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Iraqis vote in 2 Sunni-dominated provinces
11:46 PM, 06.19.2013

An Iraqi soldier casts his vote at a polling center during early voting for security forces in the country's provincial elections in Mosul, 225 miles (360 kilometers) northwest of Baghdad, Iraq, Monday, June 17, 2013. In the western town of Fallujah, a suicide bomber set off explosives among a group of policemen, killing several and wounding more than a dozen. The policemen were waiting for buses to take them to a polling station to cast their ballots for Iraq's provincial elections. (AP Photo)BAGHDAD (AP) — Iraqi state TV says voters have begun casting ballots in two Sunni-dominated provinces amid tight security aimed at thwarting insurgent attempts to disrupt the elections.


 
Actor James Gandolfini dies in Italy at age 51
11:11 PM, 06.19.2013

FILE - This file photo released by HBO in 2007 shows James Gandolfini as Tony Soprano in a scene from one of the last episodes of the HBO dramatic series "The Sopranos." HBO and the managers for Gandolfini say the actor died Wednesday, June 19, 2013, in Italy. He was 51. (AP Photo/HBO, Craig Blankenhorn, File)LOS ANGELES (AP) — James Gandolfini's lumbering, brutish mob boss with the tortured psyche will endure as one of TV's indelible characters.


 
Blackhawks beat Bruins 6-5 in OT, tie series 2-2
11:10 PM, 06.19.2013

Chicago Blackhawks left wing Brandon Saad, center, celebrates a goal by Blackhawks center Michal Handzus, right, in front of Boston Bruins defenseman Zdeno Chara (33) during the first period in Game 4 of the NHL hockey Stanley Cup Finals, Wednesday, June 19, 2013, in Boston. (AP Photo/Elise Amendola)BOSTON (AP) — After struggling for more than 120 minutes to score even once, the Blackhawks beat Boston goalie Tuukka Rask a half-dozen times in Game 4 of the Stanley Cup finals to send the series back to Chicago tied two games apiece.


 
House votes to delay food safety rules
10:44 PM, 06.19.2013

WASHINGTON (AP) — The House voted late Wednesday to delay sweeping food safety rules that would require farmers and food companies to be more vigilant about guarding against contamination.

 
Rangers give starter a win for first time in June
10:39 PM, 06.19.2013

Texas Rangers starting pitcher Justin Grimm (51) delivers to the Oakland Athletics in the second inning of a baseball game Wednesday, June 19, 2013, in Arlington, Texas. (AP Photo/Tony Gutierrez)ARLINGTON, Texas (AP) — When Justin Grimm threw his last pitch, the Texas Rangers were trailing the AL West-leading Oakland Athletics.


 
Oregon St. knocks Indiana out of CWS with 1-0 win
10:30 PM, 06.19.2013

Indiana right fielder Casey Smith falls backward on the warning track as he catches a fly ball hit by Oregon State's Dylan Davis in the fifth inning of an NCAA College World Series elimination baseball game in Omaha, Neb., Wednesday, June 19, 2013. (AP Photo/Ted Kirk)OMAHA, Neb. (AP) — In the kind of pitchers' duel the College World Series hadn't seen in three decades, Matt Boyd was just a bit superior to Aaron Slegers.


 
Some of Tony Soprano's memorable lines
10:25 PM, 06.19.2013

FILE - This undated publicity image released by HBO shows, from left, Tony Sirico, Steven Van Zandt, James Gandolfini, Michael Imperioli and Vicint Pastore,from the HBO drama series "The Sopranos." HBO and the managers for Gandolfini say the actor died Wednesday, June 19, 2013, in Italy. He was 51. (AP Photo/HBO, Anthony Neste, file)NEW YORK (AP) — Some memorable lines spoken by the late James Gandolfini as Tony Soprano in "The Sopranos":


 
Compromise among senators eyed on border security
10:08 PM, 06.19.2013

People shout out against the Strengthen and Fortify Enforcement Act in the hall outside the House Judiciary Committee hearing on Capitol Hill in Washington, Tuesday, June 18, 2013. The committee in the Republican-led House is preparing to cast its first votes on immigration this year, on a tough enforcement-focused measure that Democrats and immigrant groups are protesting loudly. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster)WASHINGTON (AP) — After secretive talks, key senators expressed optimism Wednesday night that they were closing in on a bipartisan agreement to dramatically toughen the border security requirements in immigration legislation that also offers a path to citizenship to millions living in the country illegally.


