HONOLULU (AP) - "Hawaii Five-0" actor Keo Woolford has died three days after suffering a stroke. He was 49.
Publicist Tracy Larrua announced Woolford's death on social media . She said he had a severe stroke on Friday and died Monday at a hospital in Hawaii.
Woolford played detective James ...
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FLOWERY BRANCH, Ga. (AP) - The Atlanta Falcons have placed cornerback Desmond Trufant on injured reserve and waived punter Matt Wile.
The team signed center Trevor Robinson and cornerback Blidi Wreh-Wilson on Tuesday.
Trufant missed the last two games with a shoulder/pectoral injury. Wile excelled in his NFL debut last ...
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LONDON (AP) - Someday, somehow, soccer will likely return at Chapecoense.
Through the grieving and after the funerals of the 19 team members who died in a plane crash, soccer will probably be played again, just as it was at Manchester United and Torino following similar tragedies.
"For so many ...
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NEW YORK (AP) - When the first notes of Kaija Saariaho's "L'Amour de Loin (Love from Afar)" are played at the Metropolitan Opera on Thursday night, it will mark only the second staged work by a woman composer in the company's history - and the first since 1903.
"It is ...
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LA UNION, Colombia (AP) - The Latest on the aftermath of Colombian plane crash that killed members of Brazilian soccer team (all times local):
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Pope Francis has asked for prayers for victims of the plane crash in Colombia, noting the Brazilian people are mourning the loss of soccer ...
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BOSTON (AP) - Former New England Patriots player Aaron Hernandez has sued a company after some of his jailhouse phone calls were apparently listened to by an unknown person.
Hernandez's lawsuit filed in federal court in Boston charges Dallas-based Securus Technologies Inc. with negligence, breach of contract, and invasion of ...
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BRUSSELS (AP) - Next time you raise a glass of Belgian beer, rest assured: It's a cultural experience.
UNESCO is adding Belgian beer to the list of the "Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity."
Belgium is known throughout the world for its wide array of tastes, from extreme sour to bitter, ...
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ELKHART, Ind. (AP) - Mike Burrell remembers the first time he got ready to race a go-kart around the streets of Elkhart in the early 1990s.
"As a 19-year-old kid, racing in Elkhart was like coming to the Indianapolis 500," Burrell told The Elkhart Truth (http://bit.ly/2fO3LFw). "You had all the ...
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MOULTON, Ala. (AP) - If you have an overdue book from the Lawrence County Public Library, there's no need to worry about late fees.
The library is giving borrowers a chance to turn in the book or other library material - in good condition - with no fees from Dec. ...
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MOSCOW (AP) - A French composer and his Russian lawyer were detained and spent a night in a Moscow police station after a Russian pop star accused them of extorting 1 million euros from him in a plagiarism row.
Didier Marouani and Igor Trunov were detained Tuesday evening in a ...
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RAWLINS, Wyo. (AP) - Lifting the weighty lid of her kiln, a roar of hot air blasting her face, Marge McCrea dips a pair of black iron tongs into a luminous inferno.
Carefully she lifts out a leaf, glowing red, and quickly brings it out to a nearby steel tin, ...
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Librarians don't only help us find good books.
Disaster relief, cooking and training in academic ethics were among the skills honored Tuesday as the American Library Association announced 10 winners of the I Love My Librarian Award. The honorees, based everywhere from Conway, Arkansas, to Modesto, California, each receive $5,000 ...
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MILAN (AP) - American teenager Joshua Perez has made a strong impression after making his Italian league debut with Fiorentina.
The 18-year-old forward from California came on in the second half of Fiorentina's 4-2 loss to Inter Milan at the San Siro on Monday.
Fiorentina coach Paulo Sousa says "with ...
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OSLO, Norway (AP) - Norway's anti-doping agency has called for a 14-month ban for cross-country star Therese Johaug after she tested positive for a steroid she said she took unknowingly.
The agency's prosecution committee on Tuesday filed charges to the Norwegian sports federation's disciplinary committee, which will make a ruling.
...LONDON (AP) - Former tour player Anne Keothavong has been chosen to succeed Judy Murray as captain of Britain's Fed Cup team.
The 33-year-old Keothavong was appointed national women's team coach and Fed Cup captain on Tuesday by the Lawn Tennis Association.
Keothavong takes over the Fed Cup captaincy from ...
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RIO DE JANEIRO (AP) - The Brazilian soccer team aboard the plane that crashed in Colombia was gaining respect and support from across Brazil even though it was a small club with a short history.
Chapecoense, founded in 1973, was preparing to play in the Copa Sudamericana final, South America's ...
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BISMARCK, N.D. (AP) - Neil Young is calling on President Barack Obama "to step in and end" what he calls the "violence" against protesters demonstrating against an oil pipeline being built in North Dakota on part of an Indian reservation.
In an open letter on Facebook posted Monday, the 71-year-old ...
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SILVER CITY, N.M. (AP) - A 96-year-old World War II veteran will be receiving an honorary degree from Western New Mexico University during this semester's commencement ceremony.
The university says Leonard Pritikin is a fixture at every Mustang home basketball and volleyball game. He's always in the front row, wearing ...
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MINNEAPOLIS (AP) - After the latest loss in a season that has been full of them for the Minnesota Timberwolves, Karl-Anthony Towns sat at his locker with his face buried in his hands.
For at least the third time this season, the 21-year-old NBA sophomore put the entire blame on ...
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TOKYO (AP) - Olympic officials have agreed to keep the rowing and swimming venues at their planned sites in Tokyo for the 2020 Games. A decision on the volleyball venue has been postponed until Christmas.
Representatives of the International Olympic Committee, Tokyo organizers, Japan's central and city governments have been ...
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MEDELLIN, Colombia (AP) - CORRECTS: Local mayor: At least 3 survivors in Colombia plane crash in which Brazilian soccer team players were onboard. (Corrects APNewsAlert that said Medellin mayor provided the information. The mayor of the nearby La Ceja municipality gave the information. )
SUNRISE, Fla. (AP) - Gerard Gallant was a coach of the year finalist last season after guiding the Florida Panthers to a division title and the best regular season in franchise history.
He made it through 22 games this season, before the Panthers decided change was needed.
The Panthers fired ...
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SEATTLE (AP) - A man with a terminal lung disease has completed the Seattle Marathon while towing his oxygen tank.
KOMO-TV reports (http://bit.ly/2fEjbLs ) Evans Wilson walked the entire 26.2-mile race Sunday and finished in just under 11 hours. The station reports that the former competitive runner has pulmonary fibrosis ...
