MEDORA, N.D. (AP) - For mountain bikers, North Dakota's Maah Daah Hey Trail is such a treasure that people come from all over to experience it.
Its single-track trail is no wider than a bike, located where the Great Plains meet the Badlands. To use North Dakota's state slogan, it's ...
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PARIS (AP) — French actress Jeanne Moreau, a smoky-voiced femme fatale who starred in Francois Truffaut's love triangle film "Jules and Jim" and whose award-winning, seven-decade career included work with some of the world's most acclaimed directors, has died. She was 89.
The French president's office announced her death in ...
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ATHENS, Ga. (AP) - A burglary at a popular music venue in Georgia has rallied prominent musicians to provide a reward.
The Atlanta Journal-Constitution reports Athens-Clarke County police spokesman Sgt. Jim Schultz says the 40 Watt Club in Athens was burglarized in the early hours of Friday. A talent buyer ...
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CUMMING, Ga. (AP) - A Georgia teenager who collapsed during club soccer practice has died.
News outlets report 16-year-old Michael Jones was practicing with youth club Atlanta Fire United at Windermere Park in Forsyth County on Saturday, when he collapsed. Officials say he suffered cardiac arrest.
Jones was a rising ...
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PARIS (AP) - French actress Jeanne Moreau, whose seven-decade career included work with Francois Truffaut, Orson Welles, Wim Wenders and other acclaimed directors, has died.
The French president's office announced her death in a statement Monday without providing a cause. An assistant to her agent confirmed the death but would ...
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VIENNA (AP) - Incoming Vienna State Opera director Bogdan Roscic says he has signed conductor Philippe Jordan as the opera house's music director after Roscic takes over in 2020.
Roscic, who will replace Dominque Meyer, described Jordan on Monday as "one of the few conductors of note who focused on ...
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COLUMBUS, Ind. (AP) - Max Henry started doing sprint triathlons in the 1980s, and not long after, he had his two daughters and son competing in local events.
For Max and son Malachi Henry, those sprint triathlons turned into Olympic distance ventures. Then came half-Ironmans, and finally, full Ironman triathlons.
...SANTA FE, N.M. (AP) - Students at a closing Santa Fe art college hope to leave a legacy with a going-away zombie film.
The Santa Fe New Mexican reports (https://goo.gl/7GfpiA ) students at the soon-to-be closed Santa Fe University of Art and Design are making the school's first-ever feature-length movie, ...
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SEATTLE (AP) - Between the warm but mild temperatures and lack of precipitation in the summer months, Seattle is a perfect setting for baseball in August.
This year, however, the Seattle Mariners will see very little of their hometown the next month.
Beginning with Monday night's game in Texas, the ...
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WASHINGTON (AP) - President Donald Trump bragged about a mission accomplished in veterans' health care that has not been achieved. He threatened to end health insurers' "bailouts" that actually help consumers. And he cited "tremendous" costs to taxpayers from providing health services to transgender troops without providing evidence of that ...
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NEW YORK (AP) - CBS premieres a news program Monday designed to showcase the journalism on its CBSN streaming service, the second time this summer one of the broadcast networks has tried a fresh twist on the newsmagazine format.
"CBSN: On Assignment" airs the first of four summer episodes Monday ...
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BATON ROUGE, La. (AP) - Louisiana State University is searching for a new tiger mascot, with the university's president hoping to have a Mike VII on campus by the September start of football season.
LSU President F. King Alexander says renovations to the tiger's on-campus habitat will be completed by ...
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DEARBORN, Mich. (AP) - A campaign is wrapping up that aims to benefit a dozen nonprofit organizations serving immigrants and also send two people to the opening night of the musical "Hamilton" in Los Angeles.
The Hamilton in Los Angeles campaign runs through Monday. People who donate at least $10 ...
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NEW YORK (AP) - The Yankees bolstered their rotation a day before the non-waiver trade deadline as they acquired Jaime GarcÃa from the Minnesota Twins for a pair of minor league pitchers.
The 31-year-old Garcia is 5-7 with a 4.29 ERA in 19 starts this season. He was acquired by ...
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NEWPORT, R.I. (AP) - The Newport Folk Festival is wrapping up with a third day of music that ranges from a tribute to Chuck Berry to singer-songwriter Suzanne Vega to English soul musician Michael Kiwanuka.
The festival, first put on in 1958, has seen resurgence and is so popular this ...
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GSTAAD, Switzerland (AP) - Fabio Fognini won his fifth career title by beating 170th-ranked qualifier Yannick Hanfmann 6-4, 7-5 in the Swiss Open final on Sunday.
The fourth-seeded Italian was always in control, racing to a 4-0 lead in the first set and never allowing a break-point chance in the ...
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LONDON (AP) - A British television channel is broadcasting a new documentary on Princess Diana using controversial videotapes in which she candidly discussed her marital problems and her strained relationship with the royal family.
The recordings of Diana speaking to her public speaking coach, Peter Settelen, in the early 1990s ...
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LONDON (AP) - A British television channel is broadcasting a new documentary on Princess Diana using video tapes in which she candidly discussed her marital problems and her strained relationship with the royal family.
The recordings of Diana speaking to her voice coach in the early 1990s included her description ...
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BARCELONA, Spain (AP) - A spectacular fire at a music festival has forced the evacuation of over 20,000 concertgoers in Barcelona, the regional government says.
Barcelona's firefighters say there were no injuries on Friday night when more 22,000 people evacuated the concert. Images show towering flames consuming a large outdoor ...
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BEVERLY HILLS, Calif. (AP) - A roundup of news from the Television Critics Association summer meeting, at which TV networks and streaming services are presenting details on upcoming programs.
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Pratfalls, gags, or dry wit, Nicole Kidman says she'd love to give them a shot.
The Oscar-winner says ...
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KLAMATH FALLS, Ore. (AP) - A 26-year-old Klamath Falls woman has pleaded guilty to killing and dismembering her boyfriend.
The Herald and News in Klamath Falls reports (http://bit.ly/2uM2SWb) that Sheyanna Lisa Ray pleaded guilty Friday in Klamath County Circuit Court to murder and abuse of a corpse.
Ray told Judge ...
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NEW DELHI (AP) - The Golden State Warriors' Kevin Durant and 3,459 children from the Reliance Foundation Junior NBA program in India entered the Guinness Book of World Records on Friday after holding the world's largest basketball lesson in multiple venues.
Durant, the MVP of the 2017 NBA Finals, conducted ...
