Today's Outcome: July 2014

Sunday, 20 July 2014

Rory McIlroy wins Open - ESPN

Updated: July 20, 2014, 5:43 PM ET

Associated Press

McIlroy Wins The Open Championship

HOYLAKE, England -- Walking off the 18th green as the Open Championship champion, Rory McIlroy kept gazing at all the greats on golf's oldest trophy.

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On the claret jug, his name is etched in silver below Phil Mickelson.

In the record book, he is listed behind Jack Nicklaus and Tiger Woods as the youngest to get three legs of the career Grand Slam.

And over four days at Royal Liverpool, he had no equal.

"I'm immensely proud of myself," McIlroy said after his two-shot victory Sunday that was never really in doubt. "To sit here, 25 years of age, and win my third major championship and be three-quarters of the way to a career Grand Slam ... yeah, I never dreamed of being at this point in my career so quickly."

He had to work a little harder than he wanted for this one.

Staked to a six-shot lead going into the final round, McIlroy turned back every challenge. He made two key birdies around the turn, and delivered a majestic drive at just the right moment to close with a 1-under 71 and complete his wire-to-wire victory.

In another major lacking tension over the final hour, what brought The Open to life was the potential of its champion.

After nearly two years of turmoil, McIlroy looked like the kid who shattered scoring records to win the 2011 U.S. Open at Congressional, and who won the PGA Championship at Kiawah Island by a record eight shots a year later.

McIlroy Majorly Impressive

If you have three legs of the career Grand Slam in your pocket before your 27th birthday, history says the Grand Slam will eventually be yours.

Players To Reach 3rd Leg of Career
Grand Slam Before 27th Birthday

	Age	Grand Slam?	Career Majors
Jack Nicklaus	23	Yes	18
Tiger Woods	24	Yes	14
Rory McIlroy	25	?	3
Gary Player	26	Yes	9

Youngest To Win 3rd Major
In Masters Era (Since 1934)

	Age	3rd Major
Jack Nicklaus	23	1963 PGA Championship
Tiger Woods	24	2000 U.S. Open
Rory McIlroy	25	2014 Open Championship
Seve Ballesteros	26	1983 Masters
Gary Player	26	1962 PGA Championship
Peter Thomson	26	1956 Open Championship
--ESPN Stats & Information

Boy Wonder is back. Or maybe he's just getting started again.

McIlroy won by two shots over Sergio Garcia and Rickie Fowler to become the first start-to-finish winner since Woods at St. Andrews in 2005. Even with one major left this year, the Northern Irishman already is looking ahead to Augusta National next April for a shot at the slam.

"I've really found my passion again for golf," McIlroy said. "Not that it ever dwindled, but it's what I think about when I get up in the morning. It's what I think about when I go to bed. I just want to be the best golfer that I can be. And I know if I can do that, then trophies like this are within my capability."

McIlroy put an end to this major with a powerful drive down the fairway at the par-5 16th, setting up a two-putt birdie to restore his lead to three shots. He finished with two pars, tapping in for par on the 18th green.

The hard part was trying not to cry when his mother, Rosie, came onto the green with tears streaming down her face. She was not at the other two majors. Before leaving, McIlroy turned and applauded the fans in the horseshoe arena who were witness to another masterpiece.

This could have been another romp except for a shaky stretch early for McIlroy, and solid efforts from Garcia and Fowler.

Garcia pulled within two shots with four holes to play until he put his tee shot in a pot bunker just right of the 15th green. His first shot failed to get over the 4-foot sodden wall and rolled back into the sand. He made bogey, and two birdies over the final three holes were not enough. Garcia shot 66 and was runner-up in a major for the fourth time.

"I think that we gave it a good effort," Garcia said. "And there was someone a little bit better."

Fowler, playing in the final group for the second straight major, didn't do anything wrong. He just didn't do enough right to make up a six-shot deficit. Fowler played without a bogey, made three birdies on the last four holes and shot 67.

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Andrew Redington/Getty ImagesRory McIlroy shares a hug with his mother Rosie after winning the Open Championship.

"He played awesome," Fowler said. "And it was just kind of fun to throw a few shots at him coming. To see him win was pretty cool."

It was the first time two straight majors were won wire to wire. Martin Kaymer did it last month at Pinehurst No. 2, taking the U.S. Open by eight shots.

McIlroy, who finished at 17-under 271, wasn't the only big winner Sunday. Ten years ago, his father and three of his friends each put up 100 pounds ($170) at 500-1 odds that McIlroy would win the Open Championship before he turned 26.

The kid made good on the best with a brand of golf that had him marked early as golf's next great player.

McIlroy moved up to No. 2 in the world, perhaps on his way to regaining the No. 1 ranking that once looked as if it would be his for years. He ended the 2012 season by winning his second major and capturing the money title on the PGA Tour and European Tour.

Open Championship Leaderboard

1. McIlroy (-17)
T-2. Garcia (-15)
T-2. Fowler (-15)
4. Furyk (-13)
T-5. Leishman (-12)
T-5. Scott (-12)

• Complete scores

Since then, the road has been bumpier than some of the dunes at Hoylake.

McIlroy signed a megadeal with Nike and switched out all his equipment. He changed management for the second time, leading to lawsuits that are still to be decided. And after getting engaged to Caroline Wozniacki on New Year's Eve, he abruptly broke off the engagement in May with a telephone call.

His path to victory in The Open was much smoother.

McIlroy made back-to-back bogeys on the front nine and had to save par from a pot bunker to avoid a third. But he steadied himself with a birdie on the par-3ninth, and when Garcia made a 10-foot eagle ahead of him on the 10th to cut the lead to two, McIlroy answered with a two-putt birdie.

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Garcia blinked when he could least afford it, leaving a shot in the bunker at No. 15 as McIlroy watched from the tee.

Jim Furyk was among four players who tied the course record with a 65 to finish fourth. Tiger Woods was long gone. He finished his 75 as McIlroy was still on the practice range. Woods finished 69th -- his worst finish over 72 holes in any major -- and wound up 23 shots behind, his largest deficit ever in a major.

