Lil Uzi Vert Replies To Fan’s Request For New Music With A Typical “Uzi” Response.U.S. stock indexes drifted lower following some potentially discouraging data on the economy. The S&P 500 fell 0.5% Thursday, its third loss in the last four days. The Dow Jones Industrial Average fell 0.5%, and the Nasdaq composite dropped 0.7% from its record set the day before. A report earlier in the morning said more U.S. workers applied for unemployment benefits last week than forecast. A separate update showed that inflation at the wholesale level was hotter last month than economists expected. Adobe sank after issuing weaker-than-expected financial forecasts. Treasury yields rose in the bond market. On Thursday: The S&P 500 fell 32.94 points, or 0.5%, to 6,051.25. The Dow Jones Industrial Average fell 234.44 points, or 0.5%, to 43,914.12. The Nasdaq composite fell 132.05 points, or 0.7%, to 19,902.84. The Russell 2000 index of smaller companies fell 33.08 points, or 1.4%, to 2,361.08. For the week: The S&P 500 is down 39.02 points, or 0.6%. The Dow is down 728.40 points, or 1.6%. The Nasdaq is up 43.07 points, or 0.2%. The Russell 2000 is down 47.91 points, or 2%. For the year: The S&P 500 is up 1,281.42 points, or 26.9%. The Dow is up 6,224.58 points, or 16.5%. The Nasdaq is up 4,891.49 points, or 32.6%. The Russell 2000 is up 334.01 points, or 16.5%.The Kaduna State government has warned its political appointees to desist from random and irresponsible posts on social media, saying such comments can be misconstrued as official viewpoint, thereby causing reputational damage for the State Government or public outcry against it. The warning was given at a two-day capacity building workshop, which was organised by the Office of the Head of Service and the Principal Private Secretary to Governor Uba Sani in Kaduna at the weekend. A communique issued after the workshop noted that Kaduna State Public Service is strictly guided by ‘Scheme of Service’, ‘Stores Regulations’, ‘The Guide to Administrative Procedures’, and ‘Financial Instructions’. The communique recommended that the Department of Printing Services (Government Printer) should produce the Statute/Regulatory Books and sell to public servants at affordable prices. The communique, which was jointly signed by Alhaji Waziri Garba and Malam Ibraheem Musa, the Senior Special Assistant on Administration and the Chief Press Secretary to the Governor, respectively, stated that the capacity-building was organised for employees of Government House. The communique noted that Kaduna State has one of the most vibrant civil services in the country as other states regularly send delegations to understudy its operations, especially in the area of accountability. Participants at the workshop commended Kaduna State Government, under the leadership of Governor Uba Sani, for organising the workshop, which they described as the “first of its kind in the history of the state.’’ The communique stated that, “Public Servants must be disciplined, loyal to the Government of the day, show courtesy in the discharge of their duties, cooperate with one another and be honest in all their official engagements. “It is also essential for Public Servants to adhere to laid down procedures in the conduct of Government business as failure to do so leads to systemic decay of the service and corruption.’’

