Saddam had warned the West that he would destroy Kuwait and its oilfields in the face of a ground assault. He was making good on his word a little early. By Sunday, about 500 wells were burning (including some 50 ignited earlier), roughly 50 percent of the nation’s total. A thick stream of soot darkened the sky over more than a third of the Kuwaiti battlefield and beyond into Saudi Arabia....

Symptoms Both blepharitis and styes can cause painful swelling or inflammation of your eyelid. While these two conditions share some symptoms, there are some clear differences. While both conditions can cause redness, pain, and swelling, the key difference is that blepharitis typically develops along the entire eyelid. A stye, on the other hand, develops as a single lump or nodule on a particular oil or sweat gland along the eyelid....

In a public safety report published on Tuesday, the Pittsburgh Police Department asked for the public’s help in identifying the two men who “apparently shot paintballs at the Black Lives Matter mural Downtown.” “Video on social media shows the two men walking past the mural on the river walk approaching Point State Park and shooting multiple paintballs at the wall. The men are pictured here on the North Shore,” the report added....

A Black Lives Matter UK spokesperson told The Guardian that it welcomes anyone’s support while also saying pointedly that the queen “sits on a throne made of colonial plunder” and that “actions speak louder than words.” Sir Kenneth Olisa, the first black lord-lieutenant for London, is, according to his official website, “her Majesty’s representative in Greater London and is charged with upholding the dignity of the Crown.” During a taped appearance on a British TV station for a special airing Friday dedicated to Black talent, he was asked if the royal family stands by the Black Lives Matter movement....

College is supposed to be society’s great leveler. But the college admissions process is not on the level. And Americans are right to be cynical about the way it favors the wealthy and well-connected. When I applied to college, I didn’t have any connections, and my parents didn’t have enough money to send me. My father never made more than $6,000 a year, but I was able to get government loans with a low-interest rate (only 1....

Sheekey criticized the current Democratic model of heavy campaigning in Iowa. “We, as Democrats, spend a year living in Iowa, raising money around the country, moving people to Iowa, knocking on doors, getting to know those voters, and investing every single dollar we can raise around the country in Iowa,” he said. “The one thing the Democrat and Republican pollsters agree on is that Donald Trump is going to win Iowa....

FIFA found that Nelson Cabrera’s appearances against Peru and Chile were in breach of its laws, and as such both of these nations have been awarded automatic 3-0 victories. Is Coutinho the Premier League’s best player? Bolivia had taken four points from those two matches, having held Chile to a scoreless draw away from home on Sept. 7 five days after beating Peru 2-0. However, it emerged that Cabrera was not a Bolivia national and was therefore ineligible to play in the matches....

Both moves put Toronto firmly in the role of a deadline seller and a team that is seven games out a playoff spot with the calendar flipping to August. Bob Nightengale of USA Today was first to report a Liriano trade was close to being completed. MLB.com’s Brian McTaggart first reported the return . Fox’s Ken Rosenthal first reported the Smith trade, while Cleveland.com’s Paul Hoynes reported the players involved in the deal....

The veteran St. Louis Blues defenseman had never scored a playoff goal prior to Wednesday’s Game 2 against the Boston Bruins, but his maiden postseason marker was the difference. Gunnarsson’s overtime winner helped the Blues claim Game 2 of the 2019 Stanley Cup Final by a 3-2 scoreline. The victory evened the series at 1-1, and spared the Blues from having to climb out of a massive hole. MORE: Watch the Stanley Cup Final live with fuboTV (7-day free trial)...

It will be directed by David and Jerry Zucker and Jim Abrahams. They also handled previous tourism commercials spoofing their movie “Airplane,” with actor Robert Hays and Kareem Abdul-Jabbar. Zucker also directed a previous tourism ad with Green Bay Packers wide receiver Jordy Nelson. More details about the commercial are expected to be released Wednesday at a news conference. The commercial featuring Ryan will air in the summer of 2015....

The Serbian giants defeated FC Cologne 1-0 at home thanks to Slavoljub Srnic’s 22nd minute strike, to finish second with nine points behind Premier League side Arsenal in Group H. Prior to the last group game, Boakye’s side were tied on the same points and goals with Cologne and anything aside a win would’ve jeopardized their dreams. Although, the former Juventus striker could not find the back of the net in the final game, he has been able to score many goals so far in the competition from the preliminary round to help push Vladan Milojevic’s men through to this stage....

That shock ought to wear off soon. Long a bastion of punky youths in grungy duds carving and hopping down mountains on what look like scaled-down surfboards, snowboarding is beginning to warm to its feminine side. About 1.8 million Americans are now snowboarding – 20 percent of them women. And as the craze glides from underground to mainstream, many in the industry are making it easier for women to get up and riding in what has been largely a young man’s world....

Boateng admitted last month he is keen on testing himself abroad, having struggled with Manchester City in the Premier League in 2010-11, and the desire for a transfer is still present according to Rummenigge. “I don’t hide the fact that we have a financial threshold, but it won’t be low for sure. But I know that Jerome is thinking about leaving,” the Bayern chairman told Sport Bild. Boateng is preparing for the World Cup in Russia, where Germany’s campaign begins on Sunday against Mexico, and insisted his focus is solely on the international tournament....

Despite earning a reported $160 million from his fight last May against Floyd Mayweather, plus another $20 from his most recent outing against Bradley, Pacquiao will probably someday need the money a return to the ring would provide, Arum believes. But it’s his generosity, not his greed, that will deplete his bank account. MORE: Nike drops Pacquiao | May-Pac fight photos “He doesn’t have money problems now, but of course he’s going to have money problems if he’s going to be building hospitals out of his own pocket instead of letting the [Philippines] government build the hospitals,” Arum told ESPN....

A new lawsuit filed in the Manhattan Supreme Court alleges that Dylan, “befriended and established an emotional connection with” a woman who was only identified in the suit as J.C. in order to “lower [J.C.’s] inhibitions with the object of sexually abusing her, which he did, coupled with the provision of drugs, alcohol and threats of physical violence.” According to the suit, the alleged sexual misconduct occurred “between April and May of 1965....

So what we’re talking about, at minimum, is an event guaranteed to return well more than $11 billion to the NCAA and its member institutions over the next decade. That’s for 67 college basketball games per year, three weeks of action. SN EXCLUSIVE: One-on-one with Coach K as he prepares for final season And someone wants to fix that? Someone thinks they can improve upon near perfection? Someone wants to replace the certainty of that income with speculation?...

Put simply, he (or someone who hacked his account) liked a smut website on his Twitter. MORE: Disgraced athletes: Where they went wrong Repeat: Petrino’s Twitter account liked a smut site. His official Twitter account. Sporting News’ Lisa Horne originally found and screen-grabbed the image. She has since been blocked by the account. NOTE: NSFW material ahead UPDATE: Petrino has issued comment about the situation to Sporting News, via school spokesman Rocco Gasparro....