Actress Skye McCole Bartusiak From 'The Patriot' Found Dead At 21 - MTV.com

by Caitlin White 2 hours ago

21-year-old Skye McCole Bartusiak died on Saturday (July 19) in her Houston home. She was found in her bed in the garage apartment next to her parent’s home by her boyfriend. Skye has suffered from epileptic seizures since she was a baby, and though cause of death is still unknown, it’s likely she died from an attack.

Best-known for her role as Mel Gibson’s daughter in the 2000 film “The Patriot,” Bartusiak also appeared in “The Cider House Rules,” “Don’t Say a Word” and other movies, as well as TV shows like “24″ and “CSI.”

“We lost our girl,” her mother Helen McCole Bartusiak told CNN. “She was a kind and really beautiful girl.”

The investigation into Skye’s death is ongoing, but she had been reportedly struggling with epileptic seizures again after a long hiatus. Epilepsy attacks can be completely random — and fatal — if the victim’s airway passage becomes blocked, or if they are alone during the attack.

“We think she had a seizure and choked and nobody was there,” her mother said. “They were working on her for 45 minutes and could not get a heartbeat. I’ve done CPR on that kid more than one time and it just didn’t work this time.”

Helen began to perform CPR on Skye before the paramedics arrived, but sadly, it was too late to restore a heartbeat. CNN reports that on Sunday morning, her mother was looking through photos of Skye’s wonderful life in order to find some images for the funeral. These included pictures of her daughter with Presidents George W. and George H.W. Bush and Mel Gibson, among others.

“The girl has lived such an amazing life,” her mother said. Our deepest condolences are with the Bartusiak family at this time.

Skye McCole Bartusiak

Rory McIlroy wins Open - ESPN

Updated: July 20, 2014, 5:43 PM ET

Associated Press

McIlroy Wins The Open Championship

HOYLAKE, England -- Walking off the 18th green as the Open Championship champion, Rory McIlroy kept gazing at all the greats on golf's oldest trophy.

More from ESPN.com

Rory McIlroy's Open Championship victory didn't come easily, but the third leg of the Grand Slam did leave a mark on the Northern Irishman, writes ESPN.com's Gene Wojciechowski. Story

A more relaxed Sergio Garcia pushed Rory McIlroy in the final round of the Open Championship, showing that his long-sought major may still be ahead, Bob Harig writes. Story

Farrell Evans hands out grades for Rory McIlroy, Tiger Woods and others in Round 4 of the Open Championship. Story

On the claret jug, his name is etched in silver below Phil Mickelson.

In the record book, he is listed behind Jack Nicklaus and Tiger Woods as the youngest to get three legs of the career Grand Slam.

And over four days at Royal Liverpool, he had no equal.

He had to work a little harder than he wanted for this one.

In another major lacking tension over the final hour, what brought The Open to life was the potential of its champion.

McIlroy Majorly Impressive

If you have three legs of the career Grand Slam in your pocket before your 27th birthday, history says the Grand Slam will eventually be yours.

Players To Reach 3rd Leg of Career
Grand Slam Before 27th Birthday

	Age	Grand Slam?	Career Majors
Jack Nicklaus	23	Yes	18
Tiger Woods	24	Yes	14
Rory McIlroy	25	?	3
Gary Player	26	Yes	9

Youngest To Win 3rd Major
In Masters Era (Since 1934)

	Age	3rd Major
Jack Nicklaus	23	1963 PGA Championship
Tiger Woods	24	2000 U.S. Open
Rory McIlroy	25	2014 Open Championship
Seve Ballesteros	26	1983 Masters
Gary Player	26	1962 PGA Championship
Peter Thomson	26	1956 Open Championship
--ESPN Stats & Information

Boy Wonder is back. Or maybe he's just getting started again.

This could have been another romp except for a shaky stretch early for McIlroy, and solid efforts from Garcia and Fowler.

"I think that we gave it a good effort," Garcia said. "And there was someone a little bit better."

[+] Enlarge

Andrew Redington/Getty ImagesRory McIlroy shares a hug with his mother Rosie after winning the Open Championship.

"He played awesome," Fowler said. "And it was just kind of fun to throw a few shots at him coming. To see him win was pretty cool."

It was the first time two straight majors were won wire to wire. Martin Kaymer did it last month at Pinehurst No. 2, taking the U.S. Open by eight shots.

The kid made good on the best with a brand of golf that had him marked early as golf's next great player.

Open Championship Leaderboard

1. McIlroy (-17)
T-2. Garcia (-15)
T-2. Fowler (-15)
4. Furyk (-13)
T-5. Leishman (-12)
T-5. Scott (-12)

• Complete scores

Since then, the road has been bumpier than some of the dunes at Hoylake.

His path to victory in The Open was much smoother.

SportsNation: More majors for McIlroy?

SportsNation Will Rory McIlroy challenge Jack Nicklaus or Tiger Woods? Who is the best golfer in the world right now? Vote! »

Garcia blinked when he could least afford it, leaving a shot in the bunker at No. 15 as McIlroy watched from the tee.

Saturday, 19 July 2014

Peaceful rally, march for Eric Garner finishes up outside 120th Precinct ... - SILive.com

Live updates from Saturday's rally for Eric Garner:

4:30 p.m. - Rally concludes without incident at the 120th Precinct stationhouse. Eric Garner's mother, Gwen Carr, and daughter, Emerald Garner thanked marchers for their support.

"This shows just how much Eric was loved," Ms. Carr said.

3:49 p.m. - Marchers chant, "I can't breathe," in front of 120th Precinct, echoing the last words of Eric Garner.

3:31 p.m. - March for Eric Garner makes a stop at scene where died in Tompkinsville. It's now continuing on to 120th Precinct.

3:20 p.m. - Rev. Al Sharpton is leading the march with Garner's family members.

Chants include: "120's gotta go," and "NYPD, no more killing."

3:12 p.m. - The march to the 120th police precinct in St. George has begun. At least two hundred people are marching.

Crowd are chanting, "No justice, no peace," as they march down Jersey Street.

