PHILADELPHIA (AP) - With 253 selections over three days, and a couple hundred thousand people on hand, the NFL draft seems as complex an operation as exists.
Don't believe it, at least not for the teams. All the hard work had been done in the previous months. This weekend, the ...
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WATERVILLE, Maine (AP) - A film director who grew up viewing the state of Israel as a beacon of hope is telling a more complicated story of Zionism.
Eric Alexman tells the Morning Sentinel that the passivity and victimhood of the Jewish people is long gone and has been replaced ...
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PAULSBORO, N.J. (AP) - Cheryl Sierocinski DeLorenzo didn't know her exercise routine would have such an impact on her daughter, Leann DeLorenzo. And she wouldn't have guessed her athletic daughter would one day become her training partner.
But nearly two decades after the Paulsboro resident picked up running as a ...
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DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) - An Iranian filmmaker imprisoned over his work has been released from prison after serving about five months of his yearlong sentence.
Keywan Karimi told The Associated Press on Sunday that he did not receive any of the 223 lashes that was part of his ...
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ORCHARD PARK, N.Y. (AP) - Buffalo Bills fire general manager Doug Whaley one day after NFL draft ends; had 3 seasons left on contract.
GENEVA (AP) - FIFA Council member Sheikh Ahmad Al Fahad Al Sabah of Kuwait is resigning from his soccer roles under pressure from allegations in an American federal court that he bribed Asian officials.
Sheikh Ahmad said Sunday in a statement he will withdraw from a May 8 election in ...
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ZURICH (AP) - Asian Olympic chief Sheikh Ahmad resigns from soccer roles, won't seek re-election to FIFA Council after bribery claim.
TOKYO (AP) - Midfielder Akimi Barada scored in the second half on Sunday as last-placed Omiya Ardija upset J-League leader Urawa Reds 1-0 at home for its first win of the season.
Barada beat Urawa goalkeeper Shusaku Nishikawa with a right-footed shot from 18 meters in the 62nd minute for ...
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WASHINGTON (AP) - Prominent Washington journalists, if not Hollywood stars, celebrated the First Amendment during the annual White House Correspondents' Dinner, an event that lacked the glitter of past years because of the absence of the president of the United States.
With President Donald Trump sending his regrets, the attention ...
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AUBURN, Maine (AP) - A low-budget horror film by best-selling author Tess Gerritsen is making its Maine premiere.
"Island Zero" was being screened Saturday at the Emerge Film Festival. Most of the filming took place last year in Camden, Rockport and Islesboro.
The movie focuses on what happens to residents ...
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HAWALLI, Kuwait (AP) - Asian Olympic leader Sheik Ahmad of Kuwait denies claims in a U.S. federal court that he bribed FIFA voters.
Sheik Ahmad, a member of FIFA's ruling council, is "very surprised by such allegations and strongly denies any wrongdoing."
The statement was published by the Olympic Council ...
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MEMPHIS, Tenn. (AP) - "You look like a camo wedding is in your future."
"You look like John Cusack pretending to be Joan Cusack."
"You look like you have your own parking space at 'The Maury Povich Show.'"
As the philosopher said: Oh, snap!
The above examples of humorous insult ...
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SYDNEY (AP) - After dominating the regular season, Sydney FC strode into the A-League final with an emphatic 3-0 semifinal win over Perth on Saturday.
Joshua Brillante, Jordy Buijs, and Filip Holosko scored first-half goals as Sydney continued a seemingly unstoppable drive towards its third A-League title, and its first ...
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BEIJING (AP) - Dylan Frittelli of South Africa moved three strokes clear of the China Open field after carding an 8-under-par 64 in the third round on Saturday.
Frittelli birdied eight holes in a bogey-free round at the Topwin Golf and Country Club to get to 19 under.
Pablo Larrazabal ...
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LOUISVILLE, Ky. (AP) - Churchill Downs opens Saturday night with two stakes races leading a slate of features approaching next weekend's 143rd runnings of the marquee Kentucky Derby and Kentucky Oaks.
Todd Pletcher-trained Syndergaard leads a seven-horse field of 3-year-olds for the $100,000 William Walker Stakes over six furlongs at ...
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ATLANTA (AP) - John Wall refused to give in.
Even as Dennis Schroder took off the other way, ahead of everyone for what looked like an uncontested layup, Wall managed to chase him down.
On a night when Wall set a career playoff-high with 42 points, his remarkable defensive play ...
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VANCOUVER, Wash. (AP) - Matt Compton has not been ringing for long, but he's already an extremely accomplished ringer. He wants you to try ringing, too.
Ringing is what you do with handbells. Compton moved to Clark County around the beginning of this year to accept two different ringing-related jobs. ...
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RIO DE JANEIRO (AP) - Brazil and superstar Neymar were the first to qualify for next year's World Cup, save for Russia which gets an automatic berth as the host.
Winning a record sixth World Cup might help some forget the humiliating 7-1 loss to Germany three years ago in ...
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CHICAGO (AP) - The Boston Celtics got hit with a devastating emotional blow just as the playoffs were about to start. They dropped the first two games at home, too.
Just as things really were starting to look bleak, they began to show just why they earned the No. 1 ...
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BUCHAREST, Romania (AP) - Ilie Nastase made an attempt at apologizing for his comments about Serena Williams and his outburst during a Fed Cup match.
The 70-year-old tennis great posted a statement on Facebook a week after he speculated about the skin color of the baby the pregnant Williams is ...
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LOS ANGELES (AP) — A remastered version of Prince's landmark album "Purple Rain" will be released this summer with several previously unreleased songs.
NPG Records and Warner Bros. Records announced Friday that two remastered versions of the 1984 album will be released June 23. The labels said Prince himself oversaw ...
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KUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia (AP) - The sprawling American investigation of bribery and corruption in international soccer has reached into Asia and claimed the first guilty plea from a senior official in the new FIFA leadership.
A member of the FIFA Audit and Compliance Committee, Richard Lai of Guam, was suspended ...
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NEW ALBANY, Ind. (AP) - Comic books and cartoons are the inspiration for the upcoming exhibit "Pulp Art: Out of the gutter and on the walls" at the Carnegie Center for Art & History in New Albany.
"It's not exactly comic book art," said Carnegie Curator Daniel Pfalzgraf, "But the ...