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LAS VEGAS (AP) - The Soul Train Awards has served up a night of nostalgia with performances by Brandy and Dru Hill, two artists who dominated the R&B scene in the 1990s.
After receiving the Lady of Soul award from Jill Scott, Brandy performed a medley of some of her ...
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BURNSVILLE, Minn. (AP) - A Muslim woman has become the first to compete in the Miss Minnesota USA pageant while fully clothed.
Halima Aden made the semifinals of the competition over the weekend while wearing a hijab. She also wore a full-body outfit called a burkini during the swimsuit competition.
...STATE COLLEGE, Pa. (AP) - Penn State students braved wind chills below zero as they camped out to purchase tickets for the Big Ten Football Championship.
Student tickets go on sale at 7 a.m. Monday.
The Nittany Lions earned their first championship appearance after beating Michigan State. They'll face Wisconsin, ...
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MUNICH (AP) - Eurosport will have exclusive broadcast rights in Germany for the next four Olympics, leaving public broadcasters ARD and ZDF shut out.
Eurosport announced Monday that it will offer coverage in Germany on its free-to-air channel and other outlets for the games from 2018-2024.
No deal was reached ...
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COVINGTON, Va. (AP) - Students and teachers at Alleghany High School in Covington are mourning the death of the school's girls' basketball coach.
Principal Dwayne Ross tells local media that coach Danny Keene died Sunday in a two-car crash near Caldwell, West Virginia. Ross says police told him another driver ...
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DENVER (AP) - Brandon McManus was wide left and now the defending Super Bowl champs are on the outside looking in on the AFC playoff race, too.
The Kansas City Chiefs capitalized on short field position following McManus' missed 62-yard attempt to drive down and win it 30-27 on Cairo ...
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DENVER (AP) - Tyreek Hill just got his name mentioned in the same sentence with Gale Sayers.
The Kansas City Chiefs speedy receiver/returner scored on a run, a pass reception and a kick return Sunday night to become the first player to pull off that hat trick in a game ...
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MOSCOW (AP) - Tatiana Navka, a former Olympic ice dancer, and her on-ice partner have caused controversy by dressing up in concentration camp uniform for a dance routine on a popular television show.
Navka, who is the wife of the Russian presidential spokesman, and dancing partner Andrei Burkovsky appeared in ...
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LONDON (AP) - Arsenal rediscovered its attacking potency as Alexis Sanchez's double secured a 3-1 victory over Bournemouth in the Premier League on Sunday.
Theo Walcott was also on target with a header as Arsenal overcame a contentious penalty that Callum Wilson converted in a fiercely fought game at the ...
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SEATTLE (AP) - Weekend storms across Western Washington have produced an increased risk of landslides and difficult driving for holiday travelers.
Forecasters say more snow is on the way.
On Stevens and Snoqualmie passes, the National Weather Service was predicting 6 to 10 inches of snow on Sunday night, the ...
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NEW YORK (AP) - Disney's South Pacific animated tale "Moana" fell short of a "Frozen"-sized debut, but it nevertheless dominated the Thanksgiving box office with an estimated $81.1 million over the five-day weekend.
The well-reviewed "Moana," set in ancient Polynesia, earned $55.5 million from Friday to Sunday. It didn't match ...
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DETROIT (AP) - The return of professional basketball to downtown Detroit adds another piece to the city's fast-paced economic rebound two years out of bankruptcy, but it means little to John Iiolo if the city's fortune stops short of his doorstep.
While downtown and Midtown are on the rise, his ...
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SOUTH BEND, Ind. (AP) - Notre Dame coach Brian Kelly says he is "fully committed" to staying at the school after the Fighting Irish finished with their second-worst record in five decades. An embarrassing 45-27 loss to USC left Notre Dame with a 4-8 mark.
Kelly stated his intentions in ...
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LONDON (AP) - English soccer's governing body launched a review Sunday into an escalating child sex-abuse scandal to discover what professional clubs knew about crimes being committed by coaches and what action should have been taken at the time.
No such investigation was launched by The Football Association after Barry ...
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MUNICH (AP) - French winger Franck Ribery has extended his contract with Bayern Munich by a year until June 2018.
The 33-year-old Ribery joined Bayern from Olympique Marseille in 2007 and has played 333 competitive matches for the German champion, scoring 108 goals.
Ribery said Sunday that he's very happy ...
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ANCHORAGE, Alaska (AP) - Sam Cassell Jr. scored 20 points, including six 3-pointers, and Jon Severe hit the winning bucket just ahead of the buzzer to lift Iona to a 75-73 victory over Nevada and take the Great Alaska Shootout title Saturday night.
Iona (2-3) called a timeout with 6 ...
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ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (AP) - Teriyon Gipson ran for a career-best 217 yards and two touchdowns and Richard McQuarley had three touchdowns and 121 yards, leading a New Mexico rushing onslaught Saturday for a 56-35 win over Wyoming.
Lobos quarterback Lamar Jordan also had a career-best with 176 yards on the ...
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PROVIDENCE, R.I. (AP) - The holiday concert season is beginning at the Rhode Island State House.
The Rhode Island State Council on the Arts says more than 3,000 student musicians from 57 schools will perform over the next four weeks.
The concert series begins on Tuesday morning and runs through ...
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KAZAN, Russia (AP) - FIFA President Gianni Infantino warned Saturday that the future of the Confederations Cup is uncertain beyond next year's competition in Russia.
Speaking ahead of the draw for the 2017 tournament, Infantino says it remains unclear how and when the following edition, provisionally set for 2021, will ...
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SYDNEY (AP) - Sydney FC equaled a club record unbeaten streak but struggled against last-place Adelaide United in a scrappy 0-0 draw in Australia's A-League on Saturday night.
Sydney remained unbeaten after eight rounds in the domestic league and leads with 20 points, seven clear of Melbourne Victory, Melbourne City ...
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GREENVILLE, S.C. (AP) - A Marine captain will receive a Medal for Heroism during the South Carolina-Clemson football game for rescuing people from a NATO helicopter crash in Afghanistan last year.
The Greenville News reports (http://grnol.co/2fNhkEY ) that Capt. Trey Kennedy will be honored with the Navy and Marine Corps ...
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ISTANBUL (AP) - Turkey's state-run news agency says the father of former Turkish football star and ruling party legislator Hakan Sukur has been released from prison and put under house arrest.
Anadolu Agency says Selmet Sukur was released late Friday over health considerations on condition he wears an electronic bracelet ...