 
Today in History
10:01 PM, 06.19.2013

Today is Thursday, June 20, the 171st day of 2013. There are 194 days left in the year. Summer arrives at 10:04 p.m. Pacific time (Friday 1:04 a.m. Eastern time).

 
Sony chief says time needed to study proposal
11:54 PM, 06.19.2013

FILE - In this May 22, 2013 file photo, Sony President and CEO Kazuo Hirai speaks during a press conference at the Sony Corp. headquarters in Tokyo. Sony Corp. needs more time to study a key proposal from a U.S. hedge fund to spin off a part of its entertainment unit as a way to propel its fledgling revival, Hirai told shareholders Thursday, June 20, 2013. (AP Photo/Itsuo Inouye, File)TOKYO (AP) — Sony Corp. needs more time to study a key proposal from a U.S. hedge fund to spin off a part of its entertainment unit as a way to propel its fledgling revival, the chief executive told shareholders Thursday.


 
Mattingly, Dodgers salvage split at Yankee Stadium
09:45 PM, 06.19.2013

Los Angeles Dodgers' Yasiel Puig (66) hits a home run during the seventh inning of the second baseball game of a doubleheader against the New York Yankees Wednesday, June 19, 2013, in New York. (AP Photo/Frank Franklin II)NEW YORK (AP) — Yasiel Puig kicked back in his chair, his well-worn uniform streaked in red clay, and calmly answered questions in Spanish. Then, suddenly, he threw his hands in the air and shouted, "Pow!"


 
AP PHOTOS: The career of James Gandolfini
09:41 PM, 06.19.2013

FILE - This 1999 file photo provided by HBO, shows James Gandolfini as mob boss Tony Soprano, in an episode from the first season of the HBO cable television mob series, "The Sopranos." HBO and the managers for Gandolfini say the actor died Wednesday, June 19, 2013, in Italy. He was 51. (AP Photo/HBO, Anthony Neste, File)James Gandolfini, who won three Emmy Awards for his indelible role as mob boss Tony Soprano in HBO's "The Sopranos," died while on vacation in Italy at age 51. While Tony Soprano was a larger-than-life figure, Gandolfini was exceptionally modest and obsessive — he described himself as "a 260-pound Woody Allen." HBO called the actor a "special man, a great talent, but more importantly a gentle and loving person who treated everyone, no matter their title or position, with equal respect."


 
New Colo. wildfire prompts evacuations of homes
09:25 PM, 06.19.2013

A military C-130 drops a load of fire retardant on a wildfire near Pine, Colo., on Wednesday, June 19, 2013. A new wildfire in the foothills southwest of Denver forced the evacuation of dozens of homes Wednesday as hot and windy conditions in much of Colorado and elsewhere in the West made it easy for fires to start and spread. (AP Photo/Ed Andrieski)EVERGREEN, Colo. (AP) — A new wildfire in the foothills southwest of Denver forced the evacuation of dozens of homes Wednesday as hot and windy conditions in the West made it easy for fires to start and spread.


 
Tropical Storm Barry forms off Mexican coast
09:24 PM, 06.19.2013

This NOAA satellite image taken Wednesday, June 19, 2013 at 10:45 AM EDT shows tropical wave over the Lesser Antilles with light to moderate rain and thunderstorms. Fair weather across the remainder of the Caribbean with a chance of isolated afternoon thundershowers. (AP PHOTO/WEATHER UNDERGROUND)VERACRUZ, Mexico (AP) — Tropical Storm Barry formed off Mexico's Gulf Coast on Wednesday, prompting Mexican authorities to ready hundreds of shelters.


 
Former TWA Flight 800 investigators want new probe
09:19 PM, 06.19.2013

FILE - In this Nov. 19, 1997 file photo, FBI agents and New York state police guard the reconstruction of TWA Flight 800 in Calverton, N.Y. Flight 800 exploded and crashed July 17, 1996 while flying from New York to Paris, killing all 230 people aboard. Former investigators on Wednesday, June 19, 2013 called on the National Transportation Safety Board to re-examine the cause, saying new evidence points to the often-discounted theory that a missile strike may have downed the jumbo jet. (AP Photo/Mark Lennihan, File)MINEOLA, N.Y. (AP) — Former investigators are pushing to reopen the probe into the 1996 crash of TWA Flight 800, saying new evidence points to the often-discounted theory that a missile strike may have downed the jumbo jet.