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MADRID (AP) - The fight for third place has intensified in the Spanish league, with Atletico Madrid and Sevilla looking to secure the final automatic spot for next season's Champions League.
Both teams have 68 points with four games left. Atletico is ahead on the head-to-head tiebreaker, but its attention ...
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SYDNEY (AP) - Rebel Wilson is suing an Australian publisher for defamation over a series of magazine articles the actress says cost her movie roles by painting her as a serial liar.
Wilson's lawyer, Renee Enbom, said during a court hearing on Friday that the Australian-born actress would present evidence ...
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PORTLAND, Maine (AP) - A Maine poet's endearing piece about her husband's dementia has won an international poetry award.
The Press Herald reports (http://bit.ly/2pF07pR ) that Lee Sharkey was presented with the Ballymaloe International Poetry Prize for her poem, "Letter to Al", at an award ceremony in Dublin, Ireland Thursday. ...
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TOKYO (AP) - Gamba Osaka has banned a group of fans who displayed a banner with a logo resembling a Nazi symbol during a J-League game.
The banner, which resembled a symbol derived from the SS of Nazi Germany, was displayed at the team's April 16 match away to crosstown ...
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MEMPHIS, Tenn. (AP) - Gregg Popovich feels like his San Antonio Spurs survived the Memphis Grizzlies and is grateful their first-round series finally is over after six games.
His Spurs desperately need a couple days off before hosting Houston on Monday night in their Western Conference semifinal.
The Spurs finished ...
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NEW YORK (AP) - An old sketch up for auction May 20 at the Hard Rock Cafe in Manhattan is a crude, ink-on-paper drawing of the "Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club" album cover. The artist is almost surely John Lennon.
Julien's Auctions says the drawing was discovered by a former ...
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BIG LAKE, Minn. (AP) - A yearbook photo of a high school trapshooting team in Minnesota has been rejected because the students are holding guns.
Big Lake High School trapshooting coach Rhonda Eckerdt says she learned Wednesday from the athletic director that the team picture won't be included in the ...
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RICHMOND, Va. (AP) - Officials say a fire has destroyed part of a movie set that was being used to film the final season of the AMC television series "TURN: Washington's Spies."
News outlets report the fire occurred Wednesday on property owned by the Virginia Department of Corrections.
Powhatan County ...
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LEXINGTON, Ky. (AP) - A basketball player at Paul Laurence Dunbar High School has died after collapsing during open gym.
News outlets report that 15-year-old Star Ifeacho was pronounced dead at University of Kentucky Hospital on Wednesday at 5:47 p.m.
Fayette County Schools spokeswoman Lisa Deffendall says players were practicing ...
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BEIJING (AP) - Alexander Levy shot a 9-under 63 on Thursday to take a one-stroke lead after the first round of the China Open.
The Frenchman, who won the China Open in 2014, carded nine birdies in a bogey-free round at the Topwin Golf and Country Club to finish one ...
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GENEVA (AP) - The U.N. refugee agency has chosen as a goodwill ambassador a Syrian teenage girl who helped save a boat carrying fellow refugees and later became an Olympic swimmer.
Yusra Mardini was appointed as UNHCR Goodwill Ambassador on Thursday, joining other notables like actress Cate Blanchett and author ...
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KUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia (AP) - Two-time Asian Champions League winner Guangzhou Evergrande has been charged by the sport's continental governing body after supporters unfurled an offensive banner aimed at a Hong Kong opponent this week.
The Asian Football Confederation says it opened disciplinary cases against the Chinese club - Asia's ...
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NEW DELHI (AP) - A hospital official says Vinod Khanna, a dashing Bollywood actor turned politician, has died of cancer in Mumbai. He was 70.
Tushar Pania, a spokesman for Sir HN Reliance Foundation Hospital, says Khanna died Thursday due to bladder carcinoma.
Khanna made his Bollywood debut in 1968 ...
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The Zurich Classic in New Orleans is bringing team competition to golf, minus the uniforms.
This will be the first official team competition on the PGA Tour since 1981 at the Walt Disney World National Team Championship. It was won by Vance Heafner and Mike Holland, which turned out to ...
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OXFORD, Miss. (AP) - A judge has issued a temporary restraining order against a T-shirt company ordering owners to halt the sale of merchandise advertising the Double Decker Arts Festival.
News outlets report a Chancery Court judge issued the order Tuesday. The request claims the Oxford T-Shirt Co. has committed ...
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BARCELONA, Spain (AP) - Top-seeded Andy Murray advanced to the third round at the Barcelona Open after Bernard Tomic withdrew from the tournament on Wednesday.
Tomic, who needed three sets to defeat Dustin Brown in the first round on Tuesday, said he would not be able to face Murray because ...
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PARIS (AP) - Maria Sharapova will find out next month if she can compete at the French Open.
French tennis federation president Bernard Giudicelli said Tuesday that the announcement will be made on Facebook on May 16 at 7 p.m. local time.
"The only guarantee I gave her is to ...
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SANTA FE, N.M. (AP) - NBC's hospital drama "The Night Shift" will be returning to New Mexico to film its fourth season.
The New Mexico Film Office made the announcement this week.
Film Office Director Nick Maniatis says principal photography will begin this month in Albuquerque and will continue through ...
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TOKYO (AP) - Organizers of the 2020 Olympics signed a collaborative agreement with the organizers of the 2019 Rugby World Cup on Wednesday, aiming to maximize the benefits and impact of the global events.
The Rugby World Cup will be staged in Japan as Tokyo is finalizing preparations to host ...
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BEVERLY HILLS, Calif. (AP) - Martin Short stripped down to a nude bodysuit to perform a musical number and became a human bagpipe in the hands of a large, kilt-wearing man - all for the sake of the environment.
Short was the multitalented master of ceremonies at "Stand Up! For ...
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NEW YORK (AP) - You'd think Twitter would be able to milk its status as President Donald Trump's megaphone. But the company still faces stagnant user growth, has never made a profit and may even report a quarterly revenue decline Wednesday, a first since going public.
Trump's frequent tweets ricochet ...
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CAIRO (AP) - It was a startling collision of religion and politics. Egypt's president proposed a new law that would prevent Muslim men from ending their marriages simply by saying "divorce" three times. The country's top institution of Islamic clerics, Al-Azhar, bluntly rejected the idea, saying Islam gives men that ...