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HONOLULU (AP) - Jordon Varnado and Wesley Person each scored 14 points and Troy held on for a 65-63 victory over Hawaii on Friday night.
Hawaii forward Gibson Johnson had a steal and assisted on Noah Allen's fast-break layup to tie it at 60-all. But Alex Hicks hit two free ...
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MELBOURNE, Australia (AP) - Denmark has vowed to go on the offensive in the final round of the World Cup, believing that to be the best strategy to protect a four-shot lead earned in Saturday's third round.
The title is tantalizingly within reach for Soren Kjeldsen and Thorbjorn Olesen after ...
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BRUMADINHO, Brazil (AP) - Smack in the middle of lush eucalyptus forests in Brazil's heartland, Inhotim Park offers visitors a mix of sensations rarely combined into one experience: art and nature.
With more than 700 works of art by more than 100 artists, there is plenty to contemplate. And because ...
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MOSCOW (AP) - Russian President Vladimir Putin has promised FIFA that a much-delayed stadium in St. Petersburg will be ready in time to host Confederations Cup and World Cup matches.
The 69,000-seat stadium in St. Petersburg has had repeated problems, including worker deaths, cost rises and technical issues. The field ...
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WASHINGTON (AP) - It was two days after Election Day when Josh Billinson decided to turn heartbreak into humor.
The Washington, D.C.-area Hillary Clinton supporter decided to start churning out tweets matching photos of President Obama and Vice President Biden with fake captions that show Biden planning to prank the ...
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PARIS (AP) - French and German media say emails seized by French authorities investigating suspected blackmail and cover-ups in track and field speak of a corrupt system dubbed the "total protection project" that shielded Russian medal winners at the 2012 London Olympics, allowing them to compete when they should have ...
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BOSTON (AP) - America's most famous mallard family is waddling into Boston's Museum of Fine Arts.
"Make Way for Ducklings" opens Friday, commemorating the 75th anniversary of the children's book of the same name. The exhibition looks back on the career of Robert McCloskey, who wrote the classic in 1941 ...
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COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) - Ohio Stadium is sure to be rocking on Saturday when Ohio State and Michigan take the football field, and geologists will find out just how much through the use of seismographs.
Ohio State and Miami University professors teamed up with the Ohio Department of Natural Resources ...
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AMES, Iowa (AP) - West Virginia blew its shot at the Big 12 title when it lost by four touchdowns to Oklahoma last week.
The 19th-ranked Mountaineers still have plenty left to play for - including their best season in the Big 12. West Virginia (8-2, 5-2, No. 18 CFP) ...
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BOULDER, Colo. (AP) - For Mike MacIntyre, the best thing about the biggest turnaround in college football this season is that Colorado's seniors are getting to experience the Buffaloes' renaissance themselves.
"It means everything that this group of guys was able to get it done in their time," McIntyre said. ...
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SALT LAKE CITY (AP) - Stained glass windows are both permanent and ever-changing. They can't be easily moved from their frame or rearranged, but shifting sunbeams affect what each new admirer sees.
"Stained glass brings light and color and story into a building at the same time," said Virginia Chieffo ...
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ANCHORAGE, Alaska (AP) - Dusty Baker made five 3-pointers and scored a career-high 21 points, Jeremy Senglin added four 3s and 20 points, and Weber State beat UC Davis 86-58 on Thursday night in the Great Alaska Shootout.
Weber State made 13 of 25 from distance (52 percent).
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NEW YORK (AP) - The Latest on the Macy's Thanksgiving Parade in New York City (all times local):
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Thousands of people are lining New York City streets amid tight security for the Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade.
Charlie Brown led the signature large inflatable balloons as the parade kicked ...
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ROME (AP) - Rarely has a coach so readily blamed his team's performance on the result of another match.
Yet that's precisely what Napoli manager Maurizio Sarri did after drawing with Dynamo Kiev 0-0 in the Champions League, pointing to how Besiktas rallied from an early three-goal deficit to draw ...
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COPENHAGEN, Denmark (AP) - A former employee of a payment-processing company and a former chief editor of a gossip magazine were convicted Thursday for illegally accessing credit card transactions and using them to track Danish royals and celebrities for four years.
Judge Mette Lyster Knudsen sentenced Peter Bo Henriksen, who ...
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MADRID (AP) - Gareth Bale will need surgery on his right ankle and is expected to be sidelined for at least two months.
Real Madrid says Bale will undergo the procedure on Tuesday in London.
Bale limped off the field after getting hurt in the second half of Madrid's 2-1 ...
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ZAGREB, Croatia (AP) - Federico Delbonis will start Argentina's quest for its first Davis Cup title by playing Friday's opening singles match against Marin Cilic of Croatia.
Thursday's draw also pits Juan Martin del Potro against Ivo Karlovic. In Saturday's doubles, the Croatian pair of Ivan Dodig and Franko Skugor ...
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MONACO (AP) - The IAAF has ratified Ruth Jebet's world record for the women's 3,000-meter steeplechase.
The Bahraini runner's time of 8 minutes, 52.78 seconds at the Diamond League Paris meet in August, 12 days after she won Olympic gold at the Rio de Janeiro Games, bettered Gulnara Galinka's 8-year-old ...
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DECATUR, Ill. (AP) - Savannah Riestenberg's instrument is her voice.
When Bryan Powell put her on the drum kit at the Little Kids Rock workshop held at Millikin University on Monday, she'd never tried playing the drums before.
"How did it feel?" he asked, after walking her through a simple ...
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ANCHORAGE, Alaska (AP) - Marcus Marshall scored 20 of his 25 points in the second half and Nevada rallied from a 16-point halftime deficit to beat Oakland 82-78 on Wednesday night in the Great Alaska Shootout.
Nevada (4-1) scored on its first four possessions of the second half - on ...
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ZURICH (AP) - Brazil has risen to No. 2 in the FIFA rankings behind Argentina, with South American teams taking three of the top four spots.
Argentina leads despite a 3-0 loss to Brazil in a World Cup qualifying match this month. It also has not won a major title ...
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LAS VEGAS (AP) - Alec Peters had 26 points and 12 rebounds, Shane Hammink scored 23 points and Valparaiso beat BYU 92-89 on Wednesday night in the championship game of the MGM Grand Main Event's heavyweight bracket.
Hammink was fouled away from the basket with 52 seconds left and he ...
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ATLANTA (AP) - Rapper Gucci Mane took full advantage of the "Kiss Cam" while attending an NBA game in his hometown of Atlanta, using his scoreboard appearance to pop the question to girlfriend Keyshia Ka'oir.
