Burma’s authorities say they began alerting their citizens immediately after the U.N. World Meteorological Organization (WMO)–alerted by a weather station in India–says it informed Burma’s Department of Meteorology and Hydrology of the cyclone. That was on April 27, five days ahead of the storm’s landfall. The WMO hasn’t been able to verify the Burmese claim, but whatever happened, alerting the 6 million people living in the isolated nation’s Irrawaddy Delta was no small task....

Gray broke the deadlock after 30 minutes at Turf Moor, making the most of some abysmal Sunderland defending and setting the tone for another dreadful day for Moyes. He wrapped up his hat-trick with two goals in just under three second-half minutes before Ashley Barnes’ 67th-minute penalty added to Sunderland’s humiliation. Jermain Defoe did restore some pride for Sunderland four minutes later, but his effort will provide little comfort for a team that lost Lamine Kone to injury 24 minutes in and saw Victor Anichebe sustain a hamstring problem....

Law enforcement responded to the bloody scene on Tuesday afternoon after receiving a call from a bus driver, according to the Albuquerque Journal. A Bernalillo County sheriff’s deputy reportedly witnessed a significant amount of blood on the front of the victim’s jacket. The person was also “bleeding severely from a laceration to the left eye socket and from a laceration from the left ear [lobe],” according to the Journal....

It seems by the time he gets to the end of the Chase for the Sprint Cup, he already has been eliminated from contention. So he has watched what other drivers do, and what other successful athletes do, in hopes of turning his strong regular-season performance into a championship effort. "You watch guys that are good at what they do and what they can achieve in their own realm of what they're doing," Busch said Tuesday at the NASCAR Hall of Fame....

To win in 1972, Nixon revved the economy. All presidents would like to do this, because all know they’ll be judged–rightly or wrongly–on the economy’s performance. Few succeed, because the economy is so big and unruly. Nixon beat the odds. Facing stubborn inflation, he embraced wage-price controls in August 1971. With inflation suppressed, easy money and a big deficit stimulated demand. Unemployment fell from 6.1 percent in August to 5....

One way to get at this question would be to explore the thinking of Condoleezza Rice. Rice is as close to Bush’s alter ego as any adviser to the president has ever been (with the possible exception of Karl Rove). She has been his personal guide and aide through his foreign-policy journeys. Her own writings before coming into office displayed a disciplined realism about the world that mirrored–and probably influenced–the president’s original views....

So consider these scenes from March 2004, described by two former top Justice officials who, like other ex-officials interviewed by NEWSWEEK, did not wish to be identified discussing sensitive internal matters. Attorney General John Ashcroft is really sick. About to give a press conference in Virginia, he is stricken with pain so severe he has to lie down on the floor. Taken to the hospital for an emergency gallbladder operation, he hallucinates under medication as he lies, near death, in intensive care....

If financial news makes you think of ticker tapes and dull men in gray suits, you obviously haven’t been tuning in lately. CNBC, which bills itself as a business-news network, has won a loyal following by obsessively covering the market–including Bartiromo’s information-filled reports. But the network owes the robustness of its bottom line–about $85 million in profits in 1996 –to non-news extras: tabloid-talk-show star Geraldo Rivera (who hosts CNBC’s most-watched program) and infomercials....

The united business front was anything but a natural alliance. Gov. Buddy Roemer had been the business candidate, and for a week after he was knocked out of the race in the Oct. 19 primary, Louisiana tycoons were in a state of funk. The choice was between Duke and former governor Edwin Edwards, whose three terms had been distinguished by repeated scandals and, perhaps worse, a devotion to organized labor....

Two and a half years after the start of the pandemic, it’s clear that hybrid and remote work are here to stay. Allowing employees to work from a location of their choice is now table stakes for companies looking to recruit and retain top talent. But facilitating this transition demands a high level of IT infrastructure, including unified end-point management of users, devices, applications, and locations, along with their necessary permissions and credentials....