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BEAVER, W.Va. (AP) - Meet Samantha Stalnaker - a 14-year-old cheerleader, makeup enthusiast and actress.
She's been interested in theatre since she was a youngster, helping her cousin act out plays and performances throughout the holidays.
Her mom, Melissa, decided to help her channel her interests by signing her up ...
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KOBE, Japan (AP) - German striker Lukas Podolski scored twice in his J-League debut on Saturday as Vissel Kobe beat Omiya Ardija 3-1.
Podolski gave Kobe a 1-0 lead four minutes after the break with a left-foot shot from 23 meters.
Marcelo Toscano equalized on the hour mark but Podolski ...
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NEWPORT, R.I. (AP) - The music continues in Newport for the second day of the three-day Newport Folk Festival at Fort Adams.
The city by the sea is hosting dozens of musical acts on four stages at the fort, which sits on Narragansett Bay.
This folk festival was first put ...
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NEW DELHI (AP) - The Golden State Warriors' Kevin Durant and 3,459 children from the Reliance Foundation Junior NBA program in India entered the Guinness Book of World Records on Friday after holding the world's largest basketball lesson in multiple venues.
Durant, the MVP of the 2017 NBA Finals, conducted ...
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NEW YORK (AP) - Jessica Williams says it's a great time to be an actress of color, and applauds Netflix for leading the way in promoting diversity.
Williams, who cut her teeth as a correspondent on "The Daily Show," takes on her first starring role in the streaming network's original ...
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TIRANA, Albania (AP) - Albania's soccer federation is calling on Albanian authorities to stop the extradition to Serbia of a man who has claimed to have flown a drone carrying a nationalist banner over a stadium in Serbia, a display that prompted fan violence.
Ismail Morinaj was arrested in Croatia ...
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ALSEA, Ore. (AP) - A love for flamenco guitar brought John Shelton and Susan Farretta together during college in the mid-1960s.
It was only the beginning for Shelton-Farretta Guitars.
"John was always looking for a better guitar, so we started building a better guitar," says Farretta, Shelton's wife of 46 ...
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NEW YORK (AP) - U.S. coach Bruce Arena has used 48 players during a 14-game unbeaten streak since replacing Jurgen Klinsmann last November, including seven who made their national team debuts.
There could be many fresh faces for next year's World Cup, led by teenager star Christian Pulisic. Arena's roster ...
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LAFAYETTE, La. (AP) - Married country stars Garth Brooks and Trisha Yearwood are sharing the love by handing out wedding gifts to fans.
Jude and Jamie Blanchard attended Brooks' show in Lafayette, Louisiana, last month with a sign that read: "Best Week Ever. Garth this Friday, our wedding next Friday." ...
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SCOTTSBLUFF, Neb. (AP) - The trial of a former Scottsbluff High School golf coach accused of sexually assaulting two team members has been delayed again.
Court records say 62-year-old Michael Klein has pleaded not guilty to 15 felony counts and five misdemeanor counts of sexual assault. The records say assaults ...
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LOS ANGELES (AP) - O.J. Simpson won't be invited to watch practice or take part in any official functions at his alma mater this fall following his release from prison.
The Los Angeles Times reports Southern California head coach Clay Helton told reporters at Pac-12 media days Thursday the school ...
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A video shared by Simone Biles shows the Olympic gymnast was in no condition to compete while coming out of an anesthetic haze after surgery to have her wisdom teeth removed.
Biles posted the video on Twitter on Thursday. She appears on a recovery room bed with gauze in her ...
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PEORIA, Ill. (AP) - Everett Wubben likes to run track and cross country, study up for a scholastic bowl and go camping with his fellow Boy Scouts. It's enough to keep any 12-year-old boy busy.
But on Sunday afternoons, he heads to Racks on the Rocks pool hall and plays ...
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WINSTON-SALEM, N.C. (AP) - Three Wake Forest University student-athletes have been injured in a fight at a house party.
The News & Record of Greensboro reports that Winston-Salem police said Thursday they responded to a report of an assault at a home rented by Wake Forest students early Sunday morning. ...
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EVANSVILLE, Ind. (AP) - Since she was 9 years old, Brown hasn't hesitated to try out for school musicals or the choir. Music is her way of expressing herself.
"I'm in my happy place when I sing," Brown, 18, said. "As soon as I start, I'm being myself and enjoying ...
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LAWRENCE, Kan. (AP) - The timing could hardly have been better for Kansas coach Bill Self.
Every four years, the NCAA allows schools to embark on a foreign exhibition tour, and along with the games comes an opportunity to practice 10 times in preparation for it. Those additional practices usually ...
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BEVERLY HILLS, Calif. (AP) - A roundup of news from the Television Critics Association summer meeting, at which TV networks and streaming services are presenting details on upcoming programs.
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"Girls Trip" breakout star Tiffany Haddish says she was just joking when she said she wanted to work ...
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SALINA, Kan. (AP) - Salinan Sean Fischer has adored cars "since I was old enough to say the word car," he said.
His favorite type of car is the one that not everybody else has.
That's why it's no surprise that he owns one of the rarest muscle cars ever ...
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LONDON (AP) - Prince William is completing his final shift in his job as an air ambulance pilot as he gets ready to take on more extensive royal duties.
The heir to the British throne is working the night shift Thursday at the East Anglian Air Ambulance, where he has ...
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ZURICH (AP) - FIFA says senior vice president Angel Maria Villar resigns; jailed Spanish soccer boss earlier quit UEFA position.
LONDON (AP) - A lawyer for Madonna says the star and her twin daughters Stella and Estere have accepted damages form the publisher of the Mail Online website over an article that was a "serious invasion of privacy."
Madonna sued Associated Newspapers over a January story giving details of her ...
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ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (AP) - New Mexico officials want to make it easier for film productions to hire residents from the state.
The New Mexico Film Office and the New Mexico Taxation and Revenue Department announced Wednesday the state will begin issuing "New Mexico Film Residency Cards" to ease the hiring ...
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MATTOON, Ill. (AP) - Mike Houser has taken part in endurance athletic events, but there is one form of exercise that he says is far from his favorite.
Still, Houser was willing to do just that exercise, joining 29 others taking turns on rowing machines over a few hours on ...
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LOS ANGELES (AP) - Police say Justin Bieber has accidentally struck a photographer with his pickup truck in Beverly Hills.