Video of the proposal on Tuesday night shows Gucci Mane, whose real name is ...
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KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) - A 168-foot-tall Kansas waterslide on which a state lawmaker's 10-year-old son was killed last summer will be demolished once the unfolding investigation of the tragedy is finished, the water park's operators said.
Schlitterbahn Waterparks and Resorts and the family that runs it said in a ...
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DAVIE, Fla. (AP) - When a group of Nova Southeastern University baseball players realized a teammate from Venezuela wouldn't be going home for a three-week holiday break like the rest of the team, they decided to pitch in.
Last week, the South Florida baseball team presented 22-year-old Ronny Orta with ...
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Supporters of President-elect Donald Trump have flooded Amazon with negative reviews of Fox News anchor Megyn Kelly's new memoir.
The Los Angeles Times reports (http://lat.ms/2fop8fn) over 100 negative reviews of Kelly's "Settle For More" appeared on the online retail giant's site within hours of its release Tuesday. The newspaper reports ...
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LOS ANGELES (AP) - Olympic gold medalist Laurie Hernandez can add a "Dancing with the Stars" crown to her 2016 haul after winning the 23rd season of the ABC reality competition.
The 16-year-old gymnast took home the Mirrorball Trophy after the conclusion of a two-episode finale Tuesday night. Hernandez and ...
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ZURICH (AP) - FIFA says Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas have met with its envoy trying to broker better relations between the two sides' soccer federations.
FIFA says its monitoring committee chairman, Tokyo Sexwale of South Africa, held separate talks in Jerusalem and Ramallah on ...
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JOHANNESBURG (AP) - Hip-hop star Yasiin Bey - also known as Mos Def - has left South Africa after making a deal with authorities who accused him of violating the country's immigration laws.
South Africa's home affairs department on Wednesday confirmed that Bey had left the country on Tuesday after ...
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KUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia (AP) - The Asian Football Confederation has postponed elections to choose FIFA Council delegates for a second time.
The AFC says it canceled a Feb. 28 meeting in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, which was to replace an election congress cut short in India in September. That was amid ...
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FORT WAYNE, Ind. (AP) - Students at Southwest Allen County Schools' Deer Ridge Elementary School have gone a little crazy over the lowly 'lele.
Ukulele, that is.
The stringed folk instrument, accompaniment to countless Hawaiian hula dances, has lately been discovered by pop musicians including Bruno Mars and Jason Mraz.
...Jurgen Klinsmann's hiring five years ago was supposed to make America a great soccer nation.
Didn't happen.
Worse, it's not going to change anytime soon.
Klinsmann talked a great game. He promised skilled, ambitious, attack-minded teams instead of relying on the tried-and-true formula of athleticism, luck and overworked goalkeepers that ...
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LOS ANGELES (AP) - Shirley MacLaine is direct, funny and down-to-earth no matter how high-flying the topic may be, including the guardian angels and aliens she accepts as givens.
In a recent interview, there's also no hint of the diva she easily could be, given her stardom of six decades ...
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Rumer, "This Girl's in Love: A Bacharach & David Song Book" (Rhino Records)
Rumer sprinkles moon dust over a dozen tunes from the Bacharach/David catalog, putting her smooth imprint on songs of love and heartbreak. Rumer and husband/producer Rob Shirakbari opt mostly for subtle changes in tempo or mood on ...
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BOSTON (AP) - One of the Boston police officers shot while responding to a dispute between roommates last month has returned home just in time for Thanksgiving.
Police say Officer Matt Morris was released from a rehabilitation hospital last weekend, nearly six weeks after he was critically injured.
Morris and ...
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CHATTANOOGA, Tenn. (AP) - The Latest on the deadly school bus crash in Chattanooga, Tennessee (all times local):
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The parent of two of the children who were on a school bus that crashed in Chattanooga, killing at least five children, says he sometimes saw the bus driver going ...
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MANCHESTER, England (AP) - Some people will do anything to watch Manchester United play at Old Trafford.
Even sleep overnight in the stadium's bathroom.
Two United supporters took an official tour of the English club's iconic ground on Friday, the day before United played Arsenal there in a high-profile Premier ...
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HONG KONG (AP) - The Walt Disney Co. and Hong Kong are launching a $1.4 billion expansion of the southern Chinese city's Disneyland resort that includes the company's first themed areas based on the movie "Frozen" and Marvel superhero characters.
The Hong Kong government, which owns a controlling stake in ...
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MADRID (AP) - Spanish authorities say a man was stabbed during an altercation between fans ahead of Tuesday's Champions League match between Sevilla and Juventus.
Seville police say the unidentified man was injured during a confrontation at a bar near the city center and hospitalized. Officials say the man is ...
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WILLIAMSBURG, Va. (AP) - An expansion of the Art Museums of Colonial Williamsburg is slated to begin in April.
The Colonial Williamsburg Foundation says construction will mark the end of a $40 million capital campaign.
It will be the first large-scale expansion of the building since it opened in 1985. ...
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LAS VEGAS (AP) - Alec Peters scored 24 points, including three 3-pointers, and grabbed 10 rebounds and Valparaiso beat Alabama 68-60 on Monday night in the MGM Grand Main Event.
Valpo will play BYU in the championship game on Wednesday.
Peters made 7 of 12 from the field and all ...
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MADISON, Wis. (AP) - A series of events are planned for next year to mark the 30th anniversary of Tommy Thompson's inauguration as Wisconsin governor.
Alumni of his administration are producing events for 2017 that include an academic conference at the Capitol in April, a celebratory gala in Milwaukee later ...
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NEW YORK (AP) - If Donald Trump is waiting for an apology from the cast of "Hamilton," he will have to continue to wait.
Actor Brandon Victor Dixon, who plays Aaron Burr in the celebrated musical, told "CBS This Morning" on Monday that "there's nothing to apologize for." Dixon gave ...
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MADRID (AP) - Sevilla wants to show it is ready to reach the next level.
After three straight titles in the Europa League, the Spanish club is hoping to thrive among the best soccer teams on the continent.
And the first step toward that goal may come Tuesday against Juventus, ...
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MANCHESTER, England (AP) - There was pure elation at Yaya Toure's goal-scoring return to action for Manchester City over the weekend.
As he was leaving the field after scoring both of City's goals in a 2-1 win over Crystal Palace, he was given a warm hug by coach Pep Guardiola. ...
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STOCKHOLM (AP) - Swedish officials are considering tougher measures against hooligans after Helsingborg supporters stormed the field and attacked Henrik Larsson's son after the team was relegated from the top division in Sweden.