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As the NBA prepares to bring its Basketball Without Borders program to Israel this summer, league officials hope that the first trip to the country can help bring children together during a time of increasing tension.
Basketball Without Borders has visited cities across the globe since 2001, using the sport ...
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PHILADELPHIA (AP) - A soccer coach at a Philadelphia-owned playground who is jailed on charges he got a now-15-year-old girl pregnant is in the country illegally and faces deportation.
Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents tell WTXF-TV that 39-year-old Francisco Prado-Contreras voluntarily returned to Mexico after he was found in the ...
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NEW YORK (AP) - Former U.S. Ambassador Samantha Power is writing a memoir about her transition from Pulitzer Prize-winning critic of foreign policy to a leading government official.
Dey Street Books, an imprint of HarperCollins Publishing, told The Associated Press on Tuesday it had acquired "The Education of an Idealist." ...
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PRAGUE (AP) - German artist Gerhard Richter, whose paintings have sold at record prices, has opened his retrospective exhibition at Prague's National Gallery.
The gallery has put on display some 80 works by Richter, one of the most influential contemporary artists, in what is the first such exhibition in Central ...
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LANSING, Mich. (AP) - Officials are seeking private concession operators for some of Michigan's state parks.
The Department of Natural Resources says those interested in providing goods or services in the parks should have prior business experience and adequate working capital.
Current openings include Burt Lake State Park store; Fort ...
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LOS ANGELES (AP) - Now that HBO's "Girls" has wrapped its six-year run, the women behind the series are focusing on their other female-centered project: turning their digital newsletter, Lenny, into a real-life experience.
Lena Dunham and Jenni Konner are bringing LennyLetter.com to life as a variety show. The co-founders ...
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DENVER (AP) — Charlie Blackmon called the location of the pitch his "where I hit balls far" zone.
He did, too — all the way into the second deck for a big momentum swing.
Blackmon lined a two-out, two-run homer in the seventh, Colorado's lights-out bullpen threw three-plus scoreless innings ...
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JACKSON, Miss. (AP) - Mississippi State University wants to replace the sound system at its football stadium.
The state College Board on Thursday approved a plan to hire an architect to design the estimated $2 million upgrade for Davis Wade Stadium. In documents submitted to trustees, the university says the ...
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WHITE SULPHUR SPRINGS, W.Va. (AP) - The PGA Tour's Greenbrier Classic will honor first responders for rescue and recovery efforts during last June's devastating floods in West Virginia.
Officials say on the tournament's website that police officers, EMS, firefighters, National Guard members and others will be selected to serve as ...
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BOSTON (AP) - There's a cloud trailing Isaiah Thomas these days. In his basketball world, though, there's also been light. And, on occasion, even some levity.
Minutes after Thomas posted a 33-point, seven-assist effort to lead Boston to a Game 4 road win over Chicago, the Celtics guard was asked ...
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PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) - The Warriors can breathe for a bit after a first-round series filled with drama.
With a sweep of the Portland Trail Blazers, Golden State now awaits the conclusion of the series between the Utah Jazz and Los Angeles Clippers - currently tied at 2.
The Warriors ...
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BROADBEACH, Australia (AP) - Billionaire Elon Musk is getting close with actress Amber Heard.
The pair is shown in paparazzi photos zip-lining in Australia, where Heard is filming "Aquaman."
Both Musk and Heard posted pictures to their Instagram accounts Monday showing Musk with lipstick on his cheek left behind from ...
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PRAGUE (AP) - Former Czech Republic defender Frantisek Rajtoral, who won the domestic league title four times before joining Turkish club Gaziantepspor, died on Sunday. He was 31.
The Czech football federation said in a statement that Rajtoral had "committed suicide in Turkey."
His agent Pavel Zika confirmed the player's ...
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CHICAGO (AP) - The 39th Annual Chicago Jazz Festival will celebrate the 100th birthdays of Dizzy Gillespie, Thelonious Monk, and Ella Fitzgerald.
The Chicago Department of Cultural Affairs and Special Events recently announced the headliners. The three-day festival at Millennium Park and the Chicago Cultural Center will be Labor Day ...
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STARKVILLE, Miss. (AP) - A Mississippi State baseball player has been arrested on charges of driving under the influence and no insurance.
The Clarion-Ledger reports (http://on.thec-l.com/2oCzdKp) that sophomore catcher Elih Marrero was arrested Saturday, according to the Oktibbeha County Sheriff's Office. He was released on bail.
The university didn't immediately ...
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BOCA RATON, Fla. (AP) - Holocaust survivors say termination of German insurance giant Allianz's sponsorship of a Florida golf tournament may boost their efforts to collect some $2.5 billion in World War II-era Jewish policies.
Survivors and supporters planned an event Monday in Boca Raton to praise the decision to ...
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EVANSVILLE, Ind. (AP) - From the outside, it's nearly impossible to imagine six people - four kids, two adults - and a dog lived together in the tiny, brown house.
But it didn't seem quite as small once inside surrounded by natural light from the numerous windows.
About eight months ...
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BOSTON (AP) - A 9-year-old boy is being treated at a Boston hospital after paramedics restarted his heart, which stopped when he was hit in the chest by a baseball during a pickup game.
The boy was pitching at a playground field Sunday when he was hit by a line ...
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WACO, Texas (AP) - Shay Scranton knows band posters and the walls of Baylor University-area coffeehouse Common Grounds are thankful.
So are local residents who appreciate the craft of his artwork and an increasing number of musicians outside of Waco who see in Scranton a kindred artist.
The Waco Tribune-Herald ...
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NEW YORK (AP) - The Los Angeles Dodgers and New York Yankees are cutting payroll and their luxury tax bills - just as Bryce Harper, Manny Machado and perhaps Clayton Kershaw near the free-agent market after the 2018 season.
The Dodgers are on track to slice their tax bill by ...
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CHARLESTON, W.Va. (AP) - The artist behind a new mural in downtown Charleston said the work reflects the history of the city.
Jesse Corlis is finishing a large mural of a streetcar stop in an alley off Quarrier Street, in between Capitol and Hale streets. He's spent more than 100 ...
