over its first 52 episodes. The…

77% of Russians oppose giving Kuril Islands away to Japan, new poll finds

Russians are overwhelmingly against handing the four Kuril Islands over to Japan, while a sizeable number of people also oppose making concessions for the sake of signing a peace treaty with Tokyo, a new poll show. Over three-quarters of Russian citizens gave a clear ‘no’ to the feared giveaway, according to a survey by VCIOM,…