 
Blackhawks, Bruins head into OT tied 5-5 in Game 4
09:10 PM, 06.19.2013

Chicago Blackhawks left wing Brandon Saad, center, celebrates a goal by Blackhawks center Michal Handzus, right, in front of Boston Bruins defenseman Zdeno Chara (33) during the first period in Game 4 of the NHL hockey Stanley Cup Finals, Wednesday, June 19, 2013, in Boston. (AP Photo/Elise Amendola)BOSTON (AP) — The Boston Bruins came from behind to tie the Chicago Blackhawks for the third time and sent Game 4 of the Stanley Cup finals into overtime with the teams even 5-5 on Wednesday night.


 
Stocks slide as Fed says bond purchases could slow
09:08 PM, 06.19.2013

Fed Chairman Ben Bernanke is on a television screen as trader James Dresch works in a booth on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange Wednesday, June 19, 2013. The Federal Reserve offered a hint Wednesday that it's moving closer to slowing its bond-buying program, which is intended to keep long-term interest rates at record lows. (AP Photo/Richard Drew)NEW YORK (AP) — Financial markets shuddered Wednesday after the Federal Reserve said it could start scaling back its huge economic stimulus program later this year and end it by the middle of next.


 
Brazil officials reverse subway, bus fare hike
08:53 PM, 06.19.2013

Brazilian police shoot tear gas at demonstrators during an anti-government protest in Rio de Janeiro's sister city, Niteroi, Brazil, Wednesday evening, June 19, 2013. Rio de Janeiro and Sao Paulo city leaders said Wednesday that they reversed an increase in bus and subway fares that ignited anti-government protests. Many people doubted the move would quiet the demonstrations which have moved well beyond outrage over the fare hikes into communal cries against poor public services. (AP Photo/Silvia Izquierdo)SAO PAULO (AP) — Leaders in Brazil's two biggest cities said Wednesday that they reversed an increase in bus and subway fares that ignited anti-government protests that have spread across the nation in the past week.


 
Best-selling author Vince Flynn dies at age 47
08:37 PM, 06.19.2013

FILE - In a Sept. 2, 2005 file photo, best-selling author Vince Flynn poses with the dust jacket of his new book, "Consent to Kill," and copies of his six other books in his home in Edina, Minn. Flynn died, Wednesday, June 18, 2013, after a two-year battle with prostate cancer, a statement from Flynn's publisher, Simon & Schuster, Inc., said. He was 47. (AP Photo/Jim Mone, File)MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — Best-selling author Vince Flynn, who wrote the Mitch Rapp counterterrorism thriller series and sold more than 15 million books in the U.S. alone, died Wednesday in Minnesota after a more than two-year battle with prostate cancer, according to friends and his publisher. He was 47.


 
Blackhawks lead Bruins 4-3 after 2nd of Game 4
08:33 PM, 06.19.2013

Chicago Blackhawks left wing Brandon Saad, center, celebrates a goal by Blackhawks center Michal Handzus, right, in front of Boston Bruins defenseman Zdeno Chara (33) during the first period in Game 4 of the NHL hockey Stanley Cup Finals, Wednesday, June 19, 2013, in Boston. (AP Photo/Elise Amendola)BOSTON (AP) — Jonathan Toews broke a scoring slump in Chicago's three-goal onslaught in the second period against previously stingy goalie Tuukka Rask, and the Blackhawks led the Boston Bruins 4-3 through two periods in Game 4 of the Stanley Cup finals on Wednesday night.


