LEICESTER, England (AP) - Leicester moved six points clear of the relegation zone on Saturday after the struggling champions beat West Ham 1-0 for their first English Premier League victory in four matches.
Club record signing Islam Slimani headed in the 20th-minute goal at King Power stadium.
Leicester moved up ...
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MILAN (AP) - Yes, Virginia, there is a Santa Claus. Or else.
An orchestral director lost his job at the Auditorium Parco della Musica in Rome after telling an audience filled with children that the man in the red suit who delivers gifts to good girls and boys does not, ...
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OWINGS MILLS, Md. (AP) - The Baltimore Ravens have placed linebacker Zachary Orr on injured reserve and elevated former Navy star Keenan Reynolds from the practice squad.
Orr, the team's leading tackler, will miss the finale Sunday at Cincinnati with a neck injury.
The Ravens also placed cornerback Jimmy Smith ...
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NEW ORLEANS (AP) - Students from Cuba's top music academy will present a free concert of big band jazz with a Cuban accent in New Orleans on Jan. 5.
The nonprofit group Horns to Havana says the 14-member high-school jazz ba nd from Havana's Conservatorio Amadeo Roldan will be in ...
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GLASGOW, Scotland (AP) - Celtic surged 19 points clear of Rangers at the top of the Scottish Premiership after coming from behind to beat its Glasgow rival 2-1 in Saturday's Old Firm derby.
Scott Sinclair sealed Celtic's 15th successive victory on its march toward a sixth title in a row ...
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MONTGOMERY, Ala. (AP) - A fabled music studio where acts including the Rolling Stones and Bob Dylan recorded hits is already being named Alabama's No. 1 tourist stop of 2017, even though it's still undergoing renovation.
The Alabama Tourism Department has selected Muscle Shoals Sound Studio as the state's top ...
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SAO PAULO (AP) - Kenya's Jemima Sumgong won another title in Brazil this year, setting a record for the St. Silvester road race following her gold in the marathon at the Rio Olympics.
Sumgong, who also won the 2016 London marathon, clocked 48 minutes, 35 seconds in the 15-kilometer (9.3-mile) ...
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LONDON (AP) - Allan Williams, a Liverpool music promoter who helped the Beatles get early gigs, has died. He was 86.
Graham Stanley, manager of the Jacaranda Club that Williams used to operate, said Saturday that Williams died Friday night. He did not have further details.
Williams played an important ...
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NEW ORLEANS (AP) - Their hair wrapped in side buns, wielding lightsabers and dressed as everything from Wookiees to stormtroopers, thousands of people turned out to honor Carrie Fisher, the actress famous for her iconic role as Princess Leia in the "Star Wars" movies.
Fisher, whose tough-talking princess defied Empire ...
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DELAND, Fla. (AP) - Mari Hanley has been watching Jeopardy! at home for years and she recently heard one answer she'd wanted to hear for a long time.
The 20-year-old from Lighthouse Point has been selected to compete in the 2017 Jeopardy! College Championship.
"I'm overjoyed. I can't wait. I've ...
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HAMTRAMCK, Mich. (AP) - A Detroit-area nonprofit plans to make improvements to a ballpark that once was home to Negro League baseball teams.
The Detroit News reports (http://detne.ws/2iLglGO ) that the Friends of Historic Hamtramck Stadium will launch a $50,000 crowdfunding effort early in the coming year to restore the ...
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SALT LAKE CITY (AP) - A member of the Mormon Tabernacle Choir says she has resigned from the famed group over its decision to perform at next month's inauguration of President-elect Donald Trump.
Jan Chamberlin posted her resignation letter to choir leaders on her Facebook page Thursday. In it, she ...
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PHILADELPHIA (AP) - After news spread that Philadelphia Eagles quarterback Carson Wentz purchased shotguns for his offensive line this Christmas, a Pennsylvania gun violence intervention group sent the men a gift of their own.
Officials with CeaseFirePA say the organization sent gun locks to the football team for each player ...
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ATLANTA (AP) - Organizers of the New Year's Eve Peach Drop in Atlanta say Grammy award-winning singer, songwriter and actor NE-YO and rock band Collective Soul will perform at this year's event.
The event is planned for Underground Atlanta in the city's downtown area.
City officials say Underground Atlanta will ...
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Mark Clattenburg, who refereed the biggest finals in soccer in 2016, would consider a transfer from the English Premier League to the wealthy and ambitious Chinese Super League.
Hundreds of millions of dollars are being spent by Chinese clubs on high-profile talent, including Argentina striker Carlos Tevez this week, in ...
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FAIRBANKS, Alaska (AP) - Santa Claus' Facebook account has been reinstated after the social media company suspended his access and demanded proof of identity on Christmas Day.
The Fairbanks Daily News-Miner reports (http://bit.ly/2huoMoR ) that Claus, a North Pole city councilman, says he was never given a reason why his ...
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MILAN (AP) - Cristiano Ronaldo's agent says the Real Madrid star has been offered "more than 100 million" euros per season to move to the Chinese Super League.
But Ronaldo isn't going anywhere.
Asked by Italy's Sky Sport about reports of a 300 million euro ($315 million) transfer offer to ...
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DARIEN, Ill. (AP) - Alan Pasquesi has a vacant look on his face as his wife puts the white headphones over his ears.
The 65-year-old Darien man has primary progressive aphasia, a condition that during the past 12 years has taken away his ability to speak or understand language.
But ...
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BERKELEY, Calif. (AP) - Tanya Moore planned a nice seafood dinner out Friday night to celebrate husband Curtis' 51st birthday, and that meant she would have to hire transportation help because he has struggled to stand up and walk since a devastating, massive stroke almost 16 months ago.
Curtis loves ...
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If you are still playing fantasy football in Week 17, there is only one question to ask yourself: Why?
This is the week when most sensible fantasy leaguers are done with their seasons, because there are way too many personnel questions that will adversely affect your lineups. In the final ...
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NEW ORLEANS (AP) - Fans of iconic Star Wars star Carrie Fisher are gathering to pay tribute to her - New Orleans style.
Members of the Intergalactic Krewe of Chewbacchus are marching Friday afternoon in honor of Fisher, who died Tuesday.