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NEW YORK (AP) - Erin Moran, the former child star who played Joanie Cunningham in the sitcoms "Happy Days" and "Joanie Loves Chachi," has died. She was 56.
Moran was found dead Saturday by emergency responders after a dispatcher for the Harrison County, Indiana, sheriff's department received a 911 call, ...
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SYDNEY (AP) - Sydney FC will play Perth and Melbourne Victory will play Brisbane in next weekend's semifinals of Australian football's A-League after Perth and Brisbane advanced via contrasting elimination finals.
Perth had its first playoff win in five years Sunday when it beat Melbourne City 2-0 to earn a ...
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SHENZHEN, China (AP) - Austrian Bernd Wiesberger beat England's Tommy Fleetwood in a playoff on Sunday to win the Shenzhen International.
Wiesberger went into the final round with a three-shot lead and eight shots ahead of Fleetwood but the Englishman fired a 63 to finish tied at 16 under.
Wiesberger's ...
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RIYADH, Saudi Arabia (AP) - Saudi Arabia's King Salman issued a decree late Saturday naming one of his sons, an air force pilot who has taken part in coalition strikes against the Islamic State group, as the kingdom's new ambassador to the U.S.
The appointment of Prince Khaled bin Salman ...
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MADRID (AP) - Barcelona has decided to leave Neymar out of the decisive "clasico" against Real Madrid because of the legal uncertainty over an appeal to overturn his suspension.
The club had taken all legal measures to try to clear the player for Sunday's match at the Santiago Bernabeu Stadium, ...
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SAN JOSE, Calif. (AP) - Winning the Connor McDavid lottery two years ago was the key moment in the turnaround for an Edmonton Oilers team that had spent most of a decade at the bottom of the standings.
But after McDavid put together an NHL-leading 100-point season to lead Edmonton ...
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CHESTER, Pennsylvania (AP) - Substitute Anthony Jackson-Hamel scored twice, including his second three minutes from fulltime, as Montreal came from 3-0 behind to draw 3-3 with the Philadelphia Union on Saturday.
Philadelphia seemed set to register its first win at home this season after scoring three times inside the first ...
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Sitting on a mahogany throne, wearing a casual red sweater, tight grey jeans and sneakers, Kevin Garnett turned to the rapper and actor Ludacris in a lounge chair beside him and asked the obvious question.
"Let's say you can dunk and you had all these league skills, how would you ...
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DETROIT (AP) - Wayne State University has unveiled a $2.3 million baseball facility to honor a legendary Detroit broadcaster.
A ribbon-cutting ceremony on Tuesday declared the grand opening of Harwell Field on the university's athletic campus. The brand new facility honors longtime Tigers announcer Ernie Harwell, who died in 2010.
...ST. PETERSBURG, Russia (AP) - St. Petersburg's stadium for the 2018 World Cup has held its first game with much fanfare, a ragged pitch and three red cards.
The 69,000-seat arena, named simply the St. Petersburg Stadium, started construction in 2007 but was repeatedly delayed and experienced several scandals, including ...
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BRISTOL, Conn. (AP) - Aaron Hernandez's family is planning a private funeral for the former NFL star in his Connecticut hometown.
A spokeswoman for the Connecticut Funeral Directors Association said Saturday that the service is set for Monday at a funeral home in Bristol, where Hernandez was a standout football ...
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MOSCOW (AP) - A Russian sprinter who gave evidence of alleged doping involving a leading coach has been banned for four years for his own drug offenses.
The All-Russia Athletics Federation says that Alexander Khyutte received the ban from the Court of Arbitration for Sports for a failed drug test, ...
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NEW YORK (AP) - As a filmmaker drawn to the most visceral forms of cinema, it was probably inevitable that Kathryn Bigelow's high-adrenaline curiosities would lead her to virtual reality.
The Oscar-winning director on Friday at the Tribeca Film Festival premiered her first VR experience, "The Protectors: Walk in the ...
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NAPLES, Italy (AP) - Napoli forward Lorenzo Insigne has signed a new five-year contract, tying him to his hometown club until 2022.
Insigne, who progressed from the youth team, has long said he wanted to spend his entire career at Napoli but contract negotiations lasted for months.
The 25-year-old Insigne ...
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ANCONA, Italy (AP) - Team Astana says 2011 Giro d'Italia winner Michele Scarponi has died at age 37 after being hit by a van while training.
ANAHEIM, Calif. (AP) - ANAHEIM, Calif. (AP) - Already off to the worst start in baseball, the Toronto Blue Jays were forced to push through even more bad feelings before reaching the win column early Saturday morning.
Jose Bautista hit a three-run homer in the 13th inning, Joe Biagini escaped ...
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Katt Williams promises District audiences one helluva comedy show Saturday evening at DAR Constitution Hall in Northwest. He also promises to start as close to the 8 p.m. showtime as possible.
"We have to take positive steps toward blasting black stereotypes," Mr. Williams told The Washington Times. "Katt Williams is ...
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SAITAMA, Japan (AP) - Shinzo Koroki scored his J-League-leading seventh goal of the season on Saturday as Urawa Reds beat Consadole Sapporo 3-2 to maintain first place in the standings.
Rafael Silva and Takahiro Sekine gave Urawa a 2-1 lead in the first half and Koroki widened the advantage with ...
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LOS ANGELES (AP) — Cuba Gooding Sr., who sang the 1972 hit "Everybody Plays the Fool," has died.
Authorities say the 72-year-old singer and father of Oscar winner Cuba Gooding Jr. was found dead in a car Thursday in the Woodland Hills section of Los Angeles.
Coroner's Assistant Chief Ed ...
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BERLIN (AP) - German prosecutors: No indications that suspect in Dortmund team bus bombing was aided by others.
LONDON (AP) - Buckingham Palace says the state visit by the king and queen of Spain will be postponed because of Britain's June 8 general election.
The visit will now take place from July 12-14.
King Felipe VI and Queen Letizia of Spain were to visit London and stay at ...
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MOSCOW (AP) - Brooklyn Nets owner Mikhail Prokhorov has told Russian media he's selling a 49 percent stake in the NBA club.
The Russian billionaire announced his intention to sell a minority stake in December, and now says "49 percent of the Brooklyn shares are up for sale," in comments ...