3:06 p.m. - Garner's widow, Esaw, thanks community for the support they've shown her husband

She said Eric was looking forward to bringing his son to start his first year of college in the fall.

"He didn't have a violent bone in his body," she said.

2:57 p.m. - Sharpton invokes sports broadcaster Warner Wolf while speaking of Garner video.

"We don't have to argue, just go to the tape...We've been to the tape. And the tape speaks for itself."

He insists this isn't a "drive-by fall" and that "we will be here until what we see in that tape is clear in the halls of justice."

2:54 p.m. - Rev. Al Sharpton now speaking, says "From what I saw in the video, they (cops) disrespected his (Garner's) humanity."

2:42 p.m. - Tish James says situation will "test our mettle as a city." The public advocate said she is seeking answers as to why a banned practice was used so reflexively by a veteran police officer.

Of Garner, she said, "Maybe a man who was so beloved in life can teach us a lesson in death."

2:38 p.m. - Councilwoman Debi Rose asks that officers involved in Garner's attempted arrest be suspended without pay, pending a thorough and transparent investigation.

2:35 p.m. - Public advocate Letitia James and Comptroller Scott Stringer are in attendance at Saturday's rally.

2:27 p.m. - Borough president James Oddo was unable to attend Saturday's rally, but his office has offered a statement.

2:23 p.m. - City councilwoman Debi Rose, who represents the district where Eric Garner lived and died, has arrived at Mt. Sinai. Says she is "deeply saddened and troubled," by the circumstances of Garner's death.

"No one deserves to die or be killed with regards to what happened," she said. "Someone who could have been given a ticket is now dead."

2:14 p.m. - Around 100 people have packed into the Mount Sinai Center for Community Enrichment in New Brighton. Attendees are currently waiting for Rev. Al Sharpton and the Garner family to arrive.

STATEN ISLAND, N.Y. – Large crowds are expected at the New Brighton rally and march for Eric Garner, the 43-year-old Staten Islander who died following an incident with police Thursday in Tompkinsville.

Rev. Al Sharpton, along with Eric Garner's family members, will be rallying Saturday at Mount Sinai Center for Community Enrichment, located at 382 Jersey St. in New Brighton, at 2 p.m. Community leaders, activists and local politicians are expected to attend.

Following the rally, residents will be marching to the 120th Precinct in St. George.

This rally and march follows Sharpton's public address, held earlier this morning at his National Action Network headquarters in Harlem.

"What defines you is whether or not you come to Staten Island to help a grieving widow," Rev. Sharpton said earlier, while addressing the Harlem crowd.

Garner, of Port Richmond, died Thursday shortly after police attempted to arrest him on suspicion of selling untaxed cigarettes. Police said Garner died of a heart attack while in police custody, but video of the incident shows an officer putting him in a chokehold and taking him to the ground. A medical examiner's autopsy will determine the official cause of death.

Updates from Mount Sinai Center to come.

Johnny Winter, 1944-2014 - The Guardian

'Authentic': Johnny Winter circa 1970. Photograph: Michael Ochs Archives

Through the rain of summer in Somerset came a sound the likes of which I had never heard before, from a long-haired albino with a limp and squint, and his guitar: "Two, three, fah," he had mumbled, before unleashing a vortex of electric blues. This was Johnny Winter's first gig in the UK, the 1970 Bath festival, and I was mindful to catch his second, at the Albert Hall, supporting Santana.

These were the days when the blues were an infinite adventure – I had seen the masters play: Son House, Bukka White. The discourse was why these Delta legends could get gigs in England, worshipped by John Mayall and Eric Clapton, while back home they barely played beyond the shotgun shacks of Mississippi. There were, however, three disciple exceptions to this British reinvention of the blues: Elvin Bishop, Michael Bloomfield – and Johnny Winter.

There was nonsense about who was "the best" of the white bluesmen; it was a question of whose records one played most, whose bootlegs one amassed, who one saw at every half-opportunity – in my case, that was Johnny Winter.

Much was written about Johnny playing "heavy blues", but this derided his genius. What enthralled me at Bath were the constant key shifts and phrasing that stopped the heart, whether at amphetamine velocity or a searing dirge.

He insisted on playing authentic raw blues – and put whisky and drugs before fame and fortune, costing him the superstardom that took Clapton and others towards muzak and Surrey. Instead, Johnny toured and played relentlessly to those who really knew their stuff; until last week, I would drool enviously over the dates: small venues across America and Europe, night after night, months on end (Britain didn't seem to get it, therefore didn't much get much of him).

Film-maker Jon Brewer describes an interview with Johnny for his masterly film about BB King: "When we arrived with the crew, he was there in Texas, in a pair of underpants, chaos in the house. His wife insisted: 'Johnny, you must change for the film.' He disappeared reluctantly and came back in a pair of trackies."

I heard from BB himself how Johnny had been among the first group of four white people who came to hear him play – in Chicago. BB was worried they were from the IRS, come to check up on his tax affairs (anyone looking less less like a US government agent than Johnny Winter it is hard to imagine). "One of them was very white and asked to sit in," recalled the master. "I thought, OK, let's see who this kid is. So I played real difficult, changing keys, tempi – but he kept up; he was pretty good." Johnny Winter was the black bluesman's white bluesman – as great a producer of Muddy Waters as he was a musician himself.

I caught him in Tucson a couple of years ago, and more recently his last two gigs in England: at Frome's Cheese and Grain – a few miles from the muddy field of 1970 – and Shepherd's Bush Empire. He stared, apparently unseeing, from beneath the brim of his cowboy hat into the middle distance, stone-still but for the ferment in his fingers and tattooed, pencil-thin forearms.

I submitted a review of the latter, dumbstruck by the increased intensity of Johnny's performance – but also by the encore: not the usual Highway 61 Revisited or It's All Over Now, but Elmore James's Dust My Broom and its now poignant line: "I believe my time ain't long." I've felt a chill ever since, waiting for last week's news and listening as I do – now, for ever more on LP only – to Johnny Winter's cyclone in blue.