The Mardi Gras Krewe is dedicated to all things ...
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Way too many films out there are heavy on plot and exposition, light on atmosphere and character development. It's safe to say "20th Century Women" isn't one of them.
Indeed, this new film from Mike Mills, a loving nod to the director's own 1970s California youth, is precisely the opposite: ...
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Of the many events marking the closing year of Barack Obama's time as the nation's first black president, none had deeper resonance than his opening of the National Museum of African-American History and Culture on the National Mall. Tracing the history of black America from its dark beginnings in human ...
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After the curses and death threats and groans across Minnesota from Mankato to International Falls, Blair Walsh needed a little love.
He found it in the oddest of places - the first-grade class of Northpoint Elementary in Blaine, a Minneapolis suburb.
Walsh is the kicker who missed a 27-yard ...
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ROCHESTER, N.Y. (AP) - So what do you do if your beloved NFL team extends its league-longest playoff drought another year? Make a parody music video and post it online.
That's what die-hard Buffalo fan Jennie Fagen did after her team's overtime loss to the Miami Dolphins last Sunday meant ...
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NEW YORK (AP) - New York City police want to question three women in connection with the hit-and-run death of a popular Spanish radio DJ.
Jean Paul Guerrero was fatally struck crossing a Brooklyn street on Dec. 19.
He was better known as DJ Jinx Paul on Mega 97.9, a ...
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PHILADELPHIA (AP) - A nonunion electrical contractor has withdrawn the federal racketeering lawsuit he filed against a powerful Philadelphia labor leader after the two fought at a work site earlier this year.
The Philadelphia Inquirer reports (http://bit.ly/2itbACp ) lawyers for Joshua Keesee said Wednesday that they plan to refile the ...
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AKRON, Ohio (AP) - A 65-year-old Akron bar DJ will serve four years in prison for beating a man to death who had complained that the music he was playing was too loud.
Robert Jarvis was sentenced Wednesday in Summit County Common Pleas Court for the fatal Jan. 8 fight ...
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BEIJING (AP) - Argentine striker Carlos Tevez has signed to play for Shanghai Shenhua, becoming the latest in a procession of star players to join the Chinese Super League.
Shanghai Shenhua said Thursday that it paid an $11 million transfer fee to Argentine club Boca Juniors.
A source familiar with ...
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ST. LOUIS (AP) - A reality TV series about homicide detectives is bringing its cameras to St. Louis.
The St. Louis Dispatch (http://bit.ly/2iDFvqM ) reports that the crew from A&E Network's "The First 48" is scheduled to begin taping in the city in mid-January, with the first episode expected to ...
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LINCOLN, Neb. (AP) - Nebraska guard Anton Gill will miss the rest of the season after injuring his right knee.
Coach Tim Miles announced Tuesday that Gill ruptured his patella tendon during practice Sunday. Gill will need six to eight months for rehabilitation after having surgery.
Gill had played in ...
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DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) - FIFA President Gianni Infantino says any "necessary actions and sanctions" will be taken after investigators alleged that Russian soccer players had suspicious drug-test samples covered up.
Emails released by the World Anti-Doping Agency showed there were five suspicious samples in the Russian men's under-17 ...
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CHARLESTON, W.Va. (AP) - A National Weather Service meteorologist called it a "1-in-1,000-year" storm. By the time it was over, 23 West Virginians were dead.
Flooding that ravaged the state in late June was voted the No. 1 news story in 2016 in West Virginia by Associated Press member newspapers ...
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BRUSSELS (AP) - Belgium's soccer stars are household names like Eden Hazard, Kevin De Bruyne, Dries Mertens - and the list could go on. Among the half-dozen top teams in the country's league are Zulte Waregem, KV Ostend and KV Mechelen.
Enough said.
The contrast in fame and fortune could ...
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KIEV, Ukraine (AP) - Half a year after losing his legs in the war against separatists in Ukraine's east, Lt. Volodymyr Kovalsky showed the strength of his body and spirit in a sports competition for disabled servicemen.
Breathing heavily and soaked in perspiration after the competition's final round of weightlifting, ...
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SAN FRANCISCO (AP) - A story reported by a blog called "WWE" that claimed professional wrestling star "Big Show" had died in a car accident is false.
Chris Bellitti, a spokesman for World Wrestling Entertainment, Inc., (WWE) said Tuesday that the "Big Show," whose real name is Paul Donald Wight ...
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BARCELONA, Spain (AP) - Malaga coach Juande Ramos is leaving the Spanish club after only half a season in charge.
In a statement released late on Tuesday, the Qatari-owned club said that the 62-year-old Spaniard had agreed to cut short his contract by 2 ½ years.
The departure of Ramos ...
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Zach Werenski and Ivan Provorov are the latest to put cracks in the time-tested theory that defensemen need a long time to develop.
The 19-year-old rookies quickly followed the lead of Seth Jones and 2015 Calder Trophy winner Aaron Ekblad in adapting more quickly to the NHL than elite defensemen ...
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FALMOUTH, Mass. (AP) - The first of two Falmouth High School student-athletes killed in a car crash just before Christmas is being laid to rest.
The funeral Mass for 17-year-old James Lavin is scheduled for Tuesday morning at St. Patrick Church in town, followed by burial at St. Anthony's cemetery.
...SCRANTON, Pa. (AP) - R.J. Harrington started grooving on vinyl records as a teen in the late 1990s.
Albums at that time, nearly dead in the music industry, remained a niche of audiophiles and collectors. But new pressings by small and obscure bands hooked Harrington on the vinyl music medium ...
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CLEVELAND (AP) - The Cleveland Browns' first victory of the season also has become a win for the Greater Cleveland Food Bank.
Some fans upset over the team's poor performance this year were planning a "Perfect Season Parade" if the Browns ended up winless. Over $9,000 had been donated to ...
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HATTIESBURG, Miss. (AP) - A plan to transform the former Hattiesburg American building into a public arts center is taking shape.
The Hattiesburg American reports (http://hatne.ws/2hpzbW2 ) that local architect Sarah Newton has completed the schematic design for the building and is moving forward with design development, including drawings of ...
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BOSTON (AP) - Former New England Patriots player Aaron Hernandez is heading back to court for another pretrial hearing ahead of his double murder trial in connection with a drive-by shooting in Boston in 2012.