The incident happened Sunday after Helsingborg's 2-1 loss to Halmstad. Masked hooligans mobbed Jordan Larsson and pulled ...
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Coming on the heels of a divisive political election, the American Music Awards on Sunday night in Los Angeles became a platform for strong, and sometimes foul, political language. Here's a look at some of the top moments from the American Music Awards show:
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MILAN (AP) - Silvio Berlusconi would stay on as honorary president at AC Milan after selling the club to Chinese investors if he can retain powers impacting the squad.
Speaking to reporters early Monday following Milan's 2-2 draw with Inter in the city derby, Berlusconi said the Chinese group offered ...
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Coming on the heels of a divisive political election, the American Music Awards on Sunday night in Los Angeles became a platform for strong, and sometimes foul, political language. Here's a look at some of the top moments from the American Music Awards show:
NOT TRUMP'S NIGHT
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Dak Prescott is looking more and more capable of becoming the first rookie starting quarterback to take his team to a Super Bowl.
Whatever whispers there were as recently as a month ago that Prescott would be replaced in the Dallas Cowboys' lineup when Tony Romo returned from a back ...
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DALLAS (AP) - Felix Lozada stands in the heat at a bridge plaza that bears his name: Felix H. Lozada Sr. Gateway.
The Dallas Morning News (http://bit.ly/2eprIRR ) reports the poor West Dallas neighborhoods behind him have been his home for nearly all of his 94 years - save for ...
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With new albums to promote, the timing is perfect for Sunday's American Music Awards, where performers include top pop stars such as Lady Gaga, Bruno Mars and The Weeknd.
Mars released his new album, "24K Magic," on Friday, and a day after Thanksgiving, the Weeknd will drop "Starboy." Gaga released ...
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NEW YORK (AP) - Four years ago, an unexpected guest crashed a celebration in Manhattan so he could hang out with U.S. Olympians who were on their way to the London Games.
The guest: Donald Trump.
The president-elect, who also carried the torch in the lead-up to the Athens Games, ...
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NEW YORK (AP) - President-elect Donald Trump, in the midst of choosing his Cabinet, took time out Sunday for a second day to criticize the cast of the Broadway musical "Hamilton" and demand an apology for a message an actor delivered from stage to Trump's running mate about the need ...
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BOSTON (AP) - A photographer has made it his mission to photograph two people from every nation who have settled in Massachusetts.
Mark Chester is well on his way to achieving his goal.
Since 2011, he's photographed people from 185 of the world's 196 countries, all of them immigrants who ...
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GLASGOW, Scotland (AP) - Russia's failure to acknowledge it operated a state-sponsored doping program, continued obstruction of testing and cyberattacks on the World Anti-Doping Agency were denounced on Sunday.
WADA officials warned that Russian sport will struggle to regain the trust of the sports world if leaders continue to refuse ...
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GLASGOW, Scotland (AP) - The World Anti-Doping Agency says cyber-hackers are still trying to obtain access to databases containing confidential medical records for athletes ahead of the publication of a fresh investigation into Russia's state-sponsored doping system.
A hacking group known as Fancy Bears, which WADA says is linked to ...
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NEW PORT RICHEY, Fla. (AP) - A man who was arrested on charges that he fled from Pasco County deputies during a traffic stop, intentionally ran a deputy off the road, and was holding 9.5 grams of meth became the star of the sheriff's office Facebook and Twitter pages.
The ...
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SAN JOSE, Calif. (AP) - Quarterback Arion Worthman rushed for 215 yards and threw a 22-yard touchdown pass to Jalen Robinette with 32 seconds left as Air Force beat San Jose State 41-38 in Mountain West Conference play on Saturday night.
The Spartans (3-8, 2-5) had apparently won the game ...
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ORLANDO, Fla. (AP) - Vulcans, Gryffindors, wizards and hobbits are just a few of the characters that customers run into at the Cloak & Blaster bar in east Orlando.
If you're not sure what those are, you might feel out of place there - just as Cloak & Blaster regulars ...
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PASADENA, Calif. (AP) - Sam Darnold passed for 267 yards and hit De'Quan Hampton for two touchdowns, leading No. 15 Southern California past UCLA 36-14 Saturday night in the Los Angeles rivals' 86th crosstown showdown.
Ronald Jones II rushed for 121 yards and two TDs for the surging Trojans (8-3, ...
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EVERETT, Wash. (AP) - Court documents say a man who starts in the hit reality TV series "Deadliest Catch" was strangled and suffered a fractured skull during a robbery.
The Daily Herald reports (http://bit.ly/2gph7fh ) that 33-year-old Jake Harris also had brain swelling, broken blood vessels in his eyes and ...
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LINCOLN, Neb. (AP) - Nebraska fourth-year starting quarterback Tommy Armstrong Jr. won't play on his senior day against Maryland because of a lingering hamstring injury.
The Husker Sports Network reports on its pregame show Saturday that fifth-year senior Ryker Fyfe will make his second career start for the No. 19 ...
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President-elect Donald Trump demanded an apology from the Broadway cast of "Hamilton" on Saturday after its actors concluded a performance the previous night with a passionate plea aimed at particular member of the audience: Vice President-elect Mike Pence.
Mr. Trump took to Twitter early Saturday to defend his number two ...
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GLOUSTER, Ohio (AP) - Before Sam Jones and his boxers stepped into the ring and started raising money, the Trimble school district was so poor educators turned to other districts for hand-me-down textbooks.
Today the rural Athens County district has new textbooks, iPads, interactive smartboards and other educational technology thanks ...
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NEW YORK (AP) - A New York City councilman says a Brooklyn playground named for the late Beastie Boys hip-hop star Adam Yauch was vandalized with swastikas and the words "Go Trump!"
Brad Lander decried the vandalism at the Brooklyn Heights playground on Twitter. The swastika and words were spray-painted ...
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TIRANA, Albania (AP) - A former top-secret nuclear bunker has been reopened as a museum in Albania's capital to show visitors how Communist-era police persecuted the regime's opponents.
The 1,000-square-meter (1,077-square-foot) bunker with reinforced concrete walls up to 2.4 meters (8-feet) thick was built between 1981 and 1986 to shelter ...
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SEOUL, South Korea (AP) - Two goals from Leonardo gave South Korea's Jeonbuk Motors a come-from-behind 2-1 home win over Al Ain in the first leg of the Asian Champions League final on Saturday.
With Jeonbuk trailing at the Jeonju World Cup Stadium, the Brazilian intervened to give the 2006 ...