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NODA, Japan (AP) - Jason Knutzon of the United States fired a 2-under-par 69 to maintain a two-stroke lead after the second round of the Panasonic Open on Friday.
Knutzon offset two bogeys with four birdies at Chiba Country Club to finish at 9-under 133, two strokes ahead of a ...
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PHILADELPHIA (AP) - A Philadelphia storefront featured prominently in the "Rocky" films has been demolished.
The Front Street building was home to the fictional pet store where Rocky courted his eventual wife, Adrian. It was featured in several of the films and was a frequent stop on tours designed for ...
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LONDON (AP) - Tottenham says under-23 coach Ugo Ehiogu has died after suffering a cardiac arrest. He was 44.
The English Premier League club announced the death of Ehiogu on Friday, a day after he was taken to a hospital after collapsing at Tottenham's training ground.
Ehiogu played for Aston ...
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BERKELEY, Calif. (AP) - University of California, Berkeley officials said they have a "grave concern" of violence on campus if Ann Coulter follows through on her vow to speak next week at the university.
Chancellor Nicholas B. Dirks instead proposed an alternate May 2 date for the conservative author, reversing ...
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TOKYO (AP) - With just over three years to go, sports administrators from around the world are already visiting Tokyo to check on the city's Olympic preparations for the 2020 Games.
While Tokyo has had to overcome some initial setbacks, such as the delay of the new national stadium and ...
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The sight of Braden Holtby charging out of his net clearly flustered Mitch Marner.
With the Toronto Maple Leafs rookie busting out of the penalty box and in all alone, the Washington Capitals goaltender made a split-second decision to abandon his crease and slide to knock the puck away from ...
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The increasing visibility of spring football games has offered plenty of feel-good moments and fan-friendly opportunities. What fans won't get is much insight into what these teams will be doing this fall.
Nebraska's spring game last week reunited a military family. Nebraska Army National Guard Sgt. Matthew Hawke wore ...
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CHAMPAIGN, Ill. (AP) - There's a little bit of everything up-to-date in an exhibit at the University of Illinois .
The (Champaign) News-Gazette reports (http://bit.ly/2pPMu3c ) the master's students in the School of Art + Design are on display through Saturday at the Krannert Art Museum .
The exhibit includes ...
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CHARLESTON, W.Va. (AP) - Construction has begun for a Tesla Supercharger station in Charleston, making it the second in West Virginia.
News outlets report the station, which will be exclusively for Model S and X cars, will occupy eight parking spaces of the Courtyard by Marriot hotel.
Property owner Charlie ...
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CALGARY, Alberta (AP) - Crying kids and household chores don't stop for NHL players in the postseason.
But a few players who were asked if they'd rather stay in a hotel during the home end of their playoff series - a practice some teams have done over the years - ...
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KNOXVILLE, Tenn. (AP) - The student-run newspaper at the University of Tennessee is cutting its print edition to twice weekly.
The Knoxville News Sentinel reports (http://bit.ly/2oWRW7h ) that Daily Beacon has been printing five days a week for five decades.
The change will start in fall 2017. The newspaper announced ...
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TALLAHASSEE, Fla. (AP) - No matter what variation of the 'n-word' is spoken, a Florida state senator is learning the term is still offensive as Democrats and Republicans admonish him for using it during an exchange with two African-American colleagues.
Republican Sen. Frank Artiles tried to say his use of ...
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CINCINNATI (AP) - The owners of a Cincinnati arena say they want to completely rebuild it, with taxpayer help, after the NCAA announced its men's basketball tournament would return to the city if the building is upgraded.
Officials with Nederlander Entertainment, which owns U.S. Bank Arena, said Wednesday that a ...
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NEW YORK (AP) - Tina Charles went back to school this week.
The New York Liberty forward was spending Wednesday and Thursday at four local schools helping educate kids about CPR, nutrition and concussions as part of Hopey's Heart week.
Her foundation , Hopey's Heart, honors her aunt, Maureen "Hopey" ...
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SOUTH PORTLAND, Maine (AP) - Two Maine cities are starting a food waste recycling program.
The Press Herald reports (http://bit.ly/2pF1pho) that South Portland and Scarborough will debut their weekly curbside food pickup program Thursday at ecomaine's energy plant in Portland. Both cities have partnered with ecomaine, University of Southern Maine ...
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HULL, Mass. (AP) - An antiques collector in Massachusetts says he didn't realize he had an explosive 19th-century cannonball sitting in his home until Wednesday, when a bomb squad detonated the device.
WFXT-TV reports (http://fox25.com/2oXCqbh ) that Bruce Wescott, of Hull, took the cannonball to a gun store trying to ...
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MADISON, Wis. (AP) - A former Green Bay Packers player whose consulting business has connected 400 high school athletes with college teams got a lesson in federal securities law when he sought to raise money for a new smartphone app.
Videoscore owner Darryl Ingram decided to seek Wisconsin investors through ...
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MINNEAPOLIS (AP) - For members of Prince's 1980s backing band The Revolution, reuniting and hitting the road for a spring U.S. tour is how they are coping with the "Purple Rain" pop superstar's unexpected death a year ago.
"We're taking it to the people who are grieving like we are, ...
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BOSTON (AP) - Key dates in the case of Aaron Hernandez:
- June 8, 2010: Hernandez, a standout tight end drafted from the University of Florida, signs a four-year contract with the New England Patriots.
- Jan. 1, 2012: He sets a career best with 138 receiving yards in a ...
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MILFORD, Mass. (AP) - The Latest on the death of former NFL star Aaron Hernandez (all times local):
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The New England Patriots learned of former tight end Aaron Hernandez's apparent suicide as they prepared to go to the White House to celebrate their fifth Super Bowl title.
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MILFORD, Mass. (AP) - Former NFL star Aaron Hernandez, acquitted of a double murder just days ago, died after hanging himself in his prison cell Wednesday morning, Massachusetts prisons officials said.
Hernandez, 27, was found by guards in his cell at the Souza-Baranowski Correctional Center in Shirley just after 3 ...
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MADRID (AP) - Madrid clubs are making a habit of succeeding in European soccer.
For the third time in four seasons, both Real Madrid and Atletico Madrid have made it to Champions League semifinals.
Real Madrid reached the last four for the seventh straight time on Tuesday by eliminating Bayern ...