The Los Angeles Times reports that police Sgt. Matthew Stout said the 57-year-old photographer was hospitalized Wednesday night with injuries that were not life-threatening.
The newspaper said Bieber "fully cooperated" ...
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Stephen Strasburg will miss his next start on Saturday and head to the 10-day disabled list with an arm injury.
In a corresponding move, the Nationals will promote Erick Fedde from Triple-A Syracuse to start Saturday's game against the Colorado Rockies.
Strasburg's trip to the 10-day DL is a result ...
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SEOUL, South Korea (AP) - A South Korean court on Thursday sentenced the former presidential chief of staff and the former culture minister to prison for blacklisting thousands of artists and denying them state support because they were believed to be unfriendly to ousted President Park Geun-hye.
They are the ...
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SANTA CLARA, Calif. (AP) - Jordan Morris scored a tiebreaking goal in the 88th minute, and the United States beat Jamaica 2-1 Wednesday night for its sixth CONCACAF Gold Cup title and first since 2013.
Jozy Altidore's goal on a 28-yard free kick in the 45th minute beat backup ...
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COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) - A state fair, where one person was killed and seven others were injured when an "aggressive thrill" ride broke apart, will be open Thursday, officials said, but the rides won't be running until they all are determined to be safe.
Dramatic video captured by a bystander ...
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Novak Djokovic will miss the rest of this season because of an injured right elbow.
That means Djokovic will pull out of the U.S. Open and end his streak of participating in 51 consecutive Grand Slam tournaments.
The two-time U.S. Open champion announced the news Wednesday, saying "this is the ...
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NEW YORK (AP) - Georgia gubernatorial candidate Stacey Abrams has a book deal.
Henry Holt and Co. told The Associated Press on Wednesday that Abrams' "Minority Leader: How to Lead from the Outside and Make Real Change" is scheduled for next spring. According to Holt, her book will combine her ...
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NORTH MIAMI, Fla. (AP) - Local governments are offering incentives to television and film production companies to keep their projects in Florida.
A state program that offered nearly $300 million in film incentives ended last year. Hoping to keep more production companies from leaving Florida, Miami-Dade County and the city ...
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PHELPS, N.Y. (AP) - Authorities say a 69-year-old man is recovering from burns suffered when fuel spilled inside his car at an upstate New York racetrack.
The Ontario County Sheriff's Office says 69-year-old Michael Humphrey, of Oswego, had just completed a practice session at Paradise Speedway in the town of ...
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Certain vehicles consistently top the sales charts, such as Honda's Accord sedan or its Odyssey minivan. These vehicles - the favorites, in horse racing terms - are often the first names that pop into people's minds when they're shopping for a new or used car or truck.
Such vehicles are ...
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JEFFERSONVILLE, Ind. (AP) - A southern Indiana foundation has donated $300,000 to help with the planned renovation of an 80-year-old fieldhouse that's a local landmark.
The Paul Ogle Foundation's gift boosts to $545,000 the total raised to date for the estimated $1.8 million needed to rehabilitate the Nachand Fieldhouse.
The ...
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SAN DIEGO (AP) - A San Diego County sheriff's official says the father of a retired Australian tennis star has been arrested on suspicion of molesting two children, the San Diego Union-Tribune reports (http://bit.ly/2tBDyRx .)
The newspaper says Nikolaos Philippoussis, 68, a tennis coach, was taken into custody at his ...
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LAFAYETTE, Ind. (AP) - Frank is a special dog. Not only is his wardrobe on point, but he is a published author, has his own greeting card line called From Frank, and he has an advice column. And now Frank can add movie star to his impressive resume.
Frank, a ...
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HARTFORD, Conn. (AP) - Officials say more officers will be present at concerts that attract a younger crowd after more than 90 people were hospitalized during a concert featuring Chance the Rapper in Connecticut.
Police met with staff at Hartford's Xfinity Theater Tuesday to combat underage drinking at concerts.
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CHICAGO (AP) - Restoring Penn State's reputation and returning its star near the top of the college football galaxy once again should have earned James Franklin some long-term job security. The fourth-year coach isn't taking any chances.
Expectations are high in Happy Valley after the Nittany Lions went 11-3, won ...
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BUFFALO, N.Y. (AP) - The Buffalo Sabres have re-signed goaltender Robin Lehner to a $4 million, one-year contract.
The team announced the deal Tuesday. Lehner was a restricted free agent.
The 26-year-old Swede showed he could stay healthy last season, setting career highs with 59 games played, 23 wins and ...
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NIAGARA FALLS, N.Y. (AP) - A 27-year-old man has been sentenced to seven years in prison for attacking a television news crew as they worked on a story about an art display in Niagara Falls last year.
A Niagara County Court judge on Monday gave Evan Stafford the maximum sentence. ...
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DETROIT (AP) - A new program will allow baseball fans at Tigers games in Detroit to get into the ballpark quicker by using fingerprints to verify their identity.
The biometrics scanning system is making its debut this week at Comerica Park. Visitors may enroll using a state-issued driver's license.
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LONDON (AP) - Chelsea has sent Brazilian defender Kenedy home from its Asian tour after he made offensive comments about China on social media.
Kenedy and Chelsea previously issued apologies for the comments made ahead of Chelsea's 3-0 friendly win over Arsenal in Beijing on Sunday.
The since-deleted messages featured ...
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PADUCAH, Ky. (AP) - A 19-year-old Kentucky man charged with injuring his infant son has been sentenced to eight years in prison after pleading guilty earlier this year to first-degree criminal abuse of a child less than 12 years old.
The Paducah Sun reports Kelton Ragan apologized Monday for breaking ...
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NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) - Backstreet Boys got their first hit country song this year on a collaboration with country duo Florida Georgia and now the two powerhouse acts are teaming up for a "CMT Crossroads" episode airing Aug. 30.
The cross-genre television show will feature all-star group performances of each ...
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BLOOMINGTON, Ind. (AP) - There are few places Rahel Samantrai loves to be more than on the water. Rain or shine, windy or calm, she likes to take to the waves of Lake Monroe in a small, two-person sailboat.
She knows how to manipulate the sails and the rudder to ...
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LONDON (AP) - American fashion brand Michael Kors has bought luxury shoemaker Jimmy Choo in a deal worth $1.35 billion (896 million pounds).
Kors says that London-listed Jimmy Choo is "the ideal partner" that will be bolstered with further development of its online presence. Jimmy Choo CEO Pierre Dennis will ...