MH17 crash: Passengers on Malaysia Airlines plane in Ukraine - BBC News

19 July 2014 Last updated at 12:13 ET

A prominent Aids researcher, a young family on a journey back to Indonesia and tourists looking forward to holidays in the sun were among the 298 people who perished when MH17 crashed in eastern Ukraine. There were thought to be 80 children on board.

Here are some of their stories.

Nick Norris was returning from a family holiday with his three grandchildren, 12-year-old Mo, 10-year-old Evie and eight-year-old Otis.

The businessman was accompanying the children to the Australian city of Perth, where they were due to resume school. The children's parents, Rin Norris and Anthony Maslin, were not travelling with them.

Mr Norris's son, Brack, told ABC News that the children were "intelligent kids" who "loved doing their sports, like surfing and that kind of thing".

Mr Norris had been a member of the South of Perth Yacht Club. A fellow member of the club, interviewed by Fairfax Radio, described him as "just a lovely bloke" who was "always happy to have a chat".

Fatima Dyczynski, a 24-year-old aerospace engineer, was travelling to the Australian city of Perth to begin an internship with IBM.

The German citizen was due to join her parents, who have been living in the city for seven years, the Perth Now news website reports.

Ms Dyczynski was the founder of Xoterra Space, a high-tech start-up based in The Netherlands. The firm's website described her as "brightly outspoken, ambitious and incredibly motivated".

Newcastle United fans John Alder and Liam Sweeney were travelling to see their team play in New Zealand.

Liam Sweeney's father, Barry, described his son as a "tremendous bloke". He said: "Football was his life, it was all he talked about."

Newcastle United said Mr Alder had been a lifelong supporter and a familiar sight in the stands for almost half a century.

The club's managing director, Lee Charnley, and its manager, Alan Pardew, have spoken of their shock and paid tribute to the supporters' dedication.

Cor Pan joked on Facebook about his plane disappearing shortly before it took off.

The Dutch man was off on holiday with his girlfriend Neeljte Tol when he put up a picture of his plane on Facebook - a moment of black humour - with the caption:

"If my flight to Malaysia disappears, this is what it looks like"

His friends responded by wishing him happy holidays but as news broke of the plane crash their communications on his Facebook page betrayed increasing concern which turned to immense sadness.

Yuli Hastini and John Paulisen and their two young children were on their way to pay their respects at Yuli's mother's grave

Ms Hastini, 44, her Dutch husband, John Paulisen, 47, and their two children: a little boy, Arjuna, 5 and a girl, Sri, 3 would visit her family in her hometown of Solo in Central Java every two years during the Eid holiday.

Her brother-in-law told BBC Indonesian that she worked for a pharmaceutical company in the Netherlands.

But she had been heartbroken that she could not attend her mother's funeral late last year so during this trip the entire family was planning to visit her mother's grave.

Australian teacher Francesca Davison and her husband Liam were returning home from a holiday in Europe

Known as Frankie, the 54-year-old teacher is described by the head of the college she taught at as "an inspiration to all who came in contact with her".

She taught literature and humanities at Toorak College in Victoria and is described as a "dear friend; warm generous and kind".

A Malaysia Airlines steward swapped shifts to fly on the ill-fated jet that crashed in rebel-held territory in Ukraine on Thursday

It was an extraordinary twist of fate, as his wife, also a flight attendant, had switched from Malaysian jet MH370 which vanished en route from Kuala Lumpur to Beijing on 8 March with 239 passengers on board, according to a report in The Malaysian Insider.

Sanjid Singh lived with his wife and their seven-year-old son in Kuala Lumpur.

"He was last here [in Penang] about a month ago. He told us recently that he swapped with a colleague for the return Amsterdam-Kuala Lumpur flight," his father Jijar Singh told the newspaper.

Mr Singh said his son had been expected to visit them after his return from Amsterdam.

"His mother had prepared all his favourite dishes," he said.

Steward swapped to fly on crash jet

Joep Lange was among the most eminent of at least six researchers and activists travelling to a conference

The 20th International Aids Society conference was set to kick off in Melbourne, Australia.

Aboard MH17 were at least six passengers making their way there. Among them was Joep Lange, one of the previous presidents of IAS, described as one of the most brilliant minds in research.

The IAS put a statement out saying that if reports that such numbers were on board were true "this is truly a sad day" and if Joep Lange's death was confirmed "the movement has truly lost a giant".

On Twitter, several colleagues paid tribute to Mr Lange.

Dr Seema Yasmin recalled a friend who was devoted to his five daughters and tweeted that: "People like Joep change the course of epidemics."

Dr Jeremy Farrar, director of medical research charity the Wellcome Trust said: "Joep was a great clinical scientist, and a great friend of the Wellcome Trust."

Mr Lange's partner Jacqueline van Tongeren was also on board with him.

Aids researchers on crashed plane

Glenn Thomas, a former journalist and WHO media relations coordinator, was travelling to the Aids conference

He was a media officer for the World Health Organisation in Geneva. Originally from the UK, the 49-year old was one of nine Britons who died in the crash.

He was also a former BBC journalist. Colleagues and friends have paid tribute to Mr Thomas on Twitter describing their horror and devastation.

Peter Horrocks, the director of the BBC's World Service Group, said in an email to staff that he had been known as a "calm, kind and thoroughly professional individual - he will be missed. Our thoughts are with his friends and family at this terrible time".

WHO confirms Glenn Thomas killed on MH17

Flight Attendant Nur Shazana Mohd Salleh was a happy person who had a feeling this month was special

The family of the 31-year-old flight attendant told local media that she died doing the job she loved.

"She went through so many interviews to finally land this job," her father is reported as saying, adding she had been with the airline for the last nine years.

He said she was single but hoping to get married soon and that she thought this month was special somehow.

Her uncle described her, the eldest of four children, as a happy character.

Ninik Yuriani, an Indonesian woman living in Eindhoven, was on her way to celebrate Eid al-Fitr

The 56-year-old, who usually returned to Indonesia three times a year, was heading back to her home town in Central Java.

There she was planning to celebrate the end of Ramadan with her extended family, including her 86-year-old mother.