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BLOOMINGTON, Ind. (AP) - Joe McDufee has seen just about everything since he started attending Indiana Hoosiers games in 1949.
He's celebrated five national championships and an undefeated season, coped with the firing of Bob Knight, witnessed the rise and fall of the program under Mike Davis and Kelvin Sampson, ...
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YORK, Pa. (AP) - DaNica Shirey couldn't shake the nerves. Everything was hazy, and she almost felt drunk.
The then-25-year-old singer had auditioned two other times for "The Voice." But she'd never sung for the celebrity coaches.
This was her shot.
When she saw three coaches' chairs turn around - ...
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PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) - Gage Gubrud threw for 304 yards and three touchdowns and Eastern Washington overcame a slow start to defeat Portland State 35-28 on Friday night to clinch a tie for the Big Sky Conference title.
The Eagles (10-1, 8-0) shared the title with North Dakota but earn ...
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Mississippi State looked bad against Alabama last weekend. Meanwhile, Arkansas was thumped by LSU at home.
But the Bulldogs (4-6, 2-4 Southeastern Conference) and Razorbacks (6-4, 2-4) both say they still have plenty of confidence going into their meeting on Saturday in Starkville, Mississippi. They're also not going to underestimate ...
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COPENHAGEN, Denmark (AP) - The Swedish Academy says Bob Dylan, who was awarded the 2016 Nobel Prize for literature, likely will travel to Stockholm next year and might hold his Nobel Lecture then.
The Academy says Dylan likely will give a concert in Stockholm, adding it would be "a perfect ...
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Priscilla Presley has opened up about her life with Elvis, saying she "truly lived in a bubble" with the superstar.
Presley began dating Elvis when she was 14 and he was 24. She tells British chat show "Loose Women" on the ITV network that she didn't have her teenage years ...
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NYON, Switzerland (AP) - Finland midfielder Roman Eremenko has been banned for two years after he tested positive for cocaine, UEFA said Friday.
Traces of cocaine, which is considered a banned stimulant, were found in a sample Eremenko gave after playing for CSKA Moscow in a Champions League game against ...
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AMITYVILLE, N.Y. (AP) - The Long Island home that served as the inspiration for the book "The Amityville Horror" and the subsequent films of the same name is being bought.
Newsday reports (http://nwsdy.li/2faKVum ) the infamous 1927 Dutch Colonial on Amityville's Ocean Avenue went into contract this week.
The property's ...
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LOUISVILLE, Ky. (AP) - Churchill Downs says it will complete a $37 million project in time to add more than 1,800 seats for the 2018 Kentucky Derby.
The Louisville track says the project will add new luxury suites, interior dining tables and third-floor seats. The new space on the north ...
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WASHINGTON (AP) - An exhibit of works by contemporary video artist Bill Viola is opening at the National Portrait Gallery.
Friday is opening day for "Bill Viola: The Moving Portrait." The exhibit runs through May 7. It's the first in the history of the National Portrait Gallery that's entirely devoted ...
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LAHAINA, Hawaii (AP) - Chaminade's 77-72 victory over Ralph Sampson and top-ranked Virginia in 1982 is widely considered the biggest upset in college basketball history, among the greatest in any sport.
Unlike today's world of 24-hour sports networks, social media and smartphones, the game was played in relative obscurity.
Fewer ...
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TOKYO (AP) - The president of the World Baseball Softball Confederation is confident staging games in Fukushima for the 2020 Olympics will not present any health risk to players.
Tokyo Olympic organizers are planning to hold part of the baseball and softball competition in the region devastated by the 2011 ...
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The bad news this week is you'll miss top players like Julio Jones and Melvin Gordon. The good news? It's the last week fantasy players will likely face significant, widespread bye challenges.
The fantasy playoffs are getting closer, intensifying each lineup move and roster decision. Even when the pressure is ...
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PITTSBURGH (AP) - Social media giant Facebook has purchased a facial analysis software firm linked to Pittsburgh's Carnegie Mellon University.
Details of the deal weren't revealed by California-based Facebook or FacioMetrics, the CMU spinoff.
FacioMetrics has developed software called IntraFace which can be downloaded onto mobile phones and enables users ...
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SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (AP) - The Abraham Lincoln Presidential Library and Museum is offering families a break from Black Friday stress with "Fun Frosty Friday" on Nov. 25.
At the presidential library, there will be an appearance by Santa Claus and free activities from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. There will ...
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PRISTINA, Kosovo (AP) - Kosovo police say they prevented an extremist attack against the Israeli national soccer team that played a World Cup qualifier in neighboring Albania.
Following reports that an alleged terror group arrested in Albania, Kosovo and Macedonia had planned an attack, the venue of last weekend's qualifier ...
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NICOSIA, Cyprus (AP) - Cyprus' top sports official is urging lawmakers to pass legislation enabling authorities to wiretap suspects' telephones and access bank accounts in the fight against match-fixing.
Cleanthis Georgiades, president of Cyprus Sports Organization, tells The Associated Press that those involved in match-fixing are "extremely dangerous" people, with ...
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OYSTER BAY, N.Y. (AP) - Singer-songwriter and Long Island native Billy Joel is supporting a crowdfunding campaign for a local documentary examining the plight of Oyster Bay's natural shell fishermen.
Newsday reports (http://nwsdy.li/2gj9SFK ) the 67-year-old Rock and Roll Hall of Famer has key roles in "The Bay of Imbalance" ...
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NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) - Warner Music Group could receive between $1 million and $2 million in incentives for its Nashville expansion, based on job creation.
The Tennessean reports (http://tnne.ws/2ggRj59 ) Nashville's Metro Council has voted to award Warner $500 per job added in Nashville annually over the next seven years.
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No. 8 Oklahoma (8-2, 7-0 Big 12) at No. 10 West Virginia (8-1, 5-1). The first matchup of Top 10 teams in the league this season, and a game that could end the Big 12 title chase. If No. 13 Oklahoma State loses at TCU earlier ...
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GREENSBORO, N.C. (AP) - It's a football Saturday at the Atlantic Coast Conference headquarters, and Michael Strickland sits in a windowless room scanning a wall of flat-panel televisions and monitors on a nearby table.
The ACC's senior associate commissioner for football operations and two replay officials are closely watching a ...
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DENVER (AP) - Autumn snow has been scarce in the Rocky Mountains, forcing some ski areas to push back opening day and causing some nervousness about how much water will be available next spring for the Colorado River, the lifeblood of the Southwest.
But the first significant storm of the ...