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Injuries are starting to take their toll on on fantasy rosters. Managers are being forced to hit the waiver wire and explore the depths of their bench in order to put together a lineup this week. Even if your team is missing some starters, a strong set of rankings will set you up for success on the fantasy gridiron. As you prepare for the 13th full Sunday of NFL football, we've got you covered with everything you need to set your fantasy football lineups. We have everything from positional rankings to sleepers and busts. Be sure to check back in often as our rankings will be updated regularly until kickoff on Sunday. WEEK 13 FANTASY ROSTER MANAGEMENT ADVICE Stock Watch | Start 'Em, Sit 'Em | Sleepers | Busts | Usage Report | Flex Finder | Weather Click section headers for additional positional analysis Week 13 Fantasy QB Rankings These rankings are for four-point passing TD leagues, and players who have already played are in italics. RANK PLAYER NAME TEAM OPPONENT CHANGE 1 Josh Allen BUF vs SF 2 Jalen Hurts PHI at BAL 3 Joe Burrow CIN vs PIT 4 Lamar Jackson BAL vs PHI 5 Justin Herbert LAC at ATL 6 Baker Mayfield TB at CAR 7 Jayden Daniels WAS vs TEN 8 Patrick Mahomes II KC vs LV 9 Matthew Stafford LAR at NO 10 Bo Nix DEN vs CLE 11 Tua Tagovailoa MIA at GB 12 Kyler Murray ARI at MIN 13 Brock Purdy SF at BUF N/R 14 C.J. Stroud HOU at JAC Down 1 15 Anthony Richardson IND at NE Down 1 16 Jordan Love GB vs MIA Down 1 17 Jared Goff DET vs CHI Down 1 18 Russell Wilson PIT at CIN Down 1 19 Drake Maye NE vs IND Down 1 20 Bryce Young CAR vs TB Down 1 21 Geno Smith SEA at NYJ Down 1 22 Sam Darnold MIN vs ARI Down 1 23 Kirk Cousins ATL vs LAC Down 1 24 Caleb Williams CHI at DET Down 1 25 Will Levis TEN at WAS Down 1 26 Derek Carr NO vs LAR Down 1 27 Jameis Winston CLE at DEN Down 1 28 Aaron Rodgers NYJ vs SEA Down 1 29 Cooper Rush DAL vs NYG Down 1 30 Aidan O'Connell LV at KC Down 1 31 Drew Lock NYG at DAL Down 1 32 Mac Jones JAC vs HOU Down 1 Week 13 Fantasy RB Rankings (PPR) Italicized players have already played this week. RANK PLAYER NAME TEAM OPPONENT CHANGE 1 Joe Mixon HOU at JAC 2 Saquon Barkley PHI at BAL 3 Josh Jacobs GB vs MIA Up 1 4 De'Von Achane MIA at GB Up 3 5 Bijan Robinson ATL vs LAC 6 Kyren Williams LAR at NO 7 Jahmyr Gibbs DET vs CHI Up 3 8 Alvin Kamara NO vs LAR Up 4 9 Jonathan Taylor IND at NE Down 1 10 Derrick Henry BAL vs PHI Up 3 11 James Cook BUF vs SF Up 3 12 Christian McCaffrey SF at BUF Down 1 13 Kenneth Walker Jr. SEA at NYJ Down 10 14 Breece Hall NYJ vs SEA Down 5 15 Tony Pollard TEN at WAS 16 David Montgomery