Colleagues at a restaurant in Eindhoven where she had worked posted a tribute to her online: "Ninik we will miss you, your bright smile and your warm heart. You were an angel on earth, who is now in heaven."

Briton Robert Ayley, 28, a father-of-two, was returning home to New Zealand following a month-long working trip to Europe

The dog breeder's relatives said they were "desperately sad" to confirm he was on the plane, adding: "Rob was our everything.

"We adored him and there was no-one else like him. He touched so many hearts and lives. We are grateful to forever have him in our hearts."

His family also released an image of Mr Ayley with his wife Sharlene, saying the pair were "soulmates".

"Rob will live forever in his family," they said.

Jane Adi Soetjipto, an Indonesian woman who had been visiting family in the Netherlands

Born in Semarang, Indonesia, in 1940, Jane Adi Soetjipto made annual visits to the Netherlands to see her mother and siblings who lived there.

Among others killed was Willem Witteveen, a Dutch senator. The politician was on the flight with his wife and daughter.

Another was identified only as "Supartini", a 39-year-old Indonesian woman who had been a domestic worker in The Hague for several years.

British passengers also believed to have died in the tragedy include:

John Allen, a partner at law firm NautaDutilh. His wife Sandra and sons Christopher, Julian and Ian were also on board the flight
Ben Pocock, a student at Loughborough University, who had been heading to Australia
Richard Mayne, a student at Leeds University, originally from Leicestershire
Cameron Dalziel, who was born in Zimbabwe, but was travelling on a British passport
Andrew Hoare

Confirmed death toll so far

Netherlands: 193 (including one dual Netherlands/US citizen)
Malaysia: 43 (including 15 crew)
Australia: 27
Indonesia: 12
UK: 10 (including one dual UK/ South Africa citizen)
Germany: 4
Belgium: 4
Philippines: 3
Canada: 1
New Zealand: 1

Total: 298

British Open 2014: Rory McIlroy Extends Lead to Six Shots Entering Final Round - New York Times

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'Authentic': Johnny Winter circa 1970. Photograph: Michael Ochs Archives

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Two Israeli soldiers die in Gaza clash; Palestinian toll tops 300 - Reuters

By Nidal al-Mughrabi and Crispian Balmer

GAZA/JERUSALEM Sat Jul 19, 2014 7:43pm EDT

1 of 12. An Israeli convoy manoeuvres on a field outside central Gaza Strip July 19, 2014.

Credit: Reuters/Amir Cohen

GAZA/JERUSALEM (Reuters) - Two Israeli soldiers were killed in a cross-border attack by Hamas militants on Saturday, the army said, as the Palestinian death toll from the conflict rose above 300 with no diplomatic solution in sight.

The Israeli military said four other soldiers were wounded in the raid by fighters who reached Israel through a concealed tunnel. One Hamas gunman was killed, while the rest of the group managed to escape back into the Gaza Strip, the military added.

Israel sent ground forces into Hamas-controlled Gaza on Thursday after 10 days of air and naval barrages failed to stop rocket fire from the Palestinian territory.

It has vowed to destroy a network of tunnels out of Gaza and hunt down the militants' stockpiles of missiles.

The land incursion has so far failed to subdue Hamas and its allies, who fired more than 90 rockets into Israel on Saturday, the Israeli army said. One killed a man and wounded two children in a southern Bedouin Arab village in Israel, police said.

Gaza officials said at least 336 Palestinians, including 70 children, have been killed in the 12-day conflict - about 100 in the last 48 hours alone. On Israel's side, three soldiers and two civilians have died.

Israel said the Palestinian gunmen who ambushed and killed its troops were disguised as Israeli soldiers. In a separate incident, Israel said it shot and killed another gunman who opened fire at them after emerging from a tunnel shaft.

Diplomatic efforts to secure a ceasefire involving, amongst others, Egypt, Qatar, France and the United Nations, have failed to make headway. Hamas rejected an attempt by Cairo last week to end the fighting.

The sound of explosions rocked Gaza through the day, while sirens repeatedly sounded in towns and cities in southern and central Israel, warning of approaching missiles.

Eight members of a Palestinian family, including a six-month old baby and two children aged three and 13, died overnight when an Israeli shell hit their house in Beit Hanoun, in northeastern Gaza, officials said.

"Oh, God. Oh, God," a shocked relative said, repeatedly knocking his head against a wall.

Hostilities between the two sides escalated following the killing last month of three Jewish students that Israel blames on Hamas. Hamas neither confirmed nor denied involvement. The apparent revenge murder of a Palestinian youth in Jerusalem, for which Israel has charged three Jews, further fueled tensions.

BULLDOZERS, TUNNELS

Israeli bulldozers and engineers worked along a mile-wide strip of Gaza's eastern frontier, uncovering 13 tunnels, at least one of them 30 meters (90 feet) deep, military spokesman Lieutenant-Colonel Peter Lerner said.

About 95 rocket launchers were also found and destroyed in the sweep, he added.

Searches were continuing on what he described as an open-ended mission that had "severely impeded Hamas capabilities".

Explosives piled onto a donkey blew up in southern Gaza after Israeli troops opened fire, suspecting the animal had been booby-trapped, the Israeli military said.

Israel says more than 1,500 rockets have been fired out of Gaza during this month's fighting, and between 3,000-4,000 others destroyed in military strikes - together almost half of the militants' original estimated arsenal.

Hamas says it is continuously replenishing its stock of weapons and is ready for a prolonged conflict.

The Israeli death toll has been kept low due to the rockets' relative inaccuracy, a network of air raid sirens and shelters and the Iron Dome rocket interceptor's 90 percent success rate.

The Israeli military urged Palestinians to flee an ever-growing area of Gaza ahead of further military action in the Mediterranean enclave. Locals say about half of the territory's 1.8-million population have been told to move.

With both the Israeli and Egyptian borders sealed off, Gazans say they have few places to escape to.

The largest United Nations agency in Gaza, UNRWA, said about 61,500 people had sought refugee in its buildings, mainly schools - more than in any previous conflict there between Israel and Islamist militants.