Hernandez is charged with killing 29-year-old Daniel de Abreu and 28-year-old Safiro Furtado. Prosecutors say ...
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BERLIN (AP) - Berlin's museum authority says it has scrapped plans for an exhibition of works from the Tehran Museum of Contemporary Art because Iran hasn't granted permission for their export.
The exhibition, billed by German organizers as offering the first opportunity to see the works as a collection outside ...
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BARCELONA, Spain (AP) - Another rising talent turned into a profit. Another title on the horizon.
It's a scenario Benfica's fans are more than accustomed to: watching their club perform its masterful balancing act of staying atop the Portuguese league while transacting smart business deals.
When the January transfer market ...
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KANSAS, Ill. (AP) - Art students in Kansas have been learning about a variety of mediums this semester while creating artwork.
These lessons are part of classes led by Phil Glosser of Charleston, who retired in 2002 after 25 years as an art teacher in Neoga. He began teaching part-time ...
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A strong fourth quarter helped the Washington Wizards get by the Milwaukee Bucks 107-102 on Monday night in Verizon Center. Here are three takeaways from the win for the 14-16 Wizards:
1. Extra, extra. Milwaukee's roster was assembled with length as the target. Giannis Antetokounmpo is the most extreme example, ...
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HAMILTON, Ohio (AP) - Creating a world-wide sensation music video that is sweet, compassionate but still loaded with an inspiring, tuneful message about courage would be a tough order for any adult.
But Hamilton's 14-year-old Erika Scott makes it look easy.
Though the Hamilton Freshman School student is a tad ...
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MANCHESTER, N.H. (AP) - Southern New Hampshire University's new $25 million multi-sport stadium is expected to open next fall.
The stadium will be home to men's and women's soccer, lacrosse, tennis and track and field. It also will host select field hockey home games.
The concourse level of the facility ...
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QUINCY, Ill. (AP) - A one-time music store employee and rock musician is the unlikely point man in the renovation of 123-year-old church organ in western Illinois.
The (Quincy) Herald-Whig (http://bit.ly/2ihdTsb) reports that Phil Hoenig is restoring the Unitarian Church's Steere pipe organ. It's Quincy's oldest continually operating organ, though ...
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WOODSTOCK, Vt. (AP) - A small Vermont community skating rink is working on a long-term plan to eliminate its biggest single expense, its energy bill.
Organizers want to make Woodstock's Union Arena the nation's first skating rink to go "net zero" on energy, meaning no costs spent on electricity or ...
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CHARLESTON, W.Va. (AP) - One West Virginia woman's story will be told in two new films. But this is no ordinary West Virginian.
Katherine Johnson, a 98-year-old native of White Sulphur Springs, was hired as a mathematician for the original version of NASA in 1953, calculating the trajectories for astronauts ...
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PARIS (AP) - A little over 49 days - that's all it took Frenchman Thomas Coville to sail around the world alone, to set what French officials say is a new world record.
Coville sailed into the Brittany port of Brest on Monday on his Sodebo trimaran. He rejoined his ...
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BEIJING (AP) - George Michael's death brought back memories in China of the heady 1980s when Wham! was the first major Western band to play after the death of Mao Zedong.
Chinese who had never even heard of the band lined up for hours to buy $1.75 tickets to the ...
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LONDON (AP) - Fans are mourning the death of pop star George Michael as British charities praise his generosity.
The singer's death was announced late Sunday night. Many paid tribute on Facebook and Twitter and others cited years of good works that received little publicity.
He was lauded Monday for ...
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KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) - Ten months ago, confetti rained down on the Denver Broncos after they won the Super Bowl.
On Sunday night, the only thing coming down was rain.
The Kansas City Chiefs dashed all Denver's remaining hopes of a repeat with a 33-10 rout at wet, sloppy ...
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CORNELIUS, Ore. (AP) - "Rogue One" has been a smashing success at the box office, but not every moviegoer has been riveted by the Star Wars story.
Sheriff's deputies in suburban Portland say a man awoke to an empty theater Saturday morning after falling asleep during the movie. When he ...
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CHICAGO (AP) - Everything changed for the Chicago Cubs on a rainy November night. A century-plus worth of heartache washed away by a wave of pure joy.
There were hugs, cheers and tears - and bottles and bottles of booze, sprayed everywhere from Cleveland to the shadow of Wrigley Field.
...The Big Ten might not be as good as it has been in recent years.
But it sure looks like the conference title chase will be interesting in 2016-17.
The conference didn't have a team ranked in the top 10 in the most recent poll , with Wisconsin, Purdue and ...
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RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) - Duke started the year as the nation's top-ranked team and Atlantic Coast Conference favorite. Yet as the start of league play arrives, little has gone to plan for the fifth-ranked Blue Devils.
And that could make for an interesting race for the ACC regular-season crown with ...
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PHOENIX (AP) - Coach Steve Alford's best recruiting class for this season was expected to get UCLA back on track following the Bruins' fourth losing season since 1948.
Few could have expected they would be this good this quick.
Led by freshmen Lonzo Ball and TJ Leaf, UCLA is up ...
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CINCINNATI (AP) - An independent movie directed by and starring Emilio Estevez is going to be shot in southwest Ohio.
The ensemble dramedy called "the public" begins filming in Cincinnati in January. It co-stars Alec Baldwin, Jena Malone, Taylor Schilling and Che "Rhymefest" Smith.
Kristen Schlotman of Film Cincinnati tells ...
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LA CROSSE, Wis. (AP) - A former dog track in western Wisconsin may be converted into a baseball stadium and business park.
The Hudson City Council is considering a development plan for the former St. Croix Meadows dog track that closed in 2001.
The La Crosse Tribune reports (http://bit.ly/2hVMnDa) Minnesota-based ...
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MOSCOW (AP) - The Russian military choir that lost most of its singers in a plane crash Sunday is often described as the Kremlin's "singing weapon."
The Alexandrov Ensemble, sometimes referred to as the Red Army choir, was founded in the 1920s. It won global fame with its patriotic repertoire ...
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MANSFIELD, Ohio (AP) - Collier Landry seems to be at peace.