 
Wooden beam could be detached part of shipwreck
08:31 PM, 06.19.2013

In this June 16, 2013 file photo provided by Great Lakes Exploration Group, diver Jim Nowka of Great Lakes Exploration Group inspects a wooden beam extending from the floor of Lake Michigan that experts believe may be part of the Griffin, a ship that sank in 1679. A wooden beam that has long been the focus of the search for a 17th century shipwreck in northern Lake Michigan was not attached to a buried vessel as searchers had suspected, but still may have come from the elusive Griffin or some other ship, archaeologists said Wednesday, June 19, 2013 (AP Photo/Great Lakes Exploration Group, David J. Ruck, File)FAIRPORT, Mich. (AP) — A wooden beam that has long been the focus of the search for a 17th century shipwreck in northern Lake Michigan was not attached to a buried vessel as searchers had suspected, but still may have come from the elusive Griffin or some other ship, archaeologists said Wednesday.


 
Mueller: FBI uses drones for surveillance
08:25 PM, 06.19.2013

FBI Director Robert Mueller testifies on Capitol Hill in Washington, Wednesday, June 19, 2013, before the Senate Judiciary Committee hearing on national security matters. As Mueller nears the end of his 12 years as head of the law enforcement agency, lawmakers questioned him about the IRS, surveillance activities, and the Boston Marathon bombing. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)WASHINGTON (AP) — The FBI uses drones for surveillance of stationary subjects, and the privacy implications of such operations are "worthy of debate," FBI Director Robert Mueller said Wednesday.


 
Bulger, Gandolfini: Mob makes headlines this week
08:19 PM, 06.19.2013

FILE - This undated publicity photo, released by HBO, shows actor James Gandolfini in his role as Tony Soprano, head of the New Jersey crime family portrayed in HBO's "The Sopranos." HBO and the managers for Gandolfini say the actor died Wednesday, June 19, 2013, in Italy. He was 51. (AP Photo/HBO, Barry Wetcher, File)The death in Italy of James Gandolfini, who played Mafia boss Tony Soprano on the popular HBO show "The Sopranos," was part of an unusual convergence of mob-related news making headlines this week. Here's a look:


 
China's Xi harks back to Mao in party 'cleanup'
08:14 PM, 06.19.2013

In this June 18, 2013 photo released by China's Xinhua News Agency, China's President Xi Jinping addresses a conference on the Central Committee of the Communist Party of China's (CPC) campaign aimed at boosting ties between CPC members and the public, in Beijing. China’s leadership wants to show a cynical public that it’s modernizing and serious about graft, but it appears to be favoring a top-down ideological campaign - with study sessions, self-criticism and propaganda - over imposing real checks on power. That worries many observers, not only because they doubt it will work, but because the tactic appears to be ripped out of revolutionary leader Mao Zedong’s playbook. (AP Photo/Xinhua, Liu Jiansheng) NO SALESBEIJING (AP) — China's new leader Xi Jinping is commanding wayward Communist Party cadres to purify themselves of corruption, and he's summed it up in a pithy slogan as Mao Zedong might have done: Look in the mirror, take a bath.


 
Bulger to Soprano: Mob makes headlines this week
08:13 PM, 06.19.2013

FILE - This undated publicity photo, released by HBO, shows actor James Gandolfini in his role as Tony Soprano, head of the New Jersey crime family portrayed in HBO's "The Sopranos." HBO and the managers for Gandolfini say the actor died Wednesday, June 19, 2013, in Italy. He was 51. (AP Photo/HBO, Barry Wetcher, File)The death in Italy of James Gandolfini, who played Mafia boss Tony Soprano on the popular HBO show "The Sopranos," was part of an unusual convergence of mob-related news making headlines this week. Here's a look:


 
GAO says airline merger would reduce competition
08:00 PM, 06.19.2013

DALLAS (AP) — A government review finds that the merger of American Airlines and US Airways would reduce competition on more than 1,600 routes traveled by more than 53 million passengers.

 
Ohio woman, allegedly enslaved, spent time in jail
07:38 PM, 06.19.2013

Three undated photos provided by the Department of Justice show Jessica L. Hunt, left, Daniel Brown, center, and Jordie L. Callahan, right. Authorities in Ohio have arrested the three on charges of enslaving a mentally disabled young mother and her daughter over a two-year period. Federal agents and Ashland police said Tuesday, June 18, 2013, the trio forced the woman to do housework, threatened her and the girl with violence and fed their pets better than the victims. (AP Photos/Department of Justice)CLEVELAND (AP) — A mentally disabled mother authorities said was enslaved for two years along with her daughter spent time in jail this year after pleading guilty to beating the girl, but her attorney told a judge that her captors forced her to do it.