"My family and I left the house with nothing but the clothes we were wearing at two in the morning," said Kareem Ramadan, 45, an unemployed father of three, resting in an UNWRA school in northern Gaza.

"Maybe we'll go back and see the house destroyed, but at least we're alive."

NO CEASEFIRE

U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon plans to travel to the region this weekend as part of a growing international efforts to end hostilities.

France's foreign minister Laurent Fabius, who flew to Israel after meetings in Egypt and Jordan, said efforts to secure a ceasefire so far had failed.

"On the contrary, there's a risk of more civilian casualties that worries us," Fabius said, after talks with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu in Tel Aviv.

Egypt said on Saturday it had no plans to revise the ceasefire proposal, which Hamas has already rejected.

"There will be no truce without an end to the war that the Occupation (Israel) began, a lifting of the blockade and a halt to all violations and killings in Gaza and the West Bank," Hamas spokesman Sami Abu Zuhri said in Gaza.

Pro-Palestinian protesters took to the streets of numerous European cities, including London and Paris, to demand an immediate end to the conflict. Hundreds of protesters for and against the offensive also faced off in two Israeli cities.

(Writing by Crispian Balmer and Dan Williams; Additional reporting by Noah Browning in Gaza, John Irish in Amman and Tel Aviv, and Allyn Fisher in Jerusalem; Editing by Andrew Heavens)

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Destiny beta brings two new maps for a two-hour event running today only - Polygon

A special event in the Destiny beta will be held today (Saturday, July 19) from 5 to 7 p.m. ET, Bungie announced in its weekly update. The event is called the "Iron Banner" and it includes two additional maps and a new gameplay type.

Iron Banner debuts Mars with the Blind Watch map, and returns Rusted Lands, a fan favorite from the alpha, to service. "Iron Banner is the only way to see these maps in the beta," said Bungie's Lars Bakken.

Additionally, Bungie confirmed that one's Guardian character is playable across both the current generation (PlayStation 4 or Xbox One) and past generation (PlayStation 3 or Xbox 360), within the same system.

Bungie's David Shaw said this was planned all along. "Our service is built with flexibility in mind," he said. "As a player of Destiny, you have a Bungie account that's bound to your PSN ID or your Xbox LIVE Gamertag, instead of a specific generation of device." That's only for character availability; cross-platform play of any type isn't supported.

Destiny's beta opened on Thursday on PS3 and PS4. It will begin Wednesday on Xbox 360 and Xbox One. Both betas will run until July 28. For more, see footage from Polygon's livestream of the beta on its first day.

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By JOHN HEILPRIN, Associated Press 6:48 a.m. CDT July 18, 2014

In this 2009 file photo, Johnny Winter plays during the Canton Blues Festival 2009 in downtown Canton, Ohio. Texas blues icon Johnny Winter, who rose to fame in the late 1960s and '70s with his energetic performances and recordings that included producing his childhood hero Muddy Waters, died in Zurich, Switzerland on Wednesday. He was 70.(Photo: Bob Rossiter AP)

GENEVA — Texas blues legend Johnny Winter emblazoned himself into the world's consciousness with his tattooed arms churning out lightning-fast guitar riffs and his striking long white hair flowing from under his cowboy hat.

His contrasting appearance and devotion to the blues pioneers of the 20th century turbo-charged a career in which he emulated and, ultimately, championed, his childhood hero Muddy Waters and other icons. Winters carved out a wide niche — and became an icon himself — starting in the late 1960s and 1970s with a sound that blues and country singer Tracy Nelson, prominent during the same era with her band Mother Earth, described as "Texas second generation."

"He did not overplay, like a lot of white blues guitarists," she said of Winter, who collaborated with the likes of Waters, John Lee Hooker and Jimi Hendrix. "His tone was a little more modern, more electric, but I could see the influences. He stayed faithful. People idolized him."

Winter's representative, Carla Parisi, confirmed Thursday that he died in a hotel room just outside Zurich a day earlier at age 70. The statement said his wife, family and bandmates were all saddened by the loss of one of the world's finest guitarists.

The cause of death was unclear and authorities have ordered an autopsy, said Zurich police spokeswoman Cornelia Schuoler. She said investigators are mainly looking at "medical causes" and there is no indication that anyone else was involved.

Winter was a leading light among the white blues guitar players, including Eric Clapton and the late Stevie Ray Vaughan, who followed in the footsteps of the earlier Chicago blues masters. He idolized Waters — and got a chance to produce some of the blues legend's more popular albums. Rolling Stone magazine named Winter one of the top 100 guitarists of all time.

Music writer Fred Schruers said Winter played a major role in introducing the blues to a new audience.

"The real legacy of Johnny Winter is that he brought the blues to an audience in tie-dye that might otherwise have neglected the entire genre — and his timely work producing Muddy Waters only deepened that contribution," said Schruers, author of an upcoming biography of Billy Joel.

Winter had been on an extensive tour this year to celebrate his 70th birthday. His last performance was on Saturday at the Lovely Days Festival in Wiesen, Austria.

He had recently announced that he would follow up his 2011 album "Roots" with a new studio album, "Step Back," in September featuring collaborators such as Eric Clapton, Ben Harper, Joe Perry, Dr. John and Joe Bonnamassa.

John Dawson Winter III was born on Feb. 23, 1944 and raised in Beaumont, Texas. He was the older brother of Edgar Winter, who like him was an albino, and rose to musical fame with the Edgar Winter Group.

"Made my first record when I was 15, started playing clubs when I was 15. Started drinking and smoking when I was 15. Sex when I was 15. Fifteen was a big year for me," Winter recalled with a laugh in a documentary released this year, "Johnny Winter: Down & Dirty."

"I love playing guitar. It's the only thing I've ever really been great at," he said.

His career received a big boost early on when Rolling Stone singled him out as one of the best blues guitarists on the Texas scene. This helped secure a substantial recording contract from Columbia Records in 1969 that led to an appearance at the Woodstock Festival and gave him a wide following among college students and young blues fans.

