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\n Brewers One Step from the Title After Scoring Eight in the Fifth World Series Game 3 looked set to be a tight contest. But the Brewers erupted for eight runs in a single inning—the fifth—and broke the game wide open in an instant . The Tampa Bay Rays were swept up in the onslaught before they could find a way to respond, and the game ended in a commanding 10–1 win. The victory gave Milwaukee a 3–0 lead in the series. Now, the team is just one win away from the first World Series title in franchise history. For fans who have waited so long since 1982, the dream has never felt more real. It wasn’t just the offense that shone. Starter Robert Gasser shut down the Rays’ lineup over six scoreless innings, taking complete control of the game early. With a composed start setting the stage, a focused offense delivering at the plate, and the bullpen able to work with a comfortable lead, the Brewers showed every quality of a championship team in Game 3. The Brewers’ mo...

\n Seungri’s Marriage and Baby News: Why Are People Searching His Past Again? On October 28, 2026, news broke that Seungri had already registered his marriage to a woman who is not in the entertainment industry, and that his wife is expecting to give birth in January 2027. Marriage and childbirth clearly mark the beginning of a new family. But the public response to the news went beyond congratulations. What many people thought of first was not a wedding or the everyday lives of expectant parents, but the legal rulings and public controversy that followed the 2019 Burning Sun scandal. For years, Seungri’s name has appeared in entertainment news alongside the scandal, his conviction, and his time in prison. So whenever news of his life resurfaces, people naturally ask first: “How has he lived since then?” This is difficult to explain as nothing more than a desire to keep revisiting the past. When someone involved in a scandal that had a major social impact annou...

\n Blockchain Bottlenecks Can’t Be Explained by Gas Fees Alone To increase blockchain throughput, is it enough to simply raise the gas limit? It might seem that way. If each block can hold more gas, it can process more transactions. But creating and validating a block on Ethereum is not just a matter of computation. Smart contract execution, the propagation of block data across the network, and the permanent storage of state all consume different resources at the same time. The problem is that, until now, most of these costs have been bundled into a single gas price . One Block, Three Kinds of Cost Ethereum transactions generally use three types of resources: | Resource | What it does | Why it can become a bottleneck | |---|---|---| | Execution | Computes smart contracts and reads or modifies state | Requires node CPU capacity and validation time | | Data | Propagates transaction and block information across the network | As blocks grow, propagation delays an...

\n The Questions We Ask About Cancer Treatment Are Changing When someone is diagnosed with cancer, the first question that usually comes to mind is, “What treatment should I have?” They may wonder whether they need surgery, whether chemotherapy is necessary, or when radiation therapy should begin. But modern cancer care now starts with a question one step earlier: “Whose body did this cancer grow in, and what are its characteristics?” Even with the same diagnosis—lung cancer or breast cancer, for example—the treatment strategy can vary depending on the cancer cells’ genetic mutations and immune characteristics, the stage of the disease, the patient’s age and underlying health conditions, and their living environment. Cancer is no longer a disease treated with one universal answer. It is increasingly a disease that calls for a different path to be designed for each patient. An Era of Finding Cancer Earlier—and Identifying It More Precisely Early detection ...

\n Susan Saint James: The Golden Age Draws to a Close On October 26, 2026, Susan Saint James , an actress who embodied the golden age of American television, died of pancreatic cancer. She was 80. Her passing was seen as more than the loss of a star—it marked the closing of a chapter in an era when families gathered around the living-room TV to watch network dramas and sitcoms together. She was a glamorous star, but she is remembered for more than her fame. After making her mark as a dramatic actress in The Name of the Game , she starred opposite Rock Hudson in McMillan & Wife , playing Sally McMillan, a witty and independent woman. Later, in Kate & Allie , she portrayed Kate, who raises her children alongside a friend after her divorce, bringing warmth and realism to a story of women-centered family life rarely seen on television at the time. The reason Susan Saint James remained beloved for so long is that her characters were ahead of their time. She ...

\n Eagles Reclaim the Lead, 21–20—and See Their Hopes Collapse in an Instant In the third quarter, rookie wide receiver Makai Lemon scored his first NFL touchdown, putting the Eagles back on top, 21–20. It was a moment that completely shifted the momentum in a road rivalry game. Even in a season that had been full of uncertainty, the hope that “this time could be different” was suddenly alive again. But that hope didn’t last long. After Lemon’s touchdown, the Eagles’ offense all but stalled. Philadelphia managed just 11 plays for the rest of the game, never getting a chance to sustain its momentum. The Dallas Cowboys, meanwhile, found a clearer answer after losing the lead: they controlled the clock with their ground game and delivered the decisive blows through Dak Prescott’s passing. Javonte Williams was especially relentless, rushing 25 times for 155 yards and repeatedly driving into the Eagles’ defense. The Cowboys piled up 204 rushing yards as a team, and...

\n In-Season Blue Crabs—and a Very Different Price Tag The familiar sight of enjoying plump male blue crabs in autumn without spending too much has changed. This year, the average auction price for male blue crabs reached ₩20,400 per kilogram , up 92.45% from the same period last year. In effect, prices have nearly doubled. Even at retail markets, locally caught autumn blue crabs are far from cheap outside of special promotions. Yet seasonal demand for steamed crab, crab stew, and marinated crab remains strong. So why are blue crabs so expensive this year? The biggest reason is reduced supply . This autumn, catches of blue crabs in the West Sea are expected to come in at around 69–92% of last year’s level. Instead of concentrating in one area where catches were once plentiful, the fishing grounds have spread across the West Sea, making fishing less efficient. When each cast of a net brings in fewer crabs, prices at the source are bound to climb quickly. Autumn...