Considering his connection to the most notorious murder in Mansfield's history, that's quite an accomplishment.
Dr. John Boyle, a prominent osteopath, was convicted of killing his wife, Noreen, in the local trial of the century. Police believe the murder ...
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MADRID (AP) - Spanish art director Gil Parrondo, who won Oscars for "Patton" and "Nicholas and Alexandra," has died. He was 95.
Spain's Film Academy announced Parrondo's death late Saturday. It did not disclose the cause of his death.
Parrondo won Oscars for art direction for "Patton" in 1970 and ...
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ROME (AP) - A couple of teenagers restoring AC Milan to prominence.
A group of local players brought up through Atalanta's youth system leading the Bergamo squad to six straight wins and a nine-match unbeaten run.
While Juventus is seemingly marching unopposed to a record sixth straight Serie A title, ...
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STILLWATER, Okla. (AP) - Brad Underwood is about to find out if his attacking style of offense works in the Big 12.
The first-year coach at Oklahoma State has brought a big dose of energy and a nice batch of wins to the seemingly dormant program.
Last season, the Cowboys ...
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COPENHAGEN, Denmark (AP) - Sweden's popular German-born Queen Silvia has been hospitalized on her 73rd birthday because of dizziness.
The Swedish royal household says Silvia was kept overnight for observation and "is doing well."
In a statement, the palace said Saturday she was admitted to Stockholm's Karolinska Institute hospital late ...
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Only Kobe Bryant and Oscar Robertson have scored more than 300 points on Christmas in their NBA careers.
Cleveland's LeBron James and Chicago's Dwyane Wade might join the club Sunday.
Wade enters this year's Christmas Day quintupleheader as the league's leading active scorer, with 277 points. It's unlikely he'll still ...
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MILAN (AP) - Shadows are not just something fleeting for the dancers of the American company Catapult as they perform in Italy this Christmas.
They create shadow sculptures with their bodies, giving a contemporary twist to the ancient Chinese art of shadow theater. Shifting live silhouettes are the performance. Dancers ...
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MANCHESTER, England (AP) - The "Chosen One" banner has gone from the Stretford End. The team has been overhauled through three consecutive offseasons of lavish spending. Alex Ferguson's shadow no longer looms quite so large.
Yet, when David Moyes returns to Old Trafford on Monday for the first time since ...
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JUNEAU, Alaska (AP) - Not so long ago, children's books with an authentic focus on Alaska Native stories and culture were harder to find.
That's changing with Baby Raven Reads, a Sealaska Heritage Institute program focusing on children up to age 5.
Dec. 10, SHI released five new children's books ...
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HONOLULU (AP) - David Collette scored 17 points and Utah beat Hawaii 66-52 in a consolation semifinal of the Diamond Head Classic Friday.
Collette shot 7 of 11 from the field and grabbed nine rebounds playing in just his third game for the Utes (8-3). Lorenzo Bonham chipped in 11 ...
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COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. (AP) - Tens of thousands of children from around the world plan to call the North American Aerospace Defense Command to ask where Santa is, and starting Saturday they will get a cheery answer about the mythical route from a real person, not a recording.
The wildly ...
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DECATUR, Ala. (AP) - Sitting in the middle of the newly renovated theater lobby, Anne Scarbrough gazed through the wall of windows out to downtown Decatur. Eleven months ago, the Princess Theatre's board of directors tasked Scarbrough - the first new executive director in 28 years - with revitalizing the ...
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MANCHESTER, England (AP) - Manchester United manager Jose Mourinho says midfielder Morgan Schneiderlin will be allowed to leave the club in the January transfer window.
The France international, who joined United for about 25 million pounds ($39 million) in July last year, hasn't started a Premier League match since Mourinho ...
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GENEVA (AP) - FIFA's in-house research says the best and most profitable World Cup expansion is a 48-team tournament of 16 three-team groups.
The 64-page document seen by The Associated Press accepts that the current 32-nation format produces the highest quality soccer.
But with FIFA President Gianni Infantino committed to ...
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OAKLAND, Calif. (AP) - As shootaround wrapped up one morning last weekend, once Stephen Curry had concluded his methodical session flicking jumpers from every spot on the same practice court he always uses, Kevin Durant took a pass from the MVP's main rebounding man, Bruce Fraser, and let fly an ...
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NEW YORK (AP) - Police in New York City say the vehicle involved in a hit-and-run crash that killed a popular Spanish radio DJ earlier this week was taken to an auto body shop in Brooklyn for repairs.
A worker at the body shop told police that the vehicle in ...
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FORT COLLINS, Colo. (AP) - Colorado State senior Emmanuel Omogbo's right basketball shoe is a dedication to his parents, their names written in black marker with "RIP" alongside. The left one, a tribute to his niece and nephew.
On both, the date - "1-19-2016."
It's approaching a year since a ...
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PARIS (AP) - Paris Saint-Germain's obsession with Europe is seriously backfiring at home.
Heading into the winter break, the defending champion is already playing catch up and lags five points behind surprise league leader Nice.
Some contrast from last season, when PSG crushed all the competition for a second straight ...
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LAS VEGAS, N.M. (AP) - Some multimedia exhibits for the new Manhattan Project National Historical Park will be created by New Mexico students.
Highlands University announced this month students from the northern New Mexico campus will develop exhibits using technology like 3-D videos and computer modeling. The students also will ...
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FRANKFORT, Ind. (AP) - Everett N. Case brought an innovative coaching style from the high school ranks to the Atlantic Coast Conference in the mid-1940s.
The 5,509-seat domed structure that bears his name in the town where Case got his coaching start is receiving an innovative and much needed eye-appealing ...
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SALT LAKE CITY (AP) - Jay Stevens insists he's a husband, father and firefighter. Not a professional hockey player.
For a brief, shining moment in December, however, Stevens lived a dream, played like an All-Star and became a social media sensation at every level of the sport.
He calls it ...
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EL PASO, Texas (AP) - Isaiah Johnson had 15 points and 13 boards and Akron beat Maryland-Eastern Shore 76-60 in the Don Haskins Sun Bowl Invitational championship game on Thursday night.
The Zips (10-3) overcame a slow start in which they trailed UMES (2-12) for the majority of the first ...
