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Howard made the comments during a Monday appearance on Fox Business’ Varney & Co. He spoke with host Ashley Webster about how recent numbers show builder confidence dropped in July as inflation continues to affect the housing market while increased interest rates have led to a drop in construction. Data released Monday from NAHB/Wells Fargo Housing Market Index (HMI) showed home builder confidence in the market for new single-family homes had fallen 12 points lower to 55 in July....

Amini - who was identified as a future star when he made his A-League debut as a teenager - was named in Ange Postecoglou’s final group of 23 on Tuesday. But the 23-year- old has made it clear he won’t be satisfied with simply being part of training sessions as Australia prepare to play Iraq and United Arab Emirates in World Cup qualifiers over the next fortnight. “It’s sort of half a dream come true....

It’s been almost 10 years since Valve released Half-Life 2, a game which is still considered to be one of the best first-person shooters of all-time. The Half-Life franchise has maintained its strong fan base over the last decade, with gamers continuing to make way too many “Half-Life 3 Confirmed!” jokes every time another rumor pops up about an unreleased game. When Valve released the last content update (Episode Two) for Half-Life 2 in 2007, most gamers just assumed that the developer would naturally begin to work on the next major installment of its key franchise....

Halo fans have dreamed of a big screen adaptation for quite some time, and considering that we’ve seen the series expand into every other medium from novels to comics to anime, and even into short live-action films before, the lack of a major film franchise is somewhat puzzling. The game even helped popularize and advance the Machinima film-making community through use by Rooster Teeth in its legendary comedy series Red vs....

One of the biggest selling points of Halo 4, aside from the game’s multiplayer offerings, is the return of Master Chief. The legendary Spartan soldier was left floating through space the last time fans saw him in 2007’s Halo 3, and this game picks up after Cortana awakens Chief from his cryo-nap. As the campaign progresses, gamers will have to battle familiar enemies such as the Covenant, as well as brand new foes in the form of Prometheans, but it’s the story itself that many are eager to watch unfold....

Pogba has had a mixed season for club and country, but despite rumours surrounding his place in the France team, he looks set to start in Les Bleus’ World Cup opener against Australia on Saturday. Sagna, who played with Pogba at the 2014 World Cup and Euro 2016, says the midfielder will not let the pressure and high expectations placed on him affect his game. “He is quite a confident man....

Despite the fact that India are the defending champions, having defeated Bangladesh 1-0 in the final last year, Ambrose believes that the pressure to perform is not on his team. Rather, they are here to “play good football”. “Expectations are always there, but we are here to play good football. There is absolutely no pressure on the players. We just want them to perform well, enjoy their football and have a good tournament,” Ambrose said....

The two blasts moved the legendary Pujols to 689 home runs in his storied career. Pujols is now chasing history, as he currently sits fifth all-time in the home run rankings and hopes to move up. With Alex Rodriguez still ahead of him on the all-time home run list at 696, Albert Pujols could soon take sole possession of fourth place soon. The second of these two home runs was a 443-foot blast that was posted to Twitter by the St....

Isaiah Thomas has failed to find a new suitor for himself since he became a free agent again. With a little over two weeks remaining for the regular season to come to a close, Thomas is running out of time to potentially find another team that’s willing to take the punt on him. He took to social media earlier today and asked franchises to give him a shot. Isaiah Thomas did showcase a few glimpses of his pre-injury self during his time with the Pelicans....

The exhibition “Glitter and Doom: German Portraits from the 1920s,” on view through Feb. 19 at the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York, displays 100 works—40 paintings and 60 drawings—by Beckmann and his peers. They’re all portraits of one kind or another, but except in a few instances, they disembowel rather than flatter their subjects. The amazing thing is that in so many cases artistic savagery arises more out of empathy than anger....