 
Dotcom 'in tears' after Megaupload files deleted
07:33 PM, 06.19.2013

FILE - In this Jan. 20, 2013 file photo, Megaupload founder Kim Dotcom practices a speech before the launch of a new file-sharing website called "Mega" at his Coatesville mansion in Auckland, New Zealand. Dotcom said Thursday, June 20, 2013 he was "in tears" after a European company deleted all the data it was hosting from his shuttered file-sharing site. Netherlands-based LeaseWeb announced it had deleted all Megaupload files from 630 servers. (AP Photo/New Zealand Herald, Richard Robinson, File) NEW ZEALAND OUT, AUSTRALIA OUTWELLINGTON, New Zealand (AP) — Megaupload founder Kim Dotcom said Thursday he was "in tears" after a European company deleted all the data it was hosting from his shuttered file-sharing site.


 
10 Things to Know for Thursday
07:31 PM, 06.19.2013

Fed Chairman Ben Bernanke is on a television screen as trader James Dresch works in a booth on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange Wednesday, June 19, 2013. The Federal Reserve offered a hint Wednesday that it's moving closer to slowing its bond-buying program, which is intended to keep long-term interest rates at record lows. (AP Photo/Richard Drew)Your daily look at late-breaking news, upcoming events and the stories that will be talked about Thursday:


 
Social network gaffes plague Japanese politicians
07:28 PM, 06.19.2013

FILE - In this May 27, 2013 photo, Osaka Mayor Toru Hashimoto listens to a reporter's question during a press conference at the Foreign Correspondents' Club of Japan in Tokyo. Hashimoto earlier said and tweeted that sex slavery by Japan’s Imperial Army before and during World War II was a “necessary” wartime evil. He also used Twitter to post his suggestion that the U.S. military patronize adult entertainment to help reduce sex crimes committed by American troops. (AP Photo/Shizuo Kambayashi, File)TOKYO (AP) — On the Internet, no one can save you from yourself. That is a lesson many Japanese politicians have learned recently in painful, awkward and at times costly fashion.


 
Body found near Patriot's home was homicide victim
07:25 PM, 06.19.2013

Two members of the Massachusetts State Police walk toward the front door of the home of New England Patriot's NFL football player Aaron Hernandez in North Attleborough, Mass., Wednesday, June 19, 2013. Their knock on the door went unanswered. State and local police spent hours at the home Tuesday as another group of officers searched an industrial park about a mile away where a body was discovered the day before. (AP Photo/Erika Niedowski)BOSTON (AP) — A man found dead in an industrial park about a mile from New England Patriots tight end Aaron Hernandez's home had been killed, a prosecutor said Wednesday.


 
Cops: Disabled Pa. man dies after gruesome neglect
07:16 PM, 06.19.2013

CORRECTS TO CLARIFY CHARGES Susan Gensiak, 59, of Taylor, Pa., is lead by a police officer to arraignment, Wednesday, June 19, 2013 in Scranton, Pa. Gensiak and her two daughters have been charged with third-degree murder, involuntary manslaughter and neglect of care for a dependent person. (AP Photo/Scranton Times & Tribune, Michael J. Mullen) WILKES BARRE TIMES-LEADER OUT; MANDATORY CREDITSCRANTON, Pa. (AP) — A Pennsylvania woman and her two daughters were charged Wednesday with murder in the death of their 32-year-old son and brother, who had Down syndrome, after officials said he was severely neglected and underfed, weighing just 69 pounds when he died.


 
Floods strand pilgrims in India, deaths could rise
07:09 PM, 06.19.2013

Indian people use a boat to cross a Tibetan market along the banks of the Yamuna River, in New Delhi, India, Wednesday, June 19, 2013. India’s prime minister said Wednesday that the death toll from flooding this week in the northern state of Uttrakhand had surpassed 100 and could rise substantially. The flooding has affected several states and the capital, New Delhi, where nearly 2,000 people have been evacuated to government-run camps on higher ground. Authorities there said the situation would ease as the level of the Yamuna River was expected to start receding Thursday afternoon. (AP Photo/Manish Swarup)LUCKNOW, India (AP) — Monsoon flooding that has stranded thousands of people and caused landslides in northern India has killed almost 120 people, and the prime minister said the toll could rise substantially.


