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Scott's triumph comes on the back of his Australian PGA Championship success, and he has the chance to match Robert Allenby — who claimed the triple crown in 2005 — if he can win the Australian Open in a fortnight's time. "Well it's looking good now," Scott, who has already won the career triple crown, said. "I think it's a funny one because I play an event in between. We're talking triple crown, it will certainly be on my mind when I get to Sydney....

A win by either Rose, second in the points standings before the tournament, or leader Fleetwood would have guaranteed them the Race to Dubai title and a $1.25 million bonus. As it turned out, with Fleetwood sitting in the clubhouse after a scrappy final found of 74, Rose needed only to finish alone in fourth to take the title. Rose looked in complete control of the tournament and was cruising after 11 holes, but he bogeyed three of the next five to slip down the leaderboard....

Woods, a former top-ranked golfer who is second on the all-time list with 14 major titles, was taken into custody at about 3 a.m. (0700 GMT) near his Jupiter Island home and released hours later on his own recognizance, NBC affiliate WPTV reported. Woods, who had his fourth back surgery in April, said last week that he felt better than he had in years and had no plans to retire from competitive golf....

The tournament has been the mainstay of the Asian Tour and will welcome over 30 Tour champions and players as they battle for the winner’s prize purse of $120,000 from Oct 3-6. Tsai’s convincing four-shot victory last year was his second triumph at the Asian Tour’s richest event in Chinese Taipei following his maiden triumph in 2002. For the 44-year-old, the event represents another opportunity to be part of the 40-something brigade who have won in 40s....

The event, starting on Wednesday, will feature 15 professionals and lone amateur Tavleen Batra. Vani currently leads the Order of Merit with total earnings of Rs.11,35,150 and has posted six wins in 12 appearances. Vani edged past Amandeep Drall to take the first position in the money list and a win here will further help her equalise the record for most wins in a season currently held by Kolkata’s veteran Smriti Mehra....

Everett Golson and a dominant defense carried the Irish to a 12-0 record then. There’s still a chance it could do it again, but Golson must follow the defense’s lead a little sooner in a few weeks. MORE: Did you play the Notre Dame drinking game? Those are the two takeaways from No. 9 Notre Dame’s 17-14 against No. 14 Stanford on Saturday. The Irish won a fistfight in the rain against the nation’s top scoring defense, and Notre Dame’s defense was the more impressive unit....

COMPUTER BAGS don’t have to be ugly. San Francisco-based Respect (www.respectus.corn) has married retro-cool plastics, the bowling-ball-bag esthetic and durable padding to create a handsome tote just for laptops. The LapPack ($98) even has a clip for your pager.

Nokia 110 4g and Nokia 105 4G are the two latest phones by Nokia and are also listed on the Nokia website. The new Nokia 4G feature phones are trending because it comes with an inbuilt LED torch, a camera sensor on the back, and an efficient storage of 32GB. Nokia 105 4G still lacks the camera sensor and a few more other features present in Nokia 110 4G....

Elders described her job as surgeon general as a ““bully pulpit.’’ She preached without regard for the political consequences. Should homosexuals be allowed to join the Boy Scouts? inquired The Advocate, a gay magazine. Absolutely, declared Elders – and lesbians should be allowed to join the Girl Scouts, too. Asked why the government should spend more on AIDS research than on heart disease and cancer, she replied, ““Most of the people who die with heart disease and cancer are our elderly population....

In reviewing the first-person platform for The New York Times this week, Clive Thompson revealed the existence of a Glass-only App Store, slated to arrive at some point in the following year. Given that the application station is likely to appear alongside - or even shortly after - the release of the futuristic hardware, the news essentially confirms the Glass as being a 2014 release. Google later endorsed the news as being legitimate, but failed to address whether the App Store would make use of Google Play’s newly revamped games network....

If you have your eyes set on the 16GB version of Google’s newest tablet, then you may have to wait for a while as Nexus 7 has gone out of stock.For the coming week ,the drool worthy tablet will remain available at the Google Play Store, especially its 16 GB version. All those who are interested in buying the tablet are requested to leave their e-mail ids so that the they can be informed about the availability of the tablet...

Apple’s iCloud Photo Library has been available for a while now, as part of the company’s iOS 8, iCloud.com and the Photos app for Mac. Now though, there’s a new player in the game, and it comes from Apple’s biggest rival: Google. Google Photos was launched at the company’s Google I/O Developer conference at the end of May, and surprised us by being available free of charge with unlimited cloud storage space, and also available across both Android and iOS, making it an excellent iCloud Photo Library alternative....

Packed in a tiny form factor sit customized speakers and a 6-core audio chip running Google’s own algorithm. The Pixel Buds Pro have features like Multipoint connectivity to allow easy switching between different devices) and active noise cancellation (ANC), a first for the Pixel Buds line. The Pixel Buds Pro offer multiple methods of controlling sound, like Silent Seal which works with ANC to shut off the outside world even if the tips don’t fully fit in your ear....

What time do Google Stadia servers go live? In a blog post in mid-October, Google announced that Google Stadia officially goes live around 12 p.m. EST November 19. In other words, those anticipating a traditional midnight game release plan are sorely mistaken. Who can try Google Stadia & on what devices? As far as the first few days after launch are concerned, the only folks able to get the best Google Stadia experience will be those who pre-ordered the $129 Google Stadia Founders Edition pack shortly after it went on sale in June....

Pricing, games, launch details and more are confirmed for the Google Stadia Connect livestream, according to Monday’s announcement. This will be the first of many such livestreams, according to Google. Each livestream will feature news about upcoming Stadia games and other features. The parallels to Nintendo’s Direct livestreams are clear, which is likely a positive, considering how well-received Directs are. Expectations are going to be very high for Google going into this second announcement event, though those expectations are likely nebulous....

Tlaib, a Palestinian-American congresswoman, teared up at a joint press conference with fellow freshman lawmaker Ilhan Omar on Monday as she condemned Israel’s decision to block them from entering the country and recounted her childhood visits to West Bank. “As a young girl visiting Palestine to visit my family I watched as my mother had to go through dehumanizing checkpoints even though she was a United States citizen and proud American,” she said....

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So how about this: William Karlsson goes between his legs on a shorthanded breakaway for his 42nd goal of the season to help the expansion Golden Knights clinch the Pacific Division in their inaugural season? Yes, it just happened. The Golden Knights entered play Saturday seven points ahead of the team they were playing, the San Jose Sharks, in the standings. If Vegas earned at least a point in that matchup against San Jose, the Golden Knights would clinch the Pacific Division crown in their first season of competition, an incomparable, unthinkable feat for the first-year franchise....

Dogs Ahsoka and Aubrey were on their daily walks with their owners, when they just happened to encounter each other. After noticing an uncanny resemblance between their dogs, and an impromptu play date occurring, it took just a few questions for their owners to discover that their dogs are actually siblings. The moment of realization was captured in an amazing viral video. “I was walking my dog when I saw a golden retriever that looked a lot like mine,” wrote Aubrey’s owner on-screen....

The footage shared from the TikTok account @eltonthegoldenretriever shows the dog inside a home, walking past a laundry room before heading straight into a shower cubicle in a bathroom. The video was overlaid with a message that read: “Mum and dad have been teaching me a new routine…So that when I get filthy, I know exactly where to go…who thinks I did a good job?” Studies have shown several health benefits associated with owning a dog or other pet....