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CHICAGO (AP) - The tailored, slate-gray suit, the scarlet and gray power tie, the blacked-out chronograph on his wrist - if you didn't know Urban Meyer was the football coach at Ohio State, your first guess would be a Fortune 500 CEO.
That's hardly a coincidence.
After five seasons in ...
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NEW ORLEANS (AP) - A study by LSU researchers estimates that spending attributable to the 2017 NBA All-Star Game in New Orleans totaled roughly $45 million in Louisiana.
The study for the state's economic development department said visitors spent an estimated $23.7 million. It also estimated that combined spending ...
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WASHINGTON (AP) - Politically ambitious pups and kittens: Put your resumes aside.
The job of first pet - an enviable White House gig with luxurious live-in privileges, after-hours access to the president and guaranteed positive press coverage - is not currently available.
That's because President Donald Trump is not looking ...
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Linkin Park has returned to the charts after lead singer Chester Bennington's death last week.
Billboard says the band's latest effort, "One More Light," re-entered Billboard's Top 200 album charts at No. 17 on the most recent chart. The band's popular debut, "Hybrid Theory," checked in at No. 27.
...Michael Phelps has finally met his match in the water: a "great white shark."
The Olympic champion swimmer was bested Sunday night in the Discovery Channel's Shark Week special "Phelps vs. Shark: Great Gold vs. Great White."
But Phelps didn't swim with a real shark. He competed in the ocean ...
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BEIJING (AP) - A look at recent developments in the South China Sea, where China is pitted against smaller neighbors in multiple disputes over islands, coral reefs and lagoons in waters crucial for global commerce and rich in fish and potential oil and gas reserves:
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TOKYO (AP) - Japan has begun its three-year countdown to the 2020 Olympics in Tokyo with relays, concerts and dancing events meant to help drum up public enthusiasm for the games.
The 2020 Games will be Japan's first summer Olympics since the 1964 edition in Tokyo. After a rocky start, ...
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LEBANON, Pa. (AP) - Police are searching for an SUV involved in a hit-and-run that injured several cyclists in Pennsylvania.
Investigators say the cyclists were traveling on a road in Lebanon County Saturday morning when the vehicle appeared to intentionally swerve toward them twice.
Two of the riders were thrown ...
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Adrian Beltre needs 11 hits to reach 3,000 - a milestone that would bring some long overdue attention to a quietly great player.
Beltre has never won an MVP award, and he's been an All-Star only four times, missing out even in 2004, when he was on his way to ...
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BATON ROUGE, La. (AP) - Louisiana Public Broadcasting is searching for stories about how the Vietnam War affected its state residents.
The new initiative - called The Vietnam War-Louisiana Remembers - is in support of an upcoming documentary series about the war by filmmakers Ken Burns and Lynn Novick. The ...
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MENLO PARK, Calif. (AP) - The epiphany hit Phil Wagner about a decade ago when he was stuck in Southern California traffic pouring over reams of data in his car and he realized how he could take information about how athletes jump and land and predict where they are most ...
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DAYTON, Ohio (AP) - A judge has denied a motion by the University of Dayton to dismiss a lawsuit filed by a former student claiming the school covered up allegations of football team hazing by not disclosing a campus police investigation to local law enforcement.
The Dayton Daily News reports ...
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ESCANABA, Mich. (AP) - The co-founder of a deer management organization has received the Upper Peninsula Sportsmen's Alliance first "Outstanding Conservationist" award.
The Michigan Department of Natural Resources says the award was presented to Alan Ettenhofer of Escanaba.
Ettenhofer co-founded U.P. Whitetails, Inc. and is active in chronic wasting disease ...
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DETROIT (AP) - An exhibit on works by artists during the civil rights movement is opening at the Detroit Institute of Arts.
The museum says "Art of Rebellion" runs from Sunday through Oct. 22.
It is part of a community-wide reflection on the 1967 Detroit riot and features 34 paintings, ...
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PARIS (AP) - Denials from Barcelona are doing little to halt the fervor that Brazil star Neymar could be joining Paris Saint-Germain in a transfer that more than doubles the world record.
Neymar is still playing for Barcelona, warming up for the new season by scoring twice against Juventus in ...
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MANCHESTER, England (AP) - Manchester City has signed Danilo from Real Madrid, increasing the Premier League club's threadbare options at full back after selling Aleksandar Kolarov to Roma.
City says the Brazilian defender, who can play on either flank as well as at center back, has signed a five-year contract. ...
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VENICE, Fla. (AP) - Clyde Butcher, Florida's well-known landscape and environmental photographer who suffered a stroke in early May, recently returned to the swamp for a photo excursion.
Butcher lives in Venice and also owns a home and gallery in Big Cypress National Preserve. For more than 30 years, he ...
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LAS VEGAS (AP) - Scott Blumstein, of Brigantine, New Jersey, becomes 2017 World Series of Poker champion, wins more than $8.1 million.
SOUTHPORT, England (AP) - Branden Grace has shot 62 at the British Open for the lowest score ever at a major championship.
EAU CLAIRE, Wis. (AP) - Work has begun on a historical fiction film about the lumber industry in western Wisconsin.
Filming began in Eau Claire on "The Lumber Baron" on July 17. The movie is set in 1910 Chippewa Valley and tells the story of a family lumber business, the ...
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HARPERS FERRY, W.Va. (AP) - Jake Hall runs every chance he can. He runs four or five times a week around town, notching about 45 miles a week during the past two years.
Lean and muscle-toned from the disciplined mileage, he also laces up for competitive races now, mostly marathons ...
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MANCHESTER, N.H. (AP) - The Currier Museum of Art is opening its doors for a summer block party that includes free admission to all its exhibits.
The party, dubbed "Twilight at the Currier," takes place Saturday from 5 p.m. to 9 p.m. in Manchester and is part of the museum's ...
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SOUTHPORT, England (AP) - The Latest from the British Open (all times local):
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The first weekend score is in the books at the British Open - and it's a good one.
Shaun Norris, playing with a marker after making the cut on the number, shot a 5-under-65 on ...
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LONDON (AP) - Kensington Palace has released a portrait to mark Prince George's fourth birthday.
The son of Prince William and his wife Kate celebrated his birthday Saturday. George, who is third in line to the throne, is beaming with a happy smile in the photo.
The palace said William ...
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SOUTHPORT, England (AP) - Jordan Spieth faces a good forecast and a long wait to take his two-shot lead into the third round of the British Open.
