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With the calendar flipping to September, fantasy baseball owners are flocking to their waiver wire in search of prospects who could not only help them over the final month of the season, but may have some future value in 2020 as well. Who wouldn’t want to add a talent like Jo Adell or Forrest Whitley to their roster? Unfortunately, it doesn’t always work that way, as many clubs will leave their top prospects where they are if their affiliates are in the minor league playoffs, which are going on right now. Teams also tend to hold back their more high-profile talent in order to send them to the ultra-competitive Arizona Fall League and play against the rest of the top youngsters. The refusal to promote isn’t a punishment. It is what the club feels is best for their developing talent. But where does that leave the fantasy community? Of the top 40 prospects in baseball, nearly half have already been committed to either staying put or headed to the Arizona Fall League, and that number is...

Dear John: Corporations no longer have to hire an attorney in small claims court. Any officer of the corporation can represent them. I doubt if the officers of large corporations would bother. They would use an attorney, but they do not have to. Love your column. S.A. Dear S.A.: Thanks for the update. I haven’t been to small claims court in awhile but I miss the place. Hopefully I’ll have an excuse to go back soon. I’ll let you know when so you can join me. Credit: Source link The post Corporations have different rules in small claims court appeared first on Fox USA Live . from Fox USA Live https://ift.tt/2A1iBo0

Dear John: While driving on the Belt Parkway in Queens, my rear left fender was struck by a woman who never stopped. My wife, a passenger, called 911 and reported the accident. We gave them the make, model and the license plate number of the car that hit me. We followed the driver for six miles and called 911 again. The operator advised me to stop following her, exit the parkway and wait for the patrol officer she was sending and report the accident. When the officer appeared, he said that even though my fender showed that I had been struck, he couldn’t do anything as we had left the scene of the accident. He said the other driver could deny everything. He reluctantly gave me an accident form to fill out and report to my insurance company. Was I properly advised by the 911 operator and the police officer? Why should I have to go through my insurance company? Joe Dear Joe: Following a driver who doesn’t want to be caught creates a dangerous situation. You might crash. She might ...

Paul’s pick: Maybe Ezekiel Elliott is so rusty he fumbles a couple of times and some alert defender picks the ball off the turf and runs it in for a couple of touchdowns. Maybe Saquon Barkley is so special he cannot be contained and all Eli Manning has to do is make a few plays here and there. As openers go, this is a tough one. Score prediction: Cowboys 31, Giants 17 Marquee matchup: Cowboys DE DeMarcus Lawrence vs. Giants RT Mike Remmers When it was reported the Giants were sticking with Eli Manning this season, Lawrence posted a hands-together emoji on Twitter, signifying he was praying this was true. Lawrence takes delight in trolling Manning. On Manning taking sacks, Lawrence once said, “Sometimes it’s smart football and sometimes I feel like it’s fear. Take it how you want.” In eight games against the Giants, Lawrence has three sacks and eight quarterback hits on Manning. Lawrence, coming off shoulder surgery, has 25 sacks the past two seasons. Remmers was signed for assign...

One of the hardest things to understand about the current economy is that we are in a good, solid place — but not a perfect one. Last week’s jobs report was a touch light on the number of jobs added, but average hourly earnings were up nicely — and, besides, August tends to be a bit of a squirrely month anyway. This economy can best be summed up by a classic childhood fairy tale: “Goldilocks and the Three Bears.” The growth is exactly the way Goldilocks prefers her porridge: not too hot, not too cold, but “just right.” While the nonfarm payroll growth number of 130,000 was disappointing on Friday, ADP’s private payroll growth came in way over expectations — at 195,000. The labor force participation rate is hovering around multiyear highs, and average hourly earnings came in higher than expected — all against the resilient backdrop of a 3.7% unemployment rate. That equals a solid, stable economy. We are not in a recession. Nor are we in a boom. No longer are we adding 200,000 job...