DET vs CHI 17 Bucky Irving TB at CAR Up 1 18 Aaron Jones MIN vs ARI Up 1 19 Chuba Hubbard CAR vs TB Up 2 20 Tyrone Tracy Jr. NYG at DAL Down 3 21 Chase Brown CIN vs PIT Up 1 22 Rico Dowdle DAL vs NYG Up 2 23 Rhamondre Stevenson NE vs IND 24 Nick Chubb CLE at DEN Up 1 25 Isiah Pacheco KC vs LV N/R 26 James Conner ARI at MIN 27 D'Andre Swift CHI at DET 28 Najee Harris PIT at CIN Up 2 29 Rachaad White TB at CAR Up 2 30 Jaylen Warren PIT at CIN Up 2 31 Brian Robinson Jr. WAS vs TEN Down 3 32 Gus Edwards LAC at ATL Up 5 33 Kareem Hunt KC vs LV Down 13 34 Travis Etienne Jr. JAC vs HOU Down 1 35 Javonte Williams DEN vs CLE Down 1 36 Tank Bigsby JAC vs HOU Down 1 37 Tyler Allgeier ATL vs LAC Down 1 38 Roschon Johnson CHI at DET 39 Jeremy McNichols WAS vs TEN Up 1 40 Braelon Allen NYJ vs SEA Down 1 41 Ameer Abdullah LV at KC Down 1 42 Hassan Haskins LAC at ATL N/R 43 Cam Akers MIN vs ARI Down 1 44 Trey Benson ARI at MIN Down 1 45 Antonio Gibson NE vs IND Down 1 46 Justice Hill BAL vs PHI N/R 47 Zach Charbonnet SEA at NYJ Down 2 48 Jerome Ford CLE at DEN Down 2 49 Blake Corum LAR at NO Down 2 50 Audric Estime DEN vs CLE Down 2 51 Ray Davis BUF vs SF Down 2 52 Devin Singletary NYG at DAL Down 2 53 Kenneth Gainwell PHI at BAL Down 2 54 Jonathon Brooks CAR vs TB Down 2 55 Kimani Vidal LAC at ATL N/R 56 D'Ernest Johnson JAC vs HOU Down 1 57 Emanuel Wilson GB vs MIA Down 1 58 Khalil Herbert CIN vs PIT Down 1 59 Emari Demercado ARI at MIN Down 1 60 Jaleel McLaughlin DEN vs CLE Down 1 61 Jaylen Wright MIA at GB Down 1 62 Sean Tucker TB at CAR Down 1 63 Ty Johnson BUF vs SF Down 1 64 Jordan Mason SF at BUF Down 1 65 Chris Rodriguez Jr. WAS vs TEN N/R 66 Dylan Laube LV at KC Down 2 67 Samaje Perine KC vs LV Down 2 68 Cordarrelle Patterson PIT at CIN Down 2 69 Trey Sermon IND at NE Down 2 70 Trayveon Williams CIN vs PIT Down 2 71 Raheem Mostert MIA at GB Down 2 72 Ezekiel Elliott DAL vs NYG Down 2 73 Dameon Pierce HOU at JAC Down 2 74 Ty Chandler MIN vs ARI Down 2 75 Pierre Strong Jr. CLE at DEN Down 2 76 Hunter Leupke DAL vs NYG Down 2 Week 13 Fantasy WR Rankings (PPR) Italicized players have already played this week. RANK PLAYER NAME TEAM OPPONENT CHANGE 1 A.J. Brown PHI at BAL 2 Nico Collins HOU at JAC 3 Ja'Marr Chase CIN vs PIT 4 Justin Jefferson MIN vs ARI 5 Puka Nacua LAR at NO 6 Mike Evans TB at CAR 7 CeeDee Lamb DAL vs NYG 8 Amon-Ra St. Brown DET vs CHI 9 Cooper Kupp LAR at NO 10 Calvin Ridley TEN at WAS 11 Tyreek Hill MIA at GB 12 George Pickens PIT at CIN 13 Courtland Sutton DEN vs CLE 14 Drake London ATL vs LAC 15 Ladd McConkey LAC at ATL 16 Garrett Wilson NYJ vs SEA 17 Terry McLaurin WAS vs TEN 18 Brian Thomas Jr. JAC vs HOU 19 Jaxon Smith-Njigba SEA at NYJ 20 Tee Higgins CIN vs PIT 21 Jaylen Waddle MIA at GB 22 DK Metcalf SEA at NYJ 23 Jayden Reed GB vs MIA 24 Malik Nabers NYG at DAL 25 Zay Flowers BAL vs PHI Up 1 26 Khalil Shakir BUF vs SF Up 1 27 DJ Moore CHI at DET Up 1 28 DeAndre Hopkins KC vs LV Up 1 29 Jauan Jennings SF at BUF Up 1 30 Tank Dell