Spieth and Matt Kuchar did not tee off until shortly before 4 p.m. at Royal Birkdale.
After a second round that featured 30 ...
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SAN FRANCISCO (AP) - Matt Szczur blooped a tiebreaking single in the 11th inning, his fourth hit of the game after coming off the bench, and the San Diego Padres outlasted the San Francisco Giants 12-9 on Friday night.
The Padres blew a three-run lead in the ninth when Giants ...
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Lisa Brummel, Dawn Trudeau and Ginny Gilder are thrilled to play the role of hostesses this weekend with the WNBA All-Star Game in Seattle for the first time.
The owners of the Storm know it's a great opportunity to show off the city, the franchise and the team's passionate fans ...
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LOS ANGELES (AP) - Braves pitcher Jaime Garcia hit a grand slam off previously unbeaten Alex Wood to highlight Atlanta's 12-3 victory over the Los Angeles Dodgers on Friday night.
Garcia, the subject of trade speculation lately, limited Los Angeles to three runs over seven innings as the Braves won ...
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CAMDEN, Maine (AP) - A domestic assault charge against "American Pie" singer-songwriter Don McLean has been dismissed after he met the terms of a plea agreement, including staying out of trouble for a year.
McLean pleaded guilty in a Maine court under a "deferred disposition" process in which the charge ...
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MADRID (AP) - Real Madrid will host Barcelona in a "clasico" match in late December, just after Madrid returns from playing at the Club World Cup.
The Spanish league calendar, released Friday, pits Madrid against Barcelona on Dec. 20, a Wednesday, in the Spanish capital. That will be four days ...
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SPARTANBURG, S.C. (AP) - A South Carolina grandmother has been arrested after authorities say she left her four grandchildren in a hot car while she shopped for groceries.
The Herald-Journal of Spartanburg reports that 51-year-old Vanessa Brown-Oquenda faces four counts of child neglect.
Spartanburg County authorities say they were called ...
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BARCELONA, Spain (AP) - Spain's sports authority is seeking the temporary removal of the president of the Spanish Football Federation after his arrest and imprisonment in an anti-corruption investigation.
The Higher Council for Sports said it will ask Spain's administrative court for sports to open a disciplinary procedure against the ...
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MAYS LANDING, N.J. (AP) - A Minneapolis man and former musician with the band Owl City has pleaded guilty in New Jersey to lewdness with a child.
Thirty-two-year-old Daniel Jorgensen admitted he exposed himself to the girl, who was under 13 years of age, in Atlantic City in August 2013. ...
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PITTSBURGH (AP) - Several veterans nearly missed a Pittsburgh Pirates game after the bus they were traveling in became trapped under an overpass.
Officials with the Pennsylvania Soldiers' and Sailors' Home in Erie say a group was heading to the baseball game Thursday when their bus took a detour.
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WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. (AP) - Gabby Gary leads a pretty hectic life.
She's a full-time Purdue University student and a student manager for the men's basketball team, where she works with her father, assistant coach Greg Gary.
Oh, yeah, and she owns and operates her own business, Dawson & Daisy ...
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FIGUERES, Spain (AP) - Officials in Spain say that hair, nails and two long bones have been removed from Salvador Dali's embalmed remains to find genetic samples for a paternity test - a move that could open a battle for the artist's estate.
Pilar Abel, a 61-year-old tarot card reader, ...
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LOVELOCK, Nev. (AP) - Barring any last-minute snafus, O.J. Simpson will walk out of prison a free man in about three months, having persuaded a Nevada parole board the bungled hotel-room heist he pulled nearly 10 years ago was a monumental error in judgment and one he will never repeat.
...WEST PALM BEACH, Fla. (AP) - A former Florida escort convicted of trying to hire a hit man to murder her newlywed husband could get up to 30 years in prison when she is sentenced Friday, perhaps ending a drawn-out case that drew notice for its startling videos and salacious ...
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JUNEAU, Alaska (AP) - Carlos Boozer is returning to his hometown of Juneau to host his Carlos Boozer Basketball Camp.
The Juneau Empire reports (http://bit.ly/2uM9dE3 ) the former NBA player Boozer will be hosting the five-day camp July 31 to Aug. 4 at his alma mater, Juneau-Douglas High School.
Boozer ...
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NEW YORK (AP) - James Clapper, the former director of National Intelligence who has clashed with President Donald Trump, has a book deal.
Viking told The Associated Press on Thursday that Clapper, 76, will write about his 6 1/2 years as head of National Intelligence during President Barack Obama's administration ...
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DETROIT (AP) - Skateboarding icon Tony Hawk is part of an effort to bring a skate park to downtown Detroit.
The skate park is scheduled to open to the public Aug. 16 and will stay open until January, when construction starts on the Monroe Blocks multi-building, mixed-use development. The skate ...
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MIAMI (AP) - What happened to the Florida home where O.J. Simpson lived with his children after his acquittal in the death of his ex-wife and her friend?
The 4,148 square-foot (385 sq. meter) home is currently on the market for nearly $1.3 million.
Simpson bought the home south of ...
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GILGO BEACH, N.Y. (AP) - The son of World Wrestling Entertainment CEO Vince McMahon has been rescued from a helicopter that made an emergency landing in the ocean near a New York beach.
Shane McMahon, also a WWE executive, was the passenger in the Robinson R 44 helicopter that set ...
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MADRID (AP) - The president of the Spanish Football Federation, his son, and two other officials will appear before a judge on Thursday, two days after being arrested in an anti-corruption probe.
Federation president Angel Maria Villar, his son Gorka Villar, Juan Padron, the federation vice president of economic affairs ...
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SANTA FE, N.M. (AP) - A new television series that will follow a undercover special operations squad will begin filming in New Mexico this month.
Officials with the state film office say work on the first season of "The Brave" is scheduled to start at the end of July and ...
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MONACO (AP) - The IAAF says its doping panel has cleared eight more Russian track and field athletes to compete internationally as neutrals, and refused 53 other applications.
The latest athletes accepted include hammer thrower Sergej Litvinov, who placed fifth at the 2009 and 2015 world championships, and Danil Lysenko, ...
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In promotional brochures, a U.S. company boasted of the "stunning visual effect" its shimmering aluminum panels created in an NFL stadium, an Alaskan high school and a luxury hotel along Baltimore's Inner Harbor that "soars 33 stories into the air."
Those same panels - Reynobond composite material with a polyethylene ...
