Add it to the list. Fayyad, a starched-shirt economist who got his Ph.D. from the University of Texas in 1986, served for seven years as the International Monetary Fund’s representative to the West Bank and Gaza. He’s well regarded in both Washington and Israel; some think of him as “the un-Arafat,” or at least the best hope for reforming Yasir Arafat’s corrupt administration. As if to confirm their hopes, Fayyad has spent much of his first six weeks on the job tracking down wayward bank accounts and government investments....

Cleft lips vary in their degree of severity. Cleft lip is distressing for parents, as they don’t want their child to feel self-conscious or to be the focus of ridicule. Cleft lip has historically been referred to as “hare lip.” This moniker came about because of the natural split that is present in the upper lip of rabbits/hares. The term hare lip is no longer used in the medical community as it is viewed as derogatory....

Clemson will play the winner of the Cotton Bowl between No. 2 Alabama and No. 3 Michigan state for the College Football National Championship. MORE: 5 things we learned | Orange Bowl photos | Inside the game “Just a tremendous second half,” Clemson head coach Dabo Swinney told ESPN after Thursday’s win. “Our team has shown heart and guts all year long. We weren’t favored to win the game, but I told them we ain’t no underdog…...

Actually removing the monster beard, however, proved to be quite the task. In fact, Sabol says it took him two hours. MORE: The Browns finally won a game and everyone is happy (except the Chargers) Sabol wrote about his 109-day beard on his blog and how happy his family is to see it gone. “Most people understood the intention was not a serious one even as the “0-for” beard evolved....

More than 30 years later, that little story is still being quoted regularly—as recently as last month on the floor of the Senate by Republican Sen. James Inhofe, chair of the Environment and Public Works Committee and the self-proclaimed scourge of climate alarmists. The article’s appeal to Inhofe, of course, is not its prescience, but the fact that it was so spectacularly wrong about the near-term future. Even by the time it appeared, a decades-long trend toward slightly cooler temperatures in the Northern hemisphere had already begun to reverse itself—although that wouldn’t be apparent in the data for a few years yet—leading to today’s widespread consensus among scientists that the real threat is actually human-caused global warming....

Once a race winner and championship contender, Bowyer hasn’t won a race with Michael Waltrip Racing in that span. He returned to the Chase this season — after missing it last year — but is buried in last in the standings thanks to a 25-point penalty for a technical violation. MORE: Celebrating Tony Stewart’s memorable moments | Dover schedule And last month, Bowyer learned that MWR would close down after this season, leaving him with no ride for 2016 and a dismal future....

Pennsylvania Governor (and Clinton supporter) Ed Rendell, March 7: Brownstein: Do you think it would make sense for the winner to offer the Vice Presidency to the loser, either way? Rendell: I do–and that doesn’t mean the loser has to accept. But I think it’s important that it be offered, and if the loser doesn’t accept, I think the loser can say why. But no, I think that would be very, very important....

But Clinton’s strategy at this crucial juncture is about much more than just endurance. She is using every weapon in her arsenal to try to correct the impression–shared, off the record, in hushed conversations with reporters, by members of her staff–that Tuesday could well mark the end of her campaign. The last several days have been like a microcosm of the entire race–with Clinton by turns talking up her experience, pummeling her opponent, appealing for empathy and outwonking everyone in sight....

In a trailer released on Thursday, fans got a quick glimpse of Marjanovic fighting Keanu Reeves in a library. Reeves’ character, John Wick, shoves a book into Marjanovic’s mouth. Ouch. MORE: Kyrie Irving called LeBron James this week to apologize Here’s the full ‘John Wick 3’ trailer: The 30-year-old center from Serbia is the tallest player in the NBA. Standing at 7-3, he’s an assassin that can only be matched by the cunning John Wick....

Chris Paul added 20 points, including a 32-foot 3-pointer just before the shot clock was to expire to put the Clippers up for good 108-106 with 1:48 to play. Eight Suns players reached double figures, led by Marcus Morris' 16 points. Phoenix fell into a three-way tie with Memphis and Dallas for the last two playoff spots in the West. Phoenix used a 22-5 run to lead 91-74 with 1:49 left in the third period and was up 91-78 entering the fourth....

The response from victims’ advocacy groups was predictably critical. The Survivors Network of Those Abused by Priests (SNAP) called the Vatican letter “backsliding” and “a green light” for predator priests. But Bishop Gregory saw the Vatican’s letter as a yellow light signaling the American church to proceed with caution. The canon law of the Catholic Church is the oldest legal system in the world, and many of its norms, which the bishops’ plan ignores, provide due process and appeals rights for priests against tyrannical prelates....

Miguel Herrera’s side sits in second place and is coming off a 2-0 home victory over Leon, maintaining its status as the league’s only unbeaten team. Toluca, meanwhile, is red-hot, winning four consecutive league matches to move into third place, level on points with America. Victory for either side will be confirmation that they, along with first-place Santos Laguna, are the teams to beat as the season moves towards its final third....

The team ruled running back Clyde Edwards-Helaire out with a left knee injury he suffered in the third quarter. MORE: Chiefs vs. Bills live score, updates Edwards-Helaire was helped off the field by teammates, but then he walked to the locker room and X-ray room, according to the NBC broadcast. He was held in check before leaving the game; 13 yards on seven carries. Edward-Helaire, the 32nd overall pick in last year’s NFL Draft, had 803 yards and four touchdowns in 13 games as a rookie....

In a recent interview with New York Times commentator David Brooks, Biden discussed the rift in the Democratic Party between progressives who have attempted to push him further to the left and moderates seeking bipartisan lawmaking. “The progressives don’t like me because I’m not prepared to take on what I would say and they would say is a socialist agenda,” Biden said. “The president is saying the progressive agenda is socialist....

In a town hall-style meeting with CNN+ staffers on Thursday, Perrette expressed frustration with decisions made by the company’s former leadership team, which included Jeff Zucker until his February resignation, and Jason Kilar, who was the head of WarnerMedia until early April, according to CNN Business. A WarnerMedia merger with Discovery this month formed Warner Bros. Discovery as CNN’s new parent company. “Some of this was avoidable,” Perrette was quoted by CNN Business....

Researchers at Germany’s University of Oldenburg examined the webs of spiders for microplastics for the first time, and determined that their sticky, silken strands are ideal for monitoring microplastic pollution in urban environments. Various studies had already determined that other air pollutants, such as magnetic particles and heavy metals are caught in spiderwebs. Scientists have known that millions of tons of microplastics, which are fragments of any type of plastic less than 5 millimeters (0....

Myth or not, at least three people recently risked jail time to breech the company’s air of mystery. Ibrahim Dimson, 30, and Edmund Duhaney, 43, could each face up to 10 years in prison after pleading guilty last week in a plot to sell Coca-Cola trade secrets to Pepsi for $1.5 million. The men were co-conspirators in a scheme allegedly hatched by Joya Williams–a former administrative assistant at Coca-Cola’s Atlanta headquarters....

The 15-year-old American sensation was the youngest WTA finalist since Nicole Vaidisova won the Tashkent Open in 2004 and showed plenty of the form that saw her spring to grand slam prominence this year to take the first set. Ostapenko, the 2017 French Open champion, rallied impressively both to level matters and delay a victory that marks the latest staging post in Gauff’s rapid rise. Gauff, who stunned world No....