“I’m not into comparisons,” Jones said when asked how the situations were different between Baylor and Tennessee (via ESPN.com). “All I can speak on is the University of Tennessee. I feel strongly as everybody in our organization that we’ve done the right things. I’m proud of the culture that we have built.” MORE: Early bowl projections | Verne Lundquist stepping away after 2016 Tennessee, like Baylor, is facing a Title IX lawsuit....

Tennessee coach Butch Jones just gave walk-on Alex Ellis one of the best he’s probably ever gotten. Jones said he was handling out gifts to the team for participating in the TaxSlayer Bowl, he called Ellis down and handed him a paper that states his education will be paid for. That’s the gift that keeps on giving. MORE: Bowl photos | Butch Davis thinking about Miami | Chad Kelly disputes AK-47 remark...

The Potters dropped into the Championship on Saturday as they let a lead slip at home to Crystal Palace, losing 2-1 to extend their winless Premier League run to 13 matches. And while Butland was visibly distraught at the defeat, he feels too many of his team-mates - including several who were absent at the weekend - should not have been signed. Stoke spent big money on Giannelli Imbula, currently out on loan, along with Kevin Wimmer and Saido Berahino - neither of whom have featured regularly in 2018 while Jese Rodriguez has been released on compassionate leave....

The university was fined $5,000 by the Big East Conference for a court storm following the Bulldogs’ win Wednesday over No. 1 Villanova. The cash will, in fact, go to Be The Match, which works to register potential marrow donors who could, in turn, help save cancer patients. MORE: Butler sets up Andrew Smith Scholarship Fund Butler’s connection to Be The Match is highly personal. One of the charity’s partners is Project 44, which was formed in honor of late Butler center Andrew Smith....

A Hollywood happy ending? Hardly. Despite the film industry’s 21-year war on video piracy, such crimes are flourishing on U.S. soil, even more so than in theft-plagued China. Yesterday’s mom-and-pop operators are giving way to organized gangs, which siphon off $250 million a year from movie studios. Increasingly, they control vertically integrated enterprises engaged in everything from manufacturing blank tapes to distributing millions of finished counterfeits. Authorities are aggressively counterattacking, hitting the pirates as if they were the mob....

Bynum will be brought on as Roy Hibbert's backup center, which is a luxury not many teams can fathom. The move has to be a strategic ploy to keep a big body on the court when the Pacers face off with the Heat. “It will be great to back up Roy, and I’ll do whatever I can to help this team,” Bynum said. Per Ken Berger of CBSSports, Bynum will sign a $1 million deal for the remainder of the season, which is a low-risk deal for the Pacers....

Utah Athletic Director Chris Hill said the university and BYU have agreed to extend the rivalry to 2020, and both schools are having their legal teams review their contracts, The Salt Lake Tribune reported. MORE: Utah’s Under Armour unis | Felony charges against Utah CB dismissed “Neither (BYU Athletic Director Tom Holmoe) nor I like to announce things until we have signed contracts in hand, but the circumstances today, when my personal integrity was attacked, led me to believe it is important to let people in the state know our future plans,” Hill said....

Regardless of the reasoning, BYU’s ill-conceived fake punt attempt in the fourth quarter — inside its own 10-yard line — failed spectacularly. Here’s a look at the play in GIF form: MORE: Week 1 highlights, scores Poor Jonny Linehan. That’s not a good look for anyone, let alone a punter. The worst part is LSU took advantage of the terrible mistake miscue and scored to go up 27-0. Ouch.

Dexter Hill wore No. 7 as a college QB at Dixie State in Utah and Northern Iowa. MORE: SN Preseason Top 25 for 2016 Taysom Hill, who has battled injuries throughout his BYU career, was granted a medical redshirt in 2015 after suffering a foot injury in the Cougars’ opener against Nebraska. He will compete for the starting job this upcoming season with Tanner Mangum, who replaced Hill last season....