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BARCELONA, Spain (AP) - Barcelona says it has reached a new shirt sponsorship deal with Japanese company Rakuten.
The club says the company that specializes in e-commerce, communications, digital content and financial technology services will become its main global sponsor for the next four seasons.
Barcelona says the new sponsor's ...
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NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) - Two years after coming out publicly as a gay man, country singer Ty Herndon is revealing much more about his lifelong struggle for acceptance in a new album that he hopes everyone can relate to.
"House on Fire," released last week, features love songs that are ...
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PARIS (AP) - Frank McCourt's plans to bring Marseille back to the top of French and European soccer could be undermined by local criminals.
Winger Florian Thauvin became the latest victim of the southern city's notorious thieves this week, suffering a vicious attack near his home in a chic neighborhood ...
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Carrie Fisher has revealed that Princess Leia's romance with Han Solo in "Star Wars" extended off-screen, as well.
Fisher tells People magazine that she enjoyed an "intense" affair with co-star Harrison Ford during the filming of the 1977 blockbuster.
Fisher was 19 and Ford was 33 and married at the ...
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BAY ST. LOUIS, Miss. (AP) - A judge has decided against releasing former Hancock High teacher and coach Leslie DeWitt from jail while she appeals her conviction on two charges of molesting a female student.
Circuit Court Judge Larry Bourgeios (BOORZ'-wah) said Tuesday DeWitt poses a "special danger" to potential ...
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OSLO, Norway (AP) - The Norwegian soccer federation says coach Per-Mathias Hogmo will step down after three years in the job.
With only three points from four matches in World Cup qualifying, Norway has little chance to qualify for the 2018 tournament in Russia. The Norwegians, who lost to the ...
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WILMINGTON, Del. (AP) - Delaware Gov. Jack Markell and First Lady Carla Markell will make their ballet debut in the Wilmington Ballet Academy's version of "The Nutcracker" next month.
The News Journal of Wilmington (http://delonline.us/2fuDfDB ) reports that the First Family will help celebrate the academy's 50th performance of "The ...
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DOHA, Qatar (AP) - The influential head of the world's national Olympic committees has called for a "neutral" leader of the World Anti-Doping Agency, putting in question the future of current president Craig Reedie.
WADA - and particularly its handling of the Russian doping scandal - came under sharp attack ...
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MOSCOW (AP) - Russian investigators are pressing graft charges against a former deputy governor of St. Petersburg linked to the construction of a trouble-plagued stadium that is to host World Cup matches in 2018.
The Investigative Committee said in a statement on Wednesday that Marat Oganesyan, the city's deputy governor ...
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MEXICO CITY (AP) - Dressed in their classic silver and black uniforms, the Raiders players huddle before kickoff. After words of encouragement and a prayer, the teenagers finish with head butts, shoulder slaps and a battle cry: "Uno, dos, tres... vamos!"
This is, after all, south of the border, where ...
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LONDON (AP) - Kensington Palace says a new exhibition tracing the evolution of the late Princess Diana's style is set to open in February.
The palace said Tuesday that the exhibition, "Diana: Her Fashion Story," will follow from the ruffled blouses in her first appearances to her later life. It's ...
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HONOLULU (AP) - Gibson Johnson scored the game-winner with 6.3 seconds left to lead Hawaii to a 64-63 win over Florida Atlantic on Tuesday morning in the Rainbow Classic.
Johnson scored the final five points for Hawaii and finished with 13. Noah Allen led the Rainbow Warriors (2-1) with 15 ...
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MONTPELIER, Vt. (AP) - Before the ski and snowboard season gets cranking, here's a look at what's new at resorts around the Northeast.
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SNOWMAKING, SNOWMAKING AND MORE SNOWMAKING
After a dismal snow season last winter with frequent warm-ups, resorts across the Northeast continue to invest in snowmaking to better ...
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CANTON, Ga. (AP) - An actor who had a stint on the CBS soap opera, "The Young and the Restless" is charged with molesting a young girl.
Lieutenant Jay Baker with the Cherokee County Sheriff's Office says Corey Sligh was arrested and charged with child molestation in his hometown of ...
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DOHA, Qatar (AP) - American sprinter Allyson Felix has told Olympic officials they should not be worried by Donald Trump's election as the next U.S. president when they consider Los Angeles' bid for the 2024 Summer Games.
Felix was the key speaker for Los Angeles on Tuesday as the bid ...
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DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) - The European Tour announced on Tuesday that it will group at least seven of its marquee events together as the Rolex Series and will be scrapping the Final Series format beginning with the 2017 season.
The BMW PGA Championship, the Irish Open, the Scottish ...
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WINSTON-SALEM, N.C. (AP) - The Winston-Salem/Forsyth County school board has reached a $365,000 settlement in a lawsuit that accused officials of not doing enough to prevent a part-time athletic director from sexually abusing a Carver High School student.
The Winston-Salem Journal (http://bit.ly/2fTEOf1 ) reports that ex-Carver High School employee Herman ...
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LOS ANGELES (AP) - Glamour magazine closed its 26th annual celebration of trailblazing women with a star-studded tribute to Hillary Clinton.
Lena Dunham, Shonda Rhimes, Elizabeth Banks, Chelsea Handler, Ted Danson and Constance Wu were among the entertainers who paid homage to the Democratic presidential candidate at Glamour's Women of ...
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NICOSIA, Cyprus (AP) - The Cyprus Football Association is vowing to impose severe penalties on clubs suspected of match-fixing after UEFA ranked the country's championship to be among the worst offenders in Europe.
Marios Lefkaritis, the association's honorary president and a UEFA vice president, tells The Associated Press that he ...
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RENO, Nev. (AP) - The gunfire had the makings for controversy when three white police officers shot a black man multiple times last year in a downtown Reno casino parking garage.
The trio of Reno officers said Arthur Richardson Jr. pointed his gun at them while he suggested he wanted ...
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SPOKANE, Wash. (AP) - Jordan Mathews scored 17 points and No. 14 Gonzaga beat San Diego State 69-48 on Monday night, holding the Aztecs to 28 percent shooting.
Zach Collins added 15 points and Nigel Williams-Goss 10 for Gonzaga (2-0) in the ESPN College Hoops Marathon game.
Trey Kell and ...
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ATHENS, Greece (AP) - Greece's soccer federation has apologized to the people of Bosnia-Herzegovina after a fan's banner referred to the Srebrenica massacre at a World Cup qualifying match.
The Greek soccer body condemns the "unacceptable posting of a banner with fascist content ... which it condemns in the most ...