[HTML1] When it comes to games designed from the ground up to not be taken seriously, Coffee Stain Studios’ Goat Simulator has been near the top of that list since its release. The enjoyment of the game comes directly, in some cases, from just how laughably bad it is. With the title’s runaway success on Steam, Coffee Stain has continued to update Goat Simulator with DLC designed not so much to improve the game, but rather to just keep the laughs coming....

While goalkeeper Amrinder Singh played a crucial role to give Jorge Costa’s side a top-three finish, the India international believes that the entire back-four, led by captain Lucian Goian, worked together to make this a reality. “Lucian Goian has been in the side for three years now. He understands the needs of the players in the dressing room,” Amrinder was quoted as saying by the official website of the All India Football Federation (AIFF)....

Silvia Grecco and her son Nickollas, 12, have become minor celebrities for the Sao Paulo team Palmeiras after the mother was spotted on TV last year narrating one of their matches from the stands. “I describe details: this player is wearing short sleeves, the color of their football boots, hair color,” Grecco, 56, told AFP during a recent game between Palmeiras and Botafogo de Ribeirao Preto. Nickollas jumped up and down with friends at the right moments during the match, in unison with the thousands of other enraptured fans wearing the club’s dark green shirts....

Episode 4 was bound to be good from the get-go. Poor little Z, it’s her birthday and her rich boyfriend Obie (Eli Brown) has organized food trucks to come to the school and serve all of these other rich kids crepes for breakfast. No amount of sweet treats were enough for Zoya, who refuses to celebrate her birthday every year. We soon learn Zoya and Julien’s mother died giving birth to Zoya....

However, the ending of Season 6 offers us a twist on this format that sets up a very fun idea for the seventh and final season of the series. What happened at the end of Grace and Frankie Season 6? After making up following their Shark Tank debacle, and finding $50,000 in Nick’s (Peter Gallagher) sofa, Grace and Frankie head to the beach to discuss their next move. They go to their usual wooden chairs and find their ex-husbands Robert (Martin Sheen) and Sol (Sam Waterston) sitting in them....

Sony’s genre-defining racer, Gran Turismo 5, has been in players’ hands for nearly a year now. Always designed to be a living, changing experience, a number of additions have already been made to the game, including multiplayer vehicle damage and remote racing via Gran Turismo Anywhere. Now, the biggest content update yet is on its way to Gran Turismo 5, and it won’t cost players a thing. Chief among the new features added in the Spec 2 update are cockpit views for every vehicle in the game....

Exclusive to PlayStation, the racing title is unquestionably a highlight from March’s densely packed release schedule and will likely emerge as one of the biggest games of the whole year. Although it is available on the older PlayStation 4 system, Gran Turismo 7 is best viewed as a showcase of what Sony’s next-gen PS5 is truly capable of. It promises to deliver high-fidelity visuals, spectacular levels of detail and buttery smooth performance....

[HTML1] Grand Theft Auto is undeniably one of the biggest gaming franchises around. Rivalled only by the Call of Duty titles, the latest game in the GTA series, Grand Theft Auto 5, was another home run in Rockstar’s growing line of big hitters. The open-world criminal caper sandbox even racked up a staggering amount of accolades, becoming both the fastest selling game of all time (it made $800 million in 24 hours) and the best selling game in the PS3 and Xbox 360’s history - as millions rushed to pick up a copy of the much awaited game....

That said, with only five months left before release, the developer appears ready to open the flood gates, starting with a recently unveiled viral marketing campaign - one that is teasing larger revelations in the near future (specifically individual character trailers). A few days back, we got wind of a Grand Theft Auto 5 viral marketing video - specifically one that takes a stab at the Church of Scientology (along with religion in general)....

Nevertheless, Rockstar hopes that fans will return to the well once again, and have promised a multi-layered experience that is bigger than anything they have done before. And just to sweeten the pot a little more, they are also rolling out two special editions of the game to give fans a little more incentive to buy. Both the ‘Special Edition’ and the ‘Limited Edition’ offer players some decent trinkets and a few useful in-game items....