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CHICAGO (AP) - Illinois poets are being given a chance to show their stuff in a statewide completion.
Secretary of State Jesse White says in a news release that entry forms are now available for the 13th annual Illinois Emerging Writers Competition Gwendolyn Brooks Poetry Award. The entries must be ...
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NEW ORLEANS (AP) - It was a road-rage confrontation that cost former New Orleans Saints star Will Smith his life. Now, more than a year later, the man who pumped eight bullets into Smith is close to learning his punishment.
Cardell Hayes, 29, appeared to have caught something of a ...
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NORFOLK, Va. (AP) - Old Dominion University says its new Barry Art Museum will open in the fall of 2018.
The school said in a press release that the museum's groundbreaking took place on Tuesday. The 24,000-square-fooot facility will primarily focus on the American glass art movement.
It will display ...
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LOS ANGELES (AP) - Nolan Arenado homered twice, Trevor Story also connected and the Colorado Rockies held off the Los Angeles Dodgers 4-3 on Tuesday night.
Greg Holland gave up two runs in the ninth inning but earned his eighth save in as many chances. With runners at first and ...
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LOS ANGELES (AP) - Authorities say an intruder was arrested at Drake's Southern California house, but the woman apparently did nothing but drink the rapper's water and soda pop.
The Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department says deputies from its Malibu/Lost Hills Station arrested 24-year-old Mesha Collins Monday inside the home ...
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NEW YORK (AP) - A Brooklyn-based poet has won a $50,000 prize given for "exceptional talent" that merits greater recognition.
Patricia Spears Jones is this year's recipient of the Jackson Poetry Prize, Poets & Writers told The Associated Press on Tuesday. Judges praised Jones, whose previous honors include a Pushcart ...
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Quarterbacks are known for being control freaks. They crave repetition in their preparation process. They spend hours on tape memorizing where receivers are going to be on routes. They even obsess over the way footballs are supposed to feel (I see you, Tom Brady).
For Eli Manning, that need for ...
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INDIANAPOLIS (AP) - The Indiana Department of Natural Resources says the state's deer harvest fell last year, as did the number of deer struck by motor vehicles.
The department says in its recently released 2016 Indiana White-tailed Deer Summary that hunters last year harvested nearly 119,500 deer in Indiana. That ...
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NEW YORK (AP) - The next novel by "The Nightingale" author Kristin Hannah is another story of women's resilience.
St. Martin's Press told The Associated Press on Tuesday that "The Great Alone" is scheduled to come out Feb. 6, 2018. The book tells of a mother and daughter in the ...
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PARIS (AP) - The last time Fabinho did not play for Monaco, the French league leader was thrashed by Paris Saint-Germain 4-1 in the League Cup final this month.
The midfielder won't be playing on Wednesday either, when Monaco hosts Borussia Dortmund in their Champions League quarterfinal. Monaco leads 3-2 ...
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NORMAL, Ill. (AP) - Actress Patricia Arquette is a keynote speaker during a week of science and technology events at Illinois State University.
University officials say the events at the campus in Normal this week will include a professional development dinner and a conference on women in leadership.
Arquette's talk ...
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PITTSBURGH (AP) - Former President Barack Obama will be among the mourners attending the funeral of Pittsburgh Steelers owner Dan Rooney.
Tuesday's Mass will be celebrated at St. Paul Cathedral in the city's Oakland section.
Rooney served as ambassador to Ireland in the Obama administration.
There was a public viewing ...
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NEW ORLEANS (AP) - Bob Johnson, president and general manager of the Ernest N. Morial Convention Center, will retire in September after a decade at the helm of the facility.
The New Orleans Advocate reports (http://bit.ly/2oGs0uD ) Johnson's career in venue management has spanned nearly five decades. Johnson helped open ...
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BIRMINGHAM, England (AP) - Harry Redknapp has been hired as coach of struggling second-tier team Birmingham, marking his return to English soccer management after a two-year absence.
Birmingham announced the appointment of the 70-year-old Redknapp on Tuesday, a day after the resignation of Gianfranco Zola.
Birmingham is three points above ...
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NEW ORLEANS (AP) - The New Orleans Jazz and Heritage Foundation has announced plans for its 10th annual Sync Up event, which coincides with the annual Jazz and Heritage Festival.
Sync Up is a series of panel discussions, interviews, screenings and social events. It's designed to bring together music, film ...
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DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) - A state-backed newspaper in the United Arab Emirates that was bought by an Emirati who oversees the English soccer club Manchester City is undergoing layoffs.
Those with knowledge of the layoffs told The Associated Press that staffers at The National were informed Sunday they ...
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NEWARK, N.J. (AP) - "Jersey Shore" star Michael "The Situation" Sorrentino and his brother are set to appear in court to face additional tax fraud charges.
Michael and Marc Sorrentino are scheduled to be arraigned on Monday morning in federal court in Newark.
Michael Sorrentino was indicted this month on ...
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BOSTON (AP) - A Massachusetts man who went missing after attending a Boston Celtics game late last month has been found dead in the Charles River.
State police say they pulled the body of an adult male from the river just after 9 a.m. Sunday, after a passer-by spotted it.
...BOSTON (AP) - A Massachusetts man who went missing after attending a Boston Celtics game late last month has been found dead in the Charles River.
State police say they pulled the body of an adult male from the river just after 9 a.m. Sunday after a passer-by spotted it.
...MEMPHIS, Tenn. (AP) - A man has pleaded guilty to using a former employer's computer network to access information to benefit his own company.
The Jackson Sun reports 45-year-old Jason Needham of Arlington was the co-owner of HNA Engineering when he repeatedly accessed the computer servers of Allen & Hoshall ...
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MADRID (AP) - If Bayern Munich is to have any chance of a sixth straight semifinal appearance in the Champions League it will have to do something that only one team has achieved this season - defeat Real Madrid at the Santiago Bernabeu Stadium.
Winning in Madrid is no easy ...
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PRINCETON, Ind. (AP) - Indiana conservation officers are warning parents about the dangers posed by all-terrain vehicles in light of the recent deaths of two southwestern Indiana children in ATV crashes.
A 14-year-old Pike County boy and a 7-year-old Posey County girl have died within the past three weeks in ...