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LOVELOCK, Nev. (AP) - Former football star and convicted felon O.J. Simpson will command the world's attention once again Thursday when he pleads for his freedom on live TV.
Simpson was convicted in 2008 of an armed robbery involving two sports memorabilia dealers in a Las Vegas hotel room. The ...
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For many of the North American dates of their current 2017 tour, coined "Tommy and More," The Who is playing a handful of theaters with capacities of but a few thousand. And the lucky 3,000 who attended Tuesday night's show at the MGM National Harbor's Theater in Oxon Hill, ...
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WICHITA, Kan. (AP) - A second suspect has been arrested in the weekend shooting death of a semi-pro football player in Wichita.
The Wichita Eagle (http://bit.ly/2uzalKA ) reports that the 18-year-old Wichita man was booked into jail Monday on suspicion of first-degree murder in the killing of 19-year-old Timothy Golden, ...
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NEW YORK (AP) - Curt Miller has led the Connecticut Sun to the top of the Eastern Conference.
Now he'll get a chance to coach the East in the All-Star Game on Saturday. Miller will replace New York's Bill Laimbeer, who backed out for personal reasons.
"I wish Bill could ...
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Here are some of the world's top-earning TV entertainers in 2017, according to Forbes magazine. The annual earnings of these stars may include income from additional activities such as producing, non-TV performances, endorsements and merchandising.
1. Dr. Phil McGraw, $79 million (talk-show host, personality, producer).
2. Ellen DeGeneres, $77 million ...
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ABERDEEN, S.D. (AP) - Presentation College head football coach Andy Carr has resigned to take positions with the University of South Dakota.
The Aberdeen school says Carr will serve as the USD Foundation's director of development and also as USD's associate athletic director for development.
Carr has been with the ...
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LOS ANGELES (AP) - Discovery Channel wants Shark Week viewers to be donors, too.
The channel's annual celebration of all things shark will include requests to support Oceana, an advocacy group focused on ocean conservation.
Viewers can use their smartphones to donate and also to receive Shark Week program details ...
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MACKINAC ISLAND, Mich. (AP) - The annual Chicago Yacht Club Race to Mackinac Island, Michigan, has wrapped up with about two-thirds of the field making it to the finish despite difficult weather.
Preliminary results posted on the race's website say the multi-hull Arete won the Chicago-Mackinac Trophy and TOA took ...
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TIRANA, Albania (AP) - Albania has hired former Italy defender Christian Panucci as its national team coach, replacing Gianni de Biasi.
Albanian soccer federation president Armand Duka says the 44-year-old Panucci was hired to lead the team through the 2020 European Championship.
Panucci, who played for AC Milan, Inter Milan, ...
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LONDON (AP) - Two new books from the Harry Potter universe are set to be released as part of a British exhibition that celebrates the 20th anniversary of the launch of the series.
The British Library's Harry Potter exhibition, "A History of Magic," opens in October and runs through February ...
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DETROIT (AP) - A 60-year-old recreation center in southwest Detroit will be renovated and expanded.
The city says work is expected to start next month at the Kemeny center and is part of a $9.5-million project that will include a new gymnasium addition.
Kemeny opened in 1957 and was closed ...
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SANTA FE, N.M. (AP) - New Mexico will serve as the backdrop for a new independent feature film about a boy who is caught by U.S. immigration authorities after leaving his home in Honduras.
Officials with the New Mexico Film Office say "Icebox" is beginning principal photography this month in ...
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NEWPORT, R.I. (AP) - South Florida is the overwhelming choice to win the American Athletic Conference in a media vote, with Memphis favored to win the West Division.
The Bulls went 11-2 and finished last season ranked 19th in the nation. But Temple won the East and the conference by ...
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NEW YORK (AP) - Pink, Coldplay, The Weeknd, DJ Khaled, Miley Cyrus and Harry Styles will perform at the 2017 iHeartRadio Music Festival this fall.
IHeartMedia announced Tuesday that Kesha, Chris Stapleton, Lorde and David Guetta will also take the stage Sept. 22-23 at the T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas. ...
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LOS ANGELES (AP) - Michael Vick has some advice for Colin Kaepernick if he wants another shot in the NFL; get a haircut.
During an appearance on Fox Sports 1 Monday, Vick said the former San Francisco 49ers quarterback needs to shed his afro and cornrows look for a "clean ...
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LONDON (AP) - Actor Daniel Radcliffe has come to the aid of a man who was mugged by moped-riding attackers in London.
Former police officer David Videcette told the Evening Standard newspaper that two moped riders attacked a man just off the upmarket King's Road in west London, slashing him ...
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BUDAPEST, Hungary (AP) - The United States defeated Spain 12-8 to stay unbeaten in its defense of the women's water polo title at the world championships on Tuesday.
The U.S., Olympic champion and winner of every major competition since the 2013 worlds, leads Group B with maximum points from two ...
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SAVANNAH, Ga. (AP) - A railroad owner must pay $3.9 million to the family of a movie worker killed on a Georgia railroad trestle in 2014, a jury decided in a civil verdict that found the company shared in the blame for the deadly freight train collision even though the ...
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BURGAW, N.C. (AP) - A North Carolina couple has pleaded guilty to possession of child pornography.
The StarNews of Wilmington reports 55-year-old Roger Edwin Hare Jr. was sentenced Friday to between 20 and 74 years in prison on 10 counts of second-degree sexual exploitation of a minor. His wife, 47-year-old ...
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TOKYO (AP) - The head of the Tokyo Olympic Organizing Committee says uncertainty over the final budget will continue until 2019, the year before the Summer Games.
Tokyo 2020 CEO Toshiro Muto spoke to the foreign media in Tokyo on Tuesday about concerns regarding the higher-than-projected costs.
The cost of ...
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MADRID (AP) - Police say they are raiding the Spanish football federation headquarters in an anti-corruption investigation.
A spokesman for Spain's Guardia Civil tells The Associated Press that police agents have raided the offices as part of an investigation into its finances. The spokesman spoke on condition of anonymity in ...
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INDIANAPOLIS (AP) - It was April 2008 and a 22-year-old Marc Williams had just been fired from his job.
He was driving home to his Downtown Indianapolis apartment, listening to "Next Day" by Little Brother, a song about quitting your job and becoming a full-time musician. He had no savings ...
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LOS ANGELES (AP) - Chelsea Gray scored 16 points while Nneka Ogwumike added 14 points and 12 rebounds to help the Los Angeles Sparks beat the Indiana Fever 80-62 on Monday night.
