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Slow down! Remember: this new generation of plastic can be confusing. For starters, they’re not credit cards. They’re more like checks. And while they have their charms, they can trash your bank account if you’re unaware of their finer points. Keep them in your wallet until you read this. IF YOU’RE CONFUSED BY THE new debit world, it’s not because you’re dumb. Riggs Bank in Washington, D.C., reportedly had to send out four successive letters re-explaining its Visa Check Card to customers....

How To Play Wordle While Wordle got incredibly popular in the early part of this year, some word puzzle enthusiasts have yet to try it. So if there is anyone out there that saw celebrities from Bill Gates to James Gunn to the Vice President of the US sharing their Wordle scores and still didn’t make time to learn the rules, here is a breakdown of how to play this viral sensation....

It doesn’t take a scientist to figure that out. For the second straight week in the richest part of the PGA Tour season, DeChambeau took down one of the strongest fields of the year by playing his best golf on the weekend to win the Dell Technologies Championship, becoming only the second player to capture the opening two playoff events in the FedEx Cup. He closed with a 4-under 67 on Monday, making three straight birdies to close out the front nine and keeping his distance the rest of the way for a two-shot victory over Justin Rose on the TPC Boston....

Since the Soviet archives yielded up vast numbers of newly declassified documents in the 1990s, scholars have been sifting through them to find previously unknown stories or new details that cast well-known events in a new light. “Lenin’s Brain and Other Tales From the Soviet Archives” by Paul R. Gregory draws on the author’s experiences presiding over a team of scholars who have mined the Hoover Institution’s extensive collection of documents from Soviet state and party archives....

PICKING CHESS software depends on how you want your humiliation served. If it’s dungeons and dragons you like, muck about in Sierra’s Power Chess ($89.95), where the sexy queen analyzes moves after the shadowy king has had your lunch. But hark: the two discs are as unwieldy as a broadsword. Extreme Chess, from Davidson ($54), comes with a built-in kibbitzer. Based on the pricier, state-of-the-art Fritz, Extreme’s charts and chat boxes coach you out of disaster, allowing you to develop a game free of dumb blunders....

The midfield is brimming with talent and Loew is spoilt for choice with more than half a dozen world class players including Mesut Ozil, Toni Kroos, Sami Khedira and Ilkay Guendogan. A versatile front line is equally gifted with Tuesday’s 4-1 demolition of Italy showing their attacking power, with Thomas Mueller able to play in almost every forward position and Marco Reus and Mario Gomez enjoying fine seasons with their clubs....

Miki Sudo held on to her title as the top women’s competitor at the annual Brooklyn eat-off, chomping 37 franks and buns to take home the top prize for an unprecedented fifth consecutive year. Chestnut said he was “feeling good.” “I found a vicious rhythm,” the 34-year-old Chestnut said after the stuffing session. But while Chestnut ate 10 more dogs and buns than second-place finisher Carmen Cincotti, a judging error cast initial doubt over their totals after jurists didn’t see the eaters were taking the dogs and buns from two plates....

But on defense? Boy, I don’t know. MORE: Dragic free agency ‘open’ | Bucks must-see TV | Remembering Malice in the Palace Dallas is currently ranked 13th in defensive efficiency, but the way they’ve come to that number is so weird you have to wonder if something is bound to bust. The Mavericks are the worst team in the NBA at stopping opponents from the 3-point line, both in points allowed from beyond the arc and percentage of overall points....

Arsene Wenger’s side face a daunting task against Pep Guardiola’s team who are five points clear at the top of the Premier League table and have won their last 14 games across all competitions. However, the Nigeria international while acknowledging the strength of the opposition believes his team has ammunition in attack to harm the Citizens but stressed the need for a near-perfect performance on the defensive end. “The attacking players we have will always create chances and should be able to get a couple of goals but we need to tighten up in defense especially against a team like Man City,” Iwobi told club website....

Why did Cilipi Airport remain open in such conditions? Did the pilots feel pressure from their high-ranking passengers to land on schedule? Those are just some of the questions investigators are asking, but definitive answers may be elusive. The T-43A, a military version of the Boeing 737, carried neither a cockpit voice recorder nor a flight-data recorder; the air force said installing them would have cost $7 million. The tragedy did appear unrelated to the unsolved crashes of two commercial 737s, in Pittsburgh and Colorado Springs, that still haunt U....