 
Obama challenges Russia to agree to deeper nuclear weapon cuts
07:05 PM, 06.19.2013

U.S. President Obama makes dinner speech at Chralottenburg Castle in BerlinBy Roberta Rampton and Stephen Brown BERLIN (Reuters) - U.S. President Barack Obama used a speech in Berlin on Wednesday to call on Russia to revive the push for a world without nuclear weapons, offering to cut deployed nuclear arsenals by a third, but Moscow immediately poured scorn on his proposal. Speaking in Berlin where U.S. Presidents John F. Kennedy and Ronald Reagan gave rousing Cold-War speeches, Obama urged Russia to help build on the "New START" treaty that requires Moscow and Washington to cut stockpiles of deployed nuclear weapons to 1,550 each by 2018. ...


 
Afghan government to shun U.S. talks with Taliban
06:42 PM, 06.19.2013

Afghan President Karzai speaks during joint news conference with NATO Secretary General Rasmussen following security handover ceremony at a military academy outside KabulBy Hamid Shalizi and Lesley Wroughton KABUL/WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Revived Afghan peace talks hit their first roadblock on Wednesday, a day after they were announced, as Afghan President Hamid Karzai said his government would not join U.S. talks with the Taliban and would halt negotiations with Washington on a post-2014 troop pact. The United States and the Taliban had announced on Tuesday that officials from both sides will meet in Doha, the capital of Qatar, in coming days, in a step forward for a stuttering peace process after 12 years of bloody and costly war between U.S. ...


 
Bruins' run excites city wounded by marathon bombs
06:27 PM, 06.19.2013

FILE - In this April 17, 2013, file photo, Boston Bruins center Chris Kelly wears a "Boston Strong" decal, left, on his helmet during an NHL hockey game against the Buffalo Sabres in Boston. With their "Boston Strong" decals on the back of their helmets and the steady parade of Boston Marathon bombing victims honored at their games, the Bruins are hoping that a Stanley Cup victory will provide solace to those affected in the April 15 attacks. (AP Photo/Elise Amendola, File)BOSTON (AP) — They have come to wave flags or meet the players or just appear on the video screen, invariably to a standing ovation, during the Boston Bruins' run to the Stanley Cup finals.


 
Obama making plans to tackle global warming
06:16 PM, 06.19.2013

President Barack Obama speaks in front of the iconic Brandenburg Gate in Berlin Germany, Wednesday, June 19, 2013. Obama is planning a major push using executive powers to tackle the pollution blamed for global warming in an effort to make good on promises he made at the start of his second term. "We know we have to do more — and we will do more," Obama said in Berlin. (AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais)WASHINGTON (AP) — President Barack Obama is planning a major push using executive powers to tackle the pollution blamed for global warming in an effort to make good on promises he made at the start of his second term. "We know we have to do more — and we will do more," Obama said Wednesday in Berlin.


 
House votes to cut food stamps by $2 billion
06:15 PM, 06.19.2013

WASHINGTON (AP) — The House voted on Wednesday to cut food stamps by $2 billion a year as part of a wide-ranging farm bill.

 
Academy: 3 midshipmen charged with sexual assault
06:14 PM, 06.19.2013

ANNAPOLIS, Md. (AP) — The U.S. Naval Academy on Wednesday charged three midshipmen — all current or former football players — with sexually assaulting a female student at an off-campus house in Annapolis more than a year ago.

 
Board backs turning Astrodome into convention hall
06:13 PM, 06.19.2013

FILE - This Aug. 2, 2002, file photo, shows an aerial view of Reliant Stadium, top, the home of the Houston Texans, and the Astrodome, bottom, former home of the Houston Oilers in Houston. The Harris County Sports & Convention Corp. on Wednesday, June 19, 2013, recommended converting Houston's historic but deteriorating Astrodome into a giant convention center and exhibition space. The board's proposal would cost an estimated $194 million and take about 2 and a half years to complete. The plan now goes to Harris County commissioners, who will discuss it at a June 25 meeting. (AP Photo/Houston Chronicle, Smiley Pool)HOUSTON (AP) — The Houston Astrodome, an iconic stadium that's fallen into disrepair since it was shuttered four years ago, could see new life as a giant convention center and exhibition space under a plan recommended by a county board on Wednesday.


 
 
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