Odyssey Sims' three-point play capped Los Angeles' 16-2 second-quarter run to build a 42-29 lead and Indiana only ...
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SOUTHPORT, England (AP) - Players who have qualified for the 146th British Open, which starts Thursday at Royal Birkdale (players listed only in the first category for which they are eligible):
British Open champions 60 or under on July 23: Henrik Stenson, Zach Johnson, Rory McIlroy, Phil Mickelson, Ernie Els, ...
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LOS ANGELES (AP) - Samantha Harris is the host of a Fox TV cooking contest show airing next month.
Fox said Monday that Harris will host "Culinary Genius," a half-hour show produced by celebrity chef Gordon Ramsay.
Harris is a former co-host of "Dancing with the Stars" and "Entertainment Tonight."
...MONACO (AP) - Track and field's governing body, the IAAF, has provisionally suspended its Council member Frank Fredericks while he is investigated for alleged corruption suspected of being linked to the 2016 Olympics hosting vote.
The independent Athletics Integrity Unit says its request for an interim ban on Fredericks, a ...
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NEW YORK (AP) - Alisyn Camerota and Chris Cuomo are the CNN couple that no longer tweets together.
The two anchors share a desk on CNN's "New Day" each morning but have vastly different philosophies on social media.
Camerota publicly broke with Twitter this week, saying she's closing her account ...
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LOUISVILLE, Ky. (AP) - A high school football player has died after a shooting in Kentucky.
News outlets report 19-year-old Tyson Gibbs was shot dead Saturday night in the Shawnee neighborhood of Louisville. Deputy Coroner Jack Arnold says Gibbs sustained multiple gunshot wounds. He was pronounced dead at the scene, ...
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LONDON (AP) — British actress Jodie Whittaker was announced Sunday as the next star of the long-running science fiction series "Doctor Who" — the first woman to take a role that has been played by a dozen men over six decades.
Whittaker, best known for playing the mother of a ...
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LONDON (AP) - Roger Federer's eighth Wimbledon title has pushed him up two spots and back to No. 3 in the ATP rankings after he ended last season at No. 16.
Garbine Muguruza's first championship at the All England Club returns her to the WTA's top 10 at No. 5 ...
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DETROIT (AP) - A stage play remembering the 1967 riots in Detroit will be told from the perspectives of girls and women who witnessed the event unfold.
"After/Life" is scheduled to run Thursday through Saturday and July 27-28 at the Joseph Walker Williams Recreation Center on Rosa Parks Boulevard.
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BRISBANE, Australia (AP) - Ex-Italy international Massimo Maccarone is set to join Brisbane Roar in a one-season deal to play in Australia's A-League.
Brisbane coach John Aloisi confirmed Monday that the 37-year-old Empoli forward would join the Roar squad for pre-season training next week.
"We are pleased and excited to ...
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CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) - Forty-eight years after he landed on the moon, Apollo 11 astronaut Buzz Aldrin rolled out a red carpet for the red planet at a star-studded gala at the Kennedy Space Center.
Aldrin, 87, commemorated the upcoming anniversary of the 1969 mission to the moon under ...
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MUNFORDVILLE, Ky. (AP) - The Southern Kentucky Film Commission's internship program, intended to strengthen the area's fledgling film industry, has educated a batch of graduates from across the region and is already training a new wave of interns.
Branscombe Richmond, associate producer of "Runaway Romance," which finished shooting in June, ...
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CLEVELAND (AP) - Long-time natives and carpetbaggers. Construction magnates, toy tycoons, an Olympian and an heir to the Jim Bean whiskey fortune.
These are some of investors vying to win approval to grow medical marijuana in Ohio. The state accepted 185 applications in June and now has to decide who ...
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LOWELL, Mass. (AP) - More than 130 young musicians from across the Northeast will study and perform at UMass Lowell this week.
The 21st annual concert band camp provides students entering the first year of high school through the first year of college with an opportunity to be part of ...
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LONDON (AP) - Roger Federer is going for No. 8 at Wimbledon.
The seven-time champion at the All England Club will face Marin Cilic on Centre Court for the Wimbledon title.
Federer last won the grass-court major in 2012. But he won the Australian Open this year for his 18th ...
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MADRID (AP) - Sevilla says it has reached a deal with Manchester City to acquire forward Manuel "Nolito" Agudo.
The Spanish club said Saturday that Nolito will sign a three-year contract with the Andalusian club that finished fourth in the Spanish league last season.
Nolito will reunite with manager Eduardo ...
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DETROIT (AP) - A retired Northern Michigan University professor has compressed nearly a half-century of research and interviews into a book about Upper Peninsula history - and another tome distills tales of prohibition along the state's northern border with Canada.
Russell Magnaghi said his "Upper Peninsula of Michigan: A History" ...
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Rick Tocchet is the kind of coach who doesn't mind if a player calls him at 9 p.m. to share a thought.
He doesn't expect that to change as he goes from a Pittsburgh Penguins assistant to head coach of the Arizona Coyotes. Tocchet has done it before, and his ...
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LONDON (AP) - Shortly after beating Venus Williams in the Wimbledon final, Garbine Muguruza was given a purple-and-gold circular badge signifying that she is a member of the All England Club, an honorary status accorded to tournament champions.
"I'm like, 'I'm going to wear it right now,'" Muguruza said.
So ...
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MARION, Ohio (AP) - Authorities hope a facial reconstruction by forensic artists will help identify a man whose remains were found last year in Ohio.
The man's skull was found Jan. 8, 2016, on a sidewalk outside an abandoned house in Akron. Investigators later linked it to skeletal remains inside ...
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AKRON, Ohio (AP) - Firestone Country Club in northeast Ohio will honor the late golf legend Arnold Palmer by naming a stone bridge after him at the signature 16th hole he dubbed "The Monster."
The Akron Beacon Journal (http://bit.ly/2tQsGBH ) reports the Arnold Palmer Bridge will be dedicated with a ...
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CLARKSBURG, W.Va. (AP) - Arlene Cody Bashnett and Genevieve Musci, the Clarksburg sisters who are internet sensations, are back at it again on television.
Genevieve "Gramma" and Arlene "Ginga," 103 and 98, respectively, were asked to be on "Little Big Shots: Forever Young" hosted by Steve Harvey. The episode they ...
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LONDON (AP) - The Latest from Wimbledon (all times local):
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The roof over Centre Court is closed for the women's final at Wimbledon.