Drug-maker Purdue Pharma is expected to file for bankruptcy protection now that settlement talks over its role in the nation’s opioid crisis have hit a brick wall, two state attorneys general said Saturday. Purdue and owners the Sackler family have offered to settle some 2,000 lawsuits against the company for a reported $10–$12 billion — but discussions on how to dole out the dough have stalled, with the Sacklers rejecting two proposals and refusing to offer any additional solutions, the Tennessee and North Carolina AGs said. “As a result, the negotiations are at an impasse, and we expect Purdue to file for bankruptcy protection imminently,” they wrote in a joint email to their counterparts in at least 17 other states that are also suing Purdue. Now thousands of state and local governments who have sued the drug giant for its role in the crisis that’s touched 400,000 American lives are expected to duke it out in bankruptcy court to get a piece of the company’s coffers. Purdue ...

ARLINGTON, Texas — We will know soon enough if the Giants were fooled by what their top decision-makers saw — or believe they saw — down the stretch of the 2018 season, as that impression set in motion who and what takes the field Sunday afternoon at AT&T Stadium. Eli Manning is still around because the late scoring surge convinced general manager Dave Gettleman and head coach Pat Shurmur, with the offensive line finally stabilized, the old quarterback was still able to get his team in the end zone. The Giants last season averaged 27.4 points in their final eight games, and that includes a shutout loss to the Titans. In the first eight games, the Giants averaged 18.8 points. They went 1-7 before Halloween and 4-4 afterward, though they did lose their final three games. And here we are. Manning returns for a 16th season, for the first time knowing his eventual replacement, Daniel Jones, is on the roster, secured with the No. 6-overall pick in April’s draft. “I think you can buil...

Gov. Andrew Cuomo wants to make permanent a bill requiring New York’s big infrastructure projects to use American-made steel and iron, he said Saturday. The “New York Buy American Act,” which first took effect in April 2018 and was due to expire next year, requires the “Made in America” materials on all projects worth more than $1 million. Speaking at the Labor Day Parade in Manhattan, Cuomo said he will seek to make the law permanent in January, calling it the top of his list of budget priorities, Cuomo said. The law would protect American jobs and grow New York jobs, “and it makes sure we have the best quality steel and concrete and iron going into our infrastructure projects.” The state has over $250 billion in infrastructure projects, Cuomo said. “And we want to make sure that these projects last 100 years and to do that you have to know that steel, that concrete, that iron is top quality material and you only know that if that is made right here in the good old USA.” Credit...

A convicted rapist killer who strangled a teen in 1981 and was suspected of cutting out the eyes out of an earlier victim has been arrested on a new rape charge, six years after he got out of jail. Christopher “Crazy Chris” Aniades, 62, is being held on an attempted forcible rape charge after he allegedly attacked the victim, according to the city Department of Correction. He’s being held at the Eric. M Taylor Center in Queens on first degree attempted rape, according to the city Department of Correction website. His arrest on Aug. 2 was based on a warrant issued by the state’s Division of Parole. The NYPD and the state DOC said they couldn’t provide details on Aniades’ latest offense. Aniades, who was released on Aug. 20, 2013 after spending more than 30 years in jail, became a poster boy of the violent 1980s in New York, when homicides routinely reached 2,000 a year. He was sentenced to 25-years to life for abducting, raping and killing 19-year-old Doreen Vitale on Oct. 15 198...

President Trump on Saturday revealed a previously secret plan for a Camp David summit with the Taliban and Afghan leaders — but said he called it off in the wake of Thursday’s suicide attack in Kabul. “The major Taliban leaders and, separately, the President of Afghanistan, were going to secretly meet with me at Camp David on Sunday,” he tweeted Saturday evening . “In order to build false leverage, they admitted to an attack in Kabul that killed one of our great great soldiers, and 11 other people. How many more decades are they willing to fight?” On Monday, the administration’s Afghanistan envoy said that 5,000 US troops would pull out of the war-torn country within five months under a deal reached “in principle” with the Taliban — but that the negotiations had not included the Afghan government. An American service member, a Romanian soldier and 10 civilians were killed Thursday in a car-bomb attack near the American embassy in Kabul that injured 42 passersby, Fox News reported. ...