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YORKTOWN, Ind. (AP) - Standing behind the 14th tee box at The Players Club, Dana Van Gets snacks on a ham and cheese sandwich and looks out at the powerful right-handed swing he molded. Brevin Smith, using the custom clubs his grandpa bought him, is regularly out-driving his playing partners, ...
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The Detroit Tigers have had their ups and downs in three-plus seasons under Brad Ausmus, but the first couple weeks of April have never been much of a problem.
The Tigers improved to 8-4 with a win at Cleveland on Sunday and took two of three in that series with ...
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WASHINGTON (AP) - Laura Poitras' travel nightmare began more than a decade ago when the award-winning filmmaker started getting detained at airports every time she tried to set foot back in the United States.
She was stopped without explanation more than 50 times on foreign travel, and dozens more times ...
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MINNEAPOLIS (AP) - It's been nearly a year since Prince died from an accidental drug overdose in his suburban Minneapolis studio and estate, yet investigators still haven't interviewed a key associate or asked a grand jury to consider whether criminal charges are warranted, according to an official with knowledge of ...
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NEWPORT NEWS, Va. (AP) - There's a wide patch of dirt between two apartment buildings in Newport News. At either end, children have drawn large rectangles on the red brick in white chalk: soccer goals. It's what passes for a pitch for the children here - and it's still more ...
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WINDHAM, Maine (AP) - Five movie theaters in Maine were temporarily evacuated after a manager at one location reported a threat.
Maine State Police say the manager at the Smitty's Cinema in Windham called police around 9 p.m. Saturday. The theater was evacuated, and a K9 was used to search ...
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LOUISVILLE, Neb. (AP) - The Nebraska Game and Parks Commission has scheduled at an outdoor recreation event for women later this month.
The Beyond Becoming an Outdoors-Woman event is set for April 29-30 at Platte River State Park in eastern Nebraska.
Activities will include Dutch oven cooking, hiking, lodging in ...
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CONCORD, N.H. (AP) - Participants at the "Discover WILD New Hampshire Day" this year can meet the cast of "North Woods Law," a TV show that focuses on the jobs of conservation officers.
The event exploring the state's wildlife resources is scheduled for Saturday, April 29, at the department headquarters ...
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TOKYO (AP) - Shinzo Koroki scored his sixth goal of the season early in the first half as Urawa Reds beat FC Tokyo 1-0 on Sunday to move into first place in the J-League standings.
Koroki took a pass from Rafael Silva in the 13th minute and beat Tokyo goalkeeper ...
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VANCOUVER, Wash. (AP) - Power chords have never been more powerful than when they're blasting out of Joel Suzuki's guitar in waves of glowing color.
Joel is a typical teenager in many ways. He feels awkward around girls. He loves rocking out on his electric axe and dreams of making ...
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EVERETT, Wash. (AP) - With a weight lifter's grimace, Todd Duitsman focused on exercising his arms. Like most everyone else using the Marysville Family YMCA's fitness equipment, he was hard at work.
But Duitsman isn't like everyone else. The Stanwood, Washington, man is a quadriplegic.
It was July 2, 2014, ...
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After going 4-14 against the Cubs last season, the Pirates can take a three-game sweep from Chicago with a win at Wrigley Field. Andrew McCutchen hit a go-ahead, three-run homer during a five-run seventh to lead Pittsburgh ...
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NEWTON, N.J. (AP) - If you break an egg, do you make an omelette, or, like Kelly Evans, would you frame it?
"Two reasons," Evans said as he displayed the framed eggshell in his cupped hands. "I liked the design and, two, yeah, the other side was broken."
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MARTINSBURG, W.Va. (AP) - Tim Hartman is a very restless man. He's also a deft storyteller.
The longtime political cartoonist and occasional actor, who has appeared in a handful of films that include "The Mothman Prophecies" and "Silence of the Lambs," is also a comedian who combines storytelling with physical ...
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BERLIN (AP) - Borussia Dortmund chief executive Hans-Joachim Watzke considered withdrawing the club from the Champions League following Tuesday's attack on its team bus.
Watzke tells Der Spiegel magazine, "I briefly considered whether we should pull out of the competition completely. But then it would have been a victory for ...
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NEW YORK (AP) - On one of the highest floors of a Lower Manhattan office tower, New York street artists have spent the past year spray-painting and splashing their graffiti, murals and other wild creations across pristine walls, windows, floors and ceilings.
But no, it isn't vandalism.
Developer Larry Silverstein ...
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LONDON (AP) - A complaint from Liverpool's mayor has sparked police to investigate whether a column in The Sun newspaper constituted a hate crime.
Mayor Joe Anderson called for Kelvin MacKenzie to be fired after a column in which he compared a soccer player with African ancestry to a gorilla.
...SYDNEY (AP) - Besart Berisha became the first player to score 100 A-League goals with his 80th-minute strike in Melbourne Victory's 1-0 win over Central Coast.
The Kosovo international scored after taking Jai Ingham's cutback pass in the match at Melbourne. The Victory had already clinched second place in the ...
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BERLIN (AP) - German investigators are examining a third possible claim of responsibility for the attack on Borussia Dortmund's team bus, this one containing far-right rhetoric.
Berlin's Tagesspiegel daily reported in its Saturday edition that it received an email Thursday evening in which the anonymous author mentions Adolf Hitler, rails ...
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HANOVER, Pa. (AP) - Bailie Zepp just wants to make her dad cry.
Her vision includes pulling into victory lane in her smoky blue junior dragster "Category 5" at the NHRA Junior Drag Racing League Eastern Conference Finals held in July at the Bristol Dragway in Tennessee. That is when ...
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PHILADELPHIA (AP) - By his own account, Bill Kershaw's "greatest joy and accomplishment in life was in improving the lives of young boys."
When not teaching fifth graders, Kershaw took boys camping, canoeing, and on ski trips. He "loved introducing boys to the wonders of nature."
After a long career ...
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DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) - The local publisher of Vogue Arabia has announced Manuel Arnaut as its new editor-in-chief a day after the surprise exit of its former editor.
Arnaut is currently the editor-in-chief of Architectural Digest Middle East, which like Vogue Arabia, is a publication of Conde Nast ...
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PITTSBURGH (AP) - The funeral arrangements are set for Pittsburgh Steelers Chairman Dan Rooney, and they include a public viewing at Heinz Field.