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LONDON (AP) - Queen Elizabeth II and her husband Prince Philip are on their way to their country estate to celebrate Christmas after the couple delayed their trip for a day due to illness.
Royal officials said Wednesday that both the queen and Philip were suffering from heavy colds and ...
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GENESEO, N.Y. (AP) - Police have released the name of the college student who was killed in a collision on a western New York road.
The Livingston County Sheriff's Office says 18-year-old Savannah Williams was driving a car Tuesday afternoon when she pulled into the path of a tractor-trailer at ...
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LOS ANGELES (AP) - A woman who died of cancer just days before her appearance on "Jeopardy!" aired won six contests in a row and more than $103,000, some of which she donated to cancer research.
Cindy Stowell's run ended when she finished second in her seventh appearance that aired ...
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PITTSBURGH (AP) - Pittsburgh police say former lightweight boxing champ Paul Spadafora stabbed his brother during an argument then fought with officers who intervened.
Police say Spadafora stabbed his brother in the thigh Wednesday night, then fought with officers who intervened at the residence.
Spadafora allegedly threatened police telling his ...
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MADRID (AP) - Celebrations were guaranteed Thursday in Madrid after all the tickets bearing the top prize number of 66513 in Spain's 2.3 billion euros ($2.4 billion) Christmas lottery were sold there.
The number appeared on 1,650 tickets in the lottery known as El Gordo (The Fat One), with each ...
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LONDON (AP) - West Ham manager Slaven Bilic says Senegal striker Diafra Sakho will not be fit for the African Cup of Nations because of a back injury that will rule him out for six to eight weeks.
The tournament runs from Jan. 14-Feb. 5 in Gabon.
Bilic said Thursday: ...
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PHILADELPHIA (AP) - Philadelphia Mayor Jim Kenney has reached an agreement to give up the Mayor's Suite for events at the Wells Fargo Center to raise money for the city's beleaguered school system.
Comcast-Spectacor will pay the city an annual flat rate of $100,000 solely for the right to resell ...
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BERLIN (AP) - Few imagined at the start of the season that a fifth-tier club upon its foundation in 2009 would prove Bayern Munich's biggest obstacle to an unprecedented fifth straight Bundesliga title.
But Leipzig has got the rest of the league sitting up and taking notice, even if it ...
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DES PLAINES, Ill. (AP) - Maine West High School gymnast Rayna Davis is one of seven varsity members on the Warriors' team this year, and already in the new season they have three meets in the books. But, for her, just being able to return to the gym is a ...
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BATON ROUGE, La. (AP) - The federal government has allowed four groups at the forefront of the white nationalist movement to register as charities and raise more than $7.8 million in tax-deductible donations over the past decade, according to an Associated Press review.
Already emboldened by Donald Trump's popularity, group ...
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VERONA, Italy (AP) - Italy's culture minister has traveled to Kiev to recover 17 paintings - including works by Tintoretto, Rubens and Mantegna - that were stolen from a Verona museum and recovered by Ukrainian law enforcement more than seven months ago.
Culture ministry video shows the works displayed in ...
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MILAN (AP) - Two days before the match, AC Milan is already playing catch-up with Juventus.
The Italian Super Cup, usually between the Serie A and Italian Cup champions, will be played Friday in Doha, Qatar, but Milan was forced to postpone its trip by a day to Wednesday because ...
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NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) - As a kid, Kane Brown and his mother used to sing together as pretend "American Idol" contestants.
But when Brown actually tried out for the show years later, he kept getting rejected or stereotyped.
"They told me they didn't need another Scotty McCreery," Brown said. "I ...
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HARTFORD, Conn. (AP) - The officials given the task of completing Hartford's much-delayed minor league baseball stadium say the facility should be completed in time for the team's home opener in April.
Patrick Nails, a senior vice president with Arch Insurance, told the Hartford Stadium Authority on Tuesday that barring ...
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The NBA will open an academy in Africa next year, its latest move to unearth talent from outside the United States and extend the league's reach into new territories.
The African academy will be based in Thies, Senegal, and follows similar NBA projects opened this year in China, which has ...
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MANCHESTER, England (AP) - Amid the likely rotation during the busy festive program in the Premier League, there's one player Manchester United fans won't want to see out of the team.
Forget Zlatan Ibrahimovic. Forget Paul Pogba. The most crucial member of Jose Mourinho's in-form side might be a 35-year-old ...
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Former "Law & Order: Special Victims Unit" co-stars Mariska Hargitay and Christopher Meloni are celebrating the season with a holiday selfie.
Meloni posted a picture of himself with his arm around Hargitay on his Instagram on Tuesday, along with the caption, "Friends at Xmas." Hargitay posted the same picture on ...
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SANTA BARBARA, Calif. (AP) - The wife of Alan Thicke says her family is working through "profound mourning" days after the actor's death at age 69.
Tanya Thicke says her husband was laid to rest Monday, six days after he suffered a fatal heart attack. She says in a statement, ...
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MELBOURNE, Australia (AP) - Australian Open organizers say they will offer 50 million Australian dollars ($36.2 million) in prize money for the 2017 tennis tournament, including $A3.7 million ($2.68 million) each to the men's and women's singles champions.
It is a 14 percent increase in prize money from 2016, and ...
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ASPEN, Colo. (AP) - People visiting Aspen during the holidays can catch up on movies considered to be leading contenders for the Oscars.
Starting Wednesday, over 20 films including "La La Land", "Manchester by the Sea" and "Fences" will be shown during Aspen Film's 25th annual Academy Screenings.
The series ...
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SOUTH BEND, Ind. (AP) - The adage goes, "Don't judge a book by its cover."
But what about a beer by its label?
The artwork on craft beer bottles is as diverse as the breweries themselves. Even Greenbush Brewing Co. head brewer Jake Demski says that although the beer itself ...
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NEW YORK (AP) - The late rapper Tupac Shakur and Seattle-based rockers Pearl Jam lead a class of Rock and Roll Hall of Fame inductees that also include folkie Joan Baez and 1970s favorites Journey, Yes and Electric Light Orchestra.
The rock hall also said Tuesday it would give a ...
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LAUSANNE, Switzerland (AP) - Real Madrid's transfer ban has been cut, allowing the club to sign new players sooner than expected.
