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Australia v England: Ashes third Test, day five – live

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66th over: England 214-6 (Smith 9, Jacks 11) Smith pushes a single off Lyon. It’s the only run off the over. Oohs and ahhs from the Aussie fielders, I wouldn’t say Marnus is quiet exactly.

65th over: England 213-6 (Smith 8, Jacks 11) Smith drives Cameron Green for three more but it was uppish and not too far away from the bowler’s gargantuan wing span in his follow through. Jacks then nearly nicks off with a loosey goosey drive. Gah. To channel Ray Winstone in The Departed – I’m here to tell you there are ways to get out and ways to not get out, getting out caught and bowled to a loose drive is not a way to get out.

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Nearly a Third of San Francisco Loses Electricity

The widespread outage forced businesses to close and the cancellation of a “Nutcracker” performance.

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At Fool’s Errand, a neighborhood watering hole, the power outage attracted a crowd looking for something to do. The business was taking cash payments, and its beer and wine were still flowing.
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