He was one of the most popular live acts of the early 1970s, when his signature fast blues guitar solos attracted a wide following. Crowds were dazzled by the speed — and volume — of his guitar playing, which had its roots in urban blues but incorporated elements of rock 'n'roll. But his addiction problems with heroin during that decade and later battles with alcohol and prescription medication also drew attention.

Winter performed often with blues and rock singer Janis Joplin and the two became close during the 1960s.

Among the blues classics that Winter played during that era were "Rollin' and Tumblin'," ''Bad Luck and Trouble" and "Good Morning, Little Schoolgirl." He also teamed up with his brother Edgar for their 1976 live album "Together."

He was inducted into the Blues Foundation Hall of Fame in 1988, and his devotion to the music never wavered.

"To me, the blues has more emotion in it than any other music I've ever heard," Winter told Guitar World. "You can tell that the people that sing and play the blues mean what they are saying."

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Music writer Fred Schruers said Winter played a major role in introducing the blues to a new audience.

Winter had been on an extensive tour this year to celebrate his 70th birthday. His last performance was on Saturday at the Lovely Days Festival in Wiesen, Austria.

"I love playing guitar. It's the only thing I've ever really been great at," he said.

Winter performed often with blues and rock singer Janis Joplin and the two became close during the 1960s.

He was inducted into the Blues Foundation Hall of Fame in 1988, and his devotion to the music never wavered.

"To me, the blues has more emotion in it than any other music I've ever heard," Winter told Guitar World. "You can tell that the people that sing and play the blues mean what they are saying."

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Timeline: Nelson Mandela

Key dates in the former South African president's life.

1917

1925

1933

1941

1949

1957

1965

1973

1981

1989

1997

2005

2013

July 18, 1918

Born

Nelson Rolihlahla Mandela is born in the Umtata district of Transkei, the son of a tribal chief.
Pictured: A statue of the former South African president overlooks Bloemfontein, South Africa.
(Themba Hadebe, AP)
1942

Education

Mandela receives his law degree from the University of the Witwatersrand, located in Johannesburg, South Africa.
1944

ANC Youth League

Helps form the ANC Youth League with Oliver Tambo and Walter Sisulu. Marries Evelyn Mase, Sisulu's cousin.
Pictured: ANC Youth Leaders, Mandela, center, Walter Sisulu, left, and Harrison Motlana, are pictured during a 1952 trial.
(AP file photo)
1948

Apartheid

The National Party comes to power in South Africa and implements a policy of apartheid -- an Afrikaans word meaning "apartness."
1952

Defiance campaign

Leads the Defiance Campaign, encouraging people to break racial separation laws. Convicted under Suppression of Communism Act, banned from attending gatherings and leaving Johannesburg. With Tambo, forms the first black law partnership in South Africa.
1956

Charged with treason

Mandela is one of 156 South Africans charged with treason for supporting the Freedom Charter, which called for a non-racial democracy and a socialist-based economy. All are acquitted in 1961.
1958

Marriage

Marries social worker Winnie Nomzamo Madikizela after divorcing Eveyln.
Pictured: A TV grab shows Winnie and Nelson Mandela on their wedding day.
(AFP photo)
1960

Deadly protests

Sixty-nine black protesters are killed by police in Sharpeville. A state of emergency is declared, and the ANC is outlawed.
Pictured: A body lies sprawled in street in Sharpeville, South Africa, on March 21, 1960.
(AP file photo)
1961

ANC guerrilla wing formed

Helps establish ANC guerrilla wing called Umkhonto we Sizwe, or "Spear of the Nation."
Pictured: Mandela walks down the street in Johannesburg in 1961.
(AP)
1962

First sentence

Charged with illegally leaving the country and incitement to strike and sentenced to five years' hard labor. Government declares Winnie Mandela a banned person and restricts her to the Soweto black township outside Johannesburg.
Pictured: African women join in a demonstration in South Africa on Aug. 16, 1962, demanding the release of Mandela.
(Dennis Lee Royle, AP)
June 12, 1964

Sentenced to life imprisonment

Mandela is one of eight people found guilty of sabotage after police seized ANC documents that outlined a planned guerrilla campaign. Mandela is sentenced to life imprisonment. He is taken to Robben Island Prison off Cape Town.
Pictured: A view of the cell where Mandela was locked up in Robben Island Prison.
(Schalk van Zuydam, AP)
June 16, 1976

Hundreds dead in protest

Police fire on a protest in Soweto against an edict requiring blacks to be taught in Afrikaans. Violence spreads across South Africa, leaving hundreds dead. The Soweto Uprising galvanizes the anti-apartheid movement around the world.
Pictured: A student carries the body of Hector Petersen, who was slain by police bullets in the riot.
(AP file photo)
1985

Offer of release

South African President P.W. Botha offers to release Mandela if he will renounce violence. In a fiery statement read by his daughter Zindzi at a rally, Mandela says the burden is on the government to dismantle apartheid and grant full political rights to blacks.
Pictured: P. W. Botha addresses a National Party Congress in 1987.
(Eric Miller, AP)
1989

De Klerk elected president

F.W. de Klerk becomes president and launches a series of reforms. He releases Sisulu and four other of Mandela's co-defendants. Leading anti-apartheid groups repudiate Winnie Mandela, accusing her of complicity in the abduction and assault of a 14-year-old black activist.
Pictured: De Klerk gathers his thoughts before giving a lecture at the Central Connecticut State University in 1997.
(Steve Miller, AP)
Feb. 2, 1990

ANC legalized

De Klerk legalizes the ANC.
Pictured: Mandela hoists the hand of Thabo Mbeki, newly elected president of the ANC in 1997.
(Walter Dhladhla, AFP)
Feb. 11, 1990

Released

Mandela is released after spending 27 years in prison.
Pictured: Mandela and his wife walk hand-in-hand with their fists raised upon Mandela's release from prison.
(AP file photo)
Aug. 6, 1990

Violence denounced

The ANC renounces violence in return for a government agreement to free political prisoners.
Pictured: A child waves an African National Congress flag at a rally in February 1990.
(Kevin Carter, AP)
1991