The Court of Arbitration for Sport says it partially upheld Madrid's appeal against FIFA, keeping the team barred from registering new players only in the January trading period. But ...
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WASHINGTON (AP) - First lady Michelle Obama tells Oprah Winfrey that this past election was "painful."
Mrs. Obama sat down with Winfrey at the White House for an hourlong special that was broadcast Monday on CBS.
On the topic of the recent campaign she said: "This past election was challenging ...
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MADRID (AP) - It's been nearly a decade since Real Madrid was this dominant heading into the halfway point of the season.
Not even in 2012, when it last won the Spanish league title.
With Cristiano Ronaldo at his best and Zinedine Zidane flourishing in his first full season as ...
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GRAND RAPIDS, Mich. (AP) - The print and drawing archives of sculptor Beverly Pepper will be part of the permanent collection at Frederik Meijer Gardens & Sculpture Park in Grand Rapids.
Meijer Gardens says seven decades of Pepper's work - including hundreds of drawings, prints, works on paper and notebooks ...
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PARIS (AP) - French financial prosecutors have opened a preliminary investigation into suspected tax fraud linked to the soccer industry.
The national financial prosecutor's office announced the investigation Tuesday, saying it was launched after reports by a group of European media outlets earlier this month. It said the probe could ...
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DAYTON, Ohio (AP) - Officials say the Dayton police officer injured last week when he and another man were struck by a motorist on Interstate 75 remains hospitalized in stable condition.
Police say Officer Byron Branch was outside of his cruiser at a crash scene near the I-75 and U.S. ...
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Jordan Bell is expanding his game by keeping it simple.
Known for his defense, the junior forward for No. 20 Oregon is becoming more multidimensional. It was on display this past weekend against UNLV when he had a career-high 16 points and a season-high 12 rebounds for his first double-double ...
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ZURICH (AP) - The FIFA ethics committee has banned two Honduras officials for life for taking bribes.
The judging chamber says former FIFA vice president Alfredo Hawit and Rafael Callejas, the Honduras state president from 1990-94, previously made guilty pleas to racketeering and wire-fraud conspiracy charges in the U.S. Department ...
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"Perfume: A Century of Scents" (Pegasus Books), by Lizzie Ostrom
Fragrance has always been wrapped in social and economic issues, controversy, memories and history as Lizzie Ostrom so persuasively shows in the lively "Perfume: A Century of Scents."
The 10 chapters - each devoted to a single decade - examine ...
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MOSCOW (AP) - Players from Russia's under-21 national soccer team had suspicious drug-test samples covered up, emails released by a World Anti-Doping Agency investigation show.
The emails, released this month as part of WADA investigator Richard McLaren's report on Russian doping, state that there were five suspicious samples in the ...
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ZURICH (AP) - The four British soccer federations were fined Monday for displaying poppies at World Cup qualifying matches in November to honor their war dead.
England's federation must pay 45,000 Swiss francs ($43,800) for the "display of a political symbol" at a home match against Scotland on Nov. 11. ...
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DUBLIN (AP) - Olympic official Patrick Hickey is back in Ireland, four months after being arrested in Brazil during the Rio de Janeiro Games on ticket scalping charges.
Hickey, who returned to Dublin on Sunday night, says he "will do everything possible to clear my name."
The 71-year-old Hickey was ...
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Fifth Harmony has announced that Camila Cabello has decided to leave the girl group.
The group released a statement on Twitter early Monday confirming Cabello's departure and wishing her well.
The group will continue on as a quartet. The statement says, "We are four strong, committed women who will continue ...
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SAN ANTONIO (AP) - A San Antonio Spurs fan's Facebook post featuring side-by-side pictures of him and his son at Tim Duncan's first game and the one Sunday night in which Duncan had his jersey retired is a testament to the legendary big man's longevity.
David Fernandez posted a picture ...
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AUBURN, Ind. (AP) - Two decades since he first taught karate in Auburn, Steven Franz has returned with the opening of his Franz Karate school downtown.
Franz's school occupies the former Window Boutique building on the west side of the courthouse square, which he extensively remodeled into a dojo while ...
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NEW YORK (AP) - Baylor and South Florida put up points at record paces this week.
The Lady Bears beat Winthrop 140-32 on Thursday in the biggest rout in Division I history. The 108-point margin of victory surpassed the 102 set by Grambling when it beat Jarvis Christian College 139-37 ...
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SAVANNAH, Ga. (AP) - A live web camera near Georgia's coast could produce the third season of what's become a favorite reality show for some: Great horned owls raising their adorable owlets.
The cameras are already rolling and volunteers regularly record and tweet about the other birds that stop by. ...
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Rejuvenated striker Mario Balotelli took his league tally this season to eight goals in eight games as French leader Nice beat struggling Dijon 2-1 to move four points ahead of Monaco.
A home win for Monaco against Lyon later Sunday would close the gap to one point. But Nice is ...
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HAZLETON, Pa. (AP) - Chicago Cubs' winning manager Joe Maddon has been honored in his northeastern Pennsylvania hometown of Hazleton after his team broke a 108-year streak without a championship title.
The (Hazleton) Standard-Speaker (http://bit.ly/2gZuZNU ) reports that Saturday night's celebration came during Maddon's annual visit to raise money for ...
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MONTAFON, Austria (AP) - Spanish snowboarders Regino Hernandez and Lucas Eguibar won the World Cup cross team event Sunday, while France triumphed in the women's competition.
In the final, Hernandez and Eguibar defeated former overall champion Omar Visintin and Emanuel Perathoner of Italy, while Alex Deibold and Nick Baumgartner of ...
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ISLAMABAD (AP) - Pakistani cinema owners will resume the screening of Indian movies after a two-month self-imposed ban linked to the Kashmir conflict.
Nadeem Mandliwala, a board member of the Pakistan Film Exhibitors Association, said Sunday that the group wanted to "lodge a protest" and felt that the message had ...
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YOKOHAMA, Japan (AP) - Cristiano Ronaldo scored a hat trick on Sunday as European champions Real Madrid beat Japanese side Kashima Antlers 4-2 to win the Club World Cup and extend their unbeaten run to 37 games.