HOU at JAC Up 1 31 Marvin Harrison Jr. ARI at MIN Up 1 32 Michael Pittman Jr. IND at NE N/R 33 Jordan Addison MIN vs ARI 34 Xavier Legette CAR vs TB 35 Keenan Allen CHI at DET 36 Jakobi Meyers LV at KC 37 Darnell Mooney ATL vs LAC Up 3 38 Amari Cooper BUF vs SF Doown 1 39 Nick Westbrook-Ikhine TEN at WAS Down 1 40 Devaughn Vele DEN vs CLE Down 1 41 DeMario Douglas NE vs IND 42 Quentin Johnston LAC at ATL Down 7 43 Jerry Jeudy CLE at DEN Down 1 44 Jameson Williams DET vs CHI Down 1 45 Deebo Samuel Sr. SF at BUF Down 1 46 Marquez Valdes-Scantling NO vs LAR 47 Christian Watson GB vs MIA Down 1 48 Davante Adams NYJ vs SEA Down 1 49 Xavier Worthy KC vs LV Down 1 50 Adam Thielen CAR vs TB Down 1 51 Wan'Dale Robinson NYG at DAL Down 1 52 Rome Odunze CHI at DET Down 1 53 Kendrick Bourne NE vs IND Down 1 54 Dontayvion Wicks GB vs MIA Down 1 55 Alec Pierce IND at NE Down 1 56 Rashod Bateman BAL vs PHI Down 1 57 Jalen Tolbert DAL vs NYG Down 1 58 Jalen McMillan TB at CAR Down 1 59 Noah Brown WAS vs TEN Down 1 60 David Moore CAR vs TB Down 1 61 Jalen Nailor MIN vs ARI Down 1 62 Michael Wilson ARI at MIN Down 1 63 Curtis Samuel BUF vs SF Down 1 64 Joshua Palmer LAC at ATL Down 1 65 Elijah Moore CLE at DEN Down 1 66 John Metchie HOU at JAC Down 1 67 Calvin Austin PIT at CIN Down 1 68 Kayshon Boutte NE vs IND Down 1 69 Lil'Jordan Humphrey DEN vs CLE Down 1 70 Tyler Lockett SEA at NYJ Down 1 71 Ray-Ray McCloud ATL vs LAC Down 1 72 Demarcus Robinson LAR at NO Down 1 73 Mike Williams PIT at CIN Down 1 74 Tyler Boyd TEN at WAS Down 1 75 KaVonte Turpin DAL vs NYG Down 1 76 Sterling Shepard TB at CAR Down 1 77 Darius Slayton NYG at DAL Down 1 78 Ricky Pearsall SF at BUF Down 1 79 Adonai Mitchell IND at NE Down 1 80 DJ Turner LV at KC Down 1 81 Parker Washington JAC vs HOU Down 1 82 Mack Hollins BUF vs SF Down 1 83 Olamide Zaccheaus WAS vs TEN Down 1 84 Marvin Mims Jr. DEN vs CLE Down 1 85 Tre Tucker LV at KC Down 1 86 Troy Franklin DEN vs CLE Down 1 87 Juju Smith-Schuster KC vs LV Down 1 88 Jahan Dotson PHI at BAL Down 1 89 Devin Duvernay JAC vs HOU Down 1 90 Justin Watson KC vs LV Down 1 91 Andrei Iosivas CIN vs PIT Down 1 92 Tutu Atwell LAR at NO Down 1 93 Zay Jones ARI at MIN Down 1 94 Jermaine Burton CIN vs PIT Down 1 95 Mason Tipton NO vs LAR Down 1 96 Malik Washington MIA at GB Down 1 97 Diontae Johnson BAL vs PHI Down 1 98 Malachi Corley NYJ vs SEA Down 1 Week 13 Fantasy Rankings TE (PPR) Italicized players have already played this week. RANK PLAYER NAME TEAM OPPONENT CHANGE 1 Travis Kelce KC vs LV 2 Brock Bowers LV at KC 3 Trey McBride ARI at MIN 4 George Kittle SF at BUF 5 Cade Otton TB at CAR 6 Dallas Goedert PHI at BAL 7 T.J. Hockenson MIN vs ARI 8 Jonnu Smith MIA at GB 9 Evan Engram JAC vs HOU 10 Hunter Henry NE vs IND 11 Will Dissly LAC at ATL 12 Taysom Hill NO vs LAR 13 Pat Freiermuth PIT at CIN 14 David Njoku CLE at DEN 15 Kyle Pitts ATL vs LAC 16 Zach Ertz WAS vs TEN 17 Dawson Knox BUF vs SF 18 Dalton Schultz HOU at JAC 19 Sam LaPorta DET vs CHI 