Team spokesman Burt Lauten says family and friends will be received from 2 p.m. to 7 p.m. Monday at the PNC Champions Club at the stadium.
Rooney's ...
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NEW YORK (AP) - David McCullough, worried about a president he calls "a cloud" on the American horizon, knows well the consolations of history.
"We've been through much harder times than we're in now," the Pulitzer Prize-winning author told The Associated Press during a recent telephone interview. "Yes, we have ...
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BLOOMINGTON, Ind. (AP) - Indiana University officials are proposing construction of a new volleyball and wrestling arena for the Bloomington campus.
The plan calls for building the new arena with seating for 2,500 to 3,000 spectators on the northern end of campus, near the current football stadium and basketball arena.
...ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (AP) - Athletics are losing out in the competition for limited dollars as one of the nation's largest school districts prepares for an anticipated 2 percent cut in state funding.
Albuquerque Public Schools announced Thursday it's dropping its middle-school athletics program because of anticipated funding cuts linked to ...
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DAYTONA BEACH, Fla. (AP) - The pain was real.
Some 48 hours after being put through Danica Patrick's fitness test by Danica Patrick herself - it's the basis for her upcoming book and the sort of thing that will occupy her time when retirement from racing comes - I wasn't ...
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WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. (AP) - Around the corner from the classic candies and retro toys, retired Purdue University basketball coach Gene Keady took a seat at the counter.
Surrounded by friends and family, Keady waited for a new burger offered at Route 66 Diner.
The new Coach Keady's JamaicaMeCrazy Burger ...
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SOUTH LAKE TAHOE, Calif. (AP) - South Lake Tahoe residents might know her as the woman who jumps on a mini-trampoline and blows kisses to the cars driving by.
Carol Christensen has lived in the Lake Tahoe basin on the Nevada-California border for 44 years, and for the drivers who ...
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BEIJING (AP) - The lack of South Korean films at this year's Beijing International Film Festival has nothing to do with politics, one of the organizers said Friday, as relations between China and South Korea continue to plummet over Seoul's deployment of an anti-missile system opposed by Beijing.
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MILAN (AP) - The takeover of AC Milan has been completed, with Silvio Berlusconi selling the club to a Chinese consortium after 31 years in charge.
The group, led by Chinese businessman Yonghong Li, has been attempting to buy Milan for some time but the deal has hit a series ...
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HILO, Hawaii (AP) - Two former inmates say the Hawaii Community Correctional Center held them past their release dates, in their lawsuits against the state Department of Public Safety.
The Hawaii Tribune-Herald reports (http://bit.ly/2o9fIK9 ) Michael Kaonohi Perry Jr. and Kurt Russell Cardines filed two separate civil lawsuits March 16.
...MUNICH (AP) - Sometimes, it's hard to focus on a soccer game.
Borussia Dortmund players had to, though, less than 24 hours after a bomb attack on their team bus. And they will have to do so again on Saturday, when Eintracht Frankfurt visits in the Bundesliga.
Dortmund midfielder Nuri ...
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PHILADELPHIA (AP) — Bill Cosby has lost his bid to question his accuser in court before his sexual-assault case goes to trial near Philadelphia.
The 79-year-old comedian's lawyers lost their appeal on the issue of whether accuser Andrea Constand should have been forced to testify at a preliminary hearing last ...
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PHILADELPHIA (AP) - Bill Cosby has lost his bid to question his accuser in court before his sexual-assault case goes to trial near Philadelphia.
The 79-year-old comedian's lawyers lost their appeal on the issue of whether accuser Andrea Constand should have been forced to testify at a preliminary hearing last ...
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BUCHAREST, Romania (AP) - Britain's Prince Charles has boasted he shares a bloodline with legendary 15th-century prince Vlad the Impaler. Now a mayor is offering to make him Prince of Transylvania.
A spokesman for the mayor of the Transylvanian city of Alba Iulia said Charles had been offered the honorific ...
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MADRID (AP) - Not even a pair of goals and an away victory over Bayern Munich in the Champions League were enough to keep Cristiano Ronaldo happy.
Despite scoring twice in Real Madrid's 2-1 win to become the first player to reach 100 goals in European club competition, Ronaldo lamented ...
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PATERSON, N.J. (AP) - A New Jersey school district has fired two high school coaches and its athletic director amid questions over recruiting players from overseas.
Paterson's school board on Wednesday terminated Eastside High School boys basketball coach Juan Griles, his assistant and the athletic director.
NJ.com in February observed ...
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BERLIN (AP) - German prosecutors say a 26-year-old Iraqi detained following a bomb attack on a top league soccer club is suspected of membership in the Islamic State group. However, federal prosecutors say they have so far found no evidence he was involved in the attack Tuesday against the Borussia ...
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WASHINGTON (AP) - The National Portrait Gallery is putting up a photograph of American singer Ella Fitzgerald.
The portrait is on view beginning Thursday, ahead of the 100th anniversary of Fitzgerald's birth. Fitzgerald, who died in 1996 at the age of 79, would have celebrated her 100th birthday on April ...
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This time of the year can feel like Spring Break on the PGA Tour, even if the destination is not the Bahamas.
The amount of attention paid to Rickie Fowler, Justin Thomas, Smylie Kaufman and Jordan Spieth during their post-Masters break to Baker's Bay in the Bahamas is enough to ...
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KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) - The Kansas City Royals have made a pair of moves to fortify their struggling bullpen, recalling left-hander Scott Alexander and right-hander Jake Junis from Triple-A Omaha.
Both pitchers were available for the Royals' game Wednesday night against the Oakland Athletics.
Kansas City's relief corps has ...
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HELSINKI (AP) - Shia LeBeouf's latest stunt is to spend a month isolated in a cabin in Finland's remote Lapland region with his only communication with the outside world coming via text message to visitors to a Helsinki museum.
The project is called #ALONETOGETHER and involves the other two members ...
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MINSK, Belarus (AP) - Belarus has named an unchanged team for the Fed Cup semifinals against Switzerland, without a single player in the top 100.
Aliaksandra Sasnovich leads a team also featuring Aryna Sabalenka, Olga Govortsova and Vera Lapko, the squad which beat the Netherlands 4-1 in the first round.
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