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WASHINGTON (AP) - The Latest on President-elect Donald Trump (all times EST):
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President-elect Donald Trump is considering oil billionaire Harold Hamm and North Dakota Rep. Kevin Cramer to lead the Department of Energy.
Trump is also considering venture capitalist Robert Grady for the top energy job, according to ...
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MADRID (AP) - Atletico Madrid says doctors have ruled out a serious injury to Antoine Griezmann's left foot, potentially allowing the France forward to play in the derby against Real Madrid on Saturday.
Griezmann hurt the foot in France's World Cup qualifier against Sweden on Friday, but tests conducted Sunday ...
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WASHINGTON (AP) - Stephen Bannon, a leading force of the far-right, a flame-throwing media mogul and professional provocateur, a man who made a career out of roiling the establishment from the outside, just landed squarely on the inside.
Donald Trump's pick for chief strategist and senior counselor signals the president-elect ...
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MILAN (AP) - Italy coach Gian Piero Ventura said that while it's evident his players will be out for revenge in Tuesday's friendly against Germany, he's more concerned about what they can learn from playing the world champion.
Germany defeated Italy on penalties in the quarterfinal of the European Championship ...
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SHANGHAI (AP) - Brad Pitt has made his first promotional appearance for a movie in China since reportedly being banned over a film about Tibet almost 20 years ago.
He spent 40 minutes giving autographs to Chinese fans on Monday and 20 minutes at a tightly controlled media event promoting ...
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JOHANNESBURG (AP) - The South African government says convicted murderer Oscar Pistorius has been moved at his request to a prison that is better able to accommodate disabled offenders.
The Department of Correctional Services said Monday that the former Paralympic champion was transferred from Kgosi Mampuru II prison in Pretoria ...
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FOXBOROUGH, Mass. (AP) - Some of the best Seahawks teams under coach Pete Carroll have been the ones that gradually improved throughout the season.
Seattle's latest climb may be underway.
The Seahawks put together perhaps their most balanced 60 minutes on both sides of the ball this season in Sunday ...
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SAG HARBOR, N.Y. (AP) - A recently renovated home on Long Island that once served as the "summer White House" for President Chester A. Arthur has been placed on the market for $14.2 million.
Newsday reports (http://nwsdy.li/2g5R2CG ) the Sag Harbor residence was renovated by renowned architect Steven Gambrel, who ...
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FOXBOROUGH, Mass. (AP) - Coaches and well-trained players will tell you that every win is worth the same.
They're wrong.
No better examples can be found than the way Seattle, Dallas and Denver won on Sunday. Those victories are the kind that can define a season, catapult you to special ...
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MADISON, Wis. (AP) - A new mural honoring the legacy of musician Otis Redding has popped up in Madison.
Henrique Nardi, a Brazilian-born Madison artist, led the project with artists Cyla Costa and Jackson Alves, The Capital Times (http://bit.ly/2epigTp ) reported. The mural reads "Try a Little Tenderness," one of ...
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LONDON (AP) - Novak Djokovic won his opening match at the ATP finals, rallying to beat Dominic Thiem 6-7 (10), 6-0, 6-2 Sunday.
The second-ranked Serb, who has a chance to reclaim the No. 1 ranking at the O2 Arena next weekend, won nine of 10 games after losing the ...
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BOSTON (AP) - A Boston-based youth theater group is being honored at the White House this week.
True Colors: Out Youth Theater, the nation's longest-running LGBTQ youth drama group, is among the recipients of the 2016 National Arts and Humanities Youth Program Award.
First Lady Michelle Obama will present the ...
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SUN CITY, South Africa (AP) - Alex Noren won the Nedbank Golf Challenge in South Africa on Sunday, finishing with a sublime 63 for a 6-shot victory and his fourth title of a remarkable season on the European Tour.
Noren was 9-under through the first 11 holes of his final ...
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JACKSONVILLE, Fla. (AP) - Jacksonville Jaguars receiver Allen Hurns has been cleared to play after spending the week in the NFL's concussion protocol.
The team said Sunday that Hurns has been removed from the program. He is expected to make his 13th consecutive start when the Jaguars (2-6) host AFC ...
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CLEVELAND (AP) - Officials at the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame and Museum in Cleveland are capping off a year of improvements with the installation of 7-foot-high block letters that say, "Long Live Rock."
The signage was officially dedicated Thursday outside the iconic rock hall along the shore of ...
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WASHINGTON (AP) - The curtain rose on Act 2 of "The Daughter of the Regiment," revealing the figure of a tiny woman barely visible in a large dome chair with her back to the audience. Suddenly, she swiveled around - and there was Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg.
Cheers and prolonged ...
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SYDNEY (AP) - Milos Ninkovic scored two goals and created another to help Sydney FC beat Perth Glory 4-1 on Sunday and extend its winning streak to six matches to start the Australian A-League season.
Sydney FC has 18 points, six more than any other team after six rounds. The ...
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LONGWOOD, Fla. (AP) - A Central Florida nonprofit that produces children's books, scholastic texts and health brochures for the blind will soon lose its home and is "desperate" to find a new one.
Despite high praise and constant demand for its work, the all-volunteer Braille Association of Mid-Florida is struggling ...
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SANTA CLARA, Calif. (AP) - Tahjere McCall scored 16 points, including a layup with 18 seconds left to help Tennessee State hold on to beat Northern Arizona 69-65 in the Cable Car Classic on Saturday night.
McCall split a pair of free throws to give the Tigers a 65-63 lead ...
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CHATTANOOGA, Tenn. (AP) - The Hamilton County Board of Education argues in court filings that it should not be held liable for the rape of a freshman basketball player.
The Chattanooga Times Free Press reports (http://bit.ly/2g0cfhq ) that the legal repose comes in the case brought against the school board ...
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NEW YORK (AP) - It's beginning to look - and feel - a bit like Christmas in Manhattan.
A couple of hundred adults and kids - many bundled in coats, hats, gloves and scarves - gathered in a 40-degree chill Saturday morning to watch workers putting up the Rockefeller Center ...
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MOSCOW (AP) - Russia's national soccer team is often attacked for poor performances but players will be paying special attention to their latest critic.
With the 2018 World Cup hosts struggling on the field, Vladimir Putin isn't amused.
The Russian president said "to be honest, we haven't seen beautiful play ...
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Champion Magnus Carlsen of Norway and Russian challenger Sergey Karjakin of Russia agreed to a draw after 42 moves in the first game of their 12-game world chess championship match that started Friday in New York City.
Playing White, the heavily favored Carlsen played the relatively rare Trumpowsky Opening (2. ...
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