With a light rain falling and the women's final between Venus Williams and Garbine Muguruza due to start in about an hour, the roof ...
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ROME (AP) - It's the type of freewheeling spending spree that has been the domain of Middle East sheikhs and Russian oligarchs in recent years.
Only this time it's the new Chinese owners of AC Milan who have been dominating football's transfer market.
The signing of prized Italy defender Leonardo ...
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PHOENIX (AP) - Maya Moore and Seimone Augustus each scored 19 points, and the Minnesota Lynx built a big first-half lead in coasting to an 88-71 victory over the Phoenix Mercury on Friday night.
Phoenix star Brittney Griner was helped off the court early in the fourth quarter with injuries ...
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HONOLULU (AP) - Karen Hastings was in her 31st floor Honolulu apartment when she smelled smoke. She ran out to her balcony, looked down, and saw flames five floors below her.
"The fire just blew up and went flying right out the windows," the 71-year-old Hastings said of the first ...
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WEST GLACIER, Mont. (AP) - One year ago, Somer Treat woke up early on a June morning and walked over to the big picture windows in her bedroom that overlook the mountains on the southern edge of Glacier National Park. As morning light blanketed the tree-covered hills near Halfmoon Lake, ...
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BOZEMAN, Mont. (AP) - John Scannella was a little boy growing up in Queens, New York, when he first fell in love with dinosaurs.
At age 3 Scannella discovered library books on dinosaurs. By 5 he was busy drawing dinosaurs. On a family trip to the American Museum of Natural ...
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MUNICH (AP) - Bayern Munich attacking midfielder Serge Gnabry is joining Bundesliga rival Hoffenheim on loan for this season.
The 22-year-old Gnabry, who only joined Bayern from Werder Bremen last month, wanted to be assured of more playing time.
He signed a three-year deal with the Bundesliga powerhouse in June. ...
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PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) - A fire heavily injured three people and damaged a Portland building with housing and businesses.
The Oregonian/OregonLive reports (https://goo.gl/a6oiTu ) the fire started in the building Thursday morning near Northeast 57th Avenue and Glisan Street.
Portland Fire & Rescue spokesman Lt. Damon Simmons says two residents ...
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Beyonce has finally debuted her twins a month after they were born.
The singer posted a picture of herself holding the babies on Instagram late Thursday night and wrote in the caption, "Sir Carter and Rumi 1 month today." She didn't mention the babies' genders.
Beyonce is wearing a flowing ...
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LEWISTOWN, Ill. (AP) - Dickson Mounds Museum will feature "Snakes, Lizards and More" for its Kids' Day presentation on Sunday.
The event will be from noon to 4 p.m. to celebrate World Snake Day.
The program is presented by the Central Illinois Herpetological Society . It's a nonprofit organization dedicated ...
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CHARLOTTE, N.C. (AP) - Actor and New Kids on the Block singer Donnie Wahlberg recently left a whopping $2,000 tip after dining at a Waffle House in North Carolina.
News outlets report Wahlberg ate at the Waffle House in Charlotte on Wednesday evening, documenting his visit in a nearly 11-minute ...
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LAS VEGAS (AP) - Alex Christoff didn't know it at the time, but his lifelong romance with poker and gambling had been written in the cards - or at least in the whir-and-clang of a slot machine - by the time he was just 12 years old.
Christoff and his ...
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WEST JORDAN, Utah (AP) - Kayden Troff's passion for chess began at age 3 and will reach new heights when the 19-year-old competes for his second national championship in July.
But win or lose, the West Jordan native then will give up the game he loves while he serves a ...
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LONDON (AP) - At 7:30 a.m. each day of the Wimbledon fortnight, hours before competition begins, the keepers of the grass gather to meticulously prepare the tournament's hallowed courts for play.
Dozens of people spread out around the All England Club grounds to mow, paint and mop - yes, with ...
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PAMPLONA, Spain (AP) - Medical officials in Spain say that the bull run on the final day of the San Fermin festival has left six people injured. But no gorings have been reported.
The run in the northern city of Pamplona was the fastest this year. Bulls from Seville's Miura ...
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LONDON (AP) - Five-time Wimbledon champion Venus Williams is in the semifinals at the All England Club for the second year in a row and will face Johanna Konta for a spot in Saturday's final.
Williams, playing in her 20th Wimbledon tournament, is 8-1 in her previous nine semifinal appearances ...
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NEW YORK (AP) - Dave Eggers' next literary adventure will be for a younger crowd.
Publisher Alfred A. Knopf tells The Associated Press that "The Lifters" is a fantasy novel for middle-schoolers that's scheduled for March 27, 2018. Featuring illustrations by the team of brothers Eric and Terry Fan, the ...
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KUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia (AP) - The Asian Football Confederation has banned former East Timor technical director Orlando Marques Henriques for any football-related activity for life, after he accepted money to lose a match at the Southeast Asian Games in 2015.
The AFC said Thursday that Orlando was found guilty of ...
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TOMS RIVER, N.J. (AP) - The father of 2016 Boston Red Sox draft pick Jason Groome faces drug and weapons charges in New Jersey.
Authorities on Wednesday announced the arrests of 43-year-old Jason Groome of Barnegat and two other men following a three-month investigation into drug activity in Ocean County.
...LOS ALAMOS, N.M. (AP) - The Bradbury Science Museum in Los Alamos is slated to host a new multimedia exhibit on the Manhattan Project.
The interactive exhibit, Manhattan on the Mesa: Manhattan Project Properties at Los Alamos, opens Saturday and tells the story of Los Alamos National Laboratory scientists working ...
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BLOOMINGTON, Ill. (AP) - If Bloomington artist Thursday Gervais is nervous about her upcoming 5,700-mile bike ride across Siberia, it doesn't show.
You read that correctly: 5,700 miles. Siberia.
Gervais is among 12 people competing in the Red Bull Trans-Siberian Extreme ultra stage bicycle race.
In the two years it ...
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Time was when Ryan Phillippe played a teenager being stalked by a masked killer in the likes of 1997's "I Know What You Did Last Summer." But the actor, now 42 years old and with teenage children of his own, is at a point in life when he needed to ...
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SAN FRANCISCO (AP) - Authorities say they're investigating after witnesses reported the collision between a skater and a San Francisco officer breaking up a competition may not have been accidental.
The San Francisco Chronical reports (http://bit.ly/2uf0cCi ) that hundreds of participants and spectators squared off against police officers near Dolores ...
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