Ronaldo took a pass from Karim Benzema in the 98th minute and calmly ...
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JACKSONVILLE, Fla. (AP) - In Savannah, the sight of art-loving college students drawing in their sketchpads is as much a part of downtown as the city's picturesque squares.
Jacksonville's downtown has nothing that compares with the Savannah College of Arts and Design. But a budding college scene is emerging as ...
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YOKOHAMA, Japan (AP) - Atletico Nacional striker Orlando Berrio thanked Chapecoense fans for their support as the Colombian team finished third at the Club World Cup on Sunday.
"(They) have all been behind us and that is one of the reasons why we were able to perform well," Berrio said ...
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YOKOHAMA, Japan (AP) - Atletico Nacional sealed third place at the Club World Cup on Sunday, beating Mexican side Club America 4-3 on penalties after a 2-2 draw.
Substitute Miguel Borja converted the winning spot kick for the Copa Libertadores champion, after Osvaldo Martinez and Miguel Samudio had earlier missed ...
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EAST RUTHERFORD, N.J. (AP) - The Dolphins can relax Sunday, watch some football and know they kept themselves in a strong position to make the playoffs.
Miami's 34-13 rout of the New York Jets on Saturday night was its eighth win in nine games. At 9-5, the Dolphins guaranteed ...
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ORLANDO, Fla. (AP) - More Walt Disney World restaurants will soon begin serving alcohol.
Disney announced that starting Friday that four more Magic Kingdom restaurants will start serving beer and wine. Until now, only the Be Our Guest Restaurant sold alcohol in the Magic Kingdom. It began selling alcohol in ...
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HUNTINGTON, W.Va. (AP) - A decade after its debut, a film based on the 1970 plane crash that claimed the lives of the members of Marshall University's football team, its staff and supporters, and the plane's flight crew has, in its own way, become another unifying chapter in the university's ...
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RAMSAU, Austria (AP) - Johannes Rydzek led a German sweep of the top four spots in a Nordic combined World Cup event on Saturday.
Rydzek overtook Fabian Riessle on the finish stretch and beat his teammate by 1.5 seconds as he finished in 22 minutes, 23.6 seconds.
It was Rydzek's ...
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YOKOHAMA, Japan (AP) - Sergio Ramos is set to return for Real Madrid in the Club World Cup final.
The Spain international wasn't fully fit for Thursday's 2-0 semifinal win over Club America of Mexico, but has declared himself ready for Sunday's clash against Japanese champion Kashima Antlers.
"Today my ...
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YOKOHAMA, Japan (AP) - FIFA President Gianni Infantino has defended the use of video replays despite a shaky debut for the new system at the Club World Cup.
The replay system allows referees to halt games to review footage of "game-changing decisions", but its introduction has had a mixed reaction ...
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LOS ANGELES (AP) - New York real estate heir Robert Durst knew he was suspected in the Los Angeles killing of his best friend, but he never fled when he had the chance because years had passed and he didn't think police would come after him, according to recently released ...
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PITTSBURGH (AP) - People regularly visit Pittsburgh's Hill District seeking the birthplace of August Wilson.
"That happens every day," Hill District resident Mark Southers, founder of Pittsburgh Playwrights Theatre Company, said.
A greater number of visitors could be headed there soon, thanks to the Christmas Day release of "Fences," a ...
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PHOENIX (AP) - Blaring dubstep beats and electronic music build like a massive wave barreling toward the shore, the students dropping lower and lower as Lil John shouts "Higher! Higher!"
They hold position as the chorus of "We hit turbulence!" rings out, then spring into the air as if propelled ...
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HOUSTON (AP) - Craig Sager never once thought about giving up as he battled cancer for more than two years.
"Man, life is too beautiful, too wonderful, there's just too many things," he said in late August from a hospital bed in Houston. "It's not just you. It's your family ...
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LOS ANGELES (AP) - Scott Baio's wife is speaking out following a report that the actor claimed he was assaulted by the wife of Red Hot Chili Peppers drummer Chad Smith over his support of President-elect Donald Trump.
TMZ reported Thursday that Baio filed a police report over the ...
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MOSCOW (AP) - Faina Melnik, the 1972 Olympic women's discus champion from the Soviet Union, has died, the Russian track and field federation said Friday. She was 71.
Melnik won her Olympic gold medal in an event in which the top eight finishers all threw further than the previous Olympic ...
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VIENNA (AP) - The Vienna State Opera says that soprano Lotte Rysanek-Doerler, a long-time ensemble member, has died.
An opera statement Friday says that Rysanek-Doerler died Wednesday at age 93.
The sister of the late Austrian dramatic soprano Leonie Rysanek, Rysanek-Doerler appeared in nearly 1,000 performances and close to 50 ...
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KALAMAZOO, Mich. (AP) - Police say a second suspect has been arrested in the shooting death of a Western Michigan University student during an apparent robbery last week.
The Kalamazoo Department of Public Safety says in a statement the 20-year-old Muskegon native was arrested without incident Thursday and will be ...
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Omaha-Cal State Fullerton, Abilene Christian-Charleston Southern and South Dakota State-Idaho really aren't games fans are demanding to see once, never mind twice.
But with home games hard to secure for low- and mid-major Division I teams, playing two games against the same nonconference opponent in the same season has become ...
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HOUSTON (AP) - I spent a couple of hours with Craig Sager the day before he underwent a rare third bone marrow transplant, and it was clear that he was spent.
The process was tiring and my relentless questioning didn't help, though he and his family were gracious enough to ...
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WASHINGTON (AP) - President Barack Obama is promising that the U.S. will retaliate against Russia for its suspected meddling in America's election process, an accusation the Kremlin has vehemently denied.
Amid calls on both sides of the political aisle on Capitol Hill for a full-bore congressional investigation, including assertions President ...
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WASHINGTON (AP) - President Barack Obama is promising that the U.S. will retaliate against Russia for its suspected meddling in America's election process, an accusation the Kremlin has vehemently denied.
Amid calls on both sides of the political aisle on Capitol Hill for a full-bore congressional investigation, including assertions President ...
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TOKYO (AP) - Tokyo governor Yuriko Koike wants a new volleyball arena for the 2020 Olympics built in the city's waterfront Ariake district instead of using an existing facility in neighboring Yokohama.