20 Tucker Kraft GB vs MIA 21 Mark Andrews BAL vs PHI 22 Luke Schoonmaker DAL vs NYG 23 Noah Fant SEA at NYJ N/R 24 Cole Kmet CHI at DET Down 1 25 Noah Gray KC vs LV Down 1 26 Juwan Johnson NO vs LAR Down 1 27 Mike Gesicki CIN vs PIT Down 1 28 Theo Johnson NYG at DAL Down 1 29 Tyler Conklin NYJ vs SEA Down 1 30 Austin Hooper NE vs IND Down 1 31 Adam Trautman DEN vs CLE Down 1 32 Chigoziem Okonkwo TEN at WAS Down 1 33 Isaiah Likely BAL vs PHI Down 1 34 Darnell Washington PIT at CIN Down 1 35 Davis Allen LAR at NO Down 1 36 Michael Mayer LV at KC Down 1 37 Foster Moreau NO vs LAR Down 1 38 Colby Parkinson LAR at NO Down 1 39 Tanner Hudson CIN vs PIT Down 1 40 Mo Alie-Cox IND at NE Down 1 41 Lucas Krull DEN vs CLE Down 1 42 Grant Calcaterra PHI at BAL Down 1 43 Brenton Strange JAC vs HOU Down 1 44 Josh Oliver MIN vs ARI Down 1 45 Kylen Granson IND at NE Down 1 46 Ben Sinnott WAS vs TEN Down 1 47 Elijah Higgins ARI at MIN Down 1 48 Gerald Everett CHI at DET Down 1 Week 13 Fantasy Defense Rankings Italicized teams have already played this week. RANK TEAM OPPONENT CHANGE 1 Denver Broncos vs CLE 2 Kansas City Chiefs vs LV 3 Washington Commanders vs TEN 4 Los Angeles Chargers at ATL 5 Tampa Bay Buccaneers at CAR 6 Houston Texans at JAC 7 Seattle Seahawks at NYJ Up 2 8 Buffalo Bills vs SF 9 Cleveland Browns at DEN Down 2 10 Minnesota Vikings vs ARI Up 3 11 Detroit Lions vs CHI 12 Pittsburgh Steelers at CIN 13 Green Bay Packers vs MIA Up 9 14 Arizona Cardinals at MIN Down 4 15 Philadelphia Eagles at BAL 16 Los Angeles Rams at NO 17 New York Jets vs SEA 18 Miami Dolphins at GB Down 4 19 Tennessee Titans at WAS Up 6 20 Indianapolis Colts at NE Down 2 21 Dallas Cowboys vs NYG 22 Chicago Bears at DET Up 6 23 New York Giants at DAL Down 4 24 San Francisco 49ers at BUF 25 Baltimore Ravens vs PHI Up 1 26 New England Patriots vs IND Down 6 27 New Orleans Saints vs LAR Down 4 28 Las Vegas Raiders at KC Down 1 29 Atlanta Falcons vs LAC 30 Cincinnati Bengals vs PIT 31 Jacksonville Jaguars vs HOU 32 Carolina Panthers vs TB Week 13 Fantasy Kicker Rankings Italicized teams have already played this week. RANK PLAYER TEAM OPPONENT CHANGE 1 Chris Boswell PIT at CIN 2 Cameron Dicker LAC at ATL 3 Ka'imi Fairbairn HOU at JAC 4 Jake Bates DET vs CHI 5 Chase McLaughlin TB at CAR 6 Brandon Aubrey DAL vs NYG 7 Younghoe Koo ATL vs LAC 8 Tyler Bass BUF vs SF 9 Joshua Karty LAR at NO 10 Justin Tucker BAL vs PHI 11 Jake Moody SF at BUF 12 Brandon McManus GB vs MIA 13 Jason Myers SEA at NYJ 14 Chad Ryland ARI at MIN 15 Jason Sanders MIA at GB 16 Jake Elliott PHI at BAL 17 Zane Gonzalez WAS vs TEN 18 Graham Gano NYG at DAL 19 Evan McPherson CIN vs PIT 20 Spencer Shrader KC vs LV 21 Matt Gay IND at NE 22 Wil Lutz DEN vs CLE 23 Daniel Carlson LV at KC 24 Cairo Santos CHI at DET 25 Blake Grupe NO vs LAR 26 Anders Carlson NYJ vs SEA 27 John Parker Romo MIN vs ARI 28 Dustin Hopkins CLE at DEN 29 Nick Folk TEN at WAS 30 Joey Slye NE vs IND 31 Cam Little JAC vs HOU 32 Eddy Pineiro CAR vs TB