Timefall storms are a big obstacle for Sam Porter Bridges and his quest to traverse the US on foot. The best way to deal with the storms, however, is easier than it looks. RELATED: Death Stranding: How to Get a New Reverse Trike (Motorcycle) What are Timefalls? Timefalls are a remnant of the Death Stranding, an apocalyptic event that blended the worlds of the dead with that of the living, bringing the very deadly and mysterious BTs into the world....

Set in a post-apocalyptic United States, Death Stranding follows a porter named Sam Bridges who works for a company called “Bridges” and is charged with delivering supplies to isolated cities called KNOTs and connecting them to the communications system, the Chiral Network. RELATED: Death Stranding: How to Repair the Bike The real question on everyone’s mind, however, is the one that Rick and Morty put so eloquently: “What are all these ghosts?...

Specifically, Kojima has revealed a brand new feature that is in testing for the Death Stranding December patch, and it will make cargo transparent when it is obstructing the view of Sam Porter Bridges’ Odradek. Indeed, being able to actually see an active Odradek is key when attempting to avoid BTs, and this change will make doing so much easier when carrying a significant load of cargo. RELATED: Here’s What Happens When a Porter NPC Meets a BT in Death Stranding...

Deathloop was shown at the PS5 event with a stunning, action-packed trailer. Where Dishonored was all about stealth and preparation for combat, Deathloop looks like it’s a non-stop race to assassination. This first-person shooter tasks players with solving puzzles and assassinating targets in a fast loop, where death equals a reset and success means a new time loop to dissect. RELATED: Bethesda Confirms Two Games for E3 2020 The story of Deathloop places players on an island, stuck in a nefarious deathloop....

However, Deathloop will have a multiplayer aspect, the details of which have yet to be revealed. Here’s everything known about Deathloop’s multiplayer gameplay so far, and some of the biggest questions Arkane needs to answer about the game’s multiplayer experience. RELATED: Deathloop Will Have Controversial PC Feature on Steam Deathloop’s Multiplayer The story of Deathloop follows assassin Colt “The Captain,” as he tries to take out eight targets in a single day while stuck on Blackreef, a mysterious island stuck in a time loop....

Wilkins and her son fell approximately 60 feet from the third concourse at Petco Park to the sidewalk below before the Padres game got underway. At the time, police considered the circumstances of their deaths “suspicious.” In a Wednesday statement, they classified the deaths as a suicide-homicide. The police said they reached that conclusion after consultation with the San Diego County medical examiner. “The detectives conducted a thorough and comprehensive investigation that included dozens of interviews, reviewing of available video footage, and collecting background information to determine what led to the deaths,” the statement read....

The internet has urged a woman to ditch her parents for Christmas and prioritize her mental health by going on vacation as she originally planned after her mom had a “meltdown” when she learned she was going to be alone with her husband for the holidays. In a post shared on Mumsnet in November, a woman writing under the username Venetiaparties explained that her parents were supposed to spend Christmas with her sister, but she then decided last minute to go to Scotland instead and spend her last Christmas with her terminally ill mother-in-law....

The addition of Decidueye has been something Pokemon Unite players have been predicting for some time. Data miners had recently found assets for Decidueye in the game’s code. A post on Twitter announcing the Halloween update also featured a pumpkin with an image of Rowlett, the Pokemon that evolves into Decidueye. Generation VII starter Decidueye to join Pokemon Unite roster Pokemon Unite’s Twitter has recently released an image of arrows with a green tint storming Remoat Stadium....

Fernando Santos’ men were by no means expected to clinch Euro 2016 glory and could consider themselves lucky to even get out of Group F as one of the best third-placed teams. Portugal finished behind Hungary and Iceland, but subsequently scraped past Croatia and Poland in the first two knockout stages before beating Wales in the last four and hosts France in the final. Despite that triumph, few are speaking of Portugal as one of the teams expected to go deep into the competition in Russia, something Brazil-born Deco – who played for his adopted country for seven years from 2003 – thinks is odd....