ANC election

Mandela is elected president of the ANC. The last major apartheid laws are repealed.
Pictured: Mandela smiles after being unanimously elected as president of the ANC.
(Trevor Samson, AFP/Getty Images)
1993

Election, Peace Prize

A draft constitution is adopted, opening the way to South Africa's first all-race election. Mandela and de Klerk receive the Nobel Peace Prize for negotiating an end to apartheid.
Pictured: Mandela and de Klerk pose with their Nobel Peace Prize medals.
(Jon Eeg, AP)
May 10, 1994

President

Mandela is inaugurated as South Africa's first black president.
Pictured: Mandela dances at a celebration concert following in inauguration.
(John Parkin, AP)
June 24, 1995

Rugby World Cup

In a well-chosen gesture of forgiveness, Mandela appears wearing South African colors at the Rugby World Cup final in Johannesburg to congratulate the victorious home team, bringing the overwhelmingly white crowd of 63,000 to its feet chanting "Nelson! Nelson! Nelson!"
Pictured: South African rugby captain Francios Pienaar, left, receives the Rugby World Cup from Mandela.
(Ross Setford, AP)
May 29, 1996

Divorce

Granted a divorce from Winnie Mandela. The couple had been separated since 1992.
Pictured: Mandela kisses his wife during a rally in Cape Town in early 1993.
(Benny Gool, AP)
July 18, 1998

Third marriage

Weds Graca Machel, the widowed former first lady of neighboring Mozambique, on his 80th birthday.
Pictured: Mandela, along with his new wife Graca Machel, waves as he leaves the Argentine Parliament in Buenos Aires on July 23, 1998.
(AFP photo)
June 16, 1999

Retirement

Retires after one term as president. Turns his attention to peacemaking in other parts of Africa and the world and to fighting AIDS.
Pictured: Mandela, left, raises the hand of newly sworn-in President Thabo Mbeki, at the inauguration ceremony in Pretoria, South Africa on June 16, 1999.
(Jean-Marc Bouju, AP)
2005

Son's death

When his son, Makgatho, dies, Mandela says publicly that the cause was AIDS -- a powerful show of openness in a country where the disease is largely kept a shameful secret.
Pictured: Mandela greets the audience at the '46664' Concert at Green Point Stadium in Cape Town in 2003. The '46664' Concert, named after Mandela's Apartheid prison number, is part of his world advocacy for action against AIDS.
(Anna Zieminski, AFP/Getty Images)
July 18, 2009

91st birthday

His 91st birthday is declared international Mandela Day, which organizers hope will become an annual event devoted to community service.
Pictured: Volunteers load apples for redistribution to programs serving hungry families as part of Mandela Day in New York in 2009.
(Don Emmert, AFP/Getty Images)
July 11, 2010

Johannesburg hosts World Cup

Mandela waved to the crowd at the Soccer City stadium at the World Cup, whose staging in South Africa allowed the country to shine internationally. It was the last public appearance for the former president.
Dec. 5, 2013

Mandela dies

Nelson Mandela died at the age of 95 after battling a recurring lung infection. In the days before his death, his daughter, Makaziwe Mandela, told SABC television news that he was still "teaching us lessons; lessons in patience, in love, lessons of tolerance."

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Mandela Day is celebrated on July 18, Nelson Mandela's birthday.(Photo: Theana Calitz, AP)

It's Nelson Mandela International Day, a day of service celebrated on July 18, Mandela's birthday.

Mandela, the former president of South Africa and Nobel Peace Prize recipient, died at 95 on Dec. 5, 2013. This is the first time the day has been celebrated since his death.

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The day was unanimously approved in 2009 by the U.N. General Assembly. It was created to honor Mandela and inspire others to carry on his efforts to "take responsibility for making the world a better place, one small step at a time," according to a statement from the Nelson Mandela Foundation Initiative.

Here's a selection of USA TODAY coverage of Mandela in the wake of his death.

Nelson Mandela, rights activist, dies Dec. 5, 2013

Mandela's full obituary includes a timeline of his life and photographs from over the years. Mandela's health had been failing for months prior to his death. "We've lost our greatest son," South African President Jacob Zuma said when announcing Mandela's death at a press conference.

Nelson Mandela, whose successful struggle against South Africa's apartheid system of racial segregation and discrimination made him a global symbol for the cause of human rights and earned him the Nobel Prize, died. He was 95.

Recalling Nelson Mandela: 'Everyone was in awe of him' Dec. 5, 2013

Several individuals reflect on meeting Mandela in person in South Africa and when he visited Detroit in 1990. "He seemed to be speaking just human being to human being," Trudy Gallant-Stokes, then a freelancer for Black Entertainment Television, said. "He was so humble in spite of all he'd accomplished."

Nelson Mandela saw sport as a way to connect S. Africans Dec. 5, 2013

Mandela's support of Francois Pienaar, the white captain of the traditionally white Springboks rugby team, helped to unite the country.

15 of Nelson Mandela's best quotes Dec. 5, 2013

Mandela once said, "Real leaders must be ready to sacrifice all for the freedom of their people." His words offered hope and inspiration to millions.

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9 lesser-known facts about Nelson Mandela Dec. 5, 2013

Even giants of history have aspects of their lives that aren't as widely known. Did you know sports were a part of Mandela's life even during his time as a political prisoner at Robben Island? There, he helped to form a very limited sports program in the isolation section. He and other prisoners became fans of the prison soccer teams that would play weekly matches in the general section of the prison.

South Africans on Mandela: 'He is the person who saved this country' Dec. 5, 2013

USA TODAY Network talked to South Africans about how this transformative figure left a lasting impression across generations.They reflect, in their own words, on their country's "greatest son."

Why Nelson Mandela is called Madiba Dec. 6, 2013

Mandela's clan name Madiba emerged in condolences around the world after his death. The clan or family name represents a person's ancestry. The meaning is deeper than a surname and is used as a sign of respect and affection.

Thousands wait, weep at Mandela's casket Dec. 11, 2013

Mandela was buried in Qunu in the Eastern Cape. The casket lay in state for three days for public viewing.

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