The backflip comes despite a Tokyo government panel previously warning that the cost of the Olympics could exceed ...
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NEW YORK (AP) - Bookstore employees from Los Angeles to Austin, Texas, will have some extra holiday spending money thanks to best-selling author James Patterson.
Patterson announced his latest wave of philanthropy on Thursday - bonuses of $1,000 to $5,000 for 149 workers at independent stores. Drawing on recommendations from ...
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YOKOHAMA, Japan (AP) - Karim Benzema and Cristiano Ronaldo scored a goal each to help Real Madrid beat Mexican side Club America 2-0 Thursday to advance to the Club World Cup final.
Benzema took a pass from Toni Kroos and beat Club America goalkeeper Moises Munoz with a superb right-footed ...
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LOUISVILLE, Ky. (AP) - The Muhammad Ali Center says it's planning a four-day celebration early next year in Louisville to coincide with what would have been the boxing great's 75th birthday.
The community activities at the downtown center in Ali's hometown will start Jan. 14 and continue through Ali's birthday ...
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MIAMI (AP) - Washington Wizards guard John Wall didn't even need to see the details of the tentative collective bargaining agreement between the NBA and its players before drawing his conclusion.
"It's a lot better than having a lockout," Wall said.
Such was the sentiment around much of the NBA ...
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MADRID (AP) - A meaningless goal is still a goal, especially for someone who really needs a boost.
Neymar had been enduring his worst scoring drought since arriving in Barcelona, but he got one in his team's 5-3 friendly win over Al Ahli in Qatar on Tuesday.
That could be ...
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The mounting pressure on Paris Saint-Germain coach Unai Emery might prompt a wry smile from Guingamp manager Antoine Kombouare.
Five years ago, Kombouare was sacked as PSG coach halfway through the season despite being three points clear at the top of the French league.
PSG is currently in third place, ...
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SALT LAKE CITY (AP) - Russell Westbrook is tired of talking about triple-doubles.
Oklahoma City's do-it-all guard fell short of a triple-double for the third consecutive game Wednesday night and is beginning to get a little annoyed with all the chatter about him averaging one for the entire season.
"Honestly, ...
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WASHINGTON (AP) - Miss Canada will be vying for more than the winner's tiara when she competes in the annual Miss World pageant in Washington this weekend. Anastasia Lin wants to tell a global TV audience about the evil of organ-harvesting.
Lin was due to compete at Miss World last ...
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NYON, Switzerland (AP) - Europe's top clubs are calling on FIFA President Gianni Infantino not to expand the World Cup from its 32-team format.
European Club Association chairman Karl-Heinz Rummenigge says the number of games played each season "has already reached an unacceptable level."
Rummenigge says he wrote to Infantino ...
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DENVER (AP) - Wayne Simmonds handed his faulty stick to Pierre-Edouard Bellemare in the middle of a late onslaught by the Colorado Avalanche and continued to try to block shots with his body.
It was the kind of all-out effort the Philadelphia Flyers needed to preserve their longest winning streak ...
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OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) - Kevin Durant apparently has no hard feelings toward Oklahoma City, despite the backlash he received after leaving the Thunder for the Golden State Warriors in the NBA offseason.
Durant's foundation has donated $57,000 toward an effort to build a new school for the city's homeless children.
...SUITA, Japan (AP) - Referees made use of the video replay system at the Club World Cup on Wednesday, resulting in a penalty and goal for Japanese champion Kashima Antlers in the semifinals against Atletico Nacional.
Kashima defender Daigo Nishi was fouled inside the box by Atletico forward Orlando Berrio ...
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Shannen Doherty is giving an up-close look at her fight against breast cancer.
The former "Beverly Hills, 90210" actress shared an Instagram photo Tuesday of herself in a hospital gown alongside her mother. She writes in the caption that she was undergoing another day of radiation therapy adding, "Today my ...
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SUITA, Japan (AP) - Asian champion Jeonbuk Motors thrashed African side Mamelodi Sundowns 4-1 to claim fifth place in the Club World Cup on Wednesday.
Kim Bo-kyung scored his second goal of the tournament in the first half and Lee Jong-ho, playing in his last game for Jeonbuk, doubled the ...
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PARIS (AP) - Lipstick pistols, poison pens, explosive rats - a new Paris exhibit reveals real-life spy gadgets and tells the story of how secret agents around the world were recruited, trained and equipped during clandestine missions from World War I to the end of the Cold War.
"Secret Wars," ...
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YOKOHAMA, Japan (AP) - Real Madrid coach Zinedine Zidane has lavished more praise on Cristiano Ronaldo.
Ronaldo claimed his fourth Ballon d'Or prize on Monday, and is now targeting a third title at the Club World Cup.
Zidane says "it is very rare that one player wins so many awards," ...
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ALTON, Ill. (AP) - Artist John Tyler Dossett started painting 17-plus years ago when his Lewis and Clark Community College art instructor encouraged her students to simply try.
"Today class, we will paint," Angel Weber would say to her students.
John at first replied, "I can't paint."
When Weber, a ...
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LONDON (AP) - The Jaguars, Dolphins, Browns and Rams will be the home teams for next season's NFL games in London.
The Baltimore Ravens will play Jacksonville in either Week 3 or 4 of the 2017 schedule. That game will be at Wembley Stadium, as will the New Orleans Saints ...
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If you take a close look at LeBron James' recent cover photo for Sports Illustrated's Sportsperson of the Year award, a safety pin can be spotted on the NBA superstar's lapel.
No, James isn't suffering some sort of wardrobe malfunction. Since last month's presidential election, the safety pin has become ...
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NEW YORK (AP) - B.J. Novak is back to his old tricks.
The actor and million-selling author is following up his beloved, all-words "The Book with No Pictures" with "The Alphabet Book with No Pictures," Penguin Young Readers told The Associated Press on Tuesday. The new work, which Penguin calls ...
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DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) - Police have arrested a 22-year-old man in connection with a fatal motorcycle drag race in Des Moines this fall.
Des Moines Police said the man was arrested Monday in connection with the Oct. 22 crash on suspicion of reckless